The Husky Howl

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Email: contacthope@conroeisd.net
Website: hope.conroeisd.net
Location: 14755 Granger Pines Way, Conroe, TX, USA
Phone: 936 - 709 - 4700
Facebook: facebook.com/HopeCISD

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Our last day for Read-A-Thon is Friday, September 22!

As of this morning, we have collected $3,919 in donations (We will receive $2,939), logged 6867 minutes read by 61 students entering their minutes, our top class is Ms. Lyons' Kindergarten for donations and Mrs. Stornant's 4th grade for minutes read, and our students are Raphael W for donations and Valerie N for minutes read. Great job, Huskies!

They collected donations are going to our fund for a shade structure on our courtyard and small playground. Keep going and finish strong!

Save the dates for October:

• 1- Fall pictures
• 2- Our Dominos' promotional card fundraiser starts! This fundraiser will benefit our Student Activity Fund including a shade structure for our courtyard and small playground.
• 7- 9:00 PTO Meeting & 10:00 Parent Connection: Bites & Insights Meeting
• 8- End of the 1st Quarter: Student goal celebrations and AttenDANCE for 0 absences
• 9 & 12- Student Holidays
• 13- Start of the 2nd Quarter
• 16- Kona Ice

*More to come in the October edition of The Husky Howl

We are excited to see our families for our Title I Open House tonight! The last name time split helps with parking and with a more connected family-teacher experience.

• 5:00 Last Names A-M
• 6:00 Last Names N-Z.
• Enjoy Kona Ice on the bus ramp

We want your feedback about our Title I information for families!

English Version: https://forms.gle/rX1foDnJxWHRkLT69

Spanish Version: https://forms.gle/JajhSYtw1DCLgGbDA

We have LOTS of fun happenings over the next couple of weeks!

• For our Grandparents' Breakfast tomorrow morning (7:15-8:00), each student and grandparent is invited to enter from the front porch into our indicated door to enjoy a "grab and go" style breakfast item (banana, muffin, etc) and sit with their grandchild in a section of our cafeteria to visit. Students need to arrive with their adult. It is a fun time for our students to enjoy a visit with their Grandparent!

We appreciate your children attending school today and your patience while we await the decision for school tomorrow, September 2. While monitoring the incoming weather, we are making a few adjustments to help support safety for our students, families, and staff.

• Parent Connection: Bites & Insights is now scheduled for Friday at 10:00 in The Meeting Room. Information and snacks will be provided. We hope you can come! *Previously scheduled for Wednesday at 10:00
• Hope PTO Meeting is now scheduled for Friday at 1:00 in The Meeting Room. *Previously scheduled for Wednesday at 9:00.
• Dismissal this afternoon: We will begin dismissal procedures 15 minutes earlier today to support safety. If your child is normally a "walker or bike rider" and it is actively raining, students will be added to the car rider line for safe dismissal. If you would like to make an actual change for your child to be a car rider as a precaution, please email a picture of your ID and your request information to contacthope@conroeisd.net by 2:00 today.

Thank you for a strong start to the 2026-2027 school year! We have welcomed lots of new families, highlighted several students for being "Simply the Best", celebrated our "B" State Accountability rating, and are in the middle of our beginning of year MAP assessments to start our growth journey for this school year.

In order for children to reach and even exceed their potential, it is important for each student to arrive on time and ready to learn daily. Attendance is a very important indicator for student success! Healthy habits such as evening and morning routines, adequate sleep, healthy food, and completing the school day make a huge difference for our students. One of our student-centered goals for this school year is to achieve at least 95% attendance for the school year and we need your help. We look forward to celebrating student attendance each quarter and, even more, to ensuring our students are present and learning!

In this edition of The Husky Howl:

• Open House & Title I Information Night
• Texas Standard & Read for a Better Life Day
• Safety information from Office Davis
• Watch Dog Volunteer Kick Off
• Read-At-Thon
• PTO September newsletter

Thank you for sharing your child with us and for your connection with our school community!

Christina Upshaw

Proud Principal for Hope Elementary

The Husky Howl is shared monthly and is organized by: Celebrations, Information, & Feeder zone/district information.

• 2- PTO Meeting in The Meeting Room at 9:00 & Parent Connection Meeting in the Counselor's Classroom at 10:00
• 4- Kona Ice during recess
• 7- School Holiday: Labor Day
• 8- Read-A-Thon information (all grades) and Progress Reports (3rd & 4th grade) come home in Tuesday folders
• 10- Grandparents' Day Breakfast 7:15-8:00 *RSVP button below
• 11- Patriots' Day: Wear Red, White, or Blue
• 15- National Dot Day, Read-A-Thon STARTS, and Title I Information Open House & Book Fair Night: 5:00 Last names A-M and 6:00 Last names N-Z
• 16- Texas Standard "Our Future, Our Legacy" & Read for a Better Life Day
• 17- Foundations Pep Rally at 2:30
• 22- Watch Dog Kick Off & Sign Up Night at 5:00
• 24- Spotlight Celebration for selected students at 1:30

Arrival and Dismissal

• Early Arrival is 7:00-7:30 at Car Rider daily. This is for students successful independently walking into and waiting in the cafeteria with a 44:1 (student to staff) ratio.

• Breakfast is served 7:00-7:55 daily. Students may eat breakfast as they arrive but should arrive by 7:45 to allow time to finish eating before instruction begins.

• Arrival for the school day begins at 7:30 daily. This is for all students.

• Car Riders: Cars must remain in the car rider line and not parked. Students should be ready to exit the right side of the car when the parent stops at a cone. Do not allow your children to exit the car from the left side or when not at a cone. The cones are staffed for safety purposes and allowing your child to exit in any other location is not safe.

• At 7:55 duty staff leave their duty to begin instruction. Parents must PARK (not stop in the driveway) and walk their child to the front office to be checked in as tardy. A sign is displayed as an additional visual.

• Tardies: Student tardies are entered into the system beginning at 7:55. They receive a tardy pass to bring to their teacher.

• Traffic safety reminder- The North crosswalk (closest to 3083) is not a "four-way stop" with stop signs. Vehicles are expected to stop for pedestrians and will be signaled by the crossing guard lifting the sign. Creating a "four-way stop" causes traffic to back up on Granger Pines Way and 3083.

• Arrival traffic flow- As you arrive in the car rider line, utilize TWO lanes around the driveway until right before the cones. At this location, merge (taking turns, zipper-style) into one lane for student drop off AT the cones. Lining up in two lanes until this point helps to prevent vehicles from blocking Granger Pines Way.

• Instruction STARTS at 7:55 daily. Students arriving after are marked tardy.

• Instruction ENDS at 3:10 daily. This means dismissal to cars and buses begins around 3:15.

• Pre-K and Kindergarten parents must be present WITH the PK/K Bus sign at the stop in order for your child to be dropped off. If you do not have the sign, the bus driver will return your child to school and the late pick up is documented.

• Walker/Biker is for students who live in close proximity to the school (Granger Pines) only. It is offered to these families because they do not qualify for bus services. A permission slip is required and remains on file to ensure appropriate assignment. Parents picking up students who are not "independent walkers" must present their student sign at pick up.

The full Parent Guideline document is available in The Parent Dashboard in English and Spanish.

Our afternoon Student Group options will be shared later this month! Our teacher sponsors are working hard to organize extra-curricular groups for our students. If you would like to volunteer to support a Student Group each Monday afterschool, please email contacthope@conroeisd.net with details.

Read-A-Thon offers a FUN way to kickstart reading at home by logging minutes online to receive prizes and by connecting family and friends for donations for our school! It is free to participate. There are prizes for individual students and by class!

Our Read-A-Thon is September 15-29 and information will be sent home soon.

How much can you read in one year?

Kickoff & Prize Store

Reader Sign-Up

Information about how to set up your book fair account and how to visit the book fair is coming soon.

*For safety, please no masks and all students must wear shoes.

Family Assistance 2026-2027

Asistencia Familiar 2026-2027

Access important information regarding safety during arrival, dismissal, car rider, and more at the button below.

These families will be cautious as they enter the exit to park in their assigned spots daily. The auction and raffle for the Spring semester will occur in January 2027.

Thank you for your continuous support for our school community!

If the student received free or reduced-price meals last year, their 30-day rollover benefits will expire on September 24, 2026. To avoid a gap in approval, we must receive your new application by September 23, 2026.

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