Dear Prep Families,

We’re off to a fantastic start in this second semester, and we’re so grateful for your continued partnership in supporting your child’s success! Here are a few updates and reminders for Week 2:

• Attendance Matters: Regular attendance is critical for learning. Please help ensure your child arrives on time and ready to learn each day.
• Stay Involved: Mark your calendars for the AVID Business Expo on January 21, 2025. We’d love to see you there!

Thank you for all you do to support our school community. Together, we can make this semester an outstanding one for every student!

Updated 1/12/2025

Information has been updated 1/12/2025

Updated 1/12/2025

As we kick off the new semester, our priority is to ensure a smooth transition and establish strong routines for our students. To support this, we kindly ask for your understanding as we will not allow lunch visitors during the first three weeks of the semester.

This policy helps our scholars adjust to their daily schedules and fosters a focused, structured lunchtime environment.

Join us here: https://bit.ly/4fTbMWM

Meeting ID: 892 3979 8429

Passcode: Prep25

There is a virtual meeting on January 13, 2025.

Due to the weather, this week's Choice Program interest meetings were rescheduled. Below are the current dates for this month!

Join an in-person campus meeting to learn more about the programs and join the family!

Save your seat to the meetings here: https://eventbrite.com/cc/choose-your-seat-in-chisd-2980369…

Click the link above to access the links to the events.

Updated 1/12/2025

Registration Deadline Extended to January 15, 2025.

The AVID Student Business Expo is an inspiring event designed to showcase the entrepreneurial talents, creativity, and innovation of our students. This expo provides a platform for young visionaries to present their business ideas, products, or services to the school community, fostering skills such as communication, problem-solving, and critical thinking.

Students participating in the event take on the role of entrepreneurs, creating business concepts, designing displays, and engaging with attendees to explain their ideas. Whether they’re selling handmade crafts, promoting innovative services, or presenting solutions to real-world problems, the Business Expo highlights the ingenuity and determination of our future leaders.

This event is a celebration of student achievement and a key part of the AVID (Advancement Via Individual Determination) mission to prepare students for success in school, career, and life. Parents, teachers, and community members are invited to attend, support, and be inspired by the creativity of our students.

Join us for a day of innovation, excitement, and discovery at the AVID Student Business Expo!

Registration Deadline Extended to January 15, 2025

• Parents can pay the registration fee on mypayments plus in order to participate.
• Parents must also fill out the expo form as well.
• In order to participate, you must pay the registration fee of 10.00.
• Please all fill of the form above and submit the acknowledgement as well.

The High Honor Parade has been rescheduled due to the scheduled STEM Friday.

We will provide updates soon with a new date.

As we strive to create an equitable, positive, and supportive learning environment for all our students, there will be an upcoming adjustment to the daily schedule for our 5th-grade scholars. We will implement a revised schedule and rosters aimed at fostering a stronger social climate amongst students while maintaining academic excellence. This change is part of our commitment to ensuring that every child has an equal opportunity to thrive both socially and academically.

What You Need to Know:

• Effective Date: We will get these changed in the system by the end of the third week.
• Same Teachers: Your child will continue to be taught by their current teachers.
• New Timing: While the teachers remain the same, the timing of their classes may shift to accommodate the new schedule.
• Purpose: The adjustments are designed to balance class dynamics, enhance peer interactions, and ensure a productive and inclusive classroom experience for all.
• Additional Services: Students that are receiving additional services will still receive those services.

The middle of the year (MOY) Testing window will open this month for K-2 Scholars.

MAP testing will occur the week of January 20, 2025.

MAP Reading - Grades K-5

MAP Math - Grades K-5

MAP Science - Grades 3-5

MAP Language - Grades 2-5

Updated 1/5/2025

Updated 12/1/2024

Updated 12/1/2024

Please click the link below to access the PTA website.

Updated 11/3/2024

Updated 11/10/2024

Ongoing - No Updates

Academic Calendar

No Updates

You may eat lunch with your scholar on Tuesdays and Thursdays only.

Please ensure that you or anyone else that is coming is listed on your students guardian contact information.

Please view the maps below to get more information about the arrival and dismissal process.

Bus Assignments

Each scholar, new or returning, must register for Transportation services through their student skyward account. Students will only be scheduled on one school bus to one primary residential address.

A non-eligible student may not ride on a school bus unless they have received a Temporary Scholar pass from the home campus principal or other designated administrator.

Arrive at Pick-Up 5 Minutes Early

Times posted on this site reflect the expected time the bus should arrive during good weather. Inclement weather or traffic congestion may cause the route to run later than the posted time. We ask that all students be at their bus stop 5 minutes before the scheduled time to avoid missing the bus.

Transportation Facility

Kim Lewis Offices

202 E. Beltline Rd.
Cedar Hill, TX 75104

469.272.2080

Email: transportation@chisd.net
Follow us on twitter @CHISDTransport

Regular School Hours
Monday - Friday
5:00 AM - 6:00 PM

Dropping Off Kindergarten-2nd Grade Students

Parents or a documented designee must be at the bus stop to receive students ranging from Pre-Kindergarten to 2nd grade. If no one is there to receive the student, the student will be returned to the campus.

It is the responsibility of the parent to see that students who are returned to school are picked up. Any student returned three times will have his or her riding privileges suspended for the remainder of the school year.

Designated Stop/Changes

Students will be picked up and dropped off at the student’s designated bus stop. Only one location for pick-up and drop-off will be allowed.

Consequences for Violation of Conduct:

The school bus is an extension of the classroom and campus, and discipline will be administered by campus administrators. All school board policies that apply to student conduct and other student-related activities apply to the school bus.

1. The driver may pull the bus over and stop to safely manage student behavior.

2. If the student refuses to comply with a reasonable request, the driver will report the incident to the Assistant Director or Director upon returning to the Transportation Department.
3. The Operations Supervisor shall investigate the incident and notify the driver of the action taken.

Note: In the case of serious misconduct that endangers the safety of other students or the driver, the student(s) may be removed from the bus by any school official or law enforcement official.

The district has updated our Academic Calendar for the upcoming school year. Spring Break has been changed. Spring Break will now be observed from March 10-14, 2025, moving up one week earlier from the previously scheduled dates of March 17-21, 2024.