Dear JNE Parents and Guardians,

Congratulations to our 4th grade students for an outstanding performance of the National Anthem at the Space Cowboy game! Your hard work and talent truly shone, and we are so proud of you!

Thank you to all the parents who attended our Open House/Parent Information Night event! Your presence and support are invaluable as we work together to create a positive and engaging learning environment for our students. We appreciate your partnership and look forward to a great year ahead!

Next week is Start with Hello week, and we invite all students to join us in participating in our fun theme days! You can find the flyer with all the themes posted below in the newsletter. Start with Hello week is designed to encourage inclusivity and kindness by empowering students to reach out, connect, and create a welcoming school environment for everyone. We look forward to recognizing this important week with you!

The start of our school day is 8:05 a.m. this year. To ensure your student(s) are in the building before the tardy bell, we recommend joining the car rider line by 7:45 a.m. You can help keep our arrival line running smoothly by having students ready to exit the car with their backpacks and ensuring all breakfast items are finished before reaching the front of the line. Our safety patrol members and staff will be on hand to assist students with exiting cars until the 8:05 a.m. bell. After that, we ask that parents park and walk their students to the front lobby for sign-in.

Thank you for exercising caution during our arrival and dismissal times. As a reminder, use of a wireless communication device is prohibited in a school zone unless the driver is using a hands-free device or the vehicle is stopped, according to Texas Transportation Code. Statewide, drivers face $200 tickets if caught using cell phones in school zones while the car is in motion

Upcoming Events

August 8th through September 30th- GT Referral Window is Open

Week of September 16th- Start with Hello Week

Monday, September 16- Dot Day (Wear your polka dots!)/ Dress Like a Friend!

Tuesday, September 17th- Constitution Day

Friday, September 20th- Kindergarten Pirate Day

Wednesday, September 25th- Fall Picture Day

Thursday, September 26th- Early Release Day (Dismissal at 12:10pm)

Thursday, September 26th- Parent/Teacher Conference Day

Friday, September 27th- Student Holiday/Staff Professional Development Day

Items in our Newsletter Include:

• Campus Flyers
  
• Lunch Visitors Announcement (Visitors begin on August 26th)
  
• Campus Reminders
• Attendance Information
  
• Health and Safety Protocols

Have a wonderful weekend!

Sincerely,

The JNE Admin Team

Beginning this year, students in Fort Bend ISD will complete NWEA MAP computer-adaptive assessments three times a year to gain information about what students know and what they are ready to learn next. MAP also gives insight into how students are growing academically, allowing you to track your student's progress throughout the school year and across multiple years. Families will have access to their child's results after each testing window. NWEA MAP is replacing Renaissance 360. For more information, visit the NWEA Family Toolkit linked here: https://www.nwea.org/family-toolkit/

MAP Growth Family Guide

MAP Infographic for Families

Counselor's Connection Newsletter: September- NEW!

Start with Hello Week Flyer

Fall Picture Day Flyer

Fall Picture Day Link

September Outclass Schedule

Travis Cheer Clinic Flyer

TCHATT Support Services Flyer- English

TCHATT Support Services Flyer- Spanish

FBISD Medication Policy

Attendance Procedures Flyer, for Parents

It’s your friendly neighborhood Parliamentarian here to announce the results of the PTO election. Our new Vice President is Amandeep Kaur. Our new Secretary is Padmaja Athuru. Nicole Juracek, Jocelyn Heilman, and I welcome Amandeep and Padmaja to the Executive Board and look forward to working with them.

As always, we are grateful to all of those who were ready to serve and look forward to them serving the Neill community in other ways.

- Kim Hibsch

The PTO website has some great new features: 1. you can now sign up and indicate your child(ren)'s teacher. This gives you the ability to connect with other parents in their class 2. Sign ups this year will be through NeillPTO.org, signing up early will help ensure you will be notified when volunteer sign ups are going out.

We ask that all students arriving by car be dropped off in our front driveway. This is the safest location to deliver students to campus. Starting at 7:30am our staff is present to help students and to supervise their arrival to campus.

Our arrival line is longest between 7:45-8:05am. We invite families to take advantage of a shorter line by delivering their student to school between 7:30 and 7:45am.

The campus tardy bell rings at 8:05am. This is a change in time from last school year.

Neill Elementary School will be inviting parent to join their children for lunch. Only one guest per student will be allowed into the cafeteria. We strongly encourage parents to sign up only one time per week if space allows.

Due to space constraints with large grade level enrollment, as well as to ensure the safety and security of all students, staff and visitors, we will ask that lunch guest sign up to join us ahead of time. Each week in our Friday Newsletter, we will post the link to a sign up genius for the upcoming week.

Link to JNE's Lunch Visitor Sign Up Genius

Please remember to bring a photo id with you to campus as this is required to be signed in to campus as a visitor.

We thank you for supporting us as our current practice is set in the interest of safety and fairness to everyone who would like to enjoy lunch with their child.

• Lunchtime guests will be signed in to visit in the cafeteria only.
• Please be on time for lunch so that you and your student are able to enjoy the full lunch time together. Thank you for exiting the building through the front doors at the end of lunch.
• Guests can only join a student for lunch if they are an approved emergency contact in Skyward Family Access.
• Guest must have a photo ID to be allowed onto campus.
• Visitors may only bring food for their child.
• Families who need an allergy-free seat during lunch may leave a note in the comment section of the sign-up genius.
• Please exit the cafeteria at our 5-minute remaining mark to help us prepare for our next lunch and to allow students time to rejoin their class and prepare to return to their classroom.
• We will not be able to host lunch visitors during state testing or special events on campus.

Fort Bend ISD is happy to serve a community with families from all around the world. We are proud to be culturally diverse and celebrate our unique traits as a community of compassionate citizens.

We recognize that fasting practices occur throughout the calendar year. As a school community we are sensitive to and accommodate students and staff observers who express they are fasting.

If your family would like the campus to be aware of your student's wish to fast, please send an email to your child's classroom teacher so that we can be aware of any needs that may occur during an observance. Our partnership with our school community is important to us and we thank our families for their communication with the campus regarding special occasions and observances that may impact the instructional day.

Clothing reminders:

• We kindly ask that all families place a change of clothes for ALL students, as well as extra shoes for little ones– soiled, torn, accidents, spills etc. happen to everyone.
• Please consider to donating gently used black girls stretch pants in various sizes especially larger;
• Please consider to donating some gently used ELASTIC waist boy gym shorts and sweat pants (now that it is winter) in larger sizes

Health Reminders:

• If your child is ill – keep them home.
• Parents please medicate or treat for allergy symptoms at home.

Contact Reminders:

• Please make sure the clinic has the most up-to-date contact information for parents, guardians and emergency contacts.
• Please add the clinic phone number to your contact list so urgent phone calls do not come up as SPAM – 281-327-3768.

Students will be allowed to celebrate their birthday at the end of the day, by bringing individually packaged store-bought food products, provided by the parent or grandparent. Treats may be distributed to classmates on or near (i.e. bring treats on Monday when the birthdate was on a weekend) the student’s birthdate.

Prior to sending any treats, we ask that you contact your child’s teacher to discuss the date you will send treats. The nutritional label must be attached to your store-bought item. A parent or guardian must bring them into the building and fill out the proper form which is submitted to FBISD’s Child Nutrition office.

Parents or grandparents of a student at Neill may provide one birthday treat per child to share with the student’s homeroom class only. This may be in the form of ONE individually wrapped edible or ONE small tangible item (such as a pencil) with the value of the individual item not to exceed $5.00.

We require single serving items, which must be pre-packaged and individually wrapped, such as mini- cupcakes, cookies, brownies, or Krispy treats.

We respectfully request no cakes, drinks, balloons, flowers, donuts, stuffed animals, or goody bags. To preserve instructional time, additional party favors ARE NOT permitted. Birthday treat time is not a “party” but a simple, quick recognition of the child’s special day.

Please keep in mind that we have several students with food allergies. For this reason, products containing peanuts or manufactured on equipment that processes peanuts are prohibited. No nuts please, due to allergies.

Neill Elementary School recognizes the value and importance of school attendance and encourages regular attendance to help our students be successful through the school year. Please email the attendance office within five days of the student’s recorded absence explaining the reason for the absence or the absence will be marked as unexcused. You may send an email to attendancejne@fortbendisd.com.

Use of a wireless communication device is prohibited in a school zone unless the driver is using a hands-free device or the vehicle is stopped, according to Texas Transportation Code. Statewide, drivers face $200 tickets if caught using cell phones in school zones while the car is in motion

Email: margaret.murphy@fortbendisd.com
Website: https://www.fortbendisd.com/jne
Location: 3830 Harvest Corner Drive, Richmond, TX, USA
Phone: 281-327-3760
Twitter: @JNE_Longhorns