Fiest Newsletter
Dear Fiest Families,
What a wonderful start to the school year we have had! Our halls and classrooms are filled with learning, laughter, and the excitement of a new year. As we begin to settle into our routines, we are so proud of the way our students are learning, growing, and showing what it means to be a Fiest Bear!
We hope you will join us for Fiest Bear Roar & Explore, an opportunity for families to learn more about all of the fabulous things happening every day at Fiest Elementary. This is a wonderful chance to visit your child’s classroom, hear about the exciting learning taking place, and discover ways we can partner together to make this a successful year for your child.
September 1 for Grades 2–5
September 8 for ECSE, PK, Kindergarten, 1st grade & Life Skills
Roar & Explore: 6:00–7:00 p.m.
We also invite you to arrive early for two important opportunities to learn and provide your feedback:
5:30 p.m. – CFISD Bond Information
Join us to learn more about the proposed CFISD Bond, which will be on the ballot this November.
5:45 p.m. – Title I & Home/School Agreement
We will share information about how Fiest receives and uses Federal Title I funding and invite families to provide feedback on our Home/School Agreement.
Your partnership and involvement make a tremendous difference in the success of our students and our school community. We are excited about all that lies ahead and look forward to seeing our Fiest families throughout September!
Thank you for helping make Fiest Elementary such a special place to learn and grow. Bears ROAR, Eagles SOAR...WE ARE ONE!
With gratitude,
Jeanette Gerault
Principal, Fiest Elementary
Our PBIS (Positive Behavioral Interventions and Supports) program is off to a wonderful start! Students are learning what it looks like and sounds like to be a Fiest Bear by making positive ROAR choices:
R – Be Respectful
O – Take Ownership
A – Be Accountable
R – Be Reliable
Our teachers and staff are spending time teaching, modeling, practicing, and celebrating these expectations across our school. Click here to view expectations. We are excited to see our students making positive choices and showing their ROAR each day! We are implementing PBIS Rewards as a school wide incentive. Ask your child how many points they have and what they can redeem them for in their class. Each teacher has a menu of options such as but not limited to: treasure box, stinky feet (shoes off), bringing a stuffed animal to school, lunch with a friend, etc.
Thank you for partnering with us and supporting our school expectations at home. When we work together, we create a positive, predictable, and safe learning environment where every Fiest Bear can be successful.
🐻💙🐻 Bear ROAR, Eagles SOAR, We Are ONE 🐻💙🐻
· Medication at school:
All medications must be brought to school by a parent or guardian. This includes cough drops, sunscreen and bug repellent. A Medication Authorization form must be completed by your child’s Health Care Provider for all prescription medications to be given at school. Non-prescription medications must be in the original, unopened container that is clearly labeled and not expired.
· Action Plans: Emergency Medication must include an Action Plan for 2025-2026. Action Plans and other forms: CFISD Health Forms
· Review CFISD Medication Policy before bringing medication to school.
· When to keep sick children at home: CFISD Keeping Sick Children at Home
· Fever: A child must remain home with fever equal to or > 100° F and may only return after he/she has been fever-free for 24 hours without fever-reducing medicine such as Tylenol or Motrin.
· Diarrhea/Vomiting: A child with diarrhea and/or vomiting must stay at home and may return to school only after being symptom-free for 24 hours.
· For New & Returning students with Allergies, Asthma, Diabetes or Seizures PLEASE provide an Action Plan and Emergency Medication to the nurse as soon as possible. Our goal is to keep our students safe & healthy at school.
· Health Screening will be conducted on September 29th & 30th.
Vision & Hearing screening: all grades. AN screening:1st, 3rd & 5th grades. Scoliosis screening is only for 5th grade girls.
Please feel free to contact me at any time. Clinic Phone: 281-463-5849 Email: mary.joy@cfisd.net
Attendance matters please help us meet our goal of 95% or higher attendance goal each day.
If your child needs to miss school, please remember to send a handwritten note stating child’s name, date of absence, reason of absence, and parent signature. If you have a doctor’s excuse, please attach it to the note.
CHANGES IN TRANSPORTATION
As always, our top priority is the safety of our students and staff. Please help us keep your children safe by adhering to our end-of-day procedures. These procedures are designed get your children home each day safely and efficiently. One primary means of transportation should be chosen for the year. Changes of transportation should be kept to a minimum and must be in writing. Requirements are established to help guarantee the safety of every student. A change in transportation must be arranged and submitted in writing by 3:00PM to allow adequate time for our staff to provide temporary stickers and to communicate the change to the appropriate persons. All communication should be directed to the front office. Emails and phone calls to make a transportation change are not permitted.
Birthday Marquee orders are open for the 26-27 school year! Let's make your child's special day even brighter! Your student's first name and last initial will be displayed on the marquee slide as well as their birthday date.
Just $15 per child! Each order will be featured on the marquee from Monday through Sunday the week of their birthday. Click here to be directed to the SchoolCash Online posting.
Calling all Fiest dads, grandfathers, uncles, & father figures that would like to support their Fiest student... We would love to have you sign up to spend the day at Fiest Elementary! You will assist in classrooms, help the front office, have lunch with your student and more! If you would like to sign up, please take a look at our Fall dates: Fiest Bear PAws: Fall Semester 2026 - Bear PAws sign up You can also email emma.medrano@cfisd.net if you have any questions about the program.
*update- at this time, all slots have been filled
Friends of Fiest ready to hand out their goody bags.
Look at all these supplies that were donated!
Thank you to HEB for bringing our staff yummy snacks!
