Brill Elementary
Edition 23: February 15th, 2026
Brill named a 2025 Honor Roll Campus!
Our school was recently recognized as a 2025 Educational Results Partnership (ERP) Honor Roll School for our high academic achievement and student success.
The ERP Honor Roll program, sponsored by the Campaign for Business and Education Excellence (CBEE), is part of a national effort to identify higher-performing schools and districts that are improving student outcomes and preparing students with the skills employer's value and demand. Brill Elementary is one of 1,076 eligible public schools in Texas to be recognized.
The ERP Honor Roll utilizes public school student achievement data from 2025 to identify successful schools and districts. Our school stands above others in the state because of our demonstrated ability to get students to grade-level achievement and beyond.
Schools that receive the ERP Honor Roll distinction have demonstrated consistently high levels of student academic achievement, improvement in achievement levels over time, and a reduction in achievement gaps among student populations.
Here a few important details about the ERP Honor Roll:
· It is the only award given in collaboration with state and local business leaders.
· It establishes a high bar of performance using data from student assessments.
· It is conducted by Educational Results Partnership, a nonprofit organization that developed the nation’s largest database on student achievement.
We did not apply for this award. Our results led them to us! Because of our accomplishment, we will be featured on the ERP Honor Roll website at www.edresults.org.
We are thankful for the hard work of our students and teachers here at Brill! This recognition is a testament to the sustained focus on academic results and commitment to lifelong student success that our school and parent community have shown over the years. Let’s keep up the great work!
Feb. 26th: 4th Grade Field Trip to Wunderlich Farms
Our 4th graders will visit Klein's Wunderlich Farms for their annual field trip on February 26th. Permission Slips will go home this week and are due back to your child's homeroom teacher by February 23rd. More information will go home prior to the trip via a parent letter and email reminders.
PTO Events Update:
Please note the following date change! Join us Saturday, March 28 for a father-daughter dance to be held at Brill's gym, more details will follow! And fear not, we will have details of a mother-son bowling event soon.
Campus Wide Positive Behavior Incentives
Dear Parents,
- We are incentivizing for students based on behaviors and academics through our school wide matrix of the Bronco 5.
- Students get the opportunity to earn Bronco Bucks based on Kindness, Respect, Communication, Self Control, & Integrity.
- Students must complete assignments and not have any office referrals for physical contact or threatening statements in order to participate. Students with other referrals may have partial time for the incentive.
- We will have school wide incentives on March 27th - Game Day, & May 15th – Popsicles on the Playground for students to earn.
- Please remind students of school expectations through our Bronco 5.
Club and Organization Information
We will begin sharing our co-curricular Club and Organization information including sponsors, meeting dates, and times in September through our Thursday folders, announcements, and Sunday newsletters.
To help streamline communication, all 5th grade families are invited to join our GroupMe group for updates and reminders.
Thank you so much for your continued support, we can't wait to celebrate this amazing milestone with our students! Please let the 5th grade appreciation team know if you have any questions by emailing 5thgradeappreciation@brillpto.org
It's not too late! Applying for Meal Benefits is Easy!
Submitting an application is easy and helps ensure every student has access to healthy meals while also supporting important school funding. Students approved for reduced-price meals will receive free breakfast and lunch all year long. Apply today through the SchoolCafe app or at www.schoolcafe.com/kleinisd
Lunch Visitors
Beginning this week, our campus will begin to allow guests to eat with their student during lunch in our visitor area in the lobby. Please note that there are specific days for guests to attend for each grade level and the visit must occur during the student's scheduled lunch time. All guests will need to check-in through the front office when arriving to campus.
Guest Lunch Schedule:
Monday: 5th Grade
Tuesday: Pre-K and Kinder
Wednesday: 3rd and 4th Grade
Thursday: 1st and 2nd Grade
Friday: No Lunch Visitors
Student Lunch Times:
Pre-K and Kinder: 10:30-11:00 am
1ST Grade: 10:55-11:25 am
2ND Grade: 11:40-12:10 am
3RD Grade: 12:20-12:50 am
4TH Grade: 12:00-12:30 am
5TH Grade: 11:20-11:50 am
Classroom Food Treats- 2 Weeks
Please note that any classroom food treats that are brought to campus must be cleared by the nurse two weeks prior to serving the students. The clinic will need an ingredient list sent to them with the child's homeroom so that they may screen it for allergies. You may also order a treat through cafeteria by visiting Klein's Food Service. Thank you for understanding. If you would like to bring something sooner, we recommend non-food items such as pencils or stickers.
Personal Electronic Communication Device Reminders:
As we prepare for the start of the school year, we want to make sure our families are informed regarding a new state law, House Bill 1481, that was recently passed by the Texas Legislature.
Beginning with the 2025–2026 school year, this new state law prohibits students from using personal communication devices during the instructional day while on school grounds. This includes cell phones, smartwatches, tablets, earbuds, and any other device capable of digital or telecommunication.
What This Means for Our Students
Students may bring personal communication devices to school, but they must be turned off, out of sight, and stored away in their backpack, pocket, laptop sleeve, or other personal belongings while on school grounds from the first bell to the end of the instructional day, including during class, passing periods, lunch, and recess.
The law requires disciplinary consequences for the use of personal communication devices during the instructional day while on school grounds. Exceptions are provided for students covered under a Section 504 plan or an Individualized Education Program (IEP) that includes personal communication devices as an accommodation. Access will be permitted as outlined in their individual plans.
Communication and Support
The majority of our schools implemented similar personal communication device expectations for students last school year and found that their students were less distracted, resulting in more focused learning environments and increased positive face-to-face interactions for students and staff.
Prior to the first day of school, we encourage you to discuss this new Texas law with your children and emphasize the importance of focusing on learning throughout the school day. School leadership will also communicate to students the expectations and consequences for failing to keep personal communication devices off and out of sight when they return to school.
Thank you for your continued partnership as we work together to ensure a positive, safe, and focused learning environment for all students.
Attendance Procedures
Regular school attendance is essential for a student to make the most of his or her education—to benefit from teacher-led and school activities, to build each day’s learning on the previous day’s, and to grow as an individual. Absences from class may result in serious disruption of a student’s mastery of the instructional materials; therefore, the student and parent should make every effort to avoid unnecessary absences.
Did you know you can now report an absence in Skyward? Click HERE for more information.
Any student who is absent for the whole day is required to submit in Skyward one of the following within 5 days of their absence(s):
- Parent Note
- Message through Parent Skyward account
- Original medical note (copies or altered notes will not be accepted)
- Faxed notes must be sent from physician’s office
- Court note
- Official note for observance of approved religious holy days
New this Year:
The front office is only able to submit Doctors Notes for absences. All other absences must be logged by the parent through Skwyard.
Bronco Five
As we begin this year with a continued focus on safe and disciplined schools, I want to remind all our families about Klein ISD’s student behavior expectations. It takes staff, students, and families working together to promote the good behavior we expect to see in our school.
Klein ISD has a Student Code of Conduct to promote a safe and disciplined learning environment for every student that will be strictly enforced on our campus. Therefore, please review with your family these standards of conduct along with the disciplinary consequences for infractions.
We take great pride in creating safe learning environments for our students and staff members. The overwhelming majority of our students are model citizens. We expect every student to take responsibility for contributing to a positive school environment, and we will not tolerate disruptive or disrespectful behavior. Our administrators and staff members are committed to actively monitoring hallways and restroom areas to ensure the safety and well-being of all students.
Safety is everyone’s responsibility, and I ask you, as parents, to partner with us by speaking with your children about appropriate behavioral expectations to ensure a positive learning environment in our school.
I also encourage you to take a look at our Keep Klein Safe website (https://kleinisd.net/keepkleinsafe). If you or your child see or hear something that is a safety concern, it’s critical that you report it. Our Klein ISD Police Department is here 24/7 to keep our students, staff, and community safe and take these reports seriously. Additionally, our school administration is here to serve and support students and they are available anytime during the school day to answer questions and support all efforts for student safety and success.
Thank you for your partnership and for working with us to help every student achieve success and find their purpose.
Note from the Nurse:
Student Illness:
As cold, strep and flu season progresses, we are in that time of year when many students are coming down with upper respiratory symptoms. These include nasal congestion, cough, sore throat, headache, and possibly fever.
Please be aware that Klein ISD requires that students be excluded from school for a fever of 100.0 or higher and they may not return to school until they are fever free for at least 24 hours without the use of fever reducing medications.
Temporarily masking a fever with medication does not change the fact the student is in the contagious period of an illness and may be spreading the illness, like the flu, to others by coughing, sneezing, and touching surfaces.
While we value student attendance, it is important everyone plays their part in keeping the spread of illness to a minimum by following this rule. Please also make sure your contact information and emergency contacts are up to date with the Registrar so that you can be reached in the event your child is ill and must be picked up from school.
NEW Medication Guidelines:
If your child will need a medication while at school, there has been a change to Klein ISD procedures. Medications will need a written order by a licensed healthcare provider. Clinic staff will not be able to use the prescription label as proof of the written medical order, as in the past. The licensed healthcare provider can use the Klein ISD Medication Authorization form, an action plan, or a letter from their office to provide their signed consent. If you have any questions, please contact our school clinic.
Also please contact the clinic for any student needing an action plan.
Ex. Action plans may include the following:
- Asthma
- Allergy to foods
- Diabetes
- Seizures
Standards Based Grading Session Information
Family Curriculum Guides:
We are excited to share our new quarterly Family Curriculum Guides to help partner with our families. All quarter guides have been added for grades K-8 for core content in English and Spanish on the Klein ISD website. These documents include the following topics:
What will my child learn during the during this quarter of school?
Questions to ask your child
How can I help my child learn at home?
Tools for success
Breakfast & Lunch Information:
Breakfast & Lunch Information:
All car riders and walkers will be allowed in the building beginning at 7:45 am to eat breakfast before reporting to their homeroom class. All bus riders will have the option of eating breakfast once they arrive on campus. Staff members will be located in the cafeteria each morning in order to help our students with trays, ID badges, and navigating the cafeteria line.
Thirty minute lunch periods will be scheduled by grade level beginning at 10:30 am through 12:50 pm. Staff members will be located in the cafeteria at every lunch in order to help our students with trays, ID badges, and navigating the cafeteria line.
Please visit the Food Service Website found HERE to learn more about Klein's food service program, nutrition & allergy, birthday treats, free & reduced lunches, and more!
We also want to remind our families of additional fee-free (no limit) payment methods always available to our Klein families.
Cash or check can be sent with the student or brought by a parent to any campus.
Cash or check can be dropped off at the Nutrition & Food Services Office located at KMPC, 7500 FM 2920.
For additional information including questions about allergies, menus and more, visit:
SMART tag, Transportation tags, and IDs
If you student has lost their tag or a replacement/additional one is needed, please contact Ms. Romero in the front office via email or by phone at eromero1@kleinisd.net or 832-484-6150.
Campus Visitors
Visitors should ring the doorbell located at the front door of the school in order to notify the front office staff of your arrival.
Visitors will be asked to present their IDs to the camera before entering the building.
Once inside, visitors should report to the main office to check-in and receive their visitors badge. Visitors are asked to remain in the areas noted on their badge.
Students will not be released to visitors during school hours without a photo ID, thank you for understanding and for helping us to keep our Broncos safe.
Brill Watchdogs
We are always looking for dads and father figures to help make a positive impact on our campus. If you're interested in joining the Watch Dog organization please visit BrillPTO.org to fill out the interest form!
Brill Elementary, Klein ISD
Email: ehodge1@kleinisd.net
Website: https://brill.kleinisd.net/
Location: 9102 Herts Road, Spring, TX, USA
Phone: (832) 484-6150
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/BrillKISD/
Instagram: @BrillKISD
