Bobcat Bulletin - FAMILY EDITION

Bobcat Families,

We are so excited to welcome everyone back for another fantastic school year! Tomorrow is our Meet the Teacher event, and we can’t wait to see our hallways filled with smiling faces as you meet your child’s teacher, see their classroom, and get ready for an amazing year ahead.

Our first day of school is Wednesday, August 13, and we are ready to start strong! Thank you for helping your child arrive on time, ready to learn, and full of excitement for all that’s ahead.

Let’s make 2025–2026 our best year yet—Level Up, Bobcats: Game On!

With Bobcat Pride,
Amber Gonzales
Principal, Copperfield Elementary

Copperfield’s Meet the Teacher event is just around the corner on Monday, August 11th! 🎉

To ensure your child is placed in a class and ready to meet their teacher, all students must be fully enrolled by Wednesday, August 6th.

Students who are not fully enrolled by the deadline will not be assigned a teacher and will not appear on a class list at Meet the Teacher.

Please log in to your Parent Portal as soon as possible to complete registration. Need help? Contact our front office—we’re happy to assist! Or email rmontez@judsonisd.org.

Let’s get ready for an amazing school year, Bobcats! 💛📚

Show your Copperfield Bobcat pride with our PTO-sponsored spirit shirts and hoodies!

• T-Shirts: $10

• Hoodies: $25

• Order Deadline: Thursday, September 19th

You can pay with cash, check, Venmo, or CashApp – but don’t forget:
✅ Include your child’s name, grade, teacher, item(s), and sizes when paying electronically so we can process your order correctly!

Let’s all gear up and show our Bobcat spirit! 🐾💙

We want to ensure all families are aware of our updated daily schedule for this school year:

🕖 Doors Open: 7:00 AM

📚 Instruction Begins: 7:30 AM (students are expected to be in their classrooms ready to learn!)

🛎️ Dismissal: 2:50 PM

🚨 Please note: This is a change from previous years—dismissal is now at 2:50 PM instead of 3:00 PM.

Thank you for helping us start and end the day smoothly by arriving on time and making note of this new dismissal time. We’re looking forward to a great year ahead!

To ensure the safety of all students, please review the following procedures for morning drop-off and afternoon dismissal:

Morning Drop-Off – Begins at 7:00 AM

🔹 Parent Drop-Off:

• Drop-off is in front of the school only.

• Do not park and leave your car in the loop – this blocks traffic and slows the line.

• No drop-off is allowed in the back bus loop.

🔹 Student Entry Locations:

• Walkers, parent drop-off, and bike riders enter through the front of the school.

• Bus riders will enter through the cafeteria.

• Pre-K students must be walked up and dropped off at the library doors.

• No students should be dropped off in the parking lot. If you park, you must walk your child to the crosswalk for their safety.

Afternoon Dismissal – Begins at 2:50 PM

🚨 Please note: Dismissal is now at 2:50 PM, not 3:00 PM.

1️⃣ Pre-K Pickup:

• All Pre-K students will be picked up at the front of the school.

2️⃣ Car Riders:

• If you are in the car line, please remain in your vehicle.

• Students will be called from the gym and brought to your car.

• Have your Car Rider Sign visible to help us move the line quickly.

3️⃣ Walk-Up Parents (Parking Lot):

• Parents who park and walk up will now pick up students from the front of the school.

• Line up along the rock wall on the sidewalk with your Student Pick-Up Sign ready.

4️⃣ Adventure Club Pickup:

• Students in Adventure Club will be picked up from the cafeteria.

• Do not pass any buses to pick up your child.

• For safety, students will not be released until all buses have exited.

5️⃣ Walkers & Bike Riders:

• Will be escorted by staff to the corner and safely crossed by our campus crosswalk team.

We appreciate your patience and support in following these procedures to keep every Bobcat safe and secure! 💙

Judson ISD utilizes a parent portal, Skyward Family Access, which houses student official daily grades, including progress reports and report cards. Parents/Guardians can access their Family Access Account through Skyward. You can check your child's grades in the parent portal. Please make contact with your child's teacher if you have any concerns about grades or if your child has failing grades. You can also view your child's current grades in the parent portal.

First nine weeks starts on Wednesday August 13th, 2025

First nine weeks progress report will be posted in the parent portal by 9/15/2025 for grades 2-5.

Please make sure to log in to check your child's grades, if you have any questions please contact your child's teacher.

How Parents can Access Report cards and progress reports in skyward.

Log into your skyward account

Go to Family Access Portfolio

All report cards and progress reports will be there and available to download.

If you want to look at live grades and how students did on specific assignments first log into skyward account.

Log into your skyward account

Go to grading-here is where they will see live up to date grades

click on first nine week 1 and then click on each grade and when they click on the grade, all the assignments will pop up. If you have any questions, please contact your child's teacher.

If your child is absent, please send a note upon your child's return. This will ensure your child does not have unexcused absences.

Here are some helpful tips with excused and unexcused reasons for absences.

Hello Families! I will provide information about the library and our events and activities in the upcoming newsletters. We look forward to filling the Copperfield library with students soon!

Mrs. Potocki

● Student attire and grooming must permit the student to participate in all learning

activities without posing a risk to the health or safety of any student or school district

personnel. All student attire must not disrupt the learning environment for the student or

others.

● Pajamas and bedroom slippers are not allowed to be worn except for designated

activities approved by the campus principal. Hair coverings designed for night wear or

hair prep are not allowed to be worn during the instructional day. Blankets and pillows

are not to be brought to school.

● Students must wear clothing including a shirt with pants or skirt, or the equivalent (for

example, dresses, skirts, leggings, or shorts) and shoes. Leggings/jeggings/yoga pants,

etc., must have an item of clothing worn over the material that covers the bottom when

sitting and standing.

● Skirts and shorts must always be knee-length. Holes in jeans exposing flesh above the

mid-thigh are prohibited.

● Tops may be sleeveless. However, the top must cover the strap of the undergarment

and at no time may any part of a student's midriff or chest be exposed.

● All clothing must cover the chest, back, torso, stomach, midriff, and lower extremities

from armpit to armpit to mid-thigh. Undergarments must be worn, and clothing must

cover all undergarments. No underwear or undergarments may be visible at any time.

Clothing may not be see-through.

● Clothing must be suitable for all scheduled learning activities, including physical

education, science labs, specialized career and technical education classes, field trips,

and other activities where unique hazards or specialized attire or safety gear are

required. Bare feet are not permitted at any time.

● Attire and/or grooming depicting or advocating violence, weapons, criminal activity,

speech, or clothing that could be considered dangerous or that could be used as a

weapon are prohibited. Campus administration will make this decision.

● Student hairstyles must be groomed appropriately and may not be a distraction to the

educational environment.

● Hoodies and caps may be worn in the hallway or during passing periods, as long as they

do not depict or advocate violence, weapons, criminal activity, gang-related activity

(including clothes, accessories, or colors identified as gang-affiliated), use of tobacco,

alcohol or drugs, pornography, foul or obscene language, or hate speech. The hood of

the hoodie must not be cinched up while in the building. Students are not allowed to

wear any head ware (gear-hood, cap, ski-masks, or sheistys) in the instructional setting.

House Bill 1481 prohibits students from using personal electronic devices during school hours while on school property. Students who bring personal electronic devices to campus must keep the device powered off the entirety of the school day while on school property and must keep it out of accessible reach. Use is not allowed during passing periods, lunches, or during class. A student shall not use a personal communication device on school property during the school day. While on school property, the student shall store any personal communication device in accordance with administrative regulations.

Types of personal electronics prohibited include, but are not limited to:

• Cell phones
• Apple/Smart watches
• Fitness Trackers with Messaging Capabilities
• Bluetooth Ear Buds/Headphones
• Tablets
• Personal Laptops
• Gaming Devices
• Pagers
• Radio devices
• AI/Smart glasses

An authorized District employee shall confiscate a student’s personal communication device that is used in violation of this policy or any applicable regulations.

If a personal communication device is not retrieved, the District shall dispose of the device after 90 days and providing the notice required by law.

A student shall be authorized to use a personal communication device on school property during the school day only under the following circumstances:

• Devices necessary to implement an Individualized Education Program (IEP) or a plan created under Section 504, Rehabilitation Act of 1973 (29 U.S.C. Section 794), or a similar program or plan.
• Devices used by a student with a documented medical need based on a directive from a qualified physician such as glucose monitors.
• Devices necessary to comply with a health or safety requirement imposed by law or as part of the district's or school's safety protocols such as the ability to report anonymous alerts through the STOPit App, various support hotlines, and during active emergency situations.
• Electronic devices provided to a student by the school for instructional purposes such as Chromebooks.
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Disciplinary consequences for violation of use of Personal Electronic Devices:

1st Offense:

• The device is held in the front office.
• Parent/guardian is notified.
• Only a parent/guardian may pick up the device.
• Behavior is logged in the student’s record.

2nd Offense:

• The device is held in the front office.
• Parent/guardian is notified.
• Only a parent/guardian may pick up the device.
• Behavior is logged in the student’s record.
• 1 Day ISS assigned.

3rd Offense:

• The device is held in the front office.
• Parent/guardian is notified.
• Only a parent/guardian may pick up the device.
• Additional documentation of the incident in behavior records.
• 2 Days ISS assigned.

4th Offense:

• The device is held in the front office.
• Parent/guardian is notified.
• Only a parent/guardian may pick up the device.
• A behavior contract will be developed with the student.
• Additional documentation of the incident in behavior records.
• 3 Days ISS assigned.

Offenses beyond 4 will be seen as a serious violation and will result in:

• The device is held in the front office.
• Parent/guardian is notified.
• Only a parent/guardian may pick up the device.
• A behavior contract will be developed with the student.
• Additional documentation of the incident in behavior records.
• OSS suspension and possible referral to DAEP.

📸 Save the Date – Fall Pictures
Individual fall pictures will be taken on Tuesday, September 23. More information will be sent out as the date gets closer.