Moorhead Junior High

Dear Students and Parents:

I am very pleased to be serving in my ninth year as your principal and I would like to officially welcome you back for the 2025-2026 school year at Moorhead Junior High! Our teachers and staff members have been very busy this summer attending numerous professional development sessions and have spent many hours on our campus during the past two months in preparation for a positive opening for the upcoming school year. We have made a strong commitment to quality teaching and learning, and to providing and enhancing the very best learning environment and challenging academic program for all of our students. In addition to our core subject academic program, we are excited about the excellent opportunities for Moorhead students in our elective courses, athletic programs, music and other fine arts programs. We want our students to get involved in these programs and to join one or more of our clubs and organizations as they develop their leadership and service skills at our school.

Also, we urge our parents to consider joining and becoming actively involved in our Parent-Teacher-Organization (PTO), and to complete the information for joining this fine group. We mail home a copy of the PTO membership form. Active parental involvement is a strong goal for our campus and makes a positive difference in our student performance and overall success. Our parents and community members are always welcome on our campus.

We plan to carry on the traditions for nurturing, educating and fostering relationships with our students daily as well as growing them academically no matter what the setting. As always, our number one priority is student and staff safety, especially in our current situation. I am looking forward to meeting and working with each of you. Please feel free to give us a call at (936) 709-6001 if we can help you in any way before the opening of school. Our counselors will be in our building ready to serve you again, and they may be reached by leaving a message for them at this same number.

Sincerely,

Robert Garcia

Principal

Ongoing: Registration for new students in Conroe ISD

Aug. 1: New Teacher Campus Orientation at Moorhead

Aug. 4: Campus Staff Development (All staff)

Aug. 7: District Staff Development (Teachers)

Aug. 5: Athletics Meeting (Boys and Girls) in the gyms at 6pm

Aug. 6: 7th / 8th grade Football equipment pickup 5:00pm – 8:00pm

Aug. 7 : 7th / 8th grade football equipment pickup 5:00pm – 8:00pm

Aug. 8: STUDENT SCHEDULE PICK UP 9am-11am, 1pm – 3pm ***

Aug. 11: MEET THE TEACHER NIGHT/schedule pick up 5:30 – 7:30pm ***

Aug. 12: Teacher workday

Aug. 13: First day of classes; first day of 1st 9 weeks

Sept. 1: No School – Labor Day

Sept. 17: OPEN HOUSE 5:45pm – 7pm

***All fees and fines must be paid from the previous school year before the student can receive a schedule.

We look forward to welcoming our new and returning students on August 11 from 5:30 - 7:30pm. Stop by to pick up your schedule and meet your teachers. Please be prepared to pay any fees or fines from the previous school year before you pick up your new schedule.

We will have a taco food truck vendor, and a snow cone truck out front in case you want to buy dinner or a treat.

Email your child's counselor or assistant principal if you need help. You can also call the school at 936-709-6001.

7th Grade (A - L)

Brenda Bishop: bbishop@conroeisd.net

Teresa Randall: trandall@conroeisd.net

8th Grade (M - Z)

Timothy Matthews: tmmatthews@conroeisd.net

Melodie Waldo: mwaldosharpen@conroeisd.net

7th Grade (M - Z)
Dusty Joiner: dkjoiner@conroeisd.net

Fallon Johnson: fjohnson@conroeisd.net

8th Grade (A - L)
Nichole Quinones nquinonesnegron@conroeisd.net

Dan Wheeler: dlwheeler@conroeisd.net

Associate Principal
Robert Jackson: rajackson@conroeisd.net

Meals:

Breakfast: Free for all students

Lunch: $3.20 regular price / .40 reduced price

Information about our child nutrition program is forthcoming from the CISD Child Nutrition Services office (936) 709-8193.

Students will only be able to charge a lunch 15 days. After 15 charges they will not receive a lunch.

You must reapply every year in order for your child to receive Free or Reduced meals at www.myschoolapps.com.

Parents can pre-pay online for meal accounts beginning August 1, 2025, at www.myschoolbucks.com.

District Registration Day is August 2. Details TBA.

What Bus do I Ride: https://infolocator.conroeisd.net/

Transportation Website:Transportation | Conroe ISD

Parents/Guardians:

We are looking forward to a great start of the 2025-26 school year and seeing all of the kids. In order to make sure we get off to a great start, we are asking you to help us with verifying transportation for your child.

· Your child is registered for transportation for next year.

· If this is accurate, you do not need to do anything else.

· If your child will not need transportation for the school year, please email the school’s registrar.

· Please remember that the Approved Board of Trustees Guidelines for transportation are:

o A student must live more than 1 mile from the school.

o The walk to stop distance for the different levels are as follows:

§ Elementary (PK – 4th): 600 feet

§ Intermediate (5th -6th): 600 feet

§ Junior High (7th – 8th): 1200 feet

§ High School (9th – 12th): 2400 feet

Late Bus Registration

Remember to register for Late Bus transportation if you child plans on using this service.

https://apps.conroeisd.net/AlternativeTransportation/

The late buses depart Moorhead at 5:25pm and drop off at designated Satellite locations.

Students involved in extracurricular activities, tutorial programs or after school detention will have the opportunity to utilize our late buses. The following are some important details pertaining to the late bus system. Please read over these new details carefully.

1. Each late bus run will be designated by a color rather than a number.
2. Each late bus will stop at the same designated stops every single day. This new system resembles more of a “Metro” type of system than our previous late bus system.

3. These satellite stops are not intended to be within a short walk to each student’s home, but more of a central place where parents may pick up their children without having to drive all the way to campus.
4. Your student will be given a standardized late bus pass from their teacher in order to ride the late bus.
The teacher will be printing this pass from our View-It system and it will contain all of the information the bus driver will need to drop off your student at the correct location.

5. A student will not be allowed to ride the late bus if they do not have a late bus pass or if it is not signed by a teacher.

6. Also, a student will not be dropped off at any location other than the one that has been assigned to them by View-It which is based on their current address.

6. All satellite stops have been chosen for their safety features (large parking lot for waiting parents), but we do not recommend that students cross any roads or try to walk home from Satellite stops due to dangerous traffic conditions or other dangers that walking home may pose.
7. These satellite spots are subject to change. If for some reason there is a change you will be notified via phone and/or email.

All 7th and 8th grade students will be admitted to the building at 7:15am. Athletes may enter the building by the gyms at 7:15am. When the bell rings students will report to their designated class to pick up a new and finalized class schedule and receive further first day information. Please bring school materials and be ready to work in all classes. Please make appropriate arrangements for transportation at the end of the day by 4:15pm, under normal conditions.

We are so excited to welcome your child to school!

Reminders:

• Make plans to drop off earlier than normal. Remember that traffic is always heavy on the first day of school.
  
• Buses will likely run behind as well for pick up and drop off the first week or so of school.
  
• We are here for you and your child. Please let us know how we can help you.
• We hope you have a wonderful school year.

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CISD Students grade 7 - 12 Must wear a school issued photo ID

All students in grades 7 - 12 must wear an ID at all times. All students will be issued an ID card and lanyard on the first day of school. Students may not deface their ID or cover their photo.

Replacement ID cards are $5.00.

Access the physical form here:

Parent Portal (rankone.com)

or

PreParticipation Form 25-26

If you have any questions, you can email either of our coordinators.

Moorhead Athletics Boys Coordinator: Coach Jesus Gonzalez - jegonzalez@conroeisd.net .

Moorhead Athletics Girls Coordinator: Coach Kim Ogden - kogden@conroeisd.net .

Football equipment pick up for those students who plan on playing football this school year is on the following dates:

Aug. 6: 7th / 8th grade Football equipment pickup 5:00pm – 8:00pm

Aug. 7: 7th / 8th grade football equipment pickup 5:00pm – 8:00pm

Please park at the back of the school near the gyms and come into the boys' gym.

You can also turn in completed physical at this time to Coach Gonzalez. All athletes must complete Rank 1 physical forms online and submit a doctor-filled medical history page before they can participate in any sport.

We invite you to attend a Boys and Girls Athletics parent information meeting on Aug. 5 in the gyms at 6pm.

If you are a parent or guardian of an incoming seventh grader, please note that Texas state law requires all students to have either a Religious or Moral exemption on file OR documents indicating receipt of flowing vaccines before they can begin the first day of school:

TDAP

MCV

All devices, including phones, must be turned off and put away the rest of the day during the hours of 8:25 a.m. to 4:05 p.m. Vibrate is not turned off. Headphones, iPods, and all other devices should also be put away and may not be visible.

The Governor signed HB 1481 into law. Texas House Bill 1481 says that student use of personal electronic devices, such as cell phones, personal iPad, etc. is prohibited during instructional time. The CISD School Board has adopted a policy supporting HB 1481 stating electronic devices will be prohibited for the entire day. Electronics should be off and away for the entire school day. This means once students arrive on campus they must put the electronics away. This is in the hallways, in the classrooms, and during lunch.

Please do not call or text your child at school. We ask that you contact the front desk and we will deliver the message to your child. Keep in mind that every classroom in the school has a phone that your child can use.

Students bring electronic devices to school at their own risk. The school is not responsible for lost or stolen electronic devices, but we will do our best to help your child locate their device in the event of loss or theft.

The following outline shall serve as a guide for junior high school students. However, “appropriateness of dress and appearance” will be determined and enforced by the administration on an individual basis. Administrators have the final decision regarding appropriateness of dress.

Please remember that a school is a professional business environment.

1. Students may not wear garments that allude to, advocate, or display gangs, racism, sexual messages, religious discrimination, harassment, display obscenities, violence, alcoholic beverages, drugs, narcotics, or any other prohibited substances.

2. Sleeveless shirts are allowed as long as undergarments are not showing and cleavage is covered. Spaghetti straps, small straps, racer back tank tops and halter tops are not allowed.

3. No sheer or see through garments (including see-through laced clothing) can be worn if the undergarment is visible.

4. All garments including shorts, skirts, and dresses must be an appropriate and modest length. No skin may show more than 4 inches above the knee.

5. Holes or tears above the knee are allowed on jeans. No holes above mid-thigh. There should be no holes high enough that it would be considered immodest. Leggings may be worn under jeans to cover skin on holes above mid-thigh. Staff have the discretion to ask a student to change clothing.

6. Pants should not be sagging. Pants should be worn at the hip or higher; no undergarment or shorts should be visible. Please buy your child a belt.

7. No boxers, or sleep apparel are allowed. Thick, flannel pajama pants are allowed. Undergarments should not be visible.

8. All students must wear shoes. Students are not allowed to wear house shoes or slippers.

9. Sunglasses and shades are not to be worn on the students while in the building.

10. No hats, caps, bandanas, do-rags, or any other form of head coverings are allowed in the building. Please leave them at home.

11. Students may not wear any kind of chains or spikes on their clothing or person. Clothing, or items intended to be worn by animals are not allowed.

12. One facial piercing is allowed.

Our Student Handbook can be found on our website.

Student & Family Resources + | Moorhead Junior High

Any other dress code matters not written in the manual will be dealt with by the Moorhead Junior High Administration. The campus administration has discretion to determine what is or what is not appropriate.

We will be opening the new Parent Portal. Inside the portal parents will be able to access Parent Access, Canvas, SeeSaw, and a couple of other Icons so that all the information you need is in one place. We hope that this will help with communication and the ability for parents to help their child.

We are looking forward to a great school year. In an effort to help our parents, we are moving to a Parent Portal for parents to access information about their child. You will login similar to the way your child does for school (similar to the SSO) to access school information. All parents/guardians will need to enroll to create an account. You will need the email address that is in your child’s record. Once you enter the email, you will be prompted to create a password.

Please click Parent Portal Directions for instructions or go to Conroe ISD Webpage then Parents/Students to access the link to the Parent Portal.

We hope that you enjoy this transition to a new and convenient platform.

Our PTO reps will be present at Meet the Teacher Night in the cafeteria. Please stop by and join our PTO!

2025-26 Calendar

The Conroe Independent School District (District) as an educational provider and equal opportunity employer, does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national origin, sex, religion, age, or disability in the educational programs or activities it operates or in employment matters. The District is bound by Title VI and Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, as amended, Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972, the Age Discrimination Act of 1975, as amended, Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, the Americans with Disabilities Act, as well as the Board's policy of not discriminating in this manner. For information about Title IX rights or Section 504/ADA rights, contact the Title IX Coordinator or Section 504/ADA Coordinator at 3205 W. Davis, Conroe, TX 77304; (936) 709-7752.