JNE'S Friday Newsletter
Friday, May 16th
JNE's Weekly Campus Update
Dear JNE Parents and Guardians,
As we near the end of the school year, we want to take a moment to extend our heartfelt thanks to all of our amazing parent volunteers. Your time, energy, and dedication have made a lasting impact on our students and our campus community. It was truly a joy celebrating you on Wednesday—we are so grateful for all that you do to support our Longhorns!
As we head into the final stretch of the school year, each remaining day continues to include schedule changes, campus events, or visitors for campus celebrations. To help maintain a safe and smooth environment during this busy time, Wednesday, May 14th was our final day for lunch visitors for the remainder of the school year.
We also want to keep our families informed about cap and overflow at Neill. The district continues to monitor enrollment, and more information about future plans can be found here.
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
Monday, May 19th- 4th Grade Awards Day
Tuesday, May 20th- 3rd Grade Awards Day
Wednesday, May 21st- 2nd Grade Awards Day
Thursday, May 22nd- 1st Grade Awards Day
Friday, May 23rd- Kindergarten Awards Day
Monday, May 26th- No School/Memorial Day
Tuesday, May 27th- 5th Grade Field Trip
Wednesday, May 28th- 5th grade Awards Ceremony
Wednesday, May 28th- 5th Grade Black Light Performance
Thursday, May 29th- Last Day of School/ Early Release at 12:10pm
Thursday, May 29th- 5th Grade Celebration and Last Walk
Items in our Newsletter Include:
- Campus Flyers
- Lunch Visitors Announcement
- Campus Reminders
- Attendance Information
- FBISD Whole Child Health
- Fort Bend Education Foundation Announcements
Have a wonderful weekend!
Sincerely,
The JNE Admin Team
We are in the Home Stretch!
Enjoy the long weekend break then come back prepared to do great work with outstanding attendance as we enter the final weeks of the school year!
DID YOU KNOW….
- After 3 unexcused absences, you will receive a letter from a truancy officer.
- State law requires that students be at school at least 90% of the time.
- Excessive absences can result in a student not being promoted to the next grade.
- Absences can negatively impact student's academic standing in high school by affecting class credits and exam exemptions.
- Poor student attendance negatively impacts financing for the entire district, which means less funding for each school.
Of course, if you are ever too ill to attend school, stay home until you are better.
Have a safe and enjoyable break and we look forward to seeing you back on Tuesday, April 22, 2025.
Campus Flyers
Times for Classroom Awards
Monday, May 19th: Grade 4
- 8:45am- Usman, Hajek, Alvarez, Ahmed, Guyton
- 10:00am- Garza, Cress, Cotten, Johnson
- 2:00pm- Maxson & Rodriguez
Tuesday, May 20th: Grade 3
- 8:45am- Relingado, Ross, Homa, Channel, Legg
- 10:00am- Hassialis, Dumas, Hampton, Gonzalez
- 2:00pm- Guidry
Wednesday, May 21st: Grade 2
- 8:45am- Onyia, Goodrum, Jackson, Wiggins, Williams
- 10:00am- Chastain, Castillo, Paz, Jemela
Thursday, May 22nd: Grade 1
- 8:45am- Pruitt, Dathe, Urban, Addison, Bryant
- 10:00am- Evans, Hodges, Rodriguez, Broussard, Kocich
Friday, May 23rd: Kindergarten
- 8:45am- Brent, Garvin, Spacek/Maxson
- 9:45am- Dyson, Lee, Wallace/Guidry/Maxson
- 10:45am- Lozano, Perez, Yanes
To help us ensure a smooth and enjoyable experience for all families, we kindly ask that each first through fourth grade student be limited to no more than two guests for their awards ceremony. Due to limited seating, we also request that non-school-age children not attend. Guest check-in will take place at the Extended Day gate, and doors will open 10 minutes prior to the ceremony. Following each ceremony, students will return to class to continue their instructional day, which includes new learning and special memory-making activities. We kindly ask that students not be checked out after the ceremony so they can fully participate in these meaningful end-of-year moments.
Please also note that siblings will not be permitted to attend their brother’s or sister’s ceremony, as they will be engaged in their own classroom learning during this time.
Gifted and Talented Parent Newsletter: May
Neill is Proud to Announce we are Implementing Innovation Hour
Student Activity Calendar
2025 Summer Reading Challenge - Fort Bend County Libraries
JNE PTO Weekly Updates
PTO Website
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.
Campus Reminders
Arrival Reminders
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.
Attendance Information
Lunch Visitor Sign Up
Lunch Visitors
As we head into the final stretch of the school year, each remaining day continues to include schedule changes, campus events, or visitors for campus celebrations. To help maintain a safe and smooth environment during this busy time, Wednesday, May 14th was our final day for lunch visitors for the remainder of the school year.
District Diversity Calendar & Days of Fasting
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.
Clinic Reminders
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.
Birthday Treats
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 Parking Lot is a Hands- Free Zone as per Texas Transportation Code 545.425
Clements High School hosts annual fall festival for children with disabilities
Clements High School National Honor Society will hold its annual fall festival for children with disabilities aged 5-13, and their siblings, on Saturday, October 26 from 10 a.m. – 1 p.m. The festival will take place in the gyms at Clements High School and will feature a carnival, quiet room and crafts. Costumes are welcome.
While children are enjoying the festival, parents may visit the Arc Fort Bend County’s Disability Resource Fair to learn about disability-related services and programs in the community from local agencies, medical providers advocacy groups and more.
The event is free and open to the community but parents who would like their child to participate in the fall festival must pre-register at https://forms.office.com/Pages/ResponsePage.aspx...
FBISD Whole Child Health
Fort Bend Education Foundation Announcements
Come and Grow with Us as a Fort Bend Education Foundation Volunteer
James C. Neill Elementary School
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

