Outback Outlook

New this year, OKE PTA will be hosting Grandparent BINGO Night! We will no longer be doing Grandparents' Lunch as we have traditionally done in the past. Grandparents are still welcome to join students for lunch with parent permission on the Kilpatrick Lunch Visitor form and following the regular Lunch Visitor Guidelines.

INTERESTED IN VOLUNTEERING WITH OKE PTA? WANT TO BECOME A PTA MEMBER? CHECK OUT THE OKE PTA WEBSITE FOR THIS INFORMATION AND MORE!

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Have you joined the OKE PTA? Each year OKE strives to have 100% PTA membership. Please consider joining for the 2026-2027 school year. This does not mean that you have to volunteer although if you would like to, we can certainly find a place just for you. This is simply a membership to the PTA of your child’s school. It is important to be a part of your child’s education. Join us! Thank you for supporting the OKE PTA! Memberships can be purchased by clicking the link below.

Thursday, August 20

• Rotation Day 3

Friday, August 21

• Rotation Day 4
• Spirit Day

Monday, August 24

• Rotation Day 1
• Challenge Begins

Tuesday, August 25

• Rotation Day 2

Wednesday, August 26

• Rotation Day 3

Thursday, August 27

• Rotation Day 4

Friday, August 28

• Rotation Day 1

Please view the attachment below for lots of useful information as you get ready for the school year. This is a great document to save to refer to throughout the year.

Lunch is one of the most exciting parts of the day for kids! It is a time when students get to talk with their friends and take a mental break from the classroom. Lunch is a time when children can develop friendships and feel connected to others. Allowing students this time to interact with their classmates and other students helps develop their social skills by learning to listen, interact with others, and develop qualities such as empathy and understanding toward others. Practicing and building these social‐emotional skills outside of the classroom is a critical component of a child’s development.

Lunch visitor guidelines are in place to provide students with an opportunity for social interaction time with their peers and to foster social learning opportunities. We will begin accepting lunch visitors on Tuesday, September 8, 2026. The last day for lunch visitors will be Friday, April 2, 2027.

‐ Parents/Grandparents (with parental permission) may have lunch with their child one (1) time per week. By limiting this, the parent and child visits become more memorable and special. Lunch visitors must check in at the front office before your child’s scheduled lunch time to secure a spot (government-issued photo I.D. required.) You will be given a Raptor badge and a numbered badge. Both must be worn while in the building.

‐ No lunch visitors on Mondays. This gives students an opportunity to catch up with their friends after the weekend and socialize with peers around them.

‐ No lunch visitors on special event days. These days will be listed in the Outback Outlook newsletter, on our campus website, and communicated by teachers.

‐ Guests will sit at the visitor table with their child. Parent seating is limited and will fill up quickly. If the parent table is full, you will have to wait until seating becomes available. Visitors are not permitted to sit at the student tables. Friends of your student are not allowed to be invited to the visitor table. A student must stay with their visitor while the visitor is present. A student may not go back and forth between the student/visitor tables.

‐ Parents should never approach other students. Parents are requested to talk with a cafeteria monitor should there be any concerns. Parents may not go to the student tables.

‐ Preschool aged children or below must remain with their parent at all times. Due to space limitations, school-aged and older siblings are not permitted.

‐ The cafeteria is a NO‐PHONE ZONE. No pictures or videoing will be allowed.

These procedures will help alleviate overcrowding in the cafeteria. As always, we appreciate your continued support.

Deliveries to students are made at 10:00 a.m. and 3:00 p.m. ONLY.

Homework and folders will be put in the teacher's mailbox.

Lunches are put on the cafeteria table and a call is made to the classroom letting the teacher know.

To limit classroom interruptions, please keep deliveries to emergencies only. This is not for daily use.

Changes of transportation should be sent with your child in his/her daily folder or hand delivered to the front office. When making a change of transportation for your child, please include the date, parent printed name, and parent signature. All changes should be made prior to 2:30 p.m. in order to allow sufficient time to notify the teacher and get the child to the correct dismissal location.

We also do not check out students after 3:00 p.m. so please plan accordingly when making appointments.

How would you like to wish your child a happy birthday on the OKE marquee? Guess what? You can! It's $20.00 per day. You can print the form from the campus website, download from the link below, or place your order via Katy ISD's Pay 'n Go.

CHECK OUT OKE'S WEBSITE TO VIEW OUR STAFF DIRECTORY, REPORT AN ABSENCE, VIEW UPCOMING EVENTS, FIND HELPFUL LINKS, AND MORE!

BE SURE TO FOLLOW US ON SOCIAL MEDIA TO STAY UPDATED ON EVENTS AND HAPPENINGS THROUGHOUT THE YEAR.

Katy ISD is grateful for the thousands of volunteers who make a difference in our schools each year. To help maintain a safe and secure environment for our students and staff, all volunteers serving on or off campus during or outside the instructional day are required to register annually through the district's Raptor volunteer management system.

A valid government-issued photo ID and email address are required to complete registration.

Your information will remain confidential and will not be shared outside of the volunteer program, except for applicants who register as a Community Volunteer (not a parent, grandparent, or guardian of a current Katy ISD student) or as a KEYS Mentor.

For these volunteer roles, the information required to complete a background check will be shared only with our authorized background screening provider, JDP.

Once registered and approved, volunteers can:

• Sign up as a campus volunteer by completing the volunteer recruitment form provided by their campus organization(s) or by contacting the campus volunteer coordinator.

• Track volunteer hours through their volunteer profile for every Katy ISD campus where they serve.

• Quickly and easily submit individual off-campus volunteer hours.

Volunteer Application

Volunteer Portal – Log Your Hours