Santa Rita News

Morning Arrival:

• It is imperative that you pull all the way forward in the morning before letting your child out of the car. This allows us to try and fill up our car rider line as much as possible and alleviate traffic from Santa Rita Boulevard as soon as possible.
• Our unloading zone is from one end of the building to the to other. So, if you are down by the cafeteria, please begin having your child get out of the vehicle.
• Do not refuse to pull forward if a staff member is asking you to do so.
• Have your child independently open their car door to exit your vehicle once your vehicle comes to a complete stop.
• Do not refuse to drop off your child in order to get to the front main doors. We have staff members that ensure that all students get into the building safely.
• Please form one lane and do not go around other vehicles or cones or run over our cones.
• Do NOT drop off students in the bus parking lot to avoid our car rider line. That parking lot is reserved for our staff and students with special circumstances.
• Do NOT drop off students by the black Panther walker near Braun and Vista Porta Loop.
• Please follow staff and sign directives.
• Please be kind to our staff members and use appropriate language in the presence of children.
• If you are a walker, please cross the street at the designated crosswalk locations ONLY.

Once again, the LHISD Child Nutrition Services Department in partnership with Operation Liberty Hill will be conducting our annual food drive, Souper Bowl of Caring.

The food drive will run from Monday Feb 3rd through Friday Feb 7th. Throughout the week we will feature scratch made soups in conjunction with the Souper Bowl of Caring. The food collection will take place in the cafeteria, as the students go through the line. If they give us a canned or nonperishable food item, we’ll give them a cookie.

There are many families and individuals in our own community who continue to be food insecure and don't have access to food on a regular basis. All proceeds go directly to our community, friends, and neighbors, you may or may not know.

If half the students in the district brought 1 can of food for the food drive, we could collect over 4,000 cans of food. That would make a huge impact for Operation Liberty Hill, as well as a needy family or individual.

Thank you for your willingness to participate and help with the canned food drive, Souper Bowl of Caring!

Sincerely,

The LHISD Child Nutrition Services Department

It’s time to order your SRE 2024-2025 Yearbook. Last year, we had no extras so PLEASE pre-order your yearbook so you don’t miss out.

https://shop.memorybook.com/

School Code: 246600M
All users will have to register the first time they access the site.

Please note! Ads are for 5th grade parents to make a congratulatory ad for their student. They are not advertisements for businesses.

Dear 5th Grade Families:

Hello from Santa Rita Middle School! We are so excited to be writing to our future Stallion families! Believe it or not, it is time to start thinking about the transition from elementary to middle school. Transition to sixth grade is an exciting time for fifth graders and their families. We want the experience to be a positive one and would like you to be aware of the following events. We look forward to meeting and getting to know our future Stallions!

5th Grade Electives Presentations

The SRMS Admin/Counselors will visit each elementary campus to present the electives courses, as well as the course selection process. Students will learn about all Fine Arts, Dance, Physical Education, and MakerSpace classes. These presentations will occur during the school day at the respective elementary schools. These presentations are for students only.

Feb. 3 Rancho Sienna - 5th Grade Presentation

Feb. 3 Santa Rita- 5th Grade Presentation

Feb. 4 Louine Noble - 5th Grade Presentation

Feb. 4 Bill Burden - 5th Grade Presentation

Feb. 5 Bar W - 5th Grade Presentation

Feb. 10 Tiera Rosa - 5th Grade Presentation

5th Grade Parent Meeting - Course Selection

Santa Rita Admin/Counselors will have a Parent Meeting with parents from the elementary schools. The meeting will be on Tuesday, February 11 at 6 pm in the SRMS Gym. At the conclusion of the meeting, we invite parents to the Cafeteria to meet our electives teachers and students and learn more about their programs. Students are welcome to attend with their parents.

Course Selection Sheets

Each student will be given a paper copy Course Selection Choice Sheet. These will be given to students on the day of their elementary school visit. Please complete this form with your student and return to your elementary school teacher/counselor no later than Tuesday, February 18.

Stay tuned for more information and events that are part of the elementary to middle school transition, including the much anticipated visit to SRMS. In the meantime, please don’t hesitate to contact us with any questions.

Nicole Hagerty

Principal

Google Form for Career Day Presenters

The window is open 1/7-1/31. Please complete the form below if interested.

https://forms.gle/yyeHh2qpUv1La57FA

Dear Santa Rita Families and Friends,

We invite you all to attend your child's classroom Valentine Party and Dancing through the Decades on Thursday, February 13th. Please remember all treats must be store bought items. If you plan to check your child out early, they then need to leave campus. Once students have been checked out, they may not attend other parties on campus. If you will be checking out multiple children from different grade levels, please wait until the last party to check them out.

To expedite our process of checking family and friends in for school events and class parties, Santa Rita will continue to use our Google RSVP “Fast Pass” system. Before any large school event or class party, an RSVP “Fast Pass” will be sent out for you to fill out via email and parent newsletter. Filling out the form allows us to have your visitor badge pre-printed in advance of the day, so we can have them ready for you. This allows you to enter quickly with just the showing of your ID.

If your ID has already been scanned into our system this school year, your badge will be pre-printed but you will still be required to show your ID for entry. If your ID has never been scanned into our system this school year, you may want to drop by before the party or event, to scan it and expedite your entry. You must have your ID on the event day regardless if your badge is pre-printed or not. LHISD policy is "NO ID, No Entry". However, the RSVP process will speed along your entry as well as the check out process for any students leaving early.

Classroom teachers will be sending more information home with details of class parties and needs.

THIS FORM NEEDS TO BE COMPLETED BY: Monday, February 10, 2025.

Valentine's Day Parties & Dancing Through the Decades RSVP Form

There is an ESL class for adults that is being offered to the families in our community. The class will meet on Tuesdays and Thursdays from 10am-12:30pm at the Community Resource Center at 155 Hillcrest Lane,suite B in Liberty Hill. (Other times and locations are also available).

Continuing to do something when it is difficult, even if there is a chance you might not succeed.

• How to help students develop perseverance:
• Give children responsibilities.
• Start small, but let them see what they are capable of on their own
• Allow children to be problem solvers!
• Instead of “fixing” things for them, help them come up with ways to determine the outcome.
• Teach them that mistakes are how we learn.
• Failing is okay, but learn from it…and try again!
• Help them understand the power of YET.
• A growth mindset is part of developing a belief in themselves
• Model persistence and perseverance…
• Children need to see adults facing challenges to know they, too, can do hard things!