The Booker Bulletin
Week of August 24 - 28
Leading with Purpose & Passion
An Amazing First Eight Days!
Dear Booker Families,
What an amazing first eight days of school! Our Bengals are learning routines, building relationships, and taking care of business each day. Thank you for ensuring your children arrive on time, prepared, and ready to learn. We are still celebrating and will continue celebrating our incredible progress from an “F” to a “B”! We accomplished this together through the hard work of our scholars, staff, families, and community.
Please help us spread the good news! Post on social media and tell everyone how wonderful Booker is, why you are proud to be a Bengal, and how we moved from an “F” to a “B” together!
As we begin another exciting week, please continue to support us by:
- Ensuring your child attends school every day and arrives on time.
- Checking ClassDojo and your child’s folder daily.
- Encouraging at least 20 minutes of reading each evening.
- Celebrating your child’s effort and progress.
We are starting strong and will continue Getting Booker Better Faster by helping more Bengals achieve MEETS and MASTERS! One Family. One Focus. One Fact: BOOKER IS BACK!
With Bengal Pride,
Keisha Womack
Principal
SCHOOL HOURS
School hours: 8:05 - 3:25pm
Free Breakfast: 7:35am - 7:55 am
Announcements: 8:00am
TARDY BELL: 8:05am
Dismissal: 3:25pm
IMPORTANT INFORMATION
Transportation Changes
All transportation changes must be submitted in writing with a parent signature or in person, prior to 2:30pm of the effective date. It is recommended that you send a note with your child if you need to change transportation. Please follow up on Class Dojo with your teacher to ensure he/she has received the note. We will not take any transportation changes over the phone. You may fax your request with a copy of your ID to 281-891-8751 and call to confirm receipt. If you have an emergency and need to change your transportation for safety reasons, you will need to call the front office and speak with one of our receptionists. They will and then email your request with your ID to the person you spoke with, by 2:30pm.
Tardies - We are asking for all students to transition to class by 7:55am.
The car rider line will close promptly at 7:59 am. Any students arriving at 8 am or after will need to be signed in by a parent. You will need to park, sign in the front office with a valid ID. Classes start promptly at 8:05am.
Early Pick Ups - Parents must sign students out with valid ID and provide a reason for leaving.
Please be mindful that we are required by law to be in attendance for at least 75,600 minutes of instruction, including intermissions and recess. Early pickups must be completed by 2:30pm.
Absences - If your child misses a day, please provide a note informing the attendance clerk, the reason for the absence, sign and date and send it to school with your child, the following day. Parent letters are not required if your child has a doctor's excuse. Parents have 3 days to send in excuses so that attendance records can be resolved into excused/unexcused absences. Remember that notes only provide us the documentation and coding of the absence: Notes do not dismiss absences. The state requires students to be in attendance 90% of the time to avoid penalty.
Lunch Visits/Lunch Deliveries - Booker is closed for lunch visits and lunch deliveries. If your child forgets his/her lunch kit, please drop off their lunch kit in the front office before 9:45am, to ensure our staff has ample time to deliver it to them before their scheduled lunch time. Lunch visits are on hold to allow our teachers, staff, and students to get acquainted with being back in school and establishing our systems and routines. We are looking at ways to involve parents in lunch visits without jeopardizing the safety of our scholars and our instructional focus. Stay tuned!
Birthdays - You are more than welcome to celebrate your child's birthday by sending prepacked goodies and/or store bought cupcakes (sealed) with your child or dropping them off at the front office. Your ID is required. No balloons or bouquets allowed.
BUS RIDERS
- All bus riders must have their Smart Tag IDs before loading the bus
- PreK and Kinder students will only be allowed off the bus with their pin numbers
- No cell phone use on the bus
- All students must comply with bus rules and procedures
Booker Elementary School
PRESS 1 - REGISTRAR - Ms. Velasquez - dvelas1@springisd.org
PRESS 2 - ATTENDANCE CLERK - Ms. Enciso - genciso@springisd.org
PRESS 0 - RECEPTIONIST
Mrs. Martinez - fgodina@springisd.org
Website: https://www.springisd.org/Domain/21
Location: 22352 Imperial Valley Drive, Houston, TX, USA
Phone: 281-891-8750
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/booker.bengals.3
Twitter: @BookerBengals