• November 7: Elementary Student Holiday
  
• November 8: PTO Meeting 6:30 SWE Cafeteria
• November 8: Progress Reports available in HAC
• November 9: Veterans Day Performance by 5th Grade at 6:30 PM SWE Cafeteria
• November 16: Picture Retakes
• November 16: Thanksgiving Feast (Please RSVP)
• November 17: Coffee with the Principals
• November 20-24: Thanksgiving Break
• December 1st-15th: 11 Days of December (dress up days will be shared this week)
• December 15th: Winter Parties & Early Release (noon)
• December 15th-January 2nd: Winter Break
• January 3rd: Students Return to School
  
• January 5th: Report Cards Available in HAC

We want to thank all of our Veterans, including active military and take a moment to celebrate them.

In honor of Veterans Day, Summerwood Elementary is creating a "Wall of Honor" of those who have served or are currently serving. If you have someone in your family that you would like to add to our display, please take the time to fill out the Veterans Day 2023 and be sure to include a picture.

In addition to our "Wall of Honor," we will have a 5th grade performance on Nov. 9th at 6:30 pm where students can show their appreciation. We ask that you let us know if your veteran will be attending the performance.

The deadline to submit the Veterans Day 2023 form is November 7th.

If you want to return your pictures to have retakes, the student must bring the purchased pictures back to school to turn in day of retakes.

If your child was absent or you forgot to pay for pictures, you can pay online to have their picture taken on retake day. Pre-order online at www.scott-tate.com.

We are excited to welcome friends and families to our SWE Thanksgiving Feast SWE on Thursday, 11/16. While we are excited to welcome guests, it is very important that families read the information below carefully and follow the two-step process-

1. RSVP to attend the feast

2. Pre-purchase meal tickets (for visitors who plan to eat)

RSVP/Visitors: Once we receive your submitted RSVP form, we will pre-print your visitor’s badge. Remember, badges can only be pre-printed for adults who have had their ID scanned in our Raptor system this school year. If you have not had your ID scanned this school year, you are welcome to stop by the front office prior to 11/16 to have it scanned. We will collect RSVPs through NOON on Wednesday, November 15th.

On the day of the event, guests who have RSVP'd will stop by the RSVP table to pick up their pre-printed tag. Visitors who do not have a pre-printed badge will need to check in with the front office. We recommend that visitors arrive approximately 15 minutes prior to your child’s lunch time in order to accommodate crowds. Please plan to leave the cafeteria immediately after your lunch is over so that we can make room for the next group! ALL visitors need to bring identification!

Meal Tickets for Visitors: Visitors who are planning to purchase a thanksgiving meal need to prepay online ($6 per meal) by Wednesday, November 15th using this RevTrak link: https://humbleisd.revtrak.net/Other/child-nutrition-services/#/list

• No Refunds

• There will be no purchases on the day of the feast via RevTrak.

• When you purchase your meal ticket online, be sure to select Summerwood Elementary from the drop down, as orders are non-refundable and non-transferable.

• If a parent has multiple children in different grades and plans to eat a meal with each student, the parent should purchase a Guest Ticket for each child they plan to eat with.

• Prepaid meal tickets will be picked up at the front prior to entering the cafeteria.

Visitors are NOT required to purchase a meal to attend. You may bring lunch for yourself and/or your student.

SWE students purchasing a meal:

• Parents can put money on their child's lunch account with cash, check, or online payment.

• To pay online- use the school cafe APP or website Link: https://www.schoolcafe.com/HUMBLEISD.

• The Thanksgiving Banquet meal is the same price as normal for each student. Paid elementary student lunch meals are $2.50.

Menu: Turkey or breaded drumstick, Mashed Potatoes, Roll, Cornbread Stuffing, Sweet Potatoes, Green Bean Casserole, Applesauce, Cranberry Sauce, Gravy, Milk, Tea (Adults Only), Peach Cobbler

Help us to make our Thanksgiving Feast a success. If you are available, sign up for a time to serve food, serve tea or greet guests. Here is the link to sign up to volunteer at the Thanksgiving Feast on 11/16/2023. Consider signing up for time that is different from your child's feast time. We want you to be able to sit with your child and visit during the feast, and you won't be available to do that if you sign up to volunteer during your child's feast time.

Thank you all for your donations, participation, volunteering and amazing costumes at Friday's 3rd Annual SWEet or TrEAT. It was such a fun night with all of our STARS.

We were able to raise a little over $13,000 that can be used to fund staff grants, cultural arts performances for the students and fun educational activities for the students.

Many of you may have noticed that our marquee was missing for a few weeks. We are getting closer to the finished electronic marquee going live. It was installed and the electrician needs to finish off his portion in the next few days. This was a project that we have saved a little bit for every year for the past 7 years. I'm so excited that soon we will have digital messages for announcements as well as BIRTHDAY MARQUEE!!! If your student's birthday was missed during the time that we were without a marquee, we will post those as soon as we go live. On the plus side, now each of your students will have an individualized birthday shout out. I will send an email out again right before we post so you can grab those pictures with your student & the marquee.

Thanks again for always taking part in our hosted events.

SWE PTO

5th Grade Parents,

Woodcreek Middle School is looking for qualified students to apply to our AVID program for the 2024-2025 school year!

Learn more about AVID from our students by checking out the video below and reading about AVID program benefits:

• AVID Student Video and AVID Community Video

• Benefits of joining AVID

• AVID students are tutored by college students every week in class!

• AVID students attend college field trips twice a year!

• AVID students develop a peer group with common post-secondary goals!

• AVID students build leadership and academic skills!

• AVID students experience a student-centered classroom focused on developing college readiness skills!

• AVID students are provided transitional support as they move from elementary to middle school, and engage in their first advanced academic classes!

If you are interested in joining AVID at Woodcreek Middle School, please complete the 24-25 AVID Application by Friday, January 12th.

If you have any questions, please contact Mrs. Keisha Sowell at Keisha.Sowell@humbleisd.net

Mr. Shannon Kinniebrew is the counselor at Summerwood Elementary. If you believe your student could benefit from additional counseling services, please reach out to Mr. Kinniebrew at Shannon.kinniebrew@humbleisd.net. Please click on the SWE 2nd Quarter Counseling Newsletter to find out more about SWE's counseling program.

If your child is absent from school, please report the absence by filling out the Attendance Form (also located on SWE website), emailing stephanie.cruz@humbleisd.net or calling the Absence Line at 281-641-3003 within 48 hours. Signed notes from parents/guardians or an excuse note from a medical facility are accepted in the front office. Your child can drop off the note when he or she returns to school.