Conroe Independent School District Mitchell Messenger Volume 19, Issue 14 Principal Paula Klapesky Assistant Principals Treva Madore-5th Stephanie Johnson-6th Counselors Marianne Mote-5th Terrie Rascoe-6th Principal’s Corner by: Paula Klapesky March 24, 2015 Annual Volunteer Brunch MARK YOUR CALENDARS!!! Please join the Mitchell staff at the annual Mitchell Volunteer Brunch on Wednesday, April 1 starting at 9:00 a.m. We would like to take this opportunity to thank so many parents for their time, support and dedication to helping make Mitchell Intermediate so wonderful. A True Learning Community Mitchell Calendar of Events 5th Grade Reading STAAR Mitchell Intermediate 6800 Alden Bridge The Woodlands, 77382 Phone (832)592-8500 Attendance (832)592-8516 Fax (832)592-8518 Clinic (832)592-8457 (832)592-8525 Transportation Department (832)592.8800 Check out our campus web site at: http://mitchell.conroeisd.net/ Be sure to bookmark this site to retrieve the Mitchell Messenger in the future. Fifth graders will take the Reading STAAR test on Tuesday, March 31. If at all possible, please do not schedule appointments on this day. We want to make every attempt not to interrupt classes. Make sure your child eats a balanced breakfast, too. STAAR is a timed test. The students will be allowed 4 hours to complete the test. Students will begin testing at approximately 9:15 a.m. They will stop for lunch at the times below, and resume testing after their lunch. We encourage fifth graders to bring a sack lunch and drink on these days. The lunch line will be open for lunch. Fifth graders will be eating in their LC. Please note the time difference for lunch. Lunch Schedule 11:45-12:15 LC 7, 8, 12 12:20-12:50 LC 9, 10, 11 Testing guidelines do not allow anyone to visit with their children while the test is being administered. Parents will not be permitted to eat lunch or deliver lunch to their child while in the classroom. Thank you in advance for helping us maintain testing administration protocol. The use of cell phones is not permitted as stated in district policy and state testing guidelines. Please help us ensure testing security by not allowing your child to have a cell phone at school on the testing days. If a child does bring his/her cell phone to school, it will be collected by the teacher prior to the administration of the test and returned before the children are dismissed. Mar. 25-26-Boys’ Scoliosis Screening during PE Mar. 27-3rd Quarter Report Cards distributed Mar. 27-7:00-9:00 p.m.-Mitchell Faculty Follies Mar. 28-9:00 a.m.-”Paint the Path Pink” Walk and 5K Run/Silent Auction Mar. 28-4:00-5:00 p.m.-Intermediate Honor Choir Concert-McCullough Mar. 31-5th Grade Reading STAAR Apr. 1-9:00-10:30 a.m.-Volunteer Brunch Apr. 1-11:30 a.m.-PTO Board Meeting Apr. 3-School Holiday Apr. 7-8-Spring Pictures Mitchell Spring Pictures! Photo Texas will be here on April 7-8 to take beautiful outdoor spring pictures of your child! The students will have their pictures taken on the following dates: Tuesday, April 7-LCs 2, 5, 6, 8, 10, 12, Life Skills Wednesday, April 8-LCs 1, 3, 4, 7, 9, 11, Life Skills Proofs will be sent home in April. You are sure to love these photos, so please be sure your child is ready for pictures on their assigned date! Smile! No money is necessary on the day of pictures. If you choose to order, you will send in payment with the proof card. The Conroe Independent School District (District) as an equal opportunity educational provider and employer does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national origin, sex, religion, age, or disability in educational programs or activities that it operates or in employment matters. The District is required by Title VI and Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, as amended, Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972, the Age Discrimination Act of 1975, as amended, Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, the Americans with Disabilities Act, as well as Board policy not to discriminate in such a manner. For information about Title IX rights or Section 504/ADA rights, contact the Title IX Coordinator or the Section 504/ADA coordinator at 3205 W. Davis, Conroe, Texas 77304; (936) 709-7752. PAGE 2 MI T C HE LL ME S S E NG E R GT Nominations V O LU M E 1 9 , I S S U E 1 4 COUNSELORS’ CORNER Marianne Mote-5th grade Terrie Rascoe-6th grade Nomination forms for summer testing for CISD’s Gifted and Talented program can be found on the Mitchell Website from April 1-30. Nominations are for students who missed testing in January or who are new to the district and missed the testing dates. News from the Registrar: by Linda Rusinski Keep your Child’s Information Current If any of your phone numbers, email addresses or your physical address has changed since the start of 2014 please contact the Mitchell registrar, Linda Rusinski ([email protected] or 832-592-8460). An address change will need to have a Proof of Residency such as a utility bill (gas, water, electric); lease or buyers agreement/contract; bundled Comcast/AT&T bill for cable, phone & internet. Summer Move A Possibility? If you currently have plans to move over the summer please contact our registrar, Linda Rusinski ([email protected] or 832-592-8460). There will be a Summer Mover Form sent to you via your child. We ask that you complete it and send it back to school. If some of the information is not known we can update via email as needed. Thank you for your time. This will help so much in planning for the next year. If you are a sixth grade parent, and your child will not be attending McCullough Jr. High, I will let McCullough know of the possible summer move. Moving before End of Year? If there is a move for your family before the end of the year, I would ask that you contact me, Linda Rusinski. Please give the staff at least 3 days to get necessary withdrawal paperwork and grades complete. There are two forms that will need a parent signature. Absent? Reminder: After an absence from school, please send in a note or email the homeroom teacher regarding this illness, family emergency, etc. This should include the dates absent. We keep notes like this in each student’s attendance folder. How to help your child finish the school year strong Set Goals-You and your children should spend time setting academic goals. Take a look at the progress that has been made up until this point and determine realistic goals for the remainder of the semester. Continue with the consistent homework and study routine-As the days get warmer kids tend to rush through homework and study times to get more time to play outdoors. It’s important to keep consistent routines to ensure that your kids do not sacrifice academics for play time. Choose a time and place for the children to do homework-and stick to it, even on the nicest of spring days. Keep healthy bedtime rituals-As the days get longer, parents may become tempted to allow their little ones to stay up longer. This is a no-no. School aged children need 8-12 hours of sleep in order for them to function to their best ability. The last thing that you want is for your kids to be grumpy in school, too tired to retain information, or falling asleep in class because they are not getting enough sleep at night. Make school a priority-With so many other activities that kids participate in, sometimes studying and academics takes a back seat because there are only so many hours in the day. Make sure school is always a priority. Extracurricular activities are okay as long as school is first. News from the Library by: Mary Ellen Bryant, librarian All books that were checked out before spring break are now due in the library. Please help your child remember to stop by and drop off or renew their books at this time. The entire school enjoyed having author Thanhha Lai visit on March 6. She was so impressed with our students knowledge of her story. Thank you to all the Mitchell families for supporting our spring Scholastic Book Fair! There were so many great titles and the students really enjoyed the selection. A great big thank you goes to all the parent volunteer helpers who worked the book fair! Thank you for giving your time to help our programs and book fairs be so successful! Teacher Achieving Excellence (TAE) Are you looking for an easy way to brighten someone’s day? Then send your child’s teacher or special staff member a TAE. Go to your child’s Parent Access account. Look for the TAE button and then follow directions. The teacher receives a special message that is electronically copied to their principal! PAGE 3 MI T C HE LL ME S S E NG E R Mitchell Lunch Bunch Every Friday, teachers nominate students to eat pizza with Mrs. Klapesky, their grade level assistant principal, and grade level counselor. Many thanks to Brother’s Pizza in Sterling Ridge Shopping Center for donating pizza every Friday. Congratulations to the following LC 10 students who were nominated for the March 13 Mitchell Lunch Bunch: Paula Jones Jake Damico Kenzi Leslie Ryan Brunk Emilio Valencia Avery Henderson Mitchell Shirts Several parents have asked if we have Mitchell shirts in the front office for sale. We have all three styles. We have a teal girls’ shirt and a unistyle “Mustang” shirt available in performance fabric and a cotton blend. Just stop by the front office to pick up an early holiday gift. If it is not a gift, just send your child to the Mitchell front office with a $15.00 check written to: Mitchell PTO. Corporate Matching Gifts Many employers offer the opportunity to match its employees’ charitable donations. If you or your spouse work for a company that offers corporate matching, you can double your gifts to Mitchell! Additionally, if you have an employer who will match hours spent volunteering with a financial donation, we will happily help you find a volunteer opportunity that works for your schedule. Please email [email protected] for more information or with any requests on corporate matching. V O LU M E 1 9 , I S S U E 1 4 SCOLIOSIS SCREENING We will be conducting spinal screening on March 25 and 26 for boys. The purpose of spinal screenings is to detect the signs of abnormal curves of the spine at their earliest stages so that the need for treatment can be determined. Early treatment can prevent the development of a severe deformity, which can affect a person’s appearance and health. The procedure for screening is simple. Trained screeners will look at your child’s back while he stands and then bends forward. All students must remove their shirt for this exam. Parents will be notified of the results of the screening only if professional follow-up is necessary. This screening procedure does not replace your child’s need for regular health care and check-ups. According to state law, all students in 6th and 9th grade must receive the spinal screening. If your child has had this exam done by a doctor this school year or if you wish to opt out for religious reasons, you are to submit a doctors note with the results of the exam or an affidavit of religious exemption to the clinic no later than Friday, March 6. Medications All prescription and non-prescription medications need to be taken to the Mitchell clinic by each child’s parent. Medications can not be accepted from the children nor can children be in possession of medication at school or on the bus. Prescriptions and over-the-counter medication need to be in original containers with the child’s name clearly marked. The clinic staff is available to accept medication from parents between 8:00 a.m.- 4:00 p.m. The clinic is in need of gently used shorts, socks, and shoes. If you have any old clothes that you are looking to get rid of, please consider bringing them into the clinic. It’s time to proudly and literally Paint the Path Pink™ this Saturday, March 28 Mitchell Intermediate School Front Porch Arrive early (8:30 a.m.) to take advantage of the AMAZING Silent Auction items generously donated by Houston and Woodlands businesses, families and teachers. There is also an exciting $1 toy raffle compliments of Learning Express. For sale in the $5-$15 range will be all manner of pink walker/runner gear and “bling”. Not registered?? Bring a friend or family member, you can register on site for $20 and may even still be able to receive a Paint the Path Pink™ T-shirt while supplies last. Don’t forget your credit card, checkbook and/or cash so you can participate in all the added fun and further fuel the fight against breast cancer in our community. ALSO, if a member of your group is a breast cancer survivor, please stop by the survivor table for a free, special ribbon to wear. Lastly, remember if you are bringing your furry friend, we like to be responsible community members. Please bring a “clean up” bag with you. Here’s a sampling of JUST A FEW Silent Auction business partners that you can get a bargain from at Paint the Path Pink™. Sports Clips The Refuge Braces! from Dr. Farley Orthodontics Natural Pawz The Veggie Lady L’ Avantage Alden Bridge Goose’s Acres Trader Joe’s L’ Avantage Sterling Ridge Fiddlehead Wines GiGi’s Cupcakes Title Boxing Hotel Indigo (Galleria) Carrabba’s Dosey Doe Dinner & Show Northside Houston Fiat Chick Fil A The Woodlands Country Club Truluck’s (Galleria) Crust Pizza The Hard Rock Café - Houston PAGE 4 MI T C HE LL ME S S E NG E R School Store Program V O LU M E 1 9 , I S S U E 1 3 Coming To School After an Appointment Thank you to all the parents and students who have participated in the SchoolStore program. For those who have not participated yet, there is still time to win great prizes and help our school earn money. Participation is easy. Please help your child send at least 3 email invitations to your friends and family and let them know how they can support our school when they shop online at over 400 merchants including Sears, Walmart, Disney Store and many more. If your child is arriving late to school due to an appointment, or returning to school after an appointment, please come into the office with your child and fill out the Health Care Provider (HCP) verification form along with your doctor’s note, to ensure your student is not marked tardy or absent for the day. FOLLOW THESE EASY STEPS TO WIN A PARTICIPATION PRIZE: https://www.schoolstore.net/cgi/ SetSchool?SchoolID=0000288300&secheck=on Students arriving early to school may wait in the gym. The gym opens at 8:00 a.m. The only exception to this will be students who have a morning practice or tutoring session. At 8:00 a.m. all other students can enter the gym and wait there for the day to begin. Thank you for your help. Pick your participation prize! Address at least 3 email invitations to family and friends. Privacy Guarantee: The email addresses you provide will be used for this program only and will not be shared or used for any other purpose. Releasing Your Child Early for Appointments If you are checking your child out during the school day for an appointment, please send a note with them to be dropped off in the front office first thing in the morning. The note should include the date, student’s name, LC, time of pick up, parent’s name and signature. Your child will be given a gold slip which allows them to leave class and be available to you in the front office when you arrive. This will be of enormous assistance to the front office, especially if your child will be in PE or fine arts at that time, and will also save you valuable time when heading to an appointment. Please note that there are no early checkouts after 3:15 p.m. Box Tops for Education! A Word from your Box Top Coordinator Dear Mitchell Families, Mitchell has been collecting Box Top coupons to raise money for our school and Anderson Elementary in Conroe all year and we can’t thank you enough! We can raise thousands just by clipping and sending them in to us. Box Top coupons are on the packaging of hundreds of participating products that you probably use every day. All you need to do is cut them off the box they are on, stick them in a baggie or envelope and send them with your child. We are still collecting them so keep clipping! Thank you, Susan Hadix Box Top Coordinator MORNING GYM HOURS MORNING PASS If your child needs to come into the school early one morning, please print off a "Morning Pass" from the Mitchell Website (it is on the home page) and drop your child off at the gym doors, no earlier than 7:45 a.m. If you forget to print off a pass, you may write a note and sign it. ATTENDANCE LINE To report a child absent, call our attendance line at 832-592-8516 and leave a message stating your child's name (spelled out), LC number, reason for the absence, who is reporting the absence and a phone number. Upon your child’s return to school, a note explaining the absence should be brought to the homeroom teacher. “D.O.T.” - Drop Off Table Parents, Teachers and Students: Please be aware there is a D.O.T. in the main entrance hallway, across from the front office, for all Mitchell families to use. If your child forgets his/her lunch, musical instrument, homework, projects, etc., label the item with his/her first and last name, LC #, and leave it at the drop off table where he/she can pick up the item. TRANSPORTATION CHANGES If you need to call the school to let your child know of a change in afternoon transportation, please do so no later than 3:00 p.m. Notes are delivered to students at that time, and any changes made after note delivery are not guaranteed due to the busy dismissal routine. MI T C HE LL ME S S E NG E R PAGE 5 Mitchell Fine Arts/PE V O LU M E 1 9 , I S S U E 1 3 Mitchell PTO Find us at: www.mitchellmustangspto.org Choir Notes: by Cyndie Lowry Just a reminder that the 5th and 6th graders are having a contest to see who can get their Festival paperwork and fees in first! They are neck and neck and it's anybody's game right now! So get those forms in ASAP!! Calendar Dates: PLEASE mark these dates on your calendar! March 24: District Honor Choir rehearsal at Mitchell from 5:00 - 7:00 p.m. March 26: District Honor Choir rehearsal at McCullough from 5:00 - 7:00 p.m. March 28: District Honor Choir rehearsal at McCullough from 12:00 - 3:30 p.m. March 28: District Honor Choir Concert at McCullough at 4:00 p.m. 2014-2015 YEARBOOKS Limited Number Still Available! Don’t miss out on the fabulous Mitchell Yearbook and signing party on May 27!! Go to the Mitchell PTO website at www.mitchellmustangspto.org to order your copy in the Spirit Store! You can also check your Mitchell PTO School Store online account to see if you have already purchased a yearbook. There are a limited amount available and yearbook sales from this point on will NOT be personalized. SUBMITTING PHOTOS FOR YEARBOOK Please submit any photos taken on field trips, class parties, or other school activities (including fine arts). We can always use more photos. We are especially looking for photos from Wax Museums. It is easy for you to upload your pictures straight to the Jostens web site. The above dates are for those students who were selected to the District Honor Choir. They are mandatory and if they miss one, they will not be allowed to perform in the concert. If you have trouble uploading directly, you can copy your images to a disc and drop it off at the front office. (Your disc will be returned if you provide a name and LC). If you only have a few photos, you can email them to [email protected]. We appreciate you sharing your photos! The yearbook will be more complete and dynamic if we use pictures from many different sources. May 7: Spring Choir Concert at MITCHELL COMMONS 7:30 p.m. FORMAL uniform. May 8: Spring Choral Festival will be ALL DAY. Wear choir polo with nice jeans and tennis shoes. Orchestra Notes: by Sheronna McMahon & Leslie Aguilar The 6th grade orchestra students have completed their McCullough orchestra auditions and benchmarks. Results of the audition will be mailed to the students in the summer. The 6th grade students are now preparing for the solo contest, to be held at Wilkerson Intermediate on April 11. Students will begin signing up for a morning or afternoon time, and then will be given an exact time as the event nears. All orchestra students are invited to enter the "Why I Want to be a Conductor" contest, sponsored by the Conroe Symphony Orchestra. The deadline is April 2. We want to thank the orchestra parents for supporting our "non-fundraiser" this year by sending an activity fee. We appreciate your support and look forward to a great spring semester. Go to: https://images.jostens.com Log in: 401853876 Password: Mustangs (case sensitive) 5th GRADE SPRING SOCIAL FRIDAY, APRIL 10 Tickets are available for purchase at WWW.MITCHELLMUSTANGSPTO.ORG in the Spirit Store What: An indoor carnival organized by the PTO with proceeds benefitting LC teachers, Fine Arts, PE, Special Education, Lifeskills and the Mitchell Scholarship. For: Mitchell 5th grade students only. From: 4:00-6:00 p.m. There will be two pick up times. Early dismissal from the Social is 5:00 p.m. All other students will be dismissed at 6:00 p.m. Transportation home from the social is the parent’s responsibility. No bikers or walkers allowed. Parents pick up students in their LC homeroom. If you are picking up a child other than your own, that child's parent needs to communicate this information to their teacher in advance. Students leaving early from the social will need a signed note from their parent and will need to meet their parent at the front door at 5:00 p.m. The only parents permitted in the school during the social are those scheduled and cleared to volunteer. For security purposes and the students’ safety we will not allow parents to enter the building until the social ends at 6:00 p.m. BUY YOUR CHILD'S ADMISSION AND GAME AND FOOD TICKETS ONLINE NOW. MOST GAMES AND FOOD COST BETWEEN 2-8 TICKETS. MORE DETAILS ARE ON THE PTO WEBSITE IN THE SPIRIT STORE UNDER 5TH GRADE SOCIAL. PAGE 6 V O LU M E 1 9 , I S S U E 1 3 MI T C HE LL ME S S E NG E R McCullough Junior High May 1 Course Request Deadline for 2015-2016 As a reminder, May 1 at 4:00 p.m. is the final deadline for all elective requests, core course selections, physical education requirement choices, and submission of private physical education paperwork. Requests can be submitted electronically via email to your child’s counselor. Required Seventh Grade Immunizations for 2015-2016 If you have an incoming seventh grader for 2015-2016, please note that Texas requires three immunizations before school starts. These include Tdap, Varicella, and Meningitis. These are required before the first day of school. Records can be turned in at your current intermediate school or faxed to 832-592-5127. 2015-2016 Highland Girl Tryouts (Tentative Dates) The McCullough Highland Girl mandatory tryout meeting will occur at 6:00 p.m. on March 31, 2015 in the Bock Auditorium. This meeting is mandatory for parents/guardians for any student trying out for the organization. Packages will be distributed at the gathering. All candidates must attend. Tryout applications are due by 5:00 p.m., April 10, 2015 in the McCullough front office. A tryout clinic will be held April 14-17 and April 20-23 from 4:30 - 6:00 p.m. Tryouts are Saturday, April 25 from 8:00 a.m. until approximately 2:00 p.m. Please contact Ms. Talley at [email protected] if you have any questions. Off Campus Private P.E. Information for 2015-2016 Off Campus Private P.E. information for our students will be available midMarch on the Conroe ISD district website. Look for information on approved facilities and the individual student application form at that time. Please note the important bulleted details below for parents/guardians considering Off Campus physical education for their child: The final date to submit all paperwork, including signatures, is May 1, 2015 at 4:00 p.m. All applications for Private P.E. during the 2015-2016 school year are tentatively scheduled to be available online mid-March. By state law, Private P.E. is for participation in individual Olympic sports only. 2015-2016 Color Guard Auditions The auditions for McCullough Color Guard will be held May 5 through May 7 from 4:30 - 6:00 p.m. in the McCullough gym. Students should enter through the main west doors by the gyms. Incoming seventh graders should not arrive prior to 4:15 p.m. as we are clearing regular west traffic until that time. Audition packets will be available in April in the McCullough front office as well as the front offices of each of our four feeder campuses. If you have any questions please contact Mrs. Garza at [email protected]. Students are only allowed to participate at CISD approved facilities. Vendors/facilities will have the opportunity to apply to Conroe ISD between January 21 and March 21 to be a part of the program for 20152016. If you would like your child to be a participant in this program, please make sure your facility attends the January 21 “Vendor Meeting” at 10:00 a.m. in the Jett Center in Conroe. Off Campus physical education is a year-long commitment. There are no one semester version of this program. Students participating in Off Campus physical education are committed to both the fall and spring semesters and their class schedules are developed accordingly. By state law, students in this year long program will not be able to participate in school athletic programs which have their own athletic class during the day. Participants may be able to tryout for school club programs such as track, golf, tennis, and soccer that meet outside of the school day and do not have an athletic class period. For students properly enrolled in the year-long program, a facility can be changed only at mid-term. Choose your facility wisely from the outset. Students wishing to sign up for the program should initially choose Private P.E. on the Elective Course Request Sheet. A student will not be in Private P.E. until all required online forms are properly submitted by May 1. Any student choosing Off Campus physical education must be picked up daily at 2:50 p.m. at the northwest corner main student entrance. Please make sure as a parent/guardian you have year-long afternoon pick up arrangements in place prior to choosing Off Campus physical education. Students are not allowed to leave campus and walk home unsupervised. Grades and attendance for a child in Off Campus physical education are submitted each three weeks by the approved facility. These grades are reflected on report cards and do count toward U.I.L. eligibility. The Texas Education Agency allows Category I (15+ hours per week) participants to leave campus one hour prior to the end of the school day. From 2:26 p.m. until 2:50 p.m., students will be supervised by a McCullough instructor in a silent study hall. Choosing Off Campus physical education (Category 1) requires a commitment to leave early on both red and green days. Students in Category 2 Off Campus physical education do not leave school early each day and have a physical education class on campus. However, students do receive two extra classroom classes above and beyond. As a result, a student choosing and qualifying for Category 2, Off Campus physical education must be enrolled in band, choir, or orchestra. Students who fail to meet state guidelines for completion of hours will be dropped from Off Campus P.E. and placed in regular campus P.E. class. 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