Dear Cougar Cub Families,
We are officially halfway through our first grading period, and what a great start it has been! Our little cougars have been working hard, learning classroom routines, building friendships, and settling into their school routines. We have also almost completed all of our beginning-of-the-year benchmarks, which gives our teachers valuable information about where each student is starting so we can continue to provide the right support and challenges throughout the year.
Thank you for your continued partnership and support as we work together to help every child grow. We are excited about the progress we are already seeing and look forward to all the growth still to come!
Little Paws, Big Growth! 🐾
Your Principal,
Ashlee Duncan
Bridging School and Home: Easy Ways to Support Learning at Home
You don’t need a lot of extra time or special materials to support your child’s learning. Everyday routines and simple activities at home can help build independence, responsibility, confidence, and important academic skills. This week's focus is Turn Everyday Activities Into Learning.
Learning can happen anywhere! While putting away groceries, ask your child to:
Sort items by
shape, size, color, or type
.
Count items as they are put away.
Compare which group has
more, fewer, or the same
.
Identify letters, numbers, or words on packages.
Follow directions such as, “Put the cereal in the pantry, then bring me the apples.”
This Week (4-day)
Monday: First grade TPRI testing begins
Tuesday:
Wednesday:
Thursday: Thumbs up Thursday; Dress up Day: College Gear
Friday: Campus Closed
Up Next
9/7: Labor Day Holiday
9/11: Instructional Friday; Kona Ice; Dress up Day Red, White and Blue
9/14: Book Fair Begins; PTA Meeting, 6:00
9/15: Dot Day
9/17: Title I Meeting, 5:00; Grandparent’s Night, 5:30; Safari Day
9/18: Campus Closed
9/21: Watch DOG orientation, 5:30
9/22: Cujo Pictures
9/25: Student Holiday/ Staff Workday; Homecoming
9/30: Title I Meeting
School Spirit: Fall Dress up Days
SBDM Committee Members Needed
The Site-Based Decision Making (SBDM) committee is composed of primary parents, community members and/or business representatives, along with faculty and staff. This committee has as its purpose to advise the principal in the areas of planning, budgeting, curriculum, staffing patterns, staff development and school organization through the review and progress of meeting the goals listed in the Campus Improvement Plan. The committee meets a minimum of four times per school year and all primary parents are invited to attend the meetings.
At a minimum, the committee requires at least 2 parent representatives from each grade level. Meetings will be held after school four times a year; September, November, February, and April. If you are interested in serving as a parent representative, please email Ms. Duncan at aduncan@chinaspringisd.net.
Morning Drop-Off Volunteers
Help Us Welcome Our Cougar Cubs! We’re looking for parent volunteers to help greet students and welcome our Cougar Cubs during morning drop-off! If you’d like to help start our students’ day with a smile, please sign up here: Volunteer & Greeter Sign-Up Form. All volunteers must complete the CSISD Volunteer Application found on the CSISD website.
Book Fair
The online book fair is now live! You can shop, buy a book for a teacher off their wish list, and set up your child's gift card to be ready for the in person book fair. The in-person fair starts September 14th. Make sure you are on the Primary School's page when you create your child's gift card account. The online portion of the book fair will be open until September 19th. LINK
PTA Update
We are off to a great start in PTA. Color week signs were on display. We have met so many at our back to school events. Spirit shop was a huge success - orders will arrive the first week of September. It's not too late to join PTA!
Coming up:
Monday (September 14), 6:00pm: PTA membership meeting @ Primary cafeteria
We will kick off Cougar Dash at the end of September. PTA is looking for members that want to be involved. Our first Cougar Dash planning meeting will be Wednesday, September 2 @ 9:30 am. If you are interested please fill out this google form!
Thank you for supporting PTA! Any questions? Please email primary@chinaspringpta.org
Child Nutrition
Lunch visitors will begin this WEEK! Beginning August 31, lunch visitors should notify the teacher ahead of time so the student is escorted to the appropriate location. Visitors must check in at the front office with their state issued ID, and must be on the student’s contact list. No exceptions can be made.
If you need to add money to your child's lunch account, please visit the School Bucks website here.
The lunch menu can be found here