Truitt Middle School

Truitt Middle School will create a safe and engaging environment to prepare our students for their future academic, behavioral, and social demands.

Dear Timberwolf Parents,

Our students and staff are having a great start to the new semester!

I would like to remind students about the importance of wearing their badge everyday and getting to class on time.

We have set a date for our 8th grade dance. It will be on May 24th. We have made a few changes to this special event so it could be enjoyed by more Truitt students. The dance will be casual dress and it will start right after school. Parents can pick their student up at 5:00. More info will be in our newsletter for next month!

Yvette Garcia

On January 20th, our moon cycled through the Blood Moon stage. During a school year, student behavior can also cycle through different stages. The goal of the Positive Behavioral Interventions and Supports system is to create a consistent, safe learning environment utilizing a detailed plan of school-wide expectations. This is the time in the school year that lends itself to an increase in office referrals. This can be due to things such as a long stretch without a holiday break, colder weather or staff becoming complacent in not following through with expectations.

We have all worked hard up until this point on the PBIS expectations to place Truitt on a successful path. The integrity of the system is to maintain consistency throughout the year each and every day. During this stage of the school year, we all must continue to follow our PACK expectations of exhibiting Pride, Accountability, Cooperation and Kindness throughout the campus. This includes showing respect for one another, following dress code, keeping our campus clean, arriving to school and class on time and striving for academic excellence daily.

Let's continue on a path to success and not allow negative behavior to creep back onto our campus and take hold. Now is the time to buckle down and focus on our plan and consistently meet our expectations. Please continue to talk to your child about the choices they make at school daily, and encourage them to show PACK expectations while at school. Thank you for your support of this very important Truitt initiative. Our PACK gets stronger when we stand and work together!

ATTENTION 6TH GRADE PARENTS

According to state law, all incoming 7th graders are required to have a meningococcal vaccine given after their 11th birthday and a TDAP vaccine given within the last 5 years on file at school. To avoid a delay in your child receiving his/her schedule next fall, you are encouraged take the time, this 6th grade year, to complete the required immunizations. Please send a copy to the school nurse before the end of their 6th grade year.

Drop Offs

Parents dropping off lunches for students will show ID and leave the lunch on the cart, on the appropriate shelf which is labeled by grade located in the front office reception area.
Students will not be called to pick up lunch. Parents need to contact student to let them know lunch has been delivered. No UberEats or pizza delivery for students will be allowed.

Eating Lunch with Students

• Parent/Guardian will check in with the receptionist and receive a badge.

• Only the parent/guardian may eat/sit with his/her child at the designated table for parents.

• Due to food allergies, buying/sharing food with other students is NOT permitted

Due to a promotion, Officer Apostolo has moved on to one of our high school campuses. Officer Valerie West is getting to know our staff and students. We are lucky to have her on our campus.

Officer West would like to remind parents to please turn right when leaving the parking lot in the morning and to not drop students off on Addicks Satsuma.

Truitt Middle School is collecting Box Tops for Education.

Each Box Top = $.10 for our school. Turn in Box Tops to the front office. It’s easy, it’s fun and the money earned supports student activities for all grades. Go to www.btfe.com for a complete list of participating products. Next submission date is March 1, 2019

All students must follow the Timberwolf Guidelines:

1. All students must go home before returning to campus. Athletes and fine arts students will follow the guidelines from their coach or director.

2. In order to purchase your game day ticket at lunch, students must be wearing their ID badge. Students can not purchase tickets at the door unless they are with their parent.

3. Students attending school events must be wearing their badge at all times.

4. All students must stay in the appropriate area of the building.

6. Students who are not picked up 15 minutes after game time may lose the opportunity to participate in events in the future.

Permission slips for our HSU unit will be coming home the week of January 28th. Please sign the permission slip and have your child return it to their science teachers as soon as possible.

Please inform the registrar of any address or telephone number changes as soon as possible. It is very important that our records are updated in case your child becomes ill or an emergency arises and you need to be contacted immediately. Thank you.

From The Truitt Counselors:

Imelda Trujillo (6th), Frances Efaw (7th), Samantha Gregory (8th)

careercruising.com 1-800-965-8541

Dear Parents and Guardians,

All students at Truitt Middle School will be using the Career Cruising website to learn how to choose and research a career that fits their skills and interests. Students will go with their Social Studies class to the computer labs and bring the results home to share with you. 6th graders will complete the activity on Feb. 7th and 7th graders will go on Feb. 6th. Eighth graders have already entered their courses for high school in Career Cruising.

The students will each have their own login and password for careercruising.com, which they can use from any computer with Internet capability at any time. They must use this to save information to their portfolio.

Username: CF-ID # Ex. CF-345091

Password: birthdate (8 digits) Ex. 01042003 = January 4, 2003

Parents can visit the website by using truitt as the login and 77084 as the password.

February 4th – 8th is National School Counseling Week. This year’s theme is School Counselors: Providing Lessons for Life. Truitt Middle School Counselors work with students to become effective communicators, competent problem-solvers, self-directed learners, responsible citizens, and quality producers. We work with students, parents and staff. Activities for the week have been planned for students through their advisory class and for staff. We appreciate all of the support our Truitt students, parents and staff give to us!

The badge and its unique student number is used to account for students utilizing transportation services, checking out library books and textbooks, purchasing food items from the cafeteria, providing a means for easy identification of students in common areas of the school and for other uses as determined by campus administration. All Timberwolves are required to wear their student ID badge on a lanyard. Truitt students should be in compliance with the ID badge policy from the time they arrive at school until they leave campus. If a student forgets their ID they are required to obtain a temporary ID from the designated school office/location.

A permanent badge is required for all students to ride the bus home. There will be no exceptions.

Truitt students who do not have a permanent badge or are not wearing their badge on a lanyard, will receive an afterschool D-Hall consequence.

• Shorts and skirts must fit at the waist or upper hip. They must not reveal underclothing and must be mid-thigh or longer.
  
• Pants must be worn at the waist or upper hip and must not reveal underclothing.
  
• No torn or ripped jeans (from the bottom of the knee and above).
  
• Leggings will not be allowed to be worn under jeans with holes.
• Tennis shoes or closed toe shoes are preferred. House shoes/house slippers of any kind are not allowed.
• Backpacks need to be clear.
  
• Tops, shirts and blouses must not reveal underclothing, midsection, torso, back, chest, breast or cleavage.

Please check the student handbook for more information regarding dress code.

Feb. 6 JA Inspire

Feb. 6 Basketball Tournaments

Feb. 26 Benchmark Assessments - 6th grade Reading, 7th and 8th grade Math

Yvette Garcia, Principal

Email: truitt@cfisd.net
Website: truitt.cfisd.net
Location: 6600 Addicks Satsuma Road, Houston, TX, USA
Phone: 281-856-1100
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/truittmiddleschool
Twitter: @truittcfisd