Student drop off starts at 7:30 a.m. There is no adult supervision prior to 7:30 a.m.

Students should not be dropped off in the parking lot. Students should be escorted across the car rider line.

Please do not stop and sit in your vehicle in the no parking zones (either in the parking lot or in the car rider front drive). Cars are having difficulty parking. In addition, there have been some near-misses in the car rider front drive.

Please pull up to the first spot nearest the flag pole. Please do not stop at the front door. - instead of at the front door. This helps our car rider line to move faster.

Library

Our library will be staffed every day beginning February 7, 2017. Mrs. Ana Farris and Mrs. Connie Krebs (retired SBISD teacher) will cover the library until the end of February, and then beginning in March, Mrs. Krebs will be in the library every day. Mrs. Krebs has done several long term assignments in our building and is very familiar with our school and our routines.

SBISD has a new district Library director, and she is already on the look out for candidates for us to interview for this position beginning in August of 2017.

PGP

Susan Robbins will be coming in 2 days a week (Mondays and Fridays) to provide services to the students in the Primary Gifted Program.

Please sure to let Mrs. Luberger how much we appreciate her!!

"The Magic of Meadow Wood" will be a fun evening of food, fun and entertainment for our school community! 100% of the proceeds from this event go to the PTA to fund the programs that make Meadow Wood a magical place for our children to learn and grow.

Event Details:

Date: Saturday, March 4, 2017

Location: Nottingham Forest Club

Click on The Magic of Meadow Wood link below to purchase event tickets, and raffle tickets or learn more about the silent auction.

For questions or auction item donations, contact Christina Gronauer at christina_gronauer@yahoo.com.

Right now in Elementary schools all over the state, "chronic absences" account for 35% of our school rating. Although we have not been given specific information on how this is defined, or what absences count, here are some MWE attendance facts as of Monday, January 30th.

Summary Information (2016-2017)

• 96.64 Attendance Rate (%)
• 479 Average Students Enrolled
• 422 Total Students With Absences
• 1562 Total Cumulative Absences

Here are the days we were below 95% in date order (both excused and unexcused)

Friday, October 21, 2016 - 30 students absent - 94%

Monday, November 21, 2016 - 38 students absent - 93 %

Tuesday, November 22, 2016 - 47 students absent 91 %

Monday, December 05, 2016 - 30 students absent - 94 %

Friday, December 09, 2016 - 49 students absent - 90 %

Monday, December 12, 2016 - 49 students absent - 90%

Wednesday, December 14, 2016 - 45 students absent - 91 %

Thursday, December 15, 2016 - 49 students absent - 90%

Friday, December 16, 2016 - 53 students absent - 89.50 %

Wednesday, January 18, 2017 - 38 students absent - 92.49 %

101 students have between 5 and 10 absences (combination of excused and unexcused)

22 students have more than 10 absences (combination of excused and unexcused)

40.86% of absences at MWE are unexcused.

Per the SBISD Elementary Handbook:

Absences for the following reasons shall be considered unavoidable and shall be classified as excused for the student:

• Illness
  
• Serious illness of a family member
  
• Death/funeral of a family member
  
• Weather (announced bad weather closings)
  
• Quarantine
  
• Religious holy days
  
• Authorized school-sponsored activities
• Parent/Stepparent on Active Military Duty
• Required court appearance
  
• Service as an election clerk
  
• Playing “Taps” at a military honors funeral in Texas (grades 6-12)
• Naturalization/U.S. Citizenship

February 6

• Writers in the Schools
  

February 7

• Career Day
  
• MWE Night @ChickFila
  

February 8

• National School Counselor Day
  
• Family Point Basketball practice p.m.
  

February 10

• Spirit Day
  
• Spiral
  

February 11

• Kingdom Kids Basket ball Games
  

February 13

• Writers in the Schools - 3rd grade
• Random Acts of Kindness Week begins
  
• 10:15 - Dance Show (Grades 2 - 5)
  
• 1:30 - Puppet Show (PreK/K/1)
  

February 14

• Valentine's Day Parties (1:00 5th grade - 2:00 all other grades)

• Writers in the Schools - 3rd grade
  
• SBISD Spelling Bee
  

• Kingdom Kids Basketball Practice p.m.
• World Read Aloud Day

February 17

• Spirit Day - Wear your MWE T-Shirt
  

February 18

• Kingdom Kids Basketball Games

• NO SCHOOL FOR STUDENTS
  

February 21

• Dental Presentation (PreK/K/1/2)
  
• Character Without Question Reception 2:00 p.m.

• Family Point Basketball Practice p.m.
  

February 23

• 6:00 p.m. Kinder Roundup
  

February 24

• Wear College T-Shirts
  
• Spiral
  

February 25

• Expanding Your Horizons (Spring Forest)
  
• Odyssey of the Mind Competition
  
• Robotics Competition
  

February 27

• Writers in the Schools
  
• 6:00 p.m. District Character Without Question Presentation
  

February 28

• 3rd grade Math Practice STAAR
  

March 1

• 3rd grade Reading Practice STAAR
  

March 2

• 4th grade Math Practice STAAR
  
• Group and Spring Pictures
  

March 3

• Hands on Science - 3rd grade
  
• Spiral
  

March 4

• The Magic of Meadow Wood - Spring Auction

Email: pamela.redd@springbranchisd.com
Website: mwe.springbranchisd.com
Location: 14230 Memorial Drive, Houston, TX, United States
Phone: 713-251-6200
Facebook: facebook.com/meadowwoodelementarysbisd
Twitter: @reddprincipal

At Meadow Wood, our mission is to provide the personalized support needed for every student to grow and reach their personal best, taking into account the unique academic, social and emotional needs of each child.