Bryant Bulletin

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It has been another amazing week here at Bryant Elementary! The WOW forms for awesome Bengal behavior are pouring in. We are also looking forward to our first Bengal Cart coming up next week. Students will be able to spend their hard earned Bengal Bucks on all kinds of fun prizes.

Thank you to all of our dads, grandfathers and uncles that came out to our Watch D.O.G.S program kickoff. Our fabulous PTA served a delicious pizza dinner and Mr. Cutter Urban provided great information to set our Watch D.O.G.S. up for success. We cannot wait to have these positive male role models on our campus.

Curriculum Nights begin the week of September 26th. Please see the flier below for grade level specific dates. This event is for parents and we encourage parents to leave children at home so you can focus on the important information teachers will be presenting. We will be having many other events that will include children. Thank you for understanding for this adult event.

If you have a praise or a shout out for a teacher or a staff member, we would love to hear it!! Please fill out this form.

Love and Logic Parenting Classes will be offered at multiple campuses during the Fall semester of 2022. Katy ISD families may register to attend any session. Dates and campuses for Love and Logic courses are posted on the Professional Learning website. Families who wish to participate in Love and Logic courses may pay the $10 cost of the workbooks with cash, check, or through the Pay ‘N Go system. Love and Logic Facilitators will distribute the workbooks to participants during the session. Click the Professional Learning website link or see District section below for more information.

Save the Date - Bryant's Multicultural Festival will be held on Thursday, October 6th, from 5:30PM - 7PM. Families will have the opportunity to go around the world and learn about different cultures without leaving the Bryant cafeteria and gym. Each student will receive a passport upon arrival to travel the world with and learn fun and interesting facts. We are looking for families to showcase their heritage and culture with displays, music, games, crafts, presentations and more. If you are interested in participating, please complete the form that went home with students today so that you can showcase your heritage and culture. Please click here for the invitation to our Multicultural Festival.

Need to Reach the Counselor?

Students at Bryant have accessibility to talk with our School Counselors, Penny Flores (grades PK, K, 1, and 5) and Julie Akerson (grades 2-4). If you would like to get in touch with either of them, please contact Dr. Flores at 281-234-4331 or at penelopewflores@katyisd.org or Mrs. Akerson at 281-234-0676 or at julianaakerson@katyisd.org.

Information regarding screening of kindergarten students for the gifted and talented program will be sent home with kindergarten students beginning the week of August 22nd - September 2nd. Kindergarten parents who would like to refer their children for GT screening must return the Kindergarten Parent Checklist to Bryant Elementary by September 30, 2022 by 4:00pm. Checklists will also be accepted via email to JolindaGForeman@katyisd.org by 4pm on September 30, 2022. No late checklists will be accepted.

Please complete one of the following:

• English Printable Form
• Spanish Printable Form

There is a Kindergarten Parent FAQ page on the Katy ISD GT/Advanced Academics website for more information about kindergarten screening that can be accessed at: https://www.katyisd.org/Page/4406

For all questions regarding screening, please contact Jodi Foreman at JolindaGForeman@katyisd.org.

9/23 - Student Holiday (NO School)

9/23-9/25 - Family Weekend (NO Homework)

9/26 - 2nd & 5th Grade Curriculum Night 5pm

9/27 - PreK, Kinder, 3rd Grade Curriculum Night 5pm

9/28 - College/Career Shirt Day

9/29 - 1st, 4th, Special Programs Curriculum Night 5pm

10/1-10/31 - Bully Prevention Month

10/3-10/7 - FALL Book Fair

10/4 - World Dyslexia Day (Wear RED)

10/5 - PurposeFull People: Wear ORANGE for Responsibility

10/6 - Bryant Multicultural Festival 5:30pm

10/10 - Columbus Day (Staff/Student Holiday) NO School

10/11 - PTA Spirit Night TBD

Doors open: 7:48am - Students walk straight to class.

Tardy bell: 8:10am

Attendance bell: 9:35am

Dismissal bell: 3:20pm

Please report student full day absences using the new online link by clicking HERE. The old link has been disabled as of 8/29/22.

You may contact our Attendance Clerk, Kim Evans, with any questions.

KimberlyEvans@katyisd.org or 281-234-4406

Anyone checking out a child must be on the child's enrollment notification as a parent/guardian. In the event you need a person on your emergency contact list to pick up your child, a note and/or notice from the parent/guardian is required prior to for the date of the check out. A valid and unexpired ID is required for check out. The latest time you may check out your student is 2:45pm. Anyone arriving after this time will not be able to check a student out.

If you arrive after the 8:10am bell, your student is considered late. Late students must be escorted by a parent/guardian and signed in using the QR code at the front entrance using your phone. If you do not have a phone with you, a device is available for use at the front desk. Once the form has been completed, the front office will call your student inside to enter the building to proceed to class. Please bring your valid ID inside with you in case you are asked to scan your id for processing the tardy.

Did your student forget their lunch at home? Leave their backpack in the car? No problem!

You may bring items for your student up to the school until 9:45am for a guaranteed delivery to the classroom. Any item dropped off after 9:45am (that is not medically necessary) will be taken to a grade specific basket in a passing area to be picked up as the students head to lunch or specials. Please note: the classroom is not notified of the item, the teachers will check the baskets as they pass.

**Labels, pens, and tape are available in the front vestibule for you to place on the item being dropped off. Please place all labeled items in the basket near the front table in the vestibule.

Parents and Guardians are encouged to come eat lunch with their students one time per week beginning on this week. Only grandparents on the approved form linked below may visit without a guardian one time per week. All other visitors MUST be accompanied by a guardian. Due to space limitations, only 3 visitors per student will be allowed at a time. This includes non-school age siblings (under age 5 and not enrolled in Katy ISD).

PARENTS: Please click here to list Grandparents who have your permission to visit your student.

Transportation must be either sent in with your student on the day of the change by printing and filling out this form, emailing bryantelementary@katyisd.org from a registered email on your student’s account, or by coming up to the vestibule of the school with your valid ID to verify guardianship before 1:45pm. If emailing, please be sure to include student’s name, grade, teacher, change of dismissal (include bus #, address, and stop location if changing to bus), and the date(s) of the change.

This year Bryant Elementary is utilizing the A+Pay & Go App for all payments for campus items and events. You will need to go to Katyisd.org and create and account with A+ Pay & Go if you have not already done so. Click HERE to go to the A+ Pay & Go website. Once you log in, you will click: Elementary > Elem A-H > Bryant Elementary for our A+ Pay & Go Menu

The Birthday Marquee is for your student's name to appear on the lighted front marquee for the week of your student's birthday from Sunday to Saturday. Please sign up at least 5 school days prior to the week of the birthday. Cost is $25.00

For Birthday Marquee, once you log in, click: Elementary > Elem A-H > Bryant Elementary > Campus Fundraiser

The Birthday Book Club is for your student's name to be added to the Book Club Calendar, a book plate with their name is placed on the inside cover of the book of their choosing and donated in the honor of his/her birthday, they will be recognized on the morning announcements, and they get to be the first to check the book out.

School Planners - Grades 2-5 will receive a school planner this year. Planners will be an integral part of home to school communication as well as daily behavior updates from teachers. Planners are $5.00

Medications- parents of students who need medications on campus, either daily or as needed, should contact Nurse Osbourne ASAP.

Medicine at School - All medications (prescription and nonprescription) brought to the school must be taken to the school clinic immediately upon arrival. Students may transport prescription/nonprescription medication to and from school if the medication is not a controlled substance. Students may not be in possession of any prescription or nonprescription drug on school grounds during school hours unless officially authorized by the campus nurse for possession and self-administration of a prescription medication for asthma, anaphylaxis, or diabetes.

Natural and/or homeopathic-like products, not FDA approved, will not be dispensed in the school setting by school district personnel.

**There are no “stock” medications kept in the clinic. The only medications that are kept in the clinic are those which were brought in by the parent or student with appropriate paperwork.

We are also requesting forms needed for students (below) be scanned and emailed to the clinic. You can email by clicking here or fax to 281-644-1967.

Any questions or concerns please contact Christilynn Osbourne, RN, MSN at 281-234-4325

KATY INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT Forms:

Daily medication with Doctor’s Order

Asthma Action Plan

Allergy Action Plan

Diet Modification Form

Seizure Action Plan

Parent Questionnaire for a Student with Seizures (English)

Diabetes Medical Management Plan

Parent Authorization for Diabetes Care at School (English)

Car Riders:

Car riders stage for dismissal via double stack lanes in our car rider lane which wraps behind the school. Staff members will be entering your dismissal number and color into a Google Doc which is shared inside the school. It is imperative that once you have entered the left or right lane, you cannot change lanes. This causes great challenges because staff members are staging students inside using the order recorded in the Google Doc. If you are picking up your child as a car rider, please use the HANGING TAGS provided for you. If families are carpooling, a great idea is to use a hanger with clips to show more than one dismissal number on your rear-view mirror. Please hang the tag(s) from the rear view mirror, not in the corner of the window. If you do not have the physical number for the child or children you are picking up, you will not be able to pick up a child from the car rider line.

Daycare Riders:

On our transportation survey above, you can tell us your child’s teacher and the name of their daycare bus.

Walkers/Bike Riders:

Students in PK-1st will be released to an adult only. If you have a PK-1st grader that you would like to walk home with an older sibling, please see the directions in the manila envelope provided during Meet the Teacher. The older sibling will not need a dismissal number to pick up their younger sibling. Parents MUST have the physical dismissal number in your hand in order to pick up your PK-1st grade child from school. If you do not have the number in your hand you will be asked by a staff member to go to the front office. Students in 3rd-5th will leave campus on their own, and will not need a dismissal number in order to exit the building.

Bus Riders:

Click here to check current bus routes.

The Katy ISD Transportation Department is excited to communicate that all 2022 - 2023 route buses continue to be equipped with GPS systems. With the GPS systems, parents, campuses and transportation personnel are able to track buses in real-time through a downloadable application from Edulog. For parents and patrons having children who are eligible for transportation services in Katy ISD, click here for information on how to download the application and for instructions on how to install the app to track our busses. Bryant's campus code is: 69167016

Child Find is a process designed to identify, locate, and evaluate individuals from birth to 21 years of age who may need special education and related services. If you are concerned that your child may have a disability, contact your student’s Assistant Principal at Bryant.

Tracey Bashay - PK, Kinder & 3rd

Lindsay O'Leary - 2nd, 5th, ECAP/YCAP/ECSE

Christina Borgstedte - 1st & 4th

Visit the Katy ISD Child Find Information Page for more information about Child Find.

Love and Logic Parenting Classes will be offered at multiple campuses during the Fall semester of 2022. Participation options are listed in the chart below. Katy ISD families may register to attend any session. Dates for Love and Logic courses are posted on the Professional Learning website.

Families who wish to participate in Love and Logic courses may pay the $10 cost of the workbooks with cash, check, or through the Pay ‘N Go system. Love and Logic Facilitators will distribute the workbooks to participants during the session.

A minimum of 10 participants is required for each session. If a minimum number of participants is not met, registered participants will be directed to an alternate session.

Need to know how to view a report card, student grades, or other information? Check out the how to guides in the Home Access Center or click below.
Home Access Center (HAC) User Guide (English) Home Access Center (HAC) User Guide (Spanish)

In May 2022, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) concluded its free breakfast and lunch meal service that was available to all students, regardless of eligibility. To determine eligibility for free meals for the 2022-2023 school year, families with students who do not attend a Community Eligibility Provision (CEP) campus will need to complete a Meal Benefits/Free & Reduced meals application. More information about free and reduced benefits can be found here. The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Child Nutrition Programs Income Eligibility Guidelines can be found here.

Katy ISD is excited to announce the implementation of the District’s Raptor Volunteer Initiative for the upcoming school year. Beginning October 1, the district will require all volunteers serving on campus during the instructional day to register with the district through its Raptor security system.

Raptor ensures quick and easy volunteer registration allowing individual volunteers to create and manage a personal volunteer profile. In addition, the Raptor Volunteer Initiative will:

• Provide an additional layer of protection for Katy ISD students, staff, volunteers, and campus visitors.
• Unite all district volunteers into one Katy ISD volunteer community.
• Measure and communicate the positive impact of Katy ISD volunteer organizations.

Once registered and approved, individual volunteers can:

• Submit and track hours via their volunteer profile for every Katy ISD campus at which they volunteer.
• The system also provides quick and easy submission of individual off-campus volunteer hours.

The volunteer registration requirement will extend to all volunteers serving on or off-campus, during or after the instructional day effective January 4.

Join our volunteer community and register today!

Volunteer Application-English

Volunteer Application -Spanish

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