Classrooms are in full swing and full of learning! We had a blast at our first Friday Assembly of the year today! Be sure to ask your child about it and remind your Tigers to wear their Tiger Spirit on Fridays! 

• BELL SCHEDULE: Our Bell Schedule has changed—please see the updated times below! For safety reasons, students should not be dropped off before 7:10 a.m., as staff will not be outside to supervise before then. Thank you for helping us keep our Tigers safe!

• Grades 1-5 PARENT ORIENTATION: Please join us to learn about your child’s classroom and the 25-26 school year on August 28th. Come to either session, OR join one for one student and the other for another. 

  • • • • Session 1: 4:30-5:00

        • Session 2: 5:10-5:40

• FAMILY COMMUNICATION: You already know what an amazing school we have and how fortunate we are to have the dedicated professionals we do in this building. We need to share that we’ve asked our staff to take care of themselves this year. This includes the grace of a 24-hour policy regarding communication. You can expect a response to your initial communication within 24 hours during the work week. Any (non-emergency) communication received over the weekend will be addressed the next school day. Emails received after 4:00 p.m. may not be responded to until the next day. Emails received during instructional time may not be responded to until grade-level conference time, after school, or the next day. We appreciate your support of our incredible teachers and staff!

• TRANSPORTATION CHANGES: Please email same-day transportation changes to cses.receptionist@dsisdtx.us by 1:00 pm. If you know of changes to your student's transportation prior to the day of, or if it is a permanent change, please communicate these changes directly to your student's teacher. 

• ATTENDANCE: Student attendance is CRITICAL for student success. Regular school attendance is essential, and absences from class may result in serious disruption of a student’s education. The student and parent should avoid unnecessary absences. Please do not send your student(s) to school sick. But please DO send your student(s) to school when they aren't sick. Use the school calendar as you plan your family's vacation time. Avoid pulling students out of school for vacation!

  • • • Please click HERE for more information on how to report an absence, the attendance office contact information, attendance times, and additional information. 

      • Our critical funding time is 8:45am each day. That is the time of day that we take attendance for funding purposes. PLEASE HAVE YOUR CHILD IN SCHOOL AT 8:45am EVERY DAY!! Avoid appointments at that time.

More attendance information: 

• • • Parents have 48 hours to report absences through Family Access, attendance email address, phone call, parent note, or doctor's note

    • If a student misses more than four consecutive days because of a personal illness, upon return to school, the student must bring a statement from a health care provider verifying the student’s extended absence

    • Texas law states that students are required to attend 90% of their classes in order to earn course credit. Students are allowed 4 unexcused or truancy absences in the fall semester and 5 unexcused or truancy absences in the spring semester.

    • When a student ages 6-18 incurs unexcused absences for three or more days or parts of days within a four-week period, the school will send a notice to the student’s parent, as required by law, to remind the parent that it is the parent’s duty to monitor the student’s attendance and to require the student to come to school. Please refer to the DSISD Student Handbook for complete information. 

• UIL (Grades 2-5): UIL Registration opens September 4th - September 19th. To find out more information about UIL and its' events, go here. 

• DSEF: Support the Dripping Springs Education Foundation! When You Support, Your Teacher WINS!

  • • Join DSEF as a sustaining member with a monthly pledge, and your child’s teacher will be entered into a drawing for a $250 Amazon gift card! Visit https://bit.ly/DSEFgift or our website, Dseducationfoundation.org, for more information.

    • Meet DSEF Flyer

    • Kinder Club Flyer

• STUDENT LIGHTHOUSE APPLICATIONS ARE DUE, Friday, August 29th! APPLY HERE!

CSES Mission:  We Trust!  We Accept!  We Persevere!

We look forward to seeing you at Meet the Teacher!

~Amber Daige and Jessica Barr

Principal and Assistant Principal