December
December
Dates to Remember
December 6: Choir Concert/Neighborhood Caroling
December 10: Reindeer Romp; Roanoke First Responders Breakfast with Santa
Upcoming Dates
December 14: Facebook Live 6pm
December 15: Campus Spelling Bee
December 16: Early Release 11:40am; End of the 2nd Quarter
December 17- January 4: Holiday Break
January 5: Students Return; Report Card go out
Click HERE to see our menus and info about Aramark Food Services
The best way to pay for meals and monitor your child's account is to set up an Online Payment with www.myschoolbucks.com account. Click HERE for info.
Safety Procedures for Morning Drop Off and Dismissal
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The tardy bell rings at 7:40 am. and staff close the doors to start class. Students need to arrive BEFORE 7:40 am. to safely access the back doors of the school. If a car rider arrives after the doors are closed, please drive your child to the front entrance of the school and walk them up to the doors to ring the bell so that he/she can come through the office for a Tardy Pass. Thank you!
Parents please use the ride change form link to communicate your child's ride change by 2:00 pm. We will not release students without confirmation from parents regarding ride changes
If you are picking your student up early for an appointment, 2:30pm is the latest we will be able to release students.
The character trait this month is gratitude.
Giving Opportunities to Support Students
Memorial Scholarship
We all miss our sweet Ms. Rena Garrett! Ms. Rena was our lead campus assistant, who we lost last year. We all knew Ms. Rena as our “campus mom.” She loved us and took care of us all unconditionally.
Staff members felt very passionate about doing something that would honor her and NEF helped us to create a lifetime memorial scholarship for a NISD senior.
If you feel led to donate, here is the link for the donation page: https://nef.networkforgood.com/projects/153104-rena-garrett-memorial-scholarship
Our goal is $5000. Your donation would be greatly appreciated.
Honoring Lunch Account
We are pleased to announce
The Rena Garrett Honoring Lunch Account has been created. Rena always made sure every kid had a lunch to eat so this is a great way for her legacy to continue.
Students who do not have enough money in their account to purchase a lunch will be able to use this account to buy a lunch.
I know many of you expressed an interest in helping with this scholarship. If you would like to donate to the account, please make check payable to Aramark or send cash to the school. Please reference “Rena Garret” or put account number 1091063 on the check.
Just a reminder that if your student is in 2, 3, 4 or 5 grade and interested in competing in UIL, they have until Wednesday, December 7 to sign up! What’s UIL? Click here to head to our Cox Elementary UIL Website for details and to register.
Tuesday, December 6th will be our 2nd Annual Cox Cougar Community Carol! We’d like to formally invite you and your families to join us as we spread holiday cheer! We will meet in the back parking lot of Cox Elementary, where we will split into groups. From there we will venture into their neighborhood surrounding Cox to sing carols for our neighbors! Routes and song sheets will be provided for each group the night of, so all you have to do is show up with a smile and a singing voice! This is a community event, so please stay with your children as we embark on this new and exciting activity!
When: Tuesday, December 6th @ 6:00-7:00 PM
Where: Cox Elementary Back Parking Lot
Attire: Festive Holiday Getup
What to bring: Your family, A Jacket, A hat, A flashlight/headlamp, Shoes that you’re comfortable walking in
Merry Mustang Carnival is BACK!
December 9th 6:00-8:00pm at Medlin Middle School
This year's theme is Cozy Winter!
There will be food, games, bounce houses, pictures with Santa and MORE!
You can get Carnival tickets at the event or skip the line and purchase them early online through the Northwest ISD online payments website. Individual tickets are $1 or you can get 25 tickets for $20. All you can Bounce wrist bands will also be available soon! (Most activities are 1-3 tickets each)
If you are joining us for the Reindeer Romp this Saturday, here is the packet pick up information and race information.
Northwest ISD’s three comprehensive high schools - Byron Nelson, Eaton and Northwest - are each preparing holiday fine arts performances, with shows coming soon.
The Northwest Texan fine arts department will perform “The Wizard of Oz” from December 3 to 6, the Byron Nelson fine arts department will perform “Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer Jr.” on December 15 and 16, and the Eaton Eagle fine arts department will perform “A Christmas Carol” from December 15 to 17. For additional information and ticket links, view this news article.
Do you feel like you’re getting too many texts or emails from ParentSquare? Just want notifications in the ParentSquare app? Change your communications preference to meet how you want to receive messages!
Families in Northwest ISD have full control of how they receive ParentSquare messages. To change your settings, sign in on the ParentSquare website and hover over your profile’s name in the top right corner to select “My Account.” From there, click “Notification Settings” on the left sidebar and turn on or off any message format (email, text and app) and whether you receive notifications instantly or each evening (in the “digest” option).
Visitors at Lunch: 2nd Nine-Week
Due to limited space, we will be limiting the number of guest allowed per grade level lunch. Only those who have signed up on the sign up genus link will be able to eat lunch with their child. All visitors will need to check in with the office using their valid driver's license or government issued ID.
We have tables set up outside the cafeteria in the hallway designated for lunch visitors. Only you and your child will be able eat at the parent/student tables. No friends allowed. Lunch guests will need to bring their own lunch.
When your child's lunch time is over, visitors will need to come directly to the office and check out. For safety and security reasons, parents cannot follow students to their classroom or the playground.
In order for all parents to have the opportunity to eat lunch with their child, you may sign up for only 2 slots per student per grading period.
There are some dates that will be blocked for lunch sign ups due to events or changes in schedules.
Pre-K, ECSE and PACEE reach out to your child's teacher to schedule.