Dates to Remember
September 18: PTA General Meeting 5:30; Culture Night 6-7:30; Progress Reports
September 20: Family Book Study 9:30-10:30am
September 21: North Texas Day of Giving
September 22: BNHS Homecoming
Upcoming Dates
September 25-28: Bring Your Parent to PE Week
September 26-27: Health Screening
Oct. 2: PTA Mobile Pumpkin Patch
Oct. 3: Custodian Appreciation Day; National Night Out
Oct. 6-7: PTA Pumpkin Patch at Cox Elementary
Oct. 13: Early Release 11:40am; End of the 1st Quarter
Oct. 14: Celebrate Roanoke
Oct. 16: No School-Student Holiday
Oct. 20: PTA Fall Festival
Oct. 23-27: Red Ribbon Week
School Lunches & Breakfast
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. If a back 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!
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RIDE CHANGES
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
Early Student Pick-Up
If you are picking your student up early for an appointment, 2:30pm is the latest we will be able to release students.
Student Lunch Drop Off
If your child forgot to bring their lunch from home, no worries! They will be able to get a lunch from the cafeteria or you may drop off their lunch by 9:30am. This 9:30am cut off time ensure that your child will receive their lunch for their designated lunch time.
This Month's Character Trait is Empathy
Destination Imagination
Do you like to use your imagination to solve challenges or do you enjoy working and being creative with your friends? Then you should try Destination Imagination or DI for short! See the presentation link below for more details and for the registration QR code.
PASSCODE: 8Y+EnnaJ
We will be hosting our annual Cox Family Cultures and Traditions Celebration on Monday, September 18th from 6:00-7:30 right after the PTA meeting.
This is a FREE event where you can explore and enjoy the diverse community that we have here at Cox Elementary. There will be food, activities, and more!
If you would like to set up a booth at the event to showcase your family's culture and/or traditions, please sign up using the link or the form your child brought home. The deadline to sign up is Friday, September 8th.
We would absolutely love to see you there!
For any questions, you can contact Mr. Farrior at alexander.farrior@nisdtx.org
Elementary progress reports coming September 18
Families of elementary students will receive their first progress reports of the 2023-2024 school year on Monday, September 18. For elementary students, progress reports are sent once per quarter, between the fourth and fifth week of that quarter. Please be aware that this differs from secondary progress report schedules, meaning if you have a secondary student, the progress report timelines will not align between the levels.
For specials – including art, music and P.E. (or AMP) – assignments may have a numerical grade range of 0 to 3. In these cases, the following grade scale applies:
3: Excellent
2: Satisfactory
1: Needs improvement
0: Unsatisfactory
Progress report grades and report card grades for these classes will be displayed as an E, S, N or U, corresponding to the same scale as assignment grades. For more information about elementary grading guidelines, view this informational document.
We welcome all who can attend on Sept. 20th from 9:30-10:30. Sign up here!
Cox Elementary is super excited to host our very first family book study.
We are thrilled to be using the book What Makes People TickED? by Chris “Shoof” Scheufele. He was a guest speaker at Cox Elementary last year with the support from PTA.
We are looking forward to using some of the powerful strategies from the book to kick off our road to resilience for all of our students.
● To be resilient and solve problems, big and small
● To teach students how to build strong relationships
● To grow skills for life
We can't wait to see YOU!!!
Fire Prevention Week 2023
Poster Contest
The Roanoke Fire Department enjoys partnering with our elementary schools each year for this contest. Posters will be picked up on Friday, September 29, 2023, by 3pm. Open House will occur on Saturday, October 7, 2023.
News from PTA
We are excited to share that PTA Memberships for this school year are now open!
Become a PTA member and support Cox Elementary by helping the PTA fund programs, events, teacher appreciation, classroom/grade level grants, school t-shirts, holiday party supplies, assembly speaker, and so much more.
Remember- memberships must be renewed each school year, and while we love to have members willing to volunteer, your $10 membership fee does a WHOLE lot of good without requiring any further commitment
Thank you to the Cox community for your support!
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Help Cox Elementary raise money for NEF and our school!!!
During North Texas Giving Day, charitable organizations across the region seek community support for their missions. This year’s North Texas Giving Day, taking place September 21, the Northwest ISD Education Foundation will seek support for its goals that benefit district students and schools.
If donors choose to support NEF directly, funds will go toward teacher grants, student scholarships and special initiatives such as the resource store that provides teachers with free items. Donors also have the option to support a specific school through NEF, which will donate 50% to the school PTA and 50% to NEF initiatives. For more information about the fundraising event, view this webpage.
Click the link to support NEF AND Cox Elementary!!
Members of the Northwest ISD community who are interested in learning about earning their teaching certification are invited to take part in an informational event on Wednesday, October 18. RSVP is required.
The event, part of Northwest ISD’s Grow Our Home program to train those interested in becoming teachers, will last from 5 to 7 p.m. During that time, attendees will hear from district principals, receive resume help, and learn tips/tricks to land a job teaching. The event is open to both those who already have a degree and are looking to add a teaching certification, as well as those who want to earn both a degree and teaching certification.
Please fill out this Google Form to RSVP for the event, which will take place at the district's Legacy Learning Center, located at 501 School House Road in Haslet.
For more information about the program, please email Kim Barker, assistant superintendent for human resources, at kbarker@nisdtx.org.
When Northwest ISD implemented armed security guards at all district elementary schools on September 1 in compliance with state law, it exceeded required training for these positions.
In addition to specific security officer and handgun training required by the state, Northwest ISD also requires all armed security guards to pass FBI background checks, receive district safety and security training and check doors throughout the day. For more information about Northwest ISD’s armed security guard requirements, view this webpage.
Let's Welcome our very own security officer, Keaton!
Visitors at Lunch
We have limited space and the tables are 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.
All visitors will need to check in with the office using their valid driver's license or government issued ID.
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, we ask that you limit your lunch visits to 2 times per student per grading period.
There will be some dates that our campus will be closed for lunch visitors due to events or changes in schedules. These will be communicated through Parent Square and your child's teacher.