Dates to Remember
September 12: Yearbook Picture Day
Upcoming Dates
Sept. 16-20: Grandparent's Week; Book Fair
September 17: Vision & Hearing Screening; PTA General Meeting 5:00; Culture Night 5:30-6:30; Book Fair 5-6:15pm
September 19: North Texas Day of Giving
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
https://docs.google.com/document/d/19iQeSZyDbqZnmtgJGQiXywxUuob0GErHDcxNYR3LXkw/edit?usp=sharing
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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Northwest ISD families can track their students' buses quickly and easily with the SMART Tag system! The system allows a parent or guardian to sign into an iPhone or Android app to monitor their child’s bus in real time.
The system works by tracking a tablet on a bus with real-time updates. When a student boards a bus, they will scan their tag so the tablet assigns them to the bus for parents and guardians to track. This technology also ensures students board the appropriate bus, as the system will indicate if a student has boarded the wrong bus. Learn more and obtain app download links on this webpage.
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.
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.
All Northwest ISD parents and guardians have the ability to personalize when and how they receive communication from teachers, schools and the district in ParentSquare! For families who have not yet set up their accounts, please click the appropriate link in any district ParentSquare email to do so.
After creating an account, families can select whether to receive notifications immediately or as a recap of all notifications for the day each evening. To adjust your settings, click your name in the top right corner of the ParentSquare website, select “My Account” and then select “Notification Settings” on the left sidebar. Instant notifications will send more frequent communication, and the digest option will send communication as a recap each evening.
Please note: There will not be any extras ordered. Only those ordered will be delivered.
Elementary progress reports coming September 16
Families of elementary students will receive their first progress reports of the 2024-2025 school year on Monday, September 16. 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.
Have you moved or changed your name? There are several local, state and national elections coming up on the November 5 ballot. The deadline to register to vote is October 7. Check your voter registration status, update your information, and access a voter registration card at www.votetexas.gov. Early Voting will be October 21 through November 1, and Election Day is November 5. Your vote counts!
Book Fair
Book Fair is coming soon starting Sept. 16-20! You can sign up to volunteer, donate snacks for our teachers, or set up your child’s eWallet so that they are ready to shop our book fair.
Book Fair eWallet Set Up
https://bookfairs.scholastic.com/content/fairs/how-ewallet-works.html?fairId=5615407
Book Fair Snack Donations Sign Up
https://www.signupgenius.com/go/5080B4CABA82FA2FB6-50598612-teacher
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!
https://coxptamembership2024-2025.cheddarup.com
Hello Cox Cougars! Are you looking for a fun family event that is FREE? That's right. FREE?
Well we have just the event for you. Cox is having our annual Cox Culture Night on Tuesday, September 17th from 5:30-6:30, right after the PTA meeting. It's a fantastic opportunity to come learn and celebrate the diverse community we have here at Cox Elementary! If you'd like to sign up and set up a booth to showcase YOUR culture, you can fill out the sign up sheet that was sent home. If you cannot find it, no worries. Here is a link where you can print off your own copy!
This month's character trait is Respect.
Grandparent's Week is Coming!!!!
Cox Elementary would like to celebrate all of our Grandparents the week of Sept. 16-20. Grandparents are invited to join their grandchild's book fair shopping time. Be on the lookout from your child's teacher for the date and time of their class shopping time for the book fair. We are reserving lunch sign ups for Grandparents only during this week.
Grandparents click on the grade level to sign up!
PACEE and ECSE reach out to the teacher to schedule.
Parents: The week of Sept. 16-20 is reserved for Grandparents to eat lunch with their student.
Visitors at Lunch
In order for our students to learn the routines and procedures, our campus will be closed to lunch visitors until Aug. 26th. From Sept. 16-20, lunch visitors will be reserved for Grandparents only (There is a sign up genus for during this time). Lunch visitors will be open to all visitors beginning August 26.
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.
