CSI: WEEK 11 HAPPENINGS

China Spring Intermediate School

October 6, 2024

SAVE THE DATE

• Homecoming Week (See specific days below) ~ 10/7/2024 - 10/10/2024

• Campus Closed ~ 10/11/2024

• Lockdown Drill ~ 10/14/2024 - 10/17/2024

• Dress up Day: Country vs. Country Club ~ 10/17/2024

• Campus Closed~ 10/18/2024

• Fall Picture Retakes ~ 10/22/2024

• Dress up Day: Pink Out ~ 10/24/2024

• Campus Closed: Staff PD ~ 10/25/2024

• Red Ribbon Week ~ 10/28/2024 - 10/31/2024

• HB 3908 Presentation Reschedule ~ 10/28/2024

• CSI Fall Festival ~ 10/29/2024

• Halloween ~ 10/31/2024

HAPPENINGS

• HOMECOMING WEEK:

  • Students will not be allowed to wear mums or garters to school.

• COMMUNICATION WITH TEACHERS:

  • Please DO NOT use the PBIS app to communicate with teachers.

  • Ways you CAN communicate with your child's teachers:

    • Remind App (if you do not have this please email your student’s teachers for further assistance)

    • Email:

      If you need to contact a teacher, please use their email address. You can find our staff directory HERE.

    • Parent/Teacher Conferences: These can be in person or by phone.

• FALL FESTIVAL CANDY DONATIONS:

  • CSI Fall Festival ~ Tuesday, October 29th from 5:30-8:30

  • CSI is in the process of planning a Fall Festival for the community. In order to make this event the most successful, we need your help! Students will receive 3 PBIS points for bringing bags of candy.

Please consider donating bags of candy to help with the Fall Festival. You can bring them by the front office.

• STAFF TREAT DONATIONS:

  • We are looking to restock our staff treat shelf!  We would love donations of canned sodas that we can treat our staff to on Thursdays with popcorn and candy.  Our staff loves the tradition of having the cart come to their rooms and we would love to continue it.

• RED RIBBON WEEK DRESS UP:

• OCTOBER STAFF BIRTHDAYS:

  • 10/3: Ms. Green (RLA Inclusion)

  • 10/4: Mrs. Clinger (6th RLA)

  • 10/5: Mrs. Brown (ESL)

  • 10/16: Mrs. Hodges (Counselor)

  • 10/24: Mrs. Bauman (Intervention)

ATTENDANCE:

• DAILY ATTENDANCE:

  • China Spring Intermediate has set a goal to achieve 97% or higher attendance every day. Thank you for partnering with us to ensure your students are here and learning every day!

DAILY ATTENDANCE WILL BE UPDATED NEXT WEEK FOR THIS WEEK AND NEXT WEEK.

• ATTENDANCE REMINDERS:

  • 90% Law ~  The state of Texas requires students to be present 90% of the school year in order to receive credit for their current grade level.

  • Daily attendance ~ Attendance is taken every day at 9:30AM.  Your student must be on campus at this time to be counted present for the day.

  • When absent ~ Only 4 days total per semester can be excused by a PARENT NOTE (parent signed excuse).  For all absences exceeding 4, a doctor's note or other formal documentation is required.

    • All excuse notes must be turned in to the Front Office within 3 school days of the student’s absence. 

  • Attendance tracking looks at whole and partial day absences. Partial day absences include arriving at school late or leaving early without a medical excuse or one of the four parent notes for the semester. 

  • Attendance Incentives: 

    • Students with perfect attendance get weekly points in PBIS 

    • Students with perfect attendance every 2 weeks are given an opportunity to win a CSI scratch off to win prizes from the campus through a random selector

SCHEDULE

• Reminder: Our last period class is a core class. Please try to schedule appointments on the Fridays students are out or after school to minimize missed instruction as much as possible.

• Attendance is tracked every class period.

• The latest students can be picked up early is 3:45PM

REMINDERS

• CSI DRESS CODE:

  • Dress code will be enforced beginning Monday, August 5th. Students out of dress code will be sent to the office and given the opportunity to change clothes or call home to get more clothes. Please see the China Spring Intermediate Dress Code HERE.

• CSI PHONE POLICY :

  • Devices must remain turned off during the school day (from arrival - dismissal) and kept in the student’s backpack.

  • If a student possesses a smart watch, it should not be used for personal communication throughout the day. 

  • Capturing images is strictly prohibited in restroom areas while at school. 

  • If a student uses their personal device without authorization during the school day, the device will be confiscated. The parent or guardian may pick up the confiscated telecommunications device from the principal’s office for a fee of $15.

• SCHEDULE:

  • School day duration ~ 8:00AM - 4:00PM

  • Car rider drop off ~ begins at 7:00AM

  • Breakfast ~ 7:15 AM - 8:00 AM

  • Class begins ~ 8:00AM

  • Tardy bell rings ~ 8:05AM

• TRANSPORTATION REMINDERS:

  • Early dismissal ~ If you wish to pick your student up early from school you must do so before 3:45PM.  A photo ID will be required to check your student out.

  • Transportation Change ~ If there is a change to your child’s normal mode of transportation in the afternoon, you must notify the front office by 3:15PM to ensure they get dismissed as requested.

• NURSE’S NOTES:

  • There’s lots of illness going around. Please encourage your students to wash their hands regularly and not to share food or drinks.

  • Please have your students bring an extra change of clothes in their backpacks for pre-athletics or emergencies. 

  • Please make sure you are updating contact information on Parent Portal if anything changes.

  • If you would like to donate clothes to the nurse, here are the items she needs:

    Underwear (boys and girls):

    Sizes YS - YXL and adult S-M,

    Bras:

    Girls training, youth small-medium,

    Socks:

    Boys and girls (youth to adult sizes)

• PBIS INFORMATION:

  • Please make sure you are checking the PBIS family app for updates about your child. The app allows parents to see points earned, what points are spent on, and any referral information. If you do not have the app or access code, please email Mrs. Jenkins at gjenkins@chinaspringisd.net. 

  • MINOR REFERRAL INFORMATION:

    • Teachers give minor referrals for behavior that does not meet classroom expectations but yet does not rise to an office referral. The referrals start over every 9 weeks. You can see your student’s minor referrals on the
      PBIS app. 

    • 1st-3rd minor referral: Warning 

    • 4th-6th minor referral: Lunch Detention for Each Minor Referral 

    • 7th minor referral: After School Detention 

    • 8th minor referral: Saturday School

    • 9th minor referral: In School Suspension

"THERE'S NO PLACE LIKE CSI!"