SAVE THE DATE:
Principal Appreciation Month ~ OCTOBER
Sticker Fundraiser ~ 10/1/2025 - 10/16/2025
1st Nine Weeks Report Card ~ 10/15/2025
Pink Out Dress Up Day ~ 10/16/2025
Campus Closed ~ 10/17/2025
Hip Hop Into the 80s Dress Up Day ~ 10/23/2025
Parent Teacher Conferences ~ 10/24/2025
Red Ribbon Week ~ 10/27/2025 - 10/30/2025
Picture Retakes ~ 10/29/2025
Campus Closed ~ 10/31/2025
Food Drive ~ 11/3/2025 - 11/19/2025
Outer Space Dress Up Day ~ 11/6/2025
Campus Closed Staff Development ~ 11/7/2025
Fall RLA Benchmark ~ 11/11/2025
Fall Science Benchmark ~ 11/12/2025
2nd Nine Weeks Progress Reports ~ 11/12/2025
Student Thanksgiving Lunch ~ 11/13/2025
Campus Closed ~ 11/14/2025
HAPPENINGS:
STICKER FUNDRAISER:
Our Sticker Fundraiser has begun and will end on October 16th! Each homeroom will compete to see who can raise the most money by filling up a picture with stickers — each sticker costs just $0.25. The top three classes with the most money raised will win a prize! Please see our flyer HERE.
CLASSLINK:
ClassLink is our district’s single sign-on platform that gives students one secure place to log in and access all of their digital learning resources, programs, and more without needing multiple passwords.
Here is the link to get to Classlink: https://login.classlink.com/my/csisd
All students have their log in for the website
LITTLE COUGAR FALL CHEER CLINIC:
The China Spring Cheer Booster Club invites your Little Cougar Cheerleader to the fall Cheer Night Clinic, where they will learn to cheer, dance and stunt with the CSHS Cheerleaders and Cujo. Participants will then show off their skills in a pre-game performance at Cougar Stadium that evening!
Little Cougar Cheerleaders will receive a t-shirt, autographed poster of CSHS Cheerleaders, pizza dinner and drinks. Clinic registration also includes admission to the game for the participant and one adult.
Date: October 17, 2025
Location: CSHS Cafeteria
Check in Begins: 4:30pm
Clinic Event Time: 5:00-7:00pm
Cost: $65 (after 10/9, t-shirt is not guaranteed)
Payment: Venmo or cash/check accepted
DRESS CODE CHANGE:
CSISD has made a change to the dress code below:
Hemlines on all dresses, skirts, and shorts must not be shorter than mid-thigh length (from the shortest part of the garment) and must also ensure full coverage of the buttocks and/or undergarments at all times, including when sitting, standing, walking, or bending. Students should be able to participate in all regular school activities without risk of exposing any part of the buttocks or undergarments. Shorts may not be rolled up at the waistline. When wearing shorts, the shorts must be visible.
Students are expected to be in dress code according the district policy. Students will be given the opportunity to rectify their dress if they are out of code. Students who do not rectify will be sent to ISS until their dress is back in code. To view the dress code policy please CLICK HERE.
ATTENDANCE REMINDER:
All excuses must be turned in within 3 days of returning back to school.
Parens are allowed 4 parent excuses a semester.
If your child will not be at school, please let our attendance clerk, Mrs. Fulton, know at afulton@chinaspringisd.net
PARENT TEACHER CONFERENCE:
October 24th is one of our designated parent teacher conference days. If you are interested in a parent teacher conference, please email your child's teacher to get it set up on that day. If at any time you have questions about your child's performance, please email the teacher and they will be happy to collaborate with you.
VATRE INFORMATION MEETINGS:
China Spring ISD is hosting a series of Information Meetings about the upcoming Voter-Approval Tax Rate Election (VATRE). Superintendent Dr. Marc Faulkner will review how school funding works, the impact of theVATRE on the school tax rate, and the ballot language voters will see in November.
Meeting Dates:
Tuesday, October 14: 5:30-6:30 pm VIRTUAL - Register for this event
More information is available at http://www.chinaspringisd.net/page/vatre.
HOW TO SET UP ATTENDANCE/GRADE NOTIFICATIONS:
PARENT PORTAL ALERTS:
Parent Portal has alerts that you can set up for both grades and attendance. If you do not have these set up and need instructions on how to do so, CLICK HERE
UPDATING PARENT PORTAL:
If you have moved, please make sure that you bring an updated proof of residency to the front office.
If any of your information changes, like phone numbers, please make sure you update this information in parent portal.
STAFF BIRTHDAYS FOR SEPTEMBER/OCTOBER:
10/4: Mrs. Clinger ~ RLA 6th
10/5: Mrs. Brown ~ ESL
10/13: Mrs. Veselka ~ Dyslexia
10/16: Mrs. Hodges ~ Counselor
10/23: Mrs. Bonner ~ Special Education
10/24: Mrs. Bauman ~ Reading Intervention
ATTENDANCE:
WEEKLY ATTENDANCE SUMMARY
DATE | 5TH | 6TH |
10/6/2025 | 97.98% | 95.36% |
10/7/2025 | 97.98% | 96.20% |
10/8/2025 | 97.59% | 96.64% |
10/9/2025 | 99.60% | 97.90% |
Total: | 98.29% | 96.52% |
DAILY ATTENDANCE:
China Spring Intermediate has set a goal to achieve 97% or higher attendance every day. We will be striving for 97% attendance every week this year!
Our overall average for this week was 97.41%
We are so proud of our campus for reaching out 97% attendance goal! Congratulations to our 5th grade for exceeding our 97% attendance goal! Keep up the great work!!
We are still seeing a small dip in our attendance this week due to illnesses. Please remind your child not to share their food or drinks and wash their hands.
UPCOMING ATTENDANCE INCENTIVES:
Wheel of Names: Students with perfect attendance will go on a wheel of names for a chance to get a scratch off to win prizes on campus
At the end of each month, any student who has perfect attendance for that month will be entered in a drawing to win an Owala water bottle.
Stay tuned for more attendance incentives.
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.
SCHEDULE:
PERIOD | START | END |
Homeroom | 8:00 AM | 8:05 AM |
1st Period | 8:08 AM | 9:08 AM |
2nd Period | 9:11 AM | 10:11 AM |
3rd Period | 10:14 AM | 11:14 AM |
4th Period (grade 6) | 11:17 AM | 12:17 PM |
5th Lunch | 11:17 AM | 11:47 AM |
4th Period (grade 5) | 11:50 AM | 12:50 PM |
6th Lunch | 12:20 PM | 12:50 PM |
5th Period | 12:54 PM | 1:54 PM |
6th Period | 1:57 PM | 2:57 PM |
7th Period | 3:00 PM | 4:00 PM |
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 3:40PM
REMINDERS:
SCHEDULE:
School day duration ~ 8:00AM - 4:00PM
Car rider drop off ~ begins at 7:00AM
Breakfast ~ 7:15AM - 8:00AM
Morning Tutorials - 7:30AM - 7:55AM
Class begins ~ 8:00AM
Tardy bell rings ~ 8:05AM
CSI DRESS CODE:
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.
Shorts MUST be mid-thigh.
No PJs or slippers unless on a designated PJ DAY.
Hair must be a natural color.
CSI PHONE POLICY :
HB 1481 prohibits the use of a personal communication device during the school day.
ALL personal devices must remain turned off during the school day (from arrival - dismissal) and kept in the student’s backpack.
Items include: cell phones, smart watches, personal computers, personal iPads
If a student uses their personal device without authorization during the school day, the device will be confiscated.
Consequences will be enforced if a student is caught using a personal device OR is caught with it NOT in their backpack.
TRANSPORTATION REMINDERS:
Early dismissal ~ If you wish to pick your student up early from school you must do so before 3:40PM. 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.