SAVE THE DATE:
Red Ribbon Week ~ 10/27/2025 - 10/30/2025
Lockdown Drill This 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
Thanksgiving Dress-up: Wear brown and orange ~ 11/17/2025
Thanksgiving Dress-up: Wear PJs ~ 11/18/2025
Fall Math Benchmark ~ 11/18/2025
Thanksgiving Dress-up: Mix and Match ~ 11/19/2025
Thanksgiving Dress-up: Sports Day ~ 11/20/2025
KONA Ice ~ 11/20/2025
Fall Dance 5th & 6th ~ 11/20/2025
Campus Closed ~ 11/21/2025
Thanksgiving Break ~ 11/24/2025 - 11/28/2025
HAPPENINGS:
GIFTED AND TALENTED FALL NOMINATIONS:
The window for G/T nominations is now open for the Fall of 2025. Please click the link below and fill out the form if you would like to nominate your student for consideration to participate in GT services. The window will be open from October 20-30, 2025.
If you have any questions, please email Mrs. Hodges at mhodges@chinaspringisd.net .
**** If your child was tested in the Spring of 2025, they will not be able to be test this round. One full calendar year must pass before your child may be tested again. Thank you for understanding! ****
CHINA SPRING ISD VATRE MEASURES:
Early voting for the China Spring ISD VATRE measure begins Monday, October 20, and runs through Friday, October 31. Election Day is Tuesday, November 4. The proposed total tax rate is $0.98192, which is 3.7 cents lower than last year's rate. If voters approve the VATRE, it will provide about $2.16 million in additional annual funding for our schools, while still keeping the overall school tax rate lower than last year.
Visit the CSISD VATRE website to find a complete list of early voting locations and hours, and review a copy of the ballot for McLennan and Bosque counties: HERE
RED RIBBON WEEK:
Red Ribbon week will be the week of October 27th through October 30th. Please see the dress up days below:
Monday: Too BRIGHT to Use Drugs (wear bright colors)
Tuesday: Walk Away from Drugs (wear crazy socks)
Wednesday: Put a CAP on Drugs (hat day)
Thursday: Go CRAZY & say BOO to Drugs (wear white & crazy hair)
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
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.
STAFF BIRTHDAYS FOR 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 |
10/20/2025 | 97.61% | 93.71% |
10/21/2025 | 98.41% | 94.96% |
10/22/2025 | 99.60% | 96.22% |
10/23/2025 | 95.22% | 95.38% |
Total: | 97.71% | 95.07% |
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 96.39%
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.
If your child will not be at school, please let our attendance clerk, Mrs. Fulton, know at afulton@chinaspringisd.net
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.