Sugar Mill Elementary News

Today Sugar Mill held our annual Jump Rope for Heart event, with 98% of the student body participating. All students jumped rope, individually and in groups for the afternoon. As part of our community service, families gathered contributions for the American Heart Association totalling almost $19,000. We are so proud of our students and families! Congratulations to Coach Nancy Bernstein for another beautifully organized event.

TEA just released the new accountability report and SME received Gold Performance Acknowledgments for Commended Performance in reading, writing, mathematics, AND science. A school must have over 30% of the students in each sub-group scoring above 90% to earn this. Our commended rates: 50% in reading, 56% in math, 47% in writing, and 63% in science. We missed the commended rating for student attendance by a hair's breadth: 96.9% when 97% is the goal.

Here is the pdf version of the newsletter we send home four times a year. Many thanks to our wonderful PTA volunteer, Kelly Pitts, for producing the newsletter for us!
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Please see Related Document for this month's school calendar. (It is much easier to provide you with a PDF monthly calendar than to use the web-based calendar.)
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This August will be 25 years since Sugar Mill Elementary first opened our doors. We will have many activities to celebrate this momentous anniversary. Let's start with a look back to 1984:
The principal was William Harris. Counselor Ron Pesek was just starting the career he retired from this May. The very first Teacher of the Year was third grade teacher Linda Marsters, who served as principal here with grand style for many years. Four of the original teachers are still in the district: Coach Ronnie Moyer teaches PE at Drabek Elementary, first grade teacher Marybeth Porter leads our kindergarten team and is our 2009 Teacher of the Year, second grade teacher Beverly Davis is now Mrs. Croucher, principal at Brazos Bend Elementary, and fifth grade teacher Sandy Reina teaches at Pecan Grove Elementary.

One way we will be celebrating our 25th year here at Sugar Mill Elementary is with our "25 Years of Excellence" spirit shirts. Order one for your children and share the news with prior SME graduates! Download the related document and send your order in to the front office. Students will were these every Friday.
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House Bill 55, set to take effect on Sept. 1, prohibits drivers from using a wireless communication device while operating a vehicle within a school crossing zone. The law, an amendment of Texas Transportation Code, section 545.425, assesses a fine of up to $200 per violation.

Here is the Fort Bend ISD school year calendar. See releated document.
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School Bus Route Information for ALL eligible FBISD students is available via Edulog’s Web Query. This can be accessed by visiting the FBISD Home Page at www.fortbendisd.com and clicking on the School Zone & Bus Route Locator link at the lower left of the page under Quick Links. If your child is eligible for bus services, you can click on the School code button and details about times will display. Click on View Map to see the bus stop location.

Please see the attached document for the Sugar Mill school supply list.
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Please join Sugar Mill PTA. Dues are only $5.00. Your support for Sugar Mill is needed to make our school the best it can be. Your dues support our students and teachers by providing Accelerated Readers, field trips, Jump Rope for Heart, and MANY other programs. Please support Sugar Mill Elementary. You may contact PTA at sugarmillpta@gmail.com.

Any adult who wishes to help with a class party, a class activity, chaperone a class field trip, or volunteer in any way must first complete a clearance check. The good news is that this form no longer requires a social security number and is now to be completed on line. Go to the Fort Bend home page, select Be A Volunteer on the left, then select Criminal History Checks on the right. Or go to
www.fortbendisd.com/comrel/pie/chc.cfm