Brenda Keimig, Principal

Brigitte Bernal, Assistant Principal

February 2020

Spread the word! C.J. Harris Elementary is an excellent school because of the support of our parents, community, and PTA. This month, we have many interesting events planned for our students and parents. Please see all of these upcoming events listed below.

Upcoming in February 2020

1—National African American Month 6—1st Grade Program 2:15 and 6:00 13— Sweet Heart Run during PE Classes, PPCD and PreK parties 14—Valentine’s Day Parties 17—No School for Students, Staff Development Day 27—Literacy Night 5:30-6:30 pm 28—Go Texans Day Wear Cowboy/Girl Duds or Houston Texans Shirt See you soon, Mrs. Keimig

The Principal’s Pen…

Harris Herald

LOST and FOUND Is your child missing an item? Let your teacher know. She will make sure to have your child check the Lost and Found.

Every minute counts! If children don’t attend school regularly, they miss out on foundational reading and math skills and the good habit of attendance that will carry them into college and careers. Data has shown that children who were absent in kindergarten and first grade (missing two days of school per month) were far less likely to read proficiently at the end of third grade. Our school day does not end until 3:15.

Please do not check your student out early because he/she will miss important

information and interrupt the learning environment of the other students.

Library Letters:

Hello from the Library!

Please encourage your students to log their minutes on their monthly reading

calendar. Our February goal is goal will be 380 minutes. The calendars will be due

to the teachers on March 4th.

We need your help keeping the library books safe. We have lost many of our

library books due to leaking water bottles and other food items in the backpacks.

Please consider helping your child put their library book in a plastic bag to keep it

safe from liquids and other things that are damaging our books. Ziploc bags or

grocery bags will do a lot to help if something leaks. If you would like to purchase a

plastic book bag from the library, you can send a note with one dollar to school with

your child. We have 2 designs (Reading Ninja and Reading is our Thing with the Cat

in the Hat). These are fun, but not required. Any plastic bag will be helpful.

I’m excited to announce our Spring Book Fair is coming! This will be a 5

day fair & we will also have a 2-week Online Fair. You can shop online at

https://bookfairs.scholastic.com/bf/cjharriselementaryschool .

You can also set up your student’s eWallet here if you would like

to let them shop at school. This book fair is a great opportunity to

have new books for Spring Break!

Set Up Fair: Wednesday, February 19th after school

Fair Will Be Open: February 24th - 27th – 7:30 am -

2:30 pm and

February 28th - 7:30 am – 1:00 pm.

We will also be open after Literacy Night on February 27th from

6:30 – 7 pm.

Take Down Fair: February 28th after school

The Online Fair will be February 14th - February 28th

Please look for more details to come about our Spring Book Fair on the Library

Webpage. I’ll also be sending information home in your child’s take home folder

closer to the event. I look forward to seeing you and your families at the fair!

Happy reading!

Karen Kirk

Librarian

Coaches Corner:

February is heart health month and is a great time to focus on healthy choices!

We challenge you to drink water, eat fruits and veggies, and to get moving!

We invite you to participate in the For the Love of Fitness Family Challenge

to be active together!

VOLUNTEERS NEEDED: We are looking for volunteers for field day! Everyone is

welcome to volunteer but we would especially love to have Watchdogs and male

role models help us out this year. We will be needing all day volunteers, morning

volunteers, and afternoon volunteers. Anyone that is interested in volunteering

please email LynamK@Pearlandisd.org and include the below information or fill

this paper out and return to school. Additionally, please be on the lookout for

a Sign-Up Genius link via email with more details later this month.

Thank You,

Coach Lynam & Coach Colter

_________________________________________________________________________

HOOPLA DAY VOLUNTEER: FRIDAY, MARCH 6, 2020

VOLUNTEER NAME: _______________________________________

EMAIL & PHONE: _________________________________________

STUDENT & TEACHER: _____________________________________

Please circle volunteer time preference:

ALL DAY MORNING AFTERNOON

FOR THE LOVE OF FITNESS FAMILY CHALLENGE

– Complete each exercise for 1 minute as a family each day in February!

Squats

Plank

Sit-Ups

Push-Ups

CJ Harris Art Gallery

Congratulations to the following students who were finalists in the 2019 -2020

Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo Art contest. The work of our students was

outstanding winning 3 teal ribbons, seven 1st place ribbons (blue) and 13 red

(2nd place )ribbons. No white ribbons. I always tell my students…”if you made it

to the finals, you did GREAT!”

4th Grade: Hanna Cox, Arie Glover, Dorrell Spears, Daniella Garza, Farva, Fawad,

Ethan Trisna

3rd Grade: Amanda Laurendeau, Marcus Agular, Janelle Perez

2nd Grade: Kara Soliz, Lucy Vincent, Vy Nguyen, Sophia Peters, Abigail Dinh

1st Grade: Aviana Garza, Ashley Tran, Kinsleigh Miller, Makenzie Whistler,

Kindergarten: Helen Do, Olivia Fernandez, Clementine Barcelo, Olive Sitta, Jace Davis

Mrs. Harmon would like to thank all CJ Harris students for their hard work and effort.

Your art work makes us proud to be part of the Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo Art

contest.

What’s happenin’ now. !?!

We are focused on winter art :

such as different perspective snowmen -4th,

complimentary colored clothing for catching snowflakes – 3rd,

Northern light with Polar Bears -2nd,

Antarctic Penquins -1st, and

Snowman collage for Kinder.

We’re having fun in the art room.

Kathy Harmon

Happy Valentine’s Day CJ Harris Star Musicians!!! I am so excited for our two upcoming programs featuring our fabulous 1

st and

2nd

graders. Our 1st grade program “How Does Your Garden Groove?” is coming up on Thursday, February 6th at 2:15pm and 6:00pm. Our 2

nd grade spring program “Go Fish” is coming up on Thursday, March 5th

at 2:15pm and 6:00pm . The 2:15 performances are for the teachers, staff and students (if parents need to attend this one due to their work schedule that is okay). The 6:00pm performances are for family and friends to attend. It is very important that students who are performing are at both performances for their grade level. *** IF YOUR CHILD IS A FIRST OR SECOND GRADER, PLEASE ENCOURAGE THEM TO PRACTICE THEIR MUSIC AT HOME. THE MUSIC IS ON MY WEBSITE (LISTED BELOW). http://www.pearlandisd.org//site/Default.aspx?PageID=5549 Musically yours, Dr. Kristi Miller

From the

Unsure if your child is too sick to come to school? Please use these

guidelines.

When to Keep Your Child Home

To comply with guidelines from the Texas Administrative Code and the Department of State Health Services, a student must stay home -- or be sent home -- from school for. . . Conjunctivitis: (pink eye) Diarrhea: A student must stay home until diarrhea-free for 24 hours without use of diarrhea-suppressing medications. Fever: A student with a temperature of 100 F or higher must stay home until fever-free for 24 hours without use of fever-reducing medication. In the best interest of your child and his/her classmates, your child should also remain at home for the following conditions:

News from the Counselor:

I will continue to provide guidance lessons this month for all K-4th grade students on

how to stay safe from abuse. Lessons are tailored to each grade level with appropriate

language and discussions. Please contact me if you have any questions regarding these lessons.

February 5th is National Safer Internet Day and a great opportunity to talk to children

about the importance of being safe, responsible, and respectful online. For parent tips, visit

https://www.connectsafely.org/social-web-tips-for-parents/.

February 11th is National Make a Friend Day. Making friends is easier for some students

than others. Here are a few tips on how you can help your child make new friends,

https://www.parentingscience.com/kids-make-friends.html.

Your counselor,

Mrs. Silva

ibarrasilvac@pearlandisd.org

Attendance: If children don’t attend school regularly, they miss out on foundational reading and math skills and the good habit of attendance that will carry them into college and careers. Data has shown that children who were absent in kindergarten and first grade (missing two days of school per month) were far less likely to read proficiently at the end of third grade. Our school day does not end until 3:15. Please do not check your student out early because he/she will miss important information and interrupt the learning environment of the other stu-dents. Here is an 81 second video to share with your family: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AC3u0_9dVPU

K-4th Grade

D E V E L O P I N G W O R L D

C L A S S L E A R N E R S

W H O M E E T O R

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I N T E R N A T I O N A L

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Contact Us HELPFUL RESOURCES

ROBYN OLSEN, K-4th SPECIALIST olsenr@pearlandisd.org

MIKE HARRIS, 5-8th SPECIALIST harrism@pearlandisd.org

DAMON RAYBURN, 5-8th SPECIAL-IST rayburnd@pearlandisd.org

HEATHER BLOCK, COORDINATOR blockh@pearlandisd.org

Texas Association for the Gifted & Talented

www.txgifted.org

National Association for Gifted Children

www.nagc.org

DUKE TIP

https://tip.duke.edu

HOAGIES GIFTED

www.hoagiesgifted.org

Pearland ISD Advanced Academics

www.pearlandisd.org/advanced academics

Pearland ISD GT Program: Where To Find Information

For more information regarding the Pearland ISD Gifted/Talented referral process or for program information, please visit the Advanced Academics webpage on the Pearland ISD website: www.pearlandisd.org, by selecting Advanced Academics under the Departments tab.

GT Assessment Update

3rd & 4th Grade: Assessments have concluded and qualification letters were mailed prior to Christmas break. If your student tested and you did not receive a letter, please contact Robyn Olsen, olsenr@pearlandisd.org

Second Grade: Assessments will take place on campus through February. Qual-ification letters will be mailed by April 1, 2020.

Kinder & 1st Grade: Weekend assess-ments are scheduled through early February. Qualification letters will be mailed by March 1, 2019.

President’s Day Scramble

1. George Washington’s picture first appeared on the RUAQRTE in 1932. 2. Thomas Jefferson could speak/read six different AUGLNGSEA. 3. Abraham Lincoln became a YLRAWE in 1837. 4. I was an actor before becoming the 40th President. DRNALO GANRAE Answer to President's Day Scramble: 1. quarter 2. languages 3. lawyer 4. Ronald Reagan

February 2020

Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat

African

American History Month

1

2 Groundhog

Day

3 National School

Counseling Week

CACC

4

5

6 1st Grade Program 2:15 pm & 6 pm

7

8

9 10 11

School Board Mtg.

12 13 Sweetheart

Run

Valentine Party Day

PPCD & PK

14

Valentine Party Day

KG-4th

15

16 17 No School

Staff Development,

Presidents’ Day, PTA Founders

Day

18 19 20 21

22

23 24 Spring Book Fair Begins

National

FFA Week

25

26

27

Literacy Night

5:30 –6:30 pm

Book Fair 6:30-7:00

pm

28 Spring Book Fair Ends

Go Texan Day

Valentine Party Schedule

2/13/2020

PPCD & PK AM: 10:15 a.m.

PPCD & PK PM: 2:00 p.m.

2/14/2020

KG: 12:00 p.m. – 12:30 p.m.

1st:

12:30 p.m. – 1:00 p.m.

2nd:

1:00 p.m. – 1:30 p.m.

3rd:

12:45 p.m. – 1:15 p.m.

4th:

1:30 p.m. – 2:00 p.m.