North Pointe Elementary Rockets School Newsletter - November 2016Visit us online at northpointe.ccisd.net/for_parents/pta or like us on facebook.com/pta.northpointeelem

NOVEMBER 8No SchoolElection Day!NOVEMBER 9Texas Roadhouse Night NOVEMBER 10Thanksgiving Lunch for PreK, Kinder, 2nd, 4thNOVEMBER 11Thanksgiving Lunch for 1st, 3rd, 5thVeterans Day Ceremony NOVEMBER 14Science Fair NOVEMBER 15Kinder FeastScience Fair ViewingNOVEMBER 172nd Grade Field Trip NOVEMBER 18Turkey Trot NOVEMBER 21-25Thanksgiving Break

COMING UPOctober was a busy month at North Pointe. We had a great turn out at our Donuts with Dad! We were so ex-cited to have our dads come and eat with their students. Our 3rd, 4th and 5th graders enjoyed meeting Houston City Councilman, Dave Martin. He came and spoke to our students about his job, city government and answered their questions. The highlight of our October Character Connection was our Pony Tail club! We had 7 girls and 1 mom donate their hair! What a great thing to do to help other children. Several of our grades have had some ex-citing field trips. Our 5th grade students dressed up for the Houston Symphony, our kinder students visited the zoo and 1st grade went to Bayou Wildlife Park. We also enjoyed Red Ribbon Week with fun dress up days. Our Red Ribbon Week was topped off with a fabulous PTA dance. Whew! On top of all of this fun, we have been hard at work learning and setting goals! Hopefully, all of you were able to access your child’s report card in Sky-ward. If you are not able to see it, please be sure to ask us for help!

NPE held a mock election on November 3rd. Ask your student who they voted for! Don’t forget that Nov. 8th is a student holiday! Teachers will be participating in pro-fessional development. We will be having our Thanks-giving Feast on Thursday, November 10th for grades Pre-K/Kinder/2nd/4th and on Friday, November 11th for grades 1st/3rd/5th . Please try to attend. We will not be having a holiday dinner in December this year. Please

be looking for information about our Science Fair Viewing and The Yuck Show presentation. Thank you so much for all your support!

Jennifer Buckels Principal

Happy Thanksgiving to all of the families at North Pointe Elementary! We had an October full of fun, family events and enjoyed seeing you there! Thanks to Janet Clark, our legislative chair, for organizing a visit from Councilman Dave Martin for our students! The kids had a lot of fun asking questions and enjoyed his visit to our campus. Thank you to Candice Box for organizing our Donuts for Dads days! It was fun seeing all of the Dads, Granddads, and special friends. The “Night in Hollywood” dance was a hit! Thank you to Jenifer Treadway and Tonya Moody for all of their hard work in making it a success! It was great to get to know the families of North Pointe this past month. We have a special FREE family night planned for you on November 15th. The Yuck Game Show will be coming to NPE! This is a fun and unique night for your kids. They will get to participate in some crazy sci-ence experiments and see some really cool things by Bri-an Whittington, the game show host! Details are in this newsletter. We hope to see you there!

Jennifer PylePTA President

You have heard the saying “it takes a village to raise a child”. It takes the entire school community to plan and execute school events for the year including fund-raisers, parties, teacher support and much more. We would love to have you on our team to make the 2016-2017 school year the best yet!

LEGOLAND SCHOOL FAIRFEBRUARY 11, 201711am - 4pm NPE school fair is Febuary 11, 2017! The fair will have Inflatables, Pro-grams, DJ, Clear Brook High School Baseball, Football, and Soccer, and more. Our silent auction committee is working hard to get the word out about our great School Fair and how local buisnesses can get involved by donating goods for the auction or by being a spon-sor with levels from $100.00 -$1,000.00. Please con-tact Courtney Myers at capmyers@gmail.com if you or your buisness would like to become a North Pointe Sponsor! This year we will be raffling off some really cool items. Be on the lookout for ways that you can help make our fair a success.

An informational meeting for class basket representa-tives will be November 17.

Even though the fair is not until February 2017, we are well underway in its preparation. If you are interested in helping, please send an e-mail to either:Chelsey Green at chelseykgreen@yahoo.com or Emily Matthew at emilylaurenmatthew@gmail.com

SCHOOL FAIR SPONSORSHIP OPPORTUNITIES!NPE AWESOME Families and Teachers, we need YOU!!! Want to become a Rocket Sponsor - it’s so EASY! Just make a cash donation, donate service, gift card or item and it’s tax deductible !!! Pick up a sponsorship letter in the front office or download it from our web-site. Thank you and Go ROCKETS!!!

FIRST ANNUAL INTERNATIONAL NIGHT!Come explore the world with us! We are looking for families interested in hosting a booth for NPE’s 1st In-ternational Night on January 26th, 2017. Share some-thing unique about your native country and culture – traditional costumes, special food, arts, music, games or dance.

If interested, please contact Kim Thompson by De-cember 16 at kimberlynt2004@hotmail.com

PTA MEMBERSHIP DRIVEThe PTA Fall Membership Campaign is ending on Thursday, November 17. So far several classes are very close to receiving 100% membership and an Award Party. Please check below to see your child’s class progress toward 100% participation. If you would like to become a member, or sign up a spouse, grand-parent, or other relative please fill out the attached membership form and return it with $10.00 dues per member in an envelope labeled PTA Membership Dues to your child’s teacher. THANK YOU SO MUCH to everyone that has already joined!

PLEASE CLICK HERE FOR CLASS PROGRESS TO-WARD 100% PTA PARTICIPATION

Michelle StuartMembership Chair nmsiii@sbcglobal.net

ALL VOLUNTEERS MUST REGISTER WITH CCISD AT WWW.CCISD.NET/ONLINE-FORMS/VOLUNTEER-REGISTRATION

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BOX TOPSExcellent job North Pointe! Our fall sub-mittal for Box Tops money came in at over $900!!! Thank you to all who col-lected Box Tops. Keep on clipping though...we will do another submittal in the spring.

Now for the winners...the class by grade with the highest number of Box Tops submitted were: Serbantez, Rathburn, Radler, Janese, Strawn, Solomon, and Coipel with Rathburn as the highest sub-mitted in the whole school at a whop-ping 473 Box Tops! I’ll be contacting the teachers to arrange for a popsicle par-ty celebration. The following students will also receive a special prize for be-ing the top 5 submitters in the whole school! Abby Cartzendafner (Coipel), Jacob Ceccacci (Solomon), Jacob Cotter (Young), John Pitcher (Prihoda), and Pip-pa Thompson (Wagner).

Thank you for all your support and a huge shout out to the volunteers who helped count all those Tops!

Melissa Campbell, Box Top Chair

NORTH POINTE GIRL SCOUTSWe are looking for Girl Scouts from NPE who would like to volunteer with the Vet-eran’s Day Program on Friday November 11th. We are meeting at 7:45am by the cafeteria doors. Jobs include passing out ribbons, programs, and serving re-freshments. Please wear your Girl Scout uniform to school if you would like to participate.

Contact Lisa Lin if you would like to help or with any questions.lisaklin@gmail.com or 832-563-3594

YUK GAME SHOW - NOV 15 at 6pmFree pizza will be served to the first 100 people starting at 5:30 p.m. The Yuck Game Show is coming to NPE! The Yuck Game Show is an energetic science assembly program. The audi-ence is divided into two teams to com-pete in science games and big, highly visual science demonstrations, with the winning team’s captain getting the ul-timate prize . . . SLIME! In this active experience, kids get to engage in many activities ranging from blowing smoke rings across the room to making beach balls levitate in the air, to using scientific equipment to determine the winner of silly relay games, all leading up to the grand finale of the show, when the “win-ner” is covered in slime! Hope you can join us!

YEARBOOKSTHEME: LEGOS Yearbooks on sale NOW!Order November 1-March 17: $25ONLINE ONLY at balfour.com (a one time fee of $1 will apply) Type in “North Pointe Elementary School” and click on “Yearbook.”

Questions? Please contact Michelle Horacefield/Darien Morgan at npeblastyearbook@gmail.com

CLICK HERE FOR NOVEMBER PE NEWS INCLUDING A TURKEY TROT PERMIS-SION SLIP (2 PAGES)

CLICK HERE FOR THE COUNSELORS CORNER NEWSLETTER

VETERANS DAYFRIDAY, NOV 118:15 - 9:15 am

Please join us on Vet-erans Day at North Pointe Elementary to say Thank you to our Veterans.

Our staff and stu-dents will gather in the NPE gym for a presentation by Cub Scout Pack 958, NPE Student Leader-ship and Chief Alan

Carvajal

Families and guests are invited to come early at 7:45 a.m. for refreshments in the cafeteria.

*Please remind your guest to be prepared to show their ID for entrance into the school.

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SMILE NPE!

PE Turkey Trot

November 18th during Block

Raising Awareness for Diabetes PE is using the Fun Run’s 1 mile course located off campus in Northfork. If your family is able to donate to the American Diabetes Association it would be greatly appreciated but by no means required. Please use the envelope that is sent home for donations and return to the Coaches. If any parent or family member would like to volunteer to walk with their student during their block time or just volunteer please contact the Coaches at abraunsd@ccisd.net or srizzo@ccisd.net. You can also contact Lisa Lin lisaklin@gmail.com to volunteer.

Please sign and return the waiver and bottom section by Nov 14th so your student can participate in the Turkey Trot. ____Yes, my child may leave campus & participate in the Turkey Trot course ____ Yes, I would like to help contact me at ________ ____ I would like to participate with my student _________________ ____________________________ ________ Parent Signature Student/Teacher Date

A Note from the Counselor Jen Murray, Counselor Jmurray@ccisd.org 281-284-5900

https://clearcreek.itslearning.com/jmurray/about/

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November and December

Doing your part to make your school, class and community a better place

Work together Get involved in school activities Be a good neighbor Obey laws and rules Respect authority Protect the environment Volunteer

Dates to Know 11/3 Fundraiser Products will be delivered 11/4 Character Connection 11/7 to 11/11 Generation Texas Week 11/8 No School for students 11/9 Texas Road House Night 11/9 College Fair at Clear Fall High School 11/9 Wear a college shirt to school 11/10 Thanksgiving Meal day for PK3 and 4, Kindergar-ten, 2nd grade and 4th grade families 11/10 Hats-off to Veterans– wear a hat with a $1 donation 11/11 Thanksgiving Meal for 1st grade, 3rd grade, and 5th grade families 11/11 Veterans’ Day Program— Wear Red, White, and Blue 11/18 Turkey Trot

What is Generation Texas Week? Dear NPE Families, When it comes to higher education, students have plenty of questions. Do I want to go to college? How do I get ready for college-level coursework? Can I afford to go to college? Is there a way to learn more about the college admission process and financial aid? To help students learn about the importance of higher education and where they can find answers, Clear Creek ISD has desig-nated the week of, November 7th to 11th as Generation TX Week. CCISD schools join others across Texas in this campaign to create a culture of college and career readiness leading to the most successful generation in Texas history. On Wednesday November 9th, students and CCISD employees, are asked to wear a college shirt to school to support Generation Texas Week. That night CCISD will be hosting College and Career Fair at Clear Falls High School.

This November our NPE Character Crew will be creat-ing Homeless Hygiene Kits to donate to the Star of Hope Mission in Houston. The kits will include travel basic hygiene necessities rolled into a pair of warm winter socks. The Character Crew would like to ask the school to help donate new travel sized toiletries from November 1st to November 18. We are asking grade level to bring specific items. Please consider donating a new travel size toiletry to our drive.PK and KindergartenFirst GradeSecond GradeThird GradeFourth GradeFifth Grade

Dear NPE Families, As the holiday season approaches, we know that some families are in need of assistance in helping make their child’s holiday special. If you are in need of assis-tance this season, please let me know. I have many resources that can help your family this time of the

Great Books about Citizenship The Poppy Lady by Barbara Walsh If Kids Ran the World by Leo Dillon If Everybody Did That… by Ellen Javevich Papa’s Backpack by James Carroll Coming to America by Betsy Maestro

Texas PTA 2016-2017

Please Join Our NPE Award-Winning PTA

Fall Deadline is Thursday, November 17th The Fall Membership Campaign is drawing to a close. If you have not joined, please help your child’s class reach its goal of 100% participation in the PTA. Each winning class will receive an Award Party (PTA party pack delivered to the class, including a cookie cake). Some classes are very close to becoming winners. If you have already joined, please consider having a spouse, grandparent, aunt, uncle, or student join. Each sibling in a family gets an award point for each person that joins. Dues are only $10.00 per member per school year. Please see below to check your child’s class progress toward 100% participation. Kindergarten First Grade Second Grade Third Grade Bach: needs 6 more for 100% Bussey: needs 10 more for 100% Janese: needs 14 more for 100% Bourque: needs 7 more for 100% Fore: needs 3 more for 100% Harris: needs 11 more for 100% Kramer: needs 11 more for 100% Davis: needs 12 more for 100% Lagrone: needs 12 more for 100% Hirsch: needs 12 more for 100% Long: needs 14 more for 100% Joiner: needs 10 more for 100% Patterson: needs 8 more for 100% McIntyre: needs 11 more for 100% Tormey: needs 8 more for 100% Prihoda: needs 12 more for 100% Rathburn: needs 5 more for 100% Radler: needs 16 more for 100% Turrentine: needs 5 more for 100% Strawn: needs 4 more for 100% Wagner, C: needs 9 more for 100% Wagner, K.: needs 15 more for 100% Fourth Grade Fifth Grade Pre K Benson: needs 13 more for 100% Coipel: needs 10 more for 100% Schillaci AM: needs 11 more for 100% Bionat: needs 3 more for 100% Raj: needs 9 more for 100% Schillaci PM: needs 11 more for 100% Criswell: needs 8 more for 100% Smith: needs 10 more for 100% Serbantez AM: needs 5 more for 100% Florez: needs 5 more for 100% Swick: needs 12 more for 100% Serbantez PM: needs 3 more for 100% Solomon: needs 7 more for 100% Young: needs 13 more for 100% Please fill out the entire form. You need to list your children’s names and teachers in order for them to receive credit towards the party. Also, please return only one form per family; you will receive credit for all your children. Send in the dues and the form below in an envelope labeled PTA Membership Dues to your child’s teacher. If you have any questions, please contact Michelle Stuart, Membership Chair at nmsiii@sbcglobal.net or 281-280-9931.

Volunteering is a great way to get involved at the school and meet the staff, students, and other parents. Although we would love to have you help on one of our many PTA Committees, volunteering is not required to be a member of PTA. (PLEASE PRINT)_____________________________________________________(Cut Here)____________________________________________(PLEASE PRINT)

PTA Membership Form Please make checks payable to NPE PTA. Please make sure you list each child’s name and his or her teacher on this form to ensure that each child’s class receives participation credit towards an Award Party. Fill out only 1 form per family.

Mother’s Name: ____________________________ Email: ______________________ Dues $10.00 Cash: _____ Check: _____ Address: __________________________________ City/State/Zip: ______________________ Phone: ____________________ Regular Member ______ Faculty/Staff Member ______ Community Member ______ Texas Life Member _____ Student Member _______ Father’s Name: ____________________________ Email: ______________________ Dues $10.00 Cash: _____ Check: _____ Address: __________________________________ City/State/Zip: ______________________ Phone: ____________________ Regular Member ______ Faculty/Staff Member ______ Community Member ______ Texas Life Member _____ Student Member _______ Other Member: ____________________________ Email: ______________________ Dues $10.00 Cash: _____ Check: _____ Address: __________________________________ City/State/Zip: ______________________ Phone: ____________________ Regular Member ______ Faculty/Staff Member ______ Community Member ______ Texas Life Member _____ Student Member _______ Student Name: ______________________ Teacher: ___________ Student Name: _________________ Teacher: ___________ Student Name: ______________________ Teacher: ___________ Student Name: _________________ Teacher: ___________