This coming Wednesday, September 14th, is our first  regular monthly volunteer workday of this school year.  We need your help!  We will be working on various projects for all the teachers.  We meet in the LGI from 9:00 a.m. until 3:00 p.m.  Feel free to come and go anytime during the day. There is no sign up necessary and no set time you have to be there.   Also, your younger children are welcome.  Bring some things to keep them busy.  It is a great way to meet other moms and help out the school at the same time.  Please bring scissors to use if you can as we have a limited supply.  If you have any questions please contact Danielle Nuckolls at jnuck@airmail.net.

Thank you – Hope to see you Wednesday! 

Cookie Dough Orders Due

Cookie Dough orders are due Friday, September 9^th.  This is an SSE fundraiser.  All proceeds go directly to SSE.  Thank you for your supportJ!

Morning Car Riders

SSE administration and KISD Police have been working in collaboration to determine the safest, most efficient morning car rider procedure.  After implementing traffic flow suggestions by the KISD police department, it has been determined that all morning car traffic will form a single car line and turn right ONLY into the school circle drive.  Morning car traffic will no longer be permitted to make a left turn into the school driveway unless you have an appointment or business inside the school.  In summary, we will now implement the same car rider procedures that we utilize during our afternoon dismissal time. 

Morning Arrival Procedures

Effective Tuesday, September 6^th all students will be released directly to their classrooms at 7:55 a.m. Breakfast will continue to be served until 8:20 a.m.

All Kindergarten bikers and walkers may enter the building through the kindergarten entrance as teachers will now be on duty to monitor student arrival.  Please note, this entrance is for day care buses, special needs buses, and kindergarten bikers and walkers ONLY.

Lunch Visitors

Due to our large student population and VERY limited space in the cafeteria, I am asking that you reserve visiting our cafeteria for “special occasions.”  We have one parent table available for over 1450 students.  Unfortunately, when the cafeteria tables are full, we will not be able to accommodate guests as our main focus is to feed all SSE students.  Thank you for your understanding and cooperation.

Bus Change-SSE 336

Effective: Wednesday, September 7, 2011

The students at stop Terrance Springs La. & Oak Motte Dr. will begin riding bus 356. The stop time is 7:36am.

KISD Community Education

Community Education offers evening and on-line classes to adults for fun, enrichment and learning. Some of the classes offered are Foreign Languages, Arts and Crafts, Finance, Computer, Sewing, Dance and Music.  For information on these and many other classes, and to view the Fall schedule, go to www.katyisd.org/com_edu   or call 281-396-6365.

School Store

Our first school store will be held October 21st. There will be pens,pencils,erasers,toys and much more! Don't forget to send money with your child in a ziplock bag with their name and amount enclosed on the front. Anyone who would like to volunteer may contact Sheila McConnell at mcconnelltwins@att.net. Thanks for your support in this PTA fundraising opportunity!

2011 SSE Spirit Wear - - Accepting Orders thru Friday, September 23rd!

Join all your friends on Spirit Friday and show your SSE spirit! Spirit Wear is only available this year via pre-order. ALL ORDERS MUST BE PLACED by September 23rd, quantities will be limited for purchase after the final order is placed.

To place your order: log on to the SSE WebPage, PTA, Spirit Wear, or click the link below:
http://www.stanley-pta.org/Documents/2011/Spiritwearpreorder.docx Send in your completed form, along with a check made payable to SSE PTA no later than 9/23/2011. Forms are also available in the front office for your convenience.

UPDATE: If you placed your order during Meet the Teacher we will be delivering orders the week of 9/5.

Parents,

Stetsons & Stilettos for the Stampede is Stanley Elementary PTA’s main fundraiser of the year.  It has been held annually in the Fall since the inception of Stanley Elementary in 2009.  It is a social event held at La Centerra for parents, staff, and Katy area community members.  With the purchase of an event ticket, attendees will enjoy live music, food, beverages and an opportunity to mingle with other fellow Stanley Elementary parents.  As a fundraiser, the event features a silent and live auction of items donated from area businesses and individual supporters.  This event would not be possible without the generous support of the Katy community through their donations. 

All money raised from this event goes to support the technological needs of Stanley Elementary’s effort to become a fully integrated “Smart Campus.”

If you are or someone you know is interested in supporting Stetsons and Stilettos for the Stampede with a donation for the auction, please click here to print the donation letter and form.  The deadline for donations and program advertising is October 1^st.  Thank you for your support and we look forward to seeing you October 14^th at La Centerra for Stetsons & Stilettos for the Stampede!

Sincerely,

Jessica Burch

VP-Fundraising 

If you would like to be first in the car rider line, and sport the popular "auction winner" flag on your car, join us for the 3rd annual Stentons and Stilettos for the Stampede where you can bid on this coveted prize!      



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Morning Arrival Update

Dear Parents,

As I am sure many of you witnessed this morning, we are very busy during our morning arrival times.  We begin our car rider drop off at 7:55 a.m. every morning.  There are twenty-two people unloading cars during our drop off times.  We need your help to ensure a safe and efficient morning arrival experience for ALL children.  Please support our students and staff by adhering to the following guidelines:

*Be a courteous driver, merge in to one traffic line when entering the school circle drive, and take turns.

*Refrain from dropping children off on Fiona Sky.  This is extremely unsafe as there is not a designated cross walk.  Construction vehicles and other drivers are not looking for children crossing the middle of the road in this location. ALL students should be dropped off in front of our school utilizing our car rider line.

*Have your children prepare to exit your vehicle as quickly as possible while waiting in the car rider line.  This morning we were unloading cars faster than students could gather their belongings, say their good-byes, and exit their cars.

*Continue moving forward in the car rider line until being directed to stop, or traffic stops to unload.  Our goal is to keep traffic flowing and to unload as many vehicles as quickly as possible.

*Cell phone use in a school zone is prohibited by law. Law enforcement officials have and will issue tickets for violation of this law.

Working together we can ensure a safe, orderly and timely arrival procedure at SSE.  Growing is a GRAND adventure.

Thank you in advance for your cooperation and supporting our school’s safety procedures.

Sincerely,

Kerri Finnesand

Principal

We LOVE Bus Riders!

It’s not too late…to change your child’s transportation from a car rider to a bus rider.  SSE bus riders will be dismissed first and will arrive home promptly.  We LOVE bus ridersJ!