TITAN TRIBUNE

February 21 2017 Volume 15 issue 13

Feb. 21-22 Author visit H.J. Ralles for fourth

grade

Feb. 23 Author visit Polly Holyoke for Fifth

and Sixth grades

Feb. 24 Box Top Deadline

Spotlight on Kindness 1:45

Wear Red

Feb. 27 –

March 2

Coulson Tough Spring Book Fair

Feb. 28 –

March 1

First Grade Reading Restaurant

8:30am-9:45am

March 2 Second Grade Play 6:00pm

March 3 Go Texan Day

Kindergarten Pony Parade 9:00am

March 9 PTO Meeting 1:30pm

Technology Expo 3:30pm-5:00pm

March 10 Growth and Development Film

Fourth Grade 8:45am

Fifth Grade 1:00pm

Sixth Grade 2:05pm

March 13-17 Spring Break

March 23 Spring Picture Day

March 25 Fifth Grade Math Lego Lab

March 31 Spotlight on Honesty 1:45pm

Wear Blue

April 18 Family Math Night Grades K-4

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Spring Book Fair

The Spring Book Fair is right around

the corner. Please sign-up to

volunteer below:

http://www.signupgenius.com/

go/70a0548a9a72fa13-book1

The Book Fair will be February, 27-

March 3

Monday, February, 27 8:00am - 4:00pm

Tuesday, February 28 8:00am - 4:00pm

Wednesday, March 1 8:00am - 4:00pm

**Wednesday Grand Event – Bring your

“grandparent” or special guest at lunch.

Thursday, March 2 8:00am- 7:00pm

**Thursday Special Event – Second Grade

Program (6:00pm – 6:30pm)

Friday, March 3 8:00am - 1:00pm

You can shop online for your student or your

teacher starting February 22: http://

www.scholastic.com/bf/coulsontoughes1

Dear Coulson Tough Families,

Thank you so much for all of your support for our

PTO Boosterthon! The kids really seemed to love

the Glow Run!

We had several DI teams compete this past

weekend and are so proud of how well all our

teams performed! Way to go DI teams!

This month we have several wonderful author

visits that we know the children in 4th, 5th and

6th grades will enjoy! If you have a 1st grader,

you won’t want to miss the Reading Restaurant

and our 2nd grade play is right around the

corner! We have a busy few weeks leading up

to Spring Break and look forward to seeing you

for one of the many events!

Sincerely,

Shawn Creswell

Destination Imagination Results

Congratulations to all of our Destination Imagination Teams that competed in the regional

tournament on Saturday, February 18 at Oak Ridge High School. A special thank you to all of our

team managers that worked with their teams over the past five months to prepare their teams for

this great experience. Coulson Tough swept the Engineering and Design Competition bringing

home a first, second, and third place! We are proud of all our CT teams that challenged themselves

in the DI Southeast Regional Tournament.

First Place and Going to State! Top Secret Science

Katelyn Byrd- 6th grade team manager

Saahus Paruchuri, Maddison Thomas, Vedanth Shetty,

Brooke McMullan, Emily Valerio, and Ella Song

First Place and Going to State! Engineering and Design

Jude Sadlier and Yvette Gwynne 5th grade team managers

Wiley Sadlier, Gage Gwynne, Paige Deischl, Rhett Hollier,

Abigail Each, Hannah Landgraf and Shivani Mundra

Second Place and possible bonus team to go to State!

Engineering and Design

Radhika Paruchuri- 4th and 5th grade team manager

Sumya Paruchuri, Maddox McMinn, Nitya Kaligotla,

Nicole McCalla, Adeline Domilise and Ben Lussier

Third Place- Engineering and Design

Shankar Nair-4th grade team manager

Ankita Nair, Sid Ravinutula, Aarush Shenoy, Vikram Rajaram, Justin

Huang, and Victoria Ou

Third Grade Team

Jason Groves -3rd Grade Team Manager

Elissa Groves, India Gremillion, Olivia Burket,

Srihari Krishnakumar, Prachi Natoo, Ahona

Chowdhury and Jed Mouritsen

New Box Tops for Education

There is now an app with which we can earn

additional money for Coulson Tough through

the Box Tops for Education program.

To get started, download the app, create a

profile and select Coulson Tough as your

school. Look on the app for offers that will

earn more box tops for the school, select the

offers you will be redeeming and then once

you have made your purchase, take a

picture of your receipt. Once the box tops

and receipt have been verified, the money

will go into the CT account.

The Box Tops flyer was sent home in your

child’s folder earlier this month. We want to

help make it easy for you to earn money for

CT with the products you are already

purchasing.

NEXT DEADLINE to turn in box tops is this

Friday, February, 24.

It is time to start nominating people for the PTO

Board and committee positions for the 2017-

2018 school year. No experience is necessary,

just a desire to help make Coulson Tough the

best school and environment for our students

and staff.

There are several committee positions

available. Please let the PTO know your area of

interest. For more information, contact

Heather Pine (hpine99@gmail.com).

Cell Phones in Car Rider Line

Please remember talking on cell phones while in

the car rider line is prohibited. CISD Officer

Margaret will begin issuing tickets for any further

violations. The safety of our students is of utmost

importance to all of us.

Titan Book Share

The spring trip to Conroe for the Titan Book

Share will be here before we know it. We are

continuing to collect new and slightly used

books for this biannual activity. Books can be

given to home base teachers or dropped off in

Mrs. Stiles’ room.

PTO Board Nominations

We are excited to let you know that Coulson

Tough Elementary has a new website. We hope

you enjoy exploring! It is located at

tough.conroeisd.net . If you have any questions,

please contact the campus webmaster at

nreid@conroeisd.net.

Check Out Our New Webpage!

Technology Expo

Coulson Tough will be hosting our first annual

Technology Expo on March 9, 2017 from

3:30pm-5:00pm in the library and computer

lab. Stop by and learn what the students in

our Python and Junior Robotics

Club have been learning. There

will be lots of little robots running

around for some hands-on

experiences.

Important Information

To report an absence for your child, please call the front

office at 281-465-5900. When your child returns to school,

a note explaining the reason for the absence should be

sent to the teacher or brought to the front office. School

attendance is a major indicator of student success.

Please schedule vacations during holidays and make

every effort to schedule appointments after school.

Attendance letters will be sent in accordance with CISD

policy. Students must be present 90% of all school days to

be promoted to the next grade. Students should attend

school every day unless ill.

MORNING HOURS

ATTENDANCE

Announcements begin @ 8:00am and school begins at

8:05am. Students should not arrive before 7:35am at which

time they may go to the Commons. Students go to their

classrooms at 7:45am and class activities begin.

TUTORING

If your child is scheduled for morning tutoring or

enrichment, he or she must enter the building through

the front doors.

TARDY/LATE ARRIVAL

Students arriving to school after 8:05am are considered

tardy. Students must stop at the front desk for a tardy

pass. A parent should come into the school with the

student to sign him/her in for the day. A student is

considered absent if they arrive after 9:00am. If your child

is arriving late to school due to a health care

appointment, please come into the front office with your

child and provide the doctor’s note to ensure your child’s

attendance can be changed to “HCP” for “Health Care

Professional” which is Present.

VISITOR PARKING

Birthday treats must be store bought due to allergy, safety

and sanitation concerns. All items must be pre-cut. Most

grades share these treats with the class the last 10 minutes

of their lunch period. Please email your child’s teacher to

verify the best time. Balloons and flowers are not

permitted in the building.

PARENT LUNCH TABLE

We have a table set up specifically for parents and their

children to sit together. Friends are not permitted to sit

with your child at the parent table. A parent plus two

others is the maximum number who can come join a

student for lunch due to space limitations in our cafeteria.

MEDICATION AT SCHOOL

A parent or guardian must bring medication and sign it

into the clinic. All medication must be in the original con-

tainer and properly labeled. TRANSPORTATION CHANGES

All transportation changes must be received in writing with

parent/guardian’s signature to your child’s teacher in their

blue folder. Please limit any other changes after the day

begins to emergencies and contact the front office prior

to 2:00pm.

SEVERE WEATHER DISMISSAL

At the beginning of school, parents completed a Severe

Weather Dismissal Procedures form indicating how their

child would go home in the event of Severe Weather.

During periods of rain, biker/walkers will be released as

normal. When the area is under a severe weather threat

(this includes lightning/thunder) as determined by the

National Weather Service, a “Severe Weather Dismissal”

will be called. Please register for Remind 101. You will be

notified by text when there is a Severe Weather Dismissal.

CHARACTER DAY/SPIRIT DAY

REMIND 101

Want to receive text messages from the principal regard-

ing severe weather and other important information?

Send a text to 281-769-1530. In the message box type

@ctfamilies.

Wednesday –Character Day-wear a CT character shirt!

Friday-Spirit Day-wear a Coulson Tough shirt! We love CT!

You can order these on the Coulson Tough PTO website.

PARENT ACCESS

http://www.conroeisd.net/student-parent/pac.asp

VOLUNTEERING IN CISD

http://conroeisd.net/parents/get-involved/

BIRTHDAY TREATS

Visitor parking is located in the large parking lot off of

Crane Brook Drive. Please do not park in the front of the

building or in the fire lanes.

To parents of 5th and 6th grade BOYS AND GIRLS:

A film will be presented on Friday, March 10, 2017 to the 5th and 6th grade boys and girls titled

“Introduction to Growth and Development” (which includes limited information on the reproduc-

tive system). The 5th and 6th grade presentation meets educational requirements from the state and therefore a

permission slip to attend is not required. If you DO NOT wish to have your child attend this course you must

submit that request in writing to the teacher and the nurse.

Please note: this instruction is done separately for boys and girls.

DATE OF 5th PARENT PREVIEW: (office of Becky Stiles, counselor, Room 306)

Friday, March 3 Girls 5th: 9:45 – 10:30 am Boys 5th: 10:30 – 11:00 am

Due to time constraints, and since the

5th and 6th grade films contain similar material,

there will NOT be a scheduled 6th grade Parent Preview.

Any 6th grade parent is welcome to attend the 5th grade preview.

You may also read a copy of the TRANSCRIPT for

5th and 6th grade girls and boys if unable to attend the preview.

If you have questions, or would like to read the script,

please call the nurse at 281-465-5905.

Please RSVP to the school nurse (just for an estimate of space needed)

if you plan to attend the preview.

You may either call 281-465-5905 or

email the Nurse Cyndi at cschulken@conroeisd.net.

If unable to attend the preview, the nurse can provide a transcript of the film.

I highly encourage parents to preview the film

and join in the discussion!!

To parents of 4th grade GIRLS:

Each year the school nurse presents an informative video and talk about growth and development and hy-

giene. This presentation includes a discussion regarding the changes that the girls encounter as they begin to

reach puberty. Hopefully, this talk will help answer any questions and concerns that they may have. Your

daughter should bring home a permission slip this week. If you do not want your child to par ticipate,

or if you want to preview the film first, just write that on the permission slip and return it. I want to welcome

any 4th grade parent or guardian to PREVIEW THE VIDEO at the following time:

PARENT PREVIEW

4th GRADE GIRL PARENTS: Friday, March 3, 2017, 9:00 – 9:45 am

Office of Becky Stiles, counselor, Room 306

FILM PRESENTATION TO 4TH GRADE GIRLS

4th GRADE GIRLS: Friday, March 10 (the day before Spring Break) during specials

4th

grade girls are not required to attend,

however, permission to attend is required.