A note from Mrs. Cureton:
What a great week in Cougar Nation! We have now completed all beginning of the year assessments and are excited to start setting goals and tracking progress with our students next week!
Kinder--5th Families: you will recieve a copy of your student's iReady diagnostic assessment results (for reading and math) no later than Friday, September 8th. If you do not recieve your student's report or have questions, please contact your student's teacher.
Kinder--2nd Families: you will recieve a copy of your student's mClass diagnostic assessment results (for reading only) no later than Friday, September 8th. If you do not recieve your student's report or have questions, please contact your student's teacher.
PTA--families: we need your help to reach our goal of 60 PTA members this year!
What is a PTA member? A PTA member is any adult who follows this link and pays the $8.50 membership fee to join. That's all you have to do! Your membership directly supports our Clarkston PTA & our Clarkston PTA directly supports your students! There are no strings attached to joining PTA & you get a variety of discounts to many national companies. See the discounts here.
Please join now! Follow this link to join, select Tyler ISD as the district & Horace H. Clarkston as the school!
Specials Team September News:
Get ready to be dazzled by Clarkston's own 2nd graders!
Join us for Open House as our young stars will be taking the stage to sing and sign a song to welcome everyone to our open house event and celebrate Deaf Awareness Month! We can't wait to showcase our talented friends.
We also invite families walk down the Art hallway at Open House to see the drip designs, inspired by artist Jen Stark, that our Clarkston artists have been working hard on!
Coming up, on September 30th, for P.E. is the annual Punt, Pass, Kick competition-we are excited to see our Cougars shine at this event!
Grandfriends Day:
Calling all grandfriends! We can't wait for you to join us for a light breakfast and craft in the library! If you have a grandfriend that would like to attend, we encourage them to come to the front office the day before to have their license scanned for quicker entry on the day of the event! See flyer below for more details.
Open House:
Open House will take place on Wednesday, September 20th, from 5:15pm-6:30pm. Please make plans to join us and learn more about academic expectations & how you can best support your student this year! Kona Ice will be on campus for a cold treat!
Campus Visitors:
Parents/Guardians are welcome to join their student(s) during lunch times only. Any visitors to campus must enter through the front office, have a valid ID, and obtain a visitors badge to enter the building.
Arrival Procedures:
All students should enter campus through the cafeteria doors each morning. Only students and staff are allowed to enter through the cafeteria doors. Breakfast will be served in the cafeteria, and is free to all students, from 7:00am-7:45am. Any student arriving to campus after 7:50am will need to have a parent walk them in through the front entrance doors.
Dismissal Procedures:
Parents should complete an After-School Action Plan(with classroom teacher) so that teachers and staff have a written plan for each student. Parents must call the front office or submit a written request for student dismissal changes by 2:30 p.m. each day.
Students in grades pre-k, kindergarten, and first will not be allowed to dismiss as "walkers". They must have an older sibling at Clarkston to walk home with them.
Parents may pick up their child by signing him/her out through the office (before 2:30pm). Students will be released only to persons listed for student pick-up. Anyone picking up a student shall be required to show valid identification. When possible, schedule appointments during non-school times (After school, Student Holidays…)
Have a great, long, weekend!
-Sarah Cureton
Principal
Join our amazing PTA!
Our Clarkston PTA provides resources and opportunities for learning experiences, volunteering, and just plain fun! Please consider joining by going to JOIN PTA-Horace. H. Clarkston. We love our amazing PTA and the support they provide for our Cougars!
Follow us on Facebook
We wanted to send out an advertisement about following us on Facebook @ClarkstonTylerISD! This is a great way to stay connected to the happenings here at Clarkston-pictures of our amazing students and staff as well as the weekly family newsletter are posted to our Facebok page. Please encourage family members to follow our page, as it is a great way to connect to the learning inside our building from afar!
UPCOMING DATES....
September
4- Labor Day-no school
8- Grandfriends Day (7:30am-8:15am)
20- Open House (5:30-6:30)
30- Punt, Pass & Kick (Boulter Middle School)
