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Family Handbook Quickview THE POST OAK SCHOOL Family Handbook Quickview 2019–2020 Challenge the Norm WelcomeWelcome to the 2019–2020 school year at Post Oak. This booklet provides a quick glance at information to help prepare for the year ahead. You can find more detailed topics in the digital Family Handbook on our website. postoakschool and If you haven’t visited postoakschool.org postoakhighschool recently, you’re in for a surprise! We’ve completely updated our website, including plans for a more robust parent portal to include current news, events, and resources. Watch that space for more to come postoakschool/ and throughout the school year. postoakhighschool/ We are grateful your family is a part of this community and are excited for a wonderful year ahead. What does that mean? Common Post Oak Abbreviations ASEP After-School Enrichment Program IB International Baccalaureate A-Term April Term MDC Museum District Campus BC Bissonnet Campus MMUN Montessori Model United Nations EL Elementary MS Middle School FD/HD Full Day/ Half Day OWL Our Whole Lives J-Term January Term POPA Post Oak Parent Association (you!) LE Lower Elementary PRI Primary HMI Houston Montessori Institute UE Upper Elementary HS High School YCC Young Children’s Community COVER PHOTO BY ALEFIYA AKBARALLY LOOKING F O RWA R D to another WONDERFUL YEAR! 2019–2020 FAMILY HANDBOOK QUICKVIEW | 1 Communication, Parent Resources, & Other Notes We appreciate your efforts to stay connected and submit the required information online. Please see informed given the volume of data directed at us on the the Family Handbook Health & Safety section for any given day. For general school information, refer more information. to the Family Handbook, available online in early August. Additional hard copies will be available at all VISITOR REGISTRATION orientations. A printed copy of the full school directory The school has implemented Raptor, a visitor will also be available at both front offices. registration system that enhances school security by reading visitors’ driver’s licenses, comparing WEBSITE & BLOG information to a sex offender database, alerting campus We have a new website! The parent portal includes administrators if a match is found, and (assuming no news, calendars, and links to resources. Some pages match was made) printing a visitor badge that includes may be locked to the public, requiring you to sign in. a photo. Raptor provides a consistent system to track To log in, select the menu in the upper right corner and visitors while also protecting our students. “Parents” from the list. Your user name and password are the same as those for My BackPack. All visitors to the school must present a valid state or government-issued photo identification card to the We are also excited to announce the transition of our receptionist. If there is no match, the system will print a monthly printed newsletter, The Post, to a blog format. visitor’s pass, which includes the person’s name, photo, Articles by our head of school, faculty, students, and so date of visit, and destination within the building. much more will make their way onto our new website Parents need only to present their ID once, and on to give families more current, relevant stories and subsequent visits their names will be entered manually information. to create a visitor badge. No additional data will be shared with any outside company or organization. POST HIGHLIGHTS Each week, we e-mail the Post Highlights, a digital PARENT EDUCATION EVENTS newsletter about upcoming school events, deadlines for Post Oak offers a wealth of parent education events merchandise orders, and special news or notices. to strengthen child-parent-teacher relationships. These programs and speakers focus on Montessori MY BACKPACK educational principles and practice, parenting skills, My BackPack™ (MBP) is an online portal to update and child development issues. contact information, register for classes, and more. The Information about each event is available in the weekly and login Getting Started with My BackPack User Guide Post Highlights e-mail and the Family Handbook. link can be found in the Parent Portal on our website. Most of the parent education events offer childcare for If you have any questions about logins or have current Post Oak Primary and Elementary students. forgotten your user ID, please contact the Parents are asked to make reservations in advance Technology Office at 281-822-8063 or technology@ online or by contacting the front office—they will be postoakschool.org. accepted as long as space and staffing allow. The cost of childcare is $5 per child and will be billed on your MAGNUS monthly statement. The school uses Magnus, a web-based system for form management, where parents have continuous access ROOM PARENTS to their child’s health records, as well as the ability Room parents are part of the Post Oak Parent to make updates when needed. In addition to health Association (POPA) leadership team. They are forms, Magnus handles field trip permission slips, communicators between the teacher or division handbook acknowledgment forms, and other school- director and class parents. Room parents help support related forms. Our goal is to eliminate paper forms the work of the teacher in many ways: from shopping as much as possible and to make it easy for parents to to organizing parent volunteers. 2 | THE POST OAK SCHOOL THE INFORMED POST OAK PARENT Learn DIGITAL about what’s Post Highlights email Website parent portal happening My BackPack Teachers’ newsletters Find Blog & Social media (Facebook & Instagram) parenting support PUBLICATIONS Calendar Family Handbook Directory PARENT EDUCATION EVENTS Parent Coees EVENTS/MEETINGS How MS & HS Pathways to Independence Conferences Parenting the Love & Logic Way Parent education events Redirecting Children’s Behavior Montessori Journey ... Parent OWL meetings do I and more to come Prepare EVENTS/MEETINGS for what’s Orientations to come Conferences Parent education events Transition meetings for next level Connect Alumni Voices event with other families COMMUNITY EVENTS Community Coee Family Fun Day POPA Community Service Days POPA Parent Work Days Bearkats games POPA Dinner Dads Club Events Book Fair Parent education events POPA Parent Celebration Do you have a question but don’t know where to go? We want to help. Please call the front oce at 713-661-6688 or email [email protected] and we will help you find the answer. 2019–2020 FAMILY HANDBOOK QUICKVIEW | 3 Bissonnet Campus | YCC through Grade 6 Please read the Family Handbook for complete details on REGULAR DISMISSAL arrivals and dismissals. ◆ YCC: at your child’s classroom on the Avenue B side; REGULAR ARRIVALS ◆ PRI: at the Peace Circle; ◆ Do not block the pedestrian crosswalk. ◆ LE: at the Peace Circle or with UE siblings on the Avenue B side or as directed by your child’s teacher; ◆ Young Children’s Community: at your child’s classroom door on the Avenue B side; ◆ UE: Avenue B side or as directed by your child’s teacher. ◆ Primary: at the Peace Circle (no Primary children may be dropped off on the Avenue B side); SCHEDULE & TRAFFIC FLOW FOR ◆ Elementary: Avenue B side or Peace Circle (do not DISMISSAL drop off at any other location). LEVEL TIME ENTRY PICK-UP EXIT SCHEDULE & TRAFFIC FLOW FOR ARRIVAL HDYCC 11:45–12:00 1 Avenue B side 2 11:45–12:00 LEVEL TIME ENTRY PICK-UP EXIT FDYCC 2 Avenue B side 3:00–3:15 1 2 HDYCC & 8:35–8:45 1 Avenue B side 2 3:00–3:15 FDYCC 2 FDYCC 1 3:45–6:00 1 Avenue B side 2 7:00–8:10 HD PRI 12:00–12:15 Peace Circle FDYCC 1 8:35–8:45 1 Avenue B side 2 1 4 FD PRI 3:15–3:30 Peace Circle PRI 8:15–8:40 1 Peace Circle 4 1 4 Avenue B side Avenue B side PHE 3:45–6:00 1 (PHE gate) 2 PHE 7:00–8:10 1 (PHE gate) 2 LE 3:30–3:45 1 Peace Circle 4 LE 8:15–8:30 1 Avenue B side or 2 Peace Circle UE 3:30–3:45 1 Avenue B side 2 Avenue B side or ASEP as scheduled 1 Avenue B side 2 UE 8:15–8:30 1 Peace Circle 2 Gate 3 to the Post Oak campus, from Bissonnet (see map), is used as an exit during normal hours, excluding Episcopal High School arrival and dismissal times. This is a “right turn only” NO PARKING exit. Refrain from using your mobile device while on school DRO P O 4 F F / P grounds, including sending any text messages. Mobile I C K U P phones may only be used if your car is parked. Parking on Campus Please park in designated parking spaces only, to allow VISITORS for unobstructed traffic flow. 3 Please honor any reserved parking spaces, including Bissonnet DROP OFF/PICK UP those designated “buddy parking” for employees. These employees have volunteered to buddy park in an effort CROSSWALK to conserve parking spaces at the school. 2 1 PEDESTRIAN GATE Avenue B There is no parking on the Episcopal High School campus at any time. 4 | THE POST OAK SCHOOL Museum District Campus | Grades 7 through 12 Attendance, Arrival, and Dismissal MIDDLE SCHOOL ARRIVAL AND DISMISSAL The school buildings open at 7:30 a.m. Students may Advisory groups meet between 8:15 and 8:30 a.m. Plan arrive after 7:30 when there will be supervision on to arrive as close to 8:15 as possible. Students arriving campus. after 8:30 will be counted tardy. The campus is open until 5:00 p.m. The school day ends at 3:30 p.m.
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