Bear Facts
October 9, 2020
IMPORTANT DATES
10/15 Picture Retakes
10/16 Report Cards available in HAC
10/16 Pink Out Day
10/20 PTO Spirit night at Texas Roadhouse 4-10 pm
10/23 Yearbook Cover contest artwork due 3 pm
IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENTS
- Reminder, there is no student check out after 2:30pm.
- October Break will be the start of the 2020-21 Yearbook Cover Contest! It will run for a full 3 weeks to give everyone plenty of time to get their submissions turned in. The deadline to get your artwork in is Friday, October 23rd at 3pm. F2F students will bring their submission to their teachers as usual, but virtual students will need to drop their submission inside the school office anytime between 7:30am-4:00pm Monday-Friday. If you are virtual and not able to print the form at home, there will be extra forms that you may pick up in the front office. A sticky note or just a blank paper with the same information works as well. Good luck to everyone!! See the flyer for more details.
- Join Maplebrook PTO for Spirit night at Texas Roadhouse on October 20th from 4-10pm. You can dine in or take out just show the flyer for MBE to get credit.
- Box Tops: Send in your Box Tops in a baggie with your teacher's name or submit them through the app giving credit to your teacher to be entered in the class competition. Last day to submit for this competition is October 23rd! A prize will be delivered to the winning class!!! Visit the PTO website for instructions about the BTFE App!
- Learning Location Forms will be processed on Wednesday afternoons each week to ensure classrooms are balanced and new teacher assignments can run smoothly. A staff member will contact you by phone once the change has been processed, to notify you of your child’s new teacher and start date.
- Child Nutrition will offer Meals at NO Cost for all Humble ISD students and children ages 1-18 from September 28th- December 18th. Click here for more information.
- Maplebrook PTO: Please register on the PTO website to access information like the student directory and to pay forms and fees for this year! Here you can join PTO, pay party money (F2F learners only!), order birthday marquee greetings, access our calendar, sign up for announcements and volunteer opportunities and more!
- On Friday, Oct. 16 Maplebrook Elementary will celebrate Pink Out Day, which is when students, faculty, and staff dress up in pink in order to raise awareness for breast cancer research. It is a way for the school community to show their support and stand united in the fight against breast cancer. We will have a Wall of Warriors honoring those that have battled breast cancer. If you would like to have a name added to our wall please email your student’s homeroom teacher.
- Our school has a pet rabbit named Marshmallow. Marshmallow likes to visit classrooms and the Science lab. We are looking for a play area for him to use while in classrooms. If you have a baby play area similar to the one in the linked photo that you are no longer using, and you'd like to donate it to our school, please contact Cathleen Blayney at cathleen.blayney@humbleisd.net.
- October is Bully Prevention Month - Please view our No Place For Hate lesson and sign the Virtual Pledge to help end bullying.
- Red Ribbon week will be October 26-30th. Click here for the theme days for the week.
IMPORTANT LINKS
Technology Help for Virtual Learning