Tiger Tribune Embrace-Educate-Empower 2025-2026 Adventures on the High Seas! with smiling tiger cub

A Message from Mrs. Taylor

Dear Theiss families,

Welcome to the 2025-26 school year! We have been preparing all summer for another outstanding year and are glad you are a part of our Theiss family! We have many new families moving to the area this year, and we couldn't be more excited to welcome our new families to the neighborhood. The Theiss family is one of a kind!

After celebrating our 50th anniversary last year, we continue to strive for excellence and live out our mission statement each day. We aim to embrace the whole child to become successful citizens, educate to achieve high expectations and empower through an equitable culture of learning. Our staff is committed to embracing, educating and empowering our students so that they can live out Klein's vision of every child entering with a promise and exiting with a purpose.

We hope you will stay connected with us by reading the texts and emails sent through Apptegy, following us on Facebook and checking our website often for updates. We look forward to working with you and your child this year!

Respectfully,

Jessica Taylor

Principal

Theiss Elementary Core Values: Respect sefl and others, own our actions, always collaborate and rise to the challenge

Theiss Core Values

Our Core Values spell out ROAR. At Theiss, we teach our students the importance of these values and recognize students who show these traits through their actions. When students show all 4 of these traits, they ROAR!

Talk to you child about how they can ROAR as they start this new school year.

Campus Events

Dates to Remember

Fridays are Spirit Days! Show your school spirit by dressing with your spirit shirt on Fridays, or Thursdays when there is a Friday holiday. You can wear this year's shirt or a vintage shirt from a previous year! Go tigers!

August

8/6 School Supply Sale 10am-3pm

8/7 PTO Luncheon for staff

8/11 Meet the Teacher 4pm-6pm

8/13 First Day of School 

September:

Hispanic Heritage Month

9/1 Labor Day (Student and Staff Holiday)

9/2-9/19 PTO Fall Fundraiser Kick Off - Raise Craze

9/4 Fall Open House, 5 - 7 PM & PTO General Meeting

9/5 Grandparent’s Day BYOBreakfast

9/11 Patriot’s Day, dress red/white/blue

9/16 Fall Individual Picture Day

9/19 Student Holiday/Teacher Workday

9/23-9/26 Book Fair 

9/25 PTO sponsors Divas & Donuts

9/29 - 10/5 Marco’s Pizza Nights

Save the date: Fall Festival is back by popular demand! October 3rd 5 - 7 PM

Announcements

Back to School Theiss Open House September 4, 2025; Pick a Session 5 - 5:40 or 6:05 - 6:50, PTO Meeting 5:45 - 6:00

Sign up today and use this code to get a Theiss only special discount: STFF25-26YR

Drawing Classes: Inspire your child's creativity and growth with Young Rembrandts at Theiss Elementary from September 9th - December 16th on Tuesdays from 3:35 - 4:35. Registration $70 Plus (3) payments $70 for 12 classes, ages Kinder - 5th; All materials included; visit our website www.youngrembrandts.com/NorthHouston or scan the QR code, call 885-228-5595 or email northhouston@youngrembrandts.com

Drama Kids Flyer

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Klein ISD Annual Student Update

Please make sure you have completed your Annual Student Update. This year, KISD will be utilizing a new platform, SchoolMint in order to provide a phone friendly experience for parents.

To complete the update, go to www.kleinisd.net/update and set up a new account. Once you have created an account, click on "returning student" so that you will be able to update the information you already have on file in Skyward.

Completing this by August 8th will ensure that your child will be able to meet their teacher during Meet the Teacher, Monday August 11th.

Theiss Elementary Meet the Teacher August 11, 2025 4:00 - 6:00 Smiling tiger cub and sea creatures on a beach
In Person School Supply sale fundraiser, August 6, 10-3. For each school supply pack purchased, a portion of the cost goes back to the school as a fundraiser for resources and incentives for students.

Safety Procedures

Safety Drills

Each month, we will be conducting a variety of safety drills to make sure that all students and staff are familiar with how to respond in case of emergencies. This month, we conducted a fire drill, a shelter drill for weather and a lockdown drill.

  • Most are familiar with sheltering in place for inclement weather and evacuating for a fire drill.

  • A lockdown drill would be used in the event that there was unsafe conditions around our building or in the neighborhood. We would keep everyone inside and remain in classrooms and out of sight. No one goes in or out during a lockdown drill.

  • Please note that we do not discuss or practice intruder drills with students. Staff are trained to know how to respond in such an event, but we do not specifically teach this response to students.

  • What we stress to our students in every safety drill is the importance of staying quiet and following teacher directions.

  • Future drills may include a Hold, Secure and Shelter for hazardous materials exposure, as well as repeated drills from this month.

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Front Door Welcome sign: Welcome! Entry Procedures, Ring the Doorbell, identify yourself give student's name and provide reason for visit and show valid photo I.D. Please do not allow individuals not in your group to enter behind you. Klein ISD

Secure Entrance

Klein ISD procedure for secure entrances are as follows:

  1. As you approach the front door, ring the doorbell and have your ID ready to show in the viewfinder.

  2. You will be asked to explain the reason for your visit and to show your ID.

  3. The front desk secretary will unlock the door.

  4. As you enter, please do not hold the door open for additional visitors behind you.

Please note that the only door that visitors will be allowed in through is the front office door. All other doors are locked and secured throughout the school day. Our campus guard regularly checks our doors and outdoor grounds throughout the day.

Campus Guard & KPD Officers

All schools in Klein ISD fully comply with new laws regarding campus guards. Our campus guard, Office Winters, can be seen on the front porch most mornings giving students high fives and fist bumps. She knows most of our students by name and builds positive rapport with our students and staff. She monitors the campus throughout the day, and is available to assist in any crisis that occurs on campus. Her main objective is to ensure our campus is secure and safe at all times.

We also have Officer Davis, a KPD Officer, who makes frequent visits to our campus daily as well. He is available to support us during any crisis, and can also assist with discipline matters as needed. Officer Davis assists with our Leadership Academy program for 4th grade students, and can be also be seen often during arrival and dismissal. Office Davis has been supporting Theiss Elementary for several years, and students look forward to seeing him on campus to give him a high five.

The 2025-2026 Klein ISD Student Code of Conduct can be found on the main Klein website.

Theiss Elementary is a Device Free Campus. All student phones, smart watches, etc. are expected to be off and in backpacks while on campus. Thank you for helping create a positive learning environment for our tigers.

New Personal Device Expectations & Consequence Matrix

Students may bring personal communication devices to school, but they must be turned off, out of sight, and stored away in their backpack, pocket, laptop sleeve, or other personal belongings while on school grounds from the first bell 7:40 to the end of the instructional day at 3:25 including during class, recess, and lunch.   

Consequences for student(s) not meeting the expectation are as follows:    

Offense Number 1

Admin Conference, Parent Contact

Student may pick up the device at the end of the day in the admin office by 4 PM.

Offense Number 2

Consequences may include a combination of disciplinary measures up to and including Lunch Detention, After School, or Before School Detention and Parent Contact

Student may pick up the device at the end of the day in the admin office by 4 PM

Offense Number 3

One Day of ISS, Parent Contact

Parent/Guardian required to pick up before front office closes by 4 PM

Offense Number 4

Consequences may include a combination of disciplinary measures up to and including ISS, OSS, or DAEP and Parent Contact

Parent/Guardian required to pick up before front office closes by 4 PM

Students who refuse to turn in their device(s) to the administrator will immediately receive additional consequences at the discretion of the administrator.

General Campus Procedures

Breakfast & Lunch

We offer breakfast and lunch daily at Theiss Elementary. All students will have a SMART card tag to charge their account as they go through the line. One card will stay on your child's backpack and need to remain there at all times for use at breakfast. For lunch, your child's teacher will store a separate ID card in the classroom.

Our breakfast line is open from 7:40 - 8:00 to allow time for students to be on time to class. For lunch times, please contact your child's teacher for their specific lunch time.

Please utilize the School Cafe app to add money to your child's account, set up autopay, set limitations on additional purchases and more! Items such as snacks, second meals, extra drinks and desserts are available for an additional charge. With this new app, you can control how many extras your child is allowed to eat and even specify dates when this may be available.

We offer free and reduced prices to those who qualify. To complete a free and reduced lunch application, please create an account through School Cafe and complete the application in the app.

Please remind your child that we do not share or trade food. The only food that may be consumed at school is that which is provided by the cafeteria, the classroom teacher for instructional purposes, the PTO, or food brought by themselves for their consumption.

For specific questions related to the Theiss cafeteria, please contact Ms. Saaed, our cafeteria manager, at 832-484-5980.

**Parents will be allowed to return to eat lunch in the cafeteria starting in October. This allows us time to establish our routines and procedures and reduce separation anxiety for our youngest learners.

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An open lunch box with sandwich, granola bar, cheese stick, and yogurt inside

Lunch Drop Off and Delivery Procedures

We are committed to safety for our students and, in doing so, will continue to utilize the following lunch drop off and lunch delivery procedures.

  • Food deliveries for staff will be dropped off on a cart on the front porch, so no unauthorized delivery people will enter the school.

  • Food delivery service drop offs for students will be turned away.

  • We highly discourage dropping off fast food meals for our students.

  • Student drop offs (food or forgotten items) will be left on a small, marked table in our front office.

  • Only parents/guardians can drop off lunch for their child, and their child only.

  • Parents will need to write the student's name and teacher on a sticky note and leave it on the cart.

  • Students will come through the front office to pick up their items and return back to class through the front office.

  • Parents are responsible for making sure students know to come get the dropped off item by coordinating in advance. For forgotten items (glasses etc...), please send the teacher a message. The teacher will send the student to pick up when possible.

  • Please note that our teachers are focused on teaching the class, and may not immediately see any messages about forgotten items or lunch drop offs. Please make sure that your child has everything they need for the day each morning as they come to school.

  • We will follow standard protocols and require IDs to enter the front office to drop off items.

Thank you for understanding and following these procedures throughout the school year.

Arrival & Dismissal Procedures

Pro Tips for Arrival:

  • Teach your child how to unbuckle and exit the vehicle on the right side independently.

  • Parents must stay in the vehicle during the car line drop off area.

  • Allow your child to exit once you are next to a sidewalk, instead of waiting until close to the door. This keeps our lines from backing up on the main lanes

  • Do not drop off students prior to 7:40. There are not adults monitoring students before 7:40 each morning.

  • Lock your bike on the bike racks for safey.

  • Teach your child to walk their bike as soon as they turn onto school property.

Pro Tips for Dismissal:

  • Please keep your car number visible to staff until your car is loaded.

  • Car tags are most visible when hanging in the middle of the windshield (ie: from a hanger on the rear view mirror, or hanging from the visor etc...). When simply placed on the dashboard, we cannot see when walking by your vehicle.

  • Dismissal can be a great time to network with other families. We highly encourage families who want to stick around to chat or play during dismissal to utilize the park near the clubhouse until dismissal is complete.

  • The playground is off limits until dismissal is complete, usually by 4:00.

Click here to view all procedures.

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Attendance Matter. Every student. Every day

Attendance Basics & Updates

Attendance is very important to your child's education. We know that sometimes students will need to be absent due to illness, family emergency etc. Please arrange vacations, out of town trips and doctor appointments to limit school disruption as much as possible. You can view student holidays here on the Klein ISD student calendar. When students accumulate absences at 5, 10 and 15, letters are sent to parents to keep you updated. After 19 absences, a committee must review the child's case to determine if the child needs to be retained due to absences.

It's also important for students to be on time to class. This year, the tardy bell rings at 8:05. Tardies will be entered into Skyward. Classes begin right after this bell rings, so student entering late are missing out on key instruction and interventions. Tardies will prevent a student from earning attendance recognition awards each quarter and could result in formal intervention plans if tardies become chronic.

Process for Reporting Absences:

All parent notes regarding absences must be either handwritten or reported using Skyward Family Access. Visit this link for directions on how to report an absence through the Skyward Family Access app and through the web application. You can also use Skyward Family Access to report an early dismissal request. Truancy letters are automatically generated after 3 unexcused absences in a short period of time. Please make sure to send notes through Skyward Family Access to ensure your child's absences are excused.

Early Dismissals

If you know that your child will need to leave school early, please send a note with your child the morning of the early dismissal or submit a request through Skyward Family Access. Office staff will give your child an early dismissal pass to ensure students and teachers know what time he/she needs to report to the office so he/she is ready for pick-up. Any student waiting for more than 15 minutes will be sent back to the instructional setting until the parent arrives. Parents are required to come in and sign the child out before he/she will be allowed to leave the school. Any early dismissal requests after 2:30 may be delayed due to the start of the campus dismissal procedures.

Legal Paperwork Updates

If you have legal paperwork regarding your child's custody arrangement or regarding people who need to have restricted access to your child, please bring the original document with the judges signature to the office so we can make a copy to retain in your child's cumulative record. We follow all the legal requirements of court ordered documents, and are able to fully comply best when we have the records on file.

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Wednesday Folders

You can expect your child to bring home a folder each week on Wednesday. This folder is used to communicate your child's progress and updates towards learning targets for the week prior. Please review this information with your child, sign the folder and return to school the next day.

Notes from the Nurse

Birthdays

We love to celebrate birthdays with your child and will work hard to make it a special day for them at school!

However, sending invitations to school to pass out will not be allowed. Instructional time cannot be used to support or promote private social events such as birthday parties.

At this time, we will not be accepting birthday treat bags. If you would like to arrange for an edible treat to be shared for your child's birthday during the lunch period, please follow the KISD protocols and begin the process 2 weeks in advance. We will be enforcing the 2 weeks notice without exceptions this year. No food brought up to the office will be allowed without going through this process. Thank you for your cooperation.

Please see the KISD District procedures that we follow in more detail here.

Back to School Information from the nurse can be found on this document.

Here are a few reminders from Nurse Kerry and updates for this school year:

  • IMPORTANT District Medication Change:  If your child will need ANY medication while at school, there has been a change to Klein ISD procedures. All medications (prescribed or over the counter) will need a written order by a licensed healthcare provider. Clinic staff will not be able to use the prescription label as proof of the written medical order or parent authorization for OTCS for 2 weeks, as in the past. Medications (prescription or over the counter) will not be accepted if expired, not in the original container, or without complete written orders. The licensed healthcare provider can use the district medication authorization form, an action plan, or a letter from their office to provide their signed consent. Please understand the medication intake process will require patience for safety and inventory. If time is a constraint, please consider making an appointment with the clinic prior to bringing in the medication and appropriate paperwork.

  • No students are permitted to carry any type of medication (including, but not limited to, topicals, cough drops, vitamins, prescriptions, supplements) in their lunch kits, backpacks, or to and from the clinic. Any student requiring any type of medication during the school day must have a parent or designated guardian deliver the medication to the clinic and follow the district guidelines for intake and inventory. The school is not able to store or intervene in the hand off of medications between households.

  • Please send your child with a change of clothes in their backpack for accidents or unexpected soils. This includes socks and shoes.

  • Celebration foods must be submitted at least 2 weeks prior to the requested date in order to screen rosters  for permissions and food allergies. A complete ingredient list/label must accompany ALL food being requested to serve and must be presented at time of request 2 weeks in advance. We encourage you to utilize the campus food services celebration treats that are offered for your convenience. No requests will be accepted in the month of August for safety as rosters are being screened and updated for food allergies and special considerations. Foods prepared at home will not be accepted and must be in a pre-packaged, sealed container.

  • Due to clinic volume and acuity of conditions, teachers may be aiding students who have minor scratches, bumps or bruises in the classroom, therefore, you may not be receiving notification from the nurse for these types of injuries.

  • The clinic staff will continue to inform you if children are ill and need to be dismissed home, have bumped their heads, have suffered a serious injury or a significant change in their medical condition.

School Store & Spirit Items

One of the service projects and fundraisers for Theiss Elementary is the operation of our school store. Students can purchase spirit shirts, spirit items and school supplies from the school store from 7:45 - 8:00 on Monday, Wednesday and Friday starting soon!

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Get Involved!

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Theiss PTO is always eager to have new volunteers!

Check out the great things our PTO does to support our students and staff on their Facebook page.

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