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Upcoming Events
Monday, 2/17
Tuesday, 2/18 4th/5th grade Field Trip: Lamar Theatre
Wednesday, 2/19 Early Dismissal, 12:30 pm; NO AFTER SCHOOL ACTIVITIES
Thursday, 2/20 Student Coalition Meeting, 11:15-11:45; SDMC Meeting, 3:30
Friday, 2/21 3rd grade Field Trip
Monday, 2/24
Tuesday, 2/25
Wednesday, 2/26
Thursday, 2/27 4th gr Field Trip: Austin; 3rd gr production of Annie, 6:30 pm
Friday, 2/28
President's Day
Many of you may have tomorrow off, but at Roberts we will be working hard! Know your children will be learning and well-cared for, and enjoy your day off. Maybe it's time for a spa day or a round of golf.
Transportation Services
Magnet students have long relied on district-provided transportation to get to and from school. Some of you may have never used district transportation before, but will in the coming years if utilizing the school choice system to attend a magnet middle school. You may ask yourself, so how does transportation work?
The Transportation Department is a centralized service of the Houston ISD. There are two primary divisions of transportation that you may come in contact with, Routing and Scheduling, and Motor Pool.
Routing and Scheduling uses an automated system to build the most cost-effective routes based on the number of students and stops. Usually, stops for elementary school students are located on elementary campus and stops for middle or high school students will be located on similarly leveled campuses within 2 miles of the rider's home. After the automated system creates a route, drivers provide feedback for about two weeks and then the Routing and Scheduling department makes manual adjustments to the stops. These adjustments may be due to unforeseen traffic patterns or unexpected riders.
The Motor Pool is responsible for the drivers and the condition of the buses, and basically anything after the initial request for transportation and route creation. It is most likely that you will have contact with the Motor Pool if your child is a bus rider. There are people attending to incoming phone calls as long as any bus is still in route. You can call at any time and ask for the location of your child's bus, or request an estimated time of arrival if the bus is not there on schedule. The Motor Pool maintains a GPS location on all buses.
Any problems you have with transportation should be reported to the Area Manager or Terminal Manager and the school bus coordinator (Ms. Verner at Roberts). We like to know if you are having trouble with a route so that we can also contact the people in transportation to help you resolve the problem more quickly.
You can find the numbers for the Northwest Motor Pool, or the people in charge of transportation, on the HISD website by accessing the Transportation Department webpage and viewing "Contact Us". Or, print this blog post for handy reference.
Aladdin
Our 5th graders will begin rehearsals during Session III of our Magnet Enrichment. There is no cost, but there is quite a commitment required. If your 5th graders is interested, get those forms in by the end of the week.
Auditions will take place the first and second day of rehearsals (Mar 4 and 6) to match skill to role for those interested in principle roles in the cast or those interested in dance. All interested will be cast in the production.
The performance will take place on May 22nd on the Rice University Campus at Hamman Hall. Seats are limited, and tickets will go on sale in the coming weeks. Ticket sales will open for 5th grade families first, and then will be made available to the school community at large. Want to get the best seats in the house? Five seats, front row, center, will be auctioned off on March 8th!
New on the Library Shelves
Last week we received another shipment of books for the school library. More than 300 new titles, including award winners in all genres are now available for our students! What do 300 new titles cost? About $7500! That is in addition to the acquisitions last summer and the $2500 spent last fall to complement our IB Units of Inquiry, all part of the annual expenditure of $13,000.
Big Thanks!
Dan Easley, PTO Grounds Chair spent his Sunday afternoon on campus with a small work crew to trim the Crape Myrtles and clean out the water fountains. You can show your appreciation by telling Dan thanks the next time you see him!
And next time you are on campus for an evening event, take a minute to appreciate the new lighting on the outdoor stage. This improvement for our school community was funding by the PTO and installation was completed during the past week.
Are you a framer or do you know one?
Our after school art club has created a mosaic reproduction of Vincent van Gogh's Starry Night for the Auction on March 8th. We are looking for someone to donate framing services. Contact Ms. Ballard if you can help! jballard@houstonisd.org
Upcoming Events
Monday, 2/17
Tuesday, 2/18 4th/5th grade Field Trip: Lamar Theatre
Wednesday, 2/19 Early Dismissal, 12:30 pm; NO AFTER SCHOOL ACTIVITIES
Thursday, 2/20 Student Coalition Meeting, 11:15-11:45; SDMC Meeting, 3:30
Friday, 2/21 3rd grade Field Trip
Monday, 2/24
Tuesday, 2/25
Wednesday, 2/26
Thursday, 2/27 4th gr Field Trip: Austin; 3rd gr production of Annie, 6:30 pm
Friday, 2/28
President's Day
Many of you may have tomorrow off, but at Roberts we will be working hard! Know your children will be learning and well-cared for, and enjoy your day off. Maybe it's time for a spa day or a round of golf.
Transportation Services
Magnet students have long relied on district-provided transportation to get to and from school. Some of you may have never used district transportation before, but will in the coming years if utilizing the school choice system to attend a magnet middle school. You may ask yourself, so how does transportation work?
The Transportation Department is a centralized service of the Houston ISD. There are two primary divisions of transportation that you may come in contact with, Routing and Scheduling, and Motor Pool.
Routing and Scheduling uses an automated system to build the most cost-effective routes based on the number of students and stops. Usually, stops for elementary school students are located on elementary campus and stops for middle or high school students will be located on similarly leveled campuses within 2 miles of the rider's home. After the automated system creates a route, drivers provide feedback for about two weeks and then the Routing and Scheduling department makes manual adjustments to the stops. These adjustments may be due to unforeseen traffic patterns or unexpected riders.
The Motor Pool is responsible for the drivers and the condition of the buses, and basically anything after the initial request for transportation and route creation. It is most likely that you will have contact with the Motor Pool if your child is a bus rider. There are people attending to incoming phone calls as long as any bus is still in route. You can call at any time and ask for the location of your child's bus, or request an estimated time of arrival if the bus is not there on schedule. The Motor Pool maintains a GPS location on all buses.
Any problems you have with transportation should be reported to the Area Manager or Terminal Manager and the school bus coordinator (Ms. Verner at Roberts). We like to know if you are having trouble with a route so that we can also contact the people in transportation to help you resolve the problem more quickly.
You can find the numbers for the Northwest Motor Pool, or the people in charge of transportation, on the HISD website by accessing the Transportation Department webpage and viewing "Contact Us". Or, print this blog post for handy reference.
Northwest Motor Pool 713-613-3049
Chandra Robertson – Terminal Manager 713-613-3049 (ofc) 713-553-9847
(cell)
Email: crobert1@houstonisd.org
Tawana Rubit- Area Manager
713-613-3049
(ofc) 832-453-7568 (cell)
Email: trubit@houstonisd.org
Chester Glaude – Operations Mgr. - Transportation 713-613-3093
(ofc) 713-933-7017 (cell)
Email: cglaude@houstonisd.org
Aladdin
Our 5th graders will begin rehearsals during Session III of our Magnet Enrichment. There is no cost, but there is quite a commitment required. If your 5th graders is interested, get those forms in by the end of the week.
Auditions will take place the first and second day of rehearsals (Mar 4 and 6) to match skill to role for those interested in principle roles in the cast or those interested in dance. All interested will be cast in the production.
The performance will take place on May 22nd on the Rice University Campus at Hamman Hall. Seats are limited, and tickets will go on sale in the coming weeks. Ticket sales will open for 5th grade families first, and then will be made available to the school community at large. Want to get the best seats in the house? Five seats, front row, center, will be auctioned off on March 8th!
New on the Library ShelvesLast week we received another shipment of books for the school library. More than 300 new titles, including award winners in all genres are now available for our students! What do 300 new titles cost? About $7500! That is in addition to the acquisitions last summer and the $2500 spent last fall to complement our IB Units of Inquiry, all part of the annual expenditure of $13,000.
Big Thanks!
Dan Easley, PTO Grounds Chair spent his Sunday afternoon on campus with a small work crew to trim the Crape Myrtles and clean out the water fountains. You can show your appreciation by telling Dan thanks the next time you see him!
And next time you are on campus for an evening event, take a minute to appreciate the new lighting on the outdoor stage. This improvement for our school community was funding by the PTO and installation was completed during the past week.
Are you a framer or do you know one? Our after school art club has created a mosaic reproduction of Vincent van Gogh's Starry Night for the Auction on March 8th. We are looking for someone to donate framing services. Contact Ms. Ballard if you can help! jballard@houstonisd.org
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