News from Mrs. Graves

Upcoming Events
Magnet Awareness Week, 11/3-11/7
Monday, 11/3  School Tours, 9:00 & 1:00
Tuesday, 11/4  Election Day; NTB Reading Day; Report Cards Home
Wednesday, 11/5  School Tours, 9:00 & 1:00
Thursday, 11/6  School Tours, 9:00 & 1:00
Friday, 11/7  PTO Meeting, 8:10, Cafe; Finnegan Counseling Group Parent Ed, 9:00 a.m.; School Tours, 9:00 & 1:00; NTB Book Talk, 11:30-12:30; Jungle Book Rehearsal, 1:30-3:00

Saturday, 11/8  RE Family Day of Service at Books Between Kids (sign up on our website)

Monday, 11/10  School Tours, 9:00 & 1:00
Tuesday, 11/11  NTB Reading Day; 1st gr Field Trip; K-1 Parent Literacy Night, 6:30 p.m.
Wednesday, 11/12   4th grade Production of Disney's Jungle Book Kids, 6:30 p.m. 
Thursday, 11/13  
Friday, 11/14   NTB Book Talk, 11:30-12:30

Saturday, 11/15  Fall Community Night

RE Family Service Day - Saturday, Nov. 8
We invite you to come together as a family and school community to help us work to get books into the homes of the children of Houston.  Just commit to a 2 hour shift, from 8:30-10:30, 10:30-12:30 or 12:30-2:30 on Saturday, November 8th.  We will sort and pack books, getting them ready for delivery to children attending the Houston Independent School District who need books for their own bookshelves at home.

Find the sign-up link on the Roberts website!


Magnet Application Time

If you have a child in 5th grade, you may want to apply for admission to a Middle School Magnet Program. If you have a child currently attending Roberts on a Magnet transfer and have a younger child who will be entering kindergarten in the fall, you will need to apply within the first phase. 


The online application system opened over the weekend.  The deadline to apply for a magnet program in Phase I is December 19, 2014.  Most schools will not have space available after Phase I.



Enrollment and Residency

Many times families move during a school year and are interested in staying at Roberts. The only way to stay at Roberts if you have moved out of the school attendance zone is to apply for a magnet transfer.  Magnet Transfers are granted by lottery, when space is available in the specific grade level.  The deadline to do that is December 19th.  No applications received after December 19th will be reviewed.

The question that often arises during enrollment relates to residency.  Residency is what qualifies you as an “in-zone” student.  So, what is residency?  Generally it is referred to as where you live and sleep every night, but there are more detailed and specific criteria.  

1. Does the parent/guardian who establishes residency own, rent or lease a home, condominium, apartment or living quarters within the attendance zone?

2. Does the family have furniture and personal effects in the attendance zone with no furniture or personal effects at a previous residence?

3. Does the parent/guardian receive personal mail in the attendance zone?

4. Are the parents/guardians registered to vote in the attendance zone?

5. Does the parent/guardian regularly live in the attendance zone and plan to live there indefinitely?  Have all licensed drivers in the household complied with DPS regulations for changing address?

Renting an apartment, but not living there does not qualify as residency.  If you own a home outside of the Roberts attendance zone, and maintain a homestead exemption on that home, it is considered your primary residence, and you do not qualify as an in-zone student.  Your only option for remaining at Roberts is to apply for a magnet transfer.

If you have moved, please bring a copy of your new electric bill to the main office.  We will assist you in changing your address so that you may apply for a magnet transfer for the upcoming school year.  

Please be advised, transfers are approved only if space is available.