Welcome to Austin Elementary School!

Office Hours

Monday - Friday
7:00 a.m. - 3:30 p.m.

To register, please call 832-223-1000 to make an appointment.


Registration

Registering your future Astronaut is as simple as 1-2-3-4!
1. Visit LCISD.org > Students and Parents > Registration and scroll down to Students New to LCISD
2. Follow directions to locate your campus and complete the New Student Online Enrollment Application
3. Gather the required documents: Proof of Residency (closing documents, leasing agreement, fixed utility bill - electric, gas, water), copy of parent/guardian driver's license, student birth certificate, student immunization records
4.Call 832-223-1000 or email [email protected] to make an appointment to drop off documents


Attendance

Attendance notes may be sent by email but must come from a parent's verified email account. The email must be sent to the campus attendance clerk when your student returns to school. Please include your student's first name, last name, teacher name, grade and the date(s) which your student was absent. Please send your email to: [email protected]

Parent Information

Penny Wars
Sweets with Santa

School Hours

School Hours: 7:15 a.m. - 2:40 p.m. 
Students who arrive after 7:15 a.m. are tardy. 

Breakfast 6:45 a.m. - 7:15 a.m.
1st Bell 7:05 a.m.
Tardy Bell 7:15 a.m.
Dismissal Bell 2:40 p.m.

 

Upcoming Events at Austin

Nov. 17: Early Release (11:15 a.m.)
Nov. 20 - 24: Student Holiday (Thanksgiving Break)
Dec. 9: Sweets with Santa
Dec. 12: Holiday Program (3rd Grade)
Dec. 15: Early Release (11:15 a.m.)
Dec. 18 - Jan. 2: Student Holiday (Winter Break)

Austin PTO

To learn more about the Austin PTO, please visit their website and Facebook page:
Austin PTO Website
Austin PTO Facebook Page

Follow Austin Elementary

Please join us on Facebook to see pictures of school events and activities! 
 




 

Lunch Times

Kinder - Lemos, Sorbel: 11:50 a.m.
Kinder - Silva, Countryman, Fletcher: 12 p.m.
1st - Murphy, Harris: 11:30 a.m.
1st - Stockslager, Therrian, Young: 11:35 a.m.
2nd - Lohn, Stone: 12:20 p.m.
2nd - Ferguson, Tom, Venegas: 12:25 p.m.
3rd - Almendarez, Fetterman, Grimes: 11:10 a.m.
3rd - Broxson, Van Maanen: 11:15 a.m.
4th - Bullard, Allen: 10:30 a.m.
4th - Cruickshank, Faith, Burke: 10:35 a.m.
5th - Krenek, Covington: 10:50 a.m.
5th - Frewin, Lepler: 10:55 a.m.

Cafeteria

school cafe

Breakfast and lunch are FREE to all students at Austin, but students may purchase a la carte items. Your child's student ID number will also be their lunch number. You can also use this number to add money to their account online. Students will use their SMART Tag in the lunch line.

To make a payment on your child's account, please login to www.schoolcafe.com. 

For parent online help, please call 855-729-2328 or email [email protected].

To put restrictions on your child's account, please call 832-223-0180 or through your student's account on www.schoolcafe.com


SMART Tags

Lamar CISD implemented the SMART Tag system, which is designed to improve the safety and security of students who utilize school bus transportation. For more information, please click here.

If your student lost or breaks their SMART Tag, parents will need to purchase a new SMART Tag for $5.00.  Click here to purchase a new SMART Tag.

Please do not bend or punch a hole into the SMART Tag. 

  

Transportation Changes

Transportation changes must be submitted to the front office before 2:10 p.m. Transportation changes must be submitted by phone call or by a written note. 

On early release days, transportation changes must be submitted to the front office before 11 a.m. 

Permanent transportation changes must be made in writing.

  

Campus Forms & Documents   

After School Care   

For on-site after school care, please call the YMCA at 281-341-0791. Their program is for students K-5 and offered Monday - Friday (on regular school days) until 6:30 p.m. 

Below are the after school care facilities that provide transportation to and from Austin. 
Funshine Academy - 281-342-9624
Kids R Kids - 832-451-1111
Tree House Academy - 832-595-8500

Car Riders   

Please get a White Austin Visor Tag from your student's teacher. 

Place the White Austin Visor Tag in your front window.

If someone else picks up your child, please make sure they have the White Austin Visor Tag.

Please follow the car rider line route on the side of the building. 

All car riders must be picked up in the car ride line. 

Walkers/Bikers

Please meet your student(s) at the flag pole in the front of the bike rack.

Walker/Bikers will be released first. Please be at the flag pole at 2:40 p.m.

Kinder and 1st grade students must have an adult or older sibling present to receive their child. Individuals receiving Kinder or 1st grade students at the flag pole will need to be in possession of a picture ID, so the staff member can verify release authorization on the first day of school. We will then give a White Austin Walker/Biker Tag to use the following days. You could also get a White Austin Walker/Biker Tag from your child's teacher.

For Kinder and 1st grade, please email your child's teacher if you give permission for your child to be released by an older sibling. We must have this parent permission documentation on file. 

We will not release students to parents parked in the parking lot. You must meet your child at the flag pole. 

News

Astronotes for March 1, 2018

Mar 08, 2018 | Bud Whileyman

Weekly Astronotes for March 1, 2018 - from Bud Whileyman

Our school safety committee (site-based team) met this past week and made recommendations on how we can make our school more safe and secure.  After we listed about 10 recommendations we prioritized them and the top 3 were:

  1. New locks on all classroom doors that don’t have them and to make sure all keys work in existing locks.
  2. Install intercoms in the principal and assistant principal office that will allow announcements to be made to entire school
  3. Sets of walkie-talkies for each grade level and front office to be used if students are outside or not in their classrooms.

Additional ideas that will be implemented immediately are:

  1. Keep all outside doors except front door locked during the school day.
  2. Keep the cafeteria door and hallway door in front locked and not propped open during lunch and throughout the day.
  3. Substitute folders need to include safety drill procedures.
  4. Survey of staff members to see who might be trained in special skills such as CPR.
  5. Door stops for all rooms that open into the classroom.
  6. Name badges for all employees and visitors into the building (monitor more closely)
  7. Be more aware of visitors and suspicious activity in and around the building.

These are some of the initial ideas that our staff has come up with.  We would like to allow parent input at our next meeting to see what ideas they might have.  If you would like to attend or share your ideas please let me know and I will include you on info. for next meeting.

Please do not drop off and leave your child in the morning without supervision.  Doors to the school officially open at 7:00 am.  Sometimes they may open earlier if staff is available to supervise.  Safety patrol may also enter earlier as they prepare to begin their duties. We have had several students dropped off and left as parents did not wait for them to be allowed access to the building. Thanks for your cooperation in keeping our children safe.

 

Calendar of Events


March 2018

1      March 1st -  Alley Theater - "Oskar  vs. The Thingamabob" K-2nd - 12 noon and 3rd -5th - 1:15 pm  

2       Read Across America Day! (more info for parents HERE )  Students may wear school appropriate pajamas!  Books for sale for $5!  (more info on books for sale HERE )

5      NO JUST RUN Running Club (begins again after 

6      Choir Club Rehearsal 2:45-4:00 pm

7      College Awareness Day – wear your favorite college t-shirt or jersey!

7      4th Grade Field Trip

8      Mad Science

8      Auditions for Choir Club speaking parts

9      3rd Grade Multiplication celebration

9      Early Release 11:30 a.m.

12 – 16 Spring Break Holiday

19    Just Run! Run Club 2:45 - 3:45 pm

20    Choir Club Rehearsal 2:45 - 4:00 pm

22    Art Club 2:45 - 3:45 pm

Events