Debbie Barker-Principal

19910 Stonelodge, Katy, TX 77450

Phone: 281.237.5450
Fax: 281.644.1575
KISD Website: www.katyisd.org
PE PTA Website: pattison.txpta.org

September 17, 2010

Upcoming Dates
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Calendar Did you notice?
The Pattison Post is coming to you on Fridays!
Wednesday
September 22 The PTA is trying its best to make the
“See You at the Pole” Pattison Post available to you on Fridays
7:30 a.m. instead of Tuesdays so readers have ac-
cess to information for the upcoming
Thursday week sooner.
September 23 The PTA wants to give readers more time to plan the week
Math Curriculum Night ahead. The weekend is a natural time to log in to access infor-
6:30-8:00 p.m. mation on the new PTA Website, read the Post and update
personal calendars; and/or parents can visit KISD’s Parent
Friday Information Center to plan their child's lunches, add money to
September 24 their account if needed and check their online grades. Hope this helps!
5th Grade
Science Enrichment
Parent Training
10:30 a.m.-2:45 p.m.
Principal Debbie Barker will present
(come-and-go training sessions
start on the half-hour) a short program to the community
on the upcoming Bond Election,
SUBSCRIBE TO:
Pattison eNews at Thursday, Sept. 30, at 6:45 p.m.,

http://enews.katyisd.org following the PTA General Assembly

at 6:30 p.m.
PATTISON POST EDITOR
Shelley Eastland The 4th grade program will follow directly after
eastland@hal-pc.org
the bond presentation.
Article Deadline:
Wednesdays at 10 a.m.
 Don’t be Tardy!
TIP: Turn by 8:00 or
you could be late.
What does this mean? Morn-
ing car riders are experiencing heavy traffic on
Stonelodge and it’s causing students to be marked
tardy. Here is the tip: If you are NOT turning on
Stonelodge by 8:00 a.m. then your student
could be late.
Notes from PPCD
PPCD is looking for some treasure
(small toys for our treasure box). As
you clean out your toy boxes, closets and bedrooms,
please consider donating all the little extra toys
you don’t want anymore... happy meal type toys are
perfect for our treasure box. THANKS!
Attention 5th Graders:
Let's Get this Contest Rolling!
Did you receive your yearbook cover contest packet
last week? If not, contact the Yearbook Co-Chairs...
Melanie Schneider at Seianlem@aol.com or
Michelle Mobley at Michellegmobley@gmail.com
Good Luck and don't forget...it
needs to be turned in by
October 1st!
Mark your calendar
Pattison Elementary
Math Curriculum Night for Parents
Thursday, September 23
6:30-8:00 p.m.
Find a Cure:
It’s A Matter Of
Principal
It’s that time of year again to mark your calendar
for the Susan G. Komen Race for the Cure on
October 2 in downtown Houston at Sam Hous-
ton Park.
Pattison is proud to have a team walking for a
cure. Our team name is called
It’s A Matter Of Principal
and we are walking in honor of
our wonderful principal Debbie
Barker and the many other Pat-
tison families that have been
affected by this disease.
Please go to http://rfch.convio.net/site/TR/
Race/General/1125806806?
pg=team&fr_id=1080&team_id=44741
and click on join team and then register . You
can also go to http://www.komen-houston.org/
and search for our team name…It’s a Matter of
Principal. Our team captain is Amy Richards
( Mrs. Barker’s daughter). If you register by Sep-
tember 22 and would like to order a team shirt
for $7 please e-mail Amy your t-shirt size to
amykbarker@gmail.com otherwise wear the shirt
you are given in your packet. If you are unable to
attend but wish to donate to this wonderful
cause you can use the same link and donate to
any team member’s pledge drive.
On Wednesday, Sept. 29 we will meet in the Pat-
tison library to go over car-
pooling, parking and gath-
ering as our team. If you
are unable to attend the
meeting on Wednesday
our Pattison team will
meet race morning in the
lobby of the Doubletree
Hotel at 7:30 a.m. Hope to see you there.
Calling 4th Grade Parents: Collect Box Tops for Pattison
Science Enrichment Volunteers Needed
Box Tops for Education is an easy money mak-
Technical and Volunteer Coordinators ing project for our school! Look for Box Tops
Needed. These labs can’t be coupons on hundreds of General Mills Products!
held without these two 4th grade
parents. Cut them out on the dotted line and save them
until you have collected a handful. Put them in a
baggie or envelope with your child’s name and
We Will, we will ROCK YOU – with our Geology grade on it. Then have your child bring it to school
Lab….along with many others but only if you volun- and drop the bag in our brand new collection box
teer either as a coordinator and/or parent. A science located in the cafeteria. PTA will
background is not necessary; we will train you and hold a monthly drawing for prizes
provide you with a Volunteer Guide with the an- for students who participate.
swers. Two training sessions will be held Oct. 15 and
Feb. 4. And, don’t stop cutting them out!
Session I: Oceans October 22nd We’ll be collecting all year long!
Session II: Geology November 19th
Session III: Human Body December 3rd
Session IV: Measurements February 11th Volunteer in Kindergarten Centers
Session V: Heat Energy April 1st
You’ve heard the saying “All you ever
Add a little rock and roll to your needed to learn, you learned in Kin-
day and come be with your kids on dergarten.” Well there is truth to that.
Fridays. Look for the volunteer That’s why scheduling parents to help
forms in the Tuesday folders. The run Kindergarten Centers is so impor-
forms will be available online on tant. Centers needs more parent help-
the new Pattison PTA Website at ers on Mondays and Wednesdays. If you’d like to
www.pattison.txpta.org. Go to Site come see how Centers work this
Pages and then parent Forms. month that would be great! For more
information call Becky Nicholas at
Science Rocks, 713-392-3647(m) or 281-676-8797(h).
Carrie Eick, (temporary) Technical Coordinator

Help Kindergarten
School Store Opening for Business Recycle Juice
Sing it loud and sing it proud. The
Pouches
Pattison School Store is opening
soon. The store will be open each Kindergarten is collecting Capri-
Thursday starting September 23 Sun brand juice pouches for our
on the stage (enter from the gym). Kindergarten centers. We are working with Terra-
There will be 2 lines on the stage; cycle recycling to earn money for our centers.
each line has the same exact items. Please do not try
to go to the other side. Most of the school store items Please save your Capri Suns
are priced between $0.15 and $2.00. We have me- and turn them into the marked
chanical pencils, erasers, colored pencils, pens, pencil Terracycle bins in the cafeteria!
sharpeners, and more. The Pattison Car stickers also Help save our planet and earn
are available for $2.00. money for your school!