Parents, we really need your help:

Please model safety by only crossing Proud Panda Drive at the crosswalks. When you cross with your children where there is no crosswalk, you are modeling unsafe behavior. We want our children to be safe and unhurt. If your children walk home after school to the Stoney Ridge neighborhood across from the school, they will be walked by school staff to the crossing guard and assisted across the street. Please remind your children to cross only at the crosswalk with the crossing guard. We appreciate you modeling for your child how to follow safety procedures. In the morning, students should only exit cars next to the curb when being dropped off and never walk around or between cars because it is so dangerous. The speed bumps are helping. Thank you for driving slowly.

Parents, Thank you for letting the office staff know before12:00 (noon) if you want to pick up your child or change the way he or she gets home after school. This will really help us.

Thank you to parents and students for arriving on time each morning by 7:30. Lunch detentions are few this year.

Popham strives to serve our students in the safest and most effective manner possible.  Our system of dropping off and collecting students both in the mornings and afternoons is designed to be safe and hassle free.  Here are some pointers to follow:

Drive carefully!

Please drive slowly in school zones. Drop off/ Pick up students only in designated areas.

The safety patrol will be in service every morning, beginning at 7:00 am to help direct traffic and open the doors of the cars. Please do not stop to get students in the crosswalk, or drop them off in areas not marked by the cones at the front of the school.

No Cell Phones in School Zones!

It is now illegal to use cell phones either for talking or texting in a school zone. Anyone caught driving through a school zone talking or texting on a cell phone could face up to a $200 fine (State Law HB 55).

Take the bus to school

We encourage all parents to utilize the district school buses unless you live in the Stoney Ridge neighborhood where bus service is not available. Utilizing the buses will decrease the number of cars dropping off and picking up students and also help the Transportation Department adjust the bus routes quickly.
 

Drop Off / Pickup Times

The school is open for students at 7:00 AM. The delivery times of students in the morning are from 7:00 to 7:30, and in the afternoon from 2:50 to 3:10 pm. Students are Tardy after 7:30am.

All students not riding a bus enter the school through the front doors only.

(Please be aware that if you drop your students off before that time, they are not supervised by school staff.)

Parking

Parking is allowed only in the front of the school.

Please use the visitor parking spaces in the front of the school or use the street (Proud Panda Drive) in front of the school for parking.

The Elroy Road parking lot is for buses and staff parking only! The parking lot located at the rear of the school, next to the portables, is also only for staff.  Please do not use the Elroy Road or rear parking lot during regular school hours.

Please don't park in the areas painted with red curbing. These are for emergency vehicles. There is a $250 fine for parking in these red zones.

Pickup changes

If your child needs to go home a different way (ex: by car instead of by bus), please inform the office by sending a note or calling the office that morning

before 12:00 noon. Calling the office after lunch makes it difficult to make changes before students are dismissed. If you choose how your student will get home in the afternoon and stick with it without frequent changes, it will really help us insure that your child gets home safely.

Bring your ID

Please bring your ID when you come to Popham. All Del Valle ISD schools scan visitor IDs to insure that convicted sex offenders do not gain access to our schools.  IDs are needed when picking students up from the office during the school day and after school for regular pick ups waiting in the library. IDs are not needed for evening programs or after school events.

Note to Parents:

If you are going to send someone over to pick up your children, they must have a valid ID and your signed permission on the student information form that is kept in the office.

Help us keep everyone safe by following these directions!

Click the attachment below to view this month's Panda Press and Calendar.

Hagas click abajo para ver el Panda Press y el calendario de este mes.

Click below to read the updated information about the Automatic Telephone Message System.

Click on the link below to view Home and School Connection.

Click on the Free Resources to Share with Families Attachment to get lots of websites to use with your young child.

All students are encouraged to eat breakfast every day at Popham. Breakfast is free for all students. Each morning, students in Pre-Kindergarten through 5th grade eat breakfast in the classroom.  Please encourage your child to eat breakfast at Popham every day. Since the students will be eating in the classroom, parents will not be able to eat with their child. We will still have our morning announcements in the cafeteria each morning and parents are invited to attend. Announcements will begin promptly at 7:30. The students will go to class as soon as the announcements are over.

Important information for Popham Parents

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  Del Valle ISD Parent Involvement Groups

Del Valle ISD values ALL forms of parent involvement. We realize the importance of collaboration with parents (and the community) in creating effective learning environments. We appreciate the commitment that parents undertake to support their children through all of the challenges and joys that are experienced in a public school setting. We respect parents as critical contributors to the educational development of their children. And most of all, we value the inclusion of all parents, without cost, as participants with school personnel in carrying out the awesome responsibility of helping all students reach their full educational potential.

If you are a parent who would like to become more actively involved in your child's school, we encourage you to participate as a member of the Parent Involvement Committee at your child's school. Each campus in Del Valle ISD operates a Parent Involvement Committee. There are no dues or fees required to join. All that is required is a desire to become a member!

For more information about the details of the Parent Involvement Committee at Popham Elementary, please contact Denise Velasquez at 386-3761.

Click on the link to access Popham's Library

Popham Elementary Library

Click the links below to view Popham's breakfast and lunch menus.

Breakfast

Lunch

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