Welcome to Sugar Mill Elementary!
We are pleased to welcome our new students and families. Sugar Mill Elementary is an outstanding school with a wonderful staff! Our school colors are green and yellow and we are the "Sparklers." If you download and print the related document, you will have a handy brochure with the most frequently requested information about the school.
 
Beth Graham, Principal
 
13707 Jess Pirtle, Sugar Land, TX 77478
Phone: 281.634.4440 Fax: 281.634.4459

Each year we recommend all parents go online to be cleared as a parent volunteer/ chaperone. This process is detailed on the FBISD web site. In this way we screen all volunteers for a criminal background. It is REQUIRED for any parent volunteering in the school or attending a school trip as a chaperone.

All students attend school from 8:10-3:10.
The doors open at 7:30 am and any child not in their seat when the 8:10 bell rings is tardy. On days of heavy rainfall we extend the tardy time based on the line of cars.

We are proud to announce that Mindy Warren is the Sugar Mill Teacher of the Year for 2012! She teaches kindergarten. By her thoughts, words, and actions, she represents the best in all of us and we are all thrilled to have her represent Sugar Mill Elementary.
Previous Teachers of the Year who are still on staff: Candice Scheffer, Rosie Valdiviezo, Marybeth Porter, Linda Koistinen, Janna Hoke, Pam Clack, and Nancy Bernstein.

When a student is absent they must bring a note when they return to school. On a full sheet of paper, please include the date or dates of the absence, the child’s name, reason for the absence and the teacher’s name.
If the note is not received after two days of the absence, it automatically becomes an "unexcused absence." Repeated unexcused absences become a truancy issue. Please help avoid this by sending the note when your child returns. Thank you!

See attached guidelines for dress code, based on the FBISD dress code outlined in the Student handbook.

Any medication to be administered at school must be delivered to the clinic in the morning, be in the original container, and be accompanied by the medication consent form. See related document to download a copy.

Kindergarten 10:30, recess 11:00
Grades 1-5 will be having recess BEFORE their lunch time. Children eat more, drink more, are calmer during lunch, and we avoid upset stomachs during recess. We will all wash hands before lunch.
First 11:00
Second 11:30
Third 12:00
Fourth 12:30
Fifth 1:00
 
Click Here for current lunch menu.

Please see the related document for the Sugar Mill school supply list.

The following documents are required to register:

• Birth certificate or it’s equivalent (passport)
• Immunization records
• Proof of residence (lease or deed and utility bill, electricity or water only)
• Student’s social security card (call if you have questions)
• Picture ID of parent or guardian (showing our school zone address)
• Report card (grades 2-5)
• TAKS Results (grades 4-5)
 
Please contact our registrar, Carolyn Habryl, with any questions you might have. 281-634-4443.

Please adhere to the following rules to ensure the safety of each and every child.
• Students who are car riders may be dropped off and picked up in the back parking lot drive. Commerical size day care vans and buses use the drive by the cafeteria. Day care providers in family cars must use the back parking lot drive.
• Parents who need to come into the building may park in the front visitor parking lot.
• Students who walk to school or home will be escorted across the street by our cross guards. In the morning they enter the school through the cafeteria doors.
• Fire lanes (curbs painted red) are to be kept clear of cars at all times.
• Please comply with No Parking signs along Bournewood and Jess Pirtle.

On your child's birthday, their name is announced and they receive a birthday pencil and good wishes from the principal. While parents may bring store-bought cookies or cupcakes, these must be eaten in the carpeted classroom during instructional time, so please be cautious about brightly dyed frosting. We ask that you also be sensitive to the varied food allergies that many of your child's classmates may have. We do not deliver party invitations, treats, flowers, balloons, or gifts.

Our motto is "Get in the Game!" Sugar Mill is a TEA Recognized School, due to a slight dip in scores last year for a sub-group of students. We want to continue to achieve at levels beyond the TAKS test. We received Gold Performance Acknowledgements for having over 30% of all children, in each group, score at the commended level (90%+) in Reading, Writing, Math, and Science. We are very proud of this focus on advanced achievement. In all subjects, in all areas, in every grade, we want to provide a challending and enriching curriculum. Our goal is increased student achievement in all areas. We also examine how we stand in the Just 4 the Kids rankings, striving to place at the top of our comparable school group. Beth Graham, Principal

The emergency closing of schools is determined by the superintendent. Announcement of such a closing will be made via the news media.
 
TV Channels 2, 11, 13, 26, 45, 51 or Radio Stations KKBQ 790AM, KCBQ 93.0FM, KILT 610AM, KILT 100FM, KIKK 650AM, KIKK 95.7FM, KMPQ 980AM, KMPQ 104.9FM, KPRC 950AM, KHCB 105.7FM, KTRH 740AM, KMJQ 102 FM, KBXX 97.9FM

Our Campus Based Leadership Team members meet monthly, with one public meeting each year. CBLT reviews TAKS results, the operation of the school, instructional arrangements, the budget, and has final approval on the staff development plan. Invitations for membership will go home at the start of the school year.
 
Go to Services, CBLT, Resources to access CBLT membership and minutes.