Welcome to Meet the Teacher! Carleston Elementary 2021-2022 - Pearland ISD

Welcome to Meet the
     Teacher!
           Carleston
          Elementary
          2021-2022

Ms. Martinez
•13th year teaching
•8th year at Carleston-Dual
Language
• Graduated from UH (Go Coogs!)
• Married 11 years, 2 kids
  Santiago (9 years old)- 4th
  Galilea (4 years old)- Pre-K

Mr. Pineda
    •   9th year teaching
    • Graduated from Full
      Sail University
    • Married for 4 years
    • 2 Kids:
     Emiliano (3 years old)
      Isabella (2 year old)

Teacher Information
• Conference Time:        1:35-2:20 (Mrs. Martinez) & 2:20-3:05 (Mr.
  Pineda)
• Teacher Email: martinezkd@pearlandisd.org
                 pinedac@pearlandisd.org
  Please call for an appointment 281-412-1412
• Homework Expectations:
   – Reading- Daily Reading Log- 20 minutes a night, parent
     signature.
   – Math- Based on students’ needs- Please check
     homework folder.
• Classroom Expectations:
   Conduct communication will be in their homework folder. ​
(Green)

Other Support Staff
     Ms. Rodriguez            Ms. Peters          Dr. Berlin     Ms. Hildebrand

          P. E.                  Art                Music             Library

• Intervention Team                        • Special Programs
❖ Ms. Bookman (Dyslexia)
❖ Ms. J. Hernandez (Title I Bilingual
                                           ❖   Ms. Baldwin-Resource/Inclusion
  Reading Intervention)                    ❖   Mr. Cambrice Resource/Inclusion
❖ Jacqueline Marquette (Title I Reading    ❖   Ms. Hawkins-Resource/Inclusion
  Recovery)
❖ Ms. Olivo (ESL)                          ❖   Ms. Stephenson-Speech
❖ Ms. B. Smith (Title I Math)
❖ Ms. Joiner (Reading Interventionist)

Email
• We understand that e-mailing the teacher is a form of
  communication that parents often use. Please know that
  teachers have 24-hours to respond to these e-mails and
  phone calls. Teachers will respond to parent e-mails before or
  after school or during their conference period. If the
  response to the email involves student behavior, academics
  or other confidential concerns, the teacher will call the
  parent in lieu of an e-mail.
• If you have an emergency or information that the teacher
  must receive during the school day, you are advised to call
  the school and leave a message with the receptionist.

School Hours
• School hours are 7:55 am—3:15pm.

• Students may begin arriving at 7:15 am.

• Students arriving after 7:55 am will be counted tardy.

Arrival
• Please use the drive to drop off your
  children. Students should never be dropped off in
  the parking lot.
• If students are being walked across, an adult must
  cross with them and only at the crosswalk.
• Parents will not be able to walk their students into
  the building.

Dismissal
                                 Bus Riders
• Parents must register students online for bus services.
• If you have a Pre-K or kindergarten student that is a bus rider, an adult
  must be at the bus stop upon arrival.
                                  Day Care
• Please make sure you call your day care each day that your child will not
  be going to day care. Ex. If they went home from school or stayed at
  home ill.
                                  Car Riders
•   Please enter the drive from Fite Rd. Please make sure your sign is visible to the
    caller and pull forward to the cone. Your child will be directed to go to a
    numbered cone. With our younger students you can practice having your child
    recognize and answer to their name when it’s called.

Dismissal
               NeighborhoodWalkers
• These students live in the West Oaks subdivision on the
  north side of our campus and will be escorted into the
  neighborhood entrance across the drive.

                 Crossing Guard Walkers
• These students live in the West Oaks subdivision on the
  south side of our campus. They will be escorted across
  Fite Rd. by the crossing guard and teachers.

Dismissal
               Changes in Transportation
• Any changes in dismissal routine must be made by 2:30 p.m.
  unless a note was sent to the teacher that day.

                     Rainy Day Procedure
• All dismissal procedures remain the same. The only change
  would be for the neighborhood and crossing guard walkers
  in the event of severe weather. These students will be
  dismissed to parents from the cafeteria.

Breakfast and Lunch

• Breakfast and lunch are free to all students this year.
• Breakfast and lunch visitors are not allowed due to
  current COVID circumstances.

Birthdays
• Parents may provide store bought cupcakes or
  cookies (in a package with a seal) for birthdays. You
  can also send in prepackaged snacks.
• Cakes, or anything that requires a plate, juice,
  balloons, flowers… are not allowed.
• Please consult with your child’s teacher about any
  food allergies in the classroom.

Be Respectful, Be Safe, Be Responsible

       • Please work with your child(ren) to
be responsible in remembering what they need to bring to
                    school each day.
mask, device, water bottle, homework, backpack, snack,
                       lunch, etc.

 •      Please practice with your child(ren) on being self-
       sufficient and safe. Ex: opening their own car doors,
     tying their own shoelaces, and opening their own food,
                                 etc.

PBIS

Conduct/Work Habits

Grade Level Learning Expectations: TEKS

  For information on the general
  grade level skills your child will
  cover this year, please visit the
  following TEA website.

  http://tea.texas.gov/curriculum/teks/

Grading Policy
• At a minimum, all students will have 2 grades per week for
  Math, Reading and Language Arts (in the language of
  instruction). Additionally, at a minimum, all students will have 1
  grade per week for science and social studies.

                    Failing Assignments
• Redoing Failing Assignments (assignments recorded in grade book)
   • Daily Work: After re-teaching occurs, students will have the
     opportunity to correct their assignment. Students may
     receive full credit up to a 70%.
   • Tests/Assessments: Students have the opportunity to re-do
     a failing grade and earn full credit up to a 70% on any
     test/assessment. The only exception to this policy is if a
     teacher chooses to delete the grade for the entire class,
     then the teacher will re-teach and give a new
     test/assessment to all students.

Language of Instruction
• ELA/SLA alternates per week.
• Here is an example of what that looks like:

                             Guided Reading will
                             also alternate the
                             language of
                             instruction for the
                             week.

Class Schedule

Class Schedule

Committing to Your Child’s Education
Carleston is designated as a Title 1 school that receives federal
                   funds for classroom support.
    School-Parent Compacts            Parent and Family Engagement
                                                     (PFE)
• School-parent compacts are
  agreements between parents         • Every Student Succeeds Act
  and school staff to help             (ESSA) requires a living
  children achieve high standards.     document that builds on key
                                       areas for meaningful parent
• The compacts recognize that          and family involvement.
  families and schools need to
  work together toward mutual        • PFE goals are to work as a
  goals and that                       community
  they share responsibilities          to implement effective parent
  for each student's performance.      and family involvement
                                       activities to improve
                                       student academic
                                       achievement and
                                       school performance.

Signup
• You will be sent a link to signup.com
• You will be able to sign up for a spot for a
  teacher conference.

2021 Accountability and Input
A copy of our school report card is located on the
Carleston website.

                                        Ways to Communicate

Volunteering in our School
 • Due to the current circumstances, we are not
   allowing volunteers at this time unless you are a
   member of PTA.
 • Information about fields trips will come at a later
   date if we are able to have one.
Our PTA is fabulous and is still
active! Please consider joining.
http://carleston.my-pta.org

Carleston’s Vision and
             Mission
The vision of Carleston Elementary is to instill in students a love of
 learning through exemplary education, civic responsibility, and
                      personal determination.

 We provide exceptional service to the community and empower
  children by meeting every students’ needs, delivering rigorous
      instruction, developing innovative programs, modeling
professionalism, and producing outstanding student performance.

CIS-ACE Program Overview

The Communities In Schools After-school Centers on
Education (CIS-ACE) program offers an opportunity for
students to receive academic , homework assistance and
enrichment activities outside of school hours.

The program is free to qualifying participants with a focus
on providing expanded academic and enrichment
opportunities such as:

•Tutoring and homework assistance
•STEM activities: science, technology, engineering and math
•Robotics
•Culinary Arts
•Health and wellness
•Fine arts
•Educational programs that reinforce the regular
academic program.
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