Spur Independent School District

JV Bulldogs beat Anton Bulldogs. 54-6 Congratulations!

This week PTO will be selling tattoos on Thursday during breakfast instead of Friday.

Monday August 30th- Tuesday August 31st- JV vs. Anton at Anton beginning at 6:00pm Wednesday September 1st- Haskell War Path XC Meet (JH &HS) Thursday September 2nd- Pep Rally @ 3:20pm; Varsity vs Meadow (H) @7:30pm; 5th Quarter @FUMC Friday September 3rd- Saturday September 4th-

August 24, 2021 Summer P-EBT Letter to Schools Texas Health and Human Services is partnering with the Texas Department of Agriculture and the Texas Education Agency to provide summer 2021 Pandemic Electronic Benefit Transfer (P-EBT) benefits to eligible children. Summer P-EBT, which covers June–August 2021, is for families with children (K–12) who are certified for free or reduced-price meals through the National School Lunch Program (NSLP) and for families with children born after Aug. 1, 2014, who receive Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) food benefits. It is a one-time benefit of $375 for each eligible child. There is no summer 2021 P-EBT application. HHS, TDA and TEA request that schools attempt to contact eligible families now about summer P-EBT. Thank you for your assistance with the P-EBT program. We appreciate all the work you do to help make sure Texas families have access to food during this time. Eligibility Children in K–12 who were eligible for P-EBT benefits during the 2020–2021 school year and those who are newly eligible for NSLP are eligible for summer P-EBT benefits as long as they were enrolled in an NSLP-operating Texas school during the last month of the school year. This includes children who did not receive 2020–2021 school year P-EBT benefits based on the virtual attendance percentage provided by their school. Please advise families according to their specific situation: • Children who received 2020–2021 school year P-EBT benefits If a child received 2020–2021 school year P-EBT benefits (because they completed the P-EBT online application or they automatically received benefits because they were part of a SNAP family), they do not need to take any action. They will have summer P-EBT benefits automatically loaded on their Lone Star Card or P-EBT Card. • Children who were eligible, but did not apply, for P-EBT during the 2020–2021 school year If a child was eligible for 2020–2021 school year P-EBT benefits, did NOT receive SNAP benefits at any time between August 2020–August 2021, and has not already completed the 2020–2021 school year P-EBT online application, the parent or guardian can either complete the 2020–2021 school year P-EBT application or complete and return the household application for free and reduced-price meals (NSLP form) to their school by Aug. 28. • Children who are newly eligible for NSLP The parent or guardian should complete and return the household application for free and reduced-price meals (NSLP form) to the child’s school on or before Aug. 28 to see if they are eligible for summer 2021 P-EBT. See the P-EBT summer FAQs on the HHS website for more information about student eligibility or reference the letter to families linked to below. NSLP Household Application for Free and Reduced-Price Meals Receiving free meals at school does not automatically make a student eligible for P-EBT. It is important to note that P-EBT benefits require individual income eligibility unless a child attends a Community Eligibility Provision (CEP) or Provision 2 (P2) school. Please be aware that Aug. 28, 2021, is the deadline for newly eligible families to turn in the household application for free and reduced-price meals (NSLP form) to their school to be eligible for summer P-EBT. The deadline is Aug. 28 because it is the end of the summer P-EBT period. Forms received by schools after that date will not apply to summer P-EBT. The socioeconomic form cannot be completed now to be eligible for summer P-EBT unless a child attends a newly eligible CEP or P2 school. Families who filled out the socioeconomic form during the 2020–2021 school year (by June 30, 2021) are eligible for summer P-EBT. 2020–2021 School Year P-EBT NSLP eligibility for the 2020–2021 school year ended June 30, 2021. The household application for free and reduced-price meals (NSLP form) deadline has passed. It cannot be completed to apply for 2020–2021 school year P-EBT. Communicating with Families To inform eligible families, please use the “P-EBT Letter to Families – August” (select the English or Spanish version as needed), attached below. • P-EBT Summer Letter to Families (English) • P-EBT Summer Letter to Families (Spanish) For more information, visit hhs.texas.gov/pebt (English) or hhs.texas.gov/es/pebt (Spanish), or call the P-EBT Call Center at 833-442-1255, Monday through Friday, 8 a.m.–6 p.m. Central time.

Spur Mini Cheer Camp will be hosted by the SHS Cheerleaders on October 9th from 9:00am till 3:00pm. The cost of the camp is $30 a participant.

Open house and meet the teachers Monday, August 16th at 6:00 pm. 6th grade orientation at 5:00 pm in the foyer. Students may pick up their schedules at that time. Look forward to seeing everyone on Monday.

Snooks is ready for some Bulldog FOOTBALL!! Come out and support your Bulldogs vs Westbrook today starting at 6:00. Meet the Buldogs/Spurettes will be after the scrimmage for football, cross country, and cheerleaders. There will also be a booster club meeting in the bleachers following the scrimmage. If you are interested in being a part of the booster club please stick around. Spur ISD Open House will be Monday August 16, 2021 from 6:00-8:00pm. Have a great weekend.

REMINDER: There will be a substitute meeting on Monday, August 16th at 9 AM for current subs and anyone interested in becoming a substitute teacher! Please come check out what it's all about! We'd love to see you! For an application on subbing or if you any questions please call 806-271-3272!

Just a reminder that Sophomores and Seniors will pick up their schedules tomorrow, 8-10-21, from 4-6 pm. Freshmen and Juniors will be on Wednesday from 4-6 pm.

The National School Lunch Program has extended a Seamless Summer Option waiver into the 2021-2022 school year. This extension will allow us to offer FREE breakfast and lunch to our students throughout this school year. If you have any further questions, please contact Heather Been, 806-271-4531

Tuesday, August 10th- school schedule pickup for sophomores and seniors from 4-6 PM in the library. Tuesday, August 10th- Dual-credit meeting for students who have signed up for dual credit classes or those that are interested in taking one from 6-7 PM in the library. Wednesday, August 11th- school schedule pickup for freshman and juniors from 4-6 PM in the library.

There will be a substitute meeting on Monday, August 16th at 9 AM for current subs and anyone interested in becoming a substitute teacher! Please come check out what it's all about! We'd love to see you! For an application on subbing or if you any questions please call 806-271-3272!

P-EBT Application will be closing August 13th! All Spur ISD students are eligible due to Spur ISD being a CEP district (students eat for free). Pandemic Electronic Benefit Transfer (P-EBT) provides food benefits to families with enrolled students (up to 21 years of age) who temporarily lost access to free or reduced-price school meals for the 2020–2021 school year due to the COVID-19 pandemic. To apply, go to yourtexasbenefits.com/Learn/PEBT Deadline to apply is Aug. 13, 2021.

Just a reminder, Pre-K and Kinder roundup is tomorrow, July 1st!

Spur ISD American Rescue Plan (ARP) Elementary & Secondary School Emergency Relief Fund (ESSER III) Stakeholder Survey. Due to COVID-19, the Federal Government has approved the American Rescue Plan and Elementary & Secondary School Emergency Relief Fund. Recently the State of Texas made those allotments available to schools and we must begin the planning process of how to best utilize these funds. Spur ISD is seeking your input as we work diligently to select the best options for our students. We are currently receiving STAAR Testing results back from the state and feel pretty good about where our students are academically but we are also seeing some areas that need to be addressed. Typically, summer results in some learning loss and the school closures from March 2019 to the end of the 2019-2020 school year added to this loss. We will be looking at the data from STAAR Testing along with stakeholder input in an effort to come up with the best plan possible. Below you will find the link to the ESSER III survey. We welcome all stakeholder input. Students and staff have already received this survey. https://forms.gle/8YxqUcY7a8qkREj38

Pre-k and Kinder Roundup

Early Registration

P-EBT Application is Open! Pandemic Electronic Benefit Transfer (P-EBT) provides food benefits to families with enrolled students (up to 21 years of age) who temporarily lost access to free or reduced-price school meals for the 2020–2021 school year due to the COVID-19 pandemic. To apply, go to yourtexasbenefits.com/Learn/PEBT The application opens June 2. Deadline to apply is Aug. 13, 2021.

2021-2022 Elementary school supply lists have been posted. To find them, click on the drop down Menu, then Documents and there is a 2021-2022 School Supply List folder.

The Department of Health has contacted Spur ISD in regards to providing a location to vaccinate students between the ages of 12-18. If you are interested in your children receiving the Pfizer vaccine for Covid-19 please fill out the form below. If you are not interested in your child being vaccinated you do not need to fill out the form. Spur ISD is using this form to gauge interest from our parents in order to set up a clinic if we have parents interested. Spur ISD would like to offer this option to anyone that feels they would like for their children to receive the vaccine. Spur ISD is not in anyway saying you must vaccinate your children for Covid-19. If interested please fill out the form. Thank you https://forms.gle/of2CYjt4L1bFPHeg9