Attendance Policy and Absences:
If your child is absent you can report and excuse it in 1 of 3 ways: call the Attendance line at 281-641-1419 , email the registrar at Karen.Drew@humbleisd.net, or submit the online:Report An Absence Link (the form can also be found on our website). Upon your child’s return to school, please write a note stating the reason for the absence (ill, out of town, etc.). If your child has an appointment with a healthcare professional during the school day, he/she will not be counted absent IF you return with a note from the health care professional. Students not in attendance at 10:00 AM will be marked absent. They will be marked tardy if they arrive after 8:00 AM. School attendance has a huge impact on academic performance. For more specific information about attendance policy, please consult the Humble ISD handbook.
Arrival & Dismissal Procedures:
ARRIVAL: The morning bell rings at 7:55 and the tardy bell rings at 8:00. Students are not allowed in the building prior to 7:30 as there is no supervision and it would be unsafe. Bus riders will arrive in the front driveway and car riders will drop off in the North driveway. The car rider line closes at 7:55 so if a car rider arrives at 7:55 or later please drop them off at the front entrance.
DISMISSAL: Car riders & daycare will dismiss at 3:15. Walkers and bikers will be dismissed at 3:17 p.m. Bus riders will be dismissed at 3:20. Dismissing car riders will be at the North circle drive. If you are picking up in a car, please make sure you have your car rider sign filled in with your child’s name and grade. This makes dismissal go so smoothly. Walkers will exit by the pavilion and bikers will be dismissed at the bike racks. Please no transportation changes after 2:45. If you do change the dismissal method please call the front office AND email the teacher.
Going Home Early: Remember, compulsory attendance laws state a child shall attend school for the entire period the program of instruction is provided; therefore, if you plan to check your child out of school early for an unavoidable reason, please send a note to your child’s teacher. When it is time to pick up your child early, sign your child out in the front office, a driver's license is required, and the office will call to get your child. Please refrain from checking your child out after 2:30 p.m. as this causes undue hardship in the office.
Birthday Treats:
If parents of elementary school students wish to provide a treat for their child’s homeroom to commemorate the child’s birthday, treats can be brought to school. Please follow each grade levels’ guidelines, and remember no balloons or flowers.
Invitations to parties held outside of school, or events hosted or sponsored by parents, cannot be distributed at school (district policy).
Discipline:
Foster is a part of the Positive Behavior Interventions and Supports (PBIS) Initiative. This building-wide plan focuses on our school PAWS expectations: Positive, Accountable, Willing, Safe. Students are recognized on a regular basis and those who continually exemplify our school-wide behavior system will receive Bulldog Bucks that they can spend at the Bulldog Bucks Store.
Rainy Day Dismissal:
In the event of heavy rain, lightning, and/or thunder, all bikers and walkers will go to their normal dismissal areas to see if parents are waiting. Once that is complete the remaining students are taken to the grade level car rider area for pick up. The school will communicate via text and email when we are having a rainy day dismissal.
Tardies:
The tardy bell rings at 8:00. Please write a note for your child when your child is late.
Volunteering:
Whether chairing a PTA subcommittee or taking home a project, your support of our children is greatly appreciated! If you intend on volunteering, this includes attending a field trip, you must complete an application annually. The application can be found on the Humble ISD website or you can complete it here: Humble ISD Volunteer/Chaperone Annual Application
Visiting the Building:
Safety is a priority at Foster! Every visitor to Foster will have their driver’s license scanned into our monitoring system. This system informs us if there is any reason that a visitor should not be on our campus. It will print out a badge that includes the visitor’s name and picture. When the visitor leaves the building, their badge must be returned to the front office so we will have a record of when they left the building. Once a license has been scanned one time after that initial scan it won’t take that much time every visit thereafter, but you still must come prepared with your license for every visit.
Visitors should only enter and exit through the front exterior door. Visitors should not enter the building through any other door. Visitors should not open an exterior door for anyone.
If a visitor does not have the visitor’s badge on in a visible place a staff member will inquire. All people in our building must be wearing either a Humble ISD badge or a visitor’s badge.