We had an amazing day welcoming our staff back from summer break and spinning them all into their new PRIDE houses! We were also able to surprise them with the incredible news that Campbell is once again an "A" rated campus by TEA, and we are once again the #1 elementary campus in LCISD! 🏆🥳🙌🏻⭐
This is a HUGE team effort, and we could not do it without all of the tremendous support we receive from our community! Thank you for your trust and support. We push our Cougars to work hard and reach just beyond what they think they can do. They always rise to the challenge and amaze us with their curiosity, perseverance, and enthusiasm!
As we rolled out our plans for the new year, we have a lot of exciting things planned to encourage, enrich, and excite our Cougars this year! As we thought about the year ahead, we talked about the incredible partnerships we have with our families and are excited to roll out our Campbell Promise:
At Campbell, we ignite curiosity, build character, and prepare every student to thrive in an evolving world through rigorous and engaging learning.
Vision: Today’s Learners. Tomorrow’s Leaders. Cougar PRIDE for Life.
Motto: Every Cougar. Every Day.
These ideals will be at the forefront of our minds as we work with our Cougars this year and challenge them to blast off to new heights and reach for the stars!
Get ready, Cougars—the countdown to an out-of-this-world year has begun! 🚀✨
❤️,
Mrs. Casey
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8/4
- Beginning-of-Year forms completed by 11:00 am today
- Teacher phone calls begin at 12:00 pm
- Kinder & CAP Parent Orientation - 5:30 - 6:30 pm (adults only)
8/5
- Meet the Teacher - 5:00 - 7:00 pm (come & go)
8/11
- First Day of School - Doors open @ 6:45 am
- Boo-Hoo/Yahoo Breakfast in the Library @ 7:15
- First PTO General Meeting during Boo-Hoo/Yahoo Breakfast!
8/13
- Chick Fil A Greatwood Spirit Night
8/20
- 1st-5th Grade Parent Orientation - 5:00 - 7:00 pm (adults only)
8/27
- K-4th Grade House Slide Day 🛝
- 5th Grade - Go all out in your house colors! ❤️💛💚💙💜
8/28
8/31
- Raise Craze Fall Fundraiser Kick-Off
9/7
9/8 - 9/11
9/8
9/10
- Open House/Grandparents' Night @ the Book Fair - 5:00 - 7:00 pm
🎂 August Staff Birthdays:
1st - Nikki Agner
1st - Kelly Polinski
8th - Crystal Guerrero
9th - Loren Carver
19th - Liz Strain
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For the 2026-27 school year, all required Lamar Consolidated ISD beginning-of-year forms must be completed online through the Skyward Family Access Center.
Online forms are available through the Family Access Center starting July 27th. It is crucial that these forms are completed PRIOR to your child beginning school. They contain important information about your child that may be needed in the event of an emergency.
Student schedules will be available online on Monday, Aug. 3rd ONLY if all online forms have been completed.
** In order to receive a call from your child's teacher on August 4th, forms must be completed by 11:00 AM! **
Instructions, important dates, a username/password reset button, and technical assistance regarding the online forms can be found by clicking here.
For those who need access to a computer or the internet, computers will be available on campus for Meet the Teacher on Wednesday, August 5th, from 5-7pm.
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- Walkers/bikers are released first so that they can be safely escorted off campus before buses and cars begin moving.
- For safety, we ask that parents wait for their walkers/bikers at one of the 3 intersections across the street from Campbell @ Shadow Bend & Winding Brook or on the other side of the staff parking lot behind the school. Teachers will escort students to the crosswalk, and Mrs. Walker will safely cross them to you. We need all walkers/bikers and their parents off campus before the buses and cars start moving.
- Students in grades 1-5 who are designated as walkers will be escorted across the street by staff and are expected to walk home independently once they have crossed safely. Staff supervision ends after students have crossed the street and staff return to campus. Parents are responsible for ensuring their child has a plan for arrival home and understand that students in grades 1-5 will not be returned to campus if a parent or guardian is not present. Kindergarten students who do not have an adult available at dismissal will be returned to campus. Families who are not comfortable with their child walking home independently should select an alternative dismissal method, such as the car rider line.
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Kinder students: To ensure safety, we will be passing out cards for kinder walker/bikers similar to the blue cards used for the bus. A teacher will escort our kinder students out and students will be released to parents who present a card. Cards can be provided to older siblings if parents are comfortable with them walking home alone. If no one is there to collect your child or you do not have your card, we will return the student to the front office, where they can be picked up by anyone with a valid ID who is on their pickup list. We understand that this may cause slight inconvenience at times, but student safety is our highest priority, and we want to make certain our youngest Cougars get home safely every day. These cards will be available at Parent Orientation and Meet the Teacher or from the front office along with the Kinder bus cards.
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- Our doors open at 6:45 am. Students MAY NOT be left unattended on the porch before this time. There is no adult on duty to supervise students until 6:45 am.
- Please do not park along the street on Shadow Bend or Winding Brook adjacent to the school. This causes traffic to back up and can become a dangerous situation for our walkers and bikers.
- Please follow all traffic laws. No u-turns are allowed on any street surrounding Campbell. We often see parents doing u-turns in the middle of the street on Winding Brook West by the bike racks to avoid the car pool line on Shadow Bend. This poses a safety risk for our walker/biker students as well as other drivers. If your child is not a walker/biker, you must use the car line.
- It is absolutely critical that the front circle driveway is not obstructed for moving traffic. The line starts at the sign by the light pole for those of you who get in line early.
- Our safety patrol students are dropped off just before 6:45, and we need to keep the area near the doors clear for those drop-offs. These cars will pull around the line to drop off at the doors. Please remain parked at the sign until waved forward by staff or safety patrol.
- Please make sure to pull all the way forward to the first cone for your child to exit your vehicle! Our safety patrol students have bright vests on and are eager to help your child! Stopping early causes backups and slows down the line.
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- To ensure safety, each driver MUST have a campus-issued car rider tag in the window to pick up students. If they do not, we will ask them to pull forward and show their ID so we can verify that the driver is authorized to pick up the student. We know that our car rider callers know many of your faces, but to ensure safety in the event of a substitute caller, we need to strictly enforce this policy.
- It is absolutely critical that the front circle driveway is not obstructed for moving traffic. The regular line starts at the light pole for those of you who get in line early.
- In the spring, PTO sponsors an auction where parents can bid on being at the front of the car line. They will pull around the line and pull up to the cones early. Please remain parked behind the sign at the light pole until the teachers begin waving traffic forward.
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ALL Lamar CISD parents and guardians must complete the required Student Transportation Form. This form confirms each student’s main mode of transportation and allows families to officially request bus transportation for the 2026–2027 school year. The form is available on Skyward for parents and guardians.
Important deadlines for 2026-2027:
- Submit the form no later than August 2, for students to ride the bus for the first day of school.
- If a form is not submitted by August 2, students WILL NOT receive bus transportation until August 24.
- For all forms submitted between August 3-21, bus transportation will begin on August 24.
- Contact the student's campus to request any change in transportation choice after August 21. Please note that any changes made after August 21 may take up to five business days to go into effect.
Please complete the forms ASAP whether you plan to ride the bus or not!
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NO UNIFORMS REQUIREMENTS!
For the 2026-2027 school year, all elementary campuses will utilize the District Dress Code. The District Dress Code can be found on page 41 of the Student Handbook.
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If you pre-ordered supplies in the spring or summer, your supplies will be waiting in the classroom for you at Meet the Teacher on Wednesday, August 5th! If you chose to purchase your own supplies, we encourage you to bring them with you to Meet the Teacher. This helps teachers have everything organized and ready for the first day of school, and keeps the backpack weight more manageable for our Cougars on the first day! 😊 |
Our doors open at 6:45 am
The tardy bell rings at 7:15 am
Students are dismissed at 2:40 pm
Our car line can get backed up beginning around 7:05/7:10. Please plan to be in line by 7:00 to ensure your child has adequate time get to class and get settled before the bell rings.
We ask that you do your best to avoid picking students up early. We are teaching from 7:15-2:40. If you must pick up your child for a necessary appointment, please do so BEFORE 2:00. To ensure safety, all change of transportation requests MUST occur by 2:00 by calling the front office at 832-223-1300. You may also notify the teacher, but the front office MUST be notified, as teachers are focused on instruction and may not see notes/emails in time. Thank you for your understanding!
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Any student arriving on campus after the 7:15 AM bell must enter through the front office and receive a tardy slip before going to class.
Students are released to classrooms at 7:00 AM to begin unplacking and getting settled in for the day. Announcements & instruction begin promptly at 7:15. Please aim for having students arrive closer to 7:00 than 7:15. Being in a rush first thing in the morning can make students feel off balance and make for a rough start to the day. If you are in our car line by 7:00, you should never have an issue with tardies!
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I do most of my communication through Parent Square!
Download the ParentSquare app to stay informed and encourage greater engagement and connection with your student's campus and Lamar CISD.
As a registered parent, you can:
- Receive messages from the school and district via phone, email, text, or app notification
- Choose to receive information as it comes or all at once with a daily digest at 6pm
- Communicate in your preferred language
- Comment on school postings to engage with your school community
- Direct message teachers, staff, and other parents
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SchoolCafé gives students and parents a quick and easy way to stay on top of their nutrition. Families can make payments, set up auto pay, set purchase restrictions, get alerts and more. |
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We love lunch time with our families! Please allow us a little time to establish expectations and procedures. We will begin welcoming lunch visitors on Tuesday, September 8th.
Parents are asked to utilize our cougar cafe on the right side of the cafeteria for lunch visits. Due to safety and privacy, you may only provide food for and eat with your own child.
Our Innovative Day schedule will be shared weekly. Please know that the lunch schedule will change on your child's grade level innovative days. Please check the schedule in the newsletter when planning a visit.
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Below is a reference guide to our safety protocols in LCISD. Drills are held regularly to ensure everyone knows what to do in the event of an emergency on or around campus.
You will always receive notification via ParentSquare when we are conducting a drill or experiencing an emergency.
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Staff Shout Outs: We love to share heart-felt shout-outs with the staff. This is a great way to let your child's teacher or any staff member know how much they are appreciated! This link will be live all school year so that we can celebrate the wonderful things being done in our school! Help us spread some joy to our staff members for a job well done or a note of appreciation.
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We love to highlight the amazing things our Cougars are doing outside of school in the community in our newsletter and on our social media all throughout the year! Feel free to email pictures & descriptions to Mrs. Casey at ecasey@lcisd.org! |
Want to get a head start on the Spring Book Festival Reading List for next year? See the image below for the list of titles selected for our 2026-2027 reading challenge for 3rd - 5th graders!
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Check out our website with resources for our parents to access!
This is a valuable resource to enrich your child's learning experience.
You are your child's first and most important teacher. We want to be a team in helping your child grow and reach their potential. Just by asking questions about your child's day (The initial answer to "What did you do at school?" is usually, "Nothing." Keep digging and ask specific questions. I promise, they never did "nothing!") and giving them a chance to talk about what they are learning, you are solidifying the connections in their brain.
The biggest thing we ask is that you take the time to READ WITH YOUR CHILD EVERY DAY! Kids never outgrow enjoying being read to. Bedtime stories and sharing your favorite stories/books teaches children to associate reading with love and comfort.
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Need support on how to use Canvas?
Canvas is the digital classroom platform used in LCISD.
If you need support with Canvas, please reach out to Nikki Agner: nagner@lcisd.org
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The Campbell PTO supports so many of the amazing things that we do at Campbell! We could not be as successful as we are without their tireless support! Help us reach our goal of having EVERY family be a part of PTO! Click the image above for more information! |
Our brand new Campbell Cougar Spirit Store is open! Stock up to make your mornings easier this fall.
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Campbell Elementary has an amazing reputation for partnering with our parents and community to serve our students in a multitude of ways.
In order to serve as a campus volunteer, attend field trips, etc. we must have a current volunteer application completed.
If you have any questions or would like more information about the district’s various volunteer opportunities, please click on the link.
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Lamar CISD launched the 2025-2030 Strategic Plan, a collective commitment to students, families, staff, and the community. Rooted in shared values and shaped by voices across the district, this plan serves as a roadmap for the future of learning in our schools. With a clear vision and mission, six powerful values, and five strategic priorities, Lamar CISD is ensuring big thinking, bold learning, and bright futures for every student.
Our Vision
We are a values-driven community where innovation thrives, excellence is the standard, and every student has access to an elite education.
Our Mission
We equip every student with the knowledge and skills to pursue meaningful opportunities – boldly shaping futures filled with purpose, possibility, and impact.
Our Values
Accountability
Big-Thinking
Compassion
Excellence
Integrity
Joy
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If you have any questions or concerns, please don't hesitate to contact us. You can reach out via the following links:
Social Media Links:
Campbell Campus Facebook Link:
Campbell Specials Facebook Link:
PTO Website:
PTO Instagram:
@bess.campbell.elementary.pto
Grade Level Facebook Links:
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Parents and guardians can access 3rd - 5th grade STAAR® results online through our Skyward parent portal. You are invited to log in and learn more about your child’s performance.
Through the portal, families can:
- View their child’s STAAR results
- Understand performance levels and progress
- Access personalized resources and practice tools to support learning at home
Visit the parent portal and click “Log In & Learn More” to explore you child’s results and discover ways to provide additional support.
See the attachment at the bottom of the newsletter for specific instructions.
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