Dear Campbell Families,
What an incredible first week! Our campus was filled with smiles, excitement, and Cougar PRIDE as we officially launched the 2026-2027 school year. I am thrilled to share that we had a truly flawless start, and that is thanks to the partnership and support of our amazing families.
Throughout the week, our students focused on getting to know their teachers, building friendships, and learning the routines and procedures that will help them be successful all year long. Taking the time now to explicitly teach expectations creates a safe, structured, and positive learning environment where every child can thrive. We are so proud of how quickly our Cougars are adapting and settling into their new classrooms.
We also want to thank you for the overwhelming response to our PTO fundraiser rollout! The excitement and support we've already seen are a wonderful reminder of the strong community that makes Campbell such a special place. We are grateful for all who have jumped in to support our students and staff.
As you read through this week's newsletter, please find a few minutes to review it thoroughly. It is packed with important information, upcoming events, reminders, and opportunities to get involved.
We hope your Cougars came home each day a little tired, full of stories, but most importantly, excited about the year ahead. The energy, enthusiasm, and joy we saw this week have us confident that this is going to be an amazing year of learning and growth.
Thank you for partnering with us as we work to fulfill our Campbell Promise and our vision of Today's Learners. Tomorrow's Leaders. Cougar PRIDE for Life.
Here's to a fantastic year ahead!
Every Cougar. Every Day. 🐾✨
❤️,
Mrs. Casey
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Innovative Day Schedule: Students will have lunch at 11am on their grade level's innovative day!
Mon - 5th Grade
Tues - 3rd Grade
Wed - 1st Grade
8/17
- News Crew Applications Due (5th Grade)
8/19
- GRHS Community-wide Pep Rally 6:45
8/20
- 1st-5th Grade Parent Orientation - 5:00 - 7:00 pm (adults only)
8/21
- PTO Board Meeting 7:15am in Library
8/27
- K-4th Grade House Slide Day 🛝 (School event only - no guests)
- 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
9/11
- PTO Board Meeting 7:15am in Science Lab
🎂 August Staff Birthdays:
1st - Nikki Agner
1st - Kelly Polinski
8th - Crystal Guerrero
9th - Loren Carver
19th - Liz Strain
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Mark your calendar for our Scholastic Fall Book Fair from September 8-11! More information coming soon! |
We are always looking for innovative ways to provide exceptional learning experiences for students while ensuring our teachers have the time they need to plan high-quality instruction.
This year, we are excited to continue our Innovative Day model. One day every two weeks, students participate in a variety of engaging enrichment experiences while classroom teachers collaborate with instructional leaders in extended planning sessions. During this dedicated time, teachers analyze student data, discuss individual student needs, plan upcoming instruction, and develop targeted strategies to help every child succeed.
While teachers are engaged in this important work, students rotate through enriching learning experiences led by our specialized staff, including:
✨ School Counseling Lessons
💻 Computer Lab
🔬 STEM Lab
❤️ Social-Emotional Learning
📚 Library & Maker Space
Students also continue receiving classroom instruction on Innovative Days, spending approximately 45 minutes learning with their classroom teacher and participating in Cougar Time at the end of the day.
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Cougar Time is a dedicated block of time at the end of the school day focused on meeting students where they are academically. This is critical learning time, so we ask you to be mindful of early pickups, as students miss out on this important learning opportunity.
The time is divided into two 20-minute sessions, allowing teachers to provide:
- Small-group intervention for students needing additional support
- Enrichment opportunities for students ready for deeper learning
- Extension projects that encourage creativity, critical thinking, and problem solving
- Targeted instruction based on each student's unique needs
This flexible structure ensures all students receive the right support and challenge at the right time.
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As part of our commitment to helping students discover new interests and talents, we are launching a new enrichment program during Cougar Time.
During the first week, students completed interest surveys and ranked their preferred enrichment classes. We are thrilled to share that every student was placed in one of their top three choices!
Beginning this week, some students will participate in a 30-minute enrichment class one day each week for nine weeks. These classes are led by our specials team and Innovative Day teachers and provide students with exciting opportunities to explore areas they are passionate about while connecting with peers who share similar interests. Each child will get to participate in different sessions twice this year. If your child does not get to participate this first 9 weeks, I promise they will get to be part of it later this school year!
Our goal is simple: provide meaningful experiences that spark curiosity, build confidence, and help students discover new strengths.
We believe learning should be both rigorous and engaging. Through Innovative Day, Cougar Time, and our new enrichment opportunities, we are creating even more ways for students to grow, explore, and thrive.
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As we roll out the new Ron Clark house system, we are also rolling out the RCA Housepoints app that was generously provided to us by PTO!
In addition to tracking your students as they earn house points and support their team, we will also be using this app for behavior tracking and reporting.
All students have access to the RCA Housepoints app through ClassLink. We're asking all of you to join the app as well. It can be downloaded from your favorite app store, and in Thursday folders this week, you will receive a letter with your child's unique access code, which will allow you to register as a guardian and set up notifications to see when your child earns points and infractions. We will have more information for you at Parent Orientation and staff will b eon hand that night to help you get logged in if needed!
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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 Skyward Family Access Center. 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.
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, please call the campus at 832-223-1300.
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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 pm.
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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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Please do your best to keep your child's transportation plan as consistent as possible. In the event that you need to change how your child goes home, you must call the front office at 832-223-1300 NO LATER THAN 2:00 pm. If you do not get an answer, please leave a message. Our front office staff ALWAYS checks messages right at 2:00 pm before delivering transportation changes to the classrooms.
Please do not send transportation changes through your classroom teacher. They are occupied with students all day and may miss your message.
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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. If you do not have a car rider tag, the caller will ask for your ID and call it into the front office to verify. We ask you to continue through the line and park in one of the visitor spaces. Once verified, a staff member will bring your child to your car. Replacement or additional car tags are available in the front office.
- 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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As the popularity of e-bikes and other motorized vehicles continues to grow, Lamar CISD is reminding families of the transportation expectations designed to keep students, staff, and visitors safe on our campuses. Students who transport themselves to and from school must use authorized methods of transportation. E-bikes are permitted on campus when operated in accordance with Texas law. To be considered a legal e-bike, the bicycle must have functional pedals and may not exceed the speed limits established by state regulations (20 to 28 mph, depending on the class of e-bike). Additionally, operators of Class 3 e-bikes, which can travel up to 28 mph and are equipped with a speedometer, must be at least 15 years of age.
Many vehicles marketed as "e-bikes" do not meet the legal definition of an e-bike under Texas law and cannot be operated on public roadways or school property. We encourage families to verify that any motorized bicycle their student rides complies with state law before bringing it to campus.
The following vehicles are prohibited because they do not meet the legal definition of an e-bike or are otherwise not authorized for student use on school property:
- ATVs (All-Terrain Vehicles)
- OHVs (Off-Highway Vehicles)
- Electric motorcycles
- Electric mini-bikes
- Pocket bikes
- Similar high-powered motorized devices
Students must also comply with all applicable traffic laws while on school grounds, including requirements related to helmets, licensing, permits, registration, and insurance.
If a prohibited motorized vehicle is brought onto campus, school police will notify campus administration and contact the student's parent or guardian to arrange for the vehicle to be picked up.
Our goal is not to inconvenience families. It is to ensure that every student arrives at school safely while complying with Texas law. We appreciate your partnership in helping us maintain a safe learning environment for everyone.
If you have questions regarding whether a vehicle is permitted on campus, please contact the school administration before sending it with your child.
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As a parent, I know how difficult it can be to entrust your precious children with others. Please know that we take that responsibility seriously and have plans in place to be prepared in the event of an emergency. You will ALWAYS receive communication via Parent Square of any disruption to our normal operating procedures.
This week, we did call a Hold on campus, and I am so grateful to the parent who reached out to clarify what that means. I realized that while we have the chart posted in the newsletter every week, parents may not fully understand the different protocols, so I wanted to take time to go through each one.
HOLD - Clear the hallways. All students and staff remain in their current location. Teaching and learning continues as normal.
Holds may be called for a multitude of reasons when we need the hallways to be clear. Some examples are:
- To move heavy equipment for maintenance or event setup
- To handle a medical concern of a child or adult and allow medical personnel to move through the building without obstruction and provide privacy for the sick or injured person
- To handle a public discipline or student dysregulation moment and allow privacy and dignity for an upset student
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SECURE - Return from outside. All students and staff must remain inside the building. Teaching and learning continues as normal.
A secure is called when there is something going on outside of the campus that poses a risk. Some examples are:
- An animal in one of the outside learning spaces/playground area
- Maintenance or construction occurring in one of our outdoor spaces
- Police or other emergency action nearby in the neighborhood
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EVACUATION - Evacuate the building. All students and staff must exit the building. Teaching and learning is paused.
A secure is called when there is something going on inside of the campus that poses a risk. Some examples are:
- Fire
- Chemical spill
- Gas leak
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SHELTER - Response depends on the issue. All students and staff follow administrators' instructions. Teaching and learning is paused.
A shelter is called when there is a dangerous weather condition or hazardous material situation that requires us to seek shelter. Some examples are:
- Tornado warnings
- Hazmat situations inside or outside of the building
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LOCKDOWN - Locks, Lights, Out of Sight. All students and staff remain behind locked doors, lights are turned off, and students are moved to a location in the room not visible from the door. Teaching and learning is paused.
A lockdown is called when there is a threat inside the building. Although this situation has never happened at Campbell, we do practice with the students.
We know this is a scary one. Rest assured that our classroom doors are already locked at all times, so no time is wasted during a lockdown to secure the classrooms. We explain to students that if they are out in the hallways at the restroom or for some other task when a lockdown in called, they are to run to the nearest classroom. Teachers do a brief sweep of the hallway as they close their door to ensure that children in the hallways are gathered safely into a room and accounted for.
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Our emergency response system allows for teachers to account for themselves and students silently on a mobile app, so within a very short period of time, administration is aware of the location of all students and staff during any of our emergency protocols. We practice this during regular drills. Staff members can also initiate an emergency through this app if they notice something, and it will alert the entire campus as well as district personnel.
In addition, the district has recently equipped all staff members with an emergency button that is worn with our lanyards. Staff can push the button 3 times to call for leadership team assistance, and pushing the button 7 or more times initiates a campus lockdown. This notifies the entire campus as well as district personnel and emergency services.
We take safety very seriously, and we want you to understand the systems we have in place to practice and ensure that everyone knows what to do in an emergency. I consider your child's safety to be my #1 priority.
I would ask that when you receive notice of a drill or actual emergency that you resist the urge to immediately call or come up to campus. I will be in direct communication with district and emergency officials, and it is critical that phone lines are kept clear. Coming on campus can create a more dangerous situation. We will communicate as much as we can as soon as we can, but we have to prioritize securing the campus and ensuring the safety of everyone over outside communication.
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.
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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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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! |
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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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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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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