News from Mrs Graves

Upcoming This Week

MONDAY, 12/18  FINALS BLUE - DAY 1

7th/8th gr Boys' Basketball vs Lanier @ POMS 5:30 p.m.
7th/8th gr Girls' Basketball @ Lanier, 5:30 p.m.

TUESDAY, 12/19  FINALS GREEN - DAY 2

Band Holiday Concert and Spaghetti Dinner, 6:00 p.m.

WEDNESDAY, 12/20  FINALS BLUE - DAY 3

THURSDAY, 12/21  FINALS GREEN - DAY 4

PTO Sponsored Teacher Appreciation Luncheon
NO AFTER SCHOOL CARE - 3:30 Dismissal for Everyone

Winter Break - December 22 - January 7
Students Return - January 8, 2018



Finals Schedule

Dress Code
During the Fall semester we relaxed the dress code to allow students and families time to recover from the impacts of Harvey.  We mobilized our PTO and were able to provide all impacted families with access to five uniform shirts, a spirit shirt and a hoodie. Some families also received dress code appropriate bottoms.  We have been monitoring dress code and making sure students were able to meet the expectations by providing additional uniform shirts and hoodies as needed.  

The campus plan is to begin enforcing the dress code in January, and please know we still have resources to assist any student or family that may still need assistance.  Violation of the dress code will result in disciplinary consequences.

Some things that may help your child avoid issues with dress code:

• Review the dress code in the planner
• Students should be wearing a collared white, gray or royal blue shirt on Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday each week.
• Spirit shirts are reserved for Fridays.
• Students wishing to wear some sort of sweatshirt or sweater should wear the official Pin Oak hoodie or sweatshirt, or may wear a solid colored white, gray or royal blue sweater or sweatshirt with a logo smaller than the student ID.  There should be no variation in color and no design on the sweater or sweatshirt.
• Students should have a current school ID on a lanyard, visible on top of the shirt, sweater or sweatshirt. IDs may be purchased from the school store for $5.
• Students may wear denim jeans, khaki, navy blue or the official school tartan bottoms. Pants should be free of design and should not have tears.  Skirts should be no shorter than 2 inches about the knee, or the length of the short side of the student ID. 

Please use this week to help your child comply with dress code expectations.  Please let us know if we can help in any way to make this possible. Beginning in January, House offices will begin tracking dress code violations and assigning consequences for dress code violations.

PSAT Scores for 8th Graders

On Friday, all 8th graders took home a letter with information for accessing PSAT scores online.  If you did not receive it, please ask your child.  It was distributed through English classes.  We have not received paper score reports, but will distribute those as soon as they are available.  

End of Grading Cycle

Thursday is the final day of this grading cycle.  Please encourage your child to check GradeSpeed and turn in any missing assignments.  An INC for this grading cycle will result in the student losing eligibility for any UIL activities or competitions.  

Yearbook Photo Request
Yearbook needs photos of Pin Oak students during the eclipse; at this season's Astros games; in the Houston snow; and at Pin Oak sports, performances and events.  Please email photos with students' names to our yearbook advisors, Autumn Beckman, at abeckman@houstonisd.org

Yearbook Order Reminder
December 31 is the last day to order your yearbook for $45.  Prices go up on January 1.  Books can be ordered from www.balfour.com and will be distributed at school in May.

POMS Boys' Lacrosse

Pin Oak Boys Lacrosse registration will be open soon!  Boys lacrosse is a wonderful club sport which starts in January.  It is open to all boys.  Go to www.pobl.org for all of the information!!