Southside Elementary

📣 Pre-K and Kinder enrollment for the 2025-2026 school year will open on Monday, April 7! AISD is excited to welcome your little Cats to a fun, safe and engaging learning experience! AISD offers free Pre-K for those who qualify. Tuition-based Pre-K is available at your zoned campus if space is available. To enroll in Pre-K or Kinder, visit www.angletonisd.net/PrekandKinder In-person enrollment for Pre-K is April 28 - May 22 on Tuesdays and Thursdays at your child's zoned campus from 8:30-11:30 a.m. and 1:00-3:30 p.m. For assistance with finding your child's correct zoned campus, please call 979-864-8000. For more info, check out the attached flyers or visit www.angletonisd.net/PrekandKinder #BecauseWereWildcats #FortheFuture

Reminder: Tommorrow (Monday, February 24) is a professional learning day for faculty and staff at Angleton ISD. Students will not attend school.

Important Message from Angleton ISD - AHS Drumline Competition Incident Today, our Angleton High School Percussion Drumline was at a competition at Pasadena Memorial High School. There were 43 AHS students at the competition along with two band directors and a percussion technical consultant. At the end of the competition, as the band directors and technical consultant were leaving the school, an elderly male who was standing in the hallway took out a handgun and fired a shot. The technical consultant was hit in the shoulder and was transported to a Houston hospital. The victim never lost consciousness. The AISD percussion director left the scene unharmed and immediately got all AHS students on the bus. All AHS students were safely accounted for and have made their way home to Angleton safely and without further incident. Our information is that the elderly male was apprehended by Pasadena police. AHS will have counselors on campus first thing in the morning on Monday when school returns to provide support for the students involved in this incident and any other students affected by this incident. We are deeply saddened by this event, and we wish to commend the Angleton ISD staff for their quick and decisive action in keeping our students safe. Our current information is that this is an ongoing investigation in which AISD will fully cooperate. Our hearts and prayers go out to all those affected by the incident, and we will continue to provide the needed support for our students and staff.

WEATHER UPDATE - AISD Schools Will Open Thursday Wednesday, January 22, 2025 at 4:15 p.m. All Angleton ISD schools will open with normal operating hours tomorrow (Thursday, January 23). AISD officials have continued to monitor the weather as well as the road conditions and district facilities. Please continue to monitor the AISD website and social media for any updates and please continue to stay warm and safe.

WEATHER UPDATE - Wednesday, January 22, 2025 at 10:45 a.m. We are in the process of assessing district facilities after the winter storm. We will communicate no later than 5:00 p.m. today about school tomorrow.

WEATHER UPDATE - AISD Schools Closed Tuesday and Wednesday Sunday, January 19, 2025 Due to the continued forecast of potential winter weather and possible unsafe travel conditions for our students and staff, all Angleton ISD schools and facilities will be closed on Tuesday, January 21 and Wednesday, January 22. At this time, school will start as normal on Thursday, January 23. (Reminder that school is closed Monday, January 20 for a holiday.) The regular monthly school board meeting scheduled for Tuesday, January 21 has been postponed until 5:00 p.m. on January 28, 2025. We will have an update about the rest of the week on Wednesday morning. Please continue to monitor the AISD website and social media for any updates. Stay warm and safe!

Can you spot the signs if your child is struggling with being bullied? Check out this quick video: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1qaJBvmHk4vILhETZ32L9V0AFaMdr1JIT/view?usp=sharing AISD has partnered with Smart Social to bring valuable resources to parents about creating safer online environments for our kids. Visit www.SmartSocial.com to learn how you can help support your child, your school, and your community with issues like cyberbullying. You can also check out other valuable online parent resources that Smart Social has available. #SmartSocial #BecauseWereWildcats

Today, Southside's 4th grade students took the stage in their Broadway music program featuring drumming ensembles using Tubano drums funded through an AISD Education Foundation grant! 🥁 We're so proud to see our students shine, and grateful for the foundation’s commitment to providing resources that inspire creativity and learning. Catch their performance again tonight at 6:00 p.m. for parents and the community! #FortheFuture #BecausewereWildcats

REMINDER - The Angleton ISD & UTMB Annual Community Health & Wellness Fair is this Saturday, September 28 from 9:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. at the Angleton High School CTE Center. You can get health and wellness info and FREE services for you and your whole family. There will be a Kidzone, health screenings, and more! Hope to see you there!

🎙️ 🎧 AISD is gearing up for the second season of AISD Extra - the district podcast. We want YOU to be part of it! What burning topics, inspiring stories, or thought-provoking questions would you love to hear us discuss in our upcoming episodes? Submit your questions via this link https://forms.gle/R4jYK17enHGiA2UG7 by 10:00 a.m. on Wednesday, September 25, and you might hear your question featured in the upcoming episode due to drop at the end of the month! Stay tuned and catch all the episodes on Spotify, YouTube or online at www.angletonisd.net under Communications. Be sure to subscribe and follow! #AISDExtra #AngletonISD #podcastlaunch

One last reminder...GOLDEN CAT BINGO & LUNCH is tomorrow! As a chance to thank our senior community for their continued support of Angleton ISD, we invite all senior citizens to join us at the CTE Center (next to Angleton High School) from 11:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. on Friday, September 20 (TOMORROW) for a special lunch by our wonderful CTE Culinary students and for a fun-filled game of bingo with prizes! Golden Cat activity passes will also be available for anyone who qualifies and needs one. The pass allows for free entry into certain AISD home activities. Please RSVP at AISDCommunity@angletonisd.net or contact us at that email for more info! #BecauseWereWildcats

Attention All Parents Bilingual Students - We are hosting a watch party on Thursday, September 26 from 12:30-2:00 p.m. at the AISD Pavilion (next to the Administration Building). This event will help parents learn the support available to help their children succeed at AISD. You can visit https://www.txel.org/parents-and-families for more information!

Angleton ISD Superintendent Phil Edwards has written a letter to address the recent incidents happening in the district. Go to Wildcat News on the district website at www.angletonisd.net to read the letter.

Are you a Wildcat senior citizen and need a Golden Cat Activity Pass to get into certain AISD home activities for free? Not sure what that is? Come by our Golden Cat Bingo and Lunch event on Friday, September 20 from 11:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. at the CTE Center (next to Angleton High School). RSVP at AISDCommunity@angletonisd.net or contact us at that email for more info. #BecauseWereWildcats

Important Statement from Angleton ISD - Wednesday, September 11, 2024 As many of you know, there was a school shooting in Georgia last week and another one yesterday in Nebraska. First of all, our hearts go out to the family and friends of all the victims in Georgia and Nebraska. Any time there is a shooting, no matter the location, school districts across the nation experience a rise in reports of comments about potentially threatening behavior. This has been happening throughout Texas, and Angleton ISD has received calls and reports from parents and students who are concerned about a potential threat or about a comment they have heard from someone else. We have thoroughly investigated each report we have received concerning inappropriate comments and rumors that were threatening in nature, and these comments and rumors were found not to be credible. Students made poor choices when commenting. Our main priority is the safety of our students and staff, and our administration takes any potentially threatening situation seriously and investigates them all thoroughly. AISD will follow the Student Code of Conduct to determine appropriate consequences for students who make threats or threatening comments, and law enforcement will be involved to determine any legal consequences. Often, we have students who make poor choices when making comments that are of a threatening nature. These comments and the rumors that follow can cause unnecessary panic and can disrupt the school environment. We ask parents to talk with their children about the seriousness of making threatening comments of any kind and spreading rumors. There are serious consequences for making threatening comments in person or online. We encourage students and parents to report any concerns immediately through one of the district’s reporting resources: -- Contact or tell a campus administrator. -- Contact or tell the AISD Police (979-997-7220). -- Use the Anonymous Alerts system through the app or by clicking https://report.anonymousalerts.com/angletonisd/ or by visiting the AISD website and going to Keep AISD Safe (See it, Report it). -- Call Crime Stoppers at 800-460-2222. We also ask students and parents to use these appropriate methods to communicate threats or issues. Communicating threats through social media creates more issues and concerns for our students, parents and staff. If you have questions or concerns, please contact your child’s campus principal.

Important Message about the Weather - Monday, September 9, 2024 We are currently monitoring the weather as the course of Tropical Storm Francine continues to be tracked by weather officials. Our most current forecast shows that our community is not in the path of the storm. At this time, we will continue school as normal this week. We will continue to keep an eye on the forecast and in communication with our weather experts, and we will communicate any changes if needed.

Angleton ISD is proud to announce the new website and mobile app are LIVE!! Check out www.angletonisd.net to explore our new and improved look! Keep an eye out for more details on new features and helpful tips that will keep you in the loop on everything Wildcats. AISD has worked hard to bring you an improved user-friendly platform. If you detect an issue, please email: aisdnews@angletonisd.net.

Check out AISD Superintendent Phil Edwards on a live virtual event about AI for Student Success: Being Productive & Learning Future Skills. The virtual event will be live tonight at 6:00 p.m. our time (scan QR code). We will also share the link later with parents. #FortheFuture

REMINDER - The 2025-2026 Rezoning Survey closes on Friday, August 30. You can visit www.angletonisd.net and click on the “Rezoning Info” link to review the maps of the potential new attendance zones for the 2025-2026 school year and to complete a brief survey/form for Angleton ISD to collect input and allow our community to ask questions about the changes starting in the Fall of 2025 when we open two additional schools – Heartland Elementary and Heritage Junior High. (AISD has been developing new attendance zones as well as a new transfer policy for the 2025-2026 school year)

Please join us at a special open house for the new Angleton ISD Operations Service Center (3000 Technology Dr.). The open house will be on Tuesday, August 27 from 3:30-5:30 p.m. with a ribbon cutting at 5:00 p.m.