7935 Farmingham Road Humble, Texas 77346

Website: www.humbleisd.net/mbe Phone: 281-641-2900

Fax: 281-641-2917 Attendance: 281-641-2919

Clinic: 281-641-2947 Menu Hotline: 281-641-5838

Marcia Reineking, Principal

Annette Nevermann, Assistant Principal

Learning is an adventure . . .

Enjoy the journey!

4/29 Magazine Fundraiser Kickoff

5/2

Kindergarten Roundup 9:00-10:00 am

Math Olympiad Tournament

MBE Skate Night Humble Skate Center, 6-8 pm

5/3

Houston Rodeo & Livestock Show Visit - NO LUNCH VISITORS

Humble/Kingwood Relay for Life, SCHS, 7 pm - 6 pm

5/7 Class of 2013 Senior Reception MBE Library, 3:30-4:15 pm

5/9 Green Team Meeting (3rd-4th) Science Lab, 7:30 am

EARLY RELEASE @ 12 PM

5/1 Humble ISD C@mp IT Registration Open at 6 pm

IMPORTANT DATES

THE BEAR FACTS April 29, 2013

Maplebrook Elementary

Cafeteria Menus

Breakfast

Lunch

Parent Book Study We are hosting our second parenting book study on May 15th from 5:00-6:00 in the library. The title of the book is When Children Leave You Speechless! If you are interested in attending, please RSVP to Jana McLain or Annette Nev-ermann by May 1st. A book will be sent home with your child. If you are interested in childcare, please let us know. Cookies will be served.

MBE Skate Night

Maplebrook will be having a Spirit Night at Humble Skate Center in Humble on Thursday, May 2nd, from 6:00-8:00 pm. The cost is $6 per person and MBE will earn a portion of the proceeds. Siblings, neighbors, friends, and parents are all invited to at-tend this fun event! We hope to see you there!

MBE PTO Board Applications Please consider joining MBE PTO where you can make a difference for our school! There are various positions that need to be filled. For more informa-tion and to apply, download the MBE PTO Board Packet. Applications are due to your child’s home-room teacher on Monday, April 29th.

MBE Senior Reception

Class of 2013 graduates who are former MBE students are invited to attend a reception in their honor on Tuesday, May 7th, from 3:30-4:15 pm in the MBE Li-brary. Come visit with friends, teachers, and fellow graduates. We hope to see you there!

Awesome Artwork Congratulations to 4th grader, Emma Sims, for earning a perfect score of 12 out of 12 in the Texas Elementary Art Meet (TEAM). Art teacher, Kim Hancock, submitted entries to the event which provides students the opportunity for both commendation and feedback on their artwork. Way to go, Emma!

Kindergarten Roundup will be held on Thursday, May 2nd, from 9:00-10:00 am for incoming 2013-2014 Kinder-garten students. During the Roundup, information will be shared by Kindergarten teachers, the campus registrar, and others.

Parents of new Kindergarteners should enroll their child online at the following link: https://eshac.humble.k12.tx.us/EO_Parent/User/Login.aspx Please note that online en-rollment is ONLY for new Kindergarten students. Once you have enrolled online, please call 281-641-2900 to make an appointment to register. Registration will start Friday, May 3rd, from 9:00-11:00 am and 1:00-2:00 pm. Please bring all necessary documents to your appointment, including:

• Original official birth certificate • Original Social Security card • Up-to-date immunization records • 30-day current utility bill • Parent/Guardian driver’s license for identification

Please mark your calendars for the upcoming Maplebrook Music Events:

Saturday, April 27th, 10:00 am - Humble ISD Fine Arts Festival - Lone Star College Kingwood - Broadway Bears to perform Thursday, May 9th, 7:00 pm - Maplebrook Malleteers’ performance Tuesday, May 21st, 2:00 pm - AMS 6th Grade Orchestra Concert Friday, May 31st, 8:30 am & 1:30 pm - 5th Grade Talent Show Mrs. Ruff, Music Teacher

Music Notes

Marvelous Mathematicians!

Five top Math Olympiads and one alternate have earned their places in the district tournament sched-uled for Thursday, May 2nd. We are very proud of all of Ma-plebrook's Math Olympiads who have competed this year for the

opportunity to participate in the district contest. We know that the top hard-working math stu-dents will do their best to bring home the gold to Maplebrook! Pictured left to right are: Joshua Buning, Addison Gault, Kirsten

Blest, Samantha Moreno, Jake Milliken and Gabby Karamihan. The Math Olympiads are coached by 5th grade teachers Kathleen Fillingim and Erin Rodriguez.

Each summer Humble ISD provides testing sessions for students who wish to attempt credit by exam for acceleration to skip a grade and/or course. There will be a change this year in our middle school math placement exam process. Current 6th and 7th grade students who wish to advance to an honors mathematics class from an on level mathematics class will follow the same testing pro-cedure and schedule as all other students taking credit by exam for acceleration. This spring we will have two testing sessions on Saturday, Saturday, May 18, and Saturday, June 1. We will have summer testing every Thursday beginning June 13.

Summer Testing Sessions Thursday, June 13 Thursday, June 20 Thursday, June 27 Thursday, July 11 Thursday, July 18 Thursday, July 25

Thursday, August 1 8:30 a.m. - 3:30 p.m.

Testing Locations:

Humble High School Instructional Support Center Humble Administrative Bldg. 1700 Wilson Rd. 4810 Magnolia Cove 20200 Eastway Village Drive Humble, TX 77338 Kingwood, Texas Humble, TX 77338

Testing Criteria: To skip a grade, elementary students must take 4 tests and middle school students

must take 8 tests - Math, Language Arts, Social Studies, and Science for the grade they wish to skip. A score of 90% is required on all tests for the student to be eligible to skip the grade. Tests are given over 2-3 days with two tests each day, one in the morning and one in the afternoon with a lunch break in between. Students are allowed 3 hours for each test although they rarely use that much time. Parents should be available on testing days so they can be reached if students finish early.

On-line Reviews: Exam reviews are available on-line at the Texas Tech website at http://

www.depts.ttu.edu/ode or http://www.dce.ttu.edu For further information, please go to www.humbleisd.net/mbe/jmclain or email Jana McLain

Humble ISD Credit by Examination

Attention Parents of 5th Graders: AMS School Supplies

It's time to order 2013 - 2014 School Supplies! This year, AMS is using SchoolKidz, a Staples company, that offers high quality name brand products. Every school supply kit purchased will come with FREE bonus items including, a heavy duty archival box, 10 "money from home" enve-lopes and 40 personalized student ID labels.

Why prepackaged school supplies? They make your life easier by saving you time & money. Every kit includes exactly what the teachers requested, spare you from running around town trying to find all the items in one place and prepare your child for learning on the first day of school! Click HERE to order online (credit card) - use school account #93392. The last day to purchase school sup-plies online is May 10th. Orders will be distributed in August during Tiger Check-In.

Technology Camp June 10-13 Takes Kids to Amazing Space Online registration will open from May 1st, 2013 at 6:00 p.m. The Humble ISD Instructional Technology Department is proud to announce they will be hosting the 5th annual C@mp IT, a curriculum-based technology summer camp for Humble ISD 4th and 5th graders. C@mp IT is a half-day technology camp that will be offered during the week of June 10-13, 2013. During camp, the students are immersed in a technology rich environment as they focus on a thematic unit of study. This year’s theme is Amazing Space, and our campers will be traveling across the universe. Campers will spend the week creating a video, designing their web page, recording news segments, making a design for their t-shirt, and much more. The culminating activity will be a trip to the Humble ISD Observatory Thursday night. The camp consists of 70 students entering 4th and 5th grades in the fall of 2013. There is a registration fee of $60 per student to cover the cost of materials which includes a T-shirt. Students are selected on a first come, first served basis. For more information and to register, go to: www.humbleisd.net/campit

Join MBE’s American Cancer Society Relay For Life Team

Big Hope Under the Big Top��

REASON to RELAY

Come join the Circus for a night! Our Relay For Life® is about celebration, remembrance, and hope. By participating, you honor cancer survivors, pay tribute to the lives we've lost to the disease, and raise money to help fight it all right here in your community! Come walk with us and enjoy the ceremonies! Event Date and Time Event Location May 3, 2013 7:00 PM-till 6:00 a.m. Summer Creek High School

MBE Bear Luminarias: Light of Hope Would you like to honor someone with a personalized “Bear”

Luminaria at our Relay For Life Ceremony of Hope? You too can help spread the light of hope and honor or remember those in your life who have been touched by this disease. On sale at the MBE Carnival and from Jodi Wappelhorst until May 3rd.

Get Skunked!! Get Skunked

Coins for Cancer - Bring in you spare change and pesky coins by May 3rd. It can be deposited in the big water bottle by the office.

MBE Relay Shirts – Be on the lookout for design and order forms at the carnival. T-shirts from previous years will be on sale for a reduced price. Available for purchase at the carnival and throughout the rest of the year.

Teachers’ classrooms will be “skunked” with a stuffed skunk. Students and teachers will need to raise at least $5.00 to remove the “stink” from their classroom. Ask your child if their classroom has been “skunked”. Students who bring in money will have their name placed in a drawing to win the skunk. Drawing will be held on May 3rd.

Humble/Kingwood Relay for Life Website MBE Relay for Life Team Website

BUY TICKETS & ENTER FOR A CHANCE TO WIN

1 ticket for $5 or 

3 tickets for $10 

ITEM #1 14kt Gold Pendant | .50ct Genuine Round Citrine | 18in 14kt Gold Chain 

Retail Value: $600 

Provided By:  

1781 Jamestown Road, Suite 160 | Williamsburg, VA Phone: 757‐345‐5351 

ITEM #2 Shell Houston Open (First Tee) T‐shirt Autographed by Houston Texans 

Matt Schaub, T.J. Yates, and Phillip Supernaw

ITEM #3

2 Tickets to the Astros vs. Athletics Game | Saturday May 25, 2013 in Club Level II  (Section 230 Row 5, Seats 1&2) Valued at $92.00 

Tickets Available at Maplebrook Elementary Carnival on April 12th

and from Jodi Wappelhorst and Randa Symuleski through May 3rd at the Relay.

DRAWING ON MAY 3, 2013, at the Humble/Kingwood Relay for Life You do not need to be present to win.

100% of the proceeds go to Relay for Life 

Checks can be made to American Cancer Society