Kingwood Schools

Open House for KHS & KPHS Has Been Rescheduled for Monday, October 6th.

Kingwood Park High School Homecoming Information

The Homecoming Game is Saturday night, October 11th , at 6:00 p.m. vs. Galena Park High School at Turner Stadium.
The Homecoming Dance is on Saturday night, October 18th from 8:00 pm - 11:00 pm at KPHS.

Kingwood High School Homecoming Information

The Homecoming Game is Friday night, October 10, at 7:30 p.m. vs. MacArthur High School.

The crowning of the Homecoming Court and the presentation of Beaus and Sweethearts will be at the pre-game ceremonies at 7:00 p.m. The voting for Homecoming Court will be in MAP classes on Oct. 3 and Oct. 10th.

The Homecoming Dance is on Saturday, October 11th from 8-11 p.m. at the Humble Civic Center. Dress is semi-formal. Cost per student is $20.00 each. Tickets will be sold at all lunches during Spirit Week, October 6-10. You do not need a date to attend this dance. Pictures are available at the dance. Portrait pricing will be posted around the school on Friday.

eSchool Plus - Keeping Track of Students at Humble ISD

Parents of students attending Humble ISD schools may have noticed that the “back to school” packet contained a form entitled “eSchool – Home Access Reference Guide”. This new software package is replacing the Pinnacle Internet Viewer (PIV) application which parents have previously used to view students grades online.

Having moved into this school district from a not so technologically savvy district, I thought the PIV application was great. There was no longer any need to depend solely on progress reports and report cards to determine how your child was performing academically.

While checking on the recently updated Humble ISD website for more information, I couldn’t help but notice that there was a tagline stating that the eSchool Home Access Center would be available on August 25^th, the first day of school. This updated later disappeared with no further mention. We contacted Mike Drachenberg, Executive Director of Technology Services for Humble ISD and were told that “the system is ready to go and campuses are preparing, as we “speak”, to communicate with parents regarding access (to the new system)”.

Mr. Drachenberg added that “Campuses will be sharing detailed information on this soon but the new system will work somewhat differently than the previous software in that parents will be able to setup their own accounts. Previously, the campuses had to generate the IDs and passwords and then distribute this information with instructions for accessing the application. With the new software, parents will be able to setup their own accounts provided they are listed as a parent/guardian for the student”.

A little digging around reveals that the eSchool Plus application is much more robust than the previous PIV, but perhaps it’s enhanced abilities are intended for a much more complex administrative mission.

As quoted from the eSchool Plus website, this software is focused on “meeting accountability requirements”. Emphasis is placed on ease of tracking student’s performance as required by No Child Left Behind (NCLB) measures. However this software also facilitates tracking of other areas such as scheduling, attendance, discipline, standardized tests, report cards and transcripts.

Hopefully the transition to this new software will be seamless and will result in teachers having more time available to teach instead of keeping up with administrative reporting. Mr. Drachenberg added that “it's not uncommon for some isolated issues to appear due to the magnitude of the conversion. Parents will need to contact the school to report any problems with setting up the accounts so that campus personnel can troubleshoot and correct the problem. While we expect some hiccups early in the account setup process, we are excited about providing parents access to some great applications that will help them monitor their student's academic progress”.

Although the eSchool Plus website does not leave you with the warm fuzzy feeling that experimental learning and evoking critical thinking by our students is the software’s company top priority, it is too early to tell since the product is not yet available for Home Access viewing.

Kingwood.com will be running a poll once eSchool Home Access is up and running to find out how you feel about this new step in the technology initiative for our district.

Welcome to the new Schools area of Kingwood.com

Over the next few weeks we will be introducing you to this new feature which focuses on what is going on in our schools from a teacher, parent and student perspective. We hope this will be an area of our site which provides a meeting place where all participants in the school community will feel at home in and be able to access information quickly.

Have a question, go to the forum section and post it online, see who answers it first. Can’t remember the date of an upcoming school event? The “Events” section under the School Zone will feature happenings and important dates to mark on your calendar for sports, theatre, band, Open House, Parent’s meetings, Homecoming, Dances, Club events and much more.

Stay tuned as we get this new feature up and running for Back to School 2008. Be on the look out for your favorite high school football coaches comments before each game featured on our “Coaches Corner” section. See which athletes were captured on camera during the game. There is much more to come. --