Corey Times
Back to School Edition
August 14, 2023
Back to School
Do you see that?! It's first day of school and it's right around the corner! The Corey staff is beyond excited to start the 2023-2024 school year and we hope you are too. This is the first edition of the Corey Times for this school year, and we hope you will use it as your main source of information about what is going on at Corey.
Thank you for being a member of our amazing school community. Thank you for choosing Corey to serve you and your family. Let's make this school year the best one yet!
Meet your new admin team
Mrs. Cynthia Anthony
Principal
Over the past 14 years, I have taught Kindergarten through 4th grades, and served as a Reading Specialist. At Corey, I've taught in Kindergarten, 3rd Grade, and 4th Grade. I served as Assistant Principal for three years. Now, I am grateful to serve as Corey's Principal.
I have two energetic daughters who are also here as Corey Cubs. So, as a school leader, former teacher, and parent, I am committed to ensure Corey is a safe, inclusive, and positive environment to all families. I'm looking forward to getting to share more about my story with you this year!
Mr. Omar Alonso
Assistant Principal
Teaching is my second career and I am so glad I made the change. I started teaching in Irving ISD in their dual language program. I then switched to Birdville ISD where I taught 6th, 7th, and 8th Grades. For the past two years, I've served as Corey's testing facilitator and I am honored to serve as the new Assistant Principal.
New Staff Members
Laura Crump
Dyslexia Teacher
Ryan Golden
Librarian
Alecia Hayes
Speech Pathologist
Vanessa Menh
KG Teacher
Olivia Puente
Clerk
Brittany Rainey
Nurse
Robin Clauser
Diagnostician
Stay Connected
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Registration
Our front office staff is working very hard to ensure all students are properly registered. Our incoming Kindergarteners always take more time since they are new to Corey, but our returning students are easier to process. We have completed registration for the majority of our families and informed parents of their child's teachers. If you have not yet completed this process or do not know your child's teachers, please call the office at 682-867-3900 and we are happy to assist. Our new clerk- Ms. Puente, and our secretary-Ms. Jarvis, are working extremely hard to help as many parents as fast as possible.
Thank you for your patience as we support all Corey families to get registered.
To complete this required process:
1. Log into Parent Self-Serve at:
https://is-teams.aisd.net/selfserve/EntryPointHomeAction.do?parent=true
2. Upload your proof of address (current gas, water, electricity bill, or mortgage/lease agreement in the name of the parent/guardian)
3. Upload a valid Photo ID of Parent/Guardian (Driver's license, state or international ID, or passport)
Video tutorial of the process:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1O6-xxFEVsVME_s-TcxEMRcKeI0zOEjQH/view?usp=sharing
Having trouble logging into Parent Self-Serve?
Username Recovery is available at:
https://is-teams.aisd.net/selfserve/SignOnForgotUserIdAction.do?x-tab-id=undefined
Password Reset is available at:
https://is-teams.aisd.net/selfserve/HomeLoginAction.do?parent=true&teamsStaffUser=N
School Supplies
EPI Supply Pack were delivered to the school, and PTA has delivered them to your child's grade level hallway. Thank you, PTA, for making this a convenient and affordable way for students to get their supplies.
If you did not order supplies in advance, it's okay. The supply list for each grade level is shown to the right. You can bring these supplies during Sneak-a-Peek or the first day of school.
School Supply list can also be found here:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1zzLIu1-uSjtiNrxDEIVUdj-QYua8BJIY/view
Bus Transportation
Arlington ISD provides transportation to and from Corey Academy and various transportation hub sites. The following schools have been selected as hub sites this school year: Bebensee, Fitzgerald, Foster, Hale, Little, Morton, Remynse, and Short Elementaries
Students should be at their hubs by 7:05 a.m. The driver may or may not adjust the times, but will inform us if they do change. The afternoon drop-off times vary upon location, traffic, etc. They usually drop off between 3:50-4:30. Please take a moment to apply for transportation if interested.
Tarrant County Kids
Tarrant County Kids (TCK) will continue to provide before and after school care at Corey Academy. Please take a moment to look over the enrollment information if interested.
Food and Nutrition
For lunch, you may choose to provide your child's lunch or purchase a lunch from school. For more information about purchasing school please select the following link.
https://www.aisd.net/district/departments/chief-financial-officer/food-and-nutrition-services/
Breakfast and Lunch Menu:
https://arlingtonisd.nutrislice.com/menu/corey-academy
Need to add money to your child's account?
Paypams Meal Payment
To apply for Free & Reduced Meals click the link below:
Lunch Schedule:
Arrival Procedures
The first week of school's arrival procedures will be different than the rest of the year.
Wednesday, August 16th - Friday, August 18th
After signing into the front office and receiving a visitor's badge, parents may escort students directly to class. Our school's main doors open at 7:30 a.m., but classrooms are not open until 8:05. All students will come to the cafeteria and dismiss to the classrooms at 8:05 a.m. We ask that everyone parks in the lower parking lot (not in front of the school). Handicap parking is available in the front of the building. Additional handicap parking is available on the east side of the building, closest to Kelly Elliott Rd.
Parents may walk their child to class the first three days of school (Wednesday through
Friday).
New security procedure: Starting the first day of school, ALL adults must pass through the front office to get their visitor's badge. Therefore, the Kinder/1st grade gate will be closed for the first 3 days of school. This will help the staff ensure ALL adults receive their badge. Please leave it on your shirt until you leave Corey.
The Rest of the School Year
7:30 a.m. School doors open for those who need to drop-off early. All students will be dropped off at the front entrance, proceed to the cafeteria to eat breakfast (if desired) and to wait for their teachers. Students may read quietly, draw, or whisper. Bus riders are dropped off in the bus loading/un-loading zone on the side of the building and then enter cafeteria. Students will remain in the cafeteria until 8:05 a.m. when they will be escorted to their grade level areas.
Drop Off: All students will need to be dropped off in the front of the building (front entrance). Please make sure to drop off students in the designated areas only, and to follow instructions from staff members working the cross-walk.
Visitors: No visitors will be allowed for breakfast, but will be allowed for lunch. We have many students in the cafeteria before school starts, so we ask for your assistance in making sure that we can manage the quantity of students safely.
8:10 a.m. First bell will ring and instruction will begin. Students will engage in community time or bell-ringer activities in the classroom. If at all possible, please make sure to have students on campus by this time.
8:20 a.m. Tardy bell. Students who arrive past 8:20 a.m. will need to stop by the office for a tardy pass. The expectation is that students are in their classroom (not entering the building) by 8:20 a.m.
Kinder/First Grade Students: Kinder and First Grade students (only) who are dropped off between 8:10 and 8:20 a.m. can be dropped off at the gate by the Kinder pod entrance. Before 8:10 a.m., they will be dropped off at the main entrance and proceed to the cafeteria just like older students.
Dismissal Procedures
Our dismissal bell rings at 3:35 p.m. daily. Students will remain in the building during this process and will be picked up in the front of the school. Please make sure your child's name tag is clearly visible on your windshield. Our staff will input each family's designated number, and it really slows down the process when they have to stop each car and ask parents to provide their child's name. For safety purposes, we need all families to display their dismissal tag.
We ask that all parents remain in their vehicles during this process. We will not have "walk-up" pick-up. Parents have the option of allowing their children to be "walkers" (North Walkers or South Walkers). These students will be escorted by staff members off the school grounds and towards their final destination. North Walkers exit the building and pass our playground area as they walk north. South Walkers exit the building and walk towards our school marquee and crosswalk. This is the designated crosswalk (with a crossing-guard) on Kelly Elliott Road.
Some of our families may also select to enroll their child in the various Day Cares in the area or to use AISD transportation. Those students will wait in the cafeteria and load the AISD bus or daycare bus in our bus loading zone. Please do not drive into our bus loading zone because we will only release car riders at the front of the building in the loading zones in the main drive-way area.
Mrs. Uribe has created an informative video to further explain the arrival and dismissal process.
Early Pick-Up
The end of the day can be quite busy as our students prepare to go home, our teachers provide last minute instructions, and our classes move to their designated dismissal areas. We also have a line that begins forming in our drive-way as parents arrive to the campus.
We ask that there are no "Early Pick-ups" after 3:00 p.m. If you need to pick up your child before the regularly scheduled dismissal time, you must arrive in the office prior to 3:00 p.m.
Visitors/ Volunteers
Please remember that student safety is our number one priority. All visitors to the campus, without exception, need to ring our doorbell at the front doors to request access into the building. You will need to state your name, name of student, and reason for the visit. All visitors need to provide a valid picture identification to be processed through the system and obtain a visitor's pass. This visitor's pass/sticker (or volunteer pass) should be worn in a visible area at all times. Visitors must exit through the office area and turn in their visitor pass/sticker. For safety reasons, we need to know who is in our building at all times.
No visitors will be allowed for breakfast, but will be allowed for lunch. We have many students in the cafeteria before school starts, so we ask for your assistance in making sure that we can manage the quantity of students safely. Please remember that only those individuals listed on the student's registration form will be able to have access to students during the day to join them for lunch or pick-up.
Conferences and volunteer opportunities need to be pre-scheduled with the teacher/s or through our Corey Cubs PTA volunteer program. If you haven't done so already, please consider completing an AISD Volunteer Application for this school year.
AISD Approved Volunteer Application
PTA
Our Corey Cubs PTA plays such an integral role in our school community. We look forward to working together once more this school year. Please see information below from our Corey PTA:
Have you ever wondered where your PTA membership dollars go? From the $8.50 that you pay to join PTA, $2.25 goes to National PTA, $2.25 goes to Texas PTA, and $4.00 comes right back here to Corey. We use these funds for things like field trips for our students, reimbursing our teachers for school supplies they purchase, and even giving back to our community by giving away a scholarship to a high school senior in our district. Your PTA membership does so much more than you know. For only $8.50 you are partnering with our PTA to provide the best possible school experience for our students and staff here at Dean P. Corey Academy of Fine Arts and Dual Language. We could not do this without YOU!
To join PTA, please go to www.joinpta.org and select the AISD option and then select the Corey option.
Upcoming Events
Come to Corey to meet your child's teachers, sort their school supplies, and receive important information from your teachers.
Planning on walking your child to class on the first few days of school? Come by the front office so we can scan your photo ID.
Kindergarten parents, please plan to join us immediately following drop-off on the first day of school for a Boo Hoo/Yahoo Breakfast in your honor. Our principal, Mrs. Anthony, our assistant principal, Mr. Alonso, and members of our PTA Board will be there to welcome all of you to the Corey family and answer any questions that you may have. We hope to see you all there!
Join us on August 15th
for PTA's Chalk the Walk and help decorate our sidewalks with encouraging messages for our students.
Please remember that starting the 1st Day of school, ALL visitors must check into the front office to get a visitor's badge.