Friday Night Lights in Italy, watching our Gladiator Football Team, is an exciting and fun family-friendly event to show our Italy pride and support our students. Safety and security is of utmost importance not only in our schools but also at all our extracurricular events.
For all home football games, all spectators are being asked to remain behind the fence that separates the bleachers/concessions from the track and the field at all times. Spectators will not be allowed on the track or the field before, during or after the game. Staff working the game will be wearing lanyards with access tags in order to fulfill their responsibilities and provide support for students, spectators and guests.
At all times, please make sure the only thing our players and fellow spectators hear from us is cheering on our students. Please refrain from heckling, yelling or using inappropriate language towards our coaches and staff or in front of families, students and small children. Let’s keep this a family-friendly event.
At the conclusion of the football game, players will have a few minutes to meet their families at the fence, however, players will remain on the track and families will remain behind the fence.
We look forward to seeing everyone at the game! Have fun cheering on our students and spending time with your family and friends! Go Italy Gladiators!
For all home football games, all spectators are being asked to remain behind the fence that separates the bleachers/concessions from the track and the field at all times. Spectators will not be allowed on the track or the field before, during or after the game. Staff working the game will be wearing lanyards with access tags in order to fulfill their responsibilities and provide support for students, spectators and guests.
At all times, please make sure the only thing our players and fellow spectators hear from us is cheering on our students. Please refrain from heckling, yelling or using inappropriate language towards our coaches and staff or in front of families, students and small children. Let’s keep this a family-friendly event.
At the conclusion of the football game, players will have a few minutes to meet their families at the fence, however, players will remain on the track and families will remain behind the fence.
We look forward to seeing everyone at the game! Have fun cheering on our students and spending time with your family and friends! Go Italy Gladiators!
Stafford Reminder:
Tomorrow, Wednesday, August 27th is Fall and Yearbook Picture Day!
Picture Day ID: EVTZCBP26
To order online and choose different background options please go to www.mylifetouch.com using picture day ID: EVTZCBP26 Paper order forms were sent home with students this week and extras are available at the front office. If you do not order online, on picture day please send in completed order form with exact cash or checks made payable to Lifetouch. Thank you!
Tomorrow, Wednesday, August 27th is Fall and Yearbook Picture Day!
Picture Day ID: EVTZCBP26
To order online and choose different background options please go to www.mylifetouch.com using picture day ID: EVTZCBP26 Paper order forms were sent home with students this week and extras are available at the front office. If you do not order online, on picture day please send in completed order form with exact cash or checks made payable to Lifetouch. Thank you!
*School Spirit Dress Up Days – Most days Stafford will have the same dress up days as the JHS/HS, a few have been changed to be a better fit for elementary students.
*School Appropriate Attire
8/28 – Stafford - Surfers/Hawaiian
JHS/HS - Scurry Rosser, Wash Away the Cats - Bikers vs Surfers
9/5 – Chilton, Walk the Plank - Blackout
9/11 – Clifton, Night Night Cubs - Pajamas
HOCO WEEK:
9/15 – Stafford - Twin Day
JHS/HS - BBQ Dad vs. Soccer Mom
9/16 - Tailgate Tuesday – Jersey Day
9/17 – Stafford - Crazy Sock Day
JHS/HS - Adam Sandler Day
9/18 - Gold Out
9/19 – Cayuga, Time to Shine - Gold Out (Parade, Pep Rally, Game)
9/25 - Valley Mills, Hunt the Eagles - Camo
10/2 - Rio Vista, Blind the Eagles - Neon
10/16 – Axtell, Throw the Longhorns - Throwback
10/23 – Bosqueville, Whoop the Bulldogs - Pink Out
10/30 – Itasca, Skin the Cats - Animal Print
11/6 – Stafford - Italy Spirit Wear
JHS/HS Dawson, All Dogs Lie - White Lie
Stafford Weekly Announcements:
Monday, 25th
PreK Head Start Welcome Event/1st Parent Meeting (Spraberry's Class) 12pm-1pm
School Board Meeting at the High School 5:30pm
Wednesday, 27th
Fall and Yearbook Picture Day - To order online and choose different background options please go to www.mylifetouch.com using picture day ID: EVTZCBP26 Paper order forms were sent home this week and extras are available at the front office. If you do not order online, on picture day please send in completed order form with exact cash or checks made payable to Lifetouch.
Thursday, 28th
STAAR Spring 2025 Growth Incentive Party 5th-6th Grades
September
Monday, 1st
Holiday - No School for Students or Staff
Friday, 5th
All students and staff attend school
Stafford Reminders:
*Parents/Guardians are welcome to visit during lunches of scholars on any day except non-exempt days (i.e. STAAR, etc.). There is a designated area to eat with their student, during their lunch period.
*Parents/Guardians are not allowed to eat lunch with other students or bring food for other students.
*Please make sure and bring your driver's license to run through our security system for a printed badge every time for lunch, meetings, etc.
*For the safety of the students, please do not send students to school with glass bottles or containers. To help with water spills please send bottles that the straw flips in and closes all the way.
*We no longer have cough drops listed on our standing orders that our school physician signs for us. We must have a physician's order before administering any medication. Therefore, if parents wish to have cough drops administered to their child, they will need to have a medication form filled out and signed by the doctor and the parent will need to sign it. Once we receive the completed form, we can administer the cough drops on campus. The parents will need to provide a new unopened package to the nurse's office, and they can only be given per package instructions. As far as giving the children Tylenol for their head hurting, it is also only to be given as needed with a parents’ consent form filled out. We don't want to be giving Tylenol and masking an illness or injury that needs to be looked at by the child's Doctor to rule out an underlying medical condition that could be going on.
*Our dismissal procedures and completion time for our car riders are off to a strong start. Please continue to use and display your car tags, as this helps not only with safety but also with identifying students and cars more quickly. Please let us know if you need another car tag for family members who help pick up your student. For parents buckling smaller students in car seats, please use the outside lane and pull off into a parking spot, we will bring your child to you, and you can take your time buckling your student in. (School employees are not legally allowed to buckle students in.) This will allow us to keep our dismissal line flowing and moving. As always school and student safety is our number one priority.
Please go to www.italyisd.org, select schools, select Stafford Elementary for more helpful information throughout the year. Follow us on Facebook at Italy ISD.
Go Stafford!
Monday, 25th
PreK Head Start Welcome Event/1st Parent Meeting (Spraberry's Class) 12pm-1pm
School Board Meeting at the High School 5:30pm
Wednesday, 27th
Fall and Yearbook Picture Day - To order online and choose different background options please go to www.mylifetouch.com using picture day ID: EVTZCBP26 Paper order forms were sent home this week and extras are available at the front office. If you do not order online, on picture day please send in completed order form with exact cash or checks made payable to Lifetouch.
Thursday, 28th
STAAR Spring 2025 Growth Incentive Party 5th-6th Grades
September
Monday, 1st
Holiday - No School for Students or Staff
Friday, 5th
All students and staff attend school
Stafford Reminders:
*Parents/Guardians are welcome to visit during lunches of scholars on any day except non-exempt days (i.e. STAAR, etc.). There is a designated area to eat with their student, during their lunch period.
*Parents/Guardians are not allowed to eat lunch with other students or bring food for other students.
*Please make sure and bring your driver's license to run through our security system for a printed badge every time for lunch, meetings, etc.
*For the safety of the students, please do not send students to school with glass bottles or containers. To help with water spills please send bottles that the straw flips in and closes all the way.
*We no longer have cough drops listed on our standing orders that our school physician signs for us. We must have a physician's order before administering any medication. Therefore, if parents wish to have cough drops administered to their child, they will need to have a medication form filled out and signed by the doctor and the parent will need to sign it. Once we receive the completed form, we can administer the cough drops on campus. The parents will need to provide a new unopened package to the nurse's office, and they can only be given per package instructions. As far as giving the children Tylenol for their head hurting, it is also only to be given as needed with a parents’ consent form filled out. We don't want to be giving Tylenol and masking an illness or injury that needs to be looked at by the child's Doctor to rule out an underlying medical condition that could be going on.
*Our dismissal procedures and completion time for our car riders are off to a strong start. Please continue to use and display your car tags, as this helps not only with safety but also with identifying students and cars more quickly. Please let us know if you need another car tag for family members who help pick up your student. For parents buckling smaller students in car seats, please use the outside lane and pull off into a parking spot, we will bring your child to you, and you can take your time buckling your student in. (School employees are not legally allowed to buckle students in.) This will allow us to keep our dismissal line flowing and moving. As always school and student safety is our number one priority.
Please go to www.italyisd.org, select schools, select Stafford Elementary for more helpful information throughout the year. Follow us on Facebook at Italy ISD.
Go Stafford!
Fall Book Fair and Grand Friends Week in September! Please bring your driver’s license to run through our security system for a printed badge. Students can shop at the book fair with their family during their lunchtime. The book fair accepts cash, cards or checks payable to Italy ISD. Grandfriends week is a cherished tradition at Stafford, thank you for being invaluable to our school community.
Thursday, 4th
ECSE & FLS – 11am
1st Grade – 11:15am
FLA – 11:45am
Friday, 5th
2nd Grade – 12:30pm
Monday, 8th
4th Grade – 12pm
3rd Grade – 12:45pm
Fall Book Fair Family Night 4:30-6pm
Tuesday, 9th
5th Grade – 11:30am
PreK and PreK HeadStart – 12:15pm
Wednesday, 10th
Kinder – 11:45am
Thursday, 11th
6th Grade – 11am
Please go to www.italyisd.org, select schools, select Stafford Elementary for more helpful information throughout the year. Follow us on Facebook at Italy ISD.
Thursday, 4th
ECSE & FLS – 11am
1st Grade – 11:15am
FLA – 11:45am
Friday, 5th
2nd Grade – 12:30pm
Monday, 8th
4th Grade – 12pm
3rd Grade – 12:45pm
Fall Book Fair Family Night 4:30-6pm
Tuesday, 9th
5th Grade – 11:30am
PreK and PreK HeadStart – 12:15pm
Wednesday, 10th
Kinder – 11:45am
Thursday, 11th
6th Grade – 11am
Please go to www.italyisd.org, select schools, select Stafford Elementary for more helpful information throughout the year. Follow us on Facebook at Italy ISD.
School Name: Stafford Elementary School
Fall and Yearbook Picture Day: Wednesday, August 27th
Picture Day ID: EVTZCBP26
To order online and choose different background options please go to www.mylifetouch.com using picture day ID: EVTZCBP26 Paper order forms will be sent home with students this week and extras are available at the front office. If you do not order online, on picture day please send in completed order form with exact cash or checks made payable to Lifetouch. Thank you!
Fall and Yearbook Picture Day: Wednesday, August 27th
Picture Day ID: EVTZCBP26
To order online and choose different background options please go to www.mylifetouch.com using picture day ID: EVTZCBP26 Paper order forms will be sent home with students this week and extras are available at the front office. If you do not order online, on picture day please send in completed order form with exact cash or checks made payable to Lifetouch. Thank you!
Stafford Families,
Our dismissal procedures and completion time for our car riders are off to a strong start. Please continue to use and display your car tags, as this helps not only with safety but also with identifying students and cars more quickly. Please let us know if you need another car tag for family members who help pick up your student. For parents buckling smaller students in car seats, please use the outside lane and pull off into a parking spot, we will bring your child to you, and you can take your time buckling your student in. (School employees are not legally allowed to buckle students in.) This will allow us to keep our dismissal line flowing and moving. As always school and student safety is our number one priority.
Our dismissal procedures and completion time for our car riders are off to a strong start. Please continue to use and display your car tags, as this helps not only with safety but also with identifying students and cars more quickly. Please let us know if you need another car tag for family members who help pick up your student. For parents buckling smaller students in car seats, please use the outside lane and pull off into a parking spot, we will bring your child to you, and you can take your time buckling your student in. (School employees are not legally allowed to buckle students in.) This will allow us to keep our dismissal line flowing and moving. As always school and student safety is our number one priority.
Stafford Weekly Announcements:
Monday, 18th
*Starting today, parents can start eating lunch with their students!
*Parents/Guardians are welcome to visit during lunches of scholars on any day except non-exempt days (i.e. STAAR, etc.).
*When visiting, parents will have a designated area to eat with their student(s) only; during their designated lunch period.
*Parents/Guardians are not allowed to eat lunch with other students or bring food for other students.
*Please make sure and bring your driver's license to run through our security system for a printed badge every time.
Video Link from Dr. Bray: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1HT2fJWOcoL9gL_9_6hajfZKGQYIW2ep5/view?usp=sharing_eil_se_dm&ts=689e676c
For the safety of the students, please do not send students to school with glass bottles or containers.
Please go to www.italyisd.org, select schools, select Stafford Elementary for more helpful information throughout the year. Follow us on Facebook at Italy ISD.
Go Stafford!
Stafford PTO would love to have more volunteers!! PTO is an organization of parent and staff volunteers who work together for the benefit of the school. PTO promotes collaboration, open communication, parental involvement and positive school culture.
Meetings are on the second Monday of the month at 5:15pm in the cafeteria.
A few great reasons to attend: Connect with other parents. Hear about important news and upcoming events. Volunteer your time, at school or at home, to make a difference in our school community. You do not need to be a member to attend. If you are unable to attend the meetings but would like more information, please contact the PTO by emailing staffordptopresident@gmail.com or reach out to one of our amazing PTO board members.
President, Kaitlin Leach
Vice President, Eva DeLaHoya
Secretary, Ashlyn Conger
Treasure, Cassandra Enriquez
Follow us on Facebook: Stafford Elementary PTO
Every day volunteers give their time, skills, energy, kindness, love, wisdom, strength, compassion and a lot more to their communities. We appreciate you all very much!!
Thank you for your support!
Meetings are on the second Monday of the month at 5:15pm in the cafeteria.
A few great reasons to attend: Connect with other parents. Hear about important news and upcoming events. Volunteer your time, at school or at home, to make a difference in our school community. You do not need to be a member to attend. If you are unable to attend the meetings but would like more information, please contact the PTO by emailing staffordptopresident@gmail.com or reach out to one of our amazing PTO board members.
President, Kaitlin Leach
Vice President, Eva DeLaHoya
Secretary, Ashlyn Conger
Treasure, Cassandra Enriquez
Follow us on Facebook: Stafford Elementary PTO
Every day volunteers give their time, skills, energy, kindness, love, wisdom, strength, compassion and a lot more to their communities. We appreciate you all very much!!
Thank you for your support!
RESERVED SEASON PASSES FOR FOOTBALL WILL GO ON SALE NEXT WEEK $30 EACH PLEASE
Stafford Weekly Announcements:
Friday, 8th
*All students and staff attend school.
Monday, 11th
*PTO meeting at 5:15pm in the cafeteria. The class that has the most parents join will receive a popsicle party! Forms were sent home this week, online or also available in the front office. A few great reasons to attend: Connect with other parents. Hear about important news and upcoming events. Volunteer your time, at school or at home, to make a difference in our school community. You do not need to be a member to attend. If you are unable to attend the meetings but would like more information, please contact the PTO by emailing staffordptopresident@gmail.com or reach out to on of our amazing PTO board members.
Monday, 11th – Thursday, 14th
*Fall Safety Week! Throughout the week, administration will lead campuses through different safety drills. The safety of our students and staff is a top priority.
Video Link from Dr. Bray: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1T2adyV5nEtylvOS1kWDVufKqW1KVuF7b/view?usp=sharing_eil_se_dm&ts=689502ea
Please go to www.italyisd.org, select schools, select Stafford Elementary for more helpful information throughout the year. Follow us on Facebook at Italy ISD.
Go Stafford!
Friday, 8th
*All students and staff attend school.
Monday, 11th
*PTO meeting at 5:15pm in the cafeteria. The class that has the most parents join will receive a popsicle party! Forms were sent home this week, online or also available in the front office. A few great reasons to attend: Connect with other parents. Hear about important news and upcoming events. Volunteer your time, at school or at home, to make a difference in our school community. You do not need to be a member to attend. If you are unable to attend the meetings but would like more information, please contact the PTO by emailing staffordptopresident@gmail.com or reach out to on of our amazing PTO board members.
Monday, 11th – Thursday, 14th
*Fall Safety Week! Throughout the week, administration will lead campuses through different safety drills. The safety of our students and staff is a top priority.
Video Link from Dr. Bray: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1T2adyV5nEtylvOS1kWDVufKqW1KVuF7b/view?usp=sharing_eil_se_dm&ts=689502ea
Please go to www.italyisd.org, select schools, select Stafford Elementary for more helpful information throughout the year. Follow us on Facebook at Italy ISD.
Go Stafford!
PreK, PreK Headstart and Kinder Families Boo-Hoo Breakfast:
· Wednesday, August 6th
· Enter through the front door and you will gather in the library. A light breakfast will be available in the library.
· Only 2 adults per student.
· PreK will be released about 7:45am.
· Then Kinder will be released about 7:50am.
· Parents will say goodbye to their student in the library. It is easier on the students to separate from the library instead of the classroom.
Ms. Barnes, school counselor, will be available in the library if needed for support and encouragement.
· Wednesday, August 6th
· Enter through the front door and you will gather in the library. A light breakfast will be available in the library.
· Only 2 adults per student.
· PreK will be released about 7:45am.
· Then Kinder will be released about 7:50am.
· Parents will say goodbye to their student in the library. It is easier on the students to separate from the library instead of the classroom.
Ms. Barnes, school counselor, will be available in the library if needed for support and encouragement.
We will be having one final opportunity to pick up your schedule before the first day of school!!!
Come now or stand in line on the first day!!!
Tuesday, August 5th - 1:00 PM - 3:00 PM
You will only verify registration is complete and pick up your schedule. Chromebooks will be given out after school starts.
Don't stand in line on the 1st day of school!!!! Be ready for Walk the Schedule/Meet the Teacher!!!
Pick up SCHEDULE TODAY!!!!!
3:30 - 7:30 PM
No schedules will be given out on Meet the Teacher/Walk the Schedule night!!
Pick up SCHEDULE TODAY!!!!!
3:30 - 7:30 PM
No schedules will be given out on Meet the Teacher/Walk the Schedule night!!
Stafford Important Information
2025-2026
Stafford Elementary Welcome Back Video from Dr. Bray!! https://drive.google.com/file/d/1exs2VwAiVAmYGtOlGgCryZXu7T12Eqz_/view?usp=sharing_eil_se_dm&ts=6887cab3
Stafford Elementary Welcome Back Video from Dr. Bray!! https://drive.google.com/file/d/1exs2VwAiVAmYGtOlGgCryZXu7T12Eqz_/view?usp=sharing_eil_se_dm&ts=6887cab3
During the July 21, 2025 Italy ISD Board of Trustees meeting, the board selected the policy to designate a method for the storage of the device while the student is on school property during the school day through adoption of the revised Board policy FNCE(LOCAL). Regulations to implement the policy, as well as disciplinary measures,were also approved. Information can be found at the link included in this email, as well as a "Frequently Asked Questions" document.
Please see the new Cell Phone Information and Policies page on the school web site at https://www.italyisd.org/page/cell-phone-policies
Please see the new Cell Phone Information and Policies page on the school web site at https://www.italyisd.org/page/cell-phone-policies
Italy ISD Football/Athletic Parent Meeting
October Menus
https://www.italyisd.org/page/food-services
Online Registration for the 2025-2026 School year is now open for Italy ISD!!!