Birthday Policy

The Texas Department of Agriculture mandates specific regulations for Elementary Schools regarding snacks and birthday treats students may share with their classmates.

The regulations do not allow students to share snack items during lunch periods or in the cafeteria. Instead of bringing treats to lunch, parents will be allowed to provide a birthday treat such as a cookie, brownie, rice crispy treat, etc. as long the treat is packaged for each individual child. To minimize loss of instructional time, treats will be distributed at the end of the instructional day.

Parents are still encourage to consider having lunch with their student on their special day. They may also send special pencils, stickers or erasers in lieu of birthday treats. These will also be distributed at the end of the instructional day.

Candies, drinks and party favors will not be distributed to any students. Sending flowers or balloons for a student is not acceptable. These items will not be delivered to the student.

Birthday Party Invitations

Your child may pass out birthday party invitations to their classmates only. In order to include all students, they may send invitations to all of the girls in their class or to all of the boys in their class or both boys and girls in their class only. If you need to send invitations to students in other classes, you will need to mail these invitations or contact the parent of that student to arrange delivery of the invitations.