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Download Info & Links | 🌊 Event Activities | 👕 What to Wear & Bring | 🍽️ Food & Drinks | 🙋 Volunteers | 🍎 Donations – Snack and Prizes | 👕 Dress Guidelines | 📝Permission Slips & Transportation | 🎒 Other Details | ✅ Reminder
Download Info & Links:
Snack Donation Sign Up: HERE
Volunteer Sign Up: HERE | DPS Clearance: HERE
Monetary Donation, Order 8th Grade Party Tshirt: HERE
Permission Slip: HERE
Party Details PDF: HERE
Flyer: HERE
For more information, please reach out to Stefanie @ grade8party@lopezpta.org
🌊 Event Activities
- Swimming
- Inflatable Water Slide
- Sand Volleyball
- Field Games
- Board Games
- Photo Booth
- DJ
- Prize Giveaways
👕 What to Wear & Bring
- Swimsuit (must wear under school clothes to school – no changing rooms available)
- Shirt to wear over swimsuit (dri-fit, white cotton, or purchased 8th Grade Party T-shirt)
- Towel
- Flip-flops or Crocs (for pool)
- Athletic shoes (for games)
- Sunscreen & bug spray (optional)
- Small labeled bag for belongings
🍽️Food & Drinks – provided by PTA
- Chick-fil-A sandwich
- Chips & Snacks
- Gatorade and Water
- If your child has food allergies, please send them with lunch
Snack Donations: Sign up HERE. Monetary donations are also welcome. Purchased donations can be dropped at the Front Office labeled “8th Grade Party”
🙋 Volunteers
- Apply or verify eligibility at portal.neisd.net/volunteer
- Volunteers must complete the DPS clearance process through the district
- Parents should submit their application or verify eligibility as soon as possible (processing may take up to a week)
- Volunteer participation is essential to make the event successful!
- Sign up to volunteer HERE
🍎 Donations – Snack and Prizes
- We are requesting SNACK DONATIONS. Sign up to donate HERE
- Monetary donations are also welcome and can be made HERE
- Purchased donations can be dropped off at the Front Office labeled “8th Grade Party”
- We are requesting PRIZE DONATIONS for the giveaways
- Gift cards can be dropped off at the Front Office labeled “8th Grade Party”
- Monetary donations can be made HERE
👕 Dress Guidelines
- Shorts, shirts, and footwear must comply with the NEISD dress code
- Denim cutoff shorts are not allowed
- Cotton t-shirts worn in the pool must be white only to protect the pool; dri-fit shirts can be any color. 8th Grade Party shirts are available for purchase. Purchase an 8th Grade Party shirt HERE
- A swimsuit must be worn under the shirt throughout the entirety of the party
- Swimsuits must provide proper coverage:
- No two-piece swimsuits for females
- No speedo-type swimwear for males
- Bring an extra t-shirt to change into after swimming
- If a faculty member determines that swimwear is inappropriate or non-compliant, students may be given a t-shirt to place over the swimwear
- Students not following dress guidelines will not be allowed to participate
📝 Permission Slips & Transportation
- Permission slips were distributed in 8th Grade English classes on Monday, March 16th
- Return permission slips by May 8, 2026
- NEISD will provide bus transportation to and from the Sports Park
- Students will not be dismissed from the park unless approved by Lopez administration
- Did you misplace your permission slip? Print a copy HERE
🎒 Other Details
- Label all items with first and last name
- No lockers available; personal items must stay in bags
- Electronic devices (phones, cameras, etc.) and valuables are discouraged
- Lopez personnel, PTA, and parent chaperones are not responsible for lost, stolen, or damaged items
- If your child receives ISS before the party, they will not be able to participate. Please remind your child, there are no exceptions!
✅ Reminder
- Wear your 8th Grade Party T-shirt, if purchased
- Bring swimsuit, sunscreen, towel, shoes for pool and sports
- Parent volunteers and snack donations are key to making this a success!
