Elementary School Esports

Payment Options

Discounted rates are available:

• Families with students on the federal free/reduced lunch program

• FISD employees (must create your profile with your Forney ISD email address)

Discount Code: Fall2024

Payment Plans

• Monthly, make three equal payments starting Sept 1

  • Must enroll in auto pay during registration

• Personal payment plans can be made on a case by case basis.
  Please email jpwalker@forneyisd.net to get more information on a personalized payment plan.

Cost

$36 per student, per semester

This includes three meetings during the semester. This also covers the entry into the year end tournament to represent each campus. To qualify for the year end tournament, you must meet the following criteria:

• Be currently enrolled with Forney ISD.
• Enroll in the Fall or Spring semester at your home campus in the esports program.
• Must attend at least half of the meetings throughout the school year (3).
• Parents must register you for the tournament in April.
• The district wide tournament will be held in May.
  • If a student is registered for the event and does not attend and does not send a notice at least 24 hours in advance, the student will be charged the tournament registration fee of $10.

Information

General Information

This year, Forney ISD is happy to announce that we are expanding our esports program at the Elementary Schools across the district!

Students at each campus will meet three times during the semester and each meeting will include a variety of games, opportunities for all students to get involved, snacks, and information on healthy gaming habits and teamwork. This event is all about exposing kids of all skill levels to a growing industry that is becoming a larger and larger part of everyday life.

This program includes 2 hours of gaming each month(2.5 hours for 3rd grade and above), all the equipment, snacks, drinks, after-school supervision and information on sportsmanship, healthy gaming, other esport opportunities. After school meetings will begin in Late August depending on the campus. Meeting dates will be announced once registration has closed.

Students in the 1st - 4th grade and all skill levels are encouraged and welcome to attend. You MUST register for your students campus EACH semester. Once registered, they are able participate in any esports activity at their campus. Contact information for each elementary school coach will be updated as coaches accept their positions. Meetings will strive to be on the same day each month. However, parents will be notified a week before each meeting and the day before each meeting. Students can sign up at any time, but students cannot attend until their registration is paid in full or they are on a payment plan.

Expectations

This program promotes a fun, safe gaming environment. We cover gaming basics with all students and we do not tolerate poor sportsmanship or other toxic gaming behaviors. Students that are exhibiting these behaviors, disrupting the environment for others or damage equipment may not be allowed to return to the program. In addition, students must be picked up on time. If students are consistently picked up after the dismissal window, the student will not be allowed back to the program.

All students are expected to follow the FISD Code of Conduct and any school rules as well. The goal of this program is to allow kids to have a positive interaction with esports to assist with social and behavioral growth and to foster a growing passion in esports across this generation.

Gaming Specifics

Students will utilize the Nintendo Switch system and Joy-Con controllers to play a variety of games. Games will be age appropriate based on the ESRB rating system. A description of the current rotation of games is listed below:

Mario Kart: This is a kart-racing game in which players compete with characters from the Mario universe.

Super Smash Bros: This is a fighting game in which players engage in brawls with characters from Nintendo and third-party franchises.

Mario Party: This is a collection of mini-games (party games) in which players compete to earn stars and coins.

NBA 2K24: This is a basketball simulation game in which players can select teams from real NBA rosters, compete in tournaments, and play through regular seasons.

FIFA 23: This is a soccer simulation game in which players engage in realistic matches with teams across international leagues. 

Rocket League: This is an action-racing game in which players drive futuristic cars to play games of soccer.

Ratings and descriptions are provided by the ESRB. Please keep in mind that ESRB does not rate online game play experiences. Gameplay experiences across any platform should be monitored and discussed with your child before they go online. During esports meetings, all games take place offline in local mode.

Contact Information

District Wide - Jake Walker, jpwalker@forneyisd.net

Blackburn Elementary - Brittni Smith, btsmith@forneyisd.net

Claybon Elementary - Daniel Wilkerson, dewilkerson@forneyisd.net

Criswell Elementary - Jean Rotering, jmrotering@forneyisd.net

Criswell Elementary - Darra Turner, Dturner@forneyisd.net

Crosby Elementary - Mollie Garner, mmgarner@forneyisd.net

Dewberry Elementary - Brandon Arnold, jpwalker@forneyisd.net

Griffin Elementary - Alexis Burgan, aaburgan@forneyisd.net

Henderson Elementary - Chayse Smith, casmith@forneyisd.net

Johnson Elementary (1st-2nd Grade) - Krystal Ramm, krramm@forneyisd.net

Johnson Elemetnary (3rd-4th Grade) - Hollie Stewart, hlstewart@forneyisd.net

Lewis Elementary -Elizabeth Hargis, eahargis@forneyisd.net

Willett Elementary - Hannah Jones, htjones@forneyisd.net

Willett Elementary - Mycah Goldsmith, mngoldsmith@forneyisd.net

Wilson Elementary - Briana Salinas, bnsalinas@forneyisd.net

Schedule

The first-second grade program will finish at 5:30pm on meeting dates and the third-fourth grade program will end at 6:00pm on meeting days.

School/Grade Lvl	1st Meeting	2nd Meeting	3rd Meeting
Blackburn 1st-2nd	9/26	10/24	11/12
Blackburn 3rd-4th	9/12	10/10	11/7
Claybon	9/4	10/8	11/13
Criswell	9/10	10/22	11/12
Crosby	9/25	10/23	11/6
Dewberry	9/18	10/23	11/20
Griffin 1st-2nd	9/11	10/9	11/5
Griffin 3rd-4th	9/4	10/2	11/6
Henderson	9/23	10/7	11/4
Johnson 1st-2nd	9/17	10/1	11/5
Johnson 3rd-4th	9/19	10/3	11/14
Lewis	9/26	10/24	12/5
Willett 1st-2nd	9/11	10/9	11/13
Willett 3rd-4th	9/12	10/10	11/14
Willet 3rd-4th (b)	9/24	10/1	11/24
Wilson	9/16	10/21	11/18

 

As space and numbers allow, some campuses may have different meeting days for 1st-2nd and 3rd-4th grade. If changes are made to your meeting dates, your campus sponsor will email you as those changes occur.