Back to School!

It was wonderful to see so many families at our Meet the Teacher and Back to School Bash event last night. It is amazing how much our students grow over the summer! Our staff is excited to get the new year started and we are proud to serve this amazing community.

I wanted to share with you a bit about our staff theme as we kickoff the new year! Last Monday teachers returned to campus and we had meaningful discussions about what we have all learned from our years in education. We talked about our personal growth as well as Spicewood's campus growth. We shared pictures of ourselves from our first year teaching and had wonderful conversations about how much we have all grown as educators and what we have learned through the years. It was a powerful discussion. With the 50th year celebration of our campus this year, it is important that we think about what we want for our students and community and our legacy. Our motto for the year is Celebrating Our Past, Working Towards Our Future! There are so many great things about Spicewood and we are proud to be a part of it's rich history.

I truly hope you can feel the excitement and energy in the air as you return to campus on Tuesday for our First Day of School!

Sincerely,

Melanie Solis

Principal

Spicewood Elementary

In case you missed it on social media, our staff made a fun welcome back video for all of our students. We had a lot of fun putting this together! Special thanks to our Director and Producer, Shelby Roye 😁

Here is the link to the video. We hope you enjoy!

Here are the slides of information that was shared at our New Family Information Session yesterday. It has important information regarding breakfast, lunch, arrival, and dismissal.

It was great seeing so many of our new Panther families. Welcome to Spicewood!

As we approach the first day of school on August 13th, we want to make sure everyone is aware of the start times for Round Rock ISD. Doors at Spicewood will open to students at 7:20am. Students will either eat breakfast in the cafeteria or head to class. The school bell will ring at 7:30am, and the tardy bell will ring at 7:35am. After 7:35, your child is considered tardy and will need to enter through the front office.

First Day of School: parents are welcome to walk students to their classroom and will be asked to exit the building at 7:35.

Remainder of the School Year: parents are asked to please say goodbye to students at the designated hug zones which are on the field side of the crosswalk and the awning by the front entrance.

Here is a quick review of the different ways we define student pick up.

Please note that pick up changes cannot be made after 2:15 pm. Students who are being picked up early from school need to be picked up prior to 2:15 pm.

Student Dismissal Types:

Parent Pick up- students come across the crosswalk with their teacher and meet at their designated spot by the fence on the field. Teacher releases to parent.

Walkers- students come across the crosswalk on their own and begin walking, biking, or meet their parent at a designated location.

Car Riders- students wait in the building until their iDismiss number is called. Parents come through the car rider line.

Bus Riders- students ride the school bus from campus

YMCA- students go to the cafeteria

Day Care- students wait inside until their day care transportation arrives.

Teachers will have a form for you to fill out at Meet the Teacher and on the First Day of School to note dismissal preferences.

If your child receives free or reduced lunch, the application is now open! Remember that a new application has to be filled out each year. Please visit this link to apply.

Meal prices have increased slightly for the upcoming school year.

Student breakfast- $1.50

Student lunch- $3.00

Did you know that parents can limit or restrict how much and when their child is able to purchase extras from the cafeteria? Visit this link to make those adjustments.

I’m Julia Hendricks, and I’m absolutely thrilled to join the Spicewood community as your new school librarian. My goal is to make the library a place where imagination soars, curiosity is ignited, and every student finds a story or resource that resonates with them. I’m looking forward to getting to know all of you and helping to create a wonderful and enriching library experience for our school. If you are interested in supporting our library by volunteering, please head to the library website and click on the Parent Volunteer Opportunities button!

One of the amazing things about Spicewood is our PTA support. We would not be able to fund so many of the clubs, programs, and curriculum support tools without the assistance of the generous support of our parents through PTA.

Please see the note below about joining our PTA:

Hello Spicewood Families!!

We are all looking forward to another wonderful 2024/2025 school year at Spicewood!! It's that time of year again to sign up for the PTA!

Spicewood is a school that is considerably reliant on its community. Every parent has a talent, skill, passion, or time. We rely on those skills to help keep our students in an unique education. Our PTA funds and runs a lot of the programs our students participate in, our teachers use, and our IB community thrives. It is with your PTA membership and support that we are able to give our Teachers and Students incredible support throughout the school year. Please consider signing you, your partner and your children up today!

Become a member TODAY!