Support for our CCE No Place for Hate Coalition:
Our 5th grade No Place for Hate Coalition wants to make sure our amazing school's diversity is celebrated! We are planning a schoolwide No Place for Hate activity in which students will be listening to the book The Sandwich Swap by Queen Rania Al Abdullah and Kelly DiPucchio while learning about the delicious foods of different cultures. We'll also be talking about ways to show respect and kindness about foods that may be different from ones we've tried before (we won't be eating any food during this activity, just talking about it!).
To add to this activity, we'd like to give CCE families the opportunity to submit one of their family's favorite recipes so we can compile them in a CCE Recipe Book to share with other CCE families. If you would like your family's favorite recipe added and shared out with other CCE families, please complete this form so all of our families have the chance to try some delicious, diverse new meals!
Last, we’d like to ask families to bring an empty box/container of a food your family loves or from your family’s culture or family traditions. Our hope is that we receive enough boxes to create a domino effect display, showing that kindness and acceptance (not just tolerance) is like a domino effect - what starts with one can spread to many! We’ll end by creating a display of the different food containers to show what a beautiful and diverse menu we have within our families! If your family would like to bring an empty food container, please bring it to Mrs. Hougham’s office in the next few weeks.
We appreciate your time and participation!
AUSTIN SUNSHINE CAMP
Austin Sunshine Camps is a 100% free and nationally accredited non-profit, overnight summer camp for students ages 8-15, who either qualify for free/reduced lunch (based on household income) or are part of the foster-care system. They serve families who live within a 2-hour radius of Austin. Campers who qualify get to participate in a 10-day, 9-night* traditional summer camp completely for free, which includes activities like hiking, arts & crafts, s'mores, a high ropes course, canoeing, and many other great activities.
*8 year old campers participate in a 7-day, 6-night session and 9 year old campers can choose between the 10-day or 7-day options. Austin Sunshine Camps is hosted in two locations, with 4 sessions at each location: Zilker Lodge in Zilker Park for campers ages 8-11 or Lake Travis for campers ages 12-15. As part of the application process, First Time Campers who meet our eligibility criteria must attend one FREE First Time Camper Day during the school year. There are 6 of these events throughout the spring semester, hosted at our Zilker Lodge location (2225 Andrew Zilker Rd). There are application steps for 2025 and information on how to register for free First Time Camper Events for families during the school year. More information about our summer programs can be found in their 2024 Family Guide (Spanish version).
Coat Distribution Project
Keep Round Rock Warm is a Coat Distribution Project of the Round Rock Area Serving Center. Students who attend Round Rock ISD and are enrolled in the Free or Reduced Lunch Program qualify for free coats through the Round Rock Area Serving Center (1099 E. Main Street, Round Rock, Texas 78664, 512-244-2431. Families can apply for coats at www.rrasc.org from November 1, 2024 through December 20, 2024.
