Principal's Newsletter

Hello Spicewood Families,

September has already been kind to us! We are loving these cooler temperatures especially during recess! We have several big events coming up in the next few weeks so please read through and mark your calendars.

Next week we will have our Parent Orientation night where parents will come to their child's classrooms at the designated time and learn more about the day to day instruction and grade level specific information. We encourage this to be a parent only event and are looking forward to seeing many of you here.

Have a great weekend and enjoy these fall (ish) temps!

Sincerely,

Melanie Solis

Principal

Spicewood Elementary

Upcoming Important Dates

Sept. 12th- Parent Orientation Night (flyer below)

Sept. 14th- Garden Glow Up! (flyer below)

Sept. 27th- Spicewood Carnival (flyer below)

Oct. 3rd- Student Holiday/Staff Development

Oct. 4th- Student/Staff Holiday

Oct. 6th-11th- Book Fair

Oct. 14th- Student Holiday/Parent Conferences

Oct. 16th- Westwood Homecoming Parade

Oct. 18th- Westwood Homecoming Game

Oct. 23rd- PTA General Mtg. 6:30-7:30

Mrs. Robinson received a grant from the PIE Foundation to support all kindergarten students at Spicewood! PIE stands for Partners in Education.

The grant is for Slumberkins which is a social-emotional learning curriculum, that is designed to support a positive classroom environment and build a strong home-school connection to help children thrive. This curriculum including books, characters, games and other resources will help the youngest students on our campus develop a strong and stable SEL foundation which can lead to a positive school culture and empower our learners to feel valued and confident of their worth.

IB stands for International Baccalaureate, but I often think it could also stand for inquiry-based. Inquiry at the heart of everything we do here at Spicewood! Humans are natural inquirers, and we use that to guide our teaching and learning. What are students naturally curious about? How can we connect to their curiosities? We explore themes such as How the World Works, Who We Are, and Where We Are in Place and Time.

We also feature some of our students’ curiosities on our weekly ‘Wondering Wednesday’ Broadcast segments. This week’s Wondering Wednesday question was prompted by Ms. Cimo, our IB Coordinator (the one who write this section. 🙂) Although students are usually the ones asking the questions, check out their responses to the question, “What do you love about Spicewood?” Follow us on Instagram @spicewoodworldschool to see more inquiry happening at Spicewood!

Did you know that Spicewood has a very robust chess club? Please see the flyer below if your child is interested in becoming a member!

RSVP Here for our Garden Glow Up!

Hello Spicewood Families!

We are looking for parents and community members to sign up to help at our school Carnival on September 27th.

There are two ways to help! We need volunteers to donate 1 hour of time on the afternoon of the carnival to ensure we are able to make the event fun and memorable for everyone. Here is the link to sign up to help at the carnival.

We also need volunteers to send in sweet treats for the cake walk. This is one of our most popular attractions so we need lots of prizes for the kids (and adults too). Here is the link to sign up to bring a sweet treat for the cake walk.

It truly takes all of us to help make these events a success and our students love attending the Spicewood Carnival! There will be a PTA table set up at Parent Orientation

Join us for an unforgettable evening packed with classic carnival fun and games!

We are going BIG to celebrate our BIG MILESTONE - 50 YEARS of SPICEWOOD!

For BIG TIME FUN we are bringing the classic Spinning Tea Cup Ride and a Super Slide!!

Enjoy the sounds of our grand band, carnival games, cake walk, balloon artist, and classic carnival entertainment.

Here is the link to purchase your carnival tickets!

TICKETS $25) Kids 18 and under. Adults Free.

We are offering a 50/50 raffle again this year. Always a BIG hit. The winner takes home half the money raised of the total raffle ticket sales and the other half back to PTA programs.

PTA will have a table setup at Parent Orientation on September 12th to sell tickets in advance of the big day!

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.

Spicewood Families, please help me welcome one of our new to Spicewood teachers Melanie Rosowski. Ms. Rosowski joins us most recently from Austin ISD. She has joined our 2nd grade team this year. We are so glad to have you at Spicewood Ms. Rosowski!

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!

Alright, Spicewood - let's get ready for some football!

Our 3rd annual Spicewood Night Lights event kicks off with our in-school pep rally on Wednesday, October 9th, followed by our participation in the Westwood Homecoming parade on Wednesday, 10/16, and the football game on Friday, 10/18.

The Spicewood Spirit Committee will be selling this year's shirt in the Walker area, directly after dismissal, on the following days for $15 cash or card via Square payment -

Monday, September 23rd

Wednesday, September 25th

Monday, September 30th

Sizes are limited so be the first to grab your shirt and help cheer our very own Westwood Warriors - 'SKO WOOD!

Hello Spicewood Families!

We are in need of someone to fill the President Elect position on our PTA Board. Here is the link if you are interested in serving or would like more information!