Principal's Newsletter

Hello Spicewood Families,

I hope everyone has had a great week! It has been fun and eventful at Spicewood! We hope your children enjoyed sleeping in today. Our staff had a great day of professional development. It gave us time to talk, calibrate, and plan as a team. It was such valuable learning time. Special thanks to our PTA for providing breakfast for our staff today!

Sincerely,

Melanie Solis

Principal

Spicewood Elementary

Upcoming Important Dates

Nov. 11th- Veterans Day Assembly

Nov. 25-29- Fall Break- No School for Staff or Students

Dec. 3rd- Fall Picture Day Retakes

Dec. 10th- Spicewood 50th Celebration (more info coming soon)

Dec. 13th- Marathon Kids Finale

Dec. 19th- Winter Parties (more info to come)

Our plan is to collect some basic information and a picture to prepare a slideshow to be shown throughout the campus in November.

Please fill out this Google Form to have your information as part of our presentation. Please fill out the form by November 4th to participate.

What SKILLS are important to be successful, global-minded citizens?!

Throughout all IB programs, there are 5 “Approaches to Learning” skills intentionally taught: communication skills, research skills, social skills, self-management skills, and thinking skills. Our Spicewood IB students are practicing these skills through a series of challenges. (Ask your child about these!) However, before starting the challenges, we gathered data on what skills students believe are important to being successful, global-minded citizens. Check out their thoughts below! What do YOU think?

Please watch this adorable video of our students and teacher!

We are delighted to announce that a selection of student work is currently on display from now through November 21st on the walls of the children's section of the 2nd floor.

The following students have artwork on exhibit: Alisha S. (3rd grade), Leo R. (3rd grade), Rasika B. (4th grade), Addy H. (3rd grade), Anci Z. (2nd grade), Sucheth M. (4th grade), Sahar G. (5th grade), Lily C. (5th grade), Graham N. (5th grade), James S. (5th grade), Sylvia K. (1st grade), Hope S. (3rd grade), Enzo A. (2nd grade), and Maya G. (5th grade).

Please come have a look at what our students have been creating so far this year and show your support for the effort that has been put into each work of art. The library address is 200 E Liberty Ave, Round Rock, TX 78664 and is open Monday - Thursday from 9am-9pm, Friday and Saturday from 9am-6pm, and Sunday from 1pm-6pm. We hope you get the opportunity to come see these beautiful art pieces!

We are looking for interested students to help us defend our title at the UIL meet on February 1st.

There are available events for students in grades 2nd-5th. If your child is interested in participating, they must commit to 6 practices and to be available if chosen to compete at the meet on February 1st. Practice dates and times will be shared to the group after sign ups.

Students may join up to 2 events as long as the events are not in conflict time slots at the meet. Below is the schedule to check for overlapping events.

If your child would like to participate, please fill out this Google Form by our deadline of November 4th. This is a hard deadline so our coaches can prepare information for teams to begin practice.

Before signing up, it is important that your child is interested in the selected event and will be a willing participant!

Coaches will be in touch regarding dates and practice times!

The Science Fair team has created a website with lots of helpful information about participating in the Science Fair. There is a deadline of December 18th, to register your project.

Last year we had an amazing turnout with over 100 projects! It is always so amazing to see our students interests and thoughts come to life through their projects!

Science Fair Website: https://sites.google.com/roundrockisd.org/spicewoodsciencefair/home

Watch to learn more about the four Round Rock ISD bond propositions A, B, C & D. Election Day for Round Rock ISD’s bond proposal is Tuesday, Nov. 5. Early voting is happening NOW through Nov. 1. As a member of the Round Rock ISD community, your vote directly affects more than 47,000 students and 6,500 staff members. Learn more at bond.roundrockisd.org

Vea para obtener más información sobre las propuestas A, B, C y D del Bono 2024 de Round Rock ISD. El día de las elecciones para la propuesta del Bono de Round Rock ISD es el martes, 5 de noviembre. La votación anticipada se está llevando a cabo AHORA hasta el 1 de noviembre. Como miembro de la comunidad de Round Rock ISD, su voto afecta directamente a más de 47,000 estudiantes y 6,500 miembros del personal. Obtenga más información en bond.roundrockisd.org.

We are excited to host our first annual Thanksgiving Potluck for the Spicewood teachers and staff! After hearing how much they enjoyed the variety of dishes at our One World One Night event, we’re inviting parents to contribute a special dish from your family to share. The PTA will provide turkey and ham from Rudy’s, but we’d love your favorite sides to make the meal complete. Thank you for helping us celebrate and appreciate our amazing staff!

Let's show our amazing teachers how THANKFUL we are for all they do as they head into a well-deserved Thanksgiving break! 🎉🍂

We are hosting a Thanksgiving Pie + HEB Gift Card Drive, with the goal of giving one to each staff member as a sweet token of appreciation.

You can make it easy by ordering a pie online through Triumphant Love - Teacher Pies, and they’ll deliver it directly to the school for us! Just order by November 15 and help us make this Thanksgiving extra special!

P.S. If you order online, please remember to update the SignUp Genius with the number of pies you ordered!

Pie Drive - HEB Gift Card Sign Up! 🥧🥧