The Eagle Edition

Dear ILTexas Keller-Saginaw High School Community,

I want to take a moment to express my heartfelt appreciation to our Junior class for successfully completing their PSAT testing. Your hard work and dedication do not go unnoticed, and I am proud of your commitment to academic excellence. Additionally, I would like to give a huge shoutout to our volleyball team for a successful season! Your teamwork, sportsmanship, and determination have truly been inspiring, and we are all proud of your achievements.

As we look ahead, I want to wish our Flag Football team the best of luck as they travel to San Marcos this Saturday to compete in the State tournament. We believe in you and know that you will represent our school with pride! Next week, we will be celebrating Red Ribbon Week. I encourage all students to participate and remember the important message of this week. For those participating, please be sure to follow the dress-up guidelines so we can show our support for a drug-free lifestyle.

As we approach the final week of the six-week period, I want to encourage everyone to finish strong. Let’s keep that positive energy flowing as we wrap up our work and strive for success!

Thank you for your hard work and commitment to our school community. Let’s continue to support one another as we move forward together.

Principal

Dr. Smith: jsmith9@iltexas.org

9-10

Mr. Apodaca (Associate Principal): MaApodaca@ILTexas.org

Mr. Young (Counselor): kyoung@iltexas.org

11-12

Mrs. Vandeventer (Assistant Principal): avandeventer@iltexas.org

Mrs. Sanders (Interim Counselor): ssanders@iltexas.org

ASP

Mrs. Salone: Garienne.ssalone@iltexas.org

Students, blazers must be worn when you are in all common areas and as you are in the hallways. This includes going to the bathroom, walking to the office, in the cafeteria, and during passing periods.

If you were absent and have a note to be sent in for it to be excused, please submit it to this email:

attendancekshs@iltexas.org

Band and Choir Present Hero's and Villains' Halloween Concert on October 29th at 6:30 p.m. at the KSHS Gym. Come dressed in Costumes, as there will be a costume parade and contest. There will be trick-or-treating after the concert.

There is a free community food market that happens once a month. The next one coming up is in November on the 15th! See information regarding location below.

A huge shoutout to our KSHS flag football team for going all the way to play in the State playoffs . They will be heading to Texas State University to compete! We are so proud of y'all!

10/26: Flag Football State Playoff game @ Texas State University!

10/28-11/1: Red Ribbon Week!

10/30: Powder Puff game

11/8: Blood drive

Dress Days

• FORMAL DRESS DAYS – Formal dress days will be every Monday and on special events that will be scheduled in advance.
• NON-FORMAL (REGULAR) DRESS DAYS – These days include Tuesday through Friday.

• SPIRIT DAYS – Students are allowed to wear a college or school shirt with jeans on spirit days. No shorts and non-ILTexas skirts are allowed. These days will be scheduled in advance.
• CASUAL DRESS DAYS – Similar to Spirit Days, but students are allowed to wear a regular appropriate shirt. These days will be scheduled in advance.
• FRIDAYS (HIGH SCHOOL ONLY) – Students have the option to wear an ILTexas polo on Fridays. Seniors are permitted to wear a black ILTexas polo. If students or parents have any questions about a particular article of clothing, they should forward those questions to the Principal

• Grooming – Students will adhere to the following guidelines in all issues pertaining to grooming.
• Boys should be clean-shaven every day.
• Dr.’s notes are required if the student suffers from a condition that does not allow for shaving.
• If the student cannot shave due to religious purposes, a note from a religious leaders is required to be emailed or faxed to the campus.
• Note must be emailed/faxed directly from the doctor’s office to the campus.
• Grills are not acceptable.
  
• Hair – Neatness and good grooming are the expectations. Hair must be clean, neatly styled, not covering the eyes and be of a naturally occurring hair color. Boys’ hair length must be above the eyebrows and worn no longer than the top of the collar in the back of the uniform shirt. Spiking of the hair is limited to one inch. Mohawks, designs, and fad cuts are not allowed. Students who violate these rules may be sent home and disciplinary action may be taken.
• Piercings - Boys may not wear earrings of any type. Body piercing (including nose piercings and mouth piercings) and grills are not acceptable.
• Jackets may be worn to school, but only school-approved jackets are allowed in the building.

Socks

Boys are required to wear solid black socks. Girls must wear solid knee length white socks or solid white tights. Students are not permitted to wear socks with logos or patterns.

Shoes

Girls must wear flat, solid black, closed-toe dress shoes. Boys must wear solid black dress shoes; laces or loafers are acceptable. During Spirit/Casual Days, shoes must be closed-toe with no heel.

Physical Fitness/Athletics Uniform

Students in grades 9-12 are required to wear the ILTexas approved physical fitness uniform from Academic Outfitters. The tennis shoes for the athletic wear can be of any brand, color and style as long as the shoe is appropriate for exercise

Last Friday, seniors got together and had such a fun night full of singing, games, and chilling with their friends. Thank you to everyone who helped make this a special night for our seniors!

Do you have students interested in UT? Come hear from all the different departments on campus, meet the folks who read your applications, and get tips on your application!

Saturday, October 26 at Skyline High School! Register in advance using the QR code!

Open to students in grades 9-12 and parents!!

We have another reading competition this month! Students can log their reading in Beanstack and the student with the most minutes logged at the end of October will receive a chick-fil-a gift card! Beanstack can be found on Classlink.

Happy reading!

The library is opened before school, during lunch, and after school. Stop by and browse through our selection of fiction and non-fiction books!

Students, do you have a favorite book or author that you'd like to see in the library? Fill out this form to put in your recommendations! Please remember to keep the school appropriate, I can't promise to get all books in, but I will do my best! Click here for the google form

Students! If you prefer reading through E-books or even listening to Audio books, check out the Sora app! You can find it on your Classlink and borrow books and audiobooks from the library online!

Thank you,

Dr. Smith