Principal's Newsletter

Hello Spicewood Families,

Thank you for a great first week of school! Our students and staff have done a remarkable job of quickly getting back into the swing of school and we are truly off to a great start.

I will send this newsletter every week on Fridays at 5:00 pm. It will include information from the campus, community, and PTA. There will be announcements and volunteer opportunities as they arise so please make sure to take a few minutes to read through it!

Sincerely,

Melanie Solis

Principal

Spicewood Elementary

Upcoming Important Dates

Aug. 28th- PTA Meeting in the Library 6:00-7:30

Aug. 29th- Torchy's and Handels Spirit Night 4:00-8:00 pm (flyer below)

Sept. 2nd- Staff and Student Holiday

Sept. 12th- Parent Orientation Night (more info coming soon)

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.

Updated Information , Effective August 2024

Administration Over The Counter medication during the school day needs a physician's signature And a parent/guardian's signature to be administered by a nurse.

Lice Protocol

It is the parent's responsibility to check the student's head on a routine basis. If the teacher notices excessive head scratching the student can be sent to the clinic for a check. If the nurse determines or otherwise becomes aware that a student in the class has lice not only nits, a letter will be sent home to the student's parent and to the entire classroom . In accordance with the CDC, the APA, and NASN recommendations, students will not be excluded from schools for nits or live lice. If you have any questions or concerns, please contact Nurse Sam.

Spicewood Families, please help me welcome our new Instructional Technology Specialist (ITS) Jennifer Price. We are so happy to have her as part of the team! Mrs. Price comes to us with a wealth of knowledge and experience in the district. She hit the ground running to help prepare us for the beginning of the school year. Welcome Mrs. Price!

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!

It was such a fun week at Spicewood with all the excitement and energy in the air. Wonderful to see everyone back at school from our amazing leadership team, teachers, staff and of course our fabulous panther families. I want to give a quick shout out to everyone who helped plan and volunteer at Meet the Teacher-Back to School Bash! What a way to kick off the school year, Spicewood’s 50th Anniversary!! The school opened in 1974, hence the nod to our groovy school merchandise. Be sure to check it out! We will have lots of exciting ways to commemorate our golden year so stay tuned and get involved. Sign up the entire family to join PTA. There are many ways to volunteer and committees that need your help! The flyer below has a QR code to join PTA and a QR code for committee interest. Also note dates of spirit wear for sale and PTA’s General Membership Meeting. We look forward to a great year!!

Panther Pride
Karlotta DesJarlais
PTA President