News for the Nest

THIS WEEK

Saturday, Oct 5

• 🎂Happy Birthday Coach Cantu, PE Coach!🎂

Sunday, Oct 6

• 🎂Happy Birthday Ms. Desikan, 3rd Grade Teacher & Jose Sanchez, Custodian!🎂

Monday, Oct 7

• Gifted and Talented nomination window closes
  

Tuesday Oct 8

• 5:30-7:30 PTA Family Fitness Night

Wednesday, Oct 9

Thursday, Oct 10

• 🎂Happy Birthday Katy Jacobs, Teaching Assistant!🎂

Friday, Oct 11

• 7:45-8:15 Schoolwide Assembly with Akins HS Mariachis. Families welcome, must check in at office

Saturday, Oct 12

• 🎂Happy Birthday Gabby Salomon, PE TA!🎂

Looking Ahead

Oct 14 - Teacher/Caregiver Conference Day - NO SCHOOL

Oct 17-25 - Booster Fundraiser (You can register as early as Oct 3!)

Oct 28-31 - Fall Book Fair

Nov 1 - Student Holiday - Diwali

Nov 5 - Student Holiday - Staff Development/Election Day

Topics include:

• What is Soar Time?
• Our school-wide approach to student discipline and behavior support
• Time for questions and answers

Our playgrounds and fields are open to families and the community after 6 pm on weekdays, and all day on the weekends.

During the day, 7 am to 6 pm, Clayton students and staff, as well as after-school care students and staff, use our facility, and we ask that all others use our facility after 6 pm. This is for the safety of our students and staff. Thank you for your understanding.

Are you an engineer and want to share your love of engineering with our students? Well, we have a spot for you!

Nan Clayton Elementary is looking to ignite the spark of exploration and curiosity by hosting a school-wide STEM DAY engineering experience in February 2025. (STEM is science, technology, engineering, and math.) Our vision is that every classroom, PreK through 5th grade, will get to experience an in-class hands on engineering project hosted by an Austin engineer.

The day is here! You can now sign up for our Clayton Fun Run! Our goal is to raise $65,000 for a part time intervention teacher, device manager, campus improvements, and classroom support. Signing up is easy and free!

⭐️ Sign Up Now On MYBOOSTER.COM ⭐️

Thank you for working with us to make our school stronger. We are grateful for your support!

Key Dates to Remember:

💻 Sign up online at MyBooster.com – TODAY!

🌙🧸 If students signup on or before kick off day; Thursday 10/17/2024, they can wear pjs to school on Friday 10/18/2024!

🎉 Fundraiser Kickoff in school – 10/17/2024

👟 Event Day – 10/25/2024

Clayton Elementary PTA invites you to participate in our annual Family Fitness Night, Superhero Edition! Throw on a cape and bring the family to the Clayton gym, where we'll be rotating through stations that get our bodies moving! Complete all the stations and get a swag bag of prizes!

Save the date for Friday November 15, 2024. There are so many ways to get involved so please stay tuned for news on how you can sign up and make Culture Night a night to remember!!!

Follow the link HERE to view a selection of last year’s Texas PTA entries as examples! Any folder labeled “Primary” or “Intermediate” includes elementary entries.

Submission deadline is October 28, 2024

We are looking for people to join our Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) Committee. Come be part of a group that is focused on making Clayton a place where people continue to feel like they belong! Reach out to dei@nanclaytonpta.org to get involved!

The Clayton front office has a new system for checking in visitors. **You will need to bring your ID *EVERY TIME* you come to visit or pickup your cardinal early!**

Thank you for your support & cooperation. We appreciate it!

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