Hello Parents!

Our Specials and Spanish team will now be using ClassDojo to communicate with parents and families about events and activities going on in those class periods. You should receive an invitation to join a class from Mrs. Price, our Instructional Technology Specialist. This is not spam. Please note that ClassDojo is free, but there is a subscription offer for ClassDojo Plus that may pop-up.

Parents are under no obligation to purchase the subscription - everything you need to communicate with your child's teacher is free. There will be a "Skip" button or an "X" button to close and bypass any in-app ads for ClassDojo Plus.
 
If you, as the parent, signed up for a 7-day free trial of ClassDojo Plus but did not cancel your subscription, you will be charged at the end of the trial using the payment method that you provided when purchasing the subscription. You can cancel your subscription at any time by following these steps: How to Cancel your ClassDojo Plus Subscription. 

Westwood IB students are hosting their second Little Scholars Camp this Saturday, October 11th from 5:00-9:00 p.m. Spicewood students are invited! If you can’t make tomorrow’s, there are more opportunities. :)

 We are thrilled to announce a new and exciting way to celebrate the creativity of our young artists! Each month, our school will spotlight one exceptional student as our Artist of the Month. This special recognition honors not just artistic talent, but also creativity, effort, and a passion for visual expression.  Here are our October Artists of the Month:

Did you know that Spicewood is the reigning UIL Champions for the Westwood Learning Community?

We are looking for interested students to help us defend our title at the UIL meet on January 30th. There are available events for students in grades 2nd-5th. If your child is interested in participating, they must commit to 6 practices and be available if chosen to compete at the meet on January 30th. 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. The google form has the event schedule so please make sure you do not sign up for 2 overlapping events.

 If your child would like to participate, please fill out this google form by our deadline of October 22nd. 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!

Happy 2nd week of Dyslexia Awareness Month! Did you know that people with dyslexia have many talents and strengths that help them to be successful? Watch this video about some talented people who are dyslexic!

This year we are going to celebrate our unique and brilliant students with a Dyslexia Awareness Dash (fun run) on October 30th. Please click this link if you are interested in attending. 

My apologies for the links not clicking on the flyer. Here is the link to register for the event. Here is the link for more information about the seminar.

We would like to recognize and honor Veterans' in the Spicewood Community. If you or a family member served in the military, naval, air, or space service and would like to participate, we would love to showcase you!

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 3rd to participate.

The Panther Patrol is a parent volunteer group that coordinates with Principal and Teachers to identify volunteer opportunites that engage the community in student mentorship and campus improvements.

Parents can sign up at any of our monthly days to spend the day at Spicewood helping teachers and administrators behind the scenes with anything ranging from landscaping, preparing activities for teachers, and much more!

The dates for the school year are listed on the form so plan ahead, take the day off and join us at Spicewood! Here is the link to sign up if interested: https://forms.gle/GQUx1F2cSPZqoGwL9