October 24, 2025
Spicewood Principal Newsletter
Hello Spicewood Families,
It’s been another wonderful week at Spicewood, and I want to thank our families for your continued support and enthusiasm—it truly helps make our school such a special place! Looking ahead, we have an exciting week coming up filled with fun and meaningful events. We’ll be celebrating Red Ribbon Week with themed dress-up days, hosting our first annual Dyslexia Dash, and our 5th graders will showcase their hard work and creativity in the Living Museum. It’s sure to be a week full of learning, laughter, and school spirit. Be sure to check below and your child’s classroom newsletter for all the details on each event!
As we (hopefully!) head into cooler weather, this is a friendly reminder to please label your child’s jackets, hats, gloves, and other cold-weather gear with their full name. Our lost and found tends to fill up quickly this time of year, and having names on items makes it much easier for us to return them to their owners. The same goes for water bottles and lunchboxes—thank you for helping us keep belongings out of the lost and found and back in the right hands!
Have a great weekend!
Sincerely,
Melanie Solis
Principal
Spicewood Elementary
Upcoming Important Dates:
10/27-10/31- Red Ribbon Week (more info below)
10/29 - STAAR Math Interim (3rd-5th)
10/30 - Spicewood Dyslexia Dash 3:30-4:30
10/31 - Storybook Character Dress-up (Kinder-4th)/Living Museum (5th)
11/4 - Principal's Coffee 8:00 am
11/6 - 4th Grade Veteran's Day Performance 8:15 and 1:45 (corrected time)
11/7 - No School for Students/Staff Development
11/14 - Spicewood Fall Carnival 4-6:30
11/19-21 - 5th Grade Outdoor School Field Trip
11/24-28 - Fall Break- No School Students/Staff
12/2 - Fall Photo Retakes
IB at Spicewood
Join us for a Texas Stars Game Nov. 8th!
Come join all the RRISD IB schools on Saturday, Nov. 8th for a Texas Stars hockey game! We’ve scored discounted tickets, and part of the ticket sales will go towards our IB programs. Scan the QR code and choose ‘Spicewood’ at checkout. The game starts at 7pm sharp. Ms. Cimo will be there! Hope to see you at the arena! 🌟🏒
Red Ribbon Week
Red Ribbon Week: October 27th - October 31st
During RRW students will explore and celebrate making healthy choices for their minds, bodies, and hearts. There will be mini lessons on Broadcast each day with prompts for a short discussion/activity, and students (and staff!) will celebrate healthy living by dressing in a different theme each day.
Red Ribbon Spirit Days:
Monday: DREAM of healthy choices! Wear pajamas
Tuesday: We are a healthy COMMUNITY! Wear Spicewood spirit wear
Wednesday: Being healthy is NO SWEAT! Wear sweats or active wear
Thursday: We can be healthy from HEAD to TOE! Wear crazy socks and/or hair/hat
Friday: Making healthy choices builds CHARACTER! Dress up as your favorite book character and bring the book if you have it
Dyslexia Awareness Month
Did you know that many common beliefs about dyslexia are actually myths? Unless someone you love has dyslexia, it can be hard to know what's true. This video from Understood.org helps clear up some common misunderstandings and shares what dyslexia is really about.
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.
Principal's Coffee
Honoring Veterans in Our Community
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.
Pre-K in Round Rock
Exciting news! Our neighboring schools have PreK space available in their 4-year-old classes. Let us refer you to one of our partner campuses. Eligibility and tuition-based families are welcome—share with friends and neighbors! Learn more on our PreK website.
2025-2026 Yearbook Information
PTA Corner
Fall Carnival- Save the Date!
Get ready for this year’s Fall Carnival!
Join us for a fun-filled evening featuring inflatables, exciting indoor and outdoor games, and our crowd-favorite Cake Walk! Don’t miss it!
Panther Patrol Volunteers Needed
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
