Zachry MS Wolverine Wire
November 13, 2021
A Message from your Principal
Thank you to our community for the great turn out for our Veterans' Day celebration on Thursday! Thank you to our PTSA and Principles of Human Service students for serving breakfast to our Veterans in our community. The program presented by our Special Events Taskforce included performances by our Band, Choir, Orchestra, Theater, Spanish, AVID and our NJHS and Student Council! It was an honor to have Sgt. Cooper speak with our students on Veterans' day.
We look forward to seeing you and your students on Tuesday, November 16th for our Fall Student Success Showcase and PTSA meeting. More details about the rest of November below:
- November 15th 5:15-6pm our Zachry School Advisory Team will meet in our library. Please contact Ms. Allain if you would like to attend.
- November 16th will be our Fall Student Success Showcase 6 - 7:30 pm. Update on format. We will begin in the cafeteria at 6pm with a short PTSA meeting and overview of the night's procedures. Then families will be able to visit their students' classrooms on their own schedule to see work, presentations, check student progress and sign up for individual conferences with teachers at a later date.
- Basketball games begin next week: Please remember to get your online tickets for games for the season. A Team Families will be seated for the first game. At the end of the A Team Game we will clear the gym and then admit the B team families. Students may attend only with their parent/guardian.
- Girls Basketball starts on November 17th 5-7pm vs. Rudder MS. 8th grade will play at home and 7th will be at Rudder MS
- Boys Basketball first game of the season is November 18th 5-7pm vs. Rudder MS 8th Home/ 7th away.
- November 19th is Fall Picture Retake day
- We will be having a designated period on Friday, November 19th to Drop Everything and Read as part of our Reading Initiative.
- Supporting our Campus Improvement Plan to increase student academic skills through reading strategies, we will have a Drop Everything And Read period on November 19th! Everyone reads!
- Thanksgiving Holidays are November 22-26th
- November 21st- 23rd the Home Access Center (HAC) will be unavailable due to upgrades of servers.
- November 30th 6-7:30 pm Academic/Elective Information meeting for the families of Incoming 6th graders for the 2022-2023 school year in our cafeteria.
Please watch our Zachry community calendar click here for events and locations throughout
the year!
Gratefully yours,
Susan Allain
Principal Zachry MS
Enrichment Clubs @ Zachry MS
Some that are just start include:
Calligraphy Club - Meets Tuesdays and Fridays 4:15-5pm, in Portable 3 with Ms. Graham
Anime Club - Meets specific Wednesdays, 4:30-5:30 pm in D115 with Ms. Ortiz, Ms. Ontiveros and Ms. Cabrera. Check our community calendar for dates.
KPOP Club - Meets specific Wednesdays, 4:30-5:30 pm in D115 with Ms. Ortiz, Ms. Ontiveros and Ms. Cabrera. Check our community calendar for dates.
ZSTEM Club- Meets specific Wednesdays 4:05-5 pm in D210 with Ms. Megget, Ms. Gordan and MS. Giese. Check our community calendar for dates.
Fellowship of Christian Athletes Meets specific Thursdays, 7:30-8:30 am in Portable 9 with Ms. Williams. Check our community calendar for dates.
Zachry Botanical Garden Club meets specific Thursdays, 4:10-5:15 pm in G111 with Ms. Key, Ms. Hegde, and Mr. Solis. Check our community calendar for dates.
Northside eSports meets Tuesdays, 4:15-5:15 pm in D102 with Ms. Ortiz and Mr. Soriano. Check our community calendar for specific dates.
Book Club - meets Tuesdays, starting October 12th, 8-8:30 am in our LIbrary with Ms. Barajas. Check our community calendar for dates.
Coding Club - Meets Wednesdays, starting October 13th, 8-8:30 am in our Library with Ms. Barajas. Check our community calendar for dates
Student Council Meeting Tuesday, October 5th for an organizational meeting - all invited. 4:05-4:50 pm in F232 with Ms. Booker and Ms. Quijano.
Harry Potter Art Club meets specific Wednesdays, starting Sept. 29th, 4:05-5:05 in D122 with Ms. Acosta. Check our our community calendar for dates. .
Zachry Art Squad meets specific Fridays starting October 1, 4:15-5:15 pm in D118 with Mr. Stoltz. Check our community calendar for dates.
Lego Robotics meets Tuesday afternoons 4:15-5:15 pm and Thursday mornings 8-8:30 am in B120 with Mr. Evans and Mr. Coats.
NEW club
Creative Writing Club meets Tuesday afternoons 4:05-4:50 pm starting November 30th in Portable 2 with Mr. Gallin-Parisi.
Five Zachry Teachers were awarded Northside Education Foundation Grants today! Congratulations to Erik Sanchez (ne Coignard), Marisela Valle, Desirae Vela, Jose Medina and Lisa Molna
You are invited to attend the Virtual Statewide Parental Involvement Conference Dec. 9-10, 2021.
Are you interested in attending a virtual statewide conference focused on parental involvement FOR FREE? Are you available December 9th and 10th on Zoom? This year’s conference will feature guest speaker Principal Baruti Kafele, ABC news anchor John Quinones, and educator and author Stacey Bess. If you would like to register please call or email Yvonne Martinez at (210)397-7428 or Yvonne.Martinez@nisd.net. The deadline for registration is Friday, November 19th by noon.
NISD Magnet High Schools - Open Houses, video and magnet fairs
Meals served during Thanksgiving Break at Pease Middle School - Please read below.
Do you need supervision for your student 4:05- 6:30 pm? Northside has Club LT for Middle School Students. We will have 40 scholarships for Club LT this year! Sign up now! Club LT is in session after school at Zachry MS!
Parents/Guardians, It is very important to regularly use your Home Access Center. Please use the PDF below for guidance on accessing the Home Access Center - there are additional items in the Family Home Access Center in comparison to the Student Access Center. This is where to access report card information.
Nov. 29: Pfizer, J&J, and flu vaccines at NAC, 11 a.m. - 5 p.m.
Need Attendance Retrieval for a High School Credit Course?
Attendance Recovery Operating Hours:
Monday-Thursday - 6:00pm to 10:00pm
Saturday - 10:00am to 2:00pm
HOW:
1. Students need to sign into their NISD Portal.
2. Find and Click pon the Homework Hotline Tile (seen here)
3. Fill out the digital form
4. It will take them to a live Chat Agent that will assign them an AR Room if they do not need tutoring OR a tutor if they need assistance with an assignment.
5. Our AR Monitors are very strict and all students MUST agree to and follow our rules or they will be released.
This is such a great way for students who may not be able to stay after school for various reasons. We even have this on Saturdays!
Attendance Recovery Operating Hours:
Monday-Thursday - 6:00pm to 10:00pm
Saturday - 10:00am to 2:00pm
Attendance Retrieval for High School Credit Classes during Thanksgiving Break! Announcement: We are going to be OPEN during the Thanksgiving Week!!! Secondary Hours: Monday 22nd - 6:00pm - 10:00pm Tuesday 23rd - 6:00pm - 10:00pm Saturday 27th - 10:00am - 2:00pm
Support our Zachry PTSA: Sign up for AmazonSmile and select PTA Texas Congress as your preferred charity at smile.amazon.com/ch/74-2379357. Remember to shop for deals at smile.amazon.com, or with AmazonSmile ON in the Amazon app, and AmazonSmile will donate to our PTSA at no cost to you."
Join our Zachry Parent Teacher Student Association (Zachry PTSA) Membership is $5
Please continue to join, if you have not had a chance to do so, to support our PTSA.
Joint our PTSA at Jointpta.org
Let your voice be heard!
Learn more about Zachry MS and Public Education at #RootEdZachry
PLEASE EMAIL OR CALL IF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS OR CONCERNS. OUR POLICY IS TO RETURN CALLS WITHIN 24 HOURS
Zachry Middle School Main Number: 210-397-7400
Zachry Magnet School: 210-397-7490
Attendance Office - Ms. Caliva 201-397-7408
Principal - Susan Allain 210-397-7410 Susan.Allain@nisd.net
Academic Dean - Juliana Molina 210-397-7411 Juliana.Molina@nisd.net
Academic Dean Zachry Magnet School Program Cybersecurity, Global Communications & Information Technology - Gina Rodriguez Gina.Rodriguez@nisd.net 210-397-7495
Associate Principal/6th grade Administrator - Richard De La Garza 210-397-7415 Richard.delagarza@nisd.net
Assistant Principal/7th grade Administrator - Joe Bishop, Jr. 210-397-7416 Joe.Bishop@nisd.net
Administrator Intern/8th grade Administrator - Richard De La Garza 210-397-7415 Richard.delagarza@nisd.net
Counselors:
6th grade Counselor Yvonne Martinez 210-397-7428 Yvonne.Martinez@nisd.net .
7th Grade and Head Counselor Monica Perez 210-397-7425 Monica.Perez@nid.net
8th grade Counselor Chris Benavidez 210-397-7427 Chris.Benavidez@nisd.net
Zachry Magnet School Counselor Lindsey Gervais 210-397-7496 Lindsey.Gervais@nisd.net
Email: Susan.Allain@nisd.net
Website: www.nisd.net/zachry
Location: 9410 Timber Path, San Antonio, TX, USA
Phone: (210)397-7400
Twitter: @NISDZachry