Boone Bear Facts
Thursday, September 20, 2018
Note from the Principal
As September rolls through and October looms, I wanted to yet again thank all of you for the great start to this school year. We had a great Back to School Night with our PK through 2nd grade classes on Tuesday, and I am looking forward to seeing everyone tonight at our grades 3 through 5 Back to School Night from 6 – 7 pm.
Workday Planned
Our first Boone Grounds Workday is planned for October 6th from 9 am – 12pm. Our work on this day will focus on setting up our Monarch Heroes Butterfly Garden, adding mulch all of the new trees that were planted in 2016, relining some of the raised beds in the garden, and other upkeep work in the garden and outdoor science area.
Boone Elementary has been awarded a grant to create a Monarch Butterfly garden! Not only will this add to the biodiversity at our campus, it will help to enhance the front of our school, and help us to get closer to being designated a Green Flag Eco-School! We need all hands on deck to help make this vision a reality! We hope you can join us for this exciting new project at our school!
We will be working in conjunction with the Austin Parks Foundation and their volunteers, so it should be a great day of work and community. Please come out and join us!!!! More details will be sent out as the date draws near.
Last Chance for the Boone Grounds Team
Two years ago, we created the Boone Grounds Improvement Team. This group was largely responsible for charting the direction and the priorities that we have been using as we have developed our Outdoor Science Area, improved our garden facility, increased the size of our Early Childhood play area, and the numerous other projects we have been undertaking to make Boone an even better place for learning.
It is now time for us to rejuvenate this committee and begin the process of charting our plans for the next several years. If you are interested in joining this important group, there is a link below to a Google form I would like you to complete. In the past we have meet at 4:00pm one afternoon a month. The exact date and time will be determined based on the membership needs of this current group. We have already had a number of parents sign-up, but I wanted to give everyone one more opportunity.
Grounds Improvement Team form - https://goo.gl/forms/zpAwiHJicT3WVEm22
Eco-Club
Important Information about Student Pick Up
To ensure the safety of our students, any individual picking up a student from school must be on their contact list as an approved pick up. We are not able to accept verbal requests by phone or emails from parents to allow their child to be picked up by someone who is not on their contact list.
Students being picked up early for the day will need to be signed out in the office. In addition, students who are not picked up during dismissal hours, will be brought to the office. The parent or approved contact will need to provide their ID to complete signing out the student.
Parents who wish to add or delete someone on their child's contact record will need to come into the office with their ID and complete a form to make the change.
For questions about your child's contact record, please contact our registrar, Marisa Garza at marisa.garza@austinisd.org or by phone at 512-414-5313.
Thank you.
PTA News
FALL FESTIVAL
SAVE the DATE! Our annual Fall Festival will be Friday, October 19, from 5:30p-7:30p. If you would like to contribute to our festivities in any way be it your time, a cake, or a bag of candy it would be greatly appreciated.
Here is a link to sign-up: https://goo.gl/XPcV9j
Also, if you or you know someone who owns a local business and would be interested in sponsoring Boone for Fall Fest please them contact Crystal at booneptaprograms@gmail.com. A sponsorship for Fall Fest is coming out and they can advertise their business while passing out candy and/or treats (stickers,pencils,etc.) to our Bear Cubs.
ROOM PARENTS
We still need room parents for several classes! For those who have already signed up, we will have our first room parent's meeting on Wednesday, September 26th at 8 am in M2( next door to the PTA room). We will hand out materials, tour the PTA office, learn about door decor supplies and discuss room parent duties, responsibilities and expectations. See you then! booneptaroomrep@gmail.com
T-SHIRTS
Look for your new Boone t-shirt order forms coming out next week via the blue folder, on Facebook and in the office. They are going to be COOL!
PTA Fundraiser - Will be 2 weeks in October - Information coming soon.
JOIN THE PTA AND CONNECT
BE A HERO & JOIN THE BOONE PTA! Become a part of something that works!
Fill out the new PTA Membership Online Google Form and Pay Online!
How to connect with your Boone Elementary Community:
Search @BOONEPTA on Facebook
Biz Page for Information: Boone PTA
Group Page for Info and Conversation: Boone ElementaryRoom Parent Meeting
PTA Board Contact List
PTA Facebook Information
Calendar of Events
Sept 24 - Student Holiday
Sept 25 - Bush's Chicken Spirit Night 5:00 - 8:00 p.m.
Sept 26 - Room Rep Parent Meeting 8:00 - 9:00 a.m.
Oct 3 - Kinder to Bob Bullock 10:30 - 1:30
Oct 3 - MOD Pizza Spirit Day 10:30 a.m. - 10:00 p.m.
Oct 4 - 2nd Grade to Pollyanna Theatre 9:00 - 11:00 a.m.
Oct 5 - 4th Grade to Bob Bullock 9:30 - 12:30
Oct 5 - Shaved Ice Island Spirit Day - 11:00 a.m. - 10:00 p.m.
Oct 6 - Grounds Work Day 9:00 - 12:00
Oct 8 - Parent Conference Day - Student Holiday