Message to Hornet Families
Thank you all for a warm welcome and for choosing Kealing Middle School as your child's primary educator. We are excited to welcome everyone back for a great semester and will resume on campus learning and remote learning for the remainder of the school year. Safety continues to be our top priority for the students and staff. We will continue to keep our campus' safety protocols in place. Some of these protocols are:
- Screening prior to campus entry
- Temporal scanning
- One way stairs & hallways
- Staggard releases for transition
- Bottle filling station on campus
- Rapid tests are still available
We will continue to do all we can to provide a safe learning space for our scholars and educators on campus. We will also continue to deliver high quality lessons both online and in person for our scholars. Our top priority is safety but in a very close second place is preventing the "COVID Slide". Our educators are excited to deliver rigorous lessons and to provide necessary interventions as necessary to assure all students still receive a high quality education from Hightower Theodore Kealing Middle School.
Spring Semester Schedules
Students will be able to request a spring semester elective change through Advisory during the 1st two weeks of the spring semester. A list of available courses will be provided. Courses that were placed on a student's top 10 choices will not be eligible for a course change and only lateral changes will be permitted.
All in-person learning students will receive a physical copy of their schedule with room numbers at the entrance of the school.
Kealing PTA Martin Luther King Jr. Day of Service *No longer postponed!
We are excited to announce that we have secured approval from AISD to have an outdoor day of service to honor Martin Luther King Jr's legacy of service and bring our Kealing community together safely to spruce up our gardens and grounds.
This service day will be the first step toward establishing more outdoor learning spaces that our teachers, neighbors, and community can use flexibly during covid, but also for years to come. We hope you will join us for this first service day of 2020-21 and come learn about the opportunity to get involved monthly if you end up loving your experience! In addition to leading the reimagining of the design and usage of our outdoor space, Science and Gardening Teacher Catherine Bergman will be conducting some mini nature talks/walks to share information about the various ecosystems around our school and how we are exploring enhancing them.
The service day will be on Saturday, January 16th, 2021 from 9:00 am until 5:00 pm (Rainout day will be MLK day, Monday, January 18th, 2021).
Book Drive and PTA Service Project
Collection sites: Kealing will be a collection site but we need more sites! We would like collection sites all over the city. If your family is willing to host a collection site, please contact Ms. Fernandez at kiersten.fernandez@austinisd.org to submit your address as a potential contactless, drop-off location.
Thank you!
Required Immunizations
Thanks,
Mr. Mansolo
Girls Soccer & Boys Basketball
We are making plans for Girls Soccer and Boys Basketball Seasons. We need you to complete this Google Form to let us know if your child will be participating in tryouts. Tryouts will most likely be taking place the first week of January after the Winter Break. There is information on the form about physicals and mask requirements.
Please contact Coach Gardner (justin.gardner@austinisd.org) if you need more information.
WE AREN’T JUST MAKING A YEARBOOK, WE’RE MAKING HISTORY...
The 2021 Kealing yearbook staff is hard at work producing a book for our school community to commemorate this one-of-a-kind school year. It’s going well, but we need your help.
SUBMIT PHOTOS - we’re currently looking for photos from summer travel or summer camps, online school/clubs, extracurricular sports or fine arts, Halloween and Dia de los Muertos, election & activism, kindness, art, etc! We’ll take just about anything!!
Use this form to submit: https://forms.gle/1iaymHHDj6EPGdwf7
YEARBOOK COMMUNITY BLEND - stay tuned to the yearbook community Blend page for surveys, interview requests, and submitting school pics. Not a member of this class yet? Email Ms. Scott for an invitation: kristen.scott@austinisd.org
PURCHASE YOUR YEARBOOK TODAY - Yearbooks are on sale now for $35, the lowest price of the year. Order here: https://www.jostens.com/apps/store/customer/1077699/Kealing-Middle-School/
Important note:so PLEASE don’t wait to order your book. If we order fewer books, we will sell out and you will miss your chance to own this very special publication!
Austin ISD COVID-19 Dashboard
Austin ISD is committed to putting health and safety protocols in place that will prevent the occurrence and/or spread of COVID-19. However, we must be prepared to quickly and effectively respond to and communicate a lab-confirmed or suspected case of COVID-19 at a school or other Austin ISD facility.
The Austin ISD COVID-19 Dashboard will be updated by noon each Tuesday, starting the week of Sept. 21. All lab-confirmed positive cases on campuses will be communicated directly to the campus community. Individuals who may have been exposed will be contacted directly and provided information on the next steps, including a quarantine timeline if needed.
COVID-19 Testing
FREE COVID-19 Testing is available through Austin Public Health (APH). NEW RESOURCE!
COVID-19 testing is recommended for those who:
have COVID-19-related symptoms
have had close contact with someone who tested positive for COVID-19
have traveled in the last 14 days
Students can schedule free testing by using this link: https://www.austintexas.gov/covid-testinfo
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Anderson High School | LASA High School LASA Upcoming Virtual Roadshows - Hear from LASA administration, faculty, and current students.
| Bowie High SchoolBowie High School Showcase will take place Feb. 3rd from 5:30-7:30pm.
Classroom Visits (Webinar Style)- April 1st Parent Q&A Nights- Date/Time will be provided soon. |
Anderson High School
LASA High School
- January 6, 2021: Roadshow, 6:30-8:00 pm
- January 14, 2021: Roadshow, 6:30-8:00 pm
- January 21, 2021: Virtual LASA Showcase from 6:00-8:00 pm.
Bowie High School
Bowie High School Showcase will take place Feb. 3rd from 5:30-7:30pm.
- A General Video, Tour Video, and Elective Videos will be sent out prior to showcase night.
- 5:30-6:30, families can visit "virtual booths" to ask questions to different programs/clubs
- 6:30-7:30, some of our programs (band, football, dance, etc.) will host breakout sessions with more specific information.
Classroom Visits (Webinar Style)- April 1st Parent Q&A Nights- Date/Time will be provided soon.
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