Zachry MS Wolverine Wire
December 4, 2021
A Message from your Principal
Happy December!
We have two action packed weeks before the Winter Holiday Break and the end of our first semester of the 2021-2022 school year!! We are cooking up a December of fun, learning and holiday excitement.
We have our Magnet Program and PTSA sponsoring charitable drives this season. Please see below if you can help.
Our Special Education Department will be sponsoring Inclusive Schools Week December 6th - 10th. Please click on the PDF below to see the dress up opportunities for ALL students to join together to support each other during this up coming week.
Basketball season begins again this week. Our Zachry Wolverines will be playing Rudder MS.
Please see the link below to purchase online tickets/season passes for each person attending. Due to the size of our bleachers in our game gym, A Team families will be seated for the A Team Game. After the end of the A team game our bleachers will be cleared and B Team families will enter. Please park on the Cliff Brier side of the school. Students may only attend with their parent/guardian. Thank you for your support. Girls Basketball games are on Wednesdays and Boys Basketball will be on Thursdays. This week 7th grade is home and 8th grade is away at Rudder MS. The A teams start at 5pm and the gate will open at 4:30 pm. B Team games will start at approximately 6 pm (after the end of the A Team Games). Thank you for your support.
Please be on the watch for a district survey for families on a future bond.
At Zachry would like to hear how we are doing with our annual family Positive Behavior Interventions and Support Survey. Please click here and fill out so we can hear your voice and suggestions!
Events this week:
Monday, Dec. 6th :
8th grade families, Monday, Dec. 6th two events are happening. The NISD Magnet High School Fair will be happening at 6:30-8:30 pm. A bus shuttle will be at Zachry MS at 5:30 pm to pick up anyone needing transportation and will return families to Zachry. Also on Monday, December 6th Taft HS will have an Advanced Academic Fair for families to learn about the Academic opportunities if your student will go to Taft HS next year. See the PDFs on Magnet Schools (Applications have opened) and for the Taft Advanced Academic Night below!
Tuesday, December 7th: Beginning Band Concert, Zachry Cafeteria 6 pm
Wednesday, December 8th -
- Cement Pour of our new building first floor, 2am-noon - Drop off will go through the front parking lot.
- Girls Basketball vs. Rayburn MS 5pm 7H/8A
- Open House for Zachry Magnet Program for incoming 6th graders 2022-2023. 6:30 pm
Thursday, December 9th -
- Boys' Basketball vs. Rayburn MS 5pm 7H/8A
- Orchestra and Dance Winter Concert, 6pm
Friday, December 10th
Our First Student Dances are Friday, Dec. 10th. Admission is $4 for each student and concessions are sold at $1 per item.
6th grade dance is 4:30-5:30 pm. The six graders wear what they have worn to school that day. We gather the students in one location that have a wristband they have purchased during breakfast or lunch on Friday only which shows they are going to the dance. No tickets are sold at the door. 6th grade students may NOT go home and come back. All students stay for the entire time of the dance. Parents/guardians may come into the school at the front entrance to pick up their students. Students are not sent out to cars until the end of the dance. Parent pick up will be in the front of the school. Pick up must be at 5:30 pm
7th and 8th grade dance is 6 - 7 pm. The 7th and 8th graders must go home at the end of the school day and come back for the dance at 6pm. They must be in NISD dress code. The students must have a wristband they have purchased during breakfast or lunch on Friday only which shows they are going to the dance. No tickets are sold at the door. 7th and 8th graders will be dropped off at the bus loop no earlier than 5:45pm. All students stay for the entire time of the dance. Parents/guardians may come into the school at the front entrance to pick up their students. Students are not sent out to cars until the end of the dance. Parent pick up will be in the front of the school at the end of the dance. Pick up must be at 7pm.
Please watch our Zachry community calendar click here for events and locations throughout
the year!
Susan Allain
Principal Zachry MS
Get your Basketball Tickets Online - Please open the PDF below.
Inclusive Schools Week - December 6th - 10th! We encourage ALL to support learning at Zachry
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.
NISD Magnet High Schools - Open Houses, video and magnet fairs
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. Remember HAC will be offline Nov. 21-23.
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
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!
Zachry PTSA Sponsored Coat Drive
Blanket Drive
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