Boone Bear Facts
Thursday, March 8, 2018
Track & Field Day is Tomorrow!!
2018 Boone Elementary Track & Field
Friday, March 9th
8:30 - 11:30 am
Kinder & 1st Grade will be done at 11:00 am.
Parents: You are more than welcome to attend! You will need to check in at the Office, before going to the stations outside. Please send a water bottle with your students. Water stations will be available outside, but students will need to have their own bottles to fill up.
Thank you for all your donations! It is going to be a fun day!!
Note from the Principal
Spring Break is Next Week!!!
I hope everyone has a chance to relax and recharge at least a little this next week. Get outside, play, run, walk, and most importantly, enjoy family!!! That is what makes a memorable Spring Break. It is truly not where you are, but who you are with, that makes all the difference. Take this opportunity to create some wonderful family memories!!!
Thanks to all of you who were able to help at our garden work day this past Saturday. A huge thank-you to all of the Bowie JROTC students who were here to help as well. A lot of great work was accomplished and we are one more giant step towards having everything ready and in place for a great spring planting.
Also, what a great night we had this past Friday at our 3rd – 5th grade dance. The kiddos had a great time and it was a rousing success. Another huge thank-you to our PTA and other volunteers who helped make this possible.
Online Registration for 2018-2019 NOW OPEN!!
It's already that time of year to start registering your child for next school year! All returning students will need to be registered for the 2018-2019 school year online, using the Parent Cloud.The online system is available 24/7 and is designed to better accommodate parent's busy schedules and save time. Please note that the yellow form sent home last month was NOT for registration purposes, only a survey for staffing decisions.
To register your child for next year, log in to your Parent Cloud Account at my.austinisd.org and verify your child's information by March 30th. You will receive a confirmation email once you have successfully registered.
If you have not set up your parent cloud account, please email marisa.garza@austinisd.org for assistance. Parents who have forgotten their password or user ID can reset their log in info by click the "forgot password/user ID" function on the sign in page or by contacting the Parent Support Help Line at 512-414-9187.
For questions or assistance, please contact Marisa Garza at marisa.garza@austinisd.org or 512-414-5313. Please see the attachments in the body of the email for additional information about parent cloud information and registering online.
Pre-K & Kindergarten Registration for NEW students for 2018-2019
Boone invites families who have children that are 3, 4 or 5 years of age on or before September 1, 2018 to register for Pre-K (3 & 4 year olds) or Kindergarten (5 year olds) for the 2018-2019 school year!
Registration for Pre-K will be the week of April 2nd - 6th. Students must meet one of the following criteria to qualify for Pre-K:
*meet state income requirements, or
*be unable to speak and/or comprehend the English language, or
*have an active military parent (or step-parent), or
*have a military parent ( or step-parent) who has been injured or killed in active duty, or
*be homeless, or
*currently or have ever been in the conservatorship of DFPS
*For tuition options for Pre-K for 4 year olds please call our office for availability.
Kindergarten Orientation will be held on Tuesday, April 3rd, in the Boone cafeteria from 8:30 am - 10:00 am for NEW students going into Kindergarten.
*If you child is currently enrolled in Pre-K 4 and will be returning next year, you do not need to attend. Returning students only need to register online using the Parent Cloud.
How to register NEW students:
Parents will need to register their new student online using the Parent Cloud at my.austinisd.org. In addition to completing the online registration, we will need the following documents brought to our office starting April 2nd.
*child's original birth certificate
*child's social security card
*child's up to date immunization record
*photo ID for registering parent
*current proof of address for registering parent ( gas, water, electric bill or lease/mortgage document)
For questions regarding registration please contact Marisa Garza at marisa.garza@austinisd.org or 512-414-5313.
Counselor's Corner
Students in need of healthy meals during Spring Break will still have access to food services while Austin ISD is closed March 12–16.
The Central Texas Food Bank will provide services at various locations throughout the region and is available for families in need. Please see attachments in the body of this email in English and Spanish.
Summer Camps
Please see the attachments in the body of the email for information on summer camps for students with special needs. This is a great resource.
Have a fun and safe Spring Break!
Library Lines
Maker Mondays
Do you have tinkerers at home or maybe a future engineer? Do your kids like to create? If so, we have a club for them. The library is sponsoring a Makerspace club for the last 3 months of school. Click on the link below for more info and to RSVP. The club is only for students in 3rd - 5th grades. It is limited to 10 students per session.
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1xpesesou8_HxrRViSF3AOTOAdSTja9nRroszMfDpF2s/edit?usp=sharing
Read-A-Thon
Thank you for everyone who helped make this Read a Thon a success. This exceeded my wildest dreams.
Current total earned: $10,451.60 -- final date for online donations is March 13.
Boone Profit: $7,838.70
Minutes Read: 59,536
Student RaT bucks to spend: $1556.49 -- students must spend RaT bucks by March 13 or they are forfeited to the company.
Waves of Pages
We had a total of 44 students participate in Waves of Pages this year. Way to go! The deadline was February 28.
Boone Multicultural Night is Coming Soon and We need your Help!
Boone Multicultural Night
March 29th 6-7:30pm
Parents, we need your help to make this an exciting night for our kids to experience different cultures!
You can help with FACTS, FUN, or FOOD!
Facts-- bring a display and/or objects to teach about your country
Fun-- perform music, dance, poetry, etc. from your country
Food-- bring a traditional dish from your country to share
We already have some cultures represented, but we want to celebrate all of Boone’s diversity!
Sign up online: www.SignUpGenius.com/go/30E0B4AA8A922AB9-boone
PTA News
Spring Carnival Silent Auction Volunteers Needed!
If you are interested in volunteering to help out with this year's Silent Auction, please contact Jennifer Anderson at booneptaroomrep@gmail.com. We need help with submitting donation requests, with picking up donations from local businesses and with setting-up the Silent Auction on the day of the Spring Carnival (April 14th). Help is urgently needed, so no volunteer will be turned away!
Request for Silent Auction Donations
If you or your company are interested in making a monetary, product or service donation for the Boone Elementary Silent Auction, please contact Jennifer Anderson at booneptaroomrep@gmail.com. All donations must be turned in to the Boone front office by April 7, 2018.
Silent Auction Class Baskets
Be on the lookout for communications from your assigned Room Parent(s) regarding the Silent Auction class baskets. Class basket themes have been selected by teachers, and Room Parents will be coordinating collection of items that fit the class theme. Donations for class baskets should be turned in to your teacher or the assigned Room Parent by April 9, 2018. Room Parents are invited to attend a class basket decorating event in the Boone cafeteria on April 12th from 6:00 – 7:00 pm. The Boone PTA will be providing all of the materials needed to wrap the class baskets (cellophane, ribbon, scissors, butcher paper, tape, etc).
THANK YOU to our 2018 Silent Auction Donors!
The Boone Elementary School PTA would like to thank some more awesome donors for their generous donations for the 2018 Boone Elementary Silent Auction Fundraiser:
· Austin Boxing Babes
· Austin Film Festival
· Austin Roller Rink
· Austin Zoo
· Bruegger’s Bagels
· Cookie Cutters
· Chapparal Ice
· Dance XPlosion
· Exmoor Pet Care Services
· Kerbey Lane
· My Gym
· Ritual Salon (Boone Parent, Willow Witten)
· Sea World
· Tipping T Eatery (Boone Parents, Sean & Emily Tipps)
· Urban Air Trampoline Park
Sticky Fingers
THYME to TURNIP the BEET on what KIDS EAT
Sticky Fingers
Cooking Classes atBoone Elementary!
Spring 2018 After School Classes
Mondays from 3:00-4:00pm
March 26th - May 21stOpen to students in K-5th
8 one hour cooking classes
Register here:
https://stickyfingerscooking.com/school-programs/texas/boone-elementary-spring-2018Let your child release their inner chef! Students will prepare and eat healthy, globally-inspired recipes all while loving and learning to cook in a fun, engaging and irresistibly tasty way that will turn even the pickiest eaters into avid food explorers!
Our fun, inspiring and creative chef instructors mix together a sense of engagement and excitement as they combine the love of cooking and fun nutritional facts (even a few bad jokes!), safe cooking skills and hygiene, jokes, geography, math skills, food culture and history to help instill a lifetime love of delicious, healthy family cooking.
Your kids will have a blast every week discovering how easy and fun it is to cook (and gobble-up!) tasty, healthy, American classics as well as globally-inspired Sticky Fingers Cooking recipes! Sticky Fingers Cooking offers young chefs the chance to explore exciting tastes, all seasonal and as local as possible, master culinary skills that they can put to use in family kitchens, all while nourishing their bodies and minds.
We practice safe chopping, measuring and mixing skills, use a wide array of cooking utensils all while creating awesomely delicious recipes from the freshest ingredients. Full recipes will be created each class with our AWESOME master chef Sticky Fingers Cooking instructors.
Each delicious new recipe prepared by your young chef will be accessible here on our website after each class (www.stickyfingerscooking.com/recipes)
Sticky Fingers Cooking is 100% nut free. We CAN and WILL accommodate ANY and ALL food allergies!
Calendar of Events
Mar 12 - 16 - Spring Break!!!
Mar 19 - PreK to Austin Nature Center 10:15 - 1:00 p.m.
Mar 20 - PreK to Discovery Hill 9:00 - 12:15
Mar 22 - Report Cards Go Home
Mar 22 - PTA Meeting 6:00 p.m.
Mar 23 - Awards Assembly 7:45 a.m.
Mar 26 - College Shirt Day
Mar 27 - PTA Spirit Night - Bush's Chicken 5:00 - 8:00 p.m.
Mar 29 - Multicultural Night 6:00 - 7:30 p.m.
Mar 30 - Student Holiday
Apr 3 - Kindergarten Orientation 8:30 - 10:00 a.m.
Apr 4 - 2nd Grade to Zach Scott Theatre 11:00 - 2:00