Community Connection - December 11, 2022
Date Reminder: Winter Parties: December 21- Information and RSVP with each teacher Winter Holiday: December 22-January 9. Students return on January 10!
Zilker Events!!
PTA Meeting This Week - Tuesday
BREAKFAST + GENERAL PTA MEETING
We would love to see your faces and treat you to breakfast at our last General PTA Meeting before we close out 2022, so please join us in the cafeteria on Tuesday, Dec 13th from 7:45-8:30am. This is a change from the originally scheduled 6:30pm PTA Zoom.
RSVP for this meeting here.
Counselor's Corner with Ms. Vreeland
Zilker Season of Giving
Click here for more information on how to support our families!
The Season of Giving virtual "Wish Lists" are here! This is a place where you can help a Zilker family during the holiday season by choosing gifts or gift cards to donate to a Zilker family.
Please click on the link below which will take you to the virtual Wish Lists! Here you will find the directions on how to sign up and the wish list items.
Thank you in advance for everything the Zilker community does to support our students and families. Hope you had a happy Thanksgiving!
Message From Music
Dear Zilker Families,
HOLIDAY LIGHTS AROUND THE WORLD
Many thanks go to all the volunteers and staff who made our returning Holiday Lights Around the World event a success. The kids were excited to share, and I am proud of their multi-language, two-part singing!
ALL-CITY HONOR CHOIR CONCERT THIS SATURDAY DECEMBER 17TH @ 1:30 PM
Ten of our 5th graders have been rehearsing for the annual AISD All-City Honor Choir Clinic & Concert a group comprised of 5th graders and middle school students from 17 other schools in the district.
These Panthers will represent Zilker in an all-day rehearsal clinic and concert for friends and family at the AISD Performing Arts Center, 1500 Barbara Jordan Blvd. at 1:30 pm. Admission is free and there is a parking garage located next to the venue. We hope to see you there!
Beatrice, Briggs, Clarisse, Edie, Henry, Isabella, Kai, Kylee, Lucy, Vincent
ALADDIN KIDS COMING MARCH 10TH!
The votes are in, and our spring musical will be Aladdin KIDS. All 5th grade students will help produce and star in two performances of this 30-minute show on Friday, March 10th. The Zilker Panther choir will play the role of Ensemble and sing along in front of the stage. Rehearsals begin when we return in January. Cast Auditions will take place December 20th & 21st during 5th Grade Music class time. Detailed information is posted at the top of the Music Blend Homepage.
Musically yours,
Daniella Hughes
Zilker Elementary Music & Choir
News from the PTA
Click here for information on joining the PTA
Zilker Fund is now Open for Donations!
Get Involved at Zilker!!
Do you want to be more involved in our school community and the school. Check out these two AMAZING opportunities to directly impact the education of a child and our school as a whole!! These are two of our favorite programs that our PTA helps us facilitate on campus with students. Teachers love it, Students love it, Admin loves it, Volunteers love it - you can't get much better than that!!
1. We are excited to introduce our new Literacy Cooperative at Zilker Elementary!
The Literacy Cooperative will focus on the reading and writing professional development interests of teachers and volunteer-led reading or writing practice sessions for students.
We would love your support volunteering with students to practice early reading skills in Kindergarten & 1st grade! Please complete our volunteer survey to learn more about the program and ways that you can help!
Do you have one hour per week to play math games and demonstrate some really fun math fact strategies to students?!
2. Please join our Math Fact Fluency Volunteer Team and support our wonderful community school!
What is the Math Facts Fluency Program?
Math facts are the quick recall of basic addition/subtraction and multiplication/division facts. Many children require more practice time to improve their fluency, which research shows frees up their working memory so they are better able to focus their efforts on problem- solving and new skill-building. Fluency is built by reviewing number-sense-based strategies and reinforced by playing simple games. We need more volunteers so we can support more of our students!
How to Get Involved! Read more about the program and complete the volunteer form HERE!
Mark your Calendars!
- December 12: CAC Meeting
- December 13: PTA General Session 7:45 in Cafeteria, see RSVP above
- December 12-16: SCA 2 for Grades 3-5
- December 21: Winter Parties (RSVP with your child's teacher - please RSVP with all students)
- December 22-Jan 9: Student Holiday
- January 10: Students return to school
- January 16: Student and Staff Holiday
- January 19: STEAM Night 5:00-7:00 with Science Fair
- January 29: Spirit Night at Epic Fun
After School Programs
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