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Upcoming dates

November 1-2; 4-9; 11-15: Winston Science Main Events
November 2-6: Hispanic and Native American Heritage Week
November 3-6: Benchmarks: Math (K), Writing (3-4, 6-7)
November 5: Stage Set-up for Wizard of Oz
November 6: 9:00 - Fall Bus Evacuation; TAG Russian Classes
November 9-13: Book Fair
November 10: 7:00 - PTA General Membership Meeting; Reflections Art Competition Display; Book Fair Open Late; Parent University
November 11: Midsummer Night’s Dream
November 13: End of 2nd 6-Weeks; UIL Choir Solo/Ensemble Contest @ HSMA; TAG Russian Classes
November 14: UIL Choir Solo/Ensemble Contest @ Midlothian
November 16: Beginning of 3rd Six Weeks
November 18: TAG to Audubon Center; The Wonderful Wizard of Oz
November 19: College and Career Day; 3:10 - Faculty Meeting; 5:30 - SBDM Meeting; Elementary All-City Choir; The Wonderful Wizard of Oz
November 20: 8:30-12:30 - Career and College Day; TAG Russian Classes

Go to the Calendar for more important dates & events >

Reflections art competition

...Encouraging your child’s creativity!

Young artists of any stripe – dancers, musicians, painters and more – should enter this year’s Reflections art competition. Details were sent home in a recent Thursday folder, and all submission guidelines can be found in the Texas PTA website at http://www.txpta.org/programs/reflections/

Please remember that submissions are due in Ms. Massey’s room on October 30. Submissions will be on display during the November PTA meeting, scheduled on November 10, at 7:00.

Outdoor classroom news

It’s butterfly season!
By Sandi Erspamer

Last week, buckwheat was planted along the walkway, where our Indian Hawthorne shrubs had been previously planted.  As many of you know, the shrubs were stolen over the summer.  Cover crops provide the following benefits: increasing organic matter and available nitrogen in the soil; providing habitat, nectar, and pollen for beneficial insects, while choking out weeds and Bermuda grass
In addition, a new path was mowed through the wildflower meadow.  We invite you to walk through and admire the second flush of bloom on the Indian Blanket,a benefit of the recent rains.

Other garden notes: Beans planted at the beginning of September around the teepee are taking off and will soon be twining up the poles. Sunflowers planted on August 27 by Ms. Massey's class are thriving and should bloom in a few weeks. October is peak butterfly viewing time.  The butterfly habitat garden is full of all kinds of butterflies, insects and hummingbirds too.