Scottie Stroll and More!

Highland Park families do much for our school, but they also do much for our community at large.  Though I was unable to attend last Sunday's Fall Fitness Festival, I heard on Monday that the kick-off Scottie Stroll raised approximately $8,600 for the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation (JDRF).  That's a WooHoo kind of total that affects a lot of kids and families in a positive way.  I also heard that Coach DeLine's archery unit plans are well under way - look for an announcement from him soon - and that the 2008 Paralympic Archery Bronze Medalist Lindsey Carmichael's demonstration was the big hit of the day.  Way to go to all involved in a very successful and fun family day. 

Scott Scottie and Coach strike a pose

Lamar Principal George Llewellyn and Lamar Fine Arts Coordinator Ingrid McDonald were on hand Tuesday evening in our cafeteria, giving a presentation to about 80 Scottie parents.  I'm always impressed by George's presentation style, his openness for parents to visit and check out all Lamar has to offer.  In fact, an upcoming date to mark on your calendar will be The Lamar Fine Arts Workshop slated for December 15, 10-11am in the Lamar cafeteria.  I urge you to check out the wonderful Fine Arts offerings, but also to give George a call to hear about all Lamar has to offer.  Good things happening at our feeder middle school y'all.

A couple of things during this busy week caught my eye.  First, Mr. Robenhorst's class took the recent Family Constitution activity and made their very own Class Constitution.  Loved reading about the roles, responsibilities, and rights the students decided for their homeroom class.  Signatures on the document were yet to be collected, but look for it hanging in the classroom next week.  Cool idea.

Also, loved the Ten Frame Math display when I visited Ms. William's first grade classroom today.  She had tied it so well to high interest and timely "ghosts", and she tells me the kids also took this math activity one step further by counting the number of ten frames and ghosts total for the classroom. 

Today was packed with activities as always.  A jazz workshop in the morning, a Dowser Dan (LCRA) informational assembly, and the all important Student Council sponsored Twins Day!  This morning, I saw twin teachers, twin kids, and even a twin parent/child.  Many Scotties got on board and it all made for a special Friday.

Don't forget to check out the special link for The Planets presentation, Bass Concert Hall, Sunday, October 21, 7:00 pm.  Use the HPScotties passcode for the discount and it's truly open to all who want to come out and experience the planets in a cool, artistic way.  We'll  have a special banner and hopefully a section where we can enjoy the evening together.  Check the Scottie Informer email blast coming your way Sunday if you need the link, or scroll below to my post last week.  Really hope to see you there.

Finally, I'd be remiss if I didn't mention all the wonderful folks at C3 Presents.  As part of spreading the word about the Any Given Child initiative, there is an AGC activation tent in the AKL section of the festival - look for the lollipop sign Thematic Storytelling and Songwriting.  Some cool community arts partners will be doing their thing with families each day of the event, so make plans to stop by, get creative/get a special takeaway, and learn more about the arts access work planned for our great city of Austin.   Charlie Jones and AKL co-producer Sarah George - you both rock and roll!  A thousand thanks.