Welcome Kiker Comets
REFLECTIONS PROGRAM 2021-2022
DEADLINE - OCTOBER 22, 2021
THEME: "i WILL CHANGE THE WORLD BY..."
How will Kiker Comets change the world?? Express your answer through any art form: dance, film, writing, music, photography, and visual arts.
Submissions due: Friday, October 22nd
All entries must be linked to a Kiker PTA membership by Sunday, October 31st to be considered.
Submit electronically here through Google Forms, or physical submissions can be dropped at the Kiker front office. Submissions that advance may need to provide a hard copy of submission.
Book Fair
It's Book Fair Time!
Mark your calendars to visit the Jungle Book Fair, November 1-5!
Volunteers needed - Sign up will begin next week to help with the fair, so be on the lookout. You can help decorate our hallway (10/18-10/22), work the fair (11/1-11/5), or help take down the fair (11/8). We're super excited to have an in-person fair this year!
outdoor cafeteria volunteers needed
We updated plans for spreading students out during lunch by utilizing two outdoor spaces. We need volunteers to partner with staff members to provide supervision, open milks, etc.
Click here to sign up for a 1 hour shift to support outdoor lunch times. (10:45, 11:45, or 12:45) This does not need to be a reoccurring volunteer opportunity, but we are happy for you to sign up for multiple shifts as many days as you would like.
Grow our Library With the Book of the Month Club
Purchase a book from our special collection of new books. Be the first to read it and donate it to the Bernice Kiker Library!
Formerly known as Birthday Books, our librarian, Ashley Cross, will present your child with the book he/she has selected and your child will have two weeks to enjoy the book before sending it back for everyone else to check out.
Each book is $15 and a special book label will be placed in the book showing your child’s donation to the Kiker Library. In addition, your child’s picture with his/her chosen book will be displayed in the hallway for the school to enjoy.
To join the Book of the Month Club, please fill out this form and return. We ask that you use austinisd.schoolcashonline.com for payment. If you need to send cash or check please send payment with the below portion to Ashley Cross. Your child will be called from class to choose a book and parents will be notified when this takes place. Your child will be recognized on the bulletin board outside of the library for the month.
Thank you for participating! We can’t wait for your student to come choose a book from the library. Your student is welcome to participate as many months as you’d like. Each month is an additional $15. If your preferred month fills up, we will notify you by email for another month preference.
You can still join kiker pta!
QR Code to Join PTA
Visit This Link: https://kikerpta.membershiptoolkit.com/packet/18050753
Print This Form & send in a check
Austin Ed Fund’s Creative Expression Project
Students are invited to submit artwork for Austin Ed Fund’s Creative Expression Project. Any student is eligible to submit 1 piece.
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Mixed Media - Entries in which two or more 2-D media are combined in a single two-dimensional entry; includes collage. Materials may extend up to one inch from the surface.
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​Photography - Includes original, traditional or digital photographs taken by the student, in color or black and white.
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Digital - Includes compositions rendered on a computer from a blank workspace, as well as compositions that begin with the student’s original photograph, drawing, or illustration that is scanned in and completed with digital processes.
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Performing Arts - Dance, choral, instrumental, theatre, spoken word, debate, speech, film, etc.
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Written Word - Poetry, essay, storybook, etc.
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Drawing - Colored or graphite pencil, ink, pastel, crayon, chalk, marker, or charcoal. Pastels and charcoal must be protected with a fixative spray.
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Painting - Acrylic, watercolor, oil, tempera, and other plastic paints.
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Printmaking - Block print, monoprint, collagraph, serigraph, lithograph, + other forms.
Timeline:
- September 17 - Deadline to submit artwork digitally. Use this link to submit.
- October 4 - Austin Ed Fund contacts student artists to announce their involvement at the event
- October 8 - Deadline to deliver original artwork to location provided by Austin Ed Fund to be prepped for display at the event
- October 19 - Inspire the Future Day!
For questions, reach out to Mrs. Matheny at cory.matheny@austinisd.org
Our arrival and dismissal videos are now ready to be viewed to support everyone getting to and from school safe.
We will be using the QR codes to help families spread out at dismissal.
Mrs. Cory Matheny
Hello, my name is Cory Matheny and I am the proud Principal of Bernice Kiker Elementary. It is with great pleasure that I welcome you to the Kiker Community. We believe that ALL Kiker Comets can learn and become successful academically, physically, socially, emotionally, and behaviorally. We focus on the core values of Integrity, Resiliency, Compassion, Courage, and Connection.
Upcoming Events
- Wednesday, October 20
- Thursday, October 21
- Monday, October 25
- Tuesday, October 26
- Wednesday, October 27
- Thursday, October 28
- Friday, October 29
Birthdays
1 - Donna Kilpatrick
3 - Chris Bryson
4 - Raven Jeffrey
5 - Ashley Cross
11 - Veronica Taylor
19 - Nicole Kruszona
20 - Anmarie Bochey
26 - Paige Hariharan
31 - Kim Reiman
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