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Info for 2021-2022 kindergarten families

Online Book Fair May 1 - 14

Have you been to our Kiker Book Fair? It is happening now and online this year. Go to the Library Blend to get all the information you need in one place. Shopping, Fliers, videos, Classroom Wish Lists and more. Log in to portal.austinisd.org, click on Blend. Then click on the Kiker Elementary Virtual Library Blend course. Have fun exploring new books to read!

You will find fiction, nonfiction, graphic novels, picture books, easy readers, Dog Man, Baby-sitters Club, I survived, Harry Potter and much more! Shopping is online and all items purchased ship right to your home. Let’s get ready for summer reading with our Scholastic Book Fair!

5th graders

Gorzycki Middle School PTA is offering a discount to incoming 6th graders in time for 5th-grade graduation gifts!!

20% discount in the Tiger Mart online store, Monday, May 10th through Friday, May 14th

Order will be picked up at GMS driveway Saturday, May 15th and Saturday, May 16th

KIKER GIVES US WINGS

This has been a challenging year, but Kiker Comets working together will always rise to the occasion. Come see our collaborative and interactive work of art that shows how Kiker gives us wings! Over 250 students contributed feathers to make this possible. Snap a pic of your soaring Kiker student and share it on the PTA FB page.

school supply lists are available!

We are happy to announce that we have chosen to sell prepackaged school supplies for the next school year through School Tool Box. When you order from here, the school supplies will be delivered directly to your home address.

Individual supply lists are also available at: https://kikerpta.membershiptoolkit.com/schoolsupplies

SUMMER PLANNING

Did you know our Comets have a variety of after school activities and summer camps to participate in?

For a full listing, please visit our website to learn more and see the wonderful variety of classes and programs!

* The listing is updated as information is made available. Vendors are approved with Administration and offer programs for a fee. Please contact the vendors directly for questions and additional information, not the Kiker office.

FALL REGISTRATION FOR VOYAGER IS OPEN

Interested in Voyager for the 2021-2022 school year? Register here:

https://forms.gle/2NqmkgbT9V6272tJA

Our afterschool program is run by certified teachers and will begin right after school until 6:30 pm each evening.

For more information, please email Nicole Dean at nicole.dean@austinisd.org .

Engraved Paver Fundraiser

Kiker PTA is offering engraved paving stones to help honor those special Comets in your life, be it a special student, family member, teacher or staff member. For $35, you can have a paver engraved and installed around the granite star at the entrance to Kiker. Orders will be collected until May 21st. Click the form below for more details or to order your paver.

https://forms.gle/94UweSQAsyJDqSPr6

Meet Our New Principal

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.

Newsletter From the Kiker Admin Team