ADMINISTRATION AND OFFICE STAFF

10/2—National Custodial Appreciation Day

10/3—NJHS Meeting 3:45pm

10/4—Football Games; 7th hm, 8th away

10/4—National Night Out 6-8pm

10/4—PSAT Meeting, 5:30-6pm, cafeteria

10/6—Volleyball Game, 5:30pm

10/7—School Picture Day

10/10—No school! Prof. Development Day

10/11—Football Game; 8th hm, 7th away

10/13—Volleyball Game, 5:30

10/17—NJHS Meeting 3:45pm

10/18—Football Game; 7th hm, 8th away

10/19—PSAT 8th Grade

10/20—End of Grading Period

10/20—Volleyball Game, 5:30

10/25—Football Game; 8th hm, 7th away

10/26—Mad City Money 7th Grade

10/26—Early Release 12:45pm

10/27—Volleyball Game, 5:30pm

10/27-28—Pep Rally and Awards

Principal Dina Schaefer

6th grade Asst. Principal Ryan Hayes

6th grade Counselor Desiree Sauceda

7th grade Asst. Principal Jason Soileau

7th grade Counselor Sandra Sebesta

8th grade Asst. Principal Rose Marques

8th grade Counselor Sherri Vigil

Sr. Admin. Associate Linda Spataro

Registrar Vanessa Antu

Attendance Gail Abels

Receptionist Julie Scarpato

Nurse Aimee Kurio

Volunteer Coordinator Angelica Castro

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Kelly Lane Middle School PTO

Knight’s Watch Newsletter 18900 Falcon Pointe Blvd. Pflugerville, TX 78660

Phone: (512) 594-2800

October 2016

Volume 1, Issue 1

PTO Meetings

6:30pm in Library

November 14 March 6

January 9 May 8th

https://www.facebook.com/groups/klmspto

In October Student Council will be selling pink “KLMS Cares” brace-lets for $2 to raise money for the Susan G. Komen Foundation. Student Council members will line the front sidewalk with flags for the Veteran’s Day assembly and will hold a mock election. The winter dance in December (date TBD) will be hosted by stu-dent council; all grades welcome.

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August 1—Angelica Torres De Castro

August 5—Amy Kruse

August 6—Brenda Stady

August 10—Alicia Ferguson

August 14—Linda Spataro

August 16—Cynthia Mixon

August 20—Rebecca Mancias

August 20—Dina Schaefer

August 23—Willow Clark

August 26—Mary Wilson

August 29—Angelica Martin

August 30—William Harris

September 8—Aimee Kurio

September 8—Vivian Morgan

September 16—Tonya Allen

September 16—Kristien Delgado-Cook

September 16—Benjamin Hughes

September 17—Teresa Bowers-Gratehouse

September 24—Lorena Delacruz-Blackard

September 27—Sarah Douglas

October 1—Jason Soileau

October 7—Vanessa Antu

October 8—Erica Valenzuela

October 13—Jason Parker

STAFF BIRTHDAYS

School Picture Day is This Friday October 7th

Order online at mylifetouch.com with school code: JD176022Y0.

Did you know KLMS gets a percentage of the sales?

If you need retakes, they will be on November 16th.

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Order Your Yearbook Now and Save

CURRENT PRICE: $30

Price will go up to $35 on January 1st

The EASIEST and fastest way to order your yearbook: 1. Go to www.balfour.com.

2. Type in Kelly Lane Middle School

3. Select your book 4. Optional: Select any additional items (extra signature pages, covers,

personalization, etc.)

5. Add it to your cart and proceed to checkout. You must pay with a credit card.

6. Your book is ordered!

THE LAST DAY TO ORDER ONLINE IS MAY 15TH. ONLY ON CAMPUS OR-

DERS WILL BE TAKEN AFTER THAT DATE.

Ordering on Campus:

You can also order your book on campus. Simply print the order form

on the next page and bring your payment to the front office or to Ms. Edwards in room 220 (7th grade computer lab). Bring a check, cash

(exact amount is much appreciated!), or a money order. All checks

must be made payable to KLMS.

**Please note: Personalization available online only.**

Yearbooks will be distributed the last week of May.

Please contact maisey.edwards@pfisd.net if you have any questions.

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Thank you for the awesome photo booth Dr. Farrah!

Thanks to all of our 6th

grade students who attended

the Neon Knights Dance and to all of

our volunteers, vendors and

sponsors!

Thanks for the giveaways Andy’s!

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On Facebook search for “Kelly Lane Middle School PTO”

Check out the KLMS website:

www.pfisd.net/Domain/16

Sign up for the Principal’s email and find the school calendar

You can also click links to follow PfISD on Twitter and Facebook

Click ‘Get Notified’ to receive emails from the District.

Want to volunteer this year ? Apply online at pfisd.net

Track your child’s lunch account on www.myschoolbucks.com

There’s an app for that!

Raise Money for Kelly Lane

Turn in BoxTops to core class

teachers labeled with teacher’s

name to compete in year-long

competition. Each box top earns

KLMS $.10 and that adds up.

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Monday, October 3: Pflugerville Pfestival of Bands

-ALL PfISD Middle School and High School Bands! (7th and 8th grade)

-HHS Stadium

-7:00pm

-$5.00 entry

Thursday, October 6: Band Cookie Dough Delivery Day!

Tuesday, October 25: 7th and 8th grade Band performs at

the KLMS Football Game!

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Join KLMS for a National Night Out Celebration

5:30 pm ~ PSAT 8/9 Informational Meeting for 8th Grade

6:00 pm ~ Kick Off with KLMS and HHS Cheerleaders

6:15pm ~ Jump Rope Challenge

6:45pm ~ Tricycle/Scooter Challenge

7:15pm ~ Three-legged Race

7:45pm ~ Glow Run

**NJHS students will be tutoring on the patio from 6:00-7:30

Come by and get your homework done!

**Mr. Pfranks hotdogs will be on site; bring some $ and make

it a dinner date.

The PSAT will be given to all 8th

grade students on October 19th.

There will be a PSAT presentation

to parents and students on Tues.

October 4th at 5:30pm in the

cafeteria before the National

Night Out gathering.

AVID parent night is

October 4th

Join us at Kelly Lane Middle School and be a part of the Knight Watch Program!

We have teachers that can use your help in the classroom, in the office or lunch room. Sign up to help on a Tuesday or Thursday and let us how you’d like to volunteer on campus.

Maybe the mornings are better? We have Knight Lab every morning to help students with homework from 7:30 until 8:00.

If you are interested, please make sure you register and apply

to be a volunteer with the district.

The October sign up genius calendar will be sent out via email.

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October KLMS Spirit Nights

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Spirit Night at Jersey Mike’s will be

Wednesday October 26th!

1608 Town Center Dr. #500

Pflugerville, TX 78660

Join us ALL DAY! Turn in your

receipt for 15% of your purchase to

be donated to the school!

November KLMS Spirit Night will be Wed. 11/9 4:30-8:30pm

Spirit WEEK at

Jersey Mike’s will be

Oct 21-28. We’ll be

getting coupons like

this one.

Get a 2nd regular sub

for free with a

minimum $2

donation to KLMS.

Wednesdays are College Days

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With our hearts and minds set on higher education, this school year PfISD campuses will be celebrating College T-Shirt Days every Wednesday. We’ll post photos of students and staff, and you can, too!

On Facebook, look for our College T-Shirt Days post each Wednesday and include photos of your student or staff member – in their college shirt or other gear – in the comments section. On Twitter, include the hashtag #TheRoadToCollege with your photo so we can find it.

Together, we’re all in for students!

7th and 8th grade art students have successfully finished their first art project of the year!

KLMS art students studied Graffiti art and practiced mind mapping to brainstorm ideas for their own name

designs. 8th Grade student, Isabella Cruz, reflected on the project

saying, “ Art is shown everywhere and we pass by it

every day and don’t realize it! So take time to notice it.”

Students are also excited to start their next project

exploring Asian calligraphy.

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Traffic Reminders A collaborative meeting was held with members of the KLMS, HHS, and MES schools along with PfISD school officials, PfISD transportation, the City of Pflugerville, Pflu-gerville Police Department and the Pflugerville ISD Police Department. The conges-tion on Falcon Pointe Blvd has rendered it difficult for emergency vehicles to navigate the road; additionally, community members, not associated with the school, cannot drive down Falcon Pointe. With the additional enrollment comes additional traffic and we are at a point where the processes need to change for the safety of everyone in-volved. Starting immediately:

Do not stop on Falcon Pointe if you are waiting to turn into KLMS for student pick up or drop off. If necessary, park along the road (against a curb) to pick up your student. During pick up time, there is no parking along the curb in front of the gym so we can create a turn lane. There is some available parking in the back of the school that can also help.

Please RIGHT TURN ONLY leaving the back parking lot. A significant amount of congestion from the backlog of cars attempting to leave KLMS, thus rendering it im-possible for other parents to turn into the back drive. We are working with the City to make this official, but turning right to allow better traffic flow. This will hopefully alleviate the issue with people stopping on Falcon Pointe Blvd.

Please remember:

Do not let students enter or exit the vehicle if you are in the street. It is safe when you are pulled along side a curb but students running to and from cars in an active lane of traffic is not safe.

Remind your student if they walk to cross at the crosswalk. We have a crossing guard on duty (usually Mrs. Schaefer) starting at 7:45 in the morning until the 8:00 bell and again from 3:35 until 3:50 (end of traffic).

Do not park or stop in the crosswalk. All cars must yield to pedestrians in a crosswalk- with or without a crossing

guard. If a pedestrian is anywhere in the crosswalk, you cannot enter the cross-walk.

If you are trying to pull back into traffic from the curb, it is best to turn on your turn signal before entering traffic. You should enter the main lane of traffic before driv-ing forward (e.g., not making two lanes of traffic).

Do not make "U" turns on Falcon Pointe near the school traffic; this is an especially

dangerous choice for students and the other cars on the road.

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