7th Grader wins first place at Science Fair
Congratulations to 7th grader Shaum on his 1st Place award at the Texas Science and Engineering Fair.

He won in the category of Computational Biology and Bioinformatics. The title of his project: Using Machine Learning and Neural Data from the Brain to Create an Artificial Intelligence Capable of Recognizing Thought Words.

Great job, Shaum!
NHS inducts 30
Keystone inducted 30 students into its chapter of the National Honor Society last week.

Students are selected for NHS for excellence in academics, leadership and community service.

With the new inductees, we have 84 students in NHS.
Spring Senior Night
Congratulations to the seniors who participated in Keystone sports. They celebrated their Senior Night this week before a varsity softball game.

Thanks for all your terrific effort!
Seniors donate, volunteer at Food Bank at Food Bank
Seniors had a couple of chances to get together last week for fun, and to do some good works.

On Monday, they got together for a day of hiking and team games at Government Canyon. 

On Tuesday, they spent the morning playing their own Field Day-style games. During the afternoon, they went to the San Antonio Food Bank to create food distribution boxes, and present a check for $7,367 -- the money raised from last year's Valentine's Day activities.
Keystone golfers excel at district tournament
Congratulations to senior Ethan and 9th grader Alysa on their success in a district golf tournament.

Ethan was fourth place overall in his division, while Alyssa came in third in her division.
Billy's Blog - From our Head of School
We make a living by what we get, we make a life by what we give.”
–Winston Churchill

Lunch last Friday with a group of seniors could not have been more inspiring. Eleven twelfth-grade students explained why their class chose to donate the money they had raised for their prom to the San Antonio Food Bank.

For many years, it’s been a tradition at Keystone that juniors create a variety of activities on Valentine’s Day to fundraise for prom. Whether they’re doing silly dances, singing songs, delivering notes, candy, or balloons, or other activities, the juniors run themselves ragged on February 14, or the day closest to it, bringing happiness to the entire community and subsidizing prom. As I learned in my first year, Valentine’s Day at Keystone is a big deal.
Summer Camp Update
Registration for Camp Cobra and the Little School camps are full and accepting names for a waitlist. A few spots are open for Camp Hollywood and for the online math enrichment for rising 5th and 6th graders.

Important events and notes
Spirit Week Is Here!
Thanks to the Middle School Leadership group, Keystone is celebrating Spirit Week on the Main Campus from April 19-23.

And remember, April 23 is a school holiday for the Battle of Flowers Parade. We still have the day off even though there's no parade.

Click here or on the schedule to download a copy of the flier.
Children's Book Day - April 30
Keystone alum Carmen Tafolla '69 is one of the featured authors during a San Antonio Public Library event on April 30 celebrating Children's Book Day.

Her presentation runs from 2-2:45pm, and she will premiere her new bilingual children's book "The Last Butterfly / La Ultima Mariposa."

Before Dr. Tafolla's talk, former Trinity professor Simran Jeet Singh will deliver a talk from noon-12:45pm. He will read and discuss his children's book, "Fauja Singh Keeps Going," about the first person older than 100 to run a marathon.

Register for the live online author event here:
Spring Book Fair - April 19-May 2
From Mrs. Denny:

The Keystone Online Spring Book Fair opens April 19 and runs through May 2. You’ll find books for all ages, K through 12th grade, and the books ship directly to you, the purchaser. The library earns rewards toward book purchases for our shelves, so support our growing K-12 library with your book fair orders. Have a great summer of reading!
Keystone gear available at Vivroux Sports
Get your Keystone gear with a quick visit to Vivroux Sports.

On their retail floor, they have:

  • White and Black Adidas hats
  • White Comfort Color t-shirts in all sizes adult and youth
  • Adidas grey and white t-shirts some youth and adult sizes
  • Cardinal and black full and 1/4 zip Adidas jackets in select adult sizes
  • And a few Adidas black polos

Vivroux Sports is open 10am-5pm Monday-Friday, at 2222 Breezewood, just off New Braunfels Ave. north of the McNay Museum.
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