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Sophomores help create curriculum for international nonprofit |
Three sophomores worked with an international nonprofit to create a curriculum for young people throughout the world.
The three Keystone students — Quincy, Lily and Stella — interned with a Jordan-based organization called Global Nomads.
It offers various programs that allow young people throughout the world to connect and share perspectives and experiences on a variety of topics.
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Junior wins congressional app challenge contest |
Congratulations to junior Shreya, who has won the Congressional App Challenge for District 20.
Congressman Joaquin Castro’s office announced the award this week.
Shreya’s journaling app, called Together, offers an opportunity for young people to express their thoughts and feelings. She’s conducting a demo on Friday evening to talk more about the app.
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Carmen Tafolla '69 to premiere new work on Children's Book Day |
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:
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New issue of The Keynote is out! |
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Billy's Blog - From our Head of School |
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“I have to admit it’s getting better.”
--John Lennon/Paul McCartney
On Tuesday, March 30, three enthusiastic sixth graders asked to meet with me. Having no idea why we were gathering, I guided them into the Founders’ Hall Conference Room where they requested permission to play several April’s Fool Day jokes on their teachers and administrators. The pranks were harmless and appropriately silly, so I readily agreed but asked them to check with the Head of Middle School, Dr. Wivagg.
As the three merry pranksters left our meeting, I couldn’t help but smile. What may sound like a small and ordinary occurrence reminded me how good it felt to be back in school with students and teachers practicing the ordinary, albeit still with masks on and other COVID measures in place. Something innocuous like an April Fools Day joke felt so good because it felt so normal.
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Alumni cooking demo/dinner - April 18 |
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Join your fellow Keystone alumni for a virtual cooking demonstration on Sunday April 18th featuring an evening with John and Elise Russ, the owners and culinary power couple who own the critically acclaimed Clementine!
John and Elise will lead a cooking demo and lesson via Zoom from 4pm to 6pm, and then you’ll have time to enjoy your creations during an informational get together from 6-7 pm led by Alumni Council members Victoria Shum Bush '00, and Toya Bell '83.
Once you register for the event, you will receive a recipe and shopping list, so you can participate from anywhere!
The menu for the evening will include English pea hummus, whipped Bulgarian feta, pepita pesto and tomato confit. If you’re in the San Antonio area, you can also purchase a bottle of wine from Clementine that has been paired to meal. Cost to attend is $50 per person.
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Registration open for Keystone summer camps |
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Registration for Camp Cobra is 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.
Click on the flier below to register.
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Important events and notes |
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San Antonio Book Festival takes place this weekend |
The San Antonio Book Festival is this weekend, April 9-11, and it's online.
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Thanks to the Middle School Leadership group, Keystone is celebrating Spirit Week on the Main Campus from April 19-23.
Click here or on the schedule to download a copy of the flier.
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Spring Book Fair - April 19-May 2 |
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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!
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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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Plan your hot lunch schedule |
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Support Keystone while you shop |
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If you're purchasing items from Amazon, please consider supporting Keystone with your purchases and use AmazonSmile. Just designate Keystone as the beneficiary and a portion of your purchases will go to the school.
Make sure to install the Smilematic browser extension. It works with Firefox, Chrome and Safari and automatically redirects users to AmazonSmile when they visit Amazon. Here's the tool: https://couponfollow.com/smilematic.
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