Week of January 10, 2022
Upper School Katy, Weekly Announcements
Open Enrollment continues through the end of the month. ChildProof America is coming to Aristoi! Pre-registration is below. Check out the details for the Mother & Son Game Night. Information for the HBU Art & Essay Contest is included. Today is the last day the Spirit Store is open for a while. Get your Aristoi gear today (and delivered to your home!). Theatre auditions are coming up for the high school set. Lots of information is included below from Ms. Judeh.
January 17th, Marting Luther King, Jr. Day, Student & Staff Holiday
From Child Nutrition


Please read the monthly communication from Child Nutrition.
Today is the last day to order from the Spirit Store!
ABC Casual Dress Day,
January 13th

The next Casual Dress Day is this Thursday, January 13th. The deadline to purchase your student's ticket is 4:00 PM on January 12th. This allows us time to add your student's name to the list that is given to the school.

Tickets will not be available after the deadline. Purchase your student's ticket here.

Coffee with Kathryn Locheed, Headmaster, January 21st @ 8:15 AM, Upper School, Griffin Cafeteria

You are cordially invited to coffee and conversation with Headmaster, Kathryn Locheed in the Griffin Cafeteria at Upper School.

Please RSVP to Ms. Cabie Lamb. Please pick up your Visitor Badge in the Main Office (Building D) prior to the event.
School Board Meeting, January 24th @ 5:30 PM, Upper School, Room C1 (Updated)
Blood Drive, January 28th, Upper School
The Senior A & P class who sponsor this quarterly event appreciate your support. Make your appointment here!

HBU's Art & Essay Contest, Deadline February 28th

Aristoi's 6th-9th grade scholars are invited to participate in HBU Academy's art and essay contest! This year's theme is "The Nature of Friendship" in literature and history.
Tell your friends and invite your neighbors! Open Enrollment for New Students and Siblings is open!
Optional free
COVID-19 Testing

Testing is free for all Aristoi employees and students.

For more information and to schedule a test, please visit aristoiclassical.org/covid19testing/.
High School Theatre Auditions, January 18th

This spring we are showcasing a compilation of songs/scenes from Classic Broadway and scenes from Classical Theatre. Auditions are currently for 9th-12th grade students.

For Musical Auditions
If you are interested in auditioning a musical piece, please prepare 1-2 minutes of a song from a musical, with accompaniment (music background only, without another singer).

Send your accompaniment track to Ms. Judeh up to two days before the audition. Please do not send it earlier. 

For Scene/Monologue Auditions
If you are interested in auditioning a scene or monologue a variety of scenes for cold reading will be available. You will not need to prepare anything.  

Please sign up for the genre in which you are interested on the door of C6 before January 18th. 

On Jan. 18th, musical pieces audition first from 4:00 to 4:30 or 5:00 PM. Scene monologue auditions begin as soon as musical auditions are complete. Auditions should end between 5:30 and 6:00 PM. 
ChildProof America, January 27th @ 6:30 PM, Griffin Center

In an effort to create awareness and to educate our parents and families, Aristoi is bringing ChildProof America to the Griffin Center on January 27th @ 6:30 PM.

This free event is a high-energy 90-minute presentation about sex trafficking in America. Local Katy residents and mother and daughter team, Kelly and Courtney Litvak, present their powerful, heart-wrenching story about how sex trafficking has affected them and how creating ChildProof America was their answer to this horrific event in their lives.

Please pre-register for this January 27th presentation. General admission; doors open at 6:00 PM.

(This program is appropriate for students ages 13 and up).

High School Spring Swing Dance

Want to help plan our next high school dance? Join our Dance Committee!

Mother & Son Game Night (K-6), January 28th, Griffin Center
Outerwear Options for 2021-2022
Aristoi understands that there is some difficulty in finding outerwear that meets the Aristoi criteria. Many of our approved vendors do not have the appropriate Aristoi navy and heather jackets in stock.

If the weather is below the temperature suitable for dress code compliance, personal coats or jackets may be worn outside only, at the discretion of the Aristoi administration.

Following are options that will resolve some of the issues of locating the appropriate outerwear.

  • Port Authority Youth Team Jacket (see picture above)
  • Port Authority Team Jacket

*Embroidery of the school logo is $10.00 per jacket and names are an
additional $3.00 per jacket.