Keystone Communique

First week of school

All the work our teachers and administrators put in over the summer came to fruition this week when Keystone's first week of school went smoothly. Of course, there's always a few tech issues, but classes began well and everything's set up well for the coming week and beyond.

Click here for a slideshow of teachers working with students in distance learning.

Parent survey going out next week

Parents of students in grades PK-8 will receive a survey next week asking if they want their children to return to campus or remain in distance mode when public health conditions allow a return to campus with physical distancing, masks, and other safety measures throughout campus. An Upper School survey will follow later.

Parents will receive a letter with more information one day before receiving the survey.

In the meantime, we encourage families not to travel to places with rates of infection higher than San Antonio. If you do so, please let us know.

PTO supporting faculty

Even without students on campus, Keystone's PTO, stepped up to support faculty on the first week of school.

First, they created gift bags of coffee, tea and chocolate goodies for all faculty and staff members.

And they also created lawn signs that they installed in front of Mr. Handmaker's house.

We love our PTO!

Sophomore earns piano medal

Congratulations to 10th-grader Mihika, who earned the Paderewski Gold Medal from the National Guild of Piano Teachers over the summer.

Read more here

Important events and notes

Keystone apparel available

New year, new fan wear!

Place your order here: https://vivrouxsports2020.itemorder.com/sale. Keystone merchandise is at the bottom of the page.

Orders must be placed before Aug. 31.

Or go to Vivroux Sports at 2222 Breezewood Blvd in Alamo Heights for Adidas merchandise, including additional tshirts, sweatshirts, shorts, drawstring backpacks, and more!

Keystone community responding to pandemic

Members of the Keystone community are living out the school's pillars of Community Involvement and Responsible Leadership by launching or supporting fundraisers to help organizations involved in the pandemic. We'll include them on the Keystone website at: https://www.keystoneschool.org/covid-19. Click on the "fundraising efforts" tab.

Support Keystone while you shop

If you're getting school supplies or adding to your home office from either Office Max or Office Depot, please mention Keystone. As part of the Give Back to Schools program, the stores give 5% of the purchase price of qualifying school supplies in credits to Keystone for office supplies. Be sure to include the school's ID number when you make your purchase. Keystone's school number is: 70100727.

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.

We want to hear from you!

If you have news to share about the students, alumni, faculty or staff at Keystone School, please send it to: etijerina@keystoneschool.org.

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