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The annual Young Pegasus poetry anthology usually includes several Keystone students, but this year brings many more. The Young Pegasus Poetry Competition, founded in 1927, invites poets aged 18 and younger to submit their work to be reviewed by a panel of independent judges.
Here are Keystone’s winners:
Age 7:
Jeremiah, 2nd Grade
Julia, 2nd Grade
Mateo, 1st Grade
Holly, 2nd Grade
Sara, 2nd Grade
Eddie, 2nd Grade
Age 8:
Matteo, 3rd Grade
Alex, 2nd Grade
Talia, 3rd Grade
Santiago, 2nd Grade
Avraham, 3rd Grade
Tomas, 2nd Grade
Ben, 2nd Grade
Age 9:
Daniel, 4th Grade
Savannah, 4th Grade
Devorah, 4th Grade
Veronika, 4th Grade
Vivian, 4th Grade
Kinsey, 4th Grade
Age 10:
Axel, 4th Grade
Lilian, 4th Grade
Luke, 4th Grade
Arya, 4th Grade
Robert, 4th Grade
Siyona, 5th Grade
Peter, 4th Grade
Olivia, 4th Grade
Gabriel, 5th Grade
Cody, 4th Grade
Age 12:
Shalini, 7th Grade
Caroline, 7th Grade
Age 13:
Jack, 8th Grade
Zander, 8th Grade
Vienna, 8th Grade
Oz, 8th Grade
Isaac, 8th Grade
Age 14:
Nidhi, 8th Grade
Lucia, 8th Grade
Age 15:
Anna, 9th Grade
Age 16:
Julia, 10th Grade
Kate, 11th Grade
Joanna, 11th Grade
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Upper Schoolers compete at French symposium
Toutes nos félicitations to the Upper Schoolers who took part in last week’s French Symposium in Houston.
Nine Upper School students went to compete in language, music and art events, such as poetry, prose, music, art, and dictation.
Mr. Handmaker writes about the symposium in this week’s blog.
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Australian author visits Keystone
Catherine Corcoran, originally from Melbourne, Australia, visited Keystone this week to read her book, Treasure Isle.
The author now lives in Texas joined us for two days in a row! She read to the Little School on Tuesday and visited with students in kindergarten, first, and second grades on Wednesday.
Such a fun book!
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UT Health honors 10th grader
Congratulations to sophomore Rashmi for being awarded as one of the top researchers for presenting her scientific research at a STEM competition hosted by UT Health.
Her research involved expanding on non-invasive medical procedures for diagnosis.
Great job!
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7th and 8th graders compete in Field Day, then volunteer
Seventh and eighth graders had a day off from classes for their annual Field Day.
Teams competed at Hardberger Park in games such as tug of war, nitro ball, kickball, and ultimate frisbee. After lunch, they took their bus to the San Antonio Food Bank, where they organized items in boxes as a volunteer project.
A terrific break!
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Eight Upper Schoolers advance to state tennis tournament
Congratulations to our varsity tennis players who are advancing to the state tournament.
They excelled over the weekend at a district tournament and will play again later this month.
The tournament-bound players:
Evalyn, 11th grade
Suhin, 9th Grade
Nandini, 11th Grade
Ian, 10th Grade
Kate, 11th Grade
Sarim, 9th Grade
Anna, 9th Grade
Zoe, 9th Grade
Well done!
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Keep bringing your plastic bags! | |
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Our plastic bag collection drive finishes on April 13, so keep bringing them in!
Remember to please tag them with a count and grade level.
Here's the current count:
Little School - 876
Lower School - 1,307
Middle School - 1,013
Upper School - 285
To recap the rules:
- Students collect and count their plastic bags and bring them to campus. These can be any retail shopping bag, produce bags, bread bags, dry cleaning bags, or newspaper bags.
- Keystone will have bins on both campuses where students can turn in their bags.
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Bags must be counted and labeled with the number and the student’s division. Any bags turned in and not counted will not be accepted.
- Bags must be turned in by April 13
- We’ll tally up the total by division and the winning division gets a $150 HEB gift card to do whatever they’d like. Keystone will also keep track of the count for the school, and report the school total in an upcoming issue of the Communiqué.
Keystone is competing against other schools, but we're focusing on doing our best.
Director of Maintenance Mr. Carpenter and Director of Strategic Marketing & Communications Mr. Tijerina are coordinating this effort with HEB. If you have any questions, please email etijerina@keystoneschool.org.
Let's finish strong!
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Register for Writers Workshop now!
There are still a few spaces open in the Writers Workshop:
Writers Workshop - June 19-30 (Monday-Friday): Students in rising 6th-9th grades will create their own original works in different literary styles. Cost: $300/student for the two-week camp. Click here to register
Our other summer camps are full.
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Billy's Blog: From our Head of School | |
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"Learning another language is not only learning different words for the same things, but learning another way to think about things."
-Flora Lewis
Last Friday, we bid adieu to Upper School History and Middle School French teacher Dr. Caraway, his wife, and Madame Beaugendre as they accompanied 9 students for the second year in a row to the Texas French Symposium. At this event, our Cobras competed against students from other schools in a variety of activities around French language, poetry, art, and song. As you would expect, Keystone students excelled and enjoyed themselves.
In the process, students and teachers also reaffirmed the benefits of taking a second language. While learning another language can help in looking for a job, there are also intangible benefits. (I will own my bias right here by acknowledging that I love learning languages and over my life, I studied French, Italian, Arabic, and Hebrew.)
Learning the way that people in other countries and cultures speak allows children and young adults to see the world in another way. Language reflects how people think, but it also influences and generates thought; consequently, acquiring another language enables students to think more broadly and in a more sophisticated fashion than if they only know one language.
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Monday, April 10
6th Period: Texas A&M University - In-person
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Important Events and Notes | |
Literati Book Fair running April 17-22 | |
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Literati’s Secrets of the Sea Book Fair will run from April 17-22 from 8:30 am - 4:00 pm, and for 2 hours during Fun Day on Saturday April 22 from 4:00 pm - 6:00 pm
The book fair accepts Cash, credit, debit, check, or book fair gift cards can be used at the fair.
If you'd like to shop online, select Keystone School at https://efairs.literati.com/
Questions about the fair? Email Librarian Mrs. Vilagi jvilagi@keystoneschool.org or call 210.735.4022 ext. 326
Download the flyer here or click on the image above.
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Family Fun Day - April 22
Save the Date: Saturday, April 22
Time: 4 pm – 7 pm
Location: Main Campus
Enjoy an outdoor event filled with food trucks, free games, inflatables, and crafts. Open to all Keystone families, grandparents and siblings.
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PTO General Meeting - April 25
From Keystone's PTO:
Save the date for the Spring PTO General Meeting on Monday, April 25 at 7:00 pm via Zoom. Agenda and list of speakers to follow. Parents will receive an email with a link to the meeting.
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Cobra Radio podcast features three seniors: Maya A., Ana, Hazel | | |
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The current episode of Cobra Radio features three Keystone seniors: Maya A., Ana, and Hazel.
All three have known each other since kindergarten here, and they share stories of becoming friends in Lower School, challenges in Middle School, and experiences in Upper School.
Find this episode and subscribe on:
Spotify
Apple Podcasts
Google Podcasts
If you're searching for it on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, or Google Podcasts, type in "Cobra Radio" and "Keystone".
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Mohan Iyengar ’16 receives vet white coat
Congratulations to Mohan Iyengar 16. He just received his white coat from the Texas A&M School of Veterinary Medicine & Biomedical Sciences.
The white coat ceremony signifies the transition from coursework to clinical work in a student’s veterinary training.
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