A message to families before Thanksgiving Break
Dear Keystone Parents, 

As we prepare to leave for the Thanksgiving holiday, we are also seeing an increase in the number of positive COVID cases in San Antonio.  

We hope to return to campus after Thanksgiving, but we want to be prepared for any eventuality. To that end, we are asking all students to take home their materials, including school-issued iPads, when they leave for the holiday.  

This way, all students can be ready for school on Monday, November 30, whether it is in person on campus or in distance learning mode. 

We hope to be in person on campus, but we wish to offer the same excellent educational experience no matter the circumstances. We will make a decision on Monday, November 23 once we see the most up to date indicators that typically come out on Mondays.  

Please make sure to check your email over the Thanksgiving holiday, and please make sure to keep those iPads charged.   

We hope you have a relaxing and meaningful Thanksgiving.  

With hope, 

Billy

William B. Handmaker
Head of School
Peanut Butter drive
What a response! Keystone families donated 265 jars to a peanut butter drive.

The drive, a project from junior Gabe, aimed to collect peanut butter for the Snack Pack for Kids program.

Keystone alum visits with 4th Grade Leadership class
This week brought a meeting with 4th Grade Leadership and a Keystone grad.

Ally Chisenhall Harding ‘11, spoke to the Lower School students this week about her work as a chemical process engineer with Vintage Air and about being a leader.

The younger students loved her presentation!
Army captain, Keystone dad, visits Little School for Veterans Day
Earlier this week, the Little School hosted retired Army Capt. Cooney, who spoke to the students about his service and Veterans Day. He's also a Keystone dad.

We celebrate him and all in our community who have served this country.
Welcome to Keystone
Please welcome Alex Guerra, our new safety aide. She has a background in the security field and is excited to be part of the Keystone community.
Billy's Blog - From our Head of School
“She refused to be bored chiefly because she wasn’t boring.”
–Zelda Fitzgerald

“I’m so bored!” How many times do we parents hear our children express tedium? Even our eclectic young Cobras, involved in academics, extracurriculars and community activities, get bored from time to time. Now, in a time when so much is closed or inaccessible, the phenomenon is even worse.

Perhaps, though, we may be looking at boredom in the wrong way.
Important events and notes
Keystone gear available at Vivroux Sports
Stock up on Keystone gear in time for the holidays 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.
Junior College Night- Dec 2

A College Night for 11th graders and their parents will take place on Zoom from 7-8:30 p.m. on Dec. 2. Zoom details will be emailed separately to junior families. 

Ms. Christiansen will cover all aspects of the college application process including a testing calendar, how to research schools, the application process, financial aid and more.

All juniors and their parents are encouraged to attend this event which kicks off the college search process for the Class of 2022.
Hot lunches now available
Cafeteria procedures may have changed, but hot lunch is still available.

Now it's packaged in to-go containers and students eat either in their classrooms or outside.



For more information, including how to load your account go to:
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.
Follow Keystone on social media