Upper, Middle School students excel at regional Science Fair |
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Congratulations to the Upper and Middle School students in Science Fair who fared well at the 2022 Alamo Regional Science and Engineering Fair.
Also, senior Shreya delivered the keynote address before the awards ceremony.
Here are all of Keystone's Science Fair scholars:
Grand Awards
- 1st Grand Team – Sathina and Mihika - 11th Grade
- 2nd Grand Team – Jasmine and Sarah - 11th Grade
- 3rd Grand Fair II – Alex - 11th Grade
- 4th Grand Fair III – Aleena - 11th Grade
- 5th Grand Fair I – Shreya - 12th Grade
Grand Awards Middle School
- 1st Grand Fair I – Sathvik - 6th Grade
- 1st Grand Fair II – Nidhi - 7th Grade
- 2nd Grand Fair II – Ariana - 8th Grade
- 3rd Grand Fair I – Shaum - 8th Grade
High School Category Awards
- 1st Place Engineering – Alan - 10th Grade
- 1st Place Medicine & Health – Sindhu - 9th Grade
- 2nd Place Biochemistry – Sarita - 11th Grade
- 2nd Place Environmental – Maya - 11th Grade
- 2nd Place Medicine & Health – Rashmi - 9th Grade
- 2nd Place Medicine & Health – Niraj - 10th Grade
- 2nd Place Zoology – Joshlyn - 10th Grade
Middle School Category Awards
- 1st Place Medicine & Health – Anirudh - 8th Grade
- 1st Place Medicine & Health – Neerja - 7th Grade
- 1st Place Sixth Grade Award – Sathvik - 6th Grade
- 4th Place Physics – Nirmal - 6th Grade (not pictured)
Special Awards
- Association of Old Crows Award – Ariana
- Broadcom Masters – Shaum, Nidhi, Sathvik, Ariana
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5th, 7th Graders return from Outdoor Education trips |
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Our 5th and 7th graders returned from their Outdoor Education trips on Friday.
The 7th graders went to a Nature's Classroom Institute camp in New Ulm, about halfway between San Antonio and Houston. There, they participated in lots of team building and nature activities. After two years of canceled overnight trips, they also just enjoyed being together as a class outside of the school grounds.
Meanwhile, the 5th graders went to the T Bar M camp, near New Braunfels. This is the same camp that the 6th graders visited last week, only the younger students stayed one night instead of two.
It's great to have Outdoor Education back in the Middle School!
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8th Grader is a candidate for LLS Society's Student of the Year award |
Good luck and congratulations to Ariana, an 8th grader who is a candidate for Student of the Year with the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society.
Students of the Year allows young people to build skills to raise funds for the LLS Society, the world's largest nonprofit fighting blood cancer. The title of Student of the Year is awarded to the candidate or co-candidates in each community who raises the most funds during the competition.
At Keystone, Ariana also serves as Chief Science Officer for her class.
"I am honoring those who have battled blood cancers and raising money that will go directly to LLS in support of its longstanding mission to find a cure and improve the quality of life of patients and their families," she writes in a fundraising letter.
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Seventh-grader wins monthly stock market game |
Congratulations to seventh-grader Cristiano. He won a stock market game two months in a row.
Dr. LeBlanc's students are participating in a competition along with more than 200 competitors from local middle and high schools and faculty members.
Each month, the players who had the highest percentage gain in their portfolios win a prize.
Cristiano won for December and January, earning two gift cards.
It's a great way to help young people learn more and get excited about math.
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New edition of Keynote now out |
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The latest edition of The Keynote, the student publication, is online. Check it out at keystonekeynote.com
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Billy's Blog - From our Head of School |
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“If you can’t fly then run, if you can’t run then walk, if you can’t walk then crawl, but whatever you do you have to keep moving forward.”
-Martin Luther King, Jr.
Thank you so much to everyone who sent well wishes while I was out with COVID last week. I truly appreciate your words of encouragement, and I am so grateful for your support. Like so many other people who have contracted COVID recently, my symptoms were relatively mild, and after a few days of rest, I’m gradually getting back into the swing of my routine
After two years of discussion and planning around the pandemic, temperature readings at morning drop-off, daily check-in meetings with Nurse Monica, Nurse Penny, and Director of Strategic Marketing and Communications Edmund Tijerina, weekly Safety Committee meetings, regular Medical Advisory Committee meetings, and ongoing Zoom calls with heads in San Antonio, across the Southwest and around the country, it felt a little surreal when the dark lines appeared on my at home COVID test. I knew my time would come eventually and I kind of had an inkling last Wednesday night, but seeing the irrefutable proof left me a little gobsmacked.
The time at home offered an opportunity to look back at pre-COVID times. At Keystone, we began planning for different scenarios in January of 2020. I marveled and continue to be amazed at how everyone in the Keystone community has worked incredibly hard to keep school going and maintain as much normalcy as possible in spite of the circumstances.
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Important events and notes |
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Author Alda Dobbs to visit campus on March 1 |
Another wonderful tradition resumes, as we welcome an author to campus for an in-person visit with students!
On March 1, author Alda Dobbs will come to campus to talk with students in 3rd through 6th grades about her book, "Barefoot Dreams of Petra Luna."
Keystone is working with The Twig bookstore to make this visit happen.
Although the author is presenting to children in grades 3-6, Librarian Mrs. Vilagi says the book is terrific for children outside those grades.
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Supporting Symphony musicians - March 3 & 4
Enjoy an evening of outstanding music and support striking musicians from the San Antonio Symphony during a performance March 3 and 4 as part of the First Fine Arts series of First Baptist Church of San Antonio.
Here's the program:
- Vltava (The Moldau), No. 2 from Má Vlast (My Country) Bedřich Smetana (1824-1884)
- Concerto No. 5 in E‑flat major for Piano and Orchestra, Op. 73, Emperor Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827) Adam Golka, piano
- Symphony No. 4 in F minor, Op. 36 Piotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (1840-1893)
The musicians will play under the direction of conductor David Cho, former conductor-in-residence from San Antonio's symphony. The well-being of these musicians affects many of our students and parents, so supporting efforts like this not only helps the musicians, but also the city and the Keystone community.
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Tickets, sponsorships now available for Keystone Food and Drink Festival - March 25 |
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Get your tickets now for the Keystone Food & Drink Festival.
Individual tickets cost $100, and sponsorships are also available.
This year's spring fundraiser will bring parents, grandparents, alumni, parents of alumni, and friends of Keystone onto campus for an evening of enjoying outstanding dishes, along with alcoholic and non-alcoholic beverages, while coming together and catching up in person.
Funds raised through the Food and Drink Festival will support Keystone’s students, faculty, and campus. For sponsors, it's a an exciting opportunity to strengthen your brand while helping students who will take on the future challenges of our world.
This event will be held on the evening of Friday, March 25, so be sure to mark your calendars!
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Keystone Fun Day returns - March 26
After a two-year hiatus, Keystone’s Fiesta Family Fun Day is back! Come to campus and enjoy this outdoor event from 4-7 pm that's filled with food trucks, free games, inflatables, and crafts.
Open to all Keystone families, grandparents and siblings.
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Cobra Radio episode features Head of Lower School |
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The next episode of Cobra Radio will feature a visit with Head of Lower School Mallory Matthews. Get to know more about our newest division head, learn her thoughts on the role of homework in elementary education and find out about how Ohio, Harvard and Bogotá all fit into her life's path.
Find this episode and subscribe on:
If you're searching for it on Apple Podcasts, type in "Cobra Radio" and "Keystone".
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Northwestern Opera Theatre spotlights Michelle Ravitsky '15 |
Northwestern University's Opera Theatre recently spotlighted Michelle Ravitsky '15, who's in her first year of her master's degree at Northwestern University’s Bienen School of Music.
A soprano, she received her bachelor’s degree from the Oberlin Conservatory of Music, where she was awarded the Pi Kappa Lambda Prize for musicianship. In the spring, she will be appearing as Musetta in Northwestern’s production of La Bohème.
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Check this off of your to-do list: Order your yearbook now. The deadline to order online is May 1, and the yearbooks will be delivered over the summer.
For families of graduating seniors: If you'd like to purchase a Senior Ad and aren't sure how to do it, watch this video from Yearbook Sponsor Ms. Letos: How to purchase a Senior Ad
And for all families, if the online purchasing process feels a little tricky, Ms. Letos created a tutorial video: How to Purchase a Yearbook
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Get your Keystone gear now |
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We are working with Follett, which provides fanwear and other merchandise to colleges, universities and K-12 schools. Place your orders with Follett, and your merchandise will ship directly to your house.
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Support Keystone while you shop |
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If you're shopping with Amazon, please use AmazonSmile |
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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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