Dear Bulldog Families,
November is swily approaching and the weather is
fantasc! I am looking forward to the me change
this coming weekend.
We would like to thank all the families for taking the
me out of your busy schedules to meet with your
child’s teacher prior to the first report card. This is
an important investment that will help begin the year
in the right direcon.
Helotes Elementary
Bulldog Bulletin
November Principal Message
A hear'elt thank you to our wonderful PTA Board
and Bulldog Volunteers for making our Pawfest an
enormous success. We were all impressed with the wonderful baskets that each class
donated for our silent aucon. I really enjoyed seeing all the smiles and giggles from the
students as they played the fun games and ate delicious Pawfest food. A special thanks to
Suzanne Vaishnani, PTA Vice President of Fundraising, for her leadership, hard work, and
dedicaon in conducng our annual PTA fundraiser. We would also like to recognize her
awesome Pawfest commi-ee for their support, hard work, and enthusiasm.
As we approach the Thanksgiving holiday, please know the Bulldog staff appreciates you so
much. We are truly blessed and thankful to have such a supporve community.
Candy Donation
Hulme Orthodoncs would like to
help our school earn up to $500 by
collecng Halloween Candy from our
students. We collect the candy and
donate it to “Operaon Gratude” (www.operaongratude.com)
where the candy will be sent to our
military troops serving around the
world. There will be a box in our foyer for the candy collecons.
Important dates
11/01 Early Release-Town Meeting
11/03 Fall Back-Change Your Clocks
11/11 Veterans’ Day Program 8:30 am
11/15 Hulme Orthodontics will collect
candy from our school.
11/18 Lockdown Drill
11/22 Grandparents’ Day Breakfast 6:45 am
Appreciaon and Thanks
Walk-a-Paw’n Celebraon~ I would like to sincerely thank each and every one of you for your
support of our school’s Walk-a-Paw’n Fundraiser. I am proud to say we collected $5,000 which
exceeds our goal of $5,000.00 dollars. These funds will go toward the support of our instruconal
programs and materials. I will be communicang with you specifically about how we will be
spending the funds this year. We will start by providing the classroom teachers with a planning
day each 9 week period. This day is highly producve in developing curriculum maps to guide instrucon throughout the school year. Rest assured all the funds will be spent for the 2013-2014
school year. In celebraon of meeng our goal, students have earned a chance to “slosh” the
principal on Friday. Please keep me in your thoughts, as I am hoping for warm weather. Thanks to
you and the generous community for once again supporng our school. I just cannot adequately
express in words our appreciaon and thanks to you!
Helotes Elementary
Bulldogs
Rhonda JohnsonPrincipal
13878 Riggs Road
Helotes, Texas 78023
210-397-3800
Fax 210 695-3827
http://
www.nisd.net/
schools/info/104
Veterans’ Day Program~ Helotes Elementary will
be honoring our veterans, and men and women of
the Armed Forces with an assembly on Monday,
November 11, 2013 at 8:30 a.m. in the Helotes
cafeteria. We are thrilled to announce that Dr.
Christy Jones, U.S. Army Acve Duty and parent of
two Bulldog student will be our honorary speaker. In addion, Mr. Charles Kuentz, namesake of
Kuentz Elementary and Helotes musician will play Taps. We invite all family
members who a-end to wear their military uniforms. In addion, there will be a
musical tribute by our students. If you a-end the assembly in the morning,
please be prepared to sign into the office using a driver’s license or picture idenficaon. We hope to see you there!
School A7endance~We really need your help! More and
more parents are checking students out prior to the end of
school. Please keep your child in school all day. We understand doctor’s appointments and emergencies, but we need
them here in order to do our job. Academics don’t stop
unl 2:40 pm, then it’s packing up me, wring in agendas,
etc. We need kids here unl the end of the day. In addion, please understand
tha safety is our first priority and changing the way your child goes home aer
2:15 pm is very difficult. If there’s a change in transportaon, 2:15 pm is the
cutoff me to make that change. Our staff is dedicated to ensuring that all students are dismissed safely every day. Please help support our efforts by keeping
changes to a minimum.
Thank You to our helotes
elementary supporters
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We would like to thank all the companies and community members for your generous
donations to our annual Pawfest Fundraiser. The names listed below have made a positive
difference at our wonderful school:
If you are really thankful,
what do you do? You
share.
W. Clement Stone
Papa John’s
Pizza Hut
Domino’s
Lenny’s Sub Shop
Sonic
Oak Hills Country Club
Duska Mill-Pampered Chef
YMCA Braundera
Magik Theatre
Chuck E. Cheese
El Chaparral
Matamoros Restaurante
Bobby J’s
Karen’s Kernel
Amor Nails
Primrose
Helotes Family Dentistry
Oolong Chinese Bistro
University Bowl
Spoon It
Capturing Life Photography by Melinda
Kristen’s 31 Gifts
Texas Star Tupperware
4 Your Cherished Treasures
Camp Invention
Aqua Tots
J. Gibson Hair Salon
Gaude Photography
Daryl Zumwalt
Paradise Canyon
Karate Kid SA
Dr. Deowall Chattar-Cora/Elite Plastic Surgery