Zachry Middle School Wolverine Wire

Dear Team Zachry Families,

Thank you to everyone who was able to come to our Meet the Teacher Night this week! It is great seeing all our families engaging in our students' education! Please know you can always set up a conference with our teachers by emailing them at FirstName.LastName@nisd.net. We appreciate your partnership in your child's education and middle school experience! We all are Team Zachry!

We know that students get sick. IF your student has a fever of 100 or more they need to stay home until they are fever free for 24 hours. COVID Absences - Please be aware that there is no more student remote conferencing, no more contact tracing, and no more "COVID" absences. For more information please look at the COVID 19 Information page https://www.nisd.net/schools/health/covid

Our game gym does have limited seating. If you are not staying for the B team games we will ask that you leave to make room for more fans but you will not be required to leave.

Entrance for all games will be through our Athletic Entrance from the Cliff Brier Parking lot.

Our Spirit Club will be selling concessions so bring your dollars!

In our background for this week's newsletter I am sharing our outside work - Zachry signage is up! Drive by and see!

As we work to meet all the time requirements, with the new end time, we have had to update our bell schedule. Please see below.

Our front office is open from 8am-4:45 pm daily. Please call us at 210-397-7400 for any questions.

Football and Volleyball season is here. Congratulations to everyone who will be playing! We are looking forward to our first season in our new Football Bleachers and updated field - thank you to all our taxpayers. We will allow students to attend all games. Student prices are $2 and adults $3. NISD has an online payment system called Hometown. This is how you will need to purchase tickets for both home and away games. Please go to the HomeTown Fan app in the Android Play Store or Apple Store to down load the app and purchase your season or single game tickets. Here is the link for your convenience: https://www.hometownticketing.com/resources/hometown-fan-app/

Our gate will open at 4:15 pm for Football games and 4:30 pm for Volleyball games. No animals are allowed on campus unless prior arrangements for a service animal have been made with administration. Thank for for dressing appropriately for a school event. See purchasing from Fan Cloth https://fancloth.shop/y0gxw or Zachry Spirit Shirts below.

Please remind your students to plugged in their chromebook an charged each night and brought to school EVERY day. Students use these every day.

Here are some upcoming important dates:

September 5th - Student and Staff Labor Day Holiday

September 7th - First Football Game of the year: Zachry V. Jordan 4:30 pm (8th Home/7th @ Jordan)

September 8th - First Volleyball Game of the year: Zachry V. Jordan 5pm (8th Home/7th @ Jordan)

(see ticket and attendance information below)

September 10th - eSports Event, Northside Activity Center 10 am - 12pm (flyer below)

Please add our Zachry community calendar to your google calendar for events and locations throughout

the year!

Susan Allain

Principal Zachry MS

Zachry Teachers Sponsor a variety of clubs and organizations that are open to all students.

Please look at the time the club meets, check our community calendar for meeting days and students may join as many clubs as families can make arrangements for early arrival or pick up after the meetings. We do not have bus service after the meetings. Students are expected to be picked up at the end of the meetings.

Garden Club: Purpose: We will set up a Monarch Waystation and learn about pollinators and their importance to the environment. We will grow vegetables and learn about healthy food options. We will study plant life cycles as we grow plants from seeds. Meets Tuesdays, 4-5:15 pm in B114. Sponsors: Sara Key, Troy Solis, Medha Hegde

eSports Club: Purpose: to compete against other schools with the use of the district given Nintendo Switch. Meets Thursdays 4-5 pm in our Library. Sponsors: Leslie Ortiz and Timothy Soriano.

ZSTEM : Purpose - To engage MS girls to STEM activities that they may not experience in the classroom. Meets Thursdays 4-5 pm in D209. Sponsors: Jennifer Meggett and Britni Gordon.

Art Squad: Purpose: Fall leaves and pumpkins, Halloween pastel drawings, Ceramic mugs, symmetrical 3D snowflakes, Valentines cards, Clover paintings, Spring flower collages, Mother's Day 3D cards. Meets specific Wednesdays - check community calendar. 3:55-4:55 in D121. Sponsors: Rachael Acosta, Erik Sanchez, and Michael Stoltz.

Lego Robotics Club: Purpose: Uses science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) to students through fun, exciting hands-on learning using Legos. Meets Tuesdays 4-5 pm in E116. Sponsors, Roland Pola and Evan Lindsey.

Anime/KPOP Club: Purpose: Examine Japanese and Korean culture through animation, art, dance, and food. Meets select Wednesdays - check community calendar for dates and times in D115. Sponsors: Stephanie Cabrera, Magdalena Ontiveros and Leslie Ortiz.

Science Podcasting Club: Purpose: Students will be able to discuss topics talked learned in class and will be able to apply these concepts to real world applications. Meets 2nd and 4th Fridays of each month 4-5 PM in G104. Sponsor: April Rodriguez.

Fellowship of Christian Athletes:

student led club. Monitors: Crystal Williams and David Arellano. Meets location either in Coach Williams or Coach Arellano's rooms 7:45-8:30 am. check community calendar for meeting dates.

More clubs will be added as they are set up.

Back To https://www.nisd.net/news/nisd-staff-ready-welcome-students-back-schoolSchool website

Every campus in Texas has a School Advisory Team. This group of Parents/Guardians, teachers and community representatives meet 4 times a year to hear about our Campus Improvement Plan progress and our budgets. We value the ideas and input from this advisory team! We have a 7th grade Parent/Guardian representative but would love to have more to represent all grade levels. Our first meeting is scheduled for September 19th at 5:30 in our Library. Please email or call me if you are able to join the Zachry School Advisory Team. Susan.Allain@nisd.net or 210-397-7410.

Updating the Home Access Center is Data Validation for the 22-23 school year and needs to be completed each year for student safety. New students that registered on or after March 7, 2022 will not need to complete this process as they have recently registered their students. If parents need assistance with HAC - please refer them to Home Access Center support center at nisd.net/parents This is the parent access not the student access! This is also where you update emergency contact information. Call us if you need any assistance: 210-397-7400.

Please look at the Library Smore https://www.smore.com/0u9ys

Online Tutoring - Tutoring for students will launch Monday, Sept. 12th. This is a FREE opportunity for ALL students at ALL levels to get instructional support at home. Core Content as well and Spanish tutors will be available. Information and times are below.

Click on the QR code below

or go to the following link https://bit.ly/3Bhttps://bit.ly/3BDqIIhDqIIh

If you would like to purchase a Zachry Middle School or a Zachry Magnet School Spirit shirt please click the following link. September 4th is the last day to place an order.

Zachry Middle School Main Number: 210-397-7400

Zachry Magnet School: 210-397-7490

Attendance Office - Ms. Caliva 201-397-7408

Principal - Susan Allain 210-397-7410 Susan.Allain@nisd.net

Director - Zachry Magnet School Program Cybersecurity, Global Communications & Information Technology - Position to be filled 210-397-7495

Academic Dean - Juliana Molina 210-397-7411 Juliana.Molina@nisd.net

Assistant Principal/6th grade Administrator - Joe Bishop, Jr. 210-397-7416 Joe.Bishop@nisd.net

Associate Principal/7th grade Administrator - Richard De La Garza 210-397-7415 Richard.delagarza@nisd.net

Administrator Intern/8th grade Administrator - Randolph Neuenfeldt 210-397-7417 Randolph.Neuenfeldt@nisd.net

Program Coordinator, Zachry Magnet School Cybersecurity, Global Communications & Information Technology - Jennifer Dever 210-397-7497 Jennifer.Dever@nisd.net

Counselors:

6th grade Counselor Chris Benavidez 210-397-7427 Chris.Benavidez@nisd.net

7th Grade Counselor Yvonne Martinez 210-397-7428 Yvonne.Martinez@nisd.net

8th grade Counselor and Head Counselor Monica Perez 210-397-7425 Monica.Perez@nid.net

Zachry Magnet School Counselor Lindsey Gervais 210-397-7496 Lindsey.Gervais@nisd.net

Email: Susan.Allain@nisd.net
Website: www.nisd.net/zachry
Location: 9410 Timber Path, San Antonio, TX, USA
Phone: (210)397-7400
Twitter: @NISDZachry