Pony Express
WEEKLY NEWSLETTER OF O. HENRY MIDDLE SCHOOL
Dear Mustang Families,
I hope everyone enjoyed a relaxing Labor Day weekend last weekend.
This week, we are celebrating a clean sweep on the court, all four of our volleyball teams earned wins over Kealing Middle School. Way to go, Mustangs. Our football teams will kickoff their season with games against Bailey Middle School. A teams play on Monday night at Burger, B teams will play at O. Henry on Tuesday. Hope to see everyone there.
Thank you to the many families who joined us for our first Principal Coffee of the year. We were fortunate to have AISD School Board Trustee, Lynn Boswell, as our guest. She thoughtfully answered questions about potential school boundary adjustments and consolidations, and we are grateful for her time and expertise on this topic impacting our AISD community.
Looking ahead to next week:
Football: Our first games of the season are against Bailey Middle School.
MAP Testing: English Language Arts MAP testing will take place on Wednesday and Thursday. Please remind your student to bring a fully charged Chromebook and their charger each day.
Our PTA is just 12 members shy of breaking our all-time record. We’ve already reached 238 members, and we’d love to see every Mustang family represented. If you haven’t already, please consider joining today.
Finally, we are excited to be gearing up for our fall carnival, Round Up. This event is always a highlight of the year, and our biggest campus fundraiser. Please see the details in this week’s Pony Express for ways you can support and get involved. Let’s make it another great week to be an O. Henry Mustang.
With Mustang Pride,
Camie Fillpot
Interim Principal
Thoroughbred
H-E-B
Madeleine and Buck Cody
Stallion Benchmark Bank Delta Millworks The DiRe Family Frost Bank The Harper Family Joseph Companies Natalie and Trent Kelly Keystone Bank & St. George Family Kindred Realty Group The Newberry Family Mary Emma Partain Wells and Leslie Person The Romano Family The Schlegel Family The Trantham Family Tarrytown Veterinary Clinic Stephen and Lisa Yoch
Appaloosa
The Bair Family
Barksdale Family
The Cain Family
Anne and Cameron Campbell
Coover Family
Melanie and Jim Dow
The Edmonds Family
The Fox Family
The Henderson Family
Hunter and Robert Norris
The Polan Family
Poolie
Roedel & Schlicher Families
The Schlueter Family
The Williams Family
Dalton and Victor Young
Clydesdale
The Decareau Family
English Family
Amanda Jester
The Koenings Family
Holly and Tadd Lanham
The Raden Family
Julie and Rob Smith
Marci and Taylor Smith
Quarterhorse
The Canally Family
Crumley Family
The Daigle Family
The Hargis Family
The Hartmann Family
The Richey Family
The Rodenberg Family
Victory-Walsh Family
Palomino
The Chase Family
The Plemmons Family
Car, Bus, Bike, and Walking Transportation
Bus Transportation: Students who take AISD buses will be picked up and dropped off on Wayside Dr on the east side of the property. The map to the side shows our bus lane. Families use the Where's the Bus through the AISD Portal or the phone app to track bus arrival times. Students pick up and drop off in the same place on Wayside Drive. Link to AISD's Bus Transportation Department homepage with contact information. Families seeking a "bus pass" to ride a route that they are not zoned to cannot be placed on routes for the first two weeks of school until space for zoned riders is confirmed. More information is available 7:45 am to 4:45 pm Monday though Friday at 512-414-0238.
Car Riders, Walkers, and Map: We understand that car dropoff can be a stressful time for families, especially at the beginning of the year for unfamiliar drivers and passengers. The map to the side shows the main drop off areas as well as the bus lane. While we do not close the street to eastbound traffic, having cars travel westbound on 10th Street is the safest option so that students do not have to cross in front of traffic or risk opening doors into traffic.
Staying on Campus Once Dropped Off: A reminder to all students, whether walkers, car riders, or bus riders, that once your mode of transportation has brought you to campus, you may not leave the campus to visit HEB, 7/11, or other locations. Students may not leave the property without being checked out by their guardian.
LASA Dance Clinic Offerings
The LASA Dance Program is hosting 3 dance clinics throughout the year for students aged Kindergarten-11th Grade. Two out of the three clinics also have invitations to perform with our teams, Velocity (Varsity) and Dynasty (JV).
Paige Gomez
Head Dance Director & PE Teacher
Fine Arts & Athletics
1012 Arthur Stiles Rd, Austin, TX 78721
(512) 414-5272
