Principal Update

THANK YOU for your support of our school-wide fundraiser this year! Students, staff, and families had a blast participating in our Fun Run last Thursday. Our students ran over 28,000 laps and raised close to $39k for our campus. Wow!!!

Book Fair is here! We are thrilled to host an "Out of this World" themed Book Fair on Nov. 7th-11th.

1) In an effort to make this fair as secure and easy as possible for all our students, staff members, and parents, this will be a NO CASH book fair. We're asking parents to please set up a Scholastic eWallet account for their children HERE. It's easy to create an eWallet for your student. Simply add funds or invite family and friends to contribute. It provides a safe, cashless way for students to shop for their own books in person and provides a secure contactless check-out. Scholastic recommends using Chrome as your browser and creating the eWallet using a computer instead of your phone.

2) We'll be open Monday (11/7), Tuesday (11/8) and Thursday (11/10), from 8:00am to 4:00pm. Even though Tuesday, November 8th is a school holiday (election day), the Book Fair will be open all day! Families may enter via the library doors and do their shopping together. Parents may purchase books using credit cards, debit cards, or eWallet accounts. Also, on Wednesday, November 9th we'll close at 3:00pm, but then re-open from 5:00-7:00pm for our family night event. PTA will also have a hands-on math event that same night in the cafeteria. Kona Ice and Top Taco food trucks will be at Mills that evening as well. It should be a fun night for our Mills community!

3) All students will be coming to the Book Fair with their classes at a scheduled time during the week of November 7th-11th. We ask that if your child plans to purchase books at school, their eWallet account is set up by Monday, November 7th. To make shopping easier for your child, you can determine which items you'd like to purchase ahead of time by browsing the interactive book flyer HERE or looking at this LIST of books that will be included at the Book Fair.

On Friday, November 11, our students will be participating in a school-wide assembly, recognizing Veterans Day and those who have served to protect our country.

Students have been learning songs in their music classes and our 5th graders are writing beautiful essays. A few of these will be read.

We invite Mountain Lion families who have current or former service members to join us. Please plan to attend if you're able so that we may recognize and thank you for your service. The program will run from 9:00-9:45.

Here are a few books on discussing Kindness and Compassion with your Mountain Lion. These would be great to read before bedtime and to discuss around the dinner table.

Don't forget that parents are able to create library accounts with our Mills library!

Each Kindness by Jacqueline Woodson (4th & 5th)

The Kindness Book by Todd Parr (Great for PreK/Kinder)

All Are Welcome by Alexandra Penfold

Be Kind by Pat Zietlow Miller

Kindness is Cooler, Mrs. Ruler by Margery Cuyler

The Kindness Quilt by Nancy Elizabeth Wallace

The Big Umbrella by Amy June Bates

A Small Kindness by Stacy McAnulty

Do Unto Otters by Laurie Keller

Cara's Kindness by Kristi Yamaguchi

The Invisible Boy by Trudy Ludwig

November 7-November 11 Book Fair

Nov 7- Dec 2 Coats for Kids! Drop off your gently used jackets/coats in the marked bin in front parking lot.

November 8- ELECTION DAY-Student Holiday- Staff Professional Development Day (Book Fair Open)

November 9- Mills Family Math Night & Book Fair

November 11- Veteran's Day Assembly

November 13- World Kindness Day

November 14- November CAC Meeting

November 15- 4th Grade Spanish Performance

November 16- Educational Support Professionals Day

November 16- Pre-K Thanksgiving Performance 8am

November 16- UIL Campus Meet, 3:30pm-4:30pm (3rd-5th)

November 17- Thanksgiving Lunch

November 21- November 25- Fall (Thanksgiving) Break

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