FALL FESTIVAL 2021 was a night to remember! It was chock-full of Ninja Nation-ing, rock climbing, shooting hoops with the Legends, kicking goals with FC Dallas, shooting a puck with the Dallas Stars, dunking the principal, face painting, spray painting hair, fairy hair-ing, hanging with Timbo the Timberwolf, decorating sugar cookies with Young Chef’s Academy, holding creepy crawlies at the reptile petting zoo, Paint(ing) with a Twist, playing carnival games with our favorite teachers, bouncing, sliding and eating way too much sugar! And we CAN'T WAIT TO DO IT AGAIN NEXT FALL!

On behalf of this year's PTA Fall Festival Committee, thank you to everyone who donated their time, heart, and hard-earned dollars to make this event and first ever online silent auction the success it was...the biggest in recent Hicks history generating over $53k in donations for our school.

Special thanks to our lead sponsors: Dallas Stars, FC Dallas, i9 Sports, KJ Dance, Painting with a Twist, Pure Barre, Raising Cane's, Tami Adriana and Family, Texas Legends Basketball, Tiger-Rock Martial Arts of Frisco, and Young Chefs Academy.

Warm Regards,

Courtney Dunagan and Tamra Townsend

Fall Festival 2021 Committee Chairs

Congratulations to Lupita Tinnen for winning the $10 Tom Thumb Gift Card giveaway! Thank you for giving of your time and volunteering at our Fall Festival. We LOVE our volunteers!

Congrats to Our Student PTA Reflections Finalists

Hicks has five students who received an Award of Excellence and are moving on to district judging for PTA Reflections!

Daphne West - photography (primary)
Harrison Giep - film production (intermediate)
Austen Lee - visual arts (intermediate)
Lucy West - visual arts (primary)
Emma Carpenter - literature (intermediate)

Awards of Merit were given to the following students:

Michael Giep - visual arts (primary)
Gabby Lee - visual arts (intermediate)

Reflections is an annual national PTA program that encourages students to explore the arts. This year's theme was "I Will Change the World By..." and students submitted work related to that theme in a variety of arts categories.

Timbo Says Happy Birthday

Timbo makes birthdays even more fun when he surprises students during lunch! Reserve Timbo for your kiddo's birthday or other special event by emailing thesmascot@gmail.com. Cost is $30. For more information, go to our Mascot Visit webpage.

Penguin Patch Needs Helpers

PTA will need volunteers to help set up, break down, and assist students during classroom shopping hours for the PTA's Penguin Patch Dec. 6-10. We'll set up a Voly opp soon, so get your background checks submitted and cleared so you can help! Go to https://lewisvilleisd.voly.org/ to get started! For more info, contact HicksPTA Penguin Patch Coordinator Tina Verma, yogabytina@gmail.com.

LISD's Adopt an Angel program is underway. Click here for more information on how and where to donate!

LISD PTA's Dressed to Learn needs toiletries! Contact Erica Erlinger at dressedtolearn@lisdpta.org for more info.

LISD Senior? Apply Now for LEF Scholarships!

The 2021-2022 scholarship application for all Lewisville ISD senior students will be open November 5, 2021–January 7, 2022. All requested information must be received by LEF no later than 4:30 p.m. on January 7, 2022. For any questions, email Sherah Robinson at robinsonsl@lisd.net.

Apply Until Nov. 15 for Faculty and Senior Scholarships

Texas PTA awards $1000 to eligible high school seniors and up to $500 scholarships to eligible faculty members at any school level that has a PTA/PTSA on their campus. Apply through Nov. 15! For more information and to access the application, visit www.txpta.org/scholarships.

TREAT YO'STAFF

Happy Birthday to our November Hicks staff members!

6 - Hannah Vance

12 - Abigail Bowling

Wondering how to spoil our staff? PTA has all their favorite things on our website.

Many of our Hicks staff created Amazon Wish Lists this year. Consider helping a staff member by purchasing an item(s) off their online wish lists!

FUN-RAISERS

LISD requires cleared background checks for all on-campus visitors. Register on Voly and submit your background check ASAP so you can sign up for volunteer opps, field trips, and general meetings. Be sure to become a fan of Hicks Elementary so our school opps appear in your feed first. (Note: It could take up to three weeks for your background check to clear.)

Questions? Email the Hicks PTA Volunteer Coordinator, thesvolunteer@gmail.com.

VOLUNTEER OPPS

SHOP TIL YOU DROP

Join Hicks PTA

Join or renew your membership by logging in or creating an account at THES PTA.

Buy Spirit Wear

Show your Wolf Pride with some Hicks Spirit Wear! We have lots of options, so check them out at our Spirit Store.

Link your Kroger Plus Card to Hicks at https://www.kroger.com/account/enrollCommunityRewardsNow/. Hicks NPO number is HW321. Now every time you get groceries or gas, you give our school money too!

To link your Tom Thumb Rewards card to Hicks Elementary, simply stop in at the courtesy booth at your local Tom Thumb store and link your rewards card to Tom O. Hicks Elementary, Good Neighbor #12183.

Shopping on Amazon? Use this link: https://smile.amazon.com/ch/20-1107295

This will allow you to shop on Amazon as you normally would, but a portion of your purchases will go to Hicks!

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SUBJECT: Hicks Howler Newsletter - Volume 3, Issue 13