Spicewood Spark 8/2/26

Posted Date: 08/02/26 (06:00 PM)

The Spicewood Spark

August 2, 2026

"Better Together in the Hive."

Bee-ing Extraordinary

🐝 Welcome Back, Spicewood Families!

Welcome back, Spicewood families! I hope your summer was filled with fun, laughter, and plenty of time together. We are SO excited to begin a new school year with our Mustang family!

This year, we are building something special together—"Better Together in the HIVE - One Hive. One Team. One Purpose. Everyday, we will work together to create a school where our community feels loved, known, safe, and inspired to achieve their fullest potential.

Thank you for trusting us with your children and for being such an important part of our school family.

Here’s to an incredible year at Spicewood Elementary!

With Mustang pride,

Principal Brantley 💜💛

Honey Highlights

Continue to Register!

Go to your SKYWARD account and begin registering each student.

If you will not be returning to our campus, please complete the "Not returning" link on SKYWARD.

SWE Free Mini Library

This incredible project, full of various books (for both the young and the old), is available to any family. It is located at the front of the school, and we add to it when it is low. Enjoy!

Summer Reading Challenge

Spicewood Informative Topics

CLICK HERE- SW Family Handbook

CLICK HERE - Family Engagement

Anxious Generation

Summer Book for Staff/ Parents

Join us for a Community Wide Book Study

This summer, many of us joined together to read book, The Anxious Generation, as both staff and families. This will be a continued book study and conversation during the Fall.

Friday, September 25th (after assembly) @ "Spill the Tea," we will have our next book session.

If you borrowed a book and are done, please return it back to Brantley. If you are interested in a book, let me know at tbrantley@mfisd.org.

Student Book: Amazing Generation

Are you interested in your child(ren) reading and discussing it with you?

The Amazing Generation is a book that just came out for ages 9 and up. It tackles much of the same content as The Anxious Generation, but in a kid friendly way.

Mrs. Brantley will provide a Book Club Lunch at the beginning of school, during school, for any student at SWE who has read the book. Parents will be welcome to join us that day.

Details such as Date/ Time TBA.

ACE Program

It is back!

We are excited to be a campus for the ACE Program. Click the link below to sign up. Shelby Prout continues to be our coordinator.

CLICK HERE - ACE Sign up

Attendance

What's buzzing next?

Upcoming events

Registration Dates/ Times: Sarah Sims (our registrar) is back! She will be on campus this week, along with our new nurse, Corinne Gutierrez.

Popsicles on the Porch -

Thursday, August 6th 5 pm-6 pm.

**This is a chance for any new families to come up to school and just meet other families.

**Spread the word!

Meet the Teacher: Monday, August 17th 5-6:30 pm.

First Day of School: Wednesday, August 19th. Doors open at 7:15 am. Parents are welcome to walk students to their classes on the first day of school.

Question or concerns?

Per Senate Bill 12, parents may submit comments to the Campus or District Administration; their contact info can be found in the ParentSquare app. You also have the option to submit comments to the School Board via ParentSquare.

If you have any other questions or concerns, please don't hesitate to contact us at (830) 798-3675.

Office Contacts:

Tiffany Brantley, Principal

tbrantley@mfisd.org

Misty Carpenter, Assistant Principal

mcarpenter@mfisd.org

Emily Copeland, Counselor

ecopeland@mfisd.org

Corinne Gutierrez, Nurse

cgutierrez@mfisd.org

Sarah Sims, Registrar/ Attendance

ssims@mfisd.org