Thank you to everyone who participated in our The Mills Silent Auction 2019, The auction brought in $4,164.50! Thank you to all the volunteers who obtained the donations we auctioned off and thank you to everyone who bought the items!

Remember to order your yearbook. Yearbooks are $25 each and can be ordered here. We will have 25-30 yearbooks to purchase ($30 each) at Mills during the last week of school, but please do not count on purchasing one at the school, because they sell out really fast. Purchase your yearbook online (for $25) to ensure that your child will have his/her 2018/2019 Mills Yearbook.

5th Grade Parents – If you have not yet completed your 5th Grade Graduation form and sent it to school, please do so as soon as possible. Find the form here: 5th Grade Graduation Form.

The students had a fantastic time taking part in the APEX Fun Run! Thank you to all the participants and the family members who cheered them on!

What’s coming up at Mills??
May 1st – BOW WOW
May 13th – STAAR Testing – NO VISITORS ALLOWED
May 14th – STAAR Testing – NO VISITORS ALLOWED
May 15th – STAAR Testing – NO VISITORS ALLOWED

Have a lovely week!

Karien Early
2018/2019 Mills PTA Co-President
president@millspta.org

Book Fair Wrap Up: We will continue to fill the pre-orders as they arrive, and if you missed the fair, the online sales will still continue through May 9th (https://bookfairs.scholastic.com/bf/mills). The new eWallet feature seemed to be a positive experience for all who used it. All unspent funds from eWallet will be released back to parents upon final completion of the Book Fair.

Birthday Book Club: We will continue to wrap up our Birthday Book Club kids for the year, and will not be accepting forms past May 10th. We will start up the program again in the fall.

Library Books: All library books are due back by Friday, May 10th. Please help your child return his/her books by that day.

The Dirties will be working on various projects around the campus. The last two workdays of the year are:

Saturday May 11 10:00 to 12:00

Tuesday May 21 3:30 to 6:00

Please consider adding one of them to your calendar, and also RSVP to mwfair@yahoo.com or on Facebook.

The graduation ceremony will be Friday, May 24th at 8:00 AM in the Mills cafeteria. Save the date and plan to attend!

Please complete and return this form to your teacher by May 10th. Payment may be made by sending in cash or check (made payable to Mills PTA), PayPal paypal.me/clumbdewey or Venmo Carrie-Lumbdewey. Include teacher name, student name and what the payment covers so, that it is applied correctly. Photo Link orders allowed until May 20th.

For additional information please contact Amy Elizondo at amy@amyelizondo.net.

Let the 5th Grade Graduation Committee purchase and deliver your flowers for Teacher Appreciation!!
Flowers will be delivered Friday, May 10.
Flowers are $2 each: cash, check paypal, or venmo.
Forms are available in the office, via this link, and sent home with your student this week.
Or come see us at our flower sales table after school in front of the library 4/24-4/26 and 5/1-5/3!
All forms are due to teachers or front office by Monday, May 6.

The Division II Math Pentathlon (Second and Third grade) team competed in their tournament on May 4, 2019 at Delco Center. Our students did a wonderful job representing our school. They were gracious whether they won, tied or lost a game. We would like to congratulate and share our students’ accomplishments.

Pentathlete winners up to 10 points
Sofia Blair
Vanessa Gutierrez
Caitlin Lowary
Kayna Malhotra
Aurora Padilla
Logan Schmer
Oliver Semar
Avi Singhal
Mary Stewart
Penny Waters
Ella Yi

Honorable Mention 11 points
Phoebe Anderson
Giselle Cramer
Gerardo Gutierrez

Silver winners 13 points
Lana Lin
Samarth Menon
Corinne Wendell

Hall of Fame 15 points/won all 5 games
Evander Chen
Owen Svenson

See the full list of summer camps on the Mills PTA website.

Join the fun this summer in Camp Bluebonnet!

For next year's 3rd, 4th, and 5th graders, spend a fun-filled session this summer with the 2019-2020 Texas Bluebonnet Award through reading, exploring, creating, and having fun with the program's nominees. Choose from Session 1: June 10-13, OR Session 2: June 17-20. Both sessions will be held at Oak Hill Elementary School from 8:30 am-12:00 pm. Register by May 17th for a discounted rate of $180. See attachment for more information or contact Mrs. Stovall @ norma.stovall@austinisd.org.

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