Bartholomew Bats!


Our school is located in Round Rock, Texas which is near Austin. Austin and Round Rock both have huge populations of Mexican Free Tailed Bats that live under our bridges. A colony of bats lives beneath the Ann Richards/Congress Avenue Bridge in Austin and in Round Rock, another colony resides under the Interstate 35 bridge over McNeil Road. Each evening from March to about October, the bats fly out from beneath the bridge and search for insects to eat. The emergence of the bats is a wonder to watch. We are also thankful that all these millions of bats eat the bugs by our homes.

Our class mascot is the Bat to honor the mammals that live so close to us and help us. (also because Bat and Bartholomew both start with the letter B!) The bats in Central Texas live together in a group and help take care of the young. Then they migrate together as a team. Our class will also live together in our classroom, work together as a team, and help each other out. We are the Bartholomew Bats!





Monday, December 10, 2012

FCE Food Drive, Science Checkpoint #1 due Monday, Biography presentations due Monday, Dec. 17

Dear Families,

There are many people in the world who are hungry or having a hard time buying the things they need. Did you know that some of these people live right in our neighborhood? There are lots of reasons why people may be struggling and need a little extra help.

It is hard to pay for all of the things we need and we all could use some assistance sometimes. We would like to help our Forest Creek families who may be having trouble financially this year.

The Service Club is asking you to donate canned food and other food items so that we can make the holidays a little easier for them.
Gift cards are also welcome.

Each grade level has been assigned a type of food,
however, all food will happily be accepted.

Pre K and Kinder - canned fruit, fresh apples and oranges
1st Grade - canned chili, ravioli, or spaghetti, boxed dinners, and macaroni and cheese
2nd Grade - cereal and oatmeal
3rd Grade - canned meat, fish, and peanut butter
4th grade - pasta, rice, and canned soup
5th grade - canned vegetables

Thank you for making someone's holiday a little bit brighter.

The FCE Service Club

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