Why join the PTA?
Successful students make successful schools— which make thriving communities. Everyone benefits when you support students!
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Welcome to Spicewood PTA!
Welcome!
Welcome to the Spicewood Elementary PTA! Our PTA is a group of parents, caregivers, teachers, school staff, and community members who have joined together with the shared goals of advocacy, family engagement, programming for kids, and support for our school.
The Spicewood PTA was formed:
- To promote the welfare of children and youth in home, school, and throughout the community;
- To raise the standards of home life;
- To advocate for laws that further the education, physical and mental health, welfare, and safety of children and youth;
- To promote the collaboration and engagement of families and educators in the education of children and youth;
- To engage the public in united efforts to secure the physical, mental, emotional, spiritual and social well-being of all children and youth; and
- To advocate for fiscal responsibility regarding public tax dollars in public education funding
We value collaboration, commitment, diversity, respect, and accountability. However, we cannot do this alone. The Spicewood Community needs involvement from all families in order to best support our children. Whether you choose to volunteer in a classroom, assist with an event, become a Panther Partner, or simply join as a member, you are doing your part to make Spicewood Elementary the BEST environment for growth.
For reasons of privacy and security, we require that you create an account and/or be a current PTA member to view parts of our website. Please register below, if you haven't already. Thank you!
LOGIN / REGISTER
Signing up with Membership Toolkit is not the same as joining the PTA.
Membership Toolkit is the service that empowers us to make purchases, complete paperwork, and coordinate our volunteer efforts —all online. The goal is to save time, and work together more smoothly!
Once registered, you can:
Join our PTA (and pay dues) online
Complete your directory information
Volunteer
Access the online directory and app (for PTA members only)
2025-2026 Math Superstars
Math Superstars sign-up deadline is Sep 30th 2025
Sign-up here, and more details can be found at https://spicewoodpta.membershiptoolkit.com/mathsuperstars.
Math Superstars is a completely optional program for your child (K-5) if they love problem solving or want additional practice. This is not a classroom or teacher-led program. The problems will not correlate with classroom instruction, but are age appropriate. The spirit of this program is to be fun and to provide additional math exposure. PTA is excited to offer this program this year, and we are committed to cheering on the students for trying!
If you choose to participate in this program, sign up here first. You will PRINT a worksheet at home (one worksheet per week) and your child will complete it. Worksheets are found here or can be accessed on the Math Superstars page of the PTA website. Turn worksheets into your classroom teacher by every Tuesday. Print the next worksheet! Graded worksheets will be returned via Friday folders.
The worksheets are graded by a classroom volunteer, not the teacher, and returned to the students. The graders offer positive comments and feedback to help each student understand the desired answers. Kindergarten Math Superstars have 10 worksheets, and Math Superstars Grades 1 - 5 have 25 worksheets, which comes to about 1 per week.
Thank you for your interest in Math Superstars. For any additional questions you may have, please contact our Math Superstars Chair, Leslie Faulhaber, at spicewoodems@gmail.com
Volunteer GRADERS:
This program relies on some rock star parent/guardian graders. Depending on how many students participate, there may be one grader per grade level or per classroom.
Grader’s role/process:
- Your child will bring home the collected worksheets weekly in a folder from their teacher.
- You will review them and offer positive comments/feedback to help students understand the desired answers. Answer keys are found here.
- Individual grades are not recorded; participation is encouraged more than accuracy. However, graders will have a list to keep track of participating students and the number of completed worksheets.
- Update participation record (google sheet) for your classroom weekly.
- Your child will then bring the graded worksheets back to the classroom teacher weekly, so that teacher can return it to participants via Friday Folders.
Math Superstars Process:
- Print your worksheet at home.
- Complete at your leisure.
- While parents are encouraged to provide assistance, this program emphasizes the student doing their own thinking!
- These problems can become quite difficult, employing reasoning and skills potentially uncovered yet in class.
- Please note this is a voluntary, supplemental program for outside the classroom.
- Turn worksheets in to your classroom teacher by every Tuesday
- Print next worksheet! Graded worksheets will be returned via Friday folders.
Incentives:
Students will receive positive feedback and incentives for each completed worksheet.
- End Year Prize in the spring:
- Students who complete all worksheets for their grade level will receive a "Certificate of Excellence" at the end of the year.
- Students will be recognized at an award ceremony held in the late spring semester.
Math Superstars Worksheets:
The grade-level worksheets available for download at https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1Pp2Ie3ohL5rAq7F28JQK-0t7PashBf2l?usp=sharing
Math Superstars Answer Keys:
The grade-level answer keys available for download at
https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1UznFyy98J-K3xPAkkfJdOfhgYWhhAuys?usp=sharing
