Sommer Elementary School
Round Rock ISD
Future Leaders in the Library: Voting for Our House Mascots! 📚🗳️
This week, our Stallions are learning that every voice matters! In honor of election season, our amazing librarian is connecting real-world civic duties to school life by hosting a special campus-wide election right in the library. 🗳️✨
During their library visits, all students will get hands-on experience with the voting process as they cast their ballots for our official House Mascots—a vote that will count for years to come! 🐴💙 A HUGE thank you to our incredible librarian and House Team for making civic learning so engaging, interactive, and fun for our Stallions!
This week, our Stallions are learning that every voice matters! In honor of election season, our amazing librarian is connecting real-world civic duties to school life by hosting a special campus-wide election right in the library. 🗳️✨
During their library visits, all students will get hands-on experience with the voting process as they cast their ballots for our official House Mascots—a vote that will count for years to come! 🐴💙 A HUGE thank you to our incredible librarian and House Team for making civic learning so engaging, interactive, and fun for our Stallions!
Honoring Our Heroes: Veterans Day Assembly! ✨
Today our Stallion community came together for a heartfelt Veterans Day Assembly to honor the brave men and women who have served our country! 🎖️
Select 3rd, 4th, and 5th-grade students touched our hearts by reading original poems and letters expressing their gratitude. The Sommer Choir filled the gym with beautiful patriotic songs 🎶, and our Girl Scouts did an outstanding job presenting the colors during the opening ceremony.
Most importantly, we were honored to welcome so many local veterans and military families from our community. Thank you for your service, sacrifice, and dedication to our country! ❤️🤍💙
Today our Stallion community came together for a heartfelt Veterans Day Assembly to honor the brave men and women who have served our country! 🎖️
Select 3rd, 4th, and 5th-grade students touched our hearts by reading original poems and letters expressing their gratitude. The Sommer Choir filled the gym with beautiful patriotic songs 🎶, and our Girl Scouts did an outstanding job presenting the colors during the opening ceremony.
Most importantly, we were honored to welcome so many local veterans and military families from our community. Thank you for your service, sacrifice, and dedication to our country! ❤️🤍💙
4th Grade Sees Right Through Art! 🩻 visual
Our 4th Grade Stallions have been blending science, history, and art in the studio! 🎨 Students started by learning about the fascinating invention of the X-ray. Then, they examined their own hand anatomy to sketch out bones on dark paper. Using oil pastels, our artists applied value and contrast to make their glowing X-ray hands pop off the page! Fantastic work, Stallions! 🐴✨
Our 4th Grade Stallions have been blending science, history, and art in the studio! 🎨 Students started by learning about the fascinating invention of the X-ray. Then, they examined their own hand anatomy to sketch out bones on dark paper. Using oil pastels, our artists applied value and contrast to make their glowing X-ray hands pop off the page! Fantastic work, Stallions! 🐴✨
🧠 Scribe & Sage: 5th Grade Collaboration in Action! ✍️
Our 5th graders are bringing teamwork to life in English Language Arts with the Scribe & Sage strategy! Working in pairs, one student takes on the role of the Sage 🗣️ to think aloud and explain key reading concepts, while their partner acts as the Scribe 📝 to carefully record their ideas. Students then swap roles so everyone practices both leadership and active listening. It's purposeful learning, collaboration, and peer teaching at its finest! 🌟
Our 5th graders are bringing teamwork to life in English Language Arts with the Scribe & Sage strategy! Working in pairs, one student takes on the role of the Sage 🗣️ to think aloud and explain key reading concepts, while their partner acts as the Scribe 📝 to carefully record their ideas. Students then swap roles so everyone practices both leadership and active listening. It's purposeful learning, collaboration, and peer teaching at its finest! 🌟
Constructing a Love for Reading! 🚧
Our admin and office team traded in their pens for hard hats to celebrate Dress Like a Book Character Day during Healthy Living Week! 👷♀️👷♂️ Inspired by the beloved Goodnight, Goodnight, Construction Site book series—including Taking Flight!, Firefight!, and Farming Strong, All Year Long—our crew was hard at work constructing a fun, healthy foundation for our students! 🚜✨
Our admin and office team traded in their pens for hard hats to celebrate Dress Like a Book Character Day during Healthy Living Week! 👷♀️👷♂️ Inspired by the beloved Goodnight, Goodnight, Construction Site book series—including Taking Flight!, Firefight!, and Farming Strong, All Year Long—our crew was hard at work constructing a fun, healthy foundation for our students! 🚜✨
🌸 Busy Bees in Kindergarten!
Our Kindergarten scientists have been buzzing with excitement as they learn all about pollination! Through hands-on activities, students explored how bees, butterflies, and wind help plants grow and make seeds. Ask your little learner to explain how pollen moves from flower to flower—you’ll be amazed by what they can teach you!
Our Kindergarten scientists have been buzzing with excitement as they learn all about pollination! Through hands-on activities, students explored how bees, butterflies, and wind help plants grow and make seeds. Ask your little learner to explain how pollen moves from flower to flower—you’ll be amazed by what they can teach you!
Healthy Living Week: Red Ribbon + Digital Citizenship Week! (Oct 26 – Oct 30)
Get ready to celebrate Healthy Living Week! We are combining Red Ribbon Week and Digital Citizenship Week to help students learn about making smart, healthy, and safe decisions both in person and online.
Here is our dress-up schedule and theme guide for the week:
Monday, 10/26 – RED-Y to Make Smart Choices Theme: Show school spirit as a pledge to make healthy choices for body and mind every day. Red reminds us to STOP before making an unhealthy choice, online or off! What to wear: Wear RED or school colors!
Tuesday, 10/27 – Healthy Habits, Head to "Toe"! Theme: Stand out by making smart choices! Remember to stop and think before posting online to be digital upstanders. What to wear: Wear FUN SOCKS or FUN HAIR!
Wednesday, 10/28 – Represent Your House: True Character Online & Off! Theme: Good decision-making means knowing the difference between healthy choices and harmful ones, and staying safe online. What to wear: Wear your HOUSE COLORS!
Thursday, 10/29 – Disconnect to Recharge and Follow Your "Dreams"! Theme: Protect your dreams and future by avoiding unhealthy choices like staying up too late or having too much screen time. What to wear: Dress in your FAVORITE PJ'S!
Friday, 10/30 – Show Good "Character" On and Off Online! Theme: Make honest decisions, speak with respect, and give credit to original creators online. What to wear: Dress like a favorite BOOK CHARACTER!
Get ready to celebrate Healthy Living Week! We are combining Red Ribbon Week and Digital Citizenship Week to help students learn about making smart, healthy, and safe decisions both in person and online.
Here is our dress-up schedule and theme guide for the week:
Monday, 10/26 – RED-Y to Make Smart Choices Theme: Show school spirit as a pledge to make healthy choices for body and mind every day. Red reminds us to STOP before making an unhealthy choice, online or off! What to wear: Wear RED or school colors!
Tuesday, 10/27 – Healthy Habits, Head to "Toe"! Theme: Stand out by making smart choices! Remember to stop and think before posting online to be digital upstanders. What to wear: Wear FUN SOCKS or FUN HAIR!
Wednesday, 10/28 – Represent Your House: True Character Online & Off! Theme: Good decision-making means knowing the difference between healthy choices and harmful ones, and staying safe online. What to wear: Wear your HOUSE COLORS!
Thursday, 10/29 – Disconnect to Recharge and Follow Your "Dreams"! Theme: Protect your dreams and future by avoiding unhealthy choices like staying up too late or having too much screen time. What to wear: Dress in your FAVORITE PJ'S!
Friday, 10/30 – Show Good "Character" On and Off Online! Theme: Make honest decisions, speak with respect, and give credit to original creators online. What to wear: Dress like a favorite BOOK CHARACTER!
Future Authors in the Making! 📝
Our PreK4 Stallions are taking their first big steps in early literacy! Students are diving into their writing journals, putting pencil to paper, and bringing their imaginations to life. From drawing bold ideas to sharing their tales out loud, our youngest learners are building confidence and a lifelong love for reading and writing every single day.
Our PreK4 Stallions are taking their first big steps in early literacy! Students are diving into their writing journals, putting pencil to paper, and bringing their imaginations to life. From drawing bold ideas to sharing their tales out loud, our youngest learners are building confidence and a lifelong love for reading and writing every single day.
Dream Compete Achieve
Sommer Elementary UIL Registration: Oct. 18–25, 2026
Please review the UIL information linked below with your student/s.
Register here: tinyurl.com/bdecj3hr
Questions? Reach out to Ms. Granger at allison_granger@roundrockisd.org
♡ Thank you for supporting our UIL learners!
🧮✨Math Beyond the Desk: Thinking Made Visible!
Our 3rd-grade Stallions are taking math to new heights—literally! Students have been solving math problems directly on classroom walls and windows. Working on vertical surfaces makes learning visible, encourages active COLLABORATION, and gives students the freedom to experiment and learn from mistakes. It is incredible to see our young mathematicians working with PURPOSE, building confidence, and GROWING together every single day!
What a morning, Stallions! 👟🚲🛴 Huge thanks to everyone who joined us for National Walk, Bike, or Roll to School Day today! Seeing our neighborhood filled with Stallion spirit, bright helmets, and happy active faces was the absolute best way to start the school day.
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Behind every clean hallway, sparkling cafeteria, and safe classroom is an extraordinary custodial team! 🧹✨ Today for Custodian Appreciation Day, we’re sending a giant thank you to the amazing team keeping Patsy Sommer Elementary safe and shining bright every day. We couldn't do it without you! Drop a ❤️or a thank-you message in the comments to show our Stallion custodians some love!
Our Stallions have been testing out different ways to separate materials and mixtures based on their physical properties. We love seeing our young scientists put their critical thinking skills to the test during hands-on lab exploration this week 🐴⚡️
Sparkles, pink, and sweet surprises! 💖✨ 9 to 5 on 9/25! Our Sommer staff went all out for Dolly Parton Day, rocking their best pink outfits and rhinestones! 🤠 Big thanks to our amazing @PatsySommerPTA for delivering delicious pink treats and snacks to fuel our teachers today. We love our Stallion staff and PTA! 🦄 Pink power is in full effect!
Stealth, speed, and Stallion pride! 🐴⚡️
Our 4th graders had a blast in PE playing Sneak & React! This activity challenges students to practice controlled movement, quick decision-making, and active listening—all while having a total blast.
Check out those fast reaction times! Great job, Stallions! 💙🌟
Our 4th graders had a blast in PE playing Sneak & React! This activity challenges students to practice controlled movement, quick decision-making, and active listening—all while having a total blast.
Check out those fast reaction times! Great job, Stallions! 💙🌟
🎉 History in the making at Sommer Elementary! Our 5th graders participated in a drawing to officially get sorted into their Houses, kicking off an exciting new campus tradition! They can’t wait to welcome the rest of the school on Friday!
Welcome to our newest house members:
🧡Citrine
💚Emerald
💙Sapphire
💜Amethyst
🖤Obsidian
Which house is your student in?
Welcome to our newest house members:
🧡Citrine
💚Emerald
💙Sapphire
💜Amethyst
🖤Obsidian
Which house is your student in?
Calling all Stallion artists to participate in the REFLECTIONS PROGRAM
2026-2027 THEME What My CULTURE Means to Me
NATIONAL PTA REFLECTIONS 2026-2027 CALL FOR ENTRIES!
Create your own unique masterpiece that shares what your culture means to you. Express your traditions, heritage, experiences, and identity through your original artwork, and let your work tell a meaningful story through one of these art forms.
At least one household member must be a PTA member to qualify
Art Categories:
-Dance Choreography
-Film Production
-Literature
-Music Composition
-Photography
-Visual Arts
DEADLINE FOR ENTRIES OCTOBER 15 2026
ACCESS THE ENTRY FORM on the PTA Website: https://sommer.ch2v.com/
CONTACT INFORMATION Contact: PATSYSOMMERPTAREFLECTIONS@GMAIL.COM
2026-2027 THEME What My CULTURE Means to Me
NATIONAL PTA REFLECTIONS 2026-2027 CALL FOR ENTRIES!
Create your own unique masterpiece that shares what your culture means to you. Express your traditions, heritage, experiences, and identity through your original artwork, and let your work tell a meaningful story through one of these art forms.
At least one household member must be a PTA member to qualify
Art Categories:
-Dance Choreography
-Film Production
-Literature
-Music Composition
-Photography
-Visual Arts
DEADLINE FOR ENTRIES OCTOBER 15 2026
ACCESS THE ENTRY FORM on the PTA Website: https://sommer.ch2v.com/
CONTACT INFORMATION Contact: PATSYSOMMERPTAREFLECTIONS@GMAIL.COM
Stallions Get Creative for RRISD’s Monster Naming Contest!
Even our youngest Stallions are jumping into the fun! After getting to know each monster's unique personality and learning style, students cast their ideas and votes for the best names to submit to the district level. We can't wait to see if our ideas get selected!
Even our youngest Stallions are jumping into the fun! After getting to know each monster's unique personality and learning style, students cast their ideas and votes for the best names to submit to the district level. We can't wait to see if our ideas get selected!
Sommer has an Instagram!
Follow us at our brand new Instagram account @PastySommer_RRISD to see all of the wonderful things happening at Sommer Elementary!
Follow on Facebook too!
Follow us at our brand new Instagram account @PastySommer_RRISD to see all of the wonderful things happening at Sommer Elementary!
Follow on Facebook too!