Welcome to Blackshear PTA!

Blackshear PTA is a dedicated community of parents and teachers. There are many ways in which you can get involved and help support our Yellowjackets!

Quick Announcements

Join us as we start our Parents Night Out fundraising!
What better way to get time off and let your kids enjoy time with friends they ALREADY know. Don't just drop them off at a random daycare... Help support Blackshear PTA and take a night out!
We will have a limited number of spots available so sign up soon!
Food WILL be provided. We will also have extra snacks available for sale at $0.50 each.
Kids will be provided 2 pizza slices and a beverage for dinner.
We will also be selling extra slices at $1.00
Please make sure to fill out registration forms and have the turned in by Friday Sept. 20th. 
Payment to secure a spot can be taken at our online store.
Blackshear's Green Committee in collaboration with Families in Nature is hosting Blackshear’s Campus Campout here in our backyard!
We welcome all families and will provide camping gear to borrow for those interested! Reserve your tickets here!
Schedule of Events:
September 13th
4pm - Check-In and Gear set up Begins!
5pm - 7pm Evening Activities - Your choice of backyard bass fishing, arts & crafts, Meet the City of Austin Park Ranger Cadets and explore their Slacklining Program, Sapling Scavenger Hunt, and free play!
7pm - 8pm Family Style Dinner - We'll provide the Hot Dogs, Chips and Condiments!
8pm - 9pm Campfire Time - Let's make s'mores and enjoy storytime!
10pm - 6am - Lights out!
September 14th
8am - 10am - Breakfast - Breakfast Tacos, Starbucks Coffee, Juice and Fruit Provided followed with Gear Pack-Up!

ABLE TO VOLUNTEER?
We'd love the help with set up, meal preparation/coordination, leading/assisting with an activity, managing the campfire, and more. Please sign up to be a volunteer
Additional questions? Send an email to: Blacksheargreencommittee@gmail.com.

PTA Committees

Communications

This committee is focused on organization of all communication outlets. Updating calendars, making marketing designs, making it visually easier for parents to find information about the PTA. Have any background in design work? Join us and help us expand!

Fall Festival 

This committee organizes the volunteers, games, food, and builds games for the Fall Festival. It a great event full of fun for the family and it is a great fundraiser for our school community! The Annual Fall Festival happens in October, every year!

Fine Arts / Little E.A.S.T.

This committee helps come up with fun ways for families to engage with the Fine Arts Academy at Blackshear. We sign up for the Annual East Austin Studio Tours and turn our school into an art gallery, our students perform their musical instruments, the drama club does Shakespeare and improve shows, we host a silent auction and we participate in events like HONKTX, where we get to be a part of a street band parade that walks all over town! Join this committee if you want to continue to help support Fine Arts at Blackshear!

Fundraising

This committee comes up with new and creative ways to support Blackshear, financially. They also maintain PTA Friday Snack sales, held the First Friday of every month after-school is over! Join this committee if you want to help support Blackshear, financially!

Green

This committee helps connect parents who believe in recycling, and campus beautification. We look for ways to make sure we are being considerate of the planet and plan ways to get involved with the outdoors! Join this committee if you like getting dirty, recycling, gardening and camping

The M.O.B.
(Men Of Blackshear)

This committee focuses on being role models and male figures to the children of Blackshear. We monitor halls from time to time and help deal with bullying if we are called to the task. Teaching our kids to be respectful to one another is of importance to The M.O.B. Be part of The M.O.B. and help give the security to our kids. Whether it be in or outside of the halls of Blackshear Elementary.

STEM
(Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math)

This committee is focused on making sure that Blackshear teachers and staff can support student learning effectively around STEM subjects. We think of ways to support the curriculum through providing more and updated technology for campus, and much more. Join this committee if you are interested in supporting your students STEM curriculum on campus

Teacher Appreciation

This committee helps organize fun ways to show Blackshear Teachers a little appreciation. We try to have something planned once a month, like coffee & treats in the Breakroom, getting missing supplies, and providing opportunities for Teacher Self-Care like providing massages one month or gift cards to local businesses the next.

We Are The World Festival

This NEW committee will organize the volunteers, games, food, and performances for a multi-cultural festival. It a great event aimed to be full of fun for the family and a great fundraiser for our school community! We are hoping to start a new traditional festival that will take place in late January or early Feburary!
Coming together is a beginning;
Keeping together is progress;
​Working together is success.
​- Henry Ford