Archers in Action: News & Events ~ November 4, 2026

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➹November 6: Spirit Friday/The Morning Handoff

➹November 10: SEC Spirit Night - MOD Pizza

➹November 11: Veteran’s Day Assembly

➹November 18: Clash of the Archers

➹November 20: World History Day/Early Release @12:00PM/Teacher In-service

➹November 20: Faculty and Staff Thanksgiving Feast

➹December 3: Winter Showcase

Important News To Know:

➹ Thankful for Teacher Assistants Appreciation Lunch | November 18: Teacher Lunch Duty sign-up: Here

➹ Clash of the Archers | November 18

➹ Faculty/Staff Thanskgiving Feast| November 20:

After School Carline Duty sign-up: Here

Feast sign-up: Here

➹ The Morning Handoff (Muffins!) |November 6

➹ SEC Spirit Night: Make it MOD Pizza | November 10

➹ Raise the Flag: Bring Civic Virtue Home

➹ Basketball Fan Shirts + Winter Athlete Jackets on sale

➹ November Stock the Lounge: 2nd Grade & Da Vinci House

➹ Winter Showcase | December 3

➹ Winter Concert Flower Pre-Sales happening now - Order here

➹ Yearbook Sales Here / Senior Ad Sales Here

➹ Show your Archer Spirit: Order your Spirit Friday shirt

➹ Grammar Recess Volunteer Opportunities

➹ Click here for the 2026-2027 FCA Leander Calendar

Reminders:

➹No reminders for the week

⭐ Thankful for Teacher Assistants Appreciation Lunch – November 18 (Click arrow to expand)

⭐ Clash of the Archers! November 18 (Click arrow to expand)

You are invited to the Annual Volleyball match, The Clash of the Archers, between our Varsity Volleyball team and Teachers/Coaches team!

🗓️ Wednesday, November 18 |5:00 to 6:30PM

📍 Founders B1 Gym

🎟️ No Admissions fee, however spectators are encouraged to donate a canned food item, benefitting Hill Country Community Ministries (most needed items are spaghetti sauce, corn, peanut butter, jelly)

🏐 Game 1: JV Volleyball VS Student Council

🏐 Game 2: Varsity Volleyball VS Teachers/Coaches

Clash of the Archers

⭐ Help Us Give Thanks to Our Founders Faculty & Staff! November 20 (Click arrow to expand)

On Friday, November 20, the Archers Support Committee is hosting a Thanksgiving Feast for our faculty and staff as a small way to thank them for all they pour into our students throughout the year.

There are two ways our Founders families can help make the afternoon special:

🚗 Cover Afternoon Carline: Sign up here

This is our biggest volunteer need! By stepping in to help with afternoon dismissal, you’re giving our faculty and staff the chance to sit down, enjoy their meal, and spend this time together without having to rush back to carline duty.

🥧 Help with the Thanksgiving Feast: Sign up here

Donate a favorite Thanksgiving side or dessert, or volunteer to help with the feast. We’ll provide the main course, but we need our Founders families to help us fill the table and serve our staff!

Whether you give an hour of your time at carline, bring a dish, or help serve, you’re helping us create a meaningful afternoon of gratitude for the people who give so much to our students. Let’s show our faculty and staff just how thankful we are for them!

⭐ The Morning Handoff Is THIS Friday! (Click arrow to expand)

🫱 🧁 🫲 Start your Friday morning with something sweet! The Morning Handoff returns this Friday, November 6, with muffins available for parents to purchase during morning drop-off.

Remember, all muffin purchases must be made by a parent, so plan to stop by and grab a muffin (or a few!). Every purchase supports the Senior Events Committee and helps fund the special events and traditions that make senior year memorable.

And go ahead and mark your calendars for the rest of the year:

🧁November 6
🧁 December 4
🧁 January 8
🧁 February 5
🧁 March 5
🧁 April 2
🧁 May 7

Come hungry this Friday and make The Morning Handoff part of your morning routine! 🏹

⭐ SEC Spirit Night: Make it MOD Pizza on November 10! (Click arrow to expand)

Give yourself a night off from cooking and help support our seniors at the same time! Our next SEC Spirit Night is Tuesday, November 10 at MOD Pizza in Cedar Park, and this one is happening ALL DAY!

Grab lunch, pick up dinner, or bring the whole family. Just mention Founders at checkout, and 25% of your purchase will be donated back to the Senior Events Committee to help fund the special events and traditions that make senior year memorable.

📅 Tuesday, November 10 | ALL DAY

🍕 MOD Pizza

📍 4807 183A Toll Rd., Ste. 104 | Cedar Park

💰 25% back to Senior Events

🏹 Mention Founders at checkout!

Every pizza helps, so come hungry and help us make this our biggest Spirit Night yet!

🍔 SAVE THE DATE: P. Terry’s

Our next SEC Spirit Night is already on the calendar for Monday, December 14 at P. Terry’s!

More details are coming soon, but go ahead and get it on the family calendar!

SEC Mod Pizza

⭐ Bring Civic Virtue Home: Raise the Flag (Click arrow to expand)

As Veterans Day approaches, it’s a fitting time to remember that at Founders, civic virtue is something our students are called not only to study, but to practice.

Through the Archers Athletic Booster Club’s Raise the Flag program, families can purchase an annual subscription and have a U.S. flag placed in their yard on six patriotic holidays throughout the year. A portion of every subscription supports local veterans, while another portion gives back to Founders.

While the deadline for Veterans Day placement has passed, enrollment is open year-round! Families who sign up now will receive their first flag beginning Memorial Day and will receive all six flag placements during their full year of membership.

You can see the flags displayed on campus and scan the nearby QR code to learn more.

Honor those who have served. Model civic virtue for our students. Support our Founders community.

👉 https://raisetheflagusa.com/products/archers-athletic-booster-club-fundraiser-rtf-1-year-subscription

RTF

⭐ Basketball Fan Shirts + Winter Athlete Jackets (Click arrow to expand)

🏀 Basketball season is here, and it’s time to gear up, Archers! Basketball Fan Shirts are available now for just $20, but the ordering window is short.

📣 Orders close November 11!

And for our High School Winter Athletes, we’re reopening the ordering window for Archers Jackets! High school athletes participating in winter sports can order their jackets for $45 during this ordering window.

🏀 Basketball Fan Shirts | $20
🏹 High School Athlete Jackets | $45
🗓️ Order by November 11

Grab your fan shirt, get our winter athletes geared up, and get ready to fill the stands with Archer spirit all season long!

👉 Order here

Basketball Fan shirts

⭐ November Stock the Lounge: 2nd Grade & Da Vinci House (Click arrow to expand)

🍎 Each month, one grade level or House “Stocks the Lounge,” filling our teacher lounge with grab-and-go snacks and drinks to keep our teachers fueled and feeling appreciated all year long. November is 2nd Grade and Da Vinci House’s month to serve!

This is more than just treats. It’s a simple, meaningful way to say thank you to the teachers and staff who pour their hearts into our students every single day.

Every $10 in donations = 1 Archer Hour, so your gift not only blesses our teachers but also counts toward your family’s volunteer hours.

☕ Let’s surround our teachers with the same care and encouragement they show our students. Help us fill the lounge and remind them how much they mean to the Founders family!

🫔 Some of our staff’s favorite snacks and drinks include:

Coffee pods

Mini creamers

Sodas

Sparkling waters

Chips, pretzels, crackers, popcorn, and nuts

Granola bars

Trail mix

Gluten-free snacks

Fresh fruit

Bagels and cream cheese

⭐ Winter Showcase | December 3 (Click arrow to expand)

🎄 One of our favorite evenings of the season is coming! Join us Thursday, December 3 from 5:00–8:00 PM for the Founders Winter Showcase, an evening celebrating the incredible work of our Fine Arts students and bringing our community together for a little Christmas cheer.

There will be something to discover around every corner:

🎭 A special theatre vignette from A Midsummer Night’s Dream in Sherwood Forest

🎨 Grammar School Art Walk

🎄 Upper School art and floral design auction

📸 Photos with Archie, hot chocolate, and cookies

🎻 An evening orchestra concert featuring our high school musicians

Come for one stop or make an evening of it! Follow the lights around campus, enjoy the performances and student artwork, grab a Christmas treat, and celebrate the season with our Founders community.

🗓️ Thursday, December 3 | 5:00–8:00 PM

Save the date! More details will be coming soon...

⭐ Winter Concert Flower Pre-Sales Are Open! (Click arrow to expand)

Make their performance a little more special! Our Floral Design students are creating beautiful bouquets in class, and pre-sales are officially open for our upcoming Winter performances.

Even better, every purchase directly supports the Founders Fine Arts Department!

🌹 Single-Stem Bouquet | $10
💐 Multi-Stem Bouquet | $25
🗓️ Pre-Sales Open November 3–17

Flowers can be pre-ordered for:

🎶 6th–8th Grade Winter Concert
Monday, December 1 | 6:00 PM

🎻 High School Orchestra Concert at the Winter Showcase
Thursday, December 3

Very limited quantities will be available at the performances, so pre-order now to make sure you have flowers waiting for your Archer!

👉 Pre-order your flowers Here

Celebrate your musician, support our Floral Design students, and give back to Fine Arts all at the same time.

⭐ Order Your Yearbook and capture the memories of the 2026–2027 School Year! (Click arrow to expand)

🎉 YEARBOOK SALES and SENIOR ADS - ORDER TODAY!

Our 2026–2027 yearbook is the perfect way to remember the people, achievements, and special moments that make Founders Classical Academy of Leander so unique!

Don’t miss out on early bird pricing! Order your yearbook before prices increase.

🛒 Order your yearbook here:

http://jostensyearbooks.com/?ref=A07636375

🎓 SENIOR PARENTS - CELEBRATE YOUR SENIOR WITH A SENIOR AD!

Honor your senior’s accomplishments and memories with a personalized senior recognition ad in this year’s yearbook! Senior ad prices increase on November 23 so order yours today.

Senior Ad pricing:

½ Page: $150

¼ Page: $96

⅛ Page: $65

✨ Create your Senior Ad Here

📸 HELP FILL THE YEARBOOK!

Our Journalism students are hard at work capturing the people, events, and memories that make our Archer community so special. Have photos from school-sponsored activities or events? We’d love to see them!

📷 Submit your photos Here

Let’s work together to make this year’s yearbook one to remember!

Aim High, Archers!

⭐ Show Your Archer Spirit! (Click arrow to expand)

Our 2026–27 Spirit Shirts are available for $18! Whether you’re dressing for Spirit Friday, cheering from the stands, or joining us for one of the many events happening on campus this year, your Founders spirit wear is the perfect way to show your Archer pride.

Grab one for the whole family and be ready to show your Founders spirit all year long!

Spirit Shirts: $18

Order yours here:
https://archerscouncil.square.site/product/2026-27-spirit-t-shirt/3RF3EWL3UB6CICEY4EKV5UQ4?cs=true&cst=custom

Wear it proudly. Aim high. Arrows up!

⭐ Grammar School Volunteer Opportunities! (Click arrow to expand)

Our Grammar School has several opportunities for parents to get involved and support our students, teachers, and staff! Whether you can lend a hand for a special event or join us for a regular recess, we are grateful for your time and support. 💙

🍽️ Teacher Assistant Appreciation Lunch – November 18
Our staff is preparing a special potluck to celebrate our wonderful teacher assistants! We want them to enjoy an extended lunch together, and we need parent volunteers to cover their regular lunch duties. Help us give these amazing team members a well-deserved break!
👉 Sign up Here

🛝 Recess Volunteers – Ongoing Opportunity
Looking for a fun way to get involved at school? Come spend some time outside during recess! You can see who your children are playing with, get to know their friends, and help keep recess safe and fun for everyone. It's a wonderful way to connect with your kids during the school day!
👉 Sign up Here

📍 For all volunteer opportunities, please check in with Mrs. Wallace in B1 when you arrive on campus.

Thank you for sharing your time and helping make our school such a wonderful place for our Archers! We appreciate you!