December 2014 We wish you happy holidays and a wonderful winter break! ……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… Looking Ahead Dec. 9 - 11 Elf Shelf student holiday shop Dec. 12 Fundraiser delivery Dec. 17 Due date for Giving Tree donations Dec. 18 Choir concert 6:00 p.m. Dec. 22 - Jan. 2 Winter Break, No school Jan. 5 2015 return to school Jan. 7 DAC meeting, 7:00 pm, Instructional Support Facility (ISF) 5416 S. Riviera Way (near Thunder Ridge Middle School) ……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….. Summit Attendance Line 720-886-6495 Absolutely Important! School begins at 8:55 a.m. Please call the above number by 9:00 a.m. for absences or late arrivals. Thank you. …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………. Battle of the Books Schedule No meeting on December 4 Next meetings will be: December 11, 18 January 8, 15 January 22 - School Battle and last meeting Families are welcome to attend the School Battle! …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………. Rich Morrow Math Challenge Congratulations and good luck to the students who will be representing Summit Elementary at this year’s Rich Morrow Math Challenge, which will be held on Saturday, December 6th, 2014 at Smoky Hill High School! Fifth Grade Fourth Grade Third Grade Jacob Thornton Reagan Haworth Dylan Ashley Isabella Stumpe David Baer Sophia Monson Aaron Frimpong Rylan Rauch Chase Holck …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………. Needed The clinic is in need of clean used clothing donations and new packaged underwear (for kids who have accidents). Thank you. …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………. The Giving Tree Summit Sunshine has planted a Giving Tree. This tree sprouts names of children and their special wishes. If you would like to make a gift donation to one of our children, please drop by and pull a leaf off the tree. The decoration will provide you with information regarding the child including age and gift wish. Please wrap the gift and deliver by 3:00 p.m. on Wednesday, December 17, 2014 to Summit’s front office. Attach the original decoration to the gift so we are able to keep track of all the gifts. Please contact Summit Sunshine with any questions at [email protected] or [email protected] . THANK YOU for planting seeds of love with Summit Sunshine! ………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… School of Choice The Cherry Creek School District allows its resident students to apply for enrollment in the Cherry Creek school of their choice. In other words, you may request that your child attend a Cherry Creek school outside your assigned attendance area. The School of Choice applications are an electronic form that you can access online from January 1st - February 1st from any computer, at any time—for acceptance to a school starting in the 2015-2016 school year. Please visit the District Admissions website at: http://www.cherrycreekschools.org/Admissions/Pages/SOCandIDT.aspx for more information and to submit an electronic School of Choice application in January. ………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………. Challenge School Challenge is accepting applications for the 2015-2016 school year, from residents of Cherry Creek School District only. Challenge School is a K - 8 magnet program in CCSD designed to meet the needs of academically advanced and highly motivated students. Applications and information are available on the school’s website at: http://challenge.cherrycreekschools.org The deadline to submit a complete application is 4:00 pm, January 27, 2015. (There are several pieces of information that parents will need to gather and have completed before an application can be submitted.) Group tours of the school (for adults only) are available on select Tuesdays and Wednesdays at 9:00 am. View the School Calendar on the school website for specific days, determine the date that works for you and sign up by calling Challenge at 720-747-2100. The school is located at 9659 E. Mississippi Ave., Denver 80247. ………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… /////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// From Our Parent Teacher Community Organization ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// November PTCO Meeting Summary Welcome! Update from our Boy Scouts: Joyce Pack # 313, availability to join. Meetings on Thursdays. Current funds of $11,838.40. Goes towards awards, popcorn, adventures. Leadership is 100% trained. If interested in joining, packets available. Mindful Life Presentation: Kerry Philo The Mindful Life school program is based in neuroscience and teaches children focusing and calming strategies through listening, breathing and movement activities. The curriculum is being fully utilized in the fourth grade, but all students have received the tone bar and finger ball breathing lesson from Ms. Philo. The classroom teachers are reinforcing them. For more information, go to mindfullifetoday.com or contact Kerry Philo at [email protected]. Treasurer’s Report: Taxes filed. No fund requests SPOTLIGHT: 2nd Grade - JoAn Gibb and Bev Gomez Actively using Mindful Listening and Breathing. Students ask to use it. Currently they’re working on research papers. At the end of day they’re researching. Kids look at it as extra science time! Their big field trip is quickly approaching on January 16th. They’re going to the National Western Stock Show! Summit Stars for Teachers - Drawing for November and December. Lisa Kirk: “Thanks for helping me” and Cassi Enix: “Being so awesome” Suggestion Box - No new suggestions Principal’s Corner 30 Baskets to families in need for Thanksgiving. A local church has reached out to help our community. They’ve asked to help 5 families in need from our community over the December holidays. Giving Tree is in the works. If you want to help a family, check office. Upcoming Events: Elf Shelf: December 8-12- Three volunteers needed each shift. Help students shop, process transactions, and wrap. Restaurant Night - $175 earned from On The Border. Next restaurant night will be in 2015! Box Tops for Education: Debbie Dunlop $587 from box top contest Labels for Education: Debbie Dunlop Over 30,000 points, ordering a new order book for teachers. Next meeting: No December meeting! See you at our next meeting on January 21, 2015 at 6:00 p.m. ……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………. Elf Shelf Shop Hours Time Tuesday Dec. 9 9:30-10:00 Dock 10:15-10:45 Rose Feller Kirk 11:00-11:30 Meder Enix Ginsberg 11:45-12:15 Philo Koch 12:30-1:00 Gibb Gomez Make-up 1:45-2:15 Alfonso Skalka Dougherty 2:30-3:00 Lovell - p.m. Dock - p.m. 4:00-6:30 Wednesday Dec. 10 Thursday Dec. 11 Restock Open for parents and siblings Needed – Parent volunteers to help students shop, please contact Angie as soon as possible at [email protected] . Thank you. Check out Elf Shelf gift items at: http://www.gsigift1.com ……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………. You are invited Next PTCO Meeting January 21 Wednesday, 6:00 p.m., Library …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………. Visual Arts Fundraiser: Square 1 Art orders will be here on December 8th! Thank you to everyone that bought your child’s artwork to support our wonderful school art program! Student’s self-portraits have been hanging and they should be coming home in the next few weeks. I keep most of their artwork in school until it has been hung and the next project is finished! In December students will be exploring with different mediums and starting new projects. In 1st grade students will create a watercolor still life. In 2nd grade students will learn what a reflection is and paint a winter scene. 3rd grade students will learn about the artist Henri Matisse and create a collage. In 4th grade students will sew their self-portraits. 5th grade Visual Art students will start creating tessellations. Art Club is all full for the rest of the year. Making Art Gifts just started and we have 3 more classes. December 3, 10, 17. Mud Club will begin in January. I have been enjoying working with your children! ~ Mrs. Christopherson ………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… Free Microsoft Office Program Through a partnership with Microsoft, the Cherry Creek School District is now providing students the opportunity to download and install Microsoft Office at no cost to them. The Microsoft Program allows students to access the latest version of Office and to be better prepared for the tools used in our modern world. Students can use their Cherry Creek School District student account to download and install a full version of Microsoft Office software, including: Word, Powerpoint, Excel, Outlook and more! It can be installed on up to 5 computers, including Macs and Windows-based devices, and used on up to 5 mobile devices, including iOS and Android devices. The software will stay active as long as the student remains enrolled with the Cherry Creek School District. Students will need to be connected to the internet at least every 30 days to verify they are still eligible for the program, though no action is needed other than being connected to the internet. - See more information at: http://www.cherrycreekschools.org/InformationSystems/Pages/MS-OfficeProgram.aspx#sthash.Zh4ho0EI.dpuf ……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………. Mark your calendar The Positive Effect of the Arts on Kids Tuesday, January 6, 2015 9:15 to 11:15 a.m. Presented by Student Panel led by Superintendent Dr. Harry Bull (As more information about this presentation becomes available mid-month, it will be posted on the Summit front hall bulletin board and www.pinccsd.org ; or email [email protected] for details.) Parents, school administrators and community members are welcome and encouraged to attend PIN’s free presentations. No need to RSVP—just come! Presentations are free and are held the first Tuesday of each month at: Student Achievement Resource Center (SARC) 14188 E. Briarwood Ave., Centennial 80112 (south of Arapahoe Rd., between Potomac and Jordan Roads) Come at 9:00 a.m. for coffee and networking. …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………. [email protected] * Summit Elementary website http://summit.cherrycreekschools.org * Summit facebook page https://www.facebook.com/SummitElemPTCO * Newsletter link http://summit.cherrycreekschools.org/Pages/Newsletter.aspx ~ ~
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