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Originally delivered on 11/27/2018 12:58 pm

SUBJECT: eLink 2018-2019: Issue 15--November 27, 2018


 

Spring Creek Elementary School Newsletter 

Issue 15 - November 27, 2018

IN THIS ISSUE:

  • Principal's Message
  • Dads on Campus
  • Science Question
  • Counselor Corner
  • Turkey Drive
  • Canned Food Drive
  • Pet Supply Drive
  • Holiday Toy Drive
  • Science Fair
  • Lost & Found
  • Join PTA
  • Super Dads Golf Tournament
  • Spring Fling
  • Girl Scouts
  • Little Eagles
  • SAGE
  • Volunteering
  • Yearbook
  • Upcoming Events
  • Useful Links

A Letter from Mrs. Erickson's Desk 

 

Dear SCE Families,

I hope you had a wonderful Thanksgiving Holiday break!  We certainly enjoyed our week of school prior to the break.  Thank you to all of the parents who volunteered and helped with the Turkey Trot and Pie Baking Contest. All of the pies were so delicious, and the judges had a wonderful time trying to determine their favorite one.  Every pie entered was a winner in my book! 

These next few weeks before Winter Break will move quickly.  Thank you for staying the course and supporting all of our efforts to make school a fun, challenging, and engaging experience for your children.  We are very thankful for you. 

  • Students in 5th & 6th grades will take their Middle of the Year Assessments in Science this week. 
  • 4th grade visits the ESC Monday, and 5th grade visits RHS on Friday for a concert. 

During school days in December, we have fun Holiday Trivia over the announcements each day.  The winning class gets to come down to the office and choose a class gift.  The gifts are actually just class snacks, but since they are wrapped like presents you can only imagine the excitement.  Last year we gave away 1 class gift per day.  This year, I would love to give away 2 gifts per day.  We have 3 weeks in December, so we could use some donations to help with the cost.  If you would like to donate a class snack, please make sure there are at least 24 servings and send it wrapped in holiday paper.  Thank you!  

 

Tis the Season of Holiday Giving!

  • FOOD:  We are collecting nonperishable food items for holiday meals now through December 5th.  Please consider donating boxed dinners, soups, and peanut butter.  See below for a signup genius to donate frozen turkeys.  The Boy & Girl Scouts are holding their annual fresh food drive this Wednesday from 3:00 – 6:00 PM.  The scouts will be organizing the donations at their meeting that evening in the cafeteria. 
  • PET ITEMS:  Petter Place, better known as Maggie, Ellie, and Lucy, organized a donation drive to support the animals at East Lake Pet Orphanage.  Donations are being collected in each classroom this week only! 
  • TOY DRIVE:  Our neighboring RHS Feeder School, Dobie Primary, has over 500 primary age students.  Over 80% of these students are economically disadvantaged, and I would love for us to support their Toy Drive.  We will ask teachers to collect the toys in their classrooms over the next couple of weeks until we are ready to deliver them to Dobie.  If you would like to participate, please send a new, unwrapped gift for a boy or a girl appropriate for the ages 5 or 6.   

You may have noticed our new Little Library in front of the school.  Drew Hamlin, former Spring Creek student, completed this Little Library for his Eagle Scout Project.  He did a wonderful job, and we are very proud of him.  Books inside the library are for anyone to borrow and read.  Feel free to add to the library and help spread the joy and power of sharing books.  He placed several of his own books in there to get us started.   

 

Thank You,

Sharon Erickson

Principal


2018 Turkey Trot

 


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Thanksgiving Feast

 

Pie Tasting Contest

 

 


 

FROM THE SCHOOL

 

 

Dads On Campus

The Friday before our Thanksgiving break, our Dad on Campus was Brent Jones.  He is the dad of Reid, 3rd grade, in Mrs. Steven's class and Drew, Kinder, in Ms. Harper's class.  He was a huge help with our Turkey Trot and Pie Tasting Contest.  Thank you so much for your help!

He was also so busy- we did not get a picture...we will get one soon and post at a later date!


 

Science Question of the Week

SCE's Science Question of the Week -

Please encourage your kiddos to answer the question and put it folded up in the box in the 5th grade hallway!! We would love more than 5th graders participating and winning!! 


The student's answers are to be turned in the box outside of Mrs. Kelminson's room in the 5th grade hallway by Thursday afternoon.

On Friday mornings, Mrs. Kelminson will draw a winner from the correct answers.  The winner will be announced at school and receive a certificate and small prize!

Get Your Science Hat On! 

 

 

Counselor's Corner


Live Wise Live Healthy

CLICK HERE for Spanish

 


Angst: Raising Awareness Around Anxiety

Free Documentary Screening the evenings of November 29th and December 11 - See flyer for more info.

 


 

School Canned Food Drive

 

 

Pet Supply Drive - THIS WEEK

 

 

Holiday Toy Drive

Our neighboring RHS Feeder School, Dobie Primary, has over 500 primary age students.  Over 80% of these students are economically disadvantaged, and we would love for us to support their Toy Drive.  We will ask teachers to collect the toys in their classrooms over the next couple of weeks until we are ready to deliver them to Dobie.  If you would like to participate, please send a new, unwrapped gift for a boy or a girl appropriate for the ages 5 or 6.   

 

 

Science Fair

Science Fair Packets will come home with all 1st– 6th graders in the Wednesday folders.  Science Fair is a mandatory project in grades 4-6 that can be completed individually, in partners or in small groups. Projects will be dueJANUARY 15th and displayed in the halls at Science Night on JANUARY 17th.  Some projects will move forward to the judges on JANUARY 18th.   Kindergarten students may request a packet but will not be included in judging. 

CLICK HERE for the Science Fair Packet.

 

 

Lost & Found 

Over the Thanksgiving break, these items were found on the playground.  They seem to be valuable items, so they are waiting in the office.  If you recognize any items, please contact the SCE office.

  

  

Also, there are LOTS of items, especially sweatshirts and jackets, in the Lost & Found in the Cafeteria.  Please check in there for any items you child might be missing.  

 

FROM YOUR PTA

 

 

Join the PTA!

 
We did it!!
We reached our 2018 PTA membership goal. Thank you for helping to make SCE soar!!
 

It's only $7.50 per person, so we invite both parents, students and grandparents to join!

Your membership helps bridge the gaps between parents and education at Spring Creek. 
 
 
Join TODAY!

Click here to join:

 

 

Super Dads Golf Tournament 

THIS FRIDAY

Rain, Rain, Stay Away!! 

The 2018 Super Dads Classic to benefit Spring Creek Elementary has been RESCHEDULED for November 30, 2018 at Woodbridge Golf Club. Registration will begin at 7:30 AM, with a shotgun start at 8:30 AM.

For more information and to purchase tickets for individuals and teams, follow the link here:

https://www.planmygolfevent.com/32118-2018-Super-Dads-Classic/


 

SPRING FLING

SAVE THE DATE for SPRING FLING 2019

Drum roll, please:

Spring Fling has been scheduled for
Friday, April 26, 2019 from 5pm-8pm.

Mark your Calendars today!!


 Kendra Scott Shopping Night -
Thursday, December 6th.

Just in time for holiday giving, the Kendra Scott Pop-Up Shop is coming to SCE!

From 5pm – 8pm on December 6th (the same night as our PTA Holiday Performance), Kendra Scott is setting up a pop-up shop in the hallway outside the cafeteria.  Come shop before and after the meeting.

 

 Ladies – Let the Spring Fling Chairs be your elf!  Shoot us an email and we’ll get that info to your Santa!

Gentlemen – Convenience! Knock out your shopping for your wife, daughter, sister, mother!

EXTRA AWESOME BONUS!  Kendra Scott is donating 20% of sales back to SCE for Spring Fling!  The fundraiser is only good for these three hours at SCE. 

They will have inventory primarily from the Fall/Winter collection.  If you are interested in a specific piece, and would like to pre-order, please fill out THIS FORM.  

Go here to see all Kendra Scott jewelry:  www.kendrascott.com.

Please let us know if you have any questions.  Thanks so much for shopping and supporting SCE!

Kelli Geyer  kgeyer@westwoodone.com

Natalie Hunter  natalieahunter@att.net

Katie Smith katieklk@yahoo.com

Casey Uphues cuphues@gmail.com

 

 

Girls Scouts

 
The Girl Scout Troop 806 



would like to thank the SCE staff, friends and families that participated in the Operation Christmas Child shoebox drive. The Girl Scouts delivered 29 shoeboxes not including the generous monetary donations that were given. 


Thank you so much for helping us spread some holiday cheer to families all over the world!!!

 
 

SCE Little Eagles

NEXT EVENT IS Monday, December 10th.

 

 

SAGE - Special & Gifted Education  

 

 

Volunteering

Volunteer Opportunities

There are many volunteer opportunities at SCE to help our school.  Please let us know how you would like to help out!  Click on the link below to fill out our Volunteer Opportunity form:

Make Your Hours Count

If you volunteer at the school, you can sign-in and sign-out on the volunteer log located in the front office. If you volunteer off-campus, record your volunteer hours in one of three ways:

  1. Stop by the school and record your hours in the front office
  2. Click on the link below to log your volunteer hours
  3. E-mail your hours to the Volunteer Coordinator, Courtney Jones, at volunteer@springcreekpta.org

Curious what counts at volunteers’ hours? If it is something you are doing at OR for the school it counts! Meetings, phone calls, cutting items for teachers, making copies, any home hours, etc do count too!  Still not sure? Email volunteer@springcreekpta.org with any questions. 

 

 

Yearbook

Submitting Pictures

We need pictures from all school activities and grade levels for the yearbook for this year. And we are making it super easy…

Email pictures with a caption noting event/grade to sceyearbookpictures@gmail.com.

Everyone wants to see their picture in the yearbook, so send them in throughout the year to be included.

 

Purchasing

Pre-order your 2018-2019 Yearbook here.  We recommend one PER CHILD. Yearbooks are distributed at the end of the year, where they can be signed by classmates. We encourage you to purchase yearbooks at this time as they CANNOT be purchased at the end of the year. 

 

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