December 20, 2016
Wishing you and your family all the joy and wonder of this Holiday Season!
WINTER BREAK – December 23-30 – No School
Girls on the Run (GOTR) is in need of Spring Session Coaches!!!
(see volunteer opportunities below for more info)
SAVE THE DATE – Science Week is 1/24 – 1/27
(more info below)
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Be sure to read this Blast all the way through… the format is the same but the information changes weekly.
Please feel free to pass this newsletter along to any Creekside Families you think might like to “be in the know” and encourage them to sign up using the following link: http://eepurl.com/cdKE-b
Dates to Remember:
December 23-30 – Winter Break – no school
January 19 – PTA Meeting
January 24-27 – Science Week
January 26 – Science Night
Mark your calendar and encourage your Eagle(s) to get excited about exploring all things science at Creekside
- Student Science Projects displayed in the Media Center all week (see links for registration forms)
- Daytime science presentations to students during specials
- American Heart Association Heart Health assembly
- Science Night event on Thursday, 1/26 from 6-8p at Creekside
Please start thinking about student science projects…winter break may be a great time to get started! Student projects are due on Tuesday, January 24th and will be displayed in the Media Center throughout the week. Please fill out a registration form and return it to school to let us know if your student plans to submit a project. Every project will be entered in a gift card prize drawing at the end of Science Week.
Student project registration forms:
English – https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B9FNmUVlVC1FbWdDdHE3X2x4ekE/view?usp=sharing
Spanish – https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B9FNmUVlVC1FSkN5b1B3WEtlOG8/view?usp=sharing
And please plan to join us at Creekside Science Night on Thursday, January 26th from 6-8pm for a family-friendly, hands-on, multi-disciplinary celebration of science! We have lots of fantastic presenters lined up to show you what kinds of great science is happening right here in our community. Come explore robots, biology, fossils, exercise, chemistry, mechanics, physics, forestry, astronomy and more!
Volunteer Opportunities:
Science Week/Night Committee would love to add more presenters to science week and/or night. Do you or someone you know work in a STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering or Math) related field? Please contact Stephanie Wilson at stephbroka@me.com if you can help in this capacity or would like to help with Science week in general.
Girls on the Run is in need of Spring Session Coaches!!! The Creekside Girls on the Run team needs coaches for the spring session. We have had several wonderful teachers coach in the past 2 years but they are no longer able to volunteer. We need at least 2 coaches to sign up. GOTR meets Tuesdays and Thursdays from 2:30-3:45 pm, and is open to 3rd-5th graders. Coaches can be parents or siblings of students as well as volunteers unrelated to Creekside. All coaches will have a background check and training. For more information, please contact ahobeik@gmail.com. **Without coaches Creekside will no longer have a GOTR team! GOTR has served a large number of students in the past and we would love for it to continue at Creekside.**
*Creekside is partnering with World Wear Project, whose mission is to provide wearable and affordable shoes to third world countries while benefiting United States’ landfills by reducing refuse by millions of pounds.
To benefit this project, we are collecting clean and wearable shoes (no stains, holes, or overly worn). World Wear Project will accept the following types of shoewear for women, men and children:
- Athletic shoes (NO cleats)
- Leather shoes
- Dress shoes
- Casual shoes
- Canvas shoes will NOT be accepted
It’s NEVER too late to join the Creekside PTA!
Joining is easy… click here: bit.ly/JoinCESPTA
$10 each ($5 for staff)
Please continue to support the businesses that support our school!
Erica Libertore at ericalibertore@gmail.com ***
Link your Harris Teeter VIC card to Creekside #5611.
Link your Kroger card to Creekside by asking at the Customer Service desk. We earn points for every dollar spent at Kroger toward purchases for our school.
Clip BOX TOPS and Labels for Education. Students may bring in Box Tops and labels every Friday to the Box Top store at the front of the school to trade them in for cool prizes.
Amazon Smile Account https://smile.amazon.com/ch/84-1644408
Creekside Elementary PTA 