Eagle Blast 3/28/2017

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Creekside Eagle Blast

 March 28, 2017

It’s time for the 2017 Spring Carnival Raffle!!!
Raffle Tickets went home last week!
The goal is for EVERY student to sell at least 10 tickets
$1 per Ticket – $10 for a book of 10
*If you sell 30 tickets you get a free play wristband for the carnival games and rides!*
(more info below)

Instructional Assistant Appreciation Day
Thursday, March 30
Show our IAs how much they mean to us! Write a note, draw a picture, make a card… 

Spring Beautification Day
Saturday, April 1st from 10am-12pm
Bring the whole family!!!
(more info below)

BOGO Book Fair – Next Week!!!
April 4-7
(more info below)

Creekside Talent Show!!!
*Date Change*
Friday, May 19 from 6-8pm
(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:

March 30 – Instructional Assistant Appreciation Day
April 1 – Spring Beautification
April 3-7 – Spring Book Fair
April 10-14 – Spring Break
April 17 – Make up Snow Day
April 17 – Online Auction Bidding Begins
April 28 – Spring Carnival

Please come out and help us clean up the Creekside grounds onSaturday, April 1 from 10-12.  We will spread some new mulch, kill weeds, plant some spring flowers and pick up lots of trash. Bring your own garden tools and gloves. Wheel barrels, pitch forks and shovels would be helpful. Bring the whole family!

It’s Time for the 2017 Spring Carnival Raffle!!!
$1 per Ticket – $10 for a book of 10
***Our goal is for EVERY Student to sell at least 10 Tickets***
(more tickets are available from your students teacher – just ask!)

  • Top Raffle Ticket Seller (entire school) wins a $100 Target gift card
  • 2nd Place Top Seller (entire school) wins a $50 Target gift card
  • Top Class per Grade with the most students selling 10 or more tickets wins and ICE CREAM PARTY
  • Top Overall Class (most tickets sold) for the school wins a PIZZA PARTY!

Selling 30 Tickets = Free Play Wristband for Carnival
Games and Rides!!!
*Raffle ticket stubs and money due no later than Tuesday, April 25th at 10:00am*

Stay tuned for our Online Auction!!  Bidding Starts April 17!
http://www.biddingOwl.com/creeksideauction2017

April 4-7 in the Media Center

Join us for these special Book Fair Events:
Pastries for Parents- Tuesday, April 4th from 7-7:45am

B.L.T. Books and Lunch Together- Thursday, April 6th during your child’s lunch time

If you’re interested in volunteering at the Book Fair, please visit
www.SignUpGenius.com/go/4090A4FADA92EA6FE3-creekside1 

**Friday May 19**
Rogers-Herr Middle School

Keep a look out for a Flyer with more details in your student’s folder!  Have your student as their teacher for a talent show application and permission slip!

Since Creekside has so many talented students, this will only be open to grades 3rd through 5th and there will be try outs.
Try outs will be April 25th and April 26th after school so get your creativity flowing and talents ready!
We will be looking for a variety of talent and group acts are welcomed.

The talent show committee will meet after the next PTA meeting.

If you are interested in being involved in this fun event, please contact
Kristi Laan by phone or email
(kristi.laan2@gmail.com  or 919-632-1889) 
Volunteer Opportunities:

Spring BOGO Book Fair
Volunteers are needed to staff the Spring Book Fair!!  Please visit this signup genius link and help out where you can!
www.SignUpGenius.com/go/4090A4FADA92EA6FE3-creekside1
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 shoe wear for women, men and children:
  • Athletic shoes (NO cleats)
  • Leather shoes
  • Dress shoes
  • Casual shoes
  • Canvas shoes will NOT be accepted
Be on the lookout for the cardboard bins inside Creekside so you can donate those old shoes you have hanging around that you have been waiting for an opportunity to give away!

Survey: Homework and Internet Availability 
Nationally, 7 in 10 teachers assign homework that requires internet access. But an estimated five million households with school-age children do not have internet access at home. Students that fall into this “homework gap”—households where internet access is limited or unavailable—lag behind in education and are less competitive in the workforce.

But if you’re a parent with children in North Carolina’s K-12 schools you already know what happens when your children and/or their classmates can’t meaningfully access the internet.

Many of you spend hours each week driving your children to a nearby McDonalds or Starbucks to use their Wi-Fi because internet is not available to your house or it’s too expensive. Or trek to the local library multiple times a week so your kids can use the computers because your digital device is broken, being used by one of your other children, or you don’t have one at home because buying one doesn’t fit in your budget.

The State of North Carolina wants to help ensure no child in the K-12 schools falls into the homework gap. But to do so, the State needs to know how widespread the homework gap is and potential challenges students face in accessing digital resources.

To identify this data, our partners, the Broadband Infrastructure Office and the Friday Institute, are conducting a survey of North Carolina households with K-12 students. We would like to encourage you to take the survey so policy makers and education stakeholders can design solutions to this issue.

The anonymous, short survey is available in English and Spanish and can be found here K-12 Internet Access at Home Survey (Encuesta de Accesso a Internet K-12 en el Hogar) (or at below link).
It remains open until April 30, 2017.

Should you have any questions, concerns, or feedback, you can reach out to the Broadband Infrastructure Office directly at: broadband@nc.gov or (919) 754-6695.

Survey Link: http://bit.ly/k12hwgap

Creekside is now using the Remind app as an important way of communicating with our families. Join today!
(Please note this is an image, and not actual links)
Announcements:
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Crayola Color Cycle Program at Creekside Continues – We are excited to report that we are going to continue the marker recycling program started last year in conjunction with Crayola. It’s called CrayolaColorCycle – an amazing program devised to turn used markers into energy!  Last year Creekside recycled 2,148 markers.  Let’s see if we can beat that number this year!!
All around Creekside Elementary students and teachers will be collecting used markers (all brands of plastic markers, not just Crayola markers, that includes dry erase markers and highlighters),  that are ready to be discarded. The markers will then be sent to a facility where they will be converted into clean fuel. This fuel can be used to power vehicles, heat homes, cook meals and more!
Please help support our efforts by sending your kids in with any used markers you may have around the house. Drop-off boxes will be located in each classroom for your child to deposit the markers.  These boxes will remain in the classrooms throughout the year for continued marker recycling.
Thank you in advance for participating! With the help of parents like you across the country, the Crayola ColorCycle program can keep tons of plastic out of landfills each year.

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!

Jersey Mike’s Subs  – i9Sports  – The Mad Popper

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*** If your business would like to be a Creekside Sponsor, please email
Erica Libertore at ericalibertore@gmail.com ***
Earn FREE Money for Creekside PTA
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

Eagle Blast 3/21/2017

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Creekside Eagle Blast

 March 21, 2017

It’s time for the 2017 Spring Carnival Raffle!!! 
Raffle Tickets went home this week!
The goal is for EVERY student to sell at least 10 tickets
$1 per Ticket – $10 for a book of 10
*If you sell 30 tickets you get a free play wristband for the carnival games and rides!*
(more info below)

PTA Meeting TOMORROW
6:30pm – Media Center

Spring Beautification Day
Saturday, April 1st from 10am-12pm
Bring the whole family!!!
(more info below)

Creekside Talent Show!!!
*Date Change*
Friday, May 19 from 6-8pm
(more info below)

** If you are interested in learning more about House Bill 13, the impacts it has on our school and what you can do to help motivate the NC Senate to save our Art, PE and Music classes… please scroll down! **An Evening of Entertainment

The Creekside Auction and Raffle is approaching… if you or someone you know has an auction item, an experience or service that they would like to donate, please contact our Auction/Raffle Committee at creeksideraffle@gmail.com
We are excited to help you help us… with over 850 students and their families, this is a great promotional opportunity!!!

The remaining make up dates for snow days
are as follows:
January 10 – March 27
January 11 – April 17

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:

March 20-24 – Literacy Week
March 22 – PTA Meeting
March 27 – Make up Snow Day
March 30 – Instructional Assistant Appreciation Day
April 1 – Spring Beautification
April 3-7 – Spring Book Fair
April 10-14 – Spring Break
April 17 – Make up Snow Day
April 17 – Online Auction Bidding Begins
April 28 – Spring Carnival

International Night was a SOARING Success!!!
We enjoyed live performances from Creekside students, a fun and engaging West African drumming session, an amazing Tae Kwon Do demonstration, and wonderful music from our favorite Mariachi band.  We also made Skype calls to Australia, Cameroon, and China, and toured incredibly interesting cultural exhibits hosted by our international families in the media center.  While enjoying the classroom projects, including the greeting video from our international Eagles, we feasted on delicious international foods brought in by our families, Chirba Chirba, Makus Empanadas, Knish-a-licious, Marcos pizza and our very own Chef Bridgette Harper-Reid.

A special thanks to Nathalie O’Malley, Mary Huaman, Genna Stinson-Miller, Elina Urli Hodges, Amy King, Amy Rublein, Ms. Judd, Ms. Jackson, the After School and Custodial Staff and the many Parent Volunteers for their support in making this event a success and one of Creekside’s best traditions. 

We would like to post pictures on our PTA website.  Please share your pictures of the evening, and send them via email to Nathalie at tissaire2@gmail.com.

It’s Time for the 2017 Spring Carnival Raffle!!!
$1 per Ticket – $10 for a book of 10
***Our goal is for EVERY Student to sell at least 10 Tickets***
(more tickets are available from your students teacher – just ask!)

  • Top Raffle Ticket Seller (entire school) wins a $100 Target gift card
  • 2nd Place Top Seller (entire school) wins a $50 Target gift card
  • Top Class per Grade with the most students selling 10 or more tickets wins and ICE CREAM PARTY
  • Top Overall Class (most tickets sold) for the school wins a PIZZA PARTY!

Selling 30 Tickets = Free Play Wristband for Carnival
Games and Rides!!!
*Raffle ticket stubs and money due no later than Tuesday, April 25th at 10:00am*

Spring Beautification Day

Please come out and help us clean up the Creekside grounds onSaturday, April 1 from 10-12.  We will spread some new mulch, kill weeds, plant some spring flowers and pick up lots of trash. Bring your own garden tools and gloves. Wheel barrels, pitch forks and shovels would be helpful. Bring the whole family!

 

**Friday May 19**
Rogers-Herr Middle School

Keep a look out for a Flyer with more details in your student’s folder!  Have your student as their teacher for a talent show application and permission slip!

Since Creekside has so many talented students, this will only be open to grades 3rd through 5th and there will be try outs.
Try outs will be April 25th and April 26th after school so get your creativity flowing and talents ready!
We will be looking for a variety of talent and group acts are welcomed.

The talent show committee will meet after the next PTA meeting.

If you are interested in being involved in this fun event, please contact
Kristi Laan by phone or email
(kristi.laan2@gmail.com  or 919-632-1889) 

 

Help Save Art, PE and Music Specials at Creekside!!
(the following is paraphrased from a letter written by a DPS Teacher)

What you need to know… 
In 2016, the General Assembly passed legislation which would limit the number of students in K-3 classrooms beginning in the 2017-18 school year. Unfortunately, to lower K-3 class sizes, someone has to hire more K-3 teachers, and the General Assembly is offering NO funding for that. The class size caps are an unfunded mandate, which means the cost of additional K-3 teachers must be paid by local school districts. As many of you are aware, North Carolina’s public schools are already existing on a starvation budget. In 2016, our state ranked 43rd in per pupil expenditure (PPE) nationally. Many counties (including Durham County) have been subsidizing the state’s inadequate PPE by using rainy day funds and discretionary budgets. Now that money is gone. Local districts have no money to spend. The state is offering no money to help. So, to lower K-3 class sizes, many districts will have no choice but to cut some current positions in order to fund the new classroom positions.
What positions will the schools cut? The Specials teachers: the folks who teach Art, Music, PE and Languages.
What you can do…
(1) Email the Education Committee members and tell them you want arts education for your children and that you want them to pass HB 13. The contact information for these members is:
Co-Chairman:
Chad.Barefoot@ncleg.net , David.Curtis@ncleg.net , Michael.Lee@ncleg.net
Members:
Deanna.Ballard@ncleg.net , Erica.Smith-Ingram@ncleg.net , Jerry.Tillman@ncleg.net, Joyce.Waddell@ncleg.net, Bill.Cook@ncleg.net, Louis.Pate@ncleg.net, Norman.Sanderson@ncleg.net, Gladys.Robinson@ncleg.net

(2) Sign the online petition put out by the NCAE asking the General Assembly to pass HB 13 AND raise our per pupil expenditure to the national average.
https://actionnetwork.org/petitions/pass-house-bill-13-to-save-teachers-increase-per-pupil-funding-to-national-average?source=direct_link

(3) Stay informed about HB 13 and make sure your friends, neighbors and co-workers do, too! Share the link above to the online petition. Tell everyone what your child’s school and what the arts mean to you.

The Full text for HB 13 can be found HERE 

Volunteer Opportunities:
The Auction and Raffle Committee still needs your help!!!
Our Auction and Raffle will be held in April prior to the Spring Carnival (Friday, April 28th). Funds raised help offset the cost of the Carnival, a fun family and community event.
We need volunteers to visit stores, meet people, email and mail letters to vendors, pick up raffle and auction items.
Also, if you or someone you know has a business or service and would like to donate to our PTA’s Spring Carnival Raffle and Auction, please contact us at creeksideraffle@gmail.com.  The business will be advertised to the families of over 850 students at Creekside. This is a great way to market your business AND support our school! 
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 shoe wear for women, men and children:
  • Athletic shoes (NO cleats)
  • Leather shoes
  • Dress shoes
  • Casual shoes
  • Canvas shoes will NOT be accepted
Be on the lookout for the cardboard bins inside Creekside so you can donate those old shoes you have hanging around that you have been waiting for an opportunity to give away!
Creekside is now using the Remind app as an important way of communicating with our families. Join today!
(Please note this is an image, and not actual links)
Announcements:
  crayola

Crayola Color Cycle Program at Creekside Continues – We are excited to report that we are going to continue the marker recycling program started last year in conjunction with Crayola. It’s called CrayolaColorCycle – an amazing program devised to turn used markers into energy!  Last year Creekside recycled 2,148 markers.  Let’s see if we can beat that number this year!!
All around Creekside Elementary students and teachers will be collecting used markers (all brands of plastic markers, not just Crayola markers, that includes dry erase markers and highlighters),  that are ready to be discarded. The markers will then be sent to a facility where they will be converted into clean fuel. This fuel can be used to power vehicles, heat homes, cook meals and more!
Please help support our efforts by sending your kids in with any used markers you may have around the house. Drop-off boxes will be located in each classroom for your child to deposit the markers.  These boxes will remain in the classrooms throughout the year for continued marker recycling.
Thank you in advance for participating! With the help of parents like you across the country, the Crayola ColorCycle program can keep tons of plastic out of landfills each year.

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!

Jersey Mike’s Subs  – i9Sports  – The Mad Popper

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*** If your business would like to be a Creekside Sponsor, please email
Erica Libertore at ericalibertore@gmail.com ***
Earn FREE Money for Creekside PTA
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

Eagle Blast 3/7/2017

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Creekside Eagle Blast

March 7, 2017

Please see the flyer below for fun ways to participate in celebrating Dr. Seuss’s Birthday and Read Across America!
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The Creekside Auction and Raffle is approaching… if you or someone you know has an auction item, an experience or service that they would like to donate, please contact our Auction/Raffle Committee at creeksideraffle@gmail.com
We are excited to help you help us… with over 850 students and their families, this is a great promotional opportunity!!!

March Madness Party for Teachers and Staff
Wednesday, March 15 (early release day).
Please help out if you can!
http://www.signupgenius.com/go/5080A4FACAD2EA46-march1

Spirit Night at Panera
Wednesday, March 15
(more info below)

Creekside Talent Show!!!
*Date Change*
Friday, May 19 from 6-8pm
(more info below)

The remaining make up dates for snow days
are as follows:
January 10 – March 27
January 11 – April 17

 

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:

March 2-9 – Read Across America Week and Dr. Seuss’s Birthday 
March 8 – Battle of the Books Competition
March 11 – Spelling Bee at Duke (9am-12pm)
March 15 – Early Release Day (12pm for car riders, 12:15 for bus riders)
Marach 15 – Teacher Appreciation Luncheon
March 15 – Spirit Night at Panera
March 16 – International Night
March 18 – Grounds Beautification Day
March 20-24 – Literacy Week
March 22 – PTA Meeting
March 27 – Makeup Snow Day

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Read Across America Week at Creekside!!
March 2-9

Please join us in celebrating Read Across America and Dr. Seuss’s Birthday!  Students are invited to dress according to each day’s theme that corresponds with a Dr. Seuss book. We will read excerpts from the book of the day over the intercom each morning. Be creative and have fun!

Thursday, March 2 – Fox in Socks – Wear Wacky Socks!
Friday, March 3 – Hooray for Diffendoofer Day! – Hooray Creekside! Wear school colors!
Monday, March 6 – The Lorax – Wear Orange, yellow or even a mustache!
Tuesday, March 7 – Cat and the Hat – Find a friend and dress up as twins! 
Wednesday, March 8 – The Sleep Book – Wear your pajamas!
Thursday, March 9 – Oh, the Places You’ll Go! – Dress for success or wear a college shirt!


Spirit Night at Panera Bread
March 15, 2017
4:00 P.M. – 8:00 P.M.
3603 Witherspoon Blvd.
Durham, NC 27707

International Night
March 16th from 6-8 P.M.   

We’re celebrating 10 years of this great annual tradition and we’ve got lots of wonderful things planned! There will be delicious foods from around the world, live entertainment, interactive stations, and passports to get stamped as you travel through the continents.

We’ve also added some exciting NEW things:

 

TECHNOLOGY

We’re incorporating technology which will “take you there” on International Night from the moment you are greeted in multiple languages until you see images in each regional space! At the Skype exhibit, say “Hi!” or ask questions of people in China, Australia, and Cameroon! And don’t forget to stop by the interactive Google Earth screen to zoom from outer space to street level, dive under the ocean, and fly around cities…all with the swipe of your finger!

SHARE YOUR FAMILY’S CULTURE

Are you an international family or have you traveled overseas? Share items from your culture by hosting a country table in the Media Center. See PDF for complete details!

Information on media tables

Media Tables Spanish

Help us make International Night a success. Sign up on line at https://tinyurl.com/zprqt6k or see flyers which were sent home yesterday

Sign up Sheet International Night2017

International Night Spanish 2017 2

See you there!

 


**Friday May 19**
Rogers-Herr Middle School
Keep a look out for a Flyer with more details as well as a permission slip in your student’s folder!

Since Creekside has so many talented students, this will only be open to grades 3rd through 5th and there will be try outs.
Try outs will be April 25th and April 26th after school so get your creativity flowing and talents ready!
We will be looking for a variety of talent and group acts are welcomed.

The talent show committee will meet after the next PTA meeting.

If you are interested in being involved in this fun event, please contact
Kristi Laan by phone or email
(kristi.laan2@gmail.com  or 919-632-1889) 

 

Volunteer Opportunities:

Teacher Appreciation Luncheon
The PTA will be hosting a March Madness Party for our teachers and staff Wednesday, March 15th (early release day).
Please help out if you can!
http://www.signupgenius.com/go/5080A4FACAD2EA46-march1

The Auction and Raffle Committee still needs your help!!!
Our Auction and Raffle will be held in April prior to the Spring Carnival (Friday, April 28th). Funds raised help offset the cost of the Carnival, a fun family and community event.
We need volunteers to visit stores, meet people, email and mail letters to vendors, pick up raffle and auction items.
Also, if you or someone you know has a business or service and would like to donate to our PTA’s Spring Carnival Raffle and Auction, please contact us at creeksideraffle@gmail.com.  The business will be advertised to the families of over 850 students at Creekside. This is a great way to market your business AND support our school! 
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 shoe wear for women, men and children:
  • Athletic shoes (NO cleats)
  • Leather shoes
  • Dress shoes
  • Casual shoes
  • Canvas shoes will NOT be accepted
Be on the lookout for the cardboard bins inside Creekside so you can donate those old shoes you have hanging around that you have been waiting for an opportunity to give away!
Announcements:
We want to give a shout out to our talented Creekside Students as well as a big THANK YOU to Mrs. Haas for a wonderful performance last Friday at the Evening of Entertainment at DPAC!!
Look at the bright faces of our dedicated Teachers and Staff!!  Here they are at the NCTIES Conference. NCTIES is an association for educators and educator leaders engaged in advancing excellence in learning and teaching through the effective use of technology.  Our PTA fundraisers helped cover the cost of sending them to this conference… Thank You, Parents for your continued support!!

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Crayola Color Cycle Program at Creekside Continues – We are excited to report that we are going to continue the marker recycling program started last year in conjunction with Crayola. It’s called CrayolaColorCycle – an amazing program devised to turn used markers into energy!  Last year Creekside recycled 2,148 markers.  Let’s see if we can beat that number this year!!
All around Creekside Elementary students and teachers will be collecting used markers (all brands of plastic markers, not just Crayola markers, that includes dry erase markers and highlighters),  that are ready to be discarded. The markers will then be sent to a facility where they will be converted into clean fuel. This fuel can be used to power vehicles, heat homes, cook meals and more!
Please help support our efforts by sending your kids in with any used markers you may have around the house. Drop-off boxes will be located in each classroom for your child to deposit the markers.  These boxes will remain in the classrooms throughout the year for continued marker recycling.
Thank you in advance for participating! With the help of parents like you across the country, the Crayola ColorCycle program can keep tons of plastic out of landfills each year.

Creekside is now using the Remind app as an important way of communicating with our families. Join today!
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Need Help Finding a Summer Camp?
I know it hardly seems possible but it’s already time to start thinking about Summer Camps.  Camp Rooster is a resource for Durham parents that’s free and helps browse camps by location, theme, date and format (Overnight vs. day camp)
www.camprooster.com 

The Conservation Caper and Energy Agents, in-school programs from Duke Energy, have a goal to save 10 million kilowatt-hours of energy during the 2016-17 school year. To reach this goal, families at participating schools can request a FREE Energy Kit to save energy in their homes. Every unique request for the FREE Energy Kit helps your school win cash rewards ranging from $250-$2,500, and gives each family a chance to win $1,000.

Creekside Families and Staff can request FREE Energy Kits and credit for Creekside Elementary through the “My Energy Kit Challenge” by going online toMyEnergyKit.org or by calling the hotline at (855) 386 – 9548

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!

Jersey Mike’s Subs  – i9Sports  – The Mad Popper

jersey-mike-logoi9_logo_hi_res_vec_final_1cmad-popper-logo-vector
*** If your business would like to be a Creekside Sponsor, please email
Erica Libertore at ericalibertore@gmail.com ***
Earn FREE Money for Creekside PTA
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

Eagle Blast 2/28/2017

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Creekside Eagle Blast

 February 28, 2017

Thank you to everyone that came out to join us at Math and BINGO night last week!  We hope you had fun

The Creekside Auction and Raffle is approaching… if you or someone you know has an auction item, an experience or service that they would like to donate, please contact our Auction/Raffle Committee at creeksideraffle@gmail.com
We are excited to help you help us… with over 850 students and their families, this is a great promotional opportunity!!!

This week and next we will be celebrating Dr. Seuss’s Birthday with Read Across America Week at Creekside! Please see the flyer below for fun ways to participate in this week of activities!

5th Grade Student/Staff Basketball Game
and Fundraiser
THIS Thursday at 6pm, Creekside Gym
(more info below)

Jump Rope and Hoops for Heart is wrapping up this week – It’s not too late to submit those final donations!!!
(more info below)

An Evening of Entertainment
THIS Friday, March 3 at 7pm – DPAC
(more info below)

Creekside Talent Show!!!
*Date Change*
Friday, May 19 from 6-8pm
(more info below)

The remaining make up dates for snow days
are as follows:
January 10 – March 27
January 11 – April 17

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:

March 2-9 – Read Across America Week and Dr. Seuss’s Birthday
March 2 – 5th Grade Student/Staff Basketball Fundraiser
March 3 – Evening of Entertainment at DPAC
March 16 – International Night
March 18 – Grounds Beautification Day
March 20-24 – Literacy Week
March 27 – Makeup Snow Day

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Read Across America Week at Creekside!!
March 2-9

Please join us in celebrating Read Across America and Dr. Seuss’s Birthday!  Students are invited to dress according to each day’s theme that corresponds with a Dr. Seuss book. We will read excerpts from the book of the day over the intercom each morning. Be creative and have fun!

Thursday, March 2 – Fox in Socks – Wear Wacky Socks!
Friday, March 3 – Hooray for Diffendoofer Day! – Hooray Creekside! Wear school colors!
Monday, March 6 – The Lorax – Wear Orange, yellow or even a mustache!
Tuesday, March 7 – Cat and the Hat – Find a friend and dress up as twins! 
Wednesday, March 8 – The Sleep Book – Wear your pajamas!
Thursday, March 9 – Oh, the Places You’ll Go! – Dress for success or wear a college shirt!

Our Student/Staff Basketball Game is
THIS THURSDAY, March 2!!!
6pm-7:30pm in the Creekside Gym

This is a huge fundraiser for 5th grade.  Tickets are $2, and will include admission to the game where Creekside teachers and students will battle it out on the ball court!
We will also be selling pizza and other concessions during the game, as well as some souvenirs.
The whole school is invited to attend the game and support our students.

 

An Evening of Entertainment
March 3 at 7pm
DPAC

An Evening of Entertainment will be held on March 3 at 7pm at the DPAC. EOE is a benefit concert to showcase DPS’s talented students while raising funds for the DPS Scholarship Foundation. This musical gala features auditioned choral students from all our middle and high schools, plus participating elementary schools. Ms. Haas has been teaching and chaperoning our group of 4th and 5th graders that were selected to participate. The group spends a few hours a week practicing for this performance.

We would love to see you there!
Tickets are available at the DPAC box office or online at www.dpacnc.com 


**Friday May 19**
Rogers-Herr Middle School
Keep a look out for a Flyer with more details as well as a permission slip in your student’s folder!

Since Creekside has so many talented students, this will only be open to grades 3rd through 5th and there will be try outs.
Try outs will be April 25th and April 26th after school so get your creativity flowing and talents ready!
We will be looking for a variety of talent and group acts are welcomed.

The talent show committee will meet after the next PTA meeting.

If you are interested in being involved in this fun event, please contact
Kristi Laan by phone or email
(kristi.laan2@gmail.com  or 919-632-1889) 

 

Jump Rope for Heart Update: Creekside Families– The last day to turn in donations for Jump Rope for Heart is Friday, March 3.  Please make contributions online at heart.org/jump or turn in your collection envelopes when you come to PE class this week.
Again, last day for Jump Rope for Heart donations is Friday, March 3.   The lions/lanyards will be available (for any $5 donation made) at lunch time on Thursday, March 2.

We’ve raised over $7,500 and really hope to make it to our $10,000 goal — please help us get there!

Thanks so much to everyone who has contributed time and money to this important cause!
You’re truly “Heart Heroes!!”
Register online at: heart.org/jump
Our goal is to raise $10,000 and every little bit helps.

Volunteer Opportunities:

The Auction and Raffle Committee still needs your help!!!
Our Auction and Raffle will be held in April prior to the Spring Carnival (Friday, April 28th). Funds raised help offset the cost of the Carnival, a fun family and community event.
We need volunteers to visit stores, meet people, email and mail letters to vendors, pick up raffle and auction items.
Also, if you or someone you know has a business or service and would like to donate to our PTA’s Spring Carnival Raffle and Auction, please contact us at creeksideraffle@gmail.com.  The business will be advertised to the families of over 850 students at Creekside. This is a great way to market your business AND support our school! 
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 shoe wear for women, men and children:
  • Athletic shoes (NO cleats)
  • Leather shoes
  • Dress shoes
  • Casual shoes
  • Canvas shoes will NOT be accepted
Be on the lookout for the cardboard bins inside Creekside so you can donate those old shoes you have hanging around that you have been waiting for an opportunity to give away!
Announcements:
Classroom Libraries Have Been Purchased!!!
We are excited to announce that thanks to the Boosterthon fundraising efforts by all of our Creekside families, the PTA was able to provide $12,000 worth of new books for our classrooms!!!
odyssey-of-the-minds odyssey
Congratulations to our Primary (K-2) Odyssey Team on their outstanding performance at the NC Odyssey of the Mind Eastern Region (NCOME) Primary Tournament at Wake Technical Community College last weekend.  Our seven team members excelled with their “Spontaneous Problem” in which they had to verbally respond to a prompt given by the judges after one minute of thinking time. They also put on a creative performance featuring “Star Wars Animals Who Are Rich.” Coach Christie Masinick is especially proud of the teamwork and good sportsmanship that the kids exhibited on Saturday.  They were great representatives of Creekside Elementary School!
We look forward to hearing about the experience of our 3 Division I (Grades 3-5) Odyssey teams when they compete on March 4!
Creekside Tile Wall/Square 1 Art Update: 
Special thanks to Creekside grandparent, Warren Wehmann, for adding 45 new Square 1 Art tiles to our school’s tile wall this week. If you ordered tiles for your children, feel free to check out their fine work on display down the 1st grade hallway (where there are two tile walls, one on each end of the hall).
international-night
Save the Date – International Night is March 16th from 6-8 p.m.

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Crayola Color Cycle Program at Creekside Continues – We are excited to report that we are going to continue the marker recycling program started last year in conjunction with Crayola. It’s called CrayolaColorCycle – an amazing program devised to turn used markers into energy!  Last year Creekside recycled 2,148 markers.  Let’s see if we can beat that number this year!!
All around Creekside Elementary students and teachers will be collecting used markers (all brands of plastic markers, not just Crayola markers, that includes dry erase markers and highlighters),  that are ready to be discarded. The markers will then be sent to a facility where they will be converted into clean fuel. This fuel can be used to power vehicles, heat homes, cook meals and more!
Please help support our efforts by sending your kids in with any used markers you may have around the house. Drop-off boxes will be located in each classroom for your child to deposit the markers.  These boxes will remain in the classrooms throughout the year for continued marker recycling.
Thank you in advance for participating! With the help of parents like you across the country, the Crayola ColorCycle program can keep tons of plastic out of landfills each year.

You May be Interested in….
Need Help Finding a Summer Camp?
I know it hardly seems possible but it’s already time to start thinking about Summer Camps.  Camp Rooster is a resource for Durham parents that’s free and helps browse camps by location, theme, date and format (Overnight vs. day camp)
www.camprooster.com 

The Conservation Caper and Energy Agents, in-school programs from Duke Energy, have a goal to save 10 million kilowatt-hours of energy during the 2016-17 school year. To reach this goal, families at participating schools can request a FREE Energy Kit to save energy in their homes. Every unique request for the FREE Energy Kit helps your school win cash rewards ranging from $250-$2,500, and gives each family a chance to win $1,000.

Creekside Families and Staff can request FREE Energy Kits and credit for Creekside Elementary through the “My Energy Kit Challenge” by going online toMyEnergyKit.org or by calling the hotline at (855) 386 – 9548

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!

Jersey Mike’s Subs  – i9Sports  – The Mad Popper

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*** If your business would like to be a Creekside Sponsor, please email
Erica Libertore at ericalibertore@gmail.com ***
Earn FREE Money for Creekside PTA
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

Eagle Blast 2/21/2017

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Creekside Eagle Blast

 February 21, 2017

We have several exciting announcements to share… please scroll down!!
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Math and Bingo Night!!!
THIS Thursday, February 23 @ 6pm
(More info Below)

Jump Rope and Hoops for Heart is Underway!!
Volunteers are Needed to Help Collect Donations – Please consider spending an hour at Creekside to help the
American Heart Association.
www.SignUpGenius.com/go/10C0D44AFA92DA3F49-volunteers
(more info below)

 

5th Grade Student/Staff Basketball Game
and Fundraiser
Thursday, March 2 at 6pm, Creekside Gym
(more info below)

An Evening of Entertainment
Friday, March 3 at 7pm – DPAC
(more info below)

Creekside Talent Show!!!
March 31 – Githens Middle School
(more info below)

The remaining make up dates for snow days
are as follows:
January 10 – March 27
January 11 – April 17

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:

February 23 – Math and Bingo Night
February 24 – College Spirit Day – wear your favorite college t-shirt
March 2 – 5th Grade Student/Staff Basketball Fundraiser
March 3 – Evening of Entertainment at DPAC
March 16 – International Night
March 18 – Grounds Beautification Day
March 20-24 – Literacy Week
March 27 – Makeup Snow Day
March 31 – Talent Show!!

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Join us for a night of FREE family activities!  
B-I-N-G-O
Grade Level Appropriate Math Games and Activities
Math Scavenger Hunt
Estimation Jar

marcosMarco’s Pizza will be available for purchase while you play Bingo.  
$2/slice or $12/whole pizza ; $1.50/drinks
If you would like to help out on math night, please contact Christie Masinick at christie@masinick.com
or sign up via Sign Up Geniushttp://www.signupgenius.com/go/20f0a4da4ac2ba75-math

Here is a preview of the Evening’s Schedule
The evening will be divided into 2 sessions.
We ask that your family visit our activities according to the first letter of your last name.

Session 1 6:00 – 6:40                         Session 2 6:50 – 7:30
Last Name A – M                                 Last Name A – M
Bingo in the cafeteria                              Math activities

Last Name N – Z                                    Last Name N – Z
Math activities                                Bingo in the cafeteria

Grade Level Math Games and Activities – developed and coordinated by the Creekside Math Committee

Our Student/Staff basketball game is quickly approaching! This is a huge fundraiser for 5th grade, and the big event is set for Thursday, March 2 from 6:00-7:30 pm. Tickets are $2, and will include admission to the game where Creekside teachers and students will battle it out on the ball court!  We will also be selling pizza and other concessions during the game, as well as some souvenirs.
This is a whole school invite to attend the game and support our students.

An Evening of Entertainment
March 3 at 7pm
DPAC

An Evening of Entertainment will be held on March 3 at 7pm at the DPAC. EOE is a benefit concert to showcase DPS’s talented students while raising funds for the DPS Scholarship Foundation. This musical gala features auditioned choral students from all our middle and high schools, plus participating elementary schools. Ms. Haas has been teaching and chaperoning our group of 4th and 5th graders that were selected to participate. The group spends a few hours a week practicing for this performance.

We would love to see you there!
Tickets are available at the DPAC box office or online at www.dpacnc.com 


Friday March 31st
Githens Middle School Auditorium

We are in need of a committee to help with the planning and execution of the 1st Annual Creekside Elementary Talent Show!!!  If you are interested in being involved in this fun event, please contact Kristi Laan by phone or email (kristi.laan2@gmail.com  or 919-632-1889)

Creekside has raised over $7,000 (so far) for the American Heart Association.  We have two more weeks to raise money and meet our goal of $10,000.  Students will be participating in Jump Rope and Hoops for Heart events in PE classes this week (Feb. 20-23) and the final day to make donations, turn in collection envelopes, and earn prizes will be Friday, March 3.  Online donations earn more prizes, so please visit heart.org/jump to donate online.  Students who raise $10 or more, online, will get to visit a special “Treasure Box” during their PE class.

We still need lunch time volunteers for Tuesdays and Thursdays, to help pass out lions/lanyards, so please help outwww.SignUpGenius.com/go/10C0D44AFA92DA3F49-volunteers

Thanks so much to everyone who has contributed time and money to this important cause!
You’re truly “Heart Heroes!!”
Let’s keep up the good work in supporting the American Heart Association!
Register online at: heart.org/jump
Our goal is to raise $10,000 and every little bit helps.

Volunteer Opportunities:

The Auction and Raffle Committee still needs your help!!!
Our Auction and Raffle will be held in April prior to the Spring Carnival (Friday, April 28th). Funds raised help offset the cost of the Carnival, a fun family and community event.
We need volunteers to visit stores, meet people, email and mail letters to vendors, pick up raffle and auction items.
Also, if you or someone you know has a business or service and would like to donate to our PTA’s Spring Carnival Raffle and Auction, please contact us at creeksideraffle@gmail.com.  The business will be advertised to the families of over 850 students at Creekside. This is a great way to market your business AND support our school! 
Volunteers are needed to collect donations at the Jump Rope for Heart Table outside the Cafeteria every Tuesday and Thursday for the month of February. Please click on the sign-up genius link below and select a time-slot that works with your schedule.
(If you are available on a day other than a Tuesday or Thursday, please contact Ms Andrews to coordinate)
www.SignUpGenius.com/go/10C0D44AFA92DA3F49-volunteers
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 shoe wear for women, men and children:
  • Athletic shoes (NO cleats)
  • Leather shoes
  • Dress shoes
  • Casual shoes
  • Canvas shoes will NOT be accepted
Be on the lookout for the cardboard bins inside Creekside so you can donate those old shoes you have hanging around that you have been waiting for an opportunity to give away!
Announcements:
Classroom Libraries Have Been Purchased!!!
We are excited to announce that thanks to the Boosterthon fundraising efforts by all of our Creekside families, the PTA was able to provide $12,000 worth of new books for our classrooms!!!
odyssey-of-the-minds odyssey
Congratulations to our Primary (K-2) Odyssey Team on their outstanding performance at the NC Odyssey of the Mind Eastern Region (NCOME) Primary Tournament at Wake Technical Community College last weekend.  Our seven team members excelled with their “Spontaneous Problem” in which they had to verbally respond to a prompt given by the judges after one minute of thinking time. They also put on a creative performance featuring “Star Wars Animals Who Are Rich.” Coach Christie Masinick is especially proud of the teamwork and good sportsmanship that the kids exhibited on Saturday.  They were great representatives of Creekside Elementary School!
We look forward to hearing about the experience of our 3 Division I (Grades 3-5) Odyssey teams when they compete on March 4!
Creekside Tile Wall/Square 1 Art Update: 
Special thanks to Creekside grandparent, Warren Wehmann, for adding 45 new Square 1 Art tiles to our school’s tile wall this week. If you ordered tiles for your children, feel free to check out their fine work on display down the 1st grade hallway (where there are two tile walls, one on each end of the hall).
international-night
Save the Date – International Night is March 16th from 6-8 p.m.

crayola

Crayola Color Cycle Program at Creekside Continues – We are excited to report that we are going to continue the marker recycling program started last year in conjunction with Crayola. It’s called CrayolaColorCycle – an amazing program devised to turn used markers into energy!  Last year Creekside recycled 2,148 markers.  Let’s see if we can beat that number this year!!
All around Creekside Elementary students and teachers will be collecting used markers (all brands of plastic markers, not just Crayola markers, that includes dry erase markers and highlighters),  that are ready to be discarded. The markers will then be sent to a facility where they will be converted into clean fuel. This fuel can be used to power vehicles, heat homes, cook meals and more!
Please help support our efforts by sending your kids in with any used markers you may have around the house. Drop-off boxes will be located in each classroom for your child to deposit the markers.  These boxes will remain in the classrooms throughout the year for continued marker recycling.
Thank you in advance for participating! With the help of parents like you across the country, the Crayola ColorCycle program can keep tons of plastic out of landfills each year.

You May be Interested in….
Need Help Finding a Summer Camp?
I know it hardly seems possible but it’s already time to start thinking about Summer Camps.  Camp Rooster is a resource for Durham parents that’s free and helps browse camps by location, theme, date and format (Overnight vs. day camp)
www.camprooster.com 

The Conservation Caper and Energy Agents, in-school programs from Duke Energy, have a goal to save 10 million kilowatt-hours of energy during the 2016-17 school year. To reach this goal, families at participating schools can request a FREE Energy Kit to save energy in their homes. Every unique request for the FREE Energy Kit helps your school win cash rewards ranging from $250-$2,500, and gives each family a chance to win $1,000.

Creekside Families and Staff can request FREE Energy Kits and credit for Creekside Elementary through the “My Energy Kit Challenge” by going online toMyEnergyKit.org or by calling the hotline at (855) 386 – 9548

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!

Jersey Mike’s Subs  – i9Sports  – The Mad Popper

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*** If your business would like to be a Creekside Sponsor, please email
Erica Libertore at ericalibertore@gmail.com ***
Earn FREE Money for Creekside PTA
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

Eagle Blast 2/14/2017

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Creekside Eagle Blast

 February 14, 2017

REMINDER: Tomorrow (2/15) is an early release day!
Car Riders will be dismissed at 12pm
Bus Riders will depart at 12:15pm

Spirit Night at Jersey Mike’s Subs 
Wednesday, February 15
(more info below)

Jump Rope and Hoops for Heart is Underway!!
Volunteers are Needed to Help Collect Donations – Please consider spending an hour at Creekside to help the
American Heart Association.
www.SignUpGenius.com/go/10C0D44AFA92DA3F49-volunteers
(more info below)

PTA Meeting – Thursday, February 16
6pm Media Center

Math and Bingo Night
Thursday, February 23 @ 6pm

The remaining make up dates for snow days
are as follows:
January 10 – March 27
January 11 – April 17

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:

February 15 – Spirit Night at Jersey Mike’s
February 15 – Early Release (12pm – Car Riders, 12:15 – Bus Riders)
February 16 – PTA Meeting @ 6pm
February 23 – Math and Bingo Night
March 2 – 5th Grade Student/Staff Basketball Fundraiser
March 16 – International Night
March 31 – Talent Show!!

Our Teachers and Staff were treated to a delicious and healthy lunch today from the PTA Staff Appreciation Committee and Happy + Hale!!!  Check them out at  http://www.happyandhale.com/

Thank you to all the parents who sent in desserts and drinks!

 

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Math and Bingo Night!
Thursday, February 23 at 6 pm

Bring the family and enjoy a night out at Creekside. You will have the opportunity to play Bingo in the cafeteria, try out your estimation skills, complete a math scavenger hunt, and visit your grade level for math games and activities!

If you would like to help out on math night, please contact Christie Masinick at christie@masinick.com
or sign up via Sign Up Geniushttp://www.signupgenius.com/go/20f0a4da4ac2ba75-math

Our Student/Staff basketball game is quickly approaching! This is a huge fundraiser for 5th grade, and the big event is set for Thursday, March 2 from 6:00-7:30 pm. Tickets are $2, and will include admission to the game where Creekside teachers and students will battle it out on the ball court!  We will also be selling pizza and other concessions during the game, as well as some souvenirs.
This is a whole school invite to attend the game and support our students.


Friday March 31st
Githens Middle School Auditorium

We are in need of a committee to help with the planning and execution of the 1st Annual Creekside Elementary Talent Show!!!  If you are interested in being involved in this fun event, please contact Kristi Laan by phone or email (kristi.laan2@gmail.com  or 919-632-1889)


Jump Rope for Heart and Hoops for Heart
Is Underway!!!
Jump Rope for Heart Update:
We’re so proud of the Creekside Family’s efforts to collect donations for the American Heart Association!  So far, our school has raised over $5,000 for Jump Rope for Heart — way to go!  We are already halfway to our goal of $10,000 —  Terrific!  Please remember that we will collect donations until the beginning of March, so… there is still plenty of time to donate and get involved!  In addition, note that online donations earn more prizes than cash or check donations.
Families may donate online at http://www.heart.org/jump.  Students raising $10 or more, online, will get to visit a special “Treasure Box” during PE class whereupon they can choose a special, extra prize to add to their lanyard.  If students don’t already have their lion and lanyard, they may donate $5 to get their lion and lanyard on Tuesdays or Thursdays, during their lunch time, at the table outside of the cafeteria.

Parents are encouraged to volunteer to help with the lunch time lion distribution table and can sign-up here:  www.SignUpGenius.com/go/10C0D44AFA92DA3F49-volunteers.

Thanks so much for contributing to this important cause!
Let’s keep up the good work in supporting the American Heart Association!
Register online at: heart.org/jump
Our goal is to raise $10,000 and every little bit helps.

Volunteer Opportunities:

The Auction and Raffle Committee still needs your help!!!
Our Auction and Raffle will be held in April prior to the Spring Carnival (Friday, April 28th). Funds raised help offset the cost of the Carnival, a fun family and community event.
We need volunteers to visit stores, meet people, email and mail letters to vendors, pick up raffle and auction items.
Also, if you or someone you know has a business or service and would like to donate to our PTA’s Spring Carnival Raffle and Auction, please contact us at creeksideraffle@gmail.com.  The business will be advertised to the families of over 850 students at Creekside. This is a great way to market your business AND support our school! 
Volunteers are needed to collect donations at the Jump Rope for Heart Table outside the Cafeteria every Tuesday and Thursday for the month of February. Please click on the sign-up genius link below and select a time-slot that works with your schedule.
(If you are available on a day other than a Tuesday or Thursday, please contact Ms Andrews to coordinate)
www.SignUpGenius.com/go/10C0D44AFA92DA3F49-volunteers
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 shoe wear for women, men and children:
  • Athletic shoes (NO cleats)
  • Leather shoes
  • Dress shoes
  • Casual shoes
  • Canvas shoes will NOT be accepted
Be on the lookout for the cardboard bins inside Creekside so you can donate those old shoes you have hanging around that you have been waiting for an opportunity to give away!
Announcements:
international-night
Save the Date – International Night is March 16th from 6-8 p.m.

crayola

Crayola Color Cycle Program at Creekside Continues – We are excited to report that we are going to continue the marker recycling program started last year in conjunction with Crayola. It’s called CrayolaColorCycle – an amazing program devised to turn used markers into energy!  Last year Creekside recycled 2,148 markers.  Let’s see if we can beat that number this year!!
All around Creekside Elementary students and teachers will be collecting used markers (all brands of plastic markers, not just Crayola markers, that includes dry erase markers and highlighters),  that are ready to be discarded. The markers will then be sent to a facility where they will be converted into clean fuel. This fuel can be used to power vehicles, heat homes, cook meals and more!
Please help support our efforts by sending your kids in with any used markers you may have around the house. Drop-off boxes will be located in each classroom for your child to deposit the markers.  These boxes will remain in the classrooms throughout the year for continued marker recycling.
Thank you in advance for participating! With the help of parents like you across the country, the Crayola ColorCycle program can keep tons of plastic out of landfills each year.

You May be Interested in….
Need Help Finding a Summer Camp?
I know it hardly seems possible but it’s already time to start thinking about Summer Camps.  Camp Rooster is a resource for Durham parents that’s free and helps browse camps by location, theme, date and format (Overnight vs. day camp)
www.camprooster.com 

The Conservation Caper and Energy Agents, in-school programs from Duke Energy, have a goal to save 10 million kilowatt-hours of energy during the 2016-17 school year. To reach this goal, families at participating schools can request a FREE Energy Kit to save energy in their homes. Every unique request for the FREE Energy Kit helps your school win cash rewards ranging from $250-$2,500, and gives each family a chance to win $1,000.

Creekside Families and Staff can request FREE Energy Kits and credit for Creekside Elementary through the “My Energy Kit Challenge” by going online toMyEnergyKit.org or by calling the hotline at (855) 386 – 9548

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!

Jersey Mike’s Subs  – i9Sports  – The Mad Popper

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*** If your business would like to be a Creekside Sponsor, please email
Erica Libertore at ericalibertore@gmail.com ***
Earn FREE Money for Creekside PTA
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

Special Edition Eagle Blast

Posted on by ptamom2

February 3, 2017

We need your help NOW!

Legislation has been passed (HB 13) that addresses Class Size and Teacher Allotments. The result of this bill could mean the elimination of the Elementary Art, Music and PE programs across the state starting with the 2017-2018 school year.

What we know:

  • – The General Assembly passed a bill (HB 13) that lowers the limits of class size with no waivers for expanding those allotments.
  • – No additional funding was provided to pay for the projected 102 additional teachers Durham would need to hire, to be in compliance with the law. Schools across North Carolina may be forced to cut or reduce programs to cover that expense. The areas affected are ART, MUSIC and PE.
  • – A new bill was introduced on Wednesday (1/25) that tweaked these numbers a bit, but not enough to keep our Arts and PE programs across NC.
  • – The unintended cost of this bill did not include funding Durham’s 102 additional classroom spaces, purchasing furniture, resources and more.

Durham Public Schools’ Board of Education finds this decision unacceptable and is encouraging our PARENTS, COMMUNITY AND KIDS to call/ write/ draw/ send messages ANY WAY THEY CAN to inform the General Assembly that what may have sounded like a good idea, is having a major, negative impact on our schools.

DPS is also committed to keeping our programs as best we can, as we are described as the “STAND UP, STAND OUT” (Minnie Forte Brown) school system. We are not afraid to speak up, and to craft our programs that address the needs of the whole, well rounded child.

HOW CAN YOU HELP?

Write, draw, call, email…

1. General Assembly in Raleigh saying “SAVE THE ART, MUSIC AND PE PROGRAMS IN OUR STATE” and revise the allotment/class size bill.
Durham County House and Senate Representatives can be found here

2. Durham Public Schools’ Board of Education to say “THANK YOU” for speaking up and being so supportive.
Email Address’ can be found here

3. Durham’s Legislators to say thank you as we have been told support our well-rounded education programs with no program cuts.
Your Local Representative can be found by entering your zip/addresshere

Please help our legislators see how important
Art, Music and PE are to our children,
our schools and our community! 

Eagle Blast 1/31/2017

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Creekside Eagle Blast

 January 31, 2017

 
Science Night was a great success! Thanks to all the families and community members who contributed science fair projects, demonstrations, and attended tonight to support science learning at Creekside.
Thanks also to PTA member Stephanie Wilson and Science Teacher Mr. Slavin who coordinated this fun event.

science-night

Jump Rope and Hoops for Heart is Underway!!
(more info below)

The Great Kindness Challenge at Creekside
is THIS week!!
(more info below)

The remaining make up dates for snow days
are as follows:
January 10 – March 27
January 11 – April 17

 

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:

January Dates to Remember:
January 25 – Jump Rope and Hoops for Heart Kicks Off
January 30 – February 3 – The Great Kindness Challenge (more info below)
February 6 – Report Cards Distributed

 

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Jump Rope for Heart and Hoops for Heart
Is Underway!!!
Jump Rope for Heart Update: Creekside has already raised over $2,000 for the American Heart Association.  Students and families who want to make donations are encouraged to do so online at www.heart.org/jump — online donations automatically get more “Thank You Gifts” (prizes) than cash or check donations.  So, we encourage you to donate online!  Parents DO NOT need to send in the “coupon” for students to get their $5 lion — as long as we receive the donation, students will get the lion! Students who are only interested in the $5 donation/lion prize can give their cash/collection envelopes to their classroom teacher OR they can bring these items to the gym when their class has PE.  Students may also bring in their donations on Tuesdays/Thursdays and turn them in at lunch time (table will be set up outside the cafeteria).  Any cash/check donations need to be labeled with the child’s full name, grade level, and classroom teacher name. Due to the size of our school and the lag in the Jump Rope for Heart online system, the turnaround time for students getting their lanyards and instant prizes (lion, elephant, or zebra) is typically one to three days.  Please encourage your child to be patient — we work as quickly as we can to get students their prizes! Any other prizes earned (t-shirts, basketballs, jump ropes, etc.) will be ordered from the AHA after Jump Rope for Heart is over — the final date for collections will be sometime in early March. So, we’re accepting donations for the next month or so and there is plenty of time to participate.  Please join us in being Heart Heroes and thank you for supporting the American Heart Association!  Let’s surpass our goal of $10,000!
Register online at: heart.org/jump
Our goal is to raise $10,000 and every little bit helps.
 kindness
Creekside Elementary is participating in
“The Great Kindness Challenge” this week!! 
During the week of January 30th to February 3rd , our Little Eagles (and Big Eagles too!) will express acts of kindness to one another.
Each student will be given a checklist of 50 kind deeds to do for the week (and beyond).  Kindergarten students will receive a Junior edition with 12 kind deeds to do.

Monday – “Crazy for Kindness” – Crazy Hair or Sock Day
Tuesday – “Team up for Kindness” – Favorite Sports Team Day
Wednesday – “Peace, Love and Kindness” – Wear a RED Shirt
Thursday – “Hats off to Kindness” – Hat Day
Friday – “Kindness is the Creekside Way” – School Spirit Wear Day

Our Eagles have very caring hearts so let’s encourage them to be kind to everyone they see!

More details are included in the parent letters and calendar that have been sent in your student’s Monday Folder.
If you have any questions please contact
Tonya Jackson Graham or Wanda Matthews.
Thank you for helping our Eagles SOAR!!

Announcements:
international-night
Save the Date – International Night is March 16th from 6-8 p.m.

crayola

Crayola Color Cycle Program at Creekside Continues – We are excited to report that we are going to continue the marker recycling program started last year in conjunction with Crayola. It’s called CrayolaColorCycle – an amazing program devised to turn used markers into energy!  Last year Creekside recycled 2,148 markers.  Let’s see if we can beat that number this year!!
All around Creekside Elementary students and teachers will be collecting used markers (all brands of plastic markers, not just Crayola markers, that includes dry erase markers and highlighters),  that are ready to be discarded. The markers will then be sent to a facility where they will be converted into clean fuel. This fuel can be used to power vehicles, heat homes, cook meals and more!
Please help support our efforts by sending your kids in with any used markers you may have around the house. Drop-off boxes will be located in each classroom for your child to deposit the markers.  These boxes will remain in the classrooms throughout the year for continued marker recycling.
Thank you in advance for participating! With the help of parents like you across the country, the Crayola ColorCycle program can keep tons of plastic out of landfills each year.

  Volunteer Opportunities:

The Auction and Raffle Committee still needs your help!!!
Our Auction and Raffle will be held in April prior to the Spring Carnival (Friday, April 28th). Funds raised help offset the cost of the Carnival, a fun family and community event.
We need volunteers to visit stores, meet people, email and mail letters to vendors, pick up raffle and auction items.
Also, if you or someone you know has a business or service and would like to donate to our PTA’s Spring Carnival Raffle and Auction, please contact us at creeksideraffle@gmail.com.  The business will be advertised to the families of over 850 students at Creekside. This is a great way to market your business AND support our school!

Volunteers are needed to collect donations at the Jump Rope for Heart Table outside the Cafeteria every Tuesday and Thursday for the month of February. Please click on the sign-up genius link below and select a time-slot that works with your schedule.
(If you are available on a day other than a Tuesday or Thursday, please contact Ms Andrews to coordinate)
www.SignUpGenius.com/go/10C0D44AFA92DA3F49-volunteers

*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
Be on the lookout for the cardboard bins inside Creekside so you can donate those old shoes you have hanging around that you have been waiting for an opportunity to give away!
You May be Interested to Know…   
The Conservation Caper and Energy Agents, in-school programs from Duke Energy, have a goal to save 10 million kilowatt-hours of energy during the 2016-17 school year. To reach this goal, families at participating schools can request a FREE Energy Kit to save energy in their homes. Every unique request for the FREE Energy Kit helps your school win cash rewards ranging from $250-$2,500, and gives each family a chance to win $1,000.

Creekside Families and Staff can request FREE Energy Kits and credit for Creekside Elementary through the “My Energy Kit Challenge” by going online toMyEnergyKit.org or by calling the hotline at (855) 386 – 9548

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!

Jersey Mike’s Subs  – i9Sports  – The Mad Popper

jersey-mike-logoi9_logo_hi_res_vec_final_1cmad-popper-logo-vector
*** If your business would like to be a Creekside Sponsor, please email
Erica Libertore at ericalibertore@gmail.com ***
Earn FREE Money for Creekside PTA
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

Eagle Blast 1/24/2017

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Creekside Eagle Blast

 January 24, 2017

Science Week is HERE!!!!
Be sure to ask your student about the daily presentations!!
There are over 100 Science Projects on display in the Media Center!!
(more info below)

Early Release on Wednesday, January 25
Car Riders and Walkers dismissed at 12pm
Bus Riders dismissed at 12:15pm

Spirit Night at Brixx Woodfired Pizza Tomorrow,
Wednesday, January 25
(more info below)

Jump Rope and Hoops for Heart kicks off 1/25
(more info below)

The Great Kindness Challenge at Creekside 1/30-2/3
(more info below)

The remaining make up dates for snow days
are as follows:
January 10 – March 27
January 11 – April 17

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:

January 24 – End of grading period
January 24-27 – SCIENCE WEEK!!!
January 25 – Early Release
January 25 – Brixx Spirit Night
January 25 – Jump Rope and Hoops for Heart Kicks Off
January 26 – Science Night
January 30 – February 3 – The Great Kindness Challenge (more info below)
February 6 – Report Cards Distributed

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Science Night at Creekside is THIS Thursday,
January 26th from 6-8pm!

Bring your friends and family to explore robots, biology, fossils, exercise, chemistry, mechanics, physics, forestry, genetics, astronomy and much more.

Admission is FREE and food will be available for purchase.  Hope to see you there!

Science Week Events:
Over 100 Student Science Projects displayed in the Media Center all week
Daytime science presentations to students during specials
American Heart Association Heart Health assembly

Science Night on Thursday, 1/26 from 6-8p at Creekside

Spirit Night at Brixx Wood Fired Pizza
Meadowmont Location
Wednesday, January 25 from 11am – 9pm.
 Brixx will generously donate $3 per 10″ pizza and $1 per kids’
pizza to Creekside PTA.
Please hold on to the flyer that was sent home with your student(s) and bring it with you to the Meadowmont Brixx location in Chapel Hill!
Hope to see you there!
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Jump Rope for Heart and Hoops for Heart
Kicks off on Thursday, January 25
Creekside’s annual Jump Rope for Heart and Hoops for Heart events start this week!  As part of Science Week, all students will hear presentations from the American Heart Association on January 25;  these special assemblies will serve as a Kickoff/Pep Rally to signify the start of our annual fundraising efforts for the American Heart Association.
Paperwork for Jump Rope and Hoops for Heart will be sent home on Jan. 25 or shortly thereafter, so please be on the lookout for this information!  Families can get a head start on registering and raising funds online by visiting heart.org/jump – If you register online, please be sure to choose the Creekside Elementary in Durham, NC (there are other “Creekside Elementary” schools in other states, so pay attention to which one you choose!).  Students who raise funds online before Jan. 25 will be recognized at the Kickoff event and will also be eligible for special prizes (not available otherwise).  Students in grades K-2 can only register for Jump Rope for Heart while students in grades 3-5 have the option of Jump Rope or Hoops.  More information will be given to students in upcoming PE classes but the main message is this:  Register and get donations early and you’ll be rewarded!
Register online at: heart.org/jump
Our goal is to raise $10,000 and every little bit helps.
 kindness
Creekside Elementary will be participating in
“The Great Kindness Challenge”!! 
During the week of January 30th to February 3rd , our Little Eagles (and Big Eagles too!) will express acts of kindness to one another.
Each student will be given a checklist of 50 kind deeds to do for the week (and beyond).  Kindergarten students will receive a Junior edition with 12 kind deeds to do.
Please see the calendar for the daily themes and activities.
Our Eagles have very caring hearts so let’s encourage them to be kind to everyone they see!
More details are included in the parent letters and calendar that have been sent in your student’s Monday Folder.
If you have any questions please contact
Tonya Jackson Graham or Wanda Matthews.
Thank you for helping our Eagles SOAR!!
Announcements:
international-night
Save the Date – International Night is March 16th from 6-8 p.m.

crayola

Crayola Color Cycle Program at Creekside Continues – We are excited to report that we are going to continue the marker recycling program started last year in conjunction with Crayola. It’s called CrayolaColorCycle – an amazing program devised to turn used markers into energy!  Last year Creekside recycled 2,148 markers.  Let’s see if we can beat that number this year!!
All around Creekside Elementary students and teachers will be collecting used markers (all brands of plastic markers, not just Crayola markers, that includes dry erase markers and highlighters),  that are ready to be discarded. The markers will then be sent to a facility where they will be converted into clean fuel. This fuel can be used to power vehicles, heat homes, cook meals and more!
Please help support our efforts by sending your kids in with any used markers you may have around the house. Drop-off boxes will be located in each classroom for your child to deposit the markers.  These boxes will remain in the classrooms throughout the year for continued marker recycling.
Thank you in advance for participating! With the help of parents like you across the country, the Crayola ColorCycle program can keep tons of plastic out of landfills each year.

  Volunteer Opportunities:

The Auction and Raffle Committee
still needs your help!!!
The Auction and Raffle is held in May in conjunction with the Spring Carnival.  Funds raised help offset the cost of this fun family and community event.
We need volunteers to visit stores, meet people, email and mail letters to vendors, pick up raffle and auction items.
You’ll have the freedom to do this on your own schedule!!
Interested? Email us at Creeksideraffle@gmail.com

The Creekside Odyssey of the Mind teams are looking for volunteers to become trained judges.  If you are interested in learning about Odyssey of the Mind, this is a wonderful opportunity to see how it works and to see if it would be a good fit for your child in the coming years!
There is a judges training on February 18 and the competition is March 4.
Please contact Jess Hammond (jessica.hammond@dpsnc.net) for more information.

*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
Be on the lookout for the cardboard bins inside Creekside so you can donate those old shoes you have hanging around that you have been waiting for an opportunity to give away!
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!

Jersey Mike’s Subs  – i9Sports  – The Mad Popper

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*** If your business would like to be a Creekside Sponsor, please email
Erica Libertore at ericalibertore@gmail.com ***
Earn FREE Money for Creekside PTA
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

Eagle Blast 1/17/2017

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January 17, 2017

January PTA Meeting is 1/19 at 6pm in the Media Center – If you are a committee chair, please make every effort to attend this meeting as we will be determining who will comprise our Board.

Science Week 1/24 – 1/27
Please encourage your student(s) to submit a Science Project!!
(more info below)

Early Release on Wednesday, January 25
Car Riders and Walkers dismissed at 12pm
Bus Riders dismissed at 12:15pm

Spirit Night at Brixx Woodfired Pizza on
Wednesday, January 25
(more info below)

Jump Rope and Hoops for Heart kicks off 1/25
(more info below)

The make up dates for snow days are as follows:
January 9 – January 23
January 10 – March 27
January 11 – April 17

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:

January 17-19 – Case 21 Testing (Mid-year Reading, Math & Science Assessment for grades 3-5)
January 19 – PTA Meeting 
January 23 – Make up Snow Day
January 24 – End of grading period
January 24-27 – Science Week
January 25 – Early Release
January 25 – Brixx Spirit Night
January 25 – Jump Rope and Hoops for Heart Kicks Off
January 26 – Science Night
February 6 – Report Cards Distributed

science-week

Science Night at Creekside is Thursday,
January 26th from 6-8pm!

Bring your friends and family to explore robots, biology, fossils, exercise, chemistry, mechanics, physics, forestry, genetics, astronomy and much more.  Admission is FREE and food will be available for purchase.  Hope to see you there!

It’s not too late to create a student science project!  Projects are due in the Media Center starting Tuesday morning, January 24th.  Every project will be entered in a gift card prize drawing at the end of Science Week.  Project registration forms can be turned in to your child’s teacher or to the school office.  Additional forms are available in the school office, from teachers, or through the links below.

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

Science Week Events:

  • 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 on Thursday, 1/26 from 6-8p at Creekside
Announcements:
Spirit Night at Brixx Wood Fired Pizza – January 25, 2017 from 11am – 9pm

. Flyers will be coming home with your student(s). Brixx will donate $3 per 10″ pizza and $1 per kids’ pizza to Creekside PTA. Please hold on to your flyer and bring it with you to the Meadowmont Brixx location in Chapel Hill!  Hope to see you there!

4th Grade Music Performance CANCELLED for 1/19 – New date TBD

Jump Rope for Heart and Hoops for Heart – Creekside’s annual Jump Rope for Heart and Hoops for Heart events are quickly approaching!  As part of Science Week, all students will hear presentations from the American Heart Association on January 25;  these special assemblies will serve as a Kickoff/Pep Rally to signify the start of our annual fundraising efforts for the American Heart Association.  Paperwork for Jump Rope and Hoops for Heart will be sent home on Jan. 25 or shortly thereafter, so please be on the lookout for this information!  Families can get a head start on registering and raising funds online by visiting heart.org/jump – If you register online, please be sure to choose the Creekside Elementary in Durham, NC (there are other “Creekside Elementary” schools in other states, so pay attention to which one you choose!).  Students who raise funds online before Jan. 25 will be recognized at the Kickoff event and will also be eligible for special prizes (not available otherwise).  Students in grades K-2 can only register for Jump Rope for Heart while students in grades 3-5 have the option of Jump Rope or Hoops.  More information will be given to students in upcoming PE classes but the main message is this:  Register and get donations early and you’ll be rewarded!  Again, register online at: heart.org/jump  We hope to raise over $10,000 and every little bit helps.  Thanks!

Crayola Color Cycle Program at Creekside Continues – We are excited to report that we are going to continue the marker recycling program started last year in conjunction with Crayola. It’s called CrayolaColorCycle – an amazing program devised to turn used markers into energy!  Last year Creekside recycled 2,148 markers.  Let’s see if we can beat that number this year!!
All around Creekside Elementary students and teachers will be collecting used markers (all brands of plastic markers, not just Crayola markers, that includes dry erase markers and highlighters),  that are ready to be discarded. The markers will then be sent to a facility where they will be converted into clean fuel. This fuel can be used to power vehicles, heat homes, cook meals and more!
Please help support our efforts by sending your kids in with any used markers you may have around the house. Drop-off boxes will be located in each classroom for your child to deposit the markers.  These boxes will remain in the classrooms throughout the year for continued marker recycling.
Thank you in advance for participating! With the help of parents like you across the country, the Crayola ColorCycle program can keep tons of plastic out of landfills each year.

  Volunteer Opportunities:

uncle-sam-raffle

Do you like to sell? Are you results driven? Do you have
connections in the community? If so we want you!
The Auction and Raffle is held in May in conjunction with the Spring Carnival.  Funds raised help offset the cost of this fun family and community event.
We need volunteers to visit stores, meet people, email and mail letters to vendors, pick up raffle and auction items.
You’ll have the freedom to do this on your own schedule!!
Interested? Email us at Creeksideraffle@gmail.com

The Creekside Odyssey of the Mind teams are looking for volunteers to become trained judges.  If you are interested in learning about Odyssey of the Mind, this is a wonderful opportunity to see how it works and to see if it would be a good fit for your child in the coming years!
There is a judges training on February 18 and the competition is March 4.
Please contact Jess Hammond (jessica.hammond@dpsnc.net) for more information.

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
Be on the lookout for the cardboard bins inside Creekside so you can donate those old shoes you have hanging around that you have been waiting for an opportunity to give away!

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!

Jersey Mike’s Subs  – i9Sports  – The Mad Popper

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*** If your business would like to be a Creekside Sponsor, please email
Erica Libertore at ericalibertore@gmail.com ***
Earn FREE Money for Creekside PTA
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