October 18, 2016

There are a lot of great things happening this
week at the Creek… and all month long!

The October PTA meeting is this Thursday, 10/20 at 6pm in the Media Center.  All PTA members are welcome to attend.  Hope to see you there!!

Please be sure to review the flyer below about the
Hurricane Matthew Relief Drive!  
Let’s show Eastern North Carolina just how much Creekside Cares!!!

Be sure to order your spirit wear by Monday, October 24!!!
https://squareup.com/store/creekside-elementary-pta/
more info below…
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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

October Dates to Remember:
October 19 – Early Release Day
October 20 – PTA Meeting, 6pm Media Center
October 20 – 3rd Grade Read to Achieve Information Parent Information Session, 5:30pm
October 21 – Fall Treats for Teachers and Staff (sign up below)
October 28 – End of Quarter 1
October 28 – Donuts with DuBose, 7:45am
October 28 – Kindergarten Book Character Parade (more info coming home soon)
October 31 – No School, Teacher Workday

Creekside Elementary Spirit Wear 

Volunteer Opportunities:

Creekside Spirit Wear Orders Due NEXT MONDAY, October 24th!

October 11, 2016

There are a lot of great things happening this
week at the Creek… and all month long!   

We had our first collection count day today and we are thrilled to announce we have collected over 80% of the pledges your student(s) earned!  That is a GREAT start!!  Thank you to everyone that submitted their payment!   Please make every effort to submit the remainder of your pledges by Wednesday, October 19.  
(The PTA is covering the $2 convenience fee ordinarily charged when making an on-line payment, so it’s FREE to pay online!!! ) 

Creekside Spirit Night

Creekside Elementary Spirit Wear 

Fall Spirit Wear Sale Starts NOW! 
Please check out the new Creekside Online Store at: 
https://squareup.com/store/creekside-elementary-pta/ 
Order deadline is Monday, October 24th.

NEW items available for purchase this year:

• Zip Hoodies
• Baseball Tees
• Ladies V-neck Tees
• Short Sleeve T-shirts in new colors (and kids’ size XS!)
• As well as standard tees, pocket hoodies and Long Sleeve tees

Get your updated Eagles spirit gear and show off your Creekside Pride!
Items will be delivered to your child’s classroom before Thanksgiving break.  
Please email Stephanie Wilson (stephbroka@me.com) with questions or problems with the Online Store.

DYSLEXIA AWARENESS WORKSHOP

Join us for a discussion about what it is like to live with dyslexia, common misperceptions, stories and personal experiences, and ID tools to help a dyslexic adapt and thrive. Find out that you are not alone…around one in five people have dyslexia.

Where: Durham Main Library Auditorium 1^st Floor
300 North Roxboro St., Durham
When: 6:30 pm-8:30 pm Oct 27^th
Phone: 919-560-0100
Who: some guest speakers include:

• Dr. Ken Benedict, Founder and Co-Director of the Center for Psychology & Education, Chapel Hill Ms. Elizabeth Perry, Tutor Support for Augustine Literacy Project Local career professionals who have dyslexia

 

Announcements:

From the Principals Desk…

Parents thank you so much for all your support during Boosterthon! Our school community will raise over $28,000 if all pledges are collected! These funds will help increase classroom libraries and fund field trips for our students. We have such an amazing community and we thank you for all your support of our school. 

We are also excited about all the wonderful things going on at the Creek this month.  Please join us for some great events in October!

-Principal, Arrica DuBose

September and October Dates to Remember:

October 14 – Picture Day

October 19 – Early Release Day

October 20 – PTA Meeting, 6pm Media Center

October 20 – 3rd Grade Read to Achieve Information Parent Information Session, 5:30pm

October 28 – End of Quarter 1

October 28 – Donuts with DuBose, 7:45am

October 28 – Kindergarten Book Character Parade (more info coming home soon)

October 31 – No School, Teacher Workday

Boosterthon Fun Run

WE DID IT!!!  We surpassed our goal this year by over $1000!  Creekside’s Pledge Proffit is $28,327.89!!!

Our students and staff had a great time with the Boosterthon team over the past few weeks! Now the important part begins… collecting the pledges you entered!  Please reach out to your donors and thank them for their pledge, let them know how many laps your student ran and encourage them to pay their donation online. If they’d prefer to give cash or write a check, that’s great too!  Checks can be made out to “Creekside PTA”  and returned to your child’s teacher in the envelope that came home.

Our first collection date is on Tuesday, October 11. PLEASE have your pledges turned in by that point.  You can also still enter pledges until the 11th if you have family members that still want to donate!

If you’d like to help us count and enter the collections on 10/11, please sign up here

Here are our final pledge stats:

States: 42

Countries: Australia, Canada, Ireland, Spain, UK, Switzerland, USA

Registration %: 55% (488 students out of 884 have logged on.)

Participation %: 52% ( 464 students out of 884 have pledged.)

# of Meals Donated: A Whopping 108 Meals donated by your school!

Grade leaders:

Kindergarten: Laws – $63 per lap

1st grade: McNelly – $74 per lap

2nd grade: Scofield – $94 per lap

3rd grade: Donnelly – $94 per lap

4th grade: Lewis – $60 per lap

5th grade: Pape – $49 per lap

Top Three Grades:

1st Place  – 1st Grade

2nd Place – Kindergarten

3rd Place – 2nd Grade

Class with the Highest Participation Percentage: Barnes – 3rd Grade

Earn Free Money for Creekside:     

 Stay connected:

SOAR Eagles!

Parents,
WE NEED YOUR HELP!!!  Our Fun Run is TOMORROW and we still have a ways to go to reach our $27,000 goal!  We are currently 85% there which is GREAT!   Because of the wonderful fundraising we have so far, we are able to provided 60 meals to the needy!
We are raising funds to help fund grade-level field trips as well as enhance each teachers classroom library. The Boosterthon Fun Run is the primary fundraiser at Creekside.  The success of this program keeps us from having to hold additional fundraisers throughout the year. If we reach our goal, we will not have to hound our family members, neighbors or friends again for the rest of the year!!!  

Here are SOME of the amazing things the Creekside Elementary School PTA is fortunate to fund with the money we raise:

Each Classroom Teacher receives $200 to spend in their classrooms EVERY YEAR!!
Resource Teachers receive $200-$800 to spend on their programs every year
Specials Teachers receive $600 to spend on specials for our students every year
That’s a total of $15,000 which goes DIRECTLY to our teachers!!!

We offer a Teachers Grant Program worth $15,000!  Teachers have been awarded funds to purchase technology, playground equipment, books, teaching materials, educational games, seminar fees, classroom furniture and rugs and much much more!  This money goes right back to our teachers!!!

Funds also support FREE Enrichment Programs for our Students and Community
International Night
Science Week 
Science Night
Battle of the Books
Science Olympiad
All-Pro Dads
Owl Pellets for 5th Grade Science
Field Trip Assistance (to make field trips accessible to ALL of our students)
A Free Book for Each Student on their Birthday
Family Fun Nights 

Other (lesser known) PTA sponsored activities:
Grounds Beautification – the PTA is responsible for the planting and upkeep of all the gardens around campus.
Teacher Appreciation – we love our Creekside teachers and treat them to monthly activities to show them just how much we appreciate them. These activities have included: staffing the lounge with snacks and meals, providing lunch or breakfast, sponsoring Teacher Appreciation Week events like mini massages, snow cones and BBQs. We were even able to surprise our teachers and staff with a lounge makeover a few years ago!!

We cannot do this without YOUR help!  Please help your student earn pledges for this Friday’s Fun Run so that we can continue to do such great work at Creekside! LOG ONTO FUNRUN.COM TO REGISTER YOUR CHILDREN AND ENTER PLEDGES. You can also record pledges manually and then collect after the fun run and send in cash or checks. Donors may also donate a flat fee. Please support the Fun Run!

Creekside Eagle Blast

September 27, 2016

Our Boosterthon Fun Run Fundraiser is well under way and we are currently 60% to our $27,000 goal!!!  With only 3 days of fundraising remaining, we really need your help! If you have not done so already, please register your student at funrun.com, create a student star video with your child’s photo and share it with friends and family.

I know we can reach our fundraising goal!!! 

Go Eagles!!

If you have not signed up to be a member of the Creekside PTA, you can easily join online by clicking: bit.ly/JoinCESPTA

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 incoming Creekside Families and encourage them to sign up using the following link: http://eepurl.com/cdKE-b

September and October Dates to Remember:

September 21-30 – Boosterthon Fun Run Fundraising

September 27 – Science Olympiad Interest Meeting (more info below)

September 30 – FUN RUN!!! (Run times below)

September 1-30 – PTA Membership Drive (more info below)

October 19 – Early Release Day

October 20 – PTA Meeting, 6pm Media Center

October 28 – End of Quarter 1

October 31 – No School, Teacher Workday

Boosterthon Fun Run

Over the past week, Creekside students have had a BLAST participating in the Eagles Fun Run Fundraiser. We’ve asked our families to support Creekside PTA by getting pledges and raising funds to help support grade-level Field Trips as well as purchasing books to boost classroom libraries. The Boosterthon team has been on campus each day, championing fitness and teaching daily character lessons.

The PTA is very excited to announce that we decided to purchase a Creekside Fun Run T-shirt for EVERY student this year!!!  Your student will receive their shirt on Friday before their big run and it will be theirs to take home and wear on future Friday Spirit Days!!  Go Eagles!!

Here are some fun stats about our fundraising efforts so far…

We have pledges from 38 states and 4 Countries (US, Canada, Japan and Australia)

Our Participation rate is 38% and we have received a total of 687 individual pledges!

Our top Grades are:

1st place – First Grade

2nd place – Kindergarten

3rd place – Third Grade

Families are invited to come out and cheer on your student at this

Friday’s Fun Run!!

Fun Run – Friday, September 30

K &1st 8:15-9:15

2nd & 3rd 9:25-10:25

4th & 5th 10:35-11:35

Thank you for your support!

For more information about Boosterthon, please visit their website at www.boosterthon.com

Volunteer Opportunities:

Boosterthon Water Helpers Needed!  Please view our Sign-up Genius for available times and sign up to give us a hand hydrating our runners!!  http://www.signupgenius.com/go/10c0d44afa92da0fd0-creekside

(It would be really helpful if you were able to help out a grade that is not one of your students so their parents can focus on cheering their runners on!)

The Creekside Media Center needs volunteers to shelve books! If you have a little spare time, please email Sally Winstead at sally.winstead@dpsnc.net or just show up and she will happily be put to work!

Classroom Needs: Sticky Notes (used for labeling books as well as bookmarks)

Science Specialist, Mr. Slavin is seeking the assistance of science-minded individuals to serve as guest speakers for this years science curriculum. If you or someone you know is interested in serving in this role, please contact Mr. Slavin at alan.slavin@dpsnc.net.  He is also seeking donations to build his classroom. If you have connections or the means to donate items for the science room, please let him know.

Classroom Needs: Lysol Wipes

Science Olympiad

Interest Meeting – Tuesday, September 27 at 3:15pm in the Media Center

NC Science Olympiad (NCSO) is a nonprofit organization with the mission to attract and retain K-12 students interested in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) degrees and careers.  NCSO hosts tournaments across the state which are rigorous academic interscholastic competitions.  More information can be found at www.sciencenc.com

This year, our entire school is raising funds for field trips and classroom libraries. Our goal is to raise $26,000, and we need YOUR help!

Here’s how you can support Creekside:

• Register your student on funrun.com. To log in pledges, please register your child on funrun.com using Creekside’s registration code: 252-324. Students receive a FREE GIFT just by having their parent or guardian register them on funrun.com.
• Reach out to sponsors. Connect with 10 sponsors. You can use social media in the pledging process and even create custom videos—all of this is onfunrun.com. Be sure to capture and record each sponsor’s e-mail address. They will also have an easy opportunity to pay for your student’s pledge by credit card online.
• Ask your child about the BACKYARD BOX OFFICE Character Act of the day! This year’s character theme is Backyard Box Office, a movie theme about making a difference by getting into character. Watch the fun videos with your child on funrun.com.
• Come to the Fun Run on Friday, September 30th! All students are invited to participate, regardless of financial participation. Remember, students will be running 30-35 laps, and we would love for you to come out and cheer.

Thank you for supporting our school. We hope to see you next week at the Fun Run!

Sincerely,

The Creekside Elementary PTA

Creekside Eagle Blast

Happy New School Year, Eagles!!!

Please feel free to pass this newsletter along to any incoming Creekside Families and encourage them to sign up using the following link: http://eepurl.com/cdKE-b

September Dates to Remember:

September 14 – Early Release (12:15)

September 15 – Curriculum Night and General PTA Meeting

September 21 – Boosterthon Fundraiser Pep Rally (Parents are invited)

September 30 – Boosterthon Fun Run

Volunteer Opportunities:

The PTA Teacher Appreciation Committee is organizing a Nacho Bar lunch for our Teachers and Staff on next week’s early release day, Wednesday, September 14. 

Please take a look at the SignUpGenius below to see if you can help.

www.SignUpGenius.com/go/5080A4FACAD2EA46-nacho

PTA Membership Drive

Date: Now – September 30

ANYONE CAN JOIN… Parents, Grandparents, Friends and Neighbors!! You can also sponsor your child’s teacher!!

Membership Dues:

Regular Membership – $10/person

Teacher/Staff Membership – $5

2 Easy Ways to Join…

1. Go to  bit.ly/JoinCESPTA  You can fill out the online form and easily make your yearly membership payment from your computer, iPad or iPhone.

2. Fill out the form that is coming home with your student and pay your membership dues by check, cash or credit card

A prize will be awarded to the class in each grade level with the highest membership participation!!!  Help your student earn their teacher a gift card to the Scholastic Book Fair for their classroom library!

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

Hi, Creekside Parents!  Curious about the upcoming Eagles Fun Run?  Check out this short video for some more details, and look for additional information in your child’s school folder coming soon!  (Video password is bbo)

HTTPS://VIMEO.COM/166838508