Summit Private School

PTA Meeting Tonight ~ Be your child’s voice!

PTA — Wed, 12 Nov 2008 20:56:37 +0000

PTA MEETING - Wednesday, November 12^th, 2008 at 7:00pm

Our children and our school are up to some amazing things! Please join us tonight to find out more and be your child’s voice! As always child care will be provided. The agenda is outlined below. We will keep to strict agenda in an effort to keep the meeting short & value-packed. You are always encouraged to request agenda items prior to meetings by filling out a form found in the school’s front office.

Our PTA Board Members volunteer to serve as advocates for the education & well-being of every child. When you get involved in the PTA the child who benefits the most is your own!

MEETING AGENDA

PTA Newscast

Principal’s Report
Membership Report & Treasurer’s Report
President’s Report: FUN-Raising, Thanksgiving Feast, Book Fair, Boy Scouts & Website

Community Outreach

PB&J Jam for Youth Activity Center
Youth Activity Center Thanksgiving Feast
Gift books to Treasure Box & YAC at Book Fair
Haiti Relief Project
Montessori Model United Nations

How you can get involved & help

Desperately need volunteers for Casino Night - Chairman & committee. Meeting Thurs, Nov 20^th, 3pm
A few minutes = lots of money for our school. Please remember to participate in: BoxTops, Upromise, Recycle Ink Cartridges, Target & Battery Fundraiser – all detailed on website
Sponsor the PB&J Jam – $100 donation = 300 sandwiches for children who might otherwise go without dinner
VOLUNTEER! Thanksgiving Feast, Book Fair, Winterfest, PB&J Jam, fundraising activities
Classroom Wish Lists: Music enhancements & Aquarium $250 for Miss Anne’s

Unfinished Business

Lunch bag storage - tabled from last meeting

Open Floor for Questions & Answers
Commencement

DATES TO REMEMBER:

Thanksgiving Feast for Summit & Youth Activity Center: Wednesday, Nov. 19^th

Book Fair: Monday, December 1^st - Friday, Dec. 5^th

Next PTA Meeting: Wednesday, Mar 11^th

Please note: If you are unable to attend, you can find out what was discussed by checking out the meeting minutes on our website 1-2 weeks after the meeting. You will need the password so please keep it handy throughout the school year. Your suggestions are always encouraged; please don’t hesitate to email us at pta@summitschools.com

THANKSGIVING FEAST IS COMING! 11/19/2008

PTA — Mon, 10 Nov 2008 19:37:56 +0000

THANKSGIVING FEAST IS COMING FOR SUMMIT& THE YOUTH ACTIVITY CENTER!

WEDNESDAY 11/19/2008 ~ SUMMIT FEAST 11AM-1PM

Thanksgiving Feast is an annual family celebration on our campus that allows you to eat lunch with your child(ren) alongside all of our Summit family. It is sponsored by The Dr.s Mike (they supply all the turkeys, gravy and music and help the PTA (who handles the rental of all the equipment, chairs, warmers, additional food, miscellaneous supplies necessary to pull off the day). We depend on each of our families (bringing a dish is most necessary to the success of the day). The children get very excited about sharing it all with you. This year thanks to the Winkel Family we do not have to rent any tables.

We have served, in our best year, 500 lunches to you, your children, and everyone close in your child’s circle (your spouse/partner, your parents, and your child’s caregiver). We do this from 11am-1pm. You get to eat with your children for that time and then you get to watch them play a little and then they go back to class. If you can attend the children delight in having the opportunity to eat their families. Family traditional recipes, store bought, whatever you can contribute to the day. However, if you cannot be there, please take a moment to let your teacher know so they can make arrangements to eat with your child.

We depend on our Summit Community participation for a prepared dish and volunteering the day of the event. (Lists of food and volunteer spots needed have been emailed - please check your inboxes for full details).

Eat with your child at the following times:

Miss Miss April/Jo/Miss Johanna 11am-11:15 am

Miss Norma/Miss Irene 11 am-11:15 am

Miss Cindy/Miss Nena 11:15 am-11:30 am

Miss Lourdes/Miss Mireily 11:30 am-11:45 am

Miss Crystal/Miss Elsa 11:30 am -11:45 am

Miss Jan/Miss Jade 11:45 am-12:00 pm

Miss Jennifer/Miss Stephanie 11:45 am-12:00 pm

Miss Ann/Miss Maria 12:00 pm-12:15pm

Miss Angela U./Miss Deidre 12:00 pm-12:15pm

Mr. Sesame/Miss Julia 12:30pm

YOUTH ACTIVITY CENTER ~ FEAST 11AM-1PM

Thanks to the efforts of Kelle Enriquez, we are once again able to allow our children to extend their love to those less fortunate children in our community.

Every year we are fortunate to share an amazing Thanksgiving Feast with all of our families here at Summit. Thanks to the generosity of our families, we always have a lot of food left over.

This year, in the spirit of giving thanks and giving back, we will be sharing our Thanksgiving Feast with the children from the Youth Activity Center. We have invited the children to come to Summit after school to enjoy the delicious food brought in by our families. After the YAC children have had their fill, we will take the rest of the food to Boca Helping Hands. We will be looking for our children to volunteer to help up prepare the buffet and play host to the Youth Activity Center children after school on the day of our Thanksgiving Feast.

We will need additional volunteers from 3-5:30pm to help set up and serve and assist our students in making this a fun event for the children of Youth Activities Center.

Please contact Kelle Enriquez with any questions.

Halloween Festivities in Ms. Jan & Ms. Jade’s

PTA — Mon, 03 Nov 2008 15:32:04 +0000

Hello class,

A few of our parents came in to volunteer with festivities on Halloween. The children enjoyed making bracelets & necklaces, painting tiny pumpkins and making chocolate in pumpkin shapes and Halloween images. Then it was off to the playground for what has become an annual treasure hunt which the children so adore.

Daphne had to “taste test” the chocolate for us!

Chocolate making is not so easy when you burn the chocolate. The kids didn’t mind too much though!

Thank you to Ms. Jan & Ms. Jade for your graciousness. Thank you to the parents who came out to help make it a special day: Flory, Karen, Nicole & Family and Kathy! It was a fun day for all.

Kind Regards,

Robin deLisser

P.S. If you have pictures or information to contribute please don’t hesitate to share.

Halloween Day & Famous Person Presentations

PTA — Mon, 03 Nov 2008 15:07:54 +0000

JUST A LITTLE NOTE ON WHAT WAS GOING ON IN ANGELA UPDIKE’S CLASSROOM FOR HALLOWEEN:FOR FRIDAY, HALLOWEEN DAY, THE CHILDREN HAD TO DO A PRESENTATION ON A FAMOUS PERSON. THEY EACH HAD TO PICK THEIR FAMOUS PERSON AND DO RESEARCH ON HER/HIM FOR OVER 3 WEEKS. ON HALLOWEEN DAY THEY HAD TO DRESS UP AS THEIR FAMOUS PERSON & TALK ABOUT WHAT THEY LEARNED.

WE ALSO HAD A YUMMY HALLOWEEN LUNCH.
KAREN

PTA — Mon, 03 Nov 2008 15:06:49 +0000

Protected: PTA Member Meeting Minutues - 09/16/08

PTA — Tue, 28 Oct 2008 14:24:16 +0000

Halloween Party!

PTA — Fri, 24 Oct 2008 20:02:17 +0000

Halloween is almost here! On October 31st, our class will be having a Halloween Party! We will spend the day doing crafts, playing games and watching the movie “Scooby Doo and the Goblin King.” On this day, your child can wear Halloween/Fall colors instead of their uniforms. Your child should NOT wear a costume. For lunch we will be having a Pizza Party. The class fee that each of you paid is covering the cost of this party, though you may contribute a food or craft item if you would like. If you wish to make a contribution, please contact Jill Palmer, our home room parent (jillpalm@comcast.net). We appreciate any contributions. This party is for the children and we are asking the parents not to attend. We plan on including our parents in one of our future parties. Have a great weekend! Jennifer

Greetings, Kindergarten Parents! -09/02

PTA — Fri, 24 Oct 2008 19:51:54 +0000

Greetings, Kindergarten Parents!

I just want to give you a heads-up that your children will be asked to work from a list of suggested activities. I call it “independent work.” They are very social so they are being asked to choose an “independent work” from their list before collaborating on other work activites.

This week’s suggested activities are:

The Living and Non-Living chart

Movable Alphabet and Sentences

Pink or Blue Language Boxes

Knobbed and Knobless Cylinders

On a curriculum night you can see for yourselves what these materials are!

Feel free to e-mail me with any individual questions.

Miss Jan

Help with classroom needs -09/22

PTA — Fri, 24 Oct 2008 19:49:33 +0000

Dear Parents,

Many of you have so kindly offered to help with classroom needs.

At this point, we have some tasks that would be very helpful in terms of preparing materials.

1. Cutting paper to specific sizes once a week (1/2 hr. to 45′)

2. Drawing seasonal shapes on construction paper for children to pin-punch (1 hr. per week)

3. Making playdough using cream of tartar recipe once a month

4. Checking out books from a community library every two weeks

to supplement our classroom library

If you would be interested in doing any of these tasks on a regular or rotating basis, please let me know and I’ll have someone coordinate a schedule.

Thanks so much!

Miss Jan

Miss Jade

October 20th Update

PTA — Fri, 24 Oct 2008 19:22:57 +0000

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It was nice to see so many of you at the fall fair. My family and I had a wonderful time. Hunter loved the water slide and Zander liked dancing to the music on the sport court.

Things in the classroom are going well. In the past 2 weeks we learned the Parts of the Stem and the Laws of the Universe. We are working on our follow-up by repeating lessons we have already been presented so we may master them. This week we will learn the Clock of Eras which continues the story from the Laws of the Universe on how the Earth was formed. We continue to work daily on our math, reading, and writing skills.

Some of the students have began writing letters to schools across the country as part of the GREAT MAIL RACE. We write a letter to a Montessori school in each state and hope to get a response from them. It should be fun to see how many responses we get throughout the year. Our pen-pals from California will be sending their first letters to us this week. I am sure your child will tell you all about it when the letters arrive!

This Friday, October 24 is CRAZY HAIR DAY. For a donation of $5.00, your child can wear their hair as crazy and funny as they can think of! Paint it, spray it, be creative as you can! The money helps the teachers pay for our trip to the American Montessori Society conference in New Orleans in February. If your child would like to participate, please have them turn their money in by Thursday so we will know who is participating.

Also, we are trying to create a school cookbook. If you would like to have one (or two) of your favorite recipes included in the book, please email them to me (or Angela Updike) as soon as possible. We are looking for entrees, desserts, breads, salads, etc. Your child will get to decorate the page your recipes are on in Art Class in the coming weeks. The more recipes we receive, the better the cookbook will be.

Have a wonderful evening,
Jennifer