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| September 13, 2010 |
Volume 4, Issue #5 |
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Suwanee Elementary
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Dear Parent/Guardian:
Secretary of Education Arne Duncan sent a letter to principals announcing that President Obama will be making a national address directly to students on the importance of education. The President will challenge students to work hard, set educational goals, and take responsibility for their learning. He will call on students, parents, and educators to share a commitment to ensure every child in every school gets the best education possible. The President is scheduled to speak for 15 to 20 minutes on Tuesday, September 14th at 1:00 pm.
Students at Suwanee Elementary School, along with all Gwinnett County Public Schools, will have the opportunity to hear the President's address tomorrow.
You as parents have the important role of teaching your children your values and political beliefs. If your decision is to NOT have your child watch the address at school, please send a note or email to your child's teacher on Tuesday, September 14th, by 12:00 noon.
Warmly,
Dr. Kimberly M. Smith |
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September 15 - Chick-Fil-A Spirit Night
September 17 - Boosterthon FUN RUN Day
September 21, 22 & 23-CogAT Testing for grades 1,3 & 5
September 24 - FUN RUN Donations due
September 27 - School Council Training Meeting
September 27 - Great Days of Service Collection Begins (details coming soon)
October 2 - North Gwinnett Schools Foundation Big T'Do
October 6 - Cooley's Pizza Night
 Media Center News:
Ninety-two students completed summer reading bookmarks. These students turned in their completed bookmarks and chose a free book from a special Scholastic mini book fair during the second week of school. Thank you to our PTA for supporting our summer reading bookmarks by covering the cost of these books. The students are so excited to choose a book of their very own to keep. The media center is thrilled to reward reading with reading.
The Gwinnett Gladiators Hat Trick for Reading bookmarks have been sent home with your child. Please help your child to complete the bookmark and return it to his/her teacher by October 1st! The Hat Trick for Reading game night will be on Friday, October 22nd. Thanks for encouraging your child to read! |
 Curriculum & Instruction from our Assistant Principal
We are very excited about our students who are displaying phenomenal leadership skills. They are taking more responsibility for their behavior and their academics. Each week we honor various classes for great behavior in the Cafe with special treats or privileges.
Suwanee ES teachers voted this week for our Teacher of the Year. Ms. Dana Vines, our Special Education Interrelated Resource Teacher, was our winner and will go on to the District Level to represent Suwanee ES as our Teacher of the Year.
Mary Robida, Assistant Principal |
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 Boosterthon Fun Run kicks off this week! Be sure to look out for fundraising materials that went home on Wednesday, September 8th. Your child will be able to collect donations to support their Fun Run on 9/17. All donations are 100% tax deductible and checks should be made out to the Suwanee Elementary PTA. In addition to raising money for the school, the Fun Run team will also provide character lessons to classrooms each day this week and next. These lessons focus on Leadership, which supports our school's "Be The Leader" initiative. We appreciate your support and cooperation with our fundraising efforts this year. Log on to www.funrun.com each day to check out the day's character message about leadership and to enter pledges. All parents are invited to come out to the track to cheer on your children on Friday at the Fun Run (Grades K &1 at 11:00AM, Grades 2 & 3 at 9:45AM, Grades 4 & 5 at 8:30AM). Visit the PTA website at www.suwaneepta.org for more details and answers to your Frequently Asked Questions. Thanks for your support of our primary fundraiser this year.
Keep sending in your Box Tops for Education, Campbell's, and Tyson's labels. The "Boys vs. Girls" promotion is going very well. In fact, the boxes we getting filled up so we have collected the labels for our first count. We will announce the current count on the morning announcements and post the status on the tracking poster on Tuesday morning. The BOYS have a slight lead in the contest, but we will continue through October 8.
Jaguar Jamboree Date Change!The Jaguar Jamboree has moved! Please mark your calendars to join us on Friday, October 15th from 5:30-8:30. We will have games, activities, prizes, food, jumpies and The Variety Show at Center Stage! Order forms will be coming home on October 1st with more information. Volunteers are needed for this event. If you would like to help out, please contact KathrynBrown at krossbrown@gmail.com
Chick-fil-A spirit day: come out to the Moore Road Chick-fil-A anytime this Wednesday (9/15) to support our PTA. They are no longer collecting receipts this year - instead be sure to tell them you are there for Suwanee Elementary and a percentage of your total bill will be donated back to our school. Parents - you can bring the children for dinner, but keep in mind we will now get credit for all breakfast and lunch sales, too (as well as all sales at their Drive Thru window). Thanks for your support of the PTA and our business partners!
Our first Skate Night of the school year was a success! Thank you to all the students and families who came out to Skate Country. Congratulations to Dr. Watts' class, who had the most students in attendance. A big thank you to Amy Cashwell for putting it all together!
Remember to visit www.suwaneepta.org where you will find updated event information. |
Jaguar Cafe' News
Farm To School - September Special - *Bell Peppers
September 15 - Southwestern Quiche
Lunch Menus:
Sept. 14 Sept. 15 Sept. 16 Sept. 17 Sept.20
*Menu subject to change due to availability of products.
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