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Carpool Connection

Are you looking for other Summit Rainier families living in your area to set up a carpool? Please contact Sarah Paradise, Rainier's carpool coordinator with the following information, and she can help connect you with other families in your area:

Student's Name

Parents' Names

Street Address

Phone Number

Email address

Summer Mixer Volunteers

Many thanks to the following volunteers for helping at the Summer Mixer:

Summit San Jose Student Ambassadors

Jordan Aguada

Evelyn Allen

Janet Amaro

Christina Aronen

Teresa Attebery

Sarva Channarajurs

Pearl Collinge

Anna Cruz

Maribel Davis

Mary Dominguez

Sandra Garcia

Natalie Gardner

Patti Hares

Benjamin Hartwell

Nancy Ho

Chrisenda Jaquez

Emily Kobayashi

Lisa Kobayashi

Hester Lau-Kim

Rolando Loera

Francesca Medina

Yumiko Nakagawa

Joseph Nguyen

Marcos Ortiz

Jesse Palacios

Mauricio Ponce de Leon

Sam Reguindin

Rebeca Ryken

Carmen Salazar

Kathy Sambrano

Juna Savella

Diana Sepulveda

Helen Sironen

Crystal Speed

Narumi Tashiro

Lupe Trujillo

Prathik Vemulapalli

Angela Werrell

Jennifer Wolf

Dana Yates

Message from the Directors

Dear Rainier Families,

A couple of announcements - we have a NEW phone number - please update your contact lists to: (408) 831-3103.

Yes, parents, we do ask that you complete 40 hours of volunteer work per student enrolled. There are many ways to fulfill this requirement. See below for information on helping with:

Facilities Work Day

Camping Trip

Mentor Group Parent Leads

Questions?

Please check the PIVOT website where you can find important forms, the most current calendar, recent announcements, useful links, and much more. Bookmark it!

Respectfully,

Pamela Lamcke, Principal

Lia Pinelli, Assistant Director

Summit Public Schools: Rainier

Message from the Directors

Dear Rainier Families,

A couple of announcements - we have a NEW phone number - please update your contact lists to: (408) 831-3103.

Yes, parents, we do ask that you complete 40 hours of volunteer work per student enrolled. There are many ways to fulfill this requirement. See below for information on helping with:

Facilities Work Day

Camping Trip

Mentor Group Parent Leads

Questions?

Please check the PIVOT website where you can find important forms, the most current calendar, recent announcements, useful links and much more. Bookmark it!

Respectfully,

Pamela Lamcke, Principal

Lia Pinelli, Assistant Director

Summit Public Schools: Rainier

Academic Insider

Pamela Lamcke, Principal

One of the enhancements we are excited to introduce this year is a daily time entitled "Summit Reads!" which will be a time in the day where students will participate in our version of a sustained silent reading program. Students will be in their mentor groups for reading time, and once a week they will have the opportunity to engage in rich discussions as a group about the books they are reading. The ability to read engaging and challenging texts is a skill that we want all of our students to leave us with and to date we have found this as an area of growth for many of our students.

After School PLT and Before School PLT

(Office Hours and extra teacher support)

Pamela Lamcke, Principal

What is PLT? PLT stands for Personalized Learning Time. Teachers will be available before school every day and after school on Mondays and Wednesdays for extra support.

Monday 7:45-8:45am - History

Tuesday 7:45-8:45am - English

Wednesday 7:45-8:45am - Spanish

Thursday 7:45-8:45am - Math

Friday 7:45-8:45am - Science

Mondays and Wednesdays after school from 4 - 5pm.

Physical Education Requirement

Even though Summit Public Schools do not have a physical education hour scheduled into our day, there is a PE requirement. Each student should complete at least 100 hours of physical activities per school year. There are three ways to accomplish this:

1. Play a sport

2. Participate in an approved outside activity

3. Bike, walk or actively skateboard to school

For options 2 and 3, students should submit a formal plan. Outside Physical Activity Forms can be found on the PIVOT website.

Athletics

Coach J Bumagat, Athletic Director

Paperwork

All athletic paperwork and payment was due August 8. If there are students who are interested in participating, please contact Coach J at 408-688-1995 or at coachjbumagat@gmail.com.

Co-ed Cross County

Practices will meet Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays at 4:30pm at the Mt. Pleasant track.

**For safety reasons, parents should pick up their students from the Rainier office after practice. If your child is taking the bus or walking home, please send a note to Coach J giving them permission to walk or take the bus home. Otherwise, parents will HAVE TO come pick up their child.

Girls Volleyball

Coach Steezy is the Varsity volleyball coach. Practice began on August 19 and will continue Monday through Thursdays from 6:30pm to 8:30pm at Tahoma's campus in the auditorium.

Coaches Needed

We are still looking for coaches for Girls Basketball, Boys Basketball, Baseball, and Softball. If you are interested or know anyone who is interested, please contact Coach J Bumagat or at (408) 688-1995. All coaches will need to follow all pre-screening procedures in order to be a coach.

Facilities Work Day August 24

Maria Sousa, Facilities Committee Chair

We will have our next Facilities day on August 24 from 8am-noon. We have a long list of tasks that need to be completed, so the more help we have that day, the quicker it will go. One of the items is painting the outdoor benches, so if you have paint brushes, paint rollers or drop cloths that we can borrow for the day, please bring them with you. We'll also be working on the landscaping and setting up shade. Please RSVP to come and help on this list.

Rainier Camping Trip

Patti Hares and Phillis Chan

Camping Trip September 5-6

Parents, we need your help! We need an additional 60 drivers to transport all of our students on the camping trip. Please sign up now on our Camping Trip list. (just click on the link and you'll get to the sign up list.)

For general information, please click here. To sign up to drive, chaperone, or loan equipment, please sign up on the Camping Trip list.

Drivers - you need to fill out new forms for the school year, even if you completed them last year. Forms are available on the PIVOT website on the forms page - see the Transportation and Chaperones section.

All drivers must submit additional documents. As soon as possible, please complete and return the following required documents:

1. Driver Application

2. Student Transportation Policy

3. Chaperone Agreement (even if you are not staying overnight)

4. Copy of driver's license

5. Copy of vehicle registration

6. Copy of vehicle insurance policy information (the one you keep in the the vehicle for DMV purposes)

7. Distracted Driving Policy (please read, however this one doesn't need to be signed and turned in)

For more information, please contact Rainier coordinators Patti Hares (11th grade), Phillis Chan (10th grade) or Helen Sironen (9th grade).

Mentor Group Parent Leads Needed

Janet Amaro, Communications Committee Chair

This year with our expanding Rainier student body, we have 16 family mentor groups. These groups are one of the most important ways that students can feel a sense of belonging and connection to our school because students in the group will stay together for their whole Summit education. Each group needs at least two parent leads to serve as a liaison between the mentor teacher and the other parents in the group. At least one of the leads should be fluent in Spanish. If you are interested in this volunteer opportunity, please contact Janet Amaro to find out more and see if your student's group needs parent leads. A Lead Coordinator for each grade level is also needed. Lead Coordinators act as a liaison between Summit Rainier administration and Mentor Group Leads.

The family mentor groups for each grade level are shown below. Ask your student if you are not sure to which group he/she belongs.

Mentors by Grade Level

9th Grade	10th Grade	11th Grade
Ms. Beaven	Mr. Avarca	Mr. Carrillo & Ms. Pinelli
Mr. Pratt	Ms. Crowe	Mr. LaTorra
Ms. Stoever	Ms. Goddard & Ms. Lamcke	Ms. Larson
Ms. Whited	Ms. Jimenez	Mr. Lee
Mr. Zisman	Ms. Pennings	Ms. Lee
	Ms. Rieder

Fundraising

Susan Mendez, Fundraising Committee Chair

Please support Summit San Jose with these ongoing fundraisers:

SHARES - When you shop at Lucky's SaveMart or Smart Foods, swipe your card before making your purchase and earn 3% back for the school. Pick up a card from the school office. If you have a card from last year, please pick up a new card as the old one is linked to Tahoma's account.

Target - Take Charge of Education - Register your Target credit card and choose Summit Public School Rainier ID 153248 so that we will earn a percentage of your purchases. If you registered last year, please re-register as the old account is now linked to Tahoma.

eScrip - register your Safeway and Credit Cards at escrip.com - Summit San Jose ID 500029774. We earn 2-5% back on purchases.

Office Depot - Summit San Jose ID 70227047 - present this ID number or ask at the register to look it up, and earn 5% back to the school. If you've purchased items in the past quarter, you can take your receipt back to the store and ask them to apply it to the school. More information about the program here.

We also have fabric grocery bags with the Summit Logo for sale in the office for $5 each.

Summer Mixer Thanks!

Kathy Sambrano, Mixer Committee Chair

Shout out to all the volunteers that participated in the Summer Mixer. Great big thank you to everyone who volunteered to help organize, setup, decorate, cleanup, donate food, drinks, gift cards, decorations, signs, food utensils, etc. would not have been possible to hold such an event without you. From the bottom of my heart I really appreciate everyone who stepped up to help, especially our freshmen parents (you are awesome) and those parents who came to me during the event and asked, "What can I do?" I'm very grateful for your willingness to be available, THANK YOU!

Upcoming Dates and Deadlines

Saturday, August 24 - Facilities Work Day at Rainier Campus, 8am-noon
Monday, September 2 - School Closed, Labor Day
Thursday and Friday, September 5 and 6 - Rainier All School Camping Trip
Week of September 9 -13 - Rainier Expedition
Thursday, September 12 - PIVOT meeting at Rainier Campus, 6:30pm. Notes from the past meeting here.

Rainier's School Year Calendar Color / Black & White

School Events Calendar on the PIVOT website.

Questions? Need More Information?

Please check Rainier's PIVOT website for more school information. If you don't find the answers you were looking for, contact Janet Amaro, Communications Chair and she will point you in the right direction.