Please make sure you log in your hours using the link above. Families who have reached the 40 hour commitment will be recognized in future editions of the newsletter and on this page of the PIVOT website.

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Summit Rainier YahooGroup

Diane Tom

If you would like to join the Rainier Parent listserve/ email group, you can join in one of three ways:

1. Go to the group home page and click Join

2. Send a blank email to this address and respond to the confirmation

3. Email group moderator, Diane Tom and she will send you an invitation to the group

Labels for Education

We are now collecting Labels for Education. Drop off your labels in the box in the Rainier office.

Bookmark our new Amazon link today and Amazon will donate up to 10% of your purchases to Rainier.

Message from the Directors

Dear Rainier Families,

On November 1, Summit Rainier had our first lockdown drill of the year. Students performed quite well and got notes on how to improve for next time. We will have a fire and earthquake drill in the coming weeks.

Summit Public Schools Growth and Expansion

At Summit Public Schools, our mission is to provide every student the opportunity for success in college, career and life. Currently, the Summit Public Schools organization serves 1,600 students at Rainier and five other schools across the Bay Area, and plans to open a seventh school in the 2014-15 school year in the East Bay.

As part of our commitment to transforming public education, we want to provide this same opportunity to as many students as we possibly can. Therefore, we are excited to share with you that we are planning to open Summit schools in Washington State, where too many families currently lack the option of a high-quality public school for their children. In the coming weeks, we will be submitting for approval from the Washington Charter School Commission the charter petitions for Summit Public School: Sierra and Summit Public School: Olympus, two high schools that will serve South Seattle and Tacoma, respectively.

We look forward to having the families of South Seattle and Tacoma join our Summit Public Schools community!

Respectfully,

Pamela Lamcke, Principal

Lia Pinelli, Assistant Director

Summit Public Schools: Rainier

Fundraising

Diane Tom

Amazon.com

The Amazon associates program has been running for a little over a month now and the school has already made $46.

While this does not seem like a huge amount of money this is a dollar a day for doing nothing but normal Amazon shopping. This money was raised by 10 unique visitors (no, we don't know who they are, your info stays private). All Summit Rainier parents can EASILY help out just by using (and bookmarking to use again) our Amazon link before shopping on Amazon. Want to help even more? Ask your friends or family to use the link. The holidays are coming and if you already shop on Amazon this is so easy!

Here is the link:

http://www.amazon.com?_encoding=UTF8&tag=rainpivo-20

Other ways to help

Shop at Safeway or a number of other stores? Register your club card number (or credit cards if you want to) at www.escrip.com.

Shop at Target with a red card? Just indicate you'd like donations to go to Rainier here:

https://www-secure.target.com/redcard/tcoe/enroll

We have SHARES cards in the office for anyone who shops at SaveMart, Lucky, or FoodMaxx. Just slide your card before payment and we earn a percentage of each purchase, with no additional cost to you.

Annual Fundraising Drive

Thank you to recent donors to our Annual Fund Drive

Bulldog Circle (donations & pledges of $750+)

Son Nguyen

Rainier Family and Friends Donations & Pledges

Lulu Lopez and Juan Carlos Guerrero
Maria T. Gundayao

A complete donor list is on our PIVOT website. Please consider making a gift to the school. We would like 100% participation. If a single payment of $400 is not possible at this time, please indicate your preference in making installments to fit your budget. Please complete and return the commitment form to the office.

Traffic Safety

Reminder for Rainier drivers: do not double park on Marten during morning drop off or afternoon pick up. Double parking is illegal as well as creating unsafe conditions for students and other drivers. There is a passenger loading and unloading zone - marked with a white painted curb just past the Rainier gate which is for Summit Rainier drop off and pick up.

We are still seeking volunteers to direct traffic in front of the Rainier gate during the morning and afternoon: Please sign up for your choice of day and shift here (scroll down to On-campus).

Volunteers

Thank you to volunteers who have already reached their 40 hour volunteer requirement:

Sandy Englehart and behalf of Robert Englehart (11th grade) and Timothy Englehart (9th grade)

Diane Tom on behalf of Kailani Wright (10th grade)

College Night - 9th grade

Ms. Lamcke

We will be holding a College Night for our Freshman class and their families on Thursday, November 21 at 6:30pm on the Rainier campus. This night is specifically for the 9th grade class and will give families important information about what both students and families can do to start planning for college. You will learn what to expect this year, how to plan for next summer and how Rainier is supporting your student on the path to college.

Additional college nights are scheduled for:

11th grade - January 30 & May 22

10th grade - February 27

9th grade - March 27

Athletics

Coach J Bumagat, Athletic Director

Interest List - Spring Softball

Katie Goddard

Although we are just kicking off our Winter Sports - Basketball and Wrestling, students have already expressed interest in Spring Girls Softball and we want to make sure that there are enough students to play this spring. Please sign up on this list. We are also looking for coaches - please contact Coach J or Ms. Goddard for more information.

More information about our sports teams is available on our website: www.rainierbulldogs.com

Lead the Way - Leadership Conference for Girls

Lead the Way is a leadership conference sponsored by Girl Scouts, held from January 31 at 7pm to February 2 at 1pm, for all high school girls at the Embassy Suites Hotel in Milpitas. Girls from all over Northern California come to this conference to take steps toward their future.

Over the weekend, there are workshops that can help improve leadership, communication, and networking skills. Girls will learn more about their goals and the way to accomplish them. These skills are needed to become a future leader, succeed in today's society, and make an impact in their community.

Here is the link for more information and details about registration: http://www.girlscoutsnorcal.org/pages/for_girls/leadtheway.html. If the girls register before December 13, 2013 the price is $225, and after December 13, 2013, the price goes up to $240. Please register as soon as possible.

Azra Hill, 11th grade student

and Lead the Way Committee Member

Upcoming Dates and Deadlines

This Week

Thursday, November 14 - Cafecito at Starbucks (en espa�ol solamente)

Next Week

Thursday, November 21 - College Night - 9th Grade and Families
Friday, November 22 - Coffee with the Director at Starbucks

Mark Your Calendars

Wednesday-Friday, November 27-29 - Thanksgiving Break, School Closed
Tuesday, December 3 - Recruitment Open House, 6:30pm
Thursday, December 5 - PIVOT meeting, 6:30pm
Friday, December 20 - last day of semester
December 23 - January 3 - Winter Break
Monday, January 6 - School Resumes

Rainier's School Year Calendar Color / Black & White

School Events Calendar on the PIVOT website.

Newsletter Submissions

Is there something you would like to have included in a future edition? Rainier's newsletter comes out weekly on Wednesdays. The deadline for submissions is Monday at noon. Please email articles to the Rainier Newsletter Editor. Early submissions are welcome and appreciated.