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

Make sure you use our link for all your holiday shopping!

Rainier Yearbook

Alyssa Martinez, Yearbook Editor-in-Chief

Pre-orders for Rainier's 2014-2015 yearbook are now being taken. Until January 12, you can receive the discounted price of $45. Please fill out the order form and bring form and payment to Mr. Lee in 1208 or Alyssa Martinez.

Winter Formal

Thank you to the following for helping to make our Winter Formal a success:

Rainier Student Council

Tahoma Student Council

Ruby Caldera, Lupe Caudillo, Suzanne Ousey, Sharani Ramesh, Iveth Resendiz, Angelica Nunez, Moises Duran, Alfonso Rodriguez, Wyatt Ousey, Forest Sironen, John Gundayao, Katie Goddard, Megan Toyama, Yumiko Nakagawa, Lupe Trujillo,

Santiago, Sandy and Conrad Bowman, Teresa Sulcer, Kristina Wiley, Darlene Vales, Dao Troung, Sandra Garcia, Julia Montero, Jesse Roe, Kristen Hannon, Helen Sironen

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Newsletter Submissions

Newsletter items are due Monday at noon for publication on Wednesday afternoon. Please email articles to the Rainier Newsletter Editor.

Upcoming Dates and Deadlines

This Week

Thursday, December 18 - Teaching and Learning Tour at Rainier - Parents, join the directors for a Q&A session and classroom tours, 9-10am
Friday, December 19 - Last day of the semester

Awards Ceremony - 2:45-4pm in the Mt. Pleasant Theater

Next Week

Winter Break

Mark Your Calendars

Tuesday, January 6 - school resumes
Tuesday, January 6 - College Information Workshops at Tahoma campus, 6:30pm

Financial Aid/FASFA (12th grade)
College Testing (11th graders or younger)

Thursday, January 8 - Recruitment Open House at Rainier, 6:30pm
Monday, January 12 - Pre-Orders for Yearbook due: order form
Monday, January 12 - Panda Express Fundraiser flyer
Tuesday, January 13 - Sports Meeting for Spring Athletes (baseball / softball) and Parents, Summit West at Tahoma, 6:30pm
Wednesday, January 14 - PSCG meeting, 6:30pm

A full calendar of events can be found on the rainier.summitps.org website.

Message from the Directors

Dear Rainier Families,

We would like to invite parents to attend the End of the Semester Awards Ceremony this Friday from 2:45 - 4pm in the Mt. Pleasant Theater. We will be recognizing students for their growth and success this year.

This Friday will be the last day of the semester. School will resume on TUESDAY, January 6, 2015. We wish all of our students and families a warm and wonderful holiday season.

Earlier today, we sent out the results of our October Parent Survey. If you missed that email, you can see the full results here in English or Spanish.

Jesse Roe, Executive Director

Kevin Bock, Assistant Director

College Corner

Please mark your calendars for our College Night Workshops on Tuesday, January 6, 6:30 pm on the Tahoma Campus (14271 Story Road).

12th graders - We will be holding a workshop about the FAFSA (Free Application for Federal Student Aid) especially for 12th graders and their families. This is a CRITICAL night for getting free college aid.

11th graders - The same evening we will be holding an introduction to College testing for 11th graders and younger and their families.

Parent Teaching and Learning Tour

Mr. Roe and Mr. Bock

Parents - join us for a Teaching and Learning Tour on Thursday, December 18 at 9am. Learn about the PLP tool and how you can check on your student's progress, and what they are learning in each of their academic classes. There will be time for Q&A with our Directors. We encourage you to attend if you have any questions.

Recruitment Open House - for Fall 2015

Do you know a family who might be interested in joining Summit San Jose next fall? Please encourage them to attend a Recruitment Open House event to find out more about Rainier or Tahoma. The next event will be held on Thursday, January 8 at the Rainier campus at 6:30pm. They will also be able to find out more about Future Student Shadow Days and tours for Future Parents. Applications are being taken online - please visit: http://summitps.org/apply to learn more. Siblings of currently enrolled students need to submit an application, they are not automatically enrolled.

Fundraising

Amazon

Don't forget to use our Amazon link for all your holiday purchases. Just by using our link to access the Amazon website, and making purchases, our school gets a percentage of your purchase price, with no additional cost to you. Share the link with friends and family members: http://www.amazon.com/?tag=rainpivo-20

Panda Express Fundraiser

Come dine at Panda Express on Monday, January 12, 2015 at the location at Evergreen Commons (2980 E. Capitol Expressway at Tully) from 11am - 9pm and Summit Rainier will get a portion of the proceeds. Please make sure to bring the flyer and give it to the cashier.

Bulldog Athletics

Mandatory Spring Sports Meeting

Any student interested in playing baseball or softball needs to attend this meeting with a parent or guardian.

Tuesday, January 13, 2015, 6pm at the Summit West Building on the Tahoma campus. (Make up meeting on January 20).

IMPORTANT: If you are planning on participating in spring sports, it is recommended that you make an appointment to get a physical examination as soon as possible. No student will be allowed to participate in any practices or games without it.

Conditioning will start on January 19, 2015 and the first day of official practice will be February 2, 2015.

Rainier Roller Hockey

Come cheer on the Roller Hockey Team

Rainier's Roller Hockey team will be playing against Saint Lawrence Green at the Silver Creek Sportsplex on Rink 1 at 5pm on Saturday, December 20. Come cheer for the team:

Prashant Bala

Alexander Angel

Connor Murchison

Timothy Englehart

Jakob Singer

Ian Yates

William Teav

Willy Teav

John Gundayao

Joshua Strawn

Peter Le

Horizon Scholars at Stanford

The Stanford Horizon Scholars Program offers up to fifteen low-income, high-achieving, local-area high school students the opportunity to attend High School Summer College at little to no cost. In addition to a generous financial aid package, Horizon Scholars have access to special programming during the summer and quarterly events during the rest of the academic year.

To be eligible for the Stanford Horizon Scholars Program, students must be:

Secondary school students, ages 16-19.
A permanent resident of Santa Clara, San Mateo, San Francisco, or Alameda counties.
Receiving free or reduced lunch in their county's public high schools system, or within the criteria for the California Department of Education's Income Eligibility Guidelines for Reduced-Price Meals or Free Milk in Child Nutrition Programs for 2014-2015.

2015 Horizon Scholar Application Deadline: March

Dates: June 20 - August 16, 2015

To learn more about High School Summer College, visit: https://summercollege.stanford.edu

To learn more about the Horizon Scholar Program, visit: https://summercollege.stanford.edu/admission/horizon-scholars

Engineering Programs for High School Students at Santa Clara University

The School of Engineering at Santa Clara University is pleased to present two programs available to current high school sophomores and juniors interested in learning more about the field of engineering.

Spring Engineering Education Days (SEEDs): The 2015 SEEDs program provides Bay Area high school students with a unique opportunity to explore engineering topics during April. Selected participants come to Santa Clara University over the course of three Saturdays (April 4, 18, 25) from 10 am to 3 pm and participate in workshops spanning the following engineering disciplines: Bio, Civil, Computer, Electrical, Mechanical and Web Design. To apply for the program, students must complete an online application and have an instructor complete an online recommendation form by February 5, 2015: http://scu.edu/engineering/undergraduate/seeds.cfm.

Summer Engineering Seminar (SES): In its 26th year, the SES program is an outstanding, five-day experience in late July/early August offering specially designed workshops taught by our engineering faculty. To apply for the program, students must complete an online application and have an instructor complete an online recommendation form by March 12, 2015. The application and program details can be found at: http://scu.edu/engineering/undergraduate/ses.cfm.

Volunteers Needed

Thursday Treats

One of the special traditions we have at Rainier is to bring in treats for the faculty to enjoy during their Thursday meetings after school. This is a great way to show appreciation for their hard work and dedication throughout the year. Please sign up here: Thursday Treats

Mentor Parents

Do you want to get more involved in the Rainier community? Do you want to be involved in getting your student's mentor group to have outside-of-school events? Each mentor group is looking for one to two parents to become Mentor Parent Leads!

Some responsibilities included in becoming a mentor parent lead are as follows:

Mentor Parent Lead - Roles and Responsibilities

Gather updated contact information for all members of the mentor group
Make phone calls to advertise school wide or grade specific events

Example: helping to organize rides for school trips, getting parents to come to the State of the School meeting at the end of the year, etc.

Help to organize mentor group bonding activities

End of year celebration
Mentor group bonding activities - dinner, bowling, picnic (bonding/group hang out ideas)

We can't wait to work with you! To sign up, or if you have any further questions about the responsibilities or any question in general, contact Ms. Goddard at kgoddard@summitps.org.

Summit's mission is to prepare a diverse student population for success in a 4-year university and to be thoughtful, contributing members of society.