Summit Preparatory Charter High School
Published by Summit SPOT
February 10, 2014 |
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Important Dates
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This Week at Summit
- Friday, February 14 - Baseball Registration due (see article)
Upcoming Events
- Monday, February 17 - President's Day, School Closed
- Tuesday - Thursday, February 18 - 20 - Baseball tryouts
- Friday, February 21, 3 p.m. - Summit Application deadline (see article)
- Friday, February 21 - Winter Formal, 7:30 - 11 p.m. (see article)
Save the Date
- Saturday, March 1 - Summit Lottery, Siblings must apply (see article)
- Wednesday - Friday, April 2-4 - 10th grade study trips (see article)
- Thursday - Friday, April 3-4 - 9th grade study trips (see article)
- Wednesday - Friday, April 9 - 11 - 11th grade study trip (see article)
- Saturday, May 3 - Fiesta Night, Summit's Annual Auction, 6 p.m.
- Tuesday - Thursday, May 20-22 - 12th grade study trip (see article)
All events are at Summit unless noted otherwise. See the Athletics section for scheduled games.
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Message from the Executive Director, Penelope Pak
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 Greetings Husky Families!
With second semester in full swing, we wanted to take a moment to give you an update on the state of our school finances.
The Community High School Foundation parent volunteers have been working tirelessly to raise the $250,000 needed to balance our budget, and sustain our school for our children. This is a collaborative effort that requires 100% participation from our entire community to embody our core characteristic of "responsibility" and "leave no Husky behind." Currently, we have less than 25% of our community participating in our fundraising efforts, and we would like to encourage everyone to share this responsibility in encouraging others to contribute to our school. Any amount, big or small, will support our students and teachers in meeting our mission to prepare all students for success in college, career, and life.
We would also like to enlist your help in collecting the $5,000 in overdue lunch expenses we have accrued this year. We would like to kindly remind all families to promptly pay lunch balances to minimize the impact this has on our school. The majority of our budget is spent on our students, so any imbalance directly affects our ability to serve our students and meet our mission.
We are grateful for everyone who has contributed to our school through volunteering time, to providing faculty snacks, to fulfilling supply wish lists. Thank you for embodying our core values and upholding the collaborative spirit of our school!
The Summit Next Generation School Model: How Playlists and Content Assessments Prepare Students for College and Career
Summit's Next Generation School Model equips our students with the content knowledge, critical thinking skills, and habits of success needed for the standardized tests that are required for college acceptance. The content portion of the SAT, SAT II, ACT and AP exams require students to memorize large amounts of content knowledge and successfully navigate the tricks of multiple-choice questions. They also require persistence and discipline, two habits needed to independently spend time reading, memorizing, and completing practice questions over, and over, and over again. This same persistence and discipline is a non-negotiable of the 21st century workplace, as successful employees are those who can independently learn new things, and fix their own mistakes.
Summit's content playlists and multiple-choice content assessments are a systematic way for our students to learn, practice, and exercise everything that is necessary for college and career success. - Students learn content independently (just like they will have to learn in college by independently reading a 1000-page reader or by independently listening to a lecture)
- Students practice multiple-choice test-taking strategies needed for standardized test preparation (required for college entry)
- Summit's content assessments give students immediate, real-time feedback on what they know and what they don't know. The ability to retake assessments allows them to fail safely and learn how to respond to failure -- with persistence. This automatically requires students to persist by trying again, re-learning, studying differently, and succeeding independently -- a habit needed for success in college and career.
- Students build discipline through personal experiences with success and failure. These experiences illuminate how much time a student needs to spend studying, what study strategies work best for them, and what they need to be a successful, independent students and professionals. Students are empowered by this increased self-awareness because they have more information to make smarter choices around what they need to succeed.
Friday "Personalized Learning Time" is a built-in structure to support the practice of all of these skills and habits. We mentor our students around their development, and coach them to take the opportunity to meet college and career requirements.
Our unrelenting pursuit of our mission to prepare all students for success in college, career, and life drives the decisions we make to enhance our model year after year. We have seen tremendous growth in just six months, and we are so proud to see our students exhibiting the skills and habits needed for success in our innovative, 21st economy. As always, thank you for supporting our mission, vision, values and beliefs.
Sincerely,
Penelope, Patti and John
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Administration
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 Summit Lottery. Our next class of Huskies will be chosen in just a month - Saturday, March 1 is the 9th Grade Lottery. Friday, February 21 at 3 p.m. is the deadline for applications. - Siblings of current students or graduates do have priority in the Lottery, but they must submit an application to be able to attend Everest next year. If you have not yet submitted an application for your 8th grader, please do so asap!
For further information, go see the website http://summitprep.summitps.org/admissions. Direct questions to our Assistant Director of Admissions, Patti Giamoni at pgiamoni@summitprep.net.
Winter Formal. Summit's Winter Formal, Diamonds are Forever is Friday, February 21, starting at 7:30 p.m. and ending at 11 p.m.
The Formal will be held at the Portola Valley Town Center (765 Portola Rd.). The cost is $15 for Pre-Sale and $20 for after Pre-sale.There is not a need for parent chaperones, but we are looking for donations of food/treats. There is a signup for this: http://bit.ly/1eKX52p. Please bring these items to school (label them with "Winter Formal"). Most items can be brought well in advance. Thank you so much for making this a fun event for the kids.
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Community High School Foundation
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Two Simple Ways to Earn Money for Summit While You Shop Amazon Shopping. You can earn money for Summit while shopping! If you are shopping on Amazon.com, simply go to the Summit SPOT website http://www.summitspot.org/ and click on the Amazon icon on the top left side of the page. That's all you have to do! Summit will receive a percentage of the amount you spend on their site. e-Scrip - it is worth the two minutes it will take you to register your grocery and credit cards on their secure site because YOUR child will reap the rewards. Summit will receive a percentage of your purchases made with these cards when you shop at participating retails stores. If you have already registered your cards with Escrip, please take a moment to update the information or re register your grocery cards. http://www.escrip.com/.
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Study Trips
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We need drivers for the upcoming grade level Study Trips. This trip is always a highlight of the Summit program, and one where over the years both students and parent drivers build lasting relationships. You can sign up directly here (and the grade level coordinator will reach out to you) - bit.ly/1ffbc3A. Please make note of the specific days your grade is going on this trip: There is a collection bin at the front desk, where you may turn in your paperwork by grade level. If you have already driven on prior trips, we may have your information on-file (but it may have to be updated). Please let the grade level planning coordinator know.
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SPOT
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Teacher Appreciation - Faculty Staff Meeting treats. We are still looking to fill the calendar with volunteers who can provide treats for the weekly Faculty Staff meetings. From savory treats, fruit, cheese/crackers, or sweets, there are lots of great ideas that are all welcome. Please ensure that the treats get delivered before 2 p.m. on Thursdays. You may leave them in the kitchen or at the front desk. To sign up for an open/available week go to: http://bit.ly/1agTZqM.
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Athletics
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Sports Activities
Find the latest schedule, stats and player of the game - go to MaxPreps Website: http://bit.ly/183SRRR. Upcoming Games - Come show your Husky Pride and cheer on your Husky Teams - See this calendar for a schedule of games - http://bit.ly/1bogNSC. Baseball Registration Due Friday, February 14 Baseball Important Dates
February 14 - Registration Due
February 18, 19 and 20 - Tryouts February 25 - Practice begins
Have any sports-related questions? Please email questions to Candace at
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Community Opportunities
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Sharing Cultures, Connecting Lives - AFS Information Night (Foreign Exchange Student Program) on Sunday, February 23, from 2 - 4 p.m., Freewheel Brewing Company, 3736 Florence St., Redwood City. Everyone is welcome to come eat free pizza and learn about the opportunities to host a foreign exchange student or for students to live abroad and study in over 40 different countries. A family friendly event celebrating culture sharing and cultural exchange. Learn about exchange from other local students who have been abroad, local host families, and international hosted students. For more information visit http://www.afsusa.org/san-francisco-bay. Contact: Holly ManieOskoii, hmanieoskoii@afsusa.org, for further information. |
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Parent and Student Resources
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Woodside Parent Education Series"Why Willpower Matters" with Kelly McGonigal, Ph.D., Stanford University
Thursday, February 27, 2013, 7 - 8:30 p.m.
Woodside High School MUR
Is willpower in the mind or in the body? What motivates people to change? How much control over our thoughts and feelings do we really have, and what are the healthiest ways to regulate them?
Health psychologist and Stanford University lecturer Dr. Kelly McGonigal understands willpower, and her work helps families improve habits, cure procrastination, find focus, and manage stress. She shares cutting-edge research into the neurodevelopment of adolescents, along with valuable strategies or "willpower boosts" to give parents tools to conquer common self-discipline challenges and establish an effective model for improving self-control in children. Dr. McGonigal's lectures inspire parents and students in the U.S. and around the globe!
Kelly McGonigal is the author of The Neuroscience of Change; The Willpower Instinct: How Self-Control Works, Why It Matters, and What You Can Do to Get More of It; and Yoga for Pain Relief. McGonigal received a Ph.D. in psychology from Stanford University.
Woodside Parent Education Series events are free and open to parents, students, and community members in the SUHSD. Sponsored by the Woodside PTSA and the Sequoia Healthcare District. Simultaneous Spanish interpretation will be offered.
For more information, contact Charlene Margot, Parent Education Series, Program Director, at cmargot@csmconsulting.net or (650) 868-0590.
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