Summit Preparatory Charter High School
Published by Summit SPOT
May 19, 2014 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Important Dates
|
This Week at Summit
- Tuesday - Thursday, May 20-22 - 12th grade study trip
- Monday, May 26 - Memorial Day, school closed
Upcoming Events
- Wednesday, May 28 - Summit Athletics Potluck and Awards Dinner, 6 p.m. (see article)
- Friday, May 30 - Junior/Senior Prom
Save the Date
- Friday, June 6 - End of Year Awards Ceremony and Yearbook Party, 6 p.m.
- Friday, June 13 - Graduation and Last Day of Academic Semester
All events are at Summit unless noted otherwise. See the Athletics section for scheduled games.
|
|
|
|
|
Executive Director's Message
|
 Dear Husky Families: New Family Brunch was a success!
This Saturday, we welcomed the incoming 9th grade class to our wonderful Summit Prep community. We are so excited to begin this journey with them and build personal relationships with each family. Thank you to all of our current teachers, students, and parents who joined us on Saturday to welcome our new families. We are so grateful to have such wonderful parents who support our mission, embrace our diversity, share our values, and embody our core characteristics: compassion, respect, integrity, responsibility, courage, and curiosity.
Please complete our parent survey!
We are excited to launch our 2013-2014 Parent Survey!
At Summit Public Schools, we are constantly gathering information to enrich the experience of you and your child(ren) at Summit. Your feedback is critical to our success.
Please take 5 minutes to respond to our short survey here to let us know what's important to you, what we're doing well, and what areas you suggest for improvement.
We want to hear from all of our parents because every member of our community is important. We are aiming for a 100% participation rate!
The survey will be open until Friday, June 6th. We will share our school's results with you by the end of June, and we look forward to working closely with you during the next school year to continue to strengthen our Summit community.
We appreciate your time and feedback. Please let us know if you have any questions.
Finishing the year off strong!
Thank you to everyone who helped make these last two weeks of standardized testing run so smoothly! Our students were able to show what they know, and support one another in building strong skills and habits. With just three weeks of regular instruction left, we ask all families to support our students in spending every minute at school and at home working towards growing as a learner. We've almost reached our fundraising goal!
We are just $20,000 shy of our fundraising goal! We are making one last push towards 100% participation with a mentor group challenge! If we have all families donate $50 each, we will hit our target! Please be on the lookout for a donation envelope from your student. The first mentor group to reach 100% participation will win an ice cream party from the school! We would love to treat every single student with a refreshing summer treat! Final Expeditions
Our final Expedition will begin on Tuesday, May 27th. We are very excited to showcase the learning and growth our students have made so please join us for the special events we have planned for this week. More information can be found here: Spanish version: https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B6EOuaY7mOjOZUJwRWUxUjFzc0E/edit An Evening with Diane Tavenner, CEO of Summit Public Schools
As the year comes to a close, Diane Tavenner will be circling back to our parent community to continue the conversation started when she visited our school earlier in the Fall. We hope that you will join us for another dialogue about our school and our vision to prepare our students for success in college, career, and life. Diane will join us on Tuesday, May 27th, at 6:30 p.m. here at Summit Prep. Respectfully, Penelope, Patti, and John
|
|
Career Day
|
Career Day - As our kids head to college and select a discipline, it is equally vital for them to hear what these disciplines can lead to. Summit Prep will be hosting a career day on Wednesday, May 28 (other campuses have their own days). This event is open to parents or to your extended network. We will set up professionals from similar fields in the same classroom to provide a rich discussion opportunity for the students. If you have contacts in the community who are good candidates to come and speak, please forward this email to them. The form below should be used to capture your intent on participating in the event. If you have questions, please contact Wren Maletsky at wmaletsky@summitprep.net.
A few goals for the day:
1. Students are inspired by your career and motivated to pursue it
2. Students learn about your career path and have a realistic understanding of what it means to succeed in your profession
3. Students interact with professionals that may provide internships or are willing to offer work life experiences to Summit students. We are actively seeking partners for our internship program!
Below is a sample of the questions we will ask you to share with our students:
1. What do you do?
2. How do people get into this field? Has it changed from when you started?
3. What does your day-to-day work look like?
4. What are some exciting things about your job? What challenges do you face?
5. What characteristics do people have that are successful in your career
(Return to Top)
|
|
Student Resources
|
Opportunity for students to build their college resumes this summer! This summer, students can intern with BGCP (the Boys and Girls Club of the Peninsula)! We would love for you to be a part of the team! Through our summer internship opportunity, you will be responsible for designing engaging enrichment activities, creating innovative learning techniques, assisting the director in developing a positive culture within our team and so much more! It is also a great opportunity to give back to the community while HAVING FUN! Please join us to make an impact in today's youth; every hour counts! Please visit our Career's Page to learn more. For more information please contact Paitra Houts at psharp@bgcp.org or (650) 646-6131.
(Return to Top)
|
|
Clubs and Activities
|
Sailing Information Night
Join us to find out more about youth sailing and Peninsula Youth Sailing Foundation programs. Come meet the coach and team, parents, current and prospective sailors. - June 12 at 6:30 - 7:30 p.m.
- Sequoia Yacht Club, 441 Seaport Ct, Redwood City
PYSF is located less than 1 mile from Summit. Sailing is a great co-ed sport to learn enjoy your whole life, and a fun way to earn PE credit. For more information contact Summit Parent, Karen Werner, at krwerner@gmail.com or www.pysf.us.
(Return to Top)
|
|
Community Service Opportunities
|
Sharon Kelleher, Riekes Center staff member and US Paralympic tennis player, is the volunteer coordinator for the US Paralympic Track & Field National Championships which will be coming to the College of San Mateo from June 20-22. This event is put on by the US Olympic Committee in conjunction with the Pacific Association of USA Track & Field. Some of the best athletes in the world will be here competing! Learn more at: http://www.mercurynews.com/peninsula-sports/ci_25617913/national-paralympics-headed-here We need about 80 volunteers for this event. If you are available, please go to http://vols.pt/SAf2mV and sign up. For further information, contact Sharon Kelleher at (650) 298-3404.
(Return to Top)
|
|
Athletics
|
 
Please RSVP!
Summit Athletics' Potluck and Awards Dinner is Wednesday May 28, at 6 p.m. Athletes will be recognized for their All League Achievements and Academic Excellence from Volleyball, Soccer, Basketball, and Baseball. Athletes, Coaches, and parents are invited. Please RSVP your attendance: http://bit.ly/1l0DwHR. Husky Baseball - The Huskies have 8 wins and 6 losses in the PSAL League. ResultsTuesday, May 13 - The Huskies dropped one to Alma Heights 7-4
Thursday, May 15 - The Huskies beat North Valley Baptist 17-2
Fall Sports for 2014 Girls Volleyball, Boys Cross Country and Girls Cross Country Fall Sports Registrations due May 31 - Sports packets (12 pages) are due in May for all Fall Sports. Medical releases (3 pages) will be due August 18 prior to tryouts which are the week of August 18 (the week prior to school starting). Practice begins August 25 and the season runs to the first week of November.
Want to get involved in Summit Athletics? Several opportunities exist to help promote and run the Summit program. Photography, Video, Media reporting, Uniform management, concession leads just to name a few. A big THANK YOU to Barb Pedersen for taking on the Stanford concession management! Please contact summitprepathletics@gmail.com for more information and details.
Sports Activities |
| En español |
Tan pronto como la edición en español está disponible, una copia impresa estará disponible en la recepción.¿Quieres traducir esto ahora? Ver el boletín como una página web. Utilice el enlace en la parte superior "Click here to view as a webpage." ("Haga clic aquí para ver esta página en la red.") Copiar la dirección de la página en la red. Vaya a esta página web: http://translate.google.com/#. Copie la dirección web en la caja. Haga clic en el botón "Translate". (Haga clic en El Botón "Traducir".) (Return to Top) |
| HuskyBytes Submission Information |
- Email submissions to your HuskyBytes Team by Thursday Midnight, spellcheck/proofread them first, and format them in Arial 10 pt.
- Please keep submissions concise, and include the organization name, event, date, time, location, and contact info, including website URL.
- All submissions are subject to editing by SPOT.
- For the SPOT policy on HuskyBytes publication, please go to the HuskyBytes Policy Site.
SPOT does not endorse third-party events or submissions, nor take responsibility regarding the content of any third-party websites. Go Huskies!
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
