Summit Preparatory Charter High School
Published by Summit SPOT
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Important Dates
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This Week at Summit
- Sports Packages are Due (see article)
- Tuesday, June 3 - General Election, remember to vote!
- Thursday, June 5 - Final SPOT Meeting of the year, 7 p.m. (see article)
- Friday, June 6 - End of Year Awards Ceremony and Yearbook Party, 6 p.m.
Upcoming Events
- 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.
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Elections are June 3, 2014
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 The general election is June 3, 2014
Measure A on June 3 Ballot benefits Summit Prep. Parents may not be aware that Measure A funds benefit all the high schools in the Sequoia Union High School District, including Summit Prep and Everest.
Remember to vote this Tuesday, June 3. 55% must vote "yes" in order for the measure to pass. Your vote really matters.
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Executive Director's Message
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Greetings Husky Families:
Thank you to Mr. Ponikvar, our Director of Expeditions, and our wonderful Expeditions teachers for a fabulous week! We are so grateful for your commitment to providing our students with authentic experiential learning opportunities. And a huge shout out to our parents who volunteered for our Career Day! Check out our photos here: Friday Celebrations! This Friday, Summit Prep will be celebrating our wonderful community so we hope that you will join us for our festivities! TedX Conference: Give, Grow, Gain - Friday, 9 - 3 p.m. This Friday, our student-led TedX club will be hosting the must anticipated official TedX conference! This club has been working tirelessly all year to bring an array of speakers from all walks of life to Summit Prep to share ideas worth spreading on what it means to give, grow, and gain. You may find speakers bios at this link on our website, and stay tuned for an official schedule later this week. Summit Prep Student Talent Show hosted by Young Dreamers! - Friday, 4:30-6 p.m. Come see the many talents of our fabulous students! The Young Dreamers Network will be showcasing our wonderful community members with this fundraising event so please support our students by attending and entering a raffle to win an iPad Mini, GoPro, and other awesome prizes! Students will be selling raffle tickets for $5 each and we hope we can count on your support! Summit Prep Awards Night Celebration, Yearbook Unveiling, and Volunteer Appreciation Ice Cream Social - Friday, 6:30 - 9:30 p.m. We cannot wait to honor our students for the growth they have made this year. We will be highlighting their many achievements this Friday, and we will reflect on the year with the unveiling of our student-created yearbook! Please join us for ice cream afterward as we also celebrate our wonderful parent volunteers! Thank you! Respectfully, Penelope, Patti, and John
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SPOT
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 FINAL SPOT Meeting - Thursday, June 5, 7 p.m. If you want to be part of the new SPOT and its roles and responsibilities (including new responsibilities of fundraising), please come and attend the last SPOT meeting of the year.
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Clubs and Activities
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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.
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Community Service Opportunities
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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.
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Athletics
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SJ Earthquakes vs LA Galaxy at Stanford, Saturday June 28, 7 p.m.
Volunteers Needed! Please work the concession for this professional soccer game. Report time TBD (approx 5pm) Please contact Candace to sign up for this concession.
Volunteers Needed! Please work the concession for this professional soccer game. Report time TBD (approx 5pm) Please contact Candace to sign up for this concession.
Fall Sports for 2014
Girls Volleyball, Boys Cross Country and Girls Cross Country
Fall Sports Registrations due NOW - 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.
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