Summit Preparatory Charter High School
Published by Summit SPOT
August 25, 2014 |
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Important Dates
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Upcoming Events - Monday, September 1 - Labor Day, School Closed
- Thursday, September 4 and Friday, September 5 - Annual Camping Trip
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Executive Director's Message
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 Greetings Husky Families! What a fun and fantastic week of setting our students and parents up for success! We are so excited to have our students back and we are incredibly grateful for your continued support! A special shout out to SPOT and our parent volunteers for the delicious refreshments at Back to School Night! We hope to see everyone at Back To School Night Part 2, which is on Thursday, September 11th at 7 p.m. We will introduce our Personalized Learning Plan tool to you and provide training on how to best support your student at home. We will also have our first "Teaching and Learning Tour with the Directors" on Thursday, September 25th at 8:30 a.m. This is a new format for our "Mornings with the Director," which will include a dialogue about our school and a tour of our classrooms. The front page of our website has links for: the most updated Events Calendar, signing up to receive our email announcements, sports, SPOT, and more! The website address is summitprep.summitps.org. We are still collecting $20 per family for our camping trip! Our camping trip budget relies on a suggested donation of $20 per family so please remember to drop off or mail $20 to Summit Prep with your student's name. Checks can be written to Summit Prep. Our $175,000 fundraising campaign has begun! We are hoping to have 100% parent participation to raise funds for our college readiness program, sports program. Athletics Director, Expeditions courses, curriculum materials, and student scholarships! Please be on the lookout for additional fundraising efforts from our parent team! Thank you and we look forward to seeing your students on Monday! Penelope Pak McMillen and Wren Maletsky ( Return to Top)
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SPOT
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SPOTlights
The SPOT is actively seeking a volunteer who can take on the HuskyBytes newsletter. This job can be done from home and ensures that the newsletter is compiled, proofread and distributed by the end of the week. To express interest or to inquire more about the role - please send email to: spotsummit@gmail.com. Please continue to send HuskyBytes submissions to HuskyBytes@summitprep.net.
Volunteering started on the first day of school, with serving of lunch. This effort - coordinated by Cristina Avila ( savila0303@yahoo.com) is off to a great start. To add yourself to the schedule, please visit the following: http://bit.ly/1vd9ZDm.
Faculty appreciation is a weekly tradition here at Summit. Sign up to show your appreciation by hosting/preparing snacks for the Thursday Faculty meeting: http://bit.ly/1qaK8HA.
The next SPOT meeting is on Thursday, September 11 at Summit from 6 - 7 p.m., right before Part 2 of Back to School night.
Camping Trip Update
Thank you to all parents who attended this past week's Back to School event and have signed up for some vital positions for our annual camping trip. Here are the following ways we still need assistance:
Driver Meeting on Tuesday, September 2
Thanks to the great response on Back to School night, we have achieved all drivers necessary to take all students to/from campsite. Now, we need you to confirm/provide paperwork necessary as well as attend the Camping Trip Driver Meeting on September 2, at 7 p.m. at Summit. Please confirm we have your information correctly by checking the google document below.
Additional Help
We have a sign up list with numerous requests for help and donations. We are still looking for donations of some food items, which offsets the total cost of this trip. Please take a look and see how you can contribute to this great experience for your children. We need donations of time, money and food for the trip:
http://bit.ly/1tJmMth. Below are a few key responsibilities we need to fill ASAP.
1) One more person to meet US Foods at the campground and inventory the food when it is delivered (Wednesday, September 3) - please respond directly to Sandra Cheung - sandracheung@yahoo.com. Donate $20 per student towards our camping trip
The camping trip is a great opportunity for our students and the suggested financial contribution of $20 per student builds the entire budget for this event. Every donation helps us ensure a great learning experience for our students so we appreciate your financial support! Follow the link for instructions to make the donation: http://bit.ly/spscamping. Then, once you're all set up, you can log into your online payment account to make the donation: https://system.netsuite.com/pages/login.jsp.-- You may also donate $20 by cash or check. Just turn this in at the front desk in a separate envelope with your student's first and last name.
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Athletics
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Cross Country Boys and Girls
Please check MaxPreps calendar for practice and meet schedule. Girls VolleyballPlease check the MaxPreps calendar for practice and game schedule. Stanford Concessions All athlete assignments to the Stanford Football Concession will be managed by Barb Pedersen ( bap2@pge.com). You will be receiving your assigned game by email from Barb. If you have any questions on your assignment, please email her directly. Thank you. Volunteers Needed! Please work the concession for this professional soccer game. Report time approximately 5 p.m. Please contact Candace at summitprepathletics@gmail.com or Barb Pedersen at bap2@pge.com to sign up for this concession or get more details.
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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Parent Resources
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M-A PARENT EDUCATION SERIES "The Perseverance Process: Strategies for Strengthening Academic Motivation and Persistence" Kent Pekel, Ed.D., President and CEO of Search Institute Wednesday, September 17, 2014, 7:00-9:00 p.m. M-A Performing Arts Center (PAC) Recent and emerging research suggests that persistence or "perseverance" can improve students' academic motivation and increase performance. In fact, the evidence suggests that noncognitive character traits like grit may be more predictive of future academic achievement than IQ or SAT scores. Fortunately, a growing body of research demonstrates that when schools, youth programs, and families act intentionally to influence motivation and persistence, it is possible to significantly increase both. Join us for an informative, engaging presentation with Dr. Kent Pekel, CEO and President of Search Institute. To bridge the gap between research and practice, Search has created a new resource called "the Perseverance Process" to turn the research on motivation and persistence into a set of explicit and actionable strategies. M-A Parent Education Series events are free of charge, sponsored by the Menlo-Atherton PTA and the Sequoia Healthcare District. This event is made possible by generous funding from the Esther Ting Foundation. For more information, contact Charlene Margot, Parent Education Series Program Director, at cmargot@csmconsulting.net or (650) 868-0590. SUHSD parents, students, faculty/staff, and community members welcome! Spanish interpretation will be available.
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