Newsletter, April 27, 2016

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Spring Fling on Saturday
Come join Summitt parents, neighbors and friends to raise money for our wonderful technology teacher, Mrs. Barbara Neill, this Saturday, April 30th from 6-9 pm at Abel’s North. Mrs. Neill’s contributions to our school are invaluable and this event raises the money for her salary. Check out our event on the Summitt Elementary Facebook Page, https://www.facebook.com/events/1569358726725116/?active_tab=posts. We’ll be updating with pictures soon!!  Here are a few key points we want to make sure you know about this year’s Spring Fling.

  • Spring Fling tickets will be sold this week after school in the Great Hall and online at summitteagles.org/store for $30. They will also be available at the door during Spring Fling on Saturday at Abel’s North.

  • Bidder numbers are available at summittspringfling.com. If you purchased a ticket, you’ll get a bidder number with your wristband and can also check it online at summittspringfling.com. You do not need to purchase a ticket in order to get a bidder number.

  • You can bid on Classroom Creations now! Have you seen all the great baskets in the library? You can bid on these baskets until Friday. All baskets will be available with a Buy Now option on Friday after school. If you use the Buy Now option, you can take it home immediately after school on Friday. Baskets that have not been purchased on Friday will be displayed at Abel’s for more bidding.

  • Teacher Time & Talent is now available for bidding in the Great Hall!!  Come see the great experiences that our Summitt teachers are offering.

  • In addition to our classroom baskets, we have many Silent Auction items. We have tickets to Disneyland, Schlitterbahn day passes, Austin Spurs tickets, Capital Cruises, Cap City Comedy Club, Paramount Theater, and more! These silent auction items are only available for bidding during Spring Fling on Saturday.

  • We have a new feature this year: Restaurant Row! We have gift cards from many restaurants and you can buy them without bidding on it. Just pay the face value of the card and it’s yours! You can get cards from Pluckers, BJ’s, Kona Grill, Sushi Zushi, Phil’s, Waterloo, and more!

  • The Spring Fling auction is open to the public. Wristbands allows you to have heavy appetizers and 2 drinks. If you can’t make it to the whole event, please feel free to swing by to check out and bid on the auctions. There will be a cash bar for drinks. You do not have to be present to win.

Spring Fling still needs your help at the event
Sign up at http://www.signupgenius.com/go/10c044eaaa62ca0f85-spring2. If you have/know high school students needing service hours, they can sign up to be Auction Runners or help at the Photo Booth. We still need:

  • Auction Runners (gathering items from auction room as cashiers gather payment)

  • Cashiers (use a very easy website to gather bidder # totals and use Square or take cash or check for payments)

  • Photo Booth (having a blast helping attendees take fun and silly photos and emailing them to themselves)

 

Fun Run Pledges due today
Fun Run pledges are due on Wednesday, April 27. Please turn in pledge money so we can count them and input it in the system. Students were given collection envelopes for the pledge money but if you have not received it, you can put it in your own envelope or get one from the office. Thank you for supporting this great event.

Now 2 options for Spring Fling babysitting!
Since Spring Fling is Adults only, Capital Gymnastics on McNeil is hosting a Special Kids Night Out for us from 6-10pm on April 30th! Sign up now so parents and kids can have a fun time that night. The evening will include gymnastics, inflatable fun, pizza dinner, and a movie. Kids ages 3 (and potty trained) to 5th grade invited. Call 512-219-9930 and reserve spots today! It’s $25/$20 for siblings. We still need 8-10 more students signed up in order for this to happen. Payment required for reservation. Please ask about cancellation policy and what to pack and wear. More information is here.

Ca’ron Cosby, from Summitt’s Extend – a – Care, will also be offering a Kid’s Night Out with her company United Family Care Social Services on campus at Summitt, from 5:45-9:15pm. Pizza dinner, exciting activities, and a movie in a fun and relaxed school environment. It’s $25 for first child/$20 for siblings. Check out the flier and register here, http://www.ufcss.org/#!register/l9q7w. Ca’Ron needs registration by Thursday night. More information from the flyer is here.

CAC members needed
Summitt is looking for members for the Campus Advisory Councils (CAC). Campus Advisory Councils are committees of parents, students, business and community representatives, teachers, principals, and other campus staff. The mission of CACs is to promote excellence in education for all students through broad-based representation. CACs provide valuable input to principals, who ultimately have decision-making responsibility for their campuses. The formation of CACs is required by state law (Texas Education Code, §11.251). Specific functions of CACs include providing review and comment on:

  • Campus Educational Program

  • Campus Performance

  • Campus Improvement Plan

  • Campus Staff Development Plan

  • Campus-Level Waiver Requests to the State

  • Campus Budget

If you are interested, please fill out the application located on the website and turn into the Principal. Thank you! https://www.austinisd.org/advisory-bodies/cac

Staff Appreciation Weeks
This week is Administrative Professionals Week. Please help Summitt celebrate and show appreciation for Summitt’s Wonderful Administrative Assistants – Shana Pokorny, Lisa Matuke and Elizabeth Flores. They are the first ‘heartbeat’ of Summitt. They are the daily operation of our school. They keep us going. THANK YOU Shana, Lisa and Elizabeth for everything that you do daily to support Summitt’s students, staff, parents/guardians and community.

Sunday, May 1, is School Principal Day. Please let Ms. Standish know how much you appreciate her.

Next week (May 2-6) is  Teacher Appreciation Week and School Health Team Appreciation Week. Please remember our Teachers and our School Health Team, Glenda Simmons and Denisha Holloway, for all of the hard work they do for us by saying thank you to them.

Summitt Family Night at Blue Baker
The next Summitt Family Night is at Blue Baker, 10000 Research Blvd, on Thursday, May 12th from 5:30-8:30 p.m. Hot fresh cookies made by our teachers will be available to order.

PE News
May is our busiest month of the year. Please mark your calendars for our new CATCH Family Fun Night date. It will be held on Monday, May 16th from 5:30-7:30 pm.

Field Days will be held on Thursday, May 19th for K-2 students and Friday, May 20th for grades 3-5 students. Fifth graders will run the stations on Thursday for our younger grades, but we will need volunteers for Friday! Please email me at [email protected] or call me at 414-0587 if you can help run a station on Friday.

Congratulations to all of our Marathon Kids finishers. We’ve had over 100 students run 104.8 miles this school year and already turn in their Marathon Four logs. We are just waiting on the Nike bracelet delivery so we can hand those out! Way to go Summitt Eagles!!

Our 5th grade Fuel Up to Play 60 team will be headed to Lady Bird Lake this Friday for a kayaking lesson and some hiking! Thanks for all of your hard work this school year! Please don’t forget to vote for our bulletin board online! We are hoping to win some equipment from US Games… Voting only takes 5 seconds! Thanks again!

We need your vote!
Our 5th grade Fuel Up to Play 60 Team created a bulletin board in the cafeteria and we just entered it to win some equipment for our school from US Games!! All you have to do is click the link below and our bulletin board will be the first one listed … just click VOTE! And you’re done! You can vote once per day until April 29th and we’d greatly appreciate it! http://a.pgtb.me/5VMW51/kflt6?w=44145800&e=121369036

Spring Pictures
The spring pictures went home to your student(s). Parents now have the opportunity to purchase from the package and customize their purchase to meet their needs. There is no obligation to purchase and any unselected prints can be returned to the school. Please return your picture package/money by Wednesday, May 4!! If you are paying online at www.inter-state.com/order, use code 01999G.

Fifth Grade News
Matador Transition Camp is free for all incoming students new to Murchison 1B World Middle School. Students will rotate through a series of fun and interactive sessions designed to introduce the newest Matadors to our great campus. Activities include a campus-wide scavenger hunt, field day activities and many more. Meet friends, play games, and learn about middle school! Learn about how to make your first year at Murchison a success!

Session 1
August 1, 2, 3 from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m.
-OR-
Session 2
August 8, 9, 10 from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m.

Buses will be available to take students to Murchison. Buses will arrive at Summitt at 8:30 a.m. and wait for approximately 10 minutes before departing. They will arrive back at Summitt at 1:10 p.m. Buses will run each day for both sessions. Please be on time. You do not need to register for a session. You will just show up for one session of your choice.

Please submit any medical concerns to Murchison Middle School. Please contact Murchison at 512-414-3254 for additional information.

 

AISD and Community Events

Anderson High School principal selection
The AISD High School Office wants our Anderson community to be aware of the timeline and procedure for Principal selection. Please CLICK HERE for a copy of the timeline. Favor de consultar nuestra pagina de web para ver la version en espanol de este volante. Gracias.

Extend-A-Care enrollment
If you wish to enroll your child, please call Extend-A-Care at 472-9402, visit us at www.eackids.org and click on the registration button, or stop by the Extend-A-Care business office at 55 North IH 35.  Office hours are 8:00 a.m. – 6:00 p.m. Monday through Friday. Avoid waiting list and enroll today!

Celebrate Adelphi Acre Community Garden’s birthday
Please join us at the Adelphi Acre Community Garden One Year Anniversary party on Saturday, April 30 from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m., located at the Southeast corner of Adelphi Lane and Amherst in northwest Austin. Everyone is invited to attend this family friendly event and to help celebrate this milestone. The anniversary will celebrate the continued effort of members, support from sponsors, local businesses and the partnership with multiple city and local agencies that has helped the garden grow. More information is here.

Meetings for proposed Magnet school
Currently, a magnet program does not exist in the south Austin high schools including, Akins, Austin, Bowie, Crockett, and Travis. District data demonstrates that a large portion of the Liberal Arts and Science Academy (LASA) student applicants and enrollees are of the southwest AISD community. LASA’s current location at LBJ High School has reached capacity.

Community members have the opportunity to review the program proposals and are asked to complete a survey to further inform the committee’s work. The public will have multiple opportunities to share perspectives with the committee, tasked with establishing magnet program visions and curriculum/instruction needs for a potential new south magnet program.

The meetings are come-and-go meetings, allowing community members to arrive at any time during the meeting and stay as long as they would like. The meeting format will ensure all attendees receive the same information regardless of arrival time.

* A community session is slated for 4 to 7 p.m.Thursday,  April 28 at the Mendez Middle School cafeteria. Community members will have the opportunity to review the program proposals and will asked to complete surveys to further inform the committee’s work.

Trojan Cheerleading and Mascot Camp
Trojans Pop Warner Registration Open through May 31, 2016 for Football and Cheer participants ages 5-12 years. Football and Cheer clinics will be held on Sunday, May 22 at Anderson High School from 4-6P.M. at the practice fields. There will be a uniform fitting and optional skills clinic, plus walk-up registrations will be accepted. Cost is $30 per participant.  Scholarships are available.

Details for Trojans Pop Warner Football & Cheer registration and clinics can be found on our website, www.trojanpw.com. Questions about football? Contact Myra Adkins ([email protected]). Questions about cheer? Contact Jennifer Young ([email protected]). Go Trojans Pop Warner Football and Cheer!

More camps at Anderson
Click here for a list of camps offered for elementary to high school students at Anderson this summer. They range from sports, dance, cheer, robotics, theater, etc.

Volleyball Camp
Attention parents of all incoming 3rd through 9th graders! Is your student interested in playing volleyball? Never played but they want to give it a try? You still haven’t figured out what to do with them this summer during the week of July 25? Planning to try out for Anderson High School Volleyball? We have the perfect solution…  Anderson Volleyball Summer Camp!

Girls AND Boys are invited to join us the last week in July to come to camp, have some fun and play lots of volleyball!  You will find the summer camp form on our home page at www.andersonvolleyball.org or you can go directly to the form by clicking this link: 2016 Anderson Volleyball Summer Camp Registration Form. Questions? Please contact the booster club president at [email protected] or Coach Byers at [email protected].

Summer Camp
Still Water Christian Ministries summer camps has camps available for youth ages 8-18. There is information on the parent table in the Great Hall. They have scholarships available. If you are interested in receiving more information  you can reach them at www.StillWaterCamps.org or you can email Enrique Zamora at [email protected]

Violet Crown Spring Festival
The annual Violet Crown Spring Festival will be on Saturday, May 7th from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. at Brentwood Elementary, 6700 Arroyo Seco. For more information, visit http://www.violetcrowncommunity.org/vcf.html

Summitt Alumni Scholarship
The Summitt Elementary Alumni Scholarship is now accepting applicants through May 2, 2016. The scholarship was established to recognize former students who have excelled in their academic endeavors, supported their community through various service projects and/or participated in extra-curricular activities, and proven they possess the drive to further their education. By granting these scholarships, we encourage students to pursue their academic endeavors and hope to strengthen relationships between Summitt and its alumni. Summitt Elementary will offer either one (1) $600.00 or (2) $300.00 scholarship/s, depending on the number of qualified applicants. The deadline to apply is May 2, 2016. Download the Summitt Elementary Scholarship Application 2016 (Word doc). Find out more!

Supporting Young Children in Grief
A Brown Bag Lunch & Learn Event
Date & Time: Friday April 29, 2016 from 12:00 – 1:30 pm
Location: My Healing Place, 8401 Shoal Creek Blvd Suite 102, Austin, TX  78757
Fee: $10 per participant; space is limited so please RSVP online at: http://www.myhealingplace.org/event-bb-2016-04-29.htm or by phone 512-472-7878.

1.5 CEUs Included for LPC, LMFT & Social Work Licensing Boards

Join us for an afternoon of enlightenment and learning with Rachel Saffer, LMSW & Katie Tarvin, Graduate Social Work Student.

There a lot of myths and false assumptions about how young children grieve, or what they need during times of grief. Many believe that children are so naturally resilient that they will be able to adapt to a significant loss fairly easily. Others worry about any and every expression, behavior, or mannerism that a child may or may not be doing and whether that is “okay” or “normal” as they’re grieving. This presentation will provide you with explanations about how children understand grief and death loss developmentally, what they need from their home and school environments to adapt as well as possible to the loss, and give you take away tools and exercises to use with young children to help them explore their loss in healthy, appropriate ways. Drinks will be provided. Please bring your own sack lunch.

Make Balcones Park better
Show your support for our neighborhood city park by donating to make improvements. Donate $50 to the Balcones Park & Pool Improvement Project and get a “Support Balcones Park” sign for your yard! We must raise $15,000 to get the $200,000 in grants from Austin Parks Foundation and Neighborhood Partnering Program. Donate Today! http://balconespark.org/donate-to-park/