Summitt Family Night on Thursday: BJ’s Restaurant
Who doesn’t want a Pizookie? Come out to support Summitt PTA and have a delicious meal. BJ’s in the Arbor Walk will be hosting our Family day/night out on Thursday, January 14th all day. Don’t forget to bring the flyer and BJ’s will donate 15% of food and soft drink sales. If dinner isn’t your thing make it a lunch.
Skate Night
Skate Night at Playland Skate Center will be on Wednesday, January 20, 2016 from 6-8:30 p.m. It’s $6 per skater.
Goodwill Fill a Truck
Our school will be holding our annual Fill-the-truck event on Saturday, January 23, 2016 from 8:30-10:30 a.m. If we achieve our goal and fill the entire Semi we earn $1,000! Questions? Please contact Nicole at [email protected]
Teacher Talent Show
Are you coming to the talent show? Are you ready to see the best talents Summitt has to offer? The Teacher Talent Show is on Friday, January 22, at 7pm in the Summitt cafeteria. Tickets will be sold January 19th – 22nd, at 7:30 am and 2:30 pm in the Great Hall. The tickets will also be sold the night of the show. The first five rows are $10 per seat. The rest of the tickets are $5 each. Concession items will be available for purchase at the show. Our Teacher Talent Show benefits the Koblenz Exchange Program. See you at the show!
Library News
Welcome back and happy new year! I hope everyone had a lovely holiday. Thank you all for your warm holiday wishes– the cards and gifts were all so thoughtful!
The library is once again open and back in action! Students are rotating in for their regular library visits, so make sure to get those books turned in. Please help your student look under the bed, on bedroom book shelves, and at grandma’s house for those sneaky books. All books need to be turned in before a student is allowed to check out new ones.
Book Spring Read-A-Thon 2016
Monday, January 25, will mark the beginning of the 2016 Batty About Books Book Spring Read-A-Thon. This will be our 3rd year to participate in the program, and I am hoping even more students will take up the cause to help launch children into a world of reading.
This literacy organization helps put “forever” books into the hands of young children who otherwise have very few or none of their own. To learn more, visit http://readathon.bookspring.org/bsrsweet/about.asp
GT Nominations
Does your kid have a keen sense of humor? Is she especially curious about the world around her, finding unusual patterns and connections between unlikely objects? Is he creative, assertive, and deeply passionate about certain subjects of interest? Does your child use an advanced vocabulary when speaking, or take on roles of leadership in peer relations? If so, you may want to consider having your child screened for the GT program at Summitt Elementary.
If you are interested in having your student tested and screened for the Gifted and Talented program, now is the time!
The nomination period officially opened, Monday, January 11th, and will run through, Friday, January 22. Nomination forms in English and Spanish can be found online at http://www.austinisd.org/academics/advancedacademics/gifted/parent-corner
Counselors’ Chronicle
Congratulations to Tracy Tran’s First grade. They won the December Attendance Award with attendance of 99.2%. They will celebrate on Tuesday, January 12th. Thank you to all who turned in calendars. It was a short and very busy month, so we do appreciate you taking the time to fill out your calendar. Listed below are the calendars I received:
O’Connell–98.5%
Banovic– 95.4%
Cooper–96.8%
Skalaban–98.0%
Farnsworth–97.1%
Tran–99.2%
Save the Date: Spring Fling
Believe it or not we are already working on and planning this year’s Spring Fling to be held on April 30th at Abel’s North. Last year’s event was amazing and this year’s is going to be even better!! There are a few ways that you can begin to help make this event a success.
1). Are you or someone you know looking for somewhere to make a last minute tax deductible donation before year end??? Make it to the Summitt Elementary PTA and be a sponsor for the event!! Check out our donation request letter to find out more about how Spring Fling supports our school and students. (Please include Spring Fling sponsorship on the memo line of the check.)
2). Start making a list of the all businesses you frequent while out shopping this holiday season or business owners you are connected to and share them with us so that we can hit the ground running with our donation requests in January.
3). Sign up to help with the planning of Spring Fling. Starting in January, we need lots of help making donation requests so that we can have our best silent auction yet.
Thank you for supporting our students!!
Lacey Lake
Spring Fling Chair
AISD and Community Events
AISD Salute nominations
Open nominations for Principal of the Year, Assistant Principal of the Year, Counselor of the Year, Librarian of the Year and Classified Staff – Non Campus Based and Classified Staff – Campus Based of the Year began Jan. 5 and close Jan. 31.We invite staff, students, parents and community members to nominate a candidate for these awards. www.aisdsalute.org
Family Support Coop
Family Support Coop is hosting a workshop for families with children with special needs on Tuesday, January 26, 2016,
6-8 p.m. at Kealing Middle School, 1607 Pennsylvania Ave.
Fulmore Middle School Showcase
Fulmore Middle School invites you to attend our Evening of Wonder Magnet Showcase. Join us on January 19th from 5:30-7:30 p.m. for a magical evening where you can meet our staff and students. Enjoy touring our campus and learning about our programs and classes. The event will begin in the cafeteria. Please call the Fulmore Magnet office at 512-841-4916 with any questions. We look forward to spending an Evening of Wonder with your family.
- Application deadline: February 5th at 4:30 pm
- Admissions testing in January (Families do not need to pre-register):
January 14th: 4:30-6:30 p.m. (Cafeteria)
January 30th: 8:00-10:00 a.m. or 11:00 a.m.-1:00 p.m. (Cafeteria)
Minecraft class for 1st-5th graders
Minecraft Interactive Realm Class – The interactive realm class hosts a private realm for students to play and collaborate in a safe environment. Students will learn basic coding skills that will help them to advance to Java coding. Class starts at 2:45 p.m. on January 19th and runs every Tuesday through May 10th.