Summit Hill Elementary
Hilltop
Happenings
October 16,
2009
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Principal's
Passage
Dear Parents,
For
those of you who use Georgia Natural Gas, this company offers
the opportunity to enroll in the True Blue Schools Program.
GNG understands that a strong school system is integral to a
community's success. That's why they created the TrueBlue
Schools® Program - a simple fundraising solution open to all
residential natural gas users. If you are a Georgia
Natural Gas customer please make sure you register your
account at www.trueblueschools.com/support and $5.00 a
month per participant will go to SHE. If you are new to
the program and you sign up SHE will also get a one time
donation of $40.00!
If you are from Cogburn Woods or
Crabapple Crossing you will need to go to this site and click
on Move/Change Schools in the green tabs and log in to change
your school. If you do not update your profile your
money will continue to go to your previous school.
By enrolling in TrueBlue Schools, you automatically help raise
money for the Georgia school of your choice. They donate up to
$100 a year for every person in our school community who
chooses GNG and selects our school.
This quarter
SUMMIT HILL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL earned $330. In addition, we
donated a total of $243,045 to all schools in Georgia! For
more information about how to increase participation in the
TrueBlue Schools program, please visit
www.trueblueschools..com/. Thank you for supporting
SUMMIT HILL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL and participating in the
TrueBlue Schools® Program.
Have a great weekend and I
look forward to seeing you at the Fall Carnival on
Sunday
Nancy J. Murphy,
Principal
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RED
RIBBON WEEK
Summit
Hill will be observing Red Ribbon Week during the week
of October 26th -
October 30th. Red Ribbon Week is a nationwide
campaign to promote a healthy, drug-free lifestyle.
During Red Ribbon Week we will have special theme days.
In addition to these theme days listed below we will
have other activities such as students signing drug free
pledge posters, videos, and special music daily.
- Monday: Pledge Day - Wear Red
Tuesday: Turn your back on drugs day (wear a hat or
shirt on backwards) Wednesday: Team up against drugs day (wear your favorite
team shirt or jersey) Thursday: Sock it to drugs day (wear your craziest socks)
- Friday: Don't be tricked - drugs are no treat Day - Wear
Orange and Black
Our theme this year will
be "I have better things to do than drugs". Check out our Red Ribbon
bulletin board in the main hallway between kindergarten
and second
grade.
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5th Grade "Alive
and Classified" Discovery
Lab
"Husky High Fives" to all
the wonderful parent volunteers who spent time in the
Discovery Lab with the 5th graders this week. Our
lab "Alive and Classified" showed how living organisms
get named and classified. The students saw
examples of the five kingdoms. They were able to
study the difference of plant and animal cells.
They were brave enough to analyze a real live
invertebrate (an earthworm). And best of all they
got to make a candy version of a vertebrate. Thank
you PTA for this terrific program.
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SUMMIT
HILL SPIRITWEAR
Spiritwear
will be sold at Fall Carnival on October 18th. If
you missed out on the previous sale and would still like
to order, please stop by the spirit wear
table. If you have questions, please email
Tammie Bender at tammiebender@yahoo.com or call
770-740-0096. The
deadline for placing your order will be Wednesday,
October 21st.
Show Your Husky
Spirit!
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Have you joined the Summit Hill
PTA?
Have you joined the Summit Hill
PTA?
Help us reach our goal of 867 PTA
members!!! We're at 95% of that goal so please
consider joining the SHE PTA. Your membership in
the PTA helps to sponsor curriculum programs such as Art
Edventures and Discovery Lab as well as other school
functions. Also,
the only way you can get a student directory is by joining the
PTA! Members also receive our new Husky car
magnet. If you need a membership form or have
questions about the PTA please contact Susan Dumon at sdumon@bellsouth.net.
Thank you for your
support!
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GIRLS
ON THE RUN AT SHE
We will be
starting Girls on the Run at Summit Hill in the spring
of 2010. If you are interested in being involved
with this life-changing program for preteens, please
contact Tracy Gordon at tracygordon7@gmail.com.
Girls on the
Run is a non-profit program that teaches healthy
lifestyles for girls in 3rd-5th grades. If you
would like more information on the program you can check
out the website www.girlsontherunatlanta.org.
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S.H.E. Business Partners'
Happenings
Please come
out and help support Summit Hill on Tuesday, October 27th at Shane's Rib
Shack. It promises to be great family fun
with kindergarten teachers and assistants serving our
food and greeting us all. Please come anytime between
5-8PM that night and a portion of the sales
generated with be generously donated back to our school
(please make sure that you mention that you are from
Summit Hill!). The address is 270 Rucker Road,
Alpharetta 30004. Hope to see you there!
DASS Salon, a
Gold Level business partner, is now open at their new
North Point Mall location. DASS is a full service
hair salon for men, women and children. DASS is
located across from H&M near the parking garage
entrance.
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Wanted:
Please send in your colored comics from the Sunday
newspaper for a class project. Papers may be
turned into the front
office.
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Community Free Health
Fair
MEDICAL,
DENTAL, EYES, CHIROPRACTORS
Screenings:
Glucose, Hemoglobin, Blood
Pressure
Health Organizations will
provide information and education
77 East Crossville
Rd
Roswell GA 30075
More info
770-640-9959
Friday,
October 23, 5:00-9:00 PM
Saturday,
October 24, 9:00-5:00PM
(Registration starts
at 4:00 pm)
(Registration Starts at 8:00
am)
First come, First
Serve
Activities for the whole
Family. Vaccinations provided by the Fulton County
Department of Health and Wellness. Bring your
record. Proof of residence /income may be
required. Pediatrician will be also
available on Saturday Morning.
Sponsored by: El Shaddai,
Hispanic Church, Crosspointe Community Church, Georgia
Baptist Health Ministry, GA Health Department of
Community Health Lions Club of Roswell, public and
private health organizations, Health
Professionals Volunteers /
General, Volunteers
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IT'S YEARBOOK TIME! ORDER YOUR YEARBOOKS
NOW AT THE EARLY BIRD
PRICE OF $22!
You can order one of two
ways:
- Complete the yearbook order form located at the
front office; OR
- Go to www.myyear.com to order. A $1.75
transaction fee will apply.
This will be a
special year! Order yours now because when they're
gone they're gone!
Questions? Please
call Leah Wheeler
770-740-9731.
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FROM THE
COUNSELORS
Sally Drake (K, 1st,
2nd)
Randi
Vaughn (3rd, 4th, 5th)
Now
that autumn has arrived, we are ready to start small
group counseling. These groups are preventive in
nature and meet once a week for thirty minutes lasting
about six weeks. Groups offered are study skills,
friendship and self esteem. If you think your
child could benefit from being in a group, contact the
counselor at your grade level. (Mrs. Drake drake@fultonschools.org and Mrs.
Vaughn vaughnr@fultonschools.org or
770-667-2830.
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Summit
Hill Fall Carnival
Summit
Hill's Fall Carnival is THIS
SUNDAY!! We are expecting sunny skies and a
day filled with fun! Bring your family and friends
to SHE on Sunday from 1-5pm to enjoy rides, games,
activities, music and yummy treats. Buy some raffle
tickets and maybe you'll go home with one of our
fabulous theme baskets!!
New this year: a hay
ride with Milton Mayor Joe Lockwood and a make-your-own
tie-dye t-shirt station! There is fun for all ages.
Many, many thanks to all who have generously offered
their time to volunteer at carnival. This event
would not be possible without you!!
If you have
any questions about your volunteer shift, contact Melinda McConnell at
678-366-2250 or ugarphco@comcast.net. We could
still use a few more "extras" who are willing to fill in
as needed. If you could help, please contact
Melinda with your available times and your cell phone
number.
Thanks! See you all at Fall
Carnival!
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AFTERNOON
CARPOOL
Please remember to
put a sign in your front windshield with your children's
names and grade levels. This will expedite the
process and allow the carpool staff to help you through
the line safely and efficiently. Thank
you.
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Healthy Huskies Monthly Recipe
Contest
The Health and Wellness
Committee is sponsoring a monthly contest for healthy
recipes. To enter, please have your child bring a
healthy recipe for any meal or snack to the front office
and place it in the Healthy Husky dog jar. Be sure
to put your name, grade, and homeroom teacher on the
recipe. The winner will be announced on SHE's
daily "News From the Pound" show and featured in the
Hilltop Happenings and the PTA Newsletter. So,
bring in your healthy
recipes!
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Media Center Needs Shoe
Boxes
Parents, please send any shoe boxes that you do not
need to the media center. We use it to keep the
books neatly on the shelves.
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BEAT THE BUG - GET A FLU SHOT...
AT BIRMINGHAM
FALLS ELEMENTARY!
Flu Busters will
be at BFES, 14865 Birmingham Highway, on Tuesday,
October 27th from 2:30 - 6:30 pm to administer
Flu Shots and Flu Mist.
Cost for Shots is $25 ($27
Walk-Ins) and Mist is $30 (Pre-Registered Only) - no
prescription required!
Sign up online by October
20 at https://secure.flubusters.com
1. Type of clinic - choose
"School"
2. Add our zip code -
"30004"
3. Between the Dates of - choose
"October 27"
4. From the list provided - look
for "Birmingham Falls" - Click on "Select
Location"
**For questions regarding online
registration, please call Freddrick Thompson at Flu
Busters, 770-512-8566, Ext.
512**
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Web Master Needed!
Exciting
things are happening with the SHE Foundation! Our newly
created website is ready to launch and we need you! If
volunteering from the comfort of your own home is your
style, the foundation has a perfect position! There is a
need for a website administrator to help manage the site
functionality.
Watch for the foundation to be on
Twitter and Facebook in the near future. A HUGE
THANK YOU to Dan Sherman for his legal expertise and Bob
Klein for the awesome website design!!
If you are
interested in being the foundation web master, please
contact Nancy Murphy at murphyn@fulton.k12.ga.us or Beth Leigh
at Leighs6@bellsouth.net.
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A
big HUSKY HIGH FIVE to Jake and Alison Skipper
for coordinating the Fall Spruce Up of our school
grounds. They did a great job and we appreciate all of
their hard work! Thanks also to their volunteers:
the Amos family, Guida family and Nanci Dinardo.
Thank you TEAM JANNON and our
wonderful Summit Hill Family!
We
raised an unbelievable $10,000 for the Leukemia and
Lymphoma Society.
The Light the Night Walk was a
huge success. Mark your calendars for next year's Walk
on October 9, 2010.
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Keep up the good work Summit Hill families! The
first Box Tops submission deadline is October 31st
(there are only two a year) Once we submit all of
the Box Tops we've collected, the PTA will receive a
check for .10 for each label collected. This money
will be used for PTA projects that support the school
and help our kids. So please keep on clipping
those Box Tops as well as the Campbell's labels and
Tyson Project A+ labels and saving the Coke bottle caps
and codes from the 12 and 24-packs! 
Due
to the fact that this is a Box Tops submission month, we
are making this month's winning prize a very special one
- a class ice cream sundae party! The two classes
that submit the most labels & lids will win this
special prize.