Summit Hill Elementary
Hilltop
Happenings
October 23,
2009
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Principal's
Passage
Dear
Parents,
We were visited this week by curriculum
coordinators and our area superintendent to see the Georgia
Performance Standards in action! Mr. Bob Lynch - Area
Superintendent for Roswell/Centennial/Milton Clusters, Dr.
Vicki Scott - Executive Director of Services for Exceptional
Children, Ms. Karol Stephens - Director of Science, and Ms.
Barbara Beaverson - Coordinator of ESOL arrived at 7:30 am to
see math classes in action.
They were blown away at how
solid your teaching was, how warm and connected each classroom
felt with a strong sense of community, high level of teacher
mastery of content, skillful higher level questioning, and
impressive differentiation!! Everyone commented on how well
organized lessons were and at how confident and poised
students were in their classrooms. We are so fortunate to have
outstanding teachers so dedicated to students and their
learning and thrilled to have students who come to school
ready to learn each and every day!
What a wonderful day
for a carnival Sunday was!! We had what seemed like the first
sunny day in October for the terrific family event. Thanks to
our PTA, staff, business partners, and all volunteers for
their hard work and passionate commitment to supporting our
school!!
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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A HUGE thank you to all of the
parents who helped top make the first Discovery Lab for
First Grade an Awesome one. The first graders had
fun learning all about the sound and learning about
sound travel through the ear. They enjoyed
learning the different pitch sounds, and how water makes
a difference in sound. A special Thanks to all the
lab leaders for keeping everyone on track and making
sure the kids had fun. Looking forward to the next
Discovery Lab...
Magnets
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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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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
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)
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BOOSTERTHON
NEWS
On September 18th we had
our Boosterthon Fun Run in the gymnasium. Despite
the dreary weather outside, the kids were excited to run
for their school and had a blast doing it inside!
This year's Boosterthon, our primary PTA fundraiser,
raised over $82,000 for our school which will go to
funding programs such as Art Edventures, Discovery Lab,
and other curriculum enrichment programs--all thanks to
the generosity of our SHE families! And we are still in
the process of collecting even more pledges for our
school, so if you have not sent in your donation, it is
not too late! Because our kids were able to obtain
pledges from all 50 United States and fulfill the
Principal's Challenge, our principals will have to
dress up in costumes for the day! We also had a
cool pretzel party for the highest collection class per
grade level--the big yummy soft pretzels! Way to
go, Huskies!
A special thank you to our co-chairs
of Boosterthon, Sharon Leemann and Tammy Hlebec, for an
awesome job communicating to parents and teachers,
streamlining volunteers, and ensuring that everyone
involved had a great time! The parent volunteers
were a tremendous help on every level--many
thanks. Also thank you to the entire staff at SHE
for supporting our efforts with unbelievable enthusiasm
and excitement! This could not have been such a success
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"Food For
Thought"
Lecture
Series
Does your child use their
agenda, know how to study for tests, keep on top of
their homework and projects? If not come
to...
Time Management and Study
Skills
for Elementary
Students
This will be our
discussion for the morning presented by Alicia
Johnsson
Director of Learning & owner of
KnowledgePoints
Our Partner in
Education
Come
join the Summit Hill PTA for a seminar
on
Tuesday, November 17, 2009
11:00 am -
12:30 pm
In Mr. Ciminelli 's Art Room
(Complementary lunch served
from 11-11:30)
RSVP: sheseminars@yahoo.com
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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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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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Principal's
Summit
Wednesday,
October 28th
7:00 pm - 8:00 pm
Evergrace
Neighborhood
All
welcome
Parents,
Please come and meet
Mrs. Murphy, our Principal of Summit Hill
Elementary. The Mustaki's will host the evening on Wednesday, October 28th
from 7:00 pm - 8:00 pm. This is a causal
and informal meeting about your concerns, questions and
comments regarding Summit Hill and your child's
education. We hope to see you there!!
Lauralyn
Mustaki
13235
Caris Court
Milton, GA
30009
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Friday, October 30th
Is School Spirit
Day/Pennies for Patients
Collection
This month to show your
school spirit, wear orange and black on October
30th!! Remember school spirit days are for showing
off your pride for Summit Hill, and bring your change to
help in the fight against blood cancers. Student
Council is counting on your participation! Go
Huskies!!
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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!
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Fall
Carnival
Thanks to all of you, SHE's
2009 Fall Carnival was a big success!
Thank
you, thank you, thank you to ALL who helped
envision, plan and
execute this major event.
It was a joy to walk around the school and see all of
the new and old families blending, visiting and laughing
together. Everything ran smoothly and it could not
have been possible without the cheerful army of
volunteers who braved the cold wind and kept smiles on
their faces. The SHE staff was wonderful as
always-helpful, willing to participate and patiently
rolling with all of the last minute changes to our site
plan. Even the
finicky weather gave us a break
so we could enjoy sunshine on carnival day. SHE
families came out in large numbers to fill all of the
volunteer spots, donate generously to the basket raffle,
enjoy
the carnival and support our school. GO
HUSKIES!!!
As we wrap up this year's
carnival and look ahead to next year's planning,
feedback would be most helpful. There are always
ways in which we can improve our event and any
suggestions or input would be welcome. Please
email Katie VanBrackle: kvanbrackle@bellsouth.net.
Thanks again,
everyone!!
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Walk
with Webb
On your way to
school this morning, did you see all of the flashlight,
lanterns, and blinking orange wands? A group of
Summit Hill students were walking to school. This
morning, Mr. Webb and roughly 25 students, parents and
dogs walked to school. This was an arranged walk
with the neighboring subdivisions (Holcombe Farms and
Crabapple Brook). Last year the school wrote a
Safe Routes to School Grant. This was done in an
effort to reduce speed in front of the school and build
a sidewalk system within a mile surrounding the
school. This grant would give students a chance to
ride or walk to school with adult supervision. It
was also written in an effort to get students exercising
and reminding them that being environmentally
conscientious can be fun. We were awarded two
speed limit signs that visually let drivers know how
fast they are going as they approach the school.
In the past year there have also been sidewalks
connecting these specific neighborhoods and the
school. It was great getting some exercise in
before school!
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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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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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**OUR PRINCIPALS HAVE KEPT THEIR PROMISE**
During Boosterthon Mrs. Murphy and
Mr. Webb told the students if we were able to
obtain pledges from all 50 states then they would dress
up one day.
That day
is here and will be Friday, October 30. I wonder
who they will be?????
Below is a
list of some "Fun Run Stats":
~ total
amount pledged $95,896
~ total amount collected
$83,406
~ $8,300 went to our classrooms
~ 87% of
pledges have been collected.
It's not too late to turn in
checks. Please drop them off at the front
desk.
~ 83% of families participated
~ we
collected pledges from all 50 states and 21 countries,
WOW!!!
~ 676 students participated
~ 33 was the
average # of laps run
~ 26,976 was our total # of
laps run
This goes to show we have a very
generous, enthusiastic and physically fit group of
Huskies!!!! Way to
go!!!
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Thank you to everyone who participated in this month's
contest. We will announce the contest winners on 
Thank you for all your
support! Please contact