- PTSA General Meeting today at 6:30pm in the cafeteria.
- Last Date to Order Yearbook at reduced price of $18 is Friday, November,17th.
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Charger Chatter
November 14, 2017
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Due to the upcoming Thanksgiving holiday weekend, there will be no Charger Chatter published on Tuesday, November 28th. The next issue will be published on Tuesday, December 5th. Submissions are due by Wednesday, November 29th.
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November
16th -
Spelling Bee Preliminary Round
21st -
Vision Screening
23rd-24th -
No School: Thanksgiving Holiday
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We need your helping hands to make every event a success for our students and for our community.
Whatever
your interests
, we have something for you and volunteering is a great way to meet other parents in the community!
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Funding Public Schools in Bellevue
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Who Pays for Public School Education in Bellevue?
Taxes, Bonds & Levies, Bellevue Schools Foundation & Our PTSAs
Join us for a special presentation and learn about the ins and outs of funding education in Bellevue from Melissa deVita, District Deputy Superintendent Financial Services & Operations.
Melissa will break down the roles played by the state and local taxes such as levies & bonds, as well as where support organizations such as Bellevue Schools Foundation and Bellevue's PTSAs fit into the funding puzzle and how this is changing in light of the recent legislative actions.
Join us for this event, co-hosted by Bellevue PTSA Council. The event is
free
and open to the public, and there are four sessions to choose from:
November 13, Sammamish High School, 7 p.m.
November 14, WISC Rainier Room, 12-1 p.m., a light lunch provided by Newport Knives Culinary students
November 16, Bellevue High School, 6:30 p.m.
November 20, Newport High School, 7 p.m.
Register
here
for this exceptional and very educative event.
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PTSA Nominations for Executive Committee Positions 2018-19
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The current Executive Committee of the PTSA seeks individuals to form a Nominating Committee. The Nominating Committee helps fill vacant Executive Committee positions for the 2018-2019 school year. This is a short-term project taking place in January and involves attending 2-3 meetings.
An
ideal Nominating Committee member
is:
- Someone with connections to many different families within our school across grades
- Comfortable approaching other parents for conversation
- Able to meet with other members of the nominating Committee (time and location are decided by the nominating group)
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Recent Events:
Variables was the theme of the day, when Toymaker Rick Hartman visited the 4th grade classes of Ms. Chariton, Mr. Cordell,
and Ms. Haney. Students built their own wooden cars, learned the importance of control vs. independent variables, and set up experiments to determine the most important variables at play in getting their cars to travel the farthest.
Things to ask your child:
- why are control variables needed?
- what sort of energy transformation was occurring by releasing the clothespin anchor?
- what hypothesis did you make about which experiment configuration would make your car travel the farthest? Were you correct?
Read more about curriculum enhancement
here.
Curriculum Enhancement (CE)
works with teachers to bring in the
best guest speakers, scientists, laboratory activities, performers, and musicians
for enhanced learning opportunities. All are 100% funded by YOU, our parents; through generous donations to the Walkathon, Readathon and Auction.
Support PTSA fundraisers - they pay for these wonderful activities.
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Join Us for PTSA General Meeting
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Join us for a joint
PTSA General Membership meeting
and a
Parent Education presentation
on Tuesday, November 14th at 6:30pm in the cafeteria.
Along with committee updates, we are excited to share information with families on using the
Critical Thinking Framework to Engage your Child as Never Before
. This year Cherry Crest teachers have been learning about and applying elements of the Critical Thinking Framework to deepen student understanding and extend learning.
A cohort of Cherry Crest teachers and district staff will be on hand to lead parents through an experiential lesson so that you might similarly engage your child’s thinking at home.
Coffee & cookies will be served at 6:30 pm and the
meeting will start promptly at 6:45 pm
. We hope to see you there. Childcare will be provided.
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Spelling Bee Preliminary Round at 6:30pm, November 16th
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Preliminary rounds of Spelling Bee will be conducted on November 16th, 6.30pm - 8.30pm. Check-in at the front lobby.
Round 1 : Grade level written exam - multiple choice questions, kids need to choose the meaning from the choices.
Round 2: Grade level oral - no meaning asked
Round 3: One grade higher oral - no meaning asked
At the end of the round 3, we aim to have five students per grade to participate in the Spelling Bee Finals in February.
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2018 Spring Auction Kickoff Meeting 7pm, November 29th
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The PTSA will host our annual Spring Auction on Saturday, March 31st, 2018. This important fundraising effort provides our students with unique educational experiences such as Curriculum Enhancement activities and Teacher Aides. Without this fundraiser, these investments would not be possible.
Please join us and learn about all the available opportunities.
To make this event a success we need your help!
When:
Wednesday, November 29th,
7:00pm
Where:
Cherry Crest Library
Contact us
if you have any questions or would like to contribute but can’t attend this meeting.
Let’s make this year’s event a grand success!
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Cherry Crest Spirit Gear Now Available
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Need holiday gift ideas? Charger spirit gear makes a great gift.
T-shirts, sweatshirts, sweat pants and much more for women, men and kids. Take a
look!
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Reflections Artwork Display from November 13th to 17th
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Stop by the
school entrance
during the week of
November 13-17
to view the awesome work! A selection of these will be moving on to the Bellevue Council for further advancement. More details to come.
We will also be hosting a
Cherry Crest “People’s Choice” vote
during the PTSA General Meeting on Tuesday, November 14th at 6:30 pm. Please consider attending and cast your vote.
Questions? Contact us
here
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Multilingual Principal Coffee on November 20th
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At Cherry Crest we strongly believe in building a strong comm(UNITY). If you are one of our many families that is multilingual, we invite you to join us for coffee with other families and hear from our
Principal, Dusty Steere.
This first meeting will focus on
how we can support you at Cherry Crest and how i
mportant systems work to support your child. The majority of time will be dedicated to an i
nformal question and answer session.
Our goal is to make this coffee valuable and informative. In order to make that happen, we
need
parent input in the planning of the coffee.
What topics and what types of questions would be most interesting to parents? If you are available and would like to be involved with the planning and content of the coffee, please email Jennifer Rivera at
riveraj@bsd405.org for more details.
When:
Monday, November 20th, 8:15AM - 9:45AM
Where:
Cherry Crest Cafe
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Library News - Empty Tissue boxes needed
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Our librarian, Mrs. Lux, is collecting
empty Kleenex/tissue boxes. Please send
empty boxes to school with your child when you are done with your tissues. Thank you!
Questions? Contact us
here.
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ArtRoom Volunteers Needed
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There are many opportunities to help in the art room this year. As well as assisting during class time, volunteers are also needed for preparation of materials, and putting up finished artwork in the hallways. In addition to your child's scheduled art time, please consider
signing up
for a time when the Kindergarten or 1st grade classrooms are in the art room. We greatly welcome the extra help for the younger children, but all help is appreciated and gives Ms. Jessica more time to focus on the kids
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Library Volunteers Needed
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Cherry Crest students love our Library Volunteers. If you have time to spare and want to give back to your child’s class or help with any other class, please consider volunteering in the library. Your help will give Mrs. Lux additional time to help students choose books and do computer work.
If you have already completed library training, please sign up
here.
New volunteers, and those looking for a library refresher
, please emai
l us
here
for an orientation before signing up.
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On-site After School Programs
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On-site after school classes and clubs are available to Cherry Crest students throughout the school year.
To see all active postings, please visit the PTSA
On Site After School Activities
page.
On this page, you can find details of these after-school classes - Chess, Spanish, Magic and Art.
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In the Community Bulletins section, we pass along information submitted to the PTSA newsletter editor which may be of interest to Cherry Crest Families. No sponsorship or endorsement is made or implied by the PTSA or the Bellevue School District.
For entire list of active postings, please see the
Community Bulletins
page on the PTSA Website.
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Holiday Ice Skating at Bellevue Downtown Park
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During this holiday season, bring the family to Downtown Bellevue Park for an evening of ice skating fun! If you don't know how to ice skate,
complimentary lessons
will be offered on certain dates.
Where:
Downtown Bellevue Park
When:
November 24th - January 15th
Cost:
$14/person
(includes skate rental),
$10/person
for those
8 years old and under
.
For more information, click
here
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If you visit the ice skating rink between
November 24th - December 15th & January 2nd - 15th
, be sure to
mention you are a Cherry Crest family
- our PTSA will receive $3 from every visitor who mentions they attend Cherry Crest!
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Other Cherry Crest Information
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Wear red or Cherry Crest apparel to show your School Spirit every Thursday. Browse our PTSA sponsored Spirit Gear store.
5% of all spirit gear purchases goes back to the Cherry Crest PTSA!
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Mission: The Cherry Crest PTSA is a resource to unify parents, teachers, students and the community to support our Cherry Crest staff. We provide outstanding educational enhancement opportunities for every child and work to build a strong community.
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Shop on Amazon to Support Cherry Crest PTSA
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Whether you're shopping for gifts or purchasing everyday household items,
Cherry Crest PTSA will receive 6% of your shopping proceeds. You can access the link from the
PTSA website.
Add it to your favorites for easy access!
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Article Submission Guidelines
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The Cherry Crest Charger Chatter is emailed to families and staff on Tuesday mornings. The deadline for submissions to the Chatter is the preceding Wednesday by 7pm.
Submissions related to PTSA activities and relevant to Cherry Crest families in Bellevue should be made via email as
plain text
. Flyers or attachments may be submitted electronically (only in PDF format), but will be included at the discretion of the editorial team. Send all submissions to
editor@cherrycrest-ptsa.org
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Information contained in directories, Newsletters or membership lists published by Cherry Crest Elementary PTSA may not be used for purposes of solicitation either commercial, political or ideological or any other purpose not consistent with the Washington Congress of Parents and Teachers By-Laws.
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