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Charger Chatter
June 19th, 2018
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June
21 - 5th grade promotion; 1:30pm in the Gym
22 - Last day of school!
Dismissal at 10am
Summer Activities
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Welcome, New families, to the Charger Chatter Newsletter!
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If this is your first copy of the Charger Chatter, Welcome! The Cherry Crest PTSA "Charger Chatter" newsletter is produced most Tuesdays during the school year.
Look to the Chatter for news about PTSA-sponsored activities for students such as Curriculum Enhancement and for announcements of school events such as the Walkathon, Family Nights and the PTSA Fundraisers.
You can also find links to Bellevue School District information, news from our librarian, nurse and school principal, as well as information about after-school enrichment opportunities, athletic activities and community activities for families and children.
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PTSA Funded Curriculum Enhancement
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The Curriculum Enhancement (CE) Committee is charged with creating new and exciting learning opportunities for all students at Cherry Crest that expand grade level curriculum. The committee works very hard to ensure that activities, visiting authors and field trips are fun, but more importantly, they tie directly to the BSD curriculum and enhance your child's learning experience! Everything CE does is teacher-driven; the teachers decide which experiences will best enhance the class's curriculum.
A huge thanks to this year's Curriculum Enhancement Committee!
- Kindergarten - Kelly Bach
- 1st Grade - Erin Miller & Elma Nahm
- 2nd Grade - Alison Richards, Karin Hargrove, Rhea Lwin & Ann Kolovyansky
- 3rd Grade - Joshlene Sandhu, Katherine Sun, Cherry Jiang & Tracy Li
- 4th Grade - Heather MacMillan, Nina Abelman & Kerry Deutsch
- 5th Grade - Tanya Somanna & Viki Lawton
- Curriculum Enhancement Chair - Jamie Bland
These amazing curriculum-extending events are funded by the Cherry Crest PTSA through the Walkathon, Mid-winter Auction, Spring Readathon and other fundraising efforts. Your support makes
it possible for the Curriculum Enhancement team to arrange over
50 presenters, field trips and special events to enhance the curriculum and make Cherry Crest an enriching experience for all students!
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Ms. Elms and Ms. Hanson's second graders had a fun and exciting CE activity on June 4th learning about insects and bugs from Animal Encounters.
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Letter from PTSA Presidents
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Dear Cherry Crest Parents,
We can't believe summer is here and this is the last Chatter of the school year! What a wonderful year it has been!
Thanks to your generous donations we have continued to provide Cherry Crest students with Curriculum Enhancement Activities (field trips, visiting authors, science workshops, art projects, all school assembly events), family events (fall festival, festival of cultures, variety show, spelling bee and so many more ...) and Classroom Instructional Aides at every grade level.
Cherry Crest is lucky to have so many parents who care and contribute to making Cherry Crest such a unique and successful school. We have seen you helping in the front lines (classrooms, field trips, family nights, fundraisers, enrichment activities), as well as the many unseen helping hands behind the scenes, from home, during late evening hours. We are ever so GRATEFUL to be part of such comm(UNITY) and we THANK YOU all!
A huge thank you to our wonderful EC members – Goms Sundaresan, Dave Fandel, Maggie Lo, Vatchala Renganathan, Jamie Bland, Shalini Thuppal, Erin Miller, Vasundhara Jain & Chelsea Lientz for all their dedication and willingness to serve our Comm(Unity) this year!
We would like to give a special thank you to our Communication Team, who EVERY WEEK delivers to you the chatter, updates the PTSA website and keeps the PTSA Facebook page up to date. Thank you, Heather Sherman, Jaya Sugathan, Jennifer Renwick, Rhea Lwin, Michelle Abrahams, Tracy Li, Namita Sheokand and Vatchala Renganathan!
On behalf of the Cherry Crest PTSA, we wish you a very great summer! Good luck to our 5th graders getting ready for the middle school adventure, and looking forward to meeting new students and families joining us in the fall.
Yours
Kat Schifano & Keri Multerer
2017-2018 Cherry Crest PTSA Co-Presidents
president@cherrycrest-ptsa.org
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Thank You, Field Day Volunteers!
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Thank you for the wonderful volunteer support on Field Day! What a fun way to celebrate the year end, our kids wouldn't be able to do this without our parents offering their time on this day!
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Read-a-thon Results Are in
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The students raised more than $25,000 to support field trips, teacher aides, and other PTSA-sponsored programs. And, collectively, the students read over 137,000 minutes!
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Got Five Minutes? Take the Communications Survey
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The PTSA Communications team is a group of volunteers who maintains the
PTSA website, updates the PTSA Facebook page, delivers a printed family directory early in the school year and delivers this weekly newsletter, the Cherry Crest
Charger Chatter!
We'd love your input to improve these items and make sure we spend valuable volunteer time wisely. Please take five minutes to answer the
PTSA Communications Survey.
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Your PTSA Needs You for 2018-2019 School Year
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Dear Parents! We can’t believe it’s already the last month of school! What an amazing year filled with events and activities, some still to come, all planned by a wonderful team of volunteers!
We would LOVE to continue to provide our community with the same level of service next year and for that WE NEED YOU! Consider joining the 2018-2019 crew of volunteers. Check our
website
regularly for updates on committees, key openings on Family and Student Engagement activities, School Related committees or PTSA support.
We look forward to having more parents on board and making our comm(UNITY) stronger and better!
If you don’t know how to help, reach out! We’d be happy to talk to you in detail.
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Check and Update Your District Contact Information
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At the start of the school year, the PTSA produces a printed directory to distribute to all families. Get a head start! Check your district contact information and confirm that it is correct for all of your student(s)! Visit
ParentVue and:
- Review "My account" for correct email, address, phone number and parent name information.
- Review "Student Information Release" for each student. If "Exclude from directory" is "N" (don't exclude) your student and family information will appear in the directory. If set to "Y" (exclude) your student's name may appear, but no family or address information will be printed.
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Fall After School Enrichment Activity Planning in Progress
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We've been working hard to bring in some great after school activities for fall. Registration will begin after the start of school. Watch for details in the Chatter. We will be offering some of our school favorites like Spanish class, Chess, Xakary the Magician, Playwell STEM learning with Lego and Flag Football. New to us will be Drama as well as a Clay Animation class! Classes will begin in mid-September.
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'Math is Cool' Masters Competition Results
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On May 19th, Cherry Crest’s 4th and 5th grade math teams competed in the statewide 2018 "Math Is Cool" MASTERS Competition held in Moses Lake, WA.
- The 5th grade team formed by Jade Chen, Ashwika Sharma, Roy Su and Vishnu Mangipudi won 2nd place.
- In the 5th grade Individual category, Vishnu placed 1st and Ashwika finished in 2nd place.
- In the 4th grade Individual category, Trent Xu placed 8th.
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Rubik's Cube Team at Cherry Crest
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Students from Cherry Crest won the Speed League You CAN Do the Rubik’s® Cube Speed Competition held on 19th May at Valley View Middle School in Snohomish, Washington.
The Cherry Crest Chargers team ranks 3rd in Washington among elementary school teams and have earned Elite Team status. The team solved 25 3x3 Rubik’s Cubes in 3:37 (three minutes, thirty-seven seconds) at the Washington Rubik’s Cube Challenge.
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Summer Recess Every Wednesday Afternoon!
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Come join us on the playground this summer. This is a great time to meet neighbors and get to know next year’s classmates. New students can get familiar with our wonderful school grounds.
Every Wednesday at the Cherry Crest School Playground
- Kindergarten - 2nd grade at 2:00pm
- 3rd - 5th grade at 3:30pm
Note: Kids of all grades welcome at all times (this is a very informal gathering).
See you on the playground!
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School Supply Lists for 2018-2019 Published
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Recommended school supplies (including classroom supply contributions) are published for each grade level. Get a head start on your back to school shopping - print
the list now and keep an eye out for supply needs!
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Donate to BSF by Friday and Match Your Money
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Are you one of the 9%? So far, that's how many families in the district have donated to Bellevue Schools Foundation to support innovative public education for our students.
When you join them and
donate
before the last bell rings on Friday, June 22, a generous $25,000 matching fund from
Lincoln South Food Hall
will DOUBLE your gift--in any amount! Learn more about how you make a difference for your child, and every Bellevue public school student, and join us today!
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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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Bridle Trails Party in the Park is Saturday, June 23rd
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Bridle Trails Party in the Park 2018 is Saturday, June 23rd 8:30am-12:30pm
Pancake Breakfast, Equestrian Entertainment, 5K and 10K Fun Runs, 1K Family Adventure Walk Pony Rides, Face Painters, Balloon Animals, Art Crafts, a Petting Zoo and More!
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Vote: NEP Ballot includes Cherry Crest Traffic Safety Improvements
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If you reside in Bridle Trails, you’ll get a special Voter’s Pamphlet in your mailbox this week. The ballot allows each household to select up to 3 projects.
Please consider helping Cherry Crest Elementary School get traffic improvements at the nearest intersection,including flashing stop signs and school crosswalk improvements. It’s #BT-22 on your ballot!
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In the Summer Camps 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 the entire list of active postings, please see the
Summer Camps
page on the PTSA Website.
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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.
Always go through this link to ensure your PTSA benefits. 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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