eBlast Aug 21, 2023 - Cherry Chase PTA newsletter

Welcome Cherry Chase Families!

From the PTA President

What an exciting start to the 2023-24 school year! It's been wonderful to meet many newcomers and reconnect with familiar faces too.

The PTA’s mission is to positively impact the lives of all children and families here at Cherry Chase. Our school community is vibrant because families just like yours generously give their time, share their talents, and show their financial support. Every week this eBlast newsletter will be full of ways for you to get involved. Our kids and our community will be stronger for it.

I look forward to a great year working together!

Kristen Kurimoto, president@cherrychasepta.org

Back to School Picnic and PTA Resource Fair - Friday, Sep 8

Picnic 5:30-7:30pm

PTA Resource Fair 5:30-6:30pm

District TB Testing and Fingerprinting 4-7pm

We're kicking off the school year with our annual picnic! Bring the family, your own picnic food, and a blanket to set up on the Cherry Chase lawns.

Connect with old friends and meet new ones. Stop by the blacktop to learn about PTA programs, events, and volunteering at school.

Also start the volunteer clearance process - fingerprinting, TB risk assessment, and TB testing will be available at no cost to volunteers during this event!

Volunteer Opportunities Start Now

Our volunteers (that's you!) make our school great for our children and our community! We have many open positions already:

* Fall Festival: Games, costumes, pumpkins, food, fun! Can you help us put on the event on Oct 27? We especially need a chair. Email fallfestival@cherrychasepta.org.

* Development: Help us raise funds - run the fall Direct Appeal campaign or plan a dine out night. Email president@cherrychasepta.org.

* Hospitality: Create a welcoming atmosphere at select meetings and teacher appreciation events, arranging for food and decorations. Email president@cherrychasepta.org.

* Band Chair: Manage the band afterschool program. We already have a band teacher lined up! Email afterschoolprograms@cherrychasepta.org.

* Garden: A great place to come off-hours for planting, weeding, and watering. Email garden@cherrychasepta.org.

* ABC Readers: Read to your child's class and help enhance students' social-emotional learning. Email projcornerstone@cherrychasepta.org

Learn about these opportunities and more at https://tinyurl.com/CCvolunteerpositions

Questions?  volunteercoordinator@cherrychasepta.org

Become a PTA Member

PTA connects families and schools. Join the PTA to support your child and the whole school. Become a PTA member to get connected with other parents, have a voice in our school's PTA decisions, and help advocate for students across the nation.

Visit https://www.cherrychasepta.org/e-store/pta-membership and choose an individual ($10) or family ($15) membership.

Questions? membership@cherrychasepta.org

PTA Sponsored Scholarships

Cherry Chase PTA offers partial scholarships towards after-school program fees for families that need assistance. Please fill out this form to request scholarship for your child.

Questions?afterschoolprograms@cherrychasepta.org

Junior Programmers

Grades: 2-3

Fridays 1 to 2pm

Sep 15 to Dec 15

Kids will be introduced to Scratch programming

and build several art projects and games. No prior coding experience needed.

Create art and games with Scratch

Grades: 4-5

Fridays 2:45 to 4pm

Sep 15 to Dec 15

Kids will create own interactive apps and games using MIT App Inventor 2 for Android using various features of mobile devices like touch, swipe, flick and tilt. No prior coding experience needed.

See the flyer for more details and register here. Registration opens Aug 23 for both.

After School Hoops (Basketball)

Grades K to 5

Tuesdays 2:30 to 3:45pm (12:45-2pm on on early dismissal days)

Sep 12 to Dec 12

Join One on One Basketball for AFTER SCHOOL HOOPS®. Throughout the winter, skilled and experienced coaches will conduct a one hour basketball clinic each week.

See the flyer for more details and register here. Registration opens Aug 23

Mathletes

Grades 4-5

Thursdays 2:45 to 4pm

Sep 14 to Dec 14

Math after-school program, for students who love math, want to tackle interesting problems & participate in math contests.

See the flyer for more details and register here.

Mathletes in Training

Grades 1-3

Wednesdays 2:45 to 4pm

Sep 13 to Dec 13

Kids will discover that math is visual, hands-on, and FUN!

See the flyer for more details and register here.



Registration opens Aug 23 for both.

Cartooning with Young Rembrandts

Grades 1-4

Thursdays 2:45 to 3:45pm

Sep 14 to Dec 14

Students will jump head first into the world of drawing by first learning expressions - they will learn a variety of skills as their original characters seemingly emote and breathe. They will also learn to draw cartoons and personify inanimate kitchen objects, tell a joke through pictures and learn to add motion and attitude all session long.

See the flyer for more details and register here.

Registration opens Aug 23.

Bollywood Dancing by Gurus of Dance 

Grades K to 5

Thursdays 2:45 to 3:30pm

Sep 14 to Nov 18 *Early end*

Learn Bollywood dancing from the best in the Bay areas. Instructors from ‘Gurus of Dance’ will be teaching this class. 

See the flyer for more details and register here.

Registration opens Aug 23

Chess Club

Grades 1 to 3   Fridays 1:00 to 2:00pm

Grades K to 5   Fridays 2:45 to 3:45 pm

Sep 15 to Dec 15

Chess enhances academic skills and teaches students critical thinking skills, problem solving, strategy, and more.

See the flyer for more details and register here.

Registration opens Aug 30

Questions? chess@cherrychasepta.org

Soccer with Coach Ken

Grades K to 5

Wednesdays 2:45 to 4pm

Sep 13 to Dec 13

Soccer is a great sport to learn and play while enabling kids to build their coordination and fundamental skills, speed, strength, and stamina!

See the flyer for more details and register here.

Registration opens Aug 23

Lego Adventures in STEM

Grades TK and K

Mondays 2:45 to 4pm

Sep 11 to Dec 11

Kids will explore fundamental STEM concepts through play using LEGOS and express their creativity in ways they never thought possible. 

Lego Robotics WeDO 2.0

Grades: 1 and 2

Mondays 2:45 to 4:30pm

Sep 11 to Dec 11

Kids will do Lego Robotics using Lego STEM projects and programming using WeDO 2.0

Lego EV3 Robotics

Grades: 3 to 5

Tuesdays 2:45 to 4:30pm

Sep 12 to Dec 12

Kids will build and program robots using the LEGO EV3 system.

See the website for more details and registration links.

Registration opens Aug 23 for all.

Hands-on Fun Science

Grades K to 3.

Fridays 1 to 2pm

Sep 15 to Dec 15

High Touch High Tech enrichments provide students with a unique, interactive experience that brings science concepts to life. Each session, students exercise scientific process skills such as observing, investigating, questioning, explaining and problem solving.

See the flyer for more details and register here. Registration opens Aug 23

Mosaic Art by Tejas

Grades TK to 5

Wednesdays 2:45 to 4pm

Nov 7 - Dec 12 *Late Start*

Working on Mosaic allows kids to develop their concentration and attention, memory, creativity and hand eye coordination.

Step by Step Drawing by Tejas

Grades TK to 3

Fridays 1:00 to 2:15pm

Nov 3 - Dec 15 *Late Start*

Learn to do art from the basics. Kids will express their thoughts, emotions and passions.

See the website for more details and registration links.

Registration opens Aug 23 for both