Raven Report: October 6, 2021 |
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Annual Campaign Is Soaring to New Heights! |
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Thank you to our Summit community for an incredible first week kick off to our annual campaign! With your generous support, we have raised $66,221 toward our $100,000 goal! That's over halfway there!
But remember... this goal is two-fold. This year, we are striving to reach $100,000 and 100% family participation. Right now, our family participation is at 11.4%. Your heartfelt gift, no matter the size, helps us reach our family participation goal, and, most importantly, directly impacts our students and faculty each and every day.
Together, we know we can get there! Make your pledge and join us in supporting independent education in the Ozarks today!
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Lunch pricing for the 2021-2022 school year will be a flat fee of $5.50 per lunch. Lunch orders will be taken each morning with attendance. Parents may also order lunch in advance through the Family Portal if they choose.
To order lunch through the Family Portal:
- Login to Family Portal
- Under Student (left menu), select Lunch
- Select your student from the drop down menu at the top of the page
- Select +Create Web Order
- Select the day(s) you wish to order lunch and enter lunch quantity
- Hit Submit Order
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Join The Summit Business Directory |
The Summit would like to build the relationships within our community by offering families with businesses the opportunity to list their business in The Summit Business Directory. This will allow us to support one another through referrals and patronage. Additionally, teachers are excited at the prospect of utilizing The Summit Business Directory as a reference for potential guest speakers in their classrooms and/or field trip opportunities.
Please use the link below to view the directory or to submit your business information to be included.
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October 2021
13: Donuts with Grownups, 8-8:45 am
13: Summit Spirit Wear Day
14-15: NO SCHOOL - Fall Break
18: NO SCHOOL - Teacher Work Day
20: Late Start at 9:30am
23: The Ozarks Maker Faire, 10am-5pm at Ozarks Fairground E*Plex
28: SPO meeting, 9am
November 2021
1: Open House, 5:30-7pm
2: Open House, 10am-12pm
4: School Picture Retakes
12: NO SCHOOL - Parent/Teacher Conferences
17: Late Start at 9:30am
18: SPO meeting, 9am
22-26: NO SCHOOL - Thanksgiving Break
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8th graders pose with their mums and pumpkins in the Big Backyard. |
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8th Grade Fall Fundraiser |
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Come one, come all, and get ready for fall! 8th grade students are selling mums, pumpkins, and other fall decor items to support their end-of-year class trip. Students will be selling these items every day during morning (8:30-8:45 a.m.) and afternoon (3:30-3:45 p.m.) carline while supplies last!
- Small Pumpkin: $5
- Large Pumpkin: $10
- Single Mum: $15
- Double Mum: $20
- Corn stalks: $5 per bundle
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Donuts with Grownups on Wednesday 10/13 |
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Next Wednesday, October 13th, is Donuts with Grownups at The Summit! All Summit students are encouraged to bring their grownups and enjoy a donut before school on Wednesday (parents, guardians, aunts, uncles, grandparents, whomever students would like to invite).
We will have Krispy Kreme donuts and coffee outside on the patio from 8:00-8:45 a.m. (as long as weather permits--otherwise we'll move inside).
You won't want to miss the donuts (gluten free option available) or the complimentary coffee provided by Scooter's Coffee!
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Free Spirit Wear Day on Wednesday 10/13 |
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Don't forget next Wednesday, October 13th, is also a FREE Spirit Wear Day! Students are welcome to dress out of uniform in school spirit wear at no charge. Let's kick off Fall Break (October 14th-18th) showing off our school pride! Go Ravens! |
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Save the Date for The Summit's Fall Open House |
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Invite your friends and family to learn more about the only fully accredited independent school in Springfield, MO!
Monday, November 1st from 5:30 - 7:00 pm
Explore The Summit campus, and get the facts about our program during this evening open house! Visit any time between 5:30 and 7:00 to ask questions, explore our classrooms, and meet our faculty and parents!
Tuesday, November 2nd from 10:00 am - 12:00 pm
Experience The Summit’s educational difference during a school day! Visit any time between 10:00 and 12:00 to ask questions, explore our classrooms, and meet our faculty and parents!
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Last spring, Girl Scouts delivered the goods collected from their donation drive to support the humane society. |
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How Much Math Does It Take to Run a Pet Shelter? |
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A lot, it turns out! To kick off their next math unit on multiplication and division of decimals, 5th grade students are working on a project that requires them to track donations, calculate amounts and prices of dog and cat food, chart numbers of animals, design pet runs of a certain area, track how long veterinarians must spend working with the animals, and make a flyer to advertise their shelter.
Throughout it all, they use multiplication in their calculations. They get to practice with basic math facts, use models to show visual representations of the multiplication sentences, check their answers by skip counting, demonstrate multiplication properties, and interpret data from graphs.
Summit 5th Grader Savannah C. knows how important donations are to sustain the operations at an animal shelter. Last spring, she and the other Junior Girl Scouts organized a donation drive to support the Humane Society of Southwest Missouri. See the photos above of the girls delivering their boxes of donations to the shelter and getting a firsthand look at their philanthropy in action.
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Kindergarten Skypes a Scientist |
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Last week, the Kindergarten class had the opportunity to meet another community helper through a virtual program called
Students met Jordan Barrows, a PhD student in the Goley lab at Johns Hopkins. His research focuses on how bacteria divide, and he studies how bacterial cells prepare for division and go about physically splitting in two. Scientist Barrows talked with Kindergarten about his lab work, what it is like to do research, and a little bit about bacteria division. Students also had the opportunity to ask him several questions.
Now it's time for Kindergarten to start selecting which community helper they want to research and present their findings to their classmates!
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Congratulations to our 2021 Read-A-Thon winners! The following students earned a special prize from the Scholastic Book Fair for either most minutes read or most money raised (or in some cases, both!). For raising the most money as a class, Early Learners will also receive a special extra recess.
The grand total raised from this year's Read-A-Thon was $3,568.85! Wow! Keep up the great reading, Ravens!
- Early Learners - Grayson J. & Caroline V.
- Kindergarten - Judah A.
- 1st Grade - Paxton J. & Milo K.
- 2nd Grade - Lucas M. & Emery M.
- 3rd Grade - Irelyn A.
- 4th Grade - Estella M.
- 5th Grade - Brighton T. & Amelie A.
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Tennis Club Serves an Ace to Finish! |
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Tennis Club had its last practice last week, and we are so proud of the growth students exhibited in their tennis skills in just five short weeks! Coach Angela Teters says, "The various ages, skill
levels, heat, number of kids and court changes kept us on our toes, but we did it. A special thank you to Mrs. Teed and Summit Parent Judy Yen who helped out with our group of 16 kids!"
After spending time mastering racquet control and practicing basic strokes, students partnered up and took turns hitting the ball to each other; ice cream cone style. The one with the racquet hit a controlled forehand to their partner whose job was to catch it with a cone. They also played a few rounds of “around the world.” This is where the students are split into two groups, one on each side of the court. A ball is fed in, and once they hit, they are to run to the other side and join that group. It’s a fun, fast-paced game and it gets easier the more you play!
For their last practice, the racket and ball control drill involved hula hoops. Students partnered up again, and the goal was to hit it to your partner and have the ball bounce in the hoop between them.
Then the heat was on! Students wrapped up club with a "Coach vs. Players" game with Coach Angela, Mrs. Teed, and Jr. Volunteer Coach, Lucas. Way to go, Tennis Club!
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Girl Scouts Hiking Adventure |
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Summit Girl Scouts and their families had a great time exploring the trails along Fellows Lake last weekend. These scouts are becoming quite the adventurers here in the Ozarks! We are so proud of these future leaders and the wonderful example they set for all students here at The Summit.
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Sign Up for Lower School Cheer Club |
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We are excited to offer an 8-week Cheer Clinic at The Summit for students in Early Learners through 5th Grade.
Practices will be at The Summit on Thursdays from 3:30-4:30 p.m. beginning on October 21st.
Activities will include learning a routine, beginning stunt techniques, jumps, and tumbling. There will be a performance for friends and family at the end of the 8-week clinic.
Gold Medal Gym's head cheer coach, Lindsey Bocklage, will be facilitating practices.
A $40 participation fee will be charged to your Summit account.
More details to come. Sign up below!
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Shop with Scrip
Scrip Bonus Fest starts this weekend!
Check out the details HERE.
Summit families earned $448 in rebates for the month of September.
Next physical card orders are due by Monday October 11th at 8am.
As always please reach out if you have any questions!
Our enrollment code is 146AAC2814925.
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When you shop on smile.amazon.com, the AmazonSmile Foundation will donate 0.5% fo the purchase price of eligible products to the charitable organization of your choice, The Summit!
The Summit received $124.67 between April and June of this year thanks to your support!
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Mabel's Labels are great, adhesive labels for everything: uniform shirts, water bottles, lunch boxes, pencil cases, laptops, etc. They stick and won't come off in the wash! |
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