Dear Spring Creek Families, March 9, 2020
We are going to have so much fun tomorrow, Monday, March 9th! We are having our STEAM Museum PTA event in the cafeteria. Students will be eating outside due to this. Please make sure your child has a warm jacket. Here is a little information about tomorrow’a event.Want to volunteer? Here is the link:
https://www.signupgenius.com/g...
Say hello to Mobile Ed's STEAM Museum, ready to turn your gymnasium or multipurpose room into a state-of-the-art hands-on children's museum focused on STEAM education (science, technology, engineering, art and math). With activities suitable for all ages, you'll find workstations to not only augment your existing science and math curriculum, but you will also expose your students to high-tech fields of study they never before had access to. In addition, we put the A in STEAM by opening up your student's right-brains through activities that encourage divergent thinking.
Will your child be returning in the Fall of 2020?
We are beginning to work on enrollment for the 2020-2021 school year. Please let us know what your intentions are for next year. Please click the link below and complete the requested fields. We need one response per student. If you have any questions please call the office at 545-1771.
Thank you!
We are taking extra care at Spring Creek to prevent the COVID-19 Virus and other cold and flu viruses. Our dedicated custodians are wiping down all surfaces, door handles, in each room each day. This is added time to their schedules and we really appreciate the effort they are putting in each day to help. Our teachers are having students wash their hands more frequently and they use hand sanitizer throughout the day.
This from the Library:
THANK YOU AMAZING FAMILIES! We surpassed all past Book Fair Sales from
the past and because of your amazing help and support, your child’s library will be buying many more books in the future!! It was such a fun week and your children seemed to have so much fun shopping for books (and yes, toys)! A special thank you to our volunteers!
Please join us for our School Site Council meeting and/or our English Language Acquisition Committee (ELAC) on March 27th. Site Council meets at 7:30 AM in the Spring Creek Library and ELAC meets at 8:45 in the Spring Creek Library. We value your input.
We have some fun events planned for March. See below for more information. Due to Spring Break, our next Cheetah Awards Assembly will be Monday, March 23rd at 8:20, not the usual third Friday of the month.
Attendance Information:
Did you know that if you arrive 30 minutes late to school, or take your child out of school 30 minutes before the dismissal, it counts as an unexcused absence? If you have a doctor/dentist appointment or if the school calls you to pick up your child due to illness, it is excused. Remember to bring in a doctor's note.
Here is a message from the RVUSD regarding Teacher Requests:
As the 2019-20 school year approaches its last few months, planning for next year begins. With this in mind, starting this year, RVUSD has decided to no longer accept teacher requests or learning preference forms from parents/guardians in regards to their children’s placement into the next grade level. We are committed to balancing our classrooms and trust that our teachers will make the best classroom placement decisions for all of their students. We appreciate your support in this matter as we encourage fair and equitable practices for all.
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Extended Day Care will be offered at all sites in the Rincon Valley Union School District in the 2020-2021 school year.
Where: Register with the Extended Care Coordinator at your school. If you need care at Matanzas, please register with Extended Care at the District Office, 1000B Yulupa Avenue, Santa Rosa CA 95405.
When: Priority Registration is March 30th—April 3rd.
General Registration is April 6th—April 10th.
Who: Qualifies for Priority Registration?
Students who are currently enrolled and their siblings.
Students with a parent who works for RVUSD.
Students on an Extended Care Waiting List since 2019.
Dates of service and rates for the 2020-2021 school year will be released on March 2nd, 2020.
A more detailed description of the registration process is attached in English and Spanish in the link below. Contact your School’s Extended Care Coordinator with additional questions. Seth Weinberg, Extended Care Program Director, sweinberg@rvusd.org
PTA News and Fundraisers:
Silent Auction, Live Auction, and Disneyland Tickets!
Laugh Cellar Aiden Park + Pat Jordan Band, Food trucks and more!
Tickets will go online March 6th (early bird pricing)
We could really use your help?
Do you have a Timeshare, Hotel or Airbnb connection? Perhaps you have a connection to a business, artist or service. Our amazing PTA is working on a big fundraiser on April 3rd where we will have an adults only evening of comedy,music, a live and silent auction. Please share your connections for auction items with Jennifer Graue: Graue.jennifer@gmail.com
Gio’s Pizza March 9th and 10th Bring the Family and enjoy a meal.
Proceeds go to Spring Creek Matanzas Schools.
Cardboard Challenge April 22 @ Matanzas Start collecting cardboard boxes, do not send them in yet. This is a fun evening event at 6PM.
Welcome Jackie Elliot who was hired to be our crossing guard after school. Say hello to Jackie! Jackie is also one of our noon duty supervisors and one of our behavior intervention Check-in Check Out teachers. Thank you Spring Creek families for helping to be a part of the solution to our parking.
Proud Principal: See photo below!
When these students come up to the office, it makes me so happy. They get to sign the Proud Principal Poster, get a sticker that says, “My Principal is Proud of Me” and I have added a new happy dance when students come up. Seeing these students come up to the office looking so happy brightens my day and those who work in our office. Keep up the great work!
Upcoming Events:
March
9th SC STEM Museum This will be amazing.
10th Matanzas STEM Museum
10th- 2nd Grade Field Trip to Sonoma County Fairgrounds 8:30-11:55
11th 3rd Grade Tie Dye Day
23rd Disaster Drill
25th PTA Meeting General 6:30 Matanzas
26th 3rd Grade Field Trip to Charles Schultz Museum
27th - SSC / ELAC
TBA - Dine and Donate
April
3rd Fine Arts Day: We need volunteers
3rd Comedy Night Adults only Fundraiser @Matanzas
7th -District DELAC 9:00 at DO
10th- 2nd Grade Field trip to Safari West 8:30-2:00
13th SBAC Testing window opens 3rd-6th grades
15th Fire Drill
22nd Author Assembly Author/illustrator Chris Haughton
22 Cardboard Challenge-Start saving your boxes
30th 8:30-12 3rd Grade Field trip to Green Center
May
7th 1st Grade Field Trip to Armstrong Woods
8th 1st grade field trip Armstrong Woods 9:00-2:00
11th Earthquake/Fire Drill 2:00
20th Open House Mark your calendars!
22nd Performing Arts Day
25th - Memorial Day
26th-29th - Shortened Days
29th Last Day of School
Thank you for your understanding when receiving both emails and texts regarding the Cheetah Chatter Newsletter. Some of our families do not have computers or the internet. I send out information in a variety of ways to accommodate all families and to ensure that everyone receives the information.
Here is the link to this week’s flyers. https://www.rvusd.org/o/spring-creek/browse/75189
Warm Regards,
Shawne Kearney
Spring Creek Principal