Dear Spring Creek Families,
I am so grateful to be leading Spring Creek Elementary. I absolutely love your children. Our teachers and staff are so committed to the educational and social emotional needs of our students. Thank you for welcoming me to the Spring Creek Cheetah family. I wish you and your family the happiest of holidays.
Our character theme for the month of December is Respect and for the month of January we will focus on Communication.
This Friday is Ugly Holiday Sweater Day. Wear you holiday sweaters and show your school spirit.
Food Drive: Thank you for your food and gift card donations. Our PTA has organized all the food into bags and our Spring Creek/Matanzas families who need help will benefit from the food you donated.
STEAM NIGHT This Tuesday Dec. 17th: STEAM stands for science, technology, engineering, arts, and math. Your students will have a wonderful night of exploration and hands-on activities. Join us at Matanzas from 6- 7:30, Teachers and volunteers will be facilitating the activities. This will be a fun night.
Variety Show Deadline to sign up is this Thursday, Dec.19th: Is your student interested in sharing their talent at our Variety Show?. Information was sent home last week.
Variety Show Schedule Rehearsals are AFTER school
Practice at Spring Creek January 9th 3pm-4:15
Practice at Spring Creek January 13th 3pm-4:15pm
Dress Rehearsal at Spring Creek January 16th 3pm-4:30pm
Show at Spring Creek January 17th 6:00 pm
All acts must attend all rehearsals unless arrangements are made beforehand. Contact daltonfamilyof5@gmail.com if you need to set up a separate rehearsal time.
Dress rehearsal on the 16th is mandatory.
Variety Show will be on Jan. 17th at 6PM
Parking Reminders: Please follow the parking rules. PLEASE!
Parking at Beth Ami Church: Spring Creek families can only park in the far west parking lot that is closest to Whole Foods, not the parking lot near the Beth Ami preschool. We are fortunate that they share their parking lot with us.
Staff parking lot is for staff and handicap only. We have staff coming and going all day. Our after school daycare employees arrive at the end of school and they need to be able to get into the lot to park.
I am very concerned: Students and parents are jaywalking. Parents are encouraging their children to run across the street without going to the cross walk. I am so worried that one of our students/families will get injured. To complicate this, we still have parents who are making U turns in the middle of the street and in our staff parking lot. This has to stop!!!! PLEASE! Our campus opens at 7:45 and supervision is provided for students a half hour before school. Please leave home earlier so you are not in a rush. Please be kind to our staff and volunteers who are helping to keep our students safe.
A Solution in the DropOff/Pick Up: Please pull up all the way to the very front of the white zone when you arrive. If someone in front of you pulls forward, please do the same.The white zone is meant to be a very quick drop off and pick up. No braiding and combing hair, watching videos on your phone. Please do not park and leave your car.THIS IS A QUICK DROP OFF AND PICK UP ONLY! People complain about the frustration they feel with the drop off/pick up zone, so we all need to help. We are a TEAM. Thank you for your cooperation. We really appreciate it.
Parking Volunteers: Help Needed
We are looking for volunteers to help monitor drop off/pick up in front of the school. Even if you can only commit to one day or one morning or afternoon, we would appreciate your help. Please contact our office manager, Sarah Hall and let her know that day/s you would like to help.
Rainy Days: If it is raining at the start of school, students will go to the MPR to watch age appropriate G rated cartoons/movies beginning at 7:45 AM. If it is raining during recesses, students will have indoor recess. If it is lightly drizzling, students will play outside.
Upcoming Events:
December
17th STEAM NIGHT 6:00 Matanzas
20th Cheetah Awards for RESPECT @8:20-9:00
23rd -3rd of Jan. Winter Break
January
1st-3rd - Winter Break
6th School in Session Early release 1:42
9th TK information Night at the district office 17th - PTA Variety Show
20th - Martin Luther King Jr. Day
22nd - PTA General Meeting 6:30 Spring Creek
23rd Earthquake Drill 2:00
24th Cheetah Awards and Anti Bullying Assembly 8:20-9:00
29th 2nd Grade Field Trip to LBC at 9:30
February
3rd ELPAC Testing Window opens
4th-District DELAC 9:00 at DO
6th CERTIFICATED STAFF MEETING
7th - End of Trimester 2
7th SSC/7:30 ELAC meeting 8:45 SC Library
7th-Valentine Social (Do not schedule any other events that conflict)
10th & 17th - Lincoln’s Birthday / President’s Day
11th- Science Facilitator Meeting at DO
12th Fire Drill @1:30 (recess)
21st Performing Arts Spring Creek 28th - Report cards home
24th Cheetah Awards Assembly
TBA - Dine and Donate
It is important for you to look at this link. 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