G5 Life

Walkathon 2017

Walkathon 2017 is officially in the books.  Students did an awesome walking, running, skipping, and just hanging out with their friends and family!  Special shout out to all the parents/community members who helped make this event successful!  Pictures are coming!

G5LTW!

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Our Class...

Science News

Welcome our newest G5 Teacher... Ms. Spurgeon!

5^th grade families,

I’m pleased to announce that we have a new teacher joining our 5^th grade teaching ranks.  Mira Spurgeon was just hired on Wednesday in a part time capacity and will teach science to the students in Mr. Regala and Ms. Stover’s 5^th grade classrooms.  Mira formerly taught 5th grade in the Lake Washington school district and is a product of BSD having attended Stevenson, Odle and Interlake.  Mira is excited to be joining the Cherry Crest community and working with your children.  Ms. Spurgeon can be reached through email at [email protected].

Walkathon 2017

Families,

You should have received a Walk a Thon/FUNdraising Festival packet in your child’s home/communication folder last Friday.

The Walkathon, on top of being a fundraiser, has also always been a great event for kids and families that brings the Comm(UNITY) together at the beginning of the school year, allows families to get to know each other AND have FUN. As in years past, students will walk during the afternoon recess and afterschool from 2:30 – 3:45. This year, the students and families are invited to stick around to enjoy a Festival from 4-6 pm.  Carnival games, a DJ and food trucks are just a few of the fun things in store!

Your child needs a permission slip in order to participate in the walkathon (remember we walk also during recess as a classroom). If you haven’t done so already, please complete the online permission slip.  Here is the link: http://walkathon.cherrycrest-ptsa.org

Below, please find a Signup Genius link should you wish to volunteer your time at this year's Walkathon and Family FUNdraiser Festival on Friday, September 29th. http://www.signupgenius.com/go/30e0d4daeab2fa1ff2-walkathon2

Whether you are there volunteering or walking and playing with your child, we hope to see you at this year’s Walk-A-Thon and Festival Fundraiser!

The Walkathon is a PTSA-sponsored family event and fundraiser that supports the bulk of the PTSA's working budget for the year. Here at Cherry Crest, all the field trips, special workshops, and presenters are provided for free to students through Cherry Crest PTSA.

Please consider donating to your PTSA so we can keep hosting fun events and provide education support/enhancement in the classroom: https://ccelementaryptsa.schoolauction.net/wat2017

Karin Hargrove & Tobi Kirsch
PTSA Walkathon co-chairs
[email protected]

G5 Leads the Way! Forward march!

  Senora Toni, Mrs Stover, and I are looking forward to an awesome year!  Now go forth and do great things!! G5LTW!

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End of Week 3 Update

Hi all,

Happy Weekend!  Our first full week and I think it’s safe to say, we’re all a little tired!  Thank you for all of you who were able to make it to Curriculum Night on Tuesday.  We had a great turn out!  It’s going to be a fantastic year and we’re looking forward to our partnership with you to make this a successful year for your child.  Here’s an update for the end of Week 3:

1. Progress Reports: Starting this coming Friday, your child will bring home his/her Individualized Progress Report to show work completion and behavior at school.
2. Picture Day (and forms!):  Picture Day is next Friday, September 22nd.  Picture order forms should have come home with your child today.  If you need another form, please stop by the front office.  Please return the forms to me next week.
3. Conferences:  Conferences will start in November.  More info on signups will come soon.
4. Community Service Projects:  If you have an older child who has gone through G5 at Cherry Crest, you know that Mrs. Stover and I are big on community outreach and service learning.   The impact within students goes far beyond their 5^th grade year; it helps instill a desire to help others in our local community and the world in the years ahead.  This year, we will be doing some type of community service project each month, starting in October.  Throughout the year, this may include canned food drives for Hopelink, candy drive for Operation Gratitude, book drive for the local organization Page Ahead, Tiny Superheroes, Charity:Water, Humane Society, Schools for Salone, acts of kindness etc.  More information to come!
5. Here’s a link to some headshots I took of the students for class.  Feel free to download your child’s picture.  If you don’t see their picture, they may have been absent and I will add their picture soon.  http://regalaphotography.com/p1059816910
6. G5 Calendar: http://allstarlearners.typepad.com/my_weblog/g5-calendar-.html

Classroom blog:  As a reminder, if you “Follow” the classroom blog, you will receive an email each time I make a new post.  Please make sure you familiarize yourself with the homepage and other pages on the blog (calendar, resources etc.) as I will be relaying important information to families on the website. http://allstarlearners.typepad.com/my_weblog/

G5LTW!

Thanks!

Bon