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Parents,

What a wonderful day we had today!  Our first annual Georgia Day at Sope Creek.  We learned so much, and reviewed a lot that we had learned during the year.  Many parents helped with this great day.  I certainly appreciate all that came to help or sent items in.  Sope Creek and the families of Sope Creek are the best!

I am placing the Last Week information here on the blog.  You received a paper copy on Wednesday.

Download Lively Lions' last week

I hope to see you all on Tuesday for our play.

Carole

Notes from the administration:

On behalf of the entire Sope Creek PTA, we wish to thank the many, many parent volunteers who gave their time and talent to make each of our enrichment and family fun events a huge success. We could not have done it without you. We hope you have a happy summer!

Barbara Dyck and Lisa McDougallPTA Co-Presidents

 It is hard to believe, but the PTA is already making plans for the new school year. We need volunteers to help in several areas:

Monday, August 3rd (8:30am - 12:30pm) - Volunteers needed to stuff PTA Membership packets and to deliver school supply packets to the classrooms. We will start at 8:30am, but volunteers are welcome any time. Sign up sheets are posted on the PTA office door (2nd grade hallway) or you can contact Lisa McDougall,

maclisa@comcast.net

.

Thursday, August 6th (one hours shifts, any time between 11:30am and 4:00pm) - Volunteers are needed to help at Meet and Greet. Please contact Sally Wright, szwright@bellsouth.net, if you are able to help.

Friday, August 7th - Volunteers are needed to help at the Teacher Back to School Luncheon. Help is needed any time between 10:30am and 1:00pm. Volunteers are also needed to donate drinks and/or desserts for the luncheon. Again, sign up sheets are posted on the PTA office door, or you can contact Lisa McDougall, maclisa@comcast.net.

Jessica R. Appleyard

Assistant Principal, Sope Creek

http://sopecreeklibrary.typepad.com/appleyard

More information

This is information from the administration.  I hope your weekend was nice.

Carole 

Turn in your Health and Nutrition Fruit and Veggie Consumption sheet on Monday!  We hope you had fun tracking all the colorful foods your child consumed during the week.

 

Box Top Betty says, “LAST BOX TOPS ARE DUE TUESDAY!  Thank you for making this the best Box Top collection year EVER!  Each Box Top Rewards Coupon is worth 10 cents to the school.  Remember to collect Box Tops all summer for next year’s collection.  Also, sign up for more deals at http://www.boxtops4education.com/AboutBoxTops/News.aspx

 

Papa John Pizza Night Tuesday – The Sope Creek Foundation’s last pizza night of the year is Tuesday.  Feed your family and earn money for the Foundation.  Let Papa John know you are from Sope Creek and turn in your receipt on Wednesday to the Sope Creek Foundation.

 

This year's Awards Days are slightly different from the dates posted on the PTA Calendar.  If your child is going to receive be recognized on Awards Day, you will receive an invitation from their teacher. To check on Awards Day Dates and Times: http://sopecreeklibrary.typepad.com/blogs/

 

If you are a parent of a 4th grader, you know that Pioneer Day is Monday, May 11th.  Volunteers are still needed for full (8:30am - 2:10pm) and half day (8:30am - 11:30am or 11:45am - 2:10pm) shifts.  If you are not able to volunteer your time, food donations (specifics to follow at a later date) for the "Hospitality Room"  are also needed.  If you are able to help in either way, please contact Sarajane Fletcher, sjfletcher@hotmail.com. 

 

2nd Grade Georgia Day is Friday May 15th and volunteers are still needed.  This is a new curriculum enrichment program and we are excited to present all the wonderful history and unique aspects of Georgia to our 2nd Graders.  Please contact Tracy Pickens (tonksy@gmail.com) if you can volunteer.  It will be a great learning opportunity for all involved.

 

 

Jessica R. Appleyard

Lively Happenings

Dear Parents,

I'm sure field day was great.  I'm sorry I missed it.  The activites are always so much fun and appropriate for the second graders.  Thank all of you who sent things in or manned a station.  You are all appreciated. 

An information letter will be coming home about our last week of school on Wednesday,  It will have all the exciting things that we will be doing during that last week.  A heads up-We will be exchanging books one day.  If your child has a chapter book that they have read,  they can bring it on Tuesday of the last week anad exchange it for a book another friend has brought.  Expect the letter on Wednesday!

Our newsletter follows:

Download Newsletter 31

Lively Happenings

Parents,

Check out our Lively Happenings newsletter.  Have a wonderful weekend

Download Newsletter 30

Information about Penny Wars:

Penny Wars is a game to be competed between homerooms. The object is to get as many points as possible during the "war." The money raised during the penny war will be donated to the American Cancer Society!

• The project will run for THREE, CONSECUTIVE SCHOOL DAYS ( MAY 5-7)
• Each home room or class will have a labeled container (labels will be placed in your boxes Friday, homeroom teachers are to provide containers, milk jug pitcher or large container).
• The containers will be placed in the lunch room in the mornings from 7:20-7:50.
• Students put their pennies in their class' container. One point is received for every penny in the container.
• Classes may put other coins and paper currency into the containers of OTHER classes. Each silver coin or bill reduces the number of points from that container by the amount of the coin. (e.g. a nickel reduces the points by five, a dime by ten, a dollar by 100, etc...) This is where strategy counts. Have fun with it, but don’t put anything other than pennies in your own containers!
• Containers are emptied and counted daily by homeroom parent volunteers, which will be arranged for you. The total monetary amount of silver coins and paper currency is deducted from the total number of pennies for the day.  The daily winners will be announced that afternoon AND a banner will be placed over your door to note that you are the winner for the day. 
• Thank you for your participation and enthusiasm with our Second Annual Penny War! Be sure to get your students involved in this healthy competition and remember this is all for a FANTASTIC cause!

From the Administration:

Please update your blogs with this information from the PTA- Thanks! Becky

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Thursday, May 7th from 9:00- 10:30 - Kindergarten Sneak a Peek.

If you or someone you know is a parent of a rising Kindergartner, please be sure to join us for the Kindergarten Sneak a Peek.

The student will get a taste of what his/her new school will be like while parents will be given the opportunity to learn more about Sope Creek and all it has to offer.

Friday, May 8th is Field Day.

The week of May 4th - 8th is "Eat Your Fruits and Veggies Week" at Sope Creek. Students will have an opportunity to track their fruit and vegetable intake and enter the results into a drawing for a special prize. One winner per grade level will be announced on Monday, May 11th. During the week of May 4th - 8th, students should track their fruit and veggie consumption. Tracking forms are available on both the Sope Creek blog and the Sope Creek PTA blog. All forms should be turned into the front office on the morning of Monday, May 11th. Please contact Natalie Rogers,

fluffyjune@yahoo.com or Robin Zeldin, rrzeldin@aol.com with any questions.

The Sope Creek Community Outreach PTA Committee is currently taking applications for the Dr. Karen Looft Memorial Scholarship. Any Walton or Wheeler graduating senior who is also a Sope Creek alumni is eligible to receive this award. Additional details as well as the application are available on the following site: http://sopecreeklibrary.typepad.com/pta_events/2008/03/community-outre.html. The due date is May 15th.

CALENDAR UPDATES!

As the year has progressed, we have had to make some changes to the published PTA Calendar. Please make the following revisions:

Thursday, May 7th: Kindergarten Sneak-a-Peek 9:00- 10:30

Friday, May 8th: Field Day | Rain Date: Wednesday, May 13th

Awards Days:

Thursday, May 14th: 1st & 2nd Grades

Monday, May 18th: 3rd & 4th Grades

Relay for Life/Braves:

This week is your last chance to buy a raffle ticket to see a Braves game this summer! For only $10 you can buy a raffle to win tickets to a game on May 15, June 5 or June 26! Please support your Relay for Life team! The drawing for our winners will be Friday, May 8th! Don't miss out!

Extra information

This is extra information for you:

The Braves raffle for Relay for Life:

Raffle tickets for the Braves game are on sale now through May 8th. For $10 a raffle ticket you have the chance to win 4 tickets to see the Red Sox or the Brewers or 2 tickets to see the Diamondbacks. For $25, you can get one raffle per game! Please check the Sope Creek Blog for more information or stop by the front office for an order form. The drawing will be held on May 8th, so purchase your raffle tickets today! Thanks for support SC's Relay for Life Team.

Lively Happenings

We had a wonderful testing week.  Everyone was here everyday.

Thanks

Check out the newsletter:

Download Newsletter 29

From the administration:

APRIL 27 – MAY 1 EVENTS

Monday

-Last day of CRCT’s!

Tuesday

-BOX TOPS DUE

-3rd Grade Earth Day Celebration – another great program sponsored by the Sope Creek PTA.

-SOPE CREEK FAMILY BRAVES NIGHT! Our Sope Creek Chorus has been selected to sing The National Anthem. .

Wednesday

-LAST BIRTHDAY BOOK CLUB

Thursday

-PTA OFFICER ELECTIONS 8am in the café

-Kindergarten Program 8:10am in the café

Friday

-Career Day

-Presale Packets Due

CALENDAR UPDATES:

As the year has progressed, we have had to make some changes to the published PTA Calendar. Please make the following revisions:

Thursday, May 7th: Kindergarten Sneak-a-Peek

Friday, May 8th: Field Day | Rain Date: Wednesday, May 13th

Awards Days:

Thursday, May 14th: 1st & 2nd Grades

Monday, May 18th: 3rd & 4th Grades

Wednesday, May 20th: 5th Grade

Jessica R. Appleyard

Assistant Principal, Sope Creek

The special day for me was wonderful.  The learning lions are the best.  I got great cards, some lovely flowers, and nice note sheets.  I want to thank the class for the nice gift certificate to Bed Bath and Beyond.  I look forward to using it.  You all all the best!

Our Newsletter:
   
  

Dear Parents,

 

          This letter will be in place of the Lively Happenings’ Newsletter for the week of April 20th.  Next week will be a little different due to the CRCT.  We will be testing on Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday mornings.  Hopefully all will be well next week.  It is very important that no one is tardy.  Children not at school or late will have to take the test at another time and in another place, not our classroom.  Our boys and girls should do fine on this test.  Please make sure they are rested and feed on these test days, especially.  Hungry or tired children will not be able to do their best.  They brought home some test buster ideas on Friday.  Please look over these with your child.  Encourage your child to do their Personal Best, take their time, and listen carefully to all instructions. 

          We will continue to have lessons in several subjects after the testing time, but we want the days to be as stress free as possible.  There will be no homework for the week.  This week would be a great time to add a number of minutes to our reading logs.  What a way to relax in the evening!   We will be doing some fun activities, and thanks to some of you wonderful parents, we will have a treat following the testing each day.

          In the afternoon each day, we will be doing a lifecycle rotation with other second grade classrooms.  In our classroom we already studied the turtle.  We will learn about the lifecycles of 5 other living things.  This is such a fun and informative rotation.

          If you were to be a helper parent or a story parent, those are both cancelled for the week.  If you would like to reschedule, please let me know, and I will fit you in another week.

                                                                                      Thank you,

                                                                                      Carole

 

Specials:     Monday     Tuesday     Wednesday     Thursday     Friday

                    

Music

                 

PE

                       PE                          Art              Tech

 

From the administration:

CRCT Testing begins on TUESDAY!!! Please make sure your student is rested, on time, and has a healthy breakfast! More information can be found on the Sope Creek blog.

The week of April 20 - 24 is "Turn off the TV" week. This will be a great opportunity for families to turn off their TV's, computers and video games and spend some quality time playing board games, taking a walk or just talking.

Friday, April 24th is the last TGIF of the year. Please bring your family and friends to the Chuck E. Cheese on Roswell Road from 3:00pm - 9:00pm for some fun while FUNraising. This is a great way to support our school.

Friday, April 24th is Spirit Day.

Please make a note of the following important changes to the Sope Creek calendar:

Thursday, May 7th: Kindergarten Sneak-a-Peek

Friday, May 8th: Field Day Rain Date: Wednesday, May 13th

Awards Days:

Thursday, May 14th: 1st and 2nd

Monday, May 18th: 3rd and 4th

Wednesday, May 20th: 5th

Jessica R. Appleyard

Assistant Principal, Sope Creek

Lvely Happenings

Dear Parents,

This will be a short note in place of the Lively Happenings Sheet this week.  I know many of you are going out of town or are doing special things while you stay in town.  Please encourage your child to read daily while out of school.  I am sending a stapled packet of math papers to use as you wish.  These are multiplication and division sheets that we did not use.  They can be used to review, but no need to send them back in.  They are extras!

No behavior sheet came home this week.  I know this may be hard to keep up with and remember where you put it.

If you have time please remember to go over CRCT Reviews on line.  We will be practicing some here at school during the first week back after the Spring Break.  The test will begin the next week (April 21).  It will be very important that your child is here on time each day.  It is hard to have to take a make-up test with a different teacher.

Thank you for all that you do each day to make our school days go quite smoothly.  I hope you have a wonderful week with your family doing whatever you are going to do together.

Carole Lively

From the administration:

Tuesday, April 14th is Papa John's Pizza Night. When placing your order, please remember to mention Sope Creek. In addition, please remember to send in the sticker, that shows the amount spent, to school the next day.

A Lunch and Learn featuring Jeff Dess will be held Thursday, April 16th from 11:30am - 12:30pm in the Media Center.

Jessica R. Appleyard

Assistant Principal, Sope Creek

http://sopecreeklibrary.typepad.com/appleyard

Lively Happenings

Have a lovely first spring weekend.

   Carole

 

Download Newsletter 27

 

From the Administration:

Got Milk?  The PTA Health and Nutrition Committee needs volunteers to help with their "Got Milk?" campaign going on all next week (3/23 - 3/27).  They need people during lunch to randomly hand out pencils and stickers to children who are drinking either milk or soy milk.  If you are available to help, or would like more information, please contact Robin Zeldin, rrzeldin@aol.com. 

 

Monday, March 23rd - The PTA Health and Nutrition Committee is hosting a Lunch and Learn from 11am - 12pm in the Media Center. The topic is "Litterless Lunches". Please come to learn how to create lunches that are nutritious, delicious and eco-friendly. Please contact Natalie Rogers,

fluffyjune@yahoo.com, with any questions.

Tuesday, March 24th - Box Tops due. This is a fun and easy way to raise money for Sope Creek...one dime at a time!

Wednesday, March 25th - Birthday Book Club will be held at 7:20am in the Media Center.

Quack, quack the ducks are back! Mark your calendars. The Kids Care Club will once again be selling those cute rubber ducks. They will be available for purchase on Tuesday, March 31st at 7:20am for grades K through 2, and Wednesday, April 1st at 7:20am for grades 3 through 5.

Jessica R. Appleyard

Assistant Principal, Sope Creek

http://sopecreeklibrary.typepad.com/appleyard

I hope to see many of you at the Fun Run!

Please read the Lively Happenings Sheet.

Download Newsletter 26

News for the office:

FRIDAY, 3.20.09 IS ART DAY – GOGHING GREEN! One of the most creative days of the year! Extra hands are always needed! Please contact Bonnie Fishman if you would care to volunteer or if you can drop of a food item for all the guests who will be educating and entertaining our students.

Also make sure your students wear the appropriate color to school for Friday’s student performance art picture:

MAKE SURE TO BRING YOUR SHIRT IN BY WEDNESDAY MARCH 18 and have it ready at school. Grade shirt color assignments are as follows:

kindergarten – White

First Grade -- Green

Second Grade -- White

Third Grade -- Green

Fourth Grade -- White

Fifth Grade -- Green

If you have any questions, please contact Bonnie Fishman at 770-303-0704 or email

ARTDAY09@aol.com

***PLEASE NOTE THAT THE ART SHOW SCHEDULED FOR FRIDAY EVENING AT 6PM HAS BEEN CANCELLED – We hope you had a chance to see your child’s art hanging in the school during the Fun Run. ***

We want to thank the students and parents here at Sope Creek. Our Clean Air Campaign has paid off, and now we all can breathe easier. The percentage of idling cars has greatly decreased since the first count that was made in October. In October 55.2% of the cars waiting for student pick-up were idling as they waited. Last week the percentage of idling cars in the car pool line was 11.2%. What a difference! Please continue to keep the air around our school clean. Thanks!

Jessica R. Appleyard

Assistant Principal, Sope Creek

http://sopecreeklibrary.typepad.com/appleyard