The Thursday Post for February 11, 2010

Greetings CVES Community:

Tomorrow begins our four day weekend.  School will resume on Tuesday, February 16. Monday marks President's Day.  Start your weekend with a trip to our local Chick-Fil-A at Alpharetta Commons between and 5-8PM tonight. While you are enjoying your weekend, take the time to read the most recent PTA News.

The International Night 6-7 and Creek View ART SHOW 5-7:30 are both scheduled for March 3. Enjoy an evening of culture. Artwork will be on display and available for purchase.   


Parents of 5th Graders will be interested to learn more about the Promotion Ceremony and week long activities preceding promotion. There will also be a meeting for parents of rising 6th graders at WBMS Monday, March 15.

It’s that time of year to get our class basket together for the 2010 BASKET RAFFLE scheduled for Friday, March 19. For parents new to Creek View, basket raffle is an annual fund raiser that is a lot of fun for the entire family. Each class works with a theme and gathers items to build a cool basket loaded with goodies.  Please send in your donation by Friday, March 11th.

Posted Weekly:

Cheetah Chat February 4

Creek View ART SHOW

PTA News 2-11-2010

5th Grade Promotion Details

WBMS Parent Meeting

Dads and Donuts

Basket Raffle Announcement

International Night - March

Hardship Applications

After School ART

Chick-Fil_A TONIGHT!

Online Textbook Access

February Lunch Menu

February Activity Calendar

The Thursday Post for January 28

Dear Parents,

Shakespeare is in our midst as the annual student performance commences this Thursday. This year students perform the tragedy, Julius Caesar. Our active Environmental Committee received the "Idling Free School" designation for Creek View which means we, as a school reduced our carbon emission by reducing idling time in carpool! The newest effort to improve our world involves recycling your old kitchen towels in support of the Southern Hope Humane Society.Thank you for supporting this effort. Our Hats for Haiti Day raised over $2500 and our children are proud of the contributions they made. 

Dads and Donuts

This Dads and Donuts will be organized by last name.  This means a dad can take all of their children at the same time.  See the flyer below for details.

ROCK EAGLE

5th Graders must have their Rock Eagle field trip permission slips in no later than February 4.

Fulton County Schools maintain the FCSTV Channel 24
This station allows you to tune into school board meetings, child rearing shows and for teachers, you can watch best practices.  FCS would appreciate hearing from you about how best to improve their programming. You can contribute by clicking this SURVEY link.

Deadline is March 1 for Hardship Transfer Applications
Applications are now available for parents who wish to apply for a 2010-11 hardship transfer or to renew a current hardship to another Fulton elementary, middle or high school.The deadline for submitting a transfer application is March 1, 2010, by 4:30 p.m., with no exceptions or extensions granted. All requests must be received or postmarked by this date and time.Parents with questions should contact the Fulton County Schools’ Student Assignment Office by calling: 404-763-6801 or visit www.fultonschools.org/dept/studentplacement.

Posted Weekly:

• Puppy Love Pet Project
• PTA News
• Dads and Donuts
• Strep Notification Letter
• Yearbook Flyer
• International Night - March
• FCS TV 24 Parent Survey
• Hardship Applications
• Faculty email List
• Shakespeare Performance
• Hawks Thrashers Discount
• Online Textbook Access
• January Menu
• February Lunch Menu
• February Activity Calendar

 

The Thursday Post for December 17

Festivities abound and the children and spinning like tops with excitement and anticipation. Our Creek View staff wishes you and yours a warm, wonderful, wintry break! See you in 2010!  Happy New Year!

Important School News 

• PTA New 12/17
• Activity Calendar January
• Menu January
• Meal Plan Announcement
• Meal Plan Flyer

After School Activities

• World Language Institute
• 5-6 year-old Girls Softball
• After School Art

The Thursday Post for December 3

Dear Creek View Family,

The winter may be cold be we can look forward to a warm and lovable new student in 2010. Counselor, Chris Emerson and Teacher, Emily Duncan are getting a Therapy dog for Creek View!  Please read the flyer below for more information.  Today is our Cyber-Safety Assembly for grades 3-5.  Be sure to ask your students about it when they return home.  The calendar and activity schedules were in the last post.  All previous posts are stored and are searchable using keywords from the blog site.The CRCT practice site is up and running. 

CRCT online: http://www.georgiaoas.org/

Flyers:

• PTA Newsletter
• Welcome Therapy Dog
• Kindergarten Science Lab

 *Pictures are from the 2-3 grade night the business partner McDonalds on McGinnis Ferry.

The Thursday Post for November 12

Dear Parents,

We hope to see our entire Creek View family at the Fall Festival/Carnival this Saturday.  The weather is going to cooperate, ensuring a wonderful outdoor-family-event. Please enjoy the fruits of our collective labors by visiting all of the classroom booths, and the many other exciting activities for children. The students are very excited about the prospect of seeing their friends and teachers on the weekend! Creek View is collecting food items for the North Fulton Community Charities. Please allow your student to bring canned fruits and vegetables, boxed meals, plastic containers of peanut butter and jellies, cereals, quart ziplock bags, and diapers.  Anything non-perishable is welcomed. Student Council members are in the rotunda daily to collect and store items.  Thanks for supporting this worthwhile cause.  The NFCC is serving about 125 families each day through the food bank. Please take the time to read the invitation to the Internet Safety program. This is an issue of concern to every parent and student in the digital age. We hope to see you at the parent session.

• Idling costs you money

A popular misconception is that idling your car uses less gas than turning it off and restarting. The truth is, if you are going to be sitting more than 30 seconds, it is more fuel efficient to turn your engine off. Idling also causes more wear and tear on engine parts.

Please support Creek View’s No-Idling Zone and turn your car off while waiting to pick up your child(ren). Then we can all breathe easier. To learn more about air pollution, its effects and what you can do, visit CleanAirCampaign.org.

Flyers:

PTA Newsletter 11/12/09

Fall Festival Flyer 11/14/09

CVES Food Drive Dates

Internet Safety Assembly & Parents Session

Alpharetta Community Event

The Thursday Post for September 3

Dear Parents,

We are so pleased that all of you who are able to receive email have elected to receive communications via the web.  This is going to be a tremendous savings for Creek View and you will not be inundated with papers. Today it may not appear that the plan is working!  You have only two email links to pdf files and 5 different colorful flyers in your student's folder.  Never fear, we are working out some kinks in this process. 

Read this paragraph if you ever plan to create a flyer for distribution:

Essentially we all have to get used to the idea that any items submitted for distribution must be emailed to Mrs. Gerlich by Wednesday, approved for distribution by Admin. and then they can be uploaded and posted in your weekly Thursday Folder email announcement. With a little help, any document can be converted into a pdf file.  In fact if you use Google docs you don't even need to purchase Adobe Pdf Maker, so it's free. Other such services exist as well. In addition, hand written documents can be scanned as pdf files or embedded into documents and then turned into pdf files. Once the pdf has been approved, you would simply provide 100 copies that we could use for the handful of people who need them and as back up copies.

• Monthly PTA Newsletter, Creek View Connections
  
• Grade Levels will email/send their own newsletters at the beginning of each month.

IMPORTANT:
Fulton County District Web Message Just Release 1:28 PM

On September 8, President Barack Obama will host a special webcast directed to schoolchildren.

As you know, the Fulton County School System focuses on instruction and teaching the state’s new curriculum, the Georgia Performance Standards, so that students can achieve – and exceed – their personal and educational goals. Daily instructional time is a precious resource; therefore, schools are under no obligation to watch the hour-long address, either through the webcast or on CSPAN.

In the event a school plans to show the broadcast, parents will be notified ahead of time as well as be provided an opportunity to opt out their students through the form below. Although suggested lesson plans have been shared, they will not be used since they are not a part of the required state curriculum. No child will be penalized if he or she does not participate in the broadcast.

Families also have the option of watching the president’s remarks with their children outside of the school day, as the speech is expected to be available on both the White House (www.whitehouse.gov) and CSPAN (www.c-span.org) web sites after the broadcast.

Linda Anderson, Ph.D.
Deputy Superintendent for Instruction
Fulton County Schools

Opt Out Form - English Version  

Opt Out Form - Spanish Version

Annual Reflections Competition Details

PTA reps Corene Smith and Juliet Weaver co-chairing the Reflections program this year.  

These are the links you will need in order to help your child determine what and how they will enter:

• Reflections Dance Choreography
• Reflections Literature 
• Reflections Photography
•  Reflections Film Production
•  Reflections Musical Composition
•  Reflections Visual Arts Rules
  
  
  

For any additional information please contact these Corene or Juliet.

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