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PTA President Message A PUBLICATION OF SETTLES BRIDGE ELEMENTARY PTA The Orbiter Volume 17, Issue 1 Dear Settles Bridge Families, Welcome back to another wonderful school year at Settles Bridge Elementary. This will be my ninth and final year at Settles Bridge and I am looking forward to making SBE the best school possible before I depart. I am so lucky to have the help of an amazingly talented Executive Board that includes Meghna Singh, Annie Singh, Meg Barnard, Rebecca Hall, Tracy Kelley, Chenin Kemmerlin, Kate Sharer and Andrea Schulke. Together, and with the help of so many dedicated parents, administrators and teachers, we will improve the educational opportunities and environment of our school for all of our children. We also plan to make sure you all have a lot of fun in the process! The SBE PTA does one major fundraising drive at the beginning of each school year. It is our Support Our Stars campaign and it simply asks that you join PTA and give a donation in the amount in which you feel comfortable. We will not be having other fundraisers throughout the year, so if you have not yet joined PTA, but want to help us have a successful year, please join and send in a check with your student. Your donations will allow us to continue funding essential software programs like IXL and Raz kids, providing teacher grants, funding our new ini- tiative, Project Recharge, and many other programs that im- prove the education of our students every day. While we will not have another fundraising campaign, we will be having a lot of fun events throughout the year such as our monthly Spirit Nights at area restaurants, movie night at SBE, mother-son night at Get Air Johns Creek, our annual Father- daughter dance and of course the famous SBE Spring Fling. We hope that you will join us throughout the year at these enter- taining events. The SBE PTA has made some amazing im- provements to SBE over the years such as building the Science Lab and completely renovating the media center and we will continue to be good stewards of your generous donations by improving the academic environment of our school. Erika Johnson SBE PTA President
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Volume 17, Issue 1
Dear Settles Bridge Families,
Welcome back to another wonderful school year at Settles Bridge Elementary. This will be my ninth and final year at Settles Bridge and I am looking forward to making SBE the best school possible before I depart. I am so lucky to have the help of an amazingly talented Executive Board that includes Meghna Singh, Annie Singh, Meg Barnard, Rebecca Hall, Tracy Kelley, Chenin Kemmerlin, Kate Sharer and Andrea Schulke. Together, and with the help of so many dedicated parents, administrators and teachers, we will improve the educational opportunities and environment of our school for all of our children. We also plan to make sure you all have a lot of fun in the process!
The SBE PTA does one major fundraising drive at the beginning of each school year. It is our Support Our Stars campaign and it simply asks that you join PTA and give a donation in the amount in which you feel comfortable. We will not be having other fundraisers throughout the year, so if you have not yet joined PTA, but want to help us have a successful year, please join and send in a check with your student. Your donations will allow us to continue funding essential software programs like IXL and Raz kids, providing teacher grants, funding our new ini-tiative, Project Recharge, and many other programs that im-prove the education of our students every day.
While we will not have another fundraising campaign, we will be having a lot of fun events throughout the year such as our monthly Spirit Nights at area restaurants, movie night at SBE, mother-son night at Get Air Johns Creek, our annual Father-daughter dance and of course the famous SBE Spring Fling. We hope that you will join us throughout the year at these enter-taining events. The SBE PTA has made some amazing im-provements to SBE over the years such as building the Science Lab and completely renovating the media center and we will continue to be good stewards of your generous donations by improving the academic environment of our school.
Erika Johnson
SBE PTA President
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Schedule of Events
9/1 Room Mom Meeting
9/7 Labor Day-No school
9/8 Executive Board Mtg. 9:00 am
9/11 All Pro Dads 6:50am
9/17 Spirit Night Zaxby’s
5-8pm
9/24 Reflections entries due
7-10 am
9/28-10/3 Fall Break
Upcoming PTA Events and Calendar
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10/9 All Pro Dads 6:50am
10/13 Executive Board Mtg 9am
10/15 Spirit Night Chick-fil-A
Johns Creek 5-8pm
10/15 Box Tops Due
10/16-10/22 Fall Book Fair
10/16 PTA Movie Night 7pm
10/19 Reflections Gallery Night
6pm SBE Cafeteria
10/21 PTA Sponsored Staff Luncheon
10/21-22 Early Release Days 11:50
10/23 NO SCHOOL
* All dates subject to change.
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General Announcements
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Visit our new SBE PTA Website
www.sbepta.net Be sure you visit and bookmark our new PTA website. At any point throughout the school year you can refer to our site to get up to date information on upcoming PTA events, find ways to volunteer your time, download forms, and more. We are happy to take any suggestions you may have to improve on our new site. Email the PTA board at [email protected]
Follow us on Facebook
For those families that are up on social media, follow us on Facebook. Once you are a member of Facebook, simply search for “Settles Bridge Elem PTA” and re-quest to join our closed group. It’s a great place where we can all share information about PTA and SBE related events and share ideas.
Enjoy this Special Offer from our Platinum Level Partner in Education
Castle Car Wash…Details coming!!
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Box Tops for Education Contest 1st Collection Deadline is October 15th
If you throw away unclipped Box Tops, you are throwing away money for our school! An easy way to help support our school is through the Box Tops for Education Program. Each Box Top is worth 10 cents. The money is given to our school to buy items to
support our teachers and students at SBE. Simply clip the Box Tops emblem from participating products packaging and send them in on a collection sheet (download a collection sheet here) or in a baggie labeled with your child’s name, grade and teacher
by Thursday, October 15th to be eligible for our 1st contest of the school year. The two students that submit the most box tops will earn a prize and the two top classrooms will each a class party. Box Tops can be found on product labels on foods and goods you probably already have in your home. Some more popular brands include: Betty Crocker, General Mills, Pillsbury, GoGurt, Ziploc,
Kleenex, Scotts and Hanes. You can find more information about the program on the Box Tops for Education Website (www.boxtops4education.com).
Help us meet this year’s goal of $3000. We can do it! If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact either Teresa at
[email protected] or Rebecca at [email protected].
Project Recharge
Recharging the Body to Fuel the Mind
This year, SBE PTA turns its focus outside. With Project Recharge, the PTA is looking to raise funding to improve the outside recess areas around SBE. We are so excited that we can make this improvement for our children’s
learning environment.
CHILDREN NEED RECESS
As we know, learning isn’t done entirely in the classroom. According to the Official Journal of the American Academy of Pediatrics, “recess is a crucial and necessary component of a child’s devel-opment.” An article from January 2013, The Crucial Role of Recess in School, concludes that re-cess makes children more attentive and more productive in the classroom. Periodic active play breaks during the academic day optimizes children and young adolescents’ cognitive processing abilities significantly. In light of this research, the PTA, in conjunction with the SBE administra-tion, are working to update and improve our outdoor recess areas. We are looking to update our playground structures, address the ongoing issue around our grass areas and ensure each grade has a specific and safe area to get outside, get some fresh air and recharge themselves for better and improved learning in the classroom.
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General Announcements
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SBE PTA Membership Settles Bridge Elementary PTA is a not-for-profit organization Tax Exempt ID# 58-2490920
The PTA Membership Committee
would like to thank all of the SBE
families that have joined the
PTA. Without you, we could not
accomplish our goals of improv-
ing the playground areas, sup-
porting our teachers, and sup-
porting our students like IXL and
RAZ kids.
It is not too late to join the PTA for
this school year. As a school
community, we can help the ad-
ministration, teachers and staff
continue to make SBE a wonder-
ful learning environment for our
children. We encourage every
family to become a PTA mem-
ber. Together, we can make a
difference!
“SUPPORT SBE STARS” PTA Membership &
Fundraising form. Your donation to SBE
PTA is tax deductible.
Visit the Project RECHARGE webpage to
see photos and receive status updates
throughout the year.
As of 9/6/2015:
423 families have become
SBE PTA Members
Halfway there!!!
(Goal: 850 families)
Help Wanted
Volunteers Needed
We love our volunteers and could not accomplish what we do around the halls of Settles Bridge without the dedication and devotion of so many parents. We know your time is ex-tremely precious and understand free time in today’s world is fleeting. That is why vol-unteering at your child’s school serves double duty – you can help to enrich the environment where your kids learn while being present at the school to see them and maybe even catch that sweet smile. If you have even as little as 30 minutes, we would love to have you help.
We have all kinds of jobs from big to small – but none are any less important than the other.
Please consider helping us this school year… we promise it will be worth your while!
Volunteer Link
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Kid’s Corner!
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Hey Stars, what do you think about your first month of school?
It has been a month since our children have been in school. That amounts to
22 days
144 hours
1 half day
10 P.E. classes
3 rounds of Specials Classes
So we thought, what do the kids think of school so far? Here’s what they had to say
Dylan, of Mrs. Brown’s 5th Grade says his favorite thing so far is… “that Mrs. Brown has been really nice!”
Tommy, of Mr. Strang’s 2nd Grade reports that his “… favorite thing
about school so far is reading.”
Lyndsay and Lizzy of Mr. Pennington’s 5th Grade
Lyndsay likes math because Mr. Pennington teaches in a fun way.
Lizzy likes “social studies the most because we got to learn about the Civil War and it was really interesting.”
“My most favorite thing so far has been making new friends,” reports Srikar of Mrs. Helland’s 4th Grade.
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Committee Announcements
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Does your child have a big imagination? Do they like to paint? draw? dance? Are they crea-tive? Do they have an eye for photography? Are they musically inclined? If the answer is
yes, then we have a PTA arts contest to spotlight these talents. Reflections is a PTA spon-sored arts recognition program. Students in ALL grades (including kindergarten) may par-ticipate. This year’s theme is “Let Your Imagination Fly” and students are encouraged to
come up with creative ways to interpret this through the arts. Students may submit one or more works of art in these six areas: Dance Choreography, Film/Video Production, Musical Composition, Literature, Photography, and Visual Arts. (Note: In the Visual Arts category, we are now accepting 3-D entries, including sculpture, models, etc. Please see the Rules for
more details)
Reflections entries must be dropped off on Thursday, September 24 from 7:00 AM - 10:00 AM in the SBE Cafeteria. Parents are responsible for submitting their student's entry. We will not accept late entries after September 24th. All entries need to have a Student En-
try form completed and submitted with their artwork. Please go to Settles Bridge PTA website at www.sbepta.net for more information and to download the following important
forms: Reflections General Rules, Student Entry Form, and Category Descriptions & Rules.
If you have questions, contact Valerie Anders at [email protected] or Rebecca Hall at [email protected].
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Committee Annoucements
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Order your yearbook today! The price is only $38.00 until October 10th. Go to
www.jostensyearbooks.com.
Yearbook recognition ads are a great way for parents, families, and friends to commemorate stu-dent achievements and important milestones. To purchase your ad online, go to www.jostens.com/yearbookads.
All ad orders must be placed online by 11/16/2015.
Order your Yearbook today!
Mother and Son Night
Save the Date!
Friday November 13th
6 - 8 pm at Get Air Johns Creek
Moms get ready to jump, bounce and play with your sons at this year's Mother and Son Night.
Settles Bridge will have exclusive use of the entire facility during the event, but space is limited to 300 jumpers and tickets will be priced at an in-credible value! Look for ticket order forms to be
sent home towards the end of October. Can't wait
to see you there!
September 17th at Zaxby’s
Dinner plans made easy! What I love most about Spirit Nights is that there is one less dinner to plan out during the school week. Go ahead and mark it on your calendar and plan to have dinner with us at Zaxby’s on Thursday, September 17th. A portion of the night’s proceeds will come back directly to Set-tles Bridge. I know many of you may be headed to the Braves Game to watch our Settles Bridge Chorus sing the national anthem, then plan to drive thru and
pick up Zaxby’s to go.
Save The Date
5th grade is hosting
MOVIE NIGHT
October 16th
7pm
For ALL SBE families
Book Fair
October 16-21
It will be here before you know it and as
in every year we need volunteers!!!
Volunteer Link
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Supporting Our Local Businesses The SBE PTA wants to extend its gratitude to all our local businesses that have already part-nered in some way with Settles Bridge. Without our Partners In Education (PIE), many of the much-needed improvements over the years, such as the recently completed enhancements to our Media Center, would not have been possible. We are so grateful for our Partner’s support as they help to enrich our students’ educational experience. Let’s all work together to support
our local business community.
Are You a Local Business Owner?
If you have a local business, or work for a company who is interested in supporting our school, please email or call me to get your business partnered up with SBE and our Stars.
Chenin Kemmerlin
Partners in Education Chair
678-357-9808
Platinum Sponsors
Spirit Night Sponsors
3130 Mathis Airport Drive
Cumming, GA 30024
(678) 860-8888
www.marcos.com
3975 Lakefield Ct.
Suwanee, GA 30024
(678) 860-8888
http://getairjohnscreek.com
3125 Mathis Airport Pkwy.,
Suwanee, GA 30024
(678) 455-3377
www.zaxbys.com
2615 Peachtree Pkwy Ste 140, Suwanee, GA 30024
(678) 947-0540
http://store.tcby.com/home/brookwoodmarketplace
3643 Peachtree Parkway
Suwanee, GA
(770) 813-1594
www.chick-fil-a.com/johnscreek
2015-2016 SBE PTA Executive Board
2015-2016 SBE PTA Executive
Board
President: Erika Johnson
Secretary: Annie Singh
Treasurer: Meghna Singh
Vice President: Meg Barnard
Vice President: Rebecca Hall
Vice President: Tracy Kelley
Vice President:Chenin Kemmerlin
Vice President: Kate Sharer
VP Communications:
Andrea Schulke
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About the SBE PTA Newsletter...
The purpose of the SBE PTA Newsletter is to communicate information on a monthly basis to parents, teachers and staff about upcoming PTA sponsored events, arts/literature programs and general announcements. It is just one of the ways SBE PTA helps you stay informed about what’s happening at SBE. Current issues of the SBE PTA Newsletter are available on the PTA Newsletter webpage of the PTA Website. For questions/comments/suggestions, email Andrea Schulke at [email protected].
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Get Connected & Stay Informed About Upcoming Events! Be in the know with what’s going on at Settles Bridge Elementary! Here are a couple of ways to get the information you need and to connect with other parents:
SBE PTA Executive Board Email [email protected]
SBE PTA Website http://www.sbepta.net
Also accessible via Settles Bridge Elementary’s website.
SBE PTA Facebook Group http://www.facebook.com/groups/152870291456129/
Follow SBE PTA on Facebook. Get quick responses to questions about PTA events and programs.
SBE PTA Newsletter The Orbiter PTA Newletter
The SBE PTA Newsletter is published monthly and emailed to parents and teachers.
What is SBE PTA?
The PTA is comprised of families,
teachers, staff and community who
are devoted to the educational suc-
cess of children and the promotion of
parent involvement at Settles Bridge
Elementary.
If you have any questions about Settles
Bridge Elementary PTA, suggestions for
helping to make your PTA more suc-
cessful and/or would like to become
involved with a PTA Committee,
please contact the SBE PTA Executive
Board at [email protected].
Thank YOU!!
