Wednesday, November 30, 2011

Newsletter 11/30/11

Thursday, November 30, 2011

News

  • Winter Potluck: Parents and guardians are invited to attend our annual Winter Potluck which will take place on Friday, December 16th at noon. Please bring the following dishes to share with the class:
          • 4th Years: Side Dishes (Macaroni and Cheese, Rice Pilaf, Mashed Potatoes)
          • 5th Years: Cheese, Meat, Bread, and Crackers
          • 6th Years: Desserts
  • Secret Pal Gift-Giving: Every year the UE students participate in a gift-giving activity before Winter Break. During this activity each student will randomly pick another student's name out of a hat and will be responsible for getting a gift for that student. There is $5.00 limit, but homemade and recycled items are encouraged. The gifts will be handed out at the Winter Potluck where each student will guess who their gift is from. Gifts should be wrapped but should not be marked with who the gift is from.
  • Mandatory 6th Grade Trip Meeting: There will be a mandatory 6th Grade Trip meeting on Wednesday, January 18th at 5:00pm in the UE classroom.
  • Tutoring Late Fee: We, SEDONA CHARTER SCHOOL, will charge a $20.00 late fee for each student picked up from tutoring after 4:30pm.
  • Local/Global Communities After School Club: Jacki will oversee UE and MS students in a new after school club focusing on promoting the welfare of our community as well as other communities across the globe. The group will meet each Friday from 3:30-4:30 in the UE classroom. The group will be working in partnership with New Global Citizens, a non-profit organization based in Phoenix and the Sedona Time Bank, a local non-profit organization. Click on the links below to find out more about these organizations.
    • newglobalcitizens.org/
    • sedonatimebank.org


Volunteer Opportunities

50 Parent/Guardian Volunteer Hours per year are required for each SCS student unless other arrangements are made with the Principal Educator. Below are the current volunteer opportunities for the UE classroom. Be sure to log your hours in the main office!


  • Parent Help Needed: We are looking for parent volunteers to help out with various tasks (tutoring students, grading, roving) within our classroom Tuesdays, Wednesdays, and Thursdays from 8:00-12:00 (or any increment of time between these hours). If you are interested, please contact us.
  • Classroom Library Organization: We need help organizing our classroom library which includes ordering and coding our wide variety of novels.
  • Laminating/Hole Punching: If you are available to help us with laminating during the school day, please let us know or drop by and check in with Marsha.
  • Friday Electives: We are in need of volunteers to run Friday electives from 2:00-3:00pm for next semester. If you can commit to the entire semester (January-April) and would like to lead one of the following classes or have an idea of your own, please email us.

-Art

-Nature Walk/Hiking

-Cooking

-Newspaper

-New Global Citizens

-Technology

-Digital Photography

-Yoga

-Sports




Jacki, Marsha, Bill, and Andrea


Thursday, November 17, 2011

11/17/11

Thursday, November 17, 2011

News

  • Thanksgiving Feast Potluck TOMORROW: Parents and Guardians are invited to our annual Thanksgiving Feast Potluck will take place in our classroom on Friday, November 18th at noon. We will provide drinks and utensils; please contribute the following items to ensure a full meal for everyone:
          • 6th Years: Meat, Cheese, and/or Bread
          • 5th Years: Chicken Noodle and/or Vegetarian Vegetable Soup
          • 4th Years: Desserts
  • Red Rock Fantasy Lights On Celebration TONIGHT: We will be unveiling Feliz Navidad by Frida Kahlo tonight, Thursday, November 17th at 5:00pm. Meet us at the fountain at Los Abrigados.
  • Fall Break: School will be closed the week of November 21st-25th for Fall Break.
  • Chocolate Donations: We are doing the basket collections again for the Gala this year & U.E. has been assigned the CHOCOLATE basket! All items are due in the baskets by this Friday, November 18th. Each student will earn 1 Charter Buck for donating to the basket (not per item, but per kid; ie. if one kid gives 5 chocolates, they still only get 1 Charter Buck). A special bake sale will be held the last week of November where the Charter Bucks can be spent.
  • Tutoring Late Fee: We, SEDONA CHARTER SCHOOL, will charge a $20.00 late fee for each student picked up from tutoring after 4:30pm.
  • Local/Global Communities After School Club: Jacki will oversee UE and MS students in a new after school club focusing on promoting the welfare of our community as well as other communities across the globe. The group will meet each Friday from 3:30-4:30 in the UE classroom. The group will be working in partnership with New Global Citizens, a non-profit organization based in Phoenix and the Sedona Time Bank, a local non-profit organization. Click on the links below to find out more about these organizations.
    • newglobalcitizens.org/
    • sedonatimebank.org


Volunteer Opportunities

50 Parent/Guardian Volunteer Hours per year are required for each SCS student unless other arrangements are made with the Principal Educator. Below are the current volunteer opportunities for the UE classroom. Be sure to log your hours in the main office!


  • Parent Help Needed: We are looking for parent volunteers to help out with various tasks (tutoring students, grading, roving) within our classroom Tuesdays, Wednesdays, and Thursdays from 8:00-12:00 (or any increment of time between these hours). If you are interested, please contact us.
  • Classroom Library Organization: We need help organizing our classroom library which includes ordering and coding our wide variety of novels.
  • Laminating/Hole Punching: If you are available to help us with laminating during the school day, please let us know or drop by and check in with Marsha.
  • Friday Electives: We are in need of volunteers to run Friday electives from 2:00-3:00pm for next semester. If you can commit to the entire semester (January-April) and would like to lead one of the following classes or have an idea of your own, please email us.

-Art

-Nature Walk/Hiking

-Cooking

-Newspaper

-New Global Citizens

-Technology

-Digital Photography

-Yoga

-Sports




Jacki, Marsha, Bill, and Andrea


Wednesday, November 9, 2011

11/9/11

Wednesday, November 9, 2011

News

  • Thank You to Grand Canyon Drivers/Chaperones: Special thanks to Steve Donovan, Hollin Zimmerman, Michael Shields, Mary Beattie, Tracey McGillvray, Karin Wendell, Rich Collister, Sylvia Slavlova, Laura Adams, Nancy Zielinski, and Shawn Wendell for providing a Pink Jeep for us to travel in.
  • Thanksgiving Feast PotluckParents and Guardians are invited to our annual Thanksgiving Feast Potluck will take place in our classroom on Friday, Novermber 18th at noon. We will provide drinks and utensils; please contribute the following items to ensure a full meal for everyone:
          • 6th Years: Meat, Cheese, and/or Bread
          • 5th Years: Chicken Noodle and/or Vegetarian Vegetable Soup
          • 4th Years: Desserts
  • Parent Help Needed: We are looking for parent volunteers to help out with various tasks (tutoring students, grading, roving) within our classroom Tuesdays, Wednesdays, and Thursdays from 8:00-12:00 (or any increment of time between these hours). If you are interested, please email us.
    • Red Rock Fantasy Set Up: We will be setting up this year's entry to Red Rock Fantasy at Tlaquepaque this Saturday between 12pm and 5pm. Please meet at the fountain when you arrive. We are still in need of holiday lights, brightly colored outdoor or indoor paints, and plywood, or tax-credit-eligible donations to buy these supplies.
    • Intra/Inter-Personal Courses: We are asking all 6th Year parents/guardians to donate at least $100 of their tax-credit money to these courses.


    Volunteer Opportunities

        50 Parent/Guardian Volunteer Hours per year are required for each SCS student unless other arrangements are made with the Principal Educator. Below are the current volunteer opportunities for the UE classroom. Be sure to log your hours in the main office!

    • Classroom Library Organization: We need help organizing our classroom library which includes ordering and coding our wide variety of novels.
    • Laminating/Hole Punching: If you are available to help us with laminating during the school day, please let us know or drop by and check in with Marsha. 
    • Friday Electives: We are in need of volunteers to run Friday electives from 2:00-3:00pm for next semester. If you can commit to the entire semester (January-April) and would like to lead one of the following classes or have an idea of your own, please email us.

    -Art

    -Nature Walk/Hiking

    -Cooking

    -Newspaper

    -New Global Citizens

    -Technology

    -Digital Photography

    -Yoga 

    -Sports


    Upcoming Events

    • Oliver Twist Performance: The Grail Theater of Britain will be performing Charles  Dickens' classic Oliver Twist for the entire school on Thursday, November 16th at 1:30 pm.
    • Thanksgiving Feast PotluckParents and Guardians are invited to our annual Thanksgiving Feast Potluck will take place in our classroom on Friday, Novermber 18th at noon. We will provide drinks and utensils; please contribute the following items to ensure a full meal for everyone:
            • 6th Years: Meat, Cheese, and/or Bread
            • 5th Years: Chicken Noodle and/or Vegetarian Vegetable Soup
            • 4th Years: Desserts


    Jacki, Marsha, Bill, and Andrea

    Wednesday, November 2, 2011

    11/2/11

    Wednesday, November 2, 2011

    News

    • Grand Canyon Field TripOur annual Grand Canyon trip will meet at school and head out at 7:00am on Wednesday, November 9th. We will meet the rangers at 10:00am for our ranger-led excursion. Lunch will be held at the Shrine of the Ages. We will head back to school at 1:00pm and arrive by 3:30pm. There will be no overnight camp-out due to the freezing temperatures reached at the Grand Canyon at night. Please be sure to turn in your child's permission slip by next Monday, November 7th.We are still in need of drivers--please let us know if you can drive by Friday, November 4th.
    • Parent Help Needed: We are looking for parent volunteers to help out with various tasks (tutoring students, grading, roving) within our classroom Tuesdays, Wednesdays, and Thursdays from 8:00-12:00 (or any increment of time between these hours). If you are interested, please email us.
    • Many Thanks to Tlaquepaque Drivers: We would like to personally thank Giselle Collette, Fred Wight, Cheree Dahl, Mary Beattie, Steve Donovan, Deborah Irving, Nathan Trujillo, AJ Javey, Syndie Loll, Keira Schultz, Rob Olson, and Wendy Weidman for driving and chaperoning our field trip to Tlaquepaque to visit the Day of the Dead Altars.
    • Red Rock Fantasy Supplies: We have begun our yearly artist study, this year's focus being Frida Khalo. We are in need of holiday lights, brightly colored outdoor or indoor paints, and plywood, or tax-credit-eligible donations to buy these supplies.
    • Intra/Inter-Personal Courses: We are asking all 6th Year parents/guardians to donate at least $100 of their tax-credit money to these courses.


    Volunteer Opportunities

        50 Parent/Guardian Volunteer Hours per year are required for each SCS student unless other arrangements are made with the Principal Educator. Below are the current volunteer opportunities for the UE classroom. Be sure to log your hours in the main office!

    • Laminating/Hole Punching: If you are available to help us with laminating during the school day, please let us know or drop by and check in with Marsha. 
    • Friday Electives: We are in need of volunteers to run Friday electives from 2:00-3:00pm for next semester. If you can commit to the entire semester (January-April) and would like to lead one of the following classes or have an idea of your own, please email us.

    -Art

    -Nature Walk/Hiking

    -Cooking

    -Newspaper

    -New Global Citizens

    -Technology

    -Digital Photography

    -Yoga 

    -Sports


    Upcoming Events

    • Flagstaff/Sedona Symphony Assembly: The Flagstaff/Sedona Symphony will perform in the UE classroom for the entire school at 10:15am on Tuesday, November 8th. 
    • Grand Canyon Field Trip: Our annual Grand Canyon trip will meet at school and head out at 7:00am on Wednesday, November 9th. We will meet the rangers at 10:00am for our ranger-led excursion. Lunch will be held at the Shrine of the Ages. We will head back to school at 3:00pm. There will be no overnight camp-out due to the freezing temperatures reached at the Grand Canyon at night. We are still in need of drivers.
    • Oliver Twist Performance: The Grail Theater of Britain will be performing Charles  Dickens' classic Oliver Twist for the entire school on Thursday, November 16th at 1:30 pm.
    • Thanksgiving Feast PotluckOur annual Thanksgiving Feast Potluck will take place in our classroom on Friday, Novermber 18th at noon. We will provide drinks and utensils; please contribute the following items to ensure a full meal for everyone:
            • 6th Years: Meat, Cheese, and/or Bread
            • 5th Years: Chicken Noodle and/or Vegetarian Vegetable Soup
            • 4th Years: Desserts


    Jacki, Marsha, Bill, and Andrea