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.
- Click on the following link to find out more about child slave labor in the cocao business: http://documentaryheaven.com/the-dark-side-of-chocolate/
- This website: http://www.chocolateforgood.com/fair-trade-chocolate-shop.php has gift baskets of chocolate that are completely fair trade & don't involve themselves in child labor. 90% of their profits benefit Mercy Corp which is an organization that helps people all over the world get the daily provisions they need to survive & thrive. http://www.mercycorps.org/ We will accept donations of Fair-Trade chocolate as late as Wednesday, November 30th.
- 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
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