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December 3rd Newsletter

Published by Solider Hollow on December 3, 2008 in Good for Parents, fun, newsletter, olympics and volunteer. 0 Comments

Free Chair: The white armchair that has been in the library needs a new home. We need someone to take it home or donate it to a charity. Please contact the office.

Ski payment Reminder: If you haven’t already paid for skiing, please call the office to arrange payment. Students will not be allowed to ski until payment is received.

Arts & Crafts Day, Friday, Dec. 5th: The entire school will be participating in this event.

Christmas/Tubing Party, Dec. 15th: Soldier Hollow’s Christmas party is for the entire family (siblings, parents, grandparents, etc.). There will be tubing (4-6pm), dinner (6-7pm) and a program (7pm) performed by the students. Dinner and the program will be held at the Golf Lodge this year. You will need to purchase tickets ($2 for each person over 3 yrs. old). Tickets on-sale Dec. 1 – 12th. You may purchase (cash or check only) your tickets before or after school from Tiffany McClellan or Sissy Davis. Final count for food is due by Dec 12th.

Volunteers Needed: Are you low on volunteer hours (Should have 36+ hours by now.)? Well, do we have a great project that needs lots of help — Our annual SHCS Christmas party! We need help with set-up & break-down and manning the hot chocolate/snack table which will be at the bottom of the tubing hill. Please call the office or Tiffany McClellan if you can help.

SH Winter Olympics, February 27th: The world famous Soldier Hollow Charter School Olympics is just around the corner. Preparation has already begun for this wonderful & fun event. If you are interested in helping with the Olympics, please contact the office or Tiffany McClellan.

Holiday Gift Baskets for the Needy: This holiday season each class at Soldier Hollow will be presenting a food basket to a local family in need. Please send non-perishable food items with your child to their class to help fill their basket! Donations will be accepted until December 12th. Thank you and Happy Holidays! — Soldier Hollow Student Council

Give Jake A Hand! There has been an amazing outpouring of love & concern for the family of Jake & Cordell Johnson. In August 2008, at the age of 4, Jake was diagnosed with a rare form of malignant cancer. Jake & his family’s lives have been turned upside down as they’ve battled this illness. While Cordell has been able to remain in school, Jake’s immunities are so low, that the family has been effectively quarantined. Jake’s parents have been making daily trips to the Huntsman Institute for daily radiation & weekly chemotherapy treatments. And, while the Johnsons have health insurance, uninsured medical expenses have also been accumulating.

Parents & former parents at the school have begun organizing several ways to help Jake & his family through this challenge. Here’s what’s in the works:

  • Cash Donations: Donate in the school office or at Zion’s Bank (Jake Johnson #9366). Donations deposited directly at the bank are anonymous. If you leave a check written to Zions Bank (Jake Johnson #9366) in the office, the Johnsons would appreciate being able to send a formal thanks.
  • Silent Auction at the Christmas Party: Soldier Hollow generously donated some wonderful items – ski gear, tubing passes, a Swatch Dive watch – that we’ll be auctioning off during the family Christmas party on December 15th. We’d love any additional donations for this or the raffle baskets.
  • Aluminum Can Drive: We’ll be collecting aluminum cans over the next several months. There’ll be a collection bin near the front of the school. This is a great way for kids to help, too! Jolly Kids teacher and her family (who inspired this idea) raise about $800 per year on can collections.
  • Raffle Baskets: In addition to coordinating can donations, former SHCS parent, Michelle Moore (Rhys’ mom), is putting together a couple of gift baskets that will be traveling around the valley to locations like Fit Stop where people can donate for chances to win. Again, we’d love donations for children and adult baskets.
  • Winter Carnival: Angie Wycoff had the brilliant idea to hold a valley-wide indoor carnival sometime in January. Valerie Roadfuss is donating the use of several large inflatable play structures. As we nail down the details, we’ll need a lot of help with volunteers to create booths and staff the event. A community-wide event like this should be a terrific fundraiser and should bring great visibility to the cause.

For more information please contact Kim Gilboy at kim@4specs.com

Rewards Program: The snowball fight is off to a great start! Right now 1st grade is in the lead with 10 snowballs, and 7th/8th grade has 4 (thank you Mrs. Drake and Mr. Weber). Every time a class brings in 10 Cream O’ Weber milk caps, they receive a paper snowball to put on their door. The class with the most snowballs gets to have a real snowball fight when we return from Christmas break. Contest will end on December 18th.

There are two kinds of milk caps that qualify: the 5-cent caps are found on gallon & half-gallon containers and have a big 5 on them. The 2-cent caps are not marked and are on all quart & smaller containers. They are white, flat & really wide.

Please remember to shop through the Box Tops website if you are shopping online. We can earn a lot of money this way – and it doesn’t cost you any extra. The site is secure and you will not receive junk mail or be put on any lists. Please give it a try! The site is www.boxtops4education.com
Thank you for everything! — J. Johnson

Luna Sticks: In October the students participated in Circus Day where they were introduced to Luna Sticks. The children enjoyed them so much that Mr. Weber purchased a set for each class. If any parents are interested in purchasing a set of sticks, we have been given a special school price. We need to order these as a school, so if you are interested please contact the office.

STICKS - Spellbinder - Light & easy to use, specifically designed for beginners. Baton is made of solid fiberglass covered in rubber tubing with leather tassels, handles are made of wood covered with black rubber. The leather ends come in 3 colors, but selection will be limited to stock we have on hand.
DVD: Aaron Young, Sticks Play Fundamentals

School Fundraiser Prices:
Up to 24 sets: $18
More than 24 sets: $15
Holiday special: Set of sticks & Aaron Young DVD: $25

As mentioned these are our school fundraiser prices & are not available to private individuals.

October 20th Newsletter

Published by Solider Hollow on October 20, 2008 in Good for Parents, News, Uncategorized, calendar, fun and newsletter. 0 Comments

Oct 21st - Cultural Diversity Heidi Iordachescu will be teaching all of the students about Africa. Each class will get an opportunity to learn & have fun.

Oct 21st - Soldier Hollow Parent Meeting, 6:30 pm at the Wasatch County Library & Senior Citizen Center.

Oct 24th - No school (professional day)

Oct 31st - Halloween. Students are welcome to wear costumes to school, but there can be no masks, weapons or blood/gore. Mr. Weber suggests that the kids can dress up as a favorite character from a book. Parties will be on an individual class basis, & the entire school will be invited to a trunk-or-treat at 11:30 down at the amphitheatre (in the corral area, not the parking lot).

Nov. 3rd to 7th - Parent-Teacher Conference: more to come

Nov. 3rd to 7th - Book Fair: This is a great opportunity for lots of volunteer hours. Volunteers are needed for:

  • Book fair committee
  • Set up and tear down
  • 2-3 hour shifts to work the book fair (or whatever hours you can do)
  • Help with the ever popular ‘dads and doughnuts’ or ‘moms and muffins’
  • Calling parents

Sign up at the office or contact J. Taylor at: inclinecos@yahoo.com or 654-8053

Nov. 14th - Soup & Soldier Hollow Hopefully everyone received an email from Howard Peterson about this. Although the school is not a part of this, you are all invited to attend this fun event.

School Yearbook - Pictures will resume this week. Stephanie Thompson will send out information about dates for pictures.

Student of the Week - Make sure to get your child’s “student of the week” project turned into the office. We do not want any child to be left out. Be sure to let your child design the sheet & tell about himself/herself. Please write the grade on the front/back. We will display one student per grade, per week.

Rewards Program: Please turn in all of your Box Tops by Friday, October 24th so that I can mail them in before their deadline.

Campbell’s Contest: Deadline Nov. 7th. This cool weather signals that it’s time for us to start eating soup and casseroles, so I thought we would use Campbell’s Labels for our next game: BASKETBALL! Every time a class brings in 10 Campbell’s Labels For Education, they will get a basketball in the net (which is on the bulletin board). The class that makes the most baskets by the deadline will win a basketball for their class to use at recess. Please make sure you include the UPC Codes on your labels – they cannot be sent in without them!

Campbell’s Labels are found on many items, including:
Pepperidge Farm Products, Prego Italian Sauces, V8 Juice Products and V8 Soups
Spaghetti-O’s, Market Day Products, Franco-American Gravies, Swanson’s Broth, Stock and Canned Chicken, Campbell’s Soups, Supper Bakes, Chili, Beans, Tomato Juice & Gravies. On all V8 Juices, please send in the plastic cap instead of the label. All items will count as one point, regardless of their value. Thank you for participating. - J. Johnson gljill1@msn.com 657-2136

Adopt-A-Native Elder Program — Items due Nov. 6th. This is our third year that the 3rd Grade class is sponsoring a Navajo Grandmother (Grandma Pauline Begay). Learn more about the program at: www.anelder.org.

As we study Native Americans of the past, we also want to recognize those that are still living! There is much to learn from these Navajo elders before they are gone and with them a culture that is truly unique.

Please take the next few weeks to accumulate any canned goods, blankets, clothing, kitchen ware, etc. We will be delivering our donations on our field trip to the Navajo Rug Show at Deer Valley on November 7th.

Note: Please refrain from donating anything that requires electricity, this luxury is unavailable to the elders.

Thank you! — Miss Drozd and the Third Grade

Sept. 24th News

Published by Solider Hollow on September 25, 2008 in Good for Parents, Uncategorized, calendar, fun and newsletter. 0 Comments

Remember we are back to ½ day Fridays, starting September 26th

Declaration of Household Income: The office needs to have a copy of this form filled out for every student at SHCS (one per family won’t work). We are funded based on the percentage of families who return the forms, not just on those who qualify. Forms are also available at the school office. Please contact Debbie or Danica with any questions.

Green Ribbon Week/Safety & Health Week: Sept 29 – Oct 3. Lots of fun activities will be going on this week, including a bike rodeo on October 3rd.

Emergency Kits: We would like an emergency kit for each child to be brought in by Oct 3. Please put the following items in a bag, with your child’s name on it: change of clothes, snacks, medicine your child needs on a daily basis, & a note/picture from home for reassurance. The PTO is providing water, food and emergency blankets for every child. Mrs. Drake has stickers, pencils & whistles to give to children who bring in their kits by Oct 3rd.

3rd & 4th Grades: Friday (Sep 26th) a ranger from Timpanogos Park will be visiting at 10:00

Fall Gala: Thank you to all of you who are working on donations for the Fall Gala. Please turn in all donations no later than Friday October 3rd. Remember the Gala is Saturday, October 11th, 6-10 pm (this is an adult event).

Tickets are now on sale at the school office, in the parking lot before & after school, or at Days Market. For anyone who would like to attend the Gala but cannot afford to purchase tickets, please talk to Mr. Weber regarding donated tickets.

The raffle was kicked off today, be sure to get the details from your student. We have great raffle prizes & fantastic incentive prizes for the kids to earn. Let’s see if we can beat last year’s outstanding $10,097.00 in raffle ticket sales. Thanks for your support!!! –The Fall Gala Committee

Raffle Report from the PTO: This year’s raffle money will be used to help purchase playground equipment for the students. The playground will be installed around the first part of October.

Last year’s raffle money (Fall Gala Raffle Income ‘07/08 = $10,380.63) was spent on the following:

Poet ($1,398.02)
Revel’s Art ($61.50)
BYU Dancers ($190.00)
Poetry ($747.20)
Kathleen Briley (Mosaics, Printed Cards, Carved Tiles) ($2,077.37)
Cameras ($3,579.80)
Total Spent ($8,053.89)
Money Left Over in Savings: $2,326.74
– PTO President, Tiffany McClellan; Angie Wycoff; SHCS Board

Rewards Program:The student who brings in the most items (Box Tops, Campbell’s labels, Tyson labels, Cream O’Weber milk caps, Nestle Pure Water labels & Fast Fixin’ Home Team Rewards) in any combination by this Friday, September 26th, will receive a family pass to Hogle Zoo! Each item counts as one point regardless of its value. Thank you Holly Tollman for donating the zoo passes!

Please keep sending in your Fast Fixin’ Home Team Rewards for the current race! So far 3rd grade is winning!

If you shop at Smith’s, Campbell’s has started a new promotion that will electronically give our school Campbell’s points every time you buy an eligible product using your Fresh Values Card! I urge everyone to sign up for this immediately at www.e-LabelsforEducation.com! It only takes a minute. Your children won’t receive credit for these points since I can’t track them, but it will really help us buy some great things for them! You can still send in your labels so your children receive credit for their class. (The school gets double points!) Please encourage your friends & relatives to sign up and help us save, too! This program is only for a few months, so stock up your food storage after you sign up!
Thank you! Jill at gljill1@msn.com

Sept 10th News

Published by Solider Hollow on September 15, 2008 in Good for Parents, Uncategorized, calendar, newsletter and volunteer. 0 Comments

Full-day Friday, September 19th

Picture day: Wednesday, September 24th.

Student council candidates: All should have their applications turned in by now (the deadline was Sept 9th). Students may begin hanging posters (3/student) Sept. 10th. Speeches will be held Friday, Sept 19th, at 9:00 am at the lodge. Students running should be prepared to deliver a short speech. Following the speeches, voting will be held in individual classrooms & the results will be announced Monday, Sept 22nd.

Playground news: After a lot of hard work our playground is finally coming to fruition. The money raised with this year’s Fall Gala Raffle will be used to help purchase additional features (zip-line, swings, etc) for the playground. It should be installed around the first week of October. Parent help will be needed with installing the playground border & spreading the bark.

Kindergarten Help Needed: Ms. Mary Ann is in dire need of storage for her students. We need to put in a shelving system/cubbies for 30 students. If anybody has access to something like this, or is willing to donate supplies, or build a storage system, please talk to Mary Ann Mathis or Tiffany McClellan.

Fall Gala: We are already starting to receive some wonderful donations. Parents are coming up with some great ideas for auction items.

Please stop by the office & make updates to the solicitation record of businesses you plan to approach. This way we can avoid numerous parents asking the same business for donations.

Drop off: in the school office, T. Livingstone’s 1080 E. 570 S. Heber 435-657-0955, or at A. Wycoff’s 515 S. 980 E. Heber 435-654-2506

If you have any questions or would like to help out please contact Angie @ angiew74@msn.com

Rewards Program: The third grade has taken off on the Fast Fixin’ Home Team Rewards Race! The racetrack is on the bulletin board. Each time a class brings in 10 Home Team Rewards, their car moves 1 spot. Each child in the class that finishes first wins a free movie rental from Movie Gallery! This game will continue for 6 weeks, or until someone wins. Please send in all of your Home Team Rewards, even if you only have one. They can be combined with those of other classmates to move your racecar. These can be found on Fast Fixin’ frozen foods (chicken breasts, cheeseburgers, meatballs, chicken nuggets, etc.).

Please remember to shop through the Box Tops website when you shop online. They now have over 80 stores linked to their site, so please take a look. They are also offering 5 bonus boxtops for every new shopper this month. Give it a try & help our school!
Thank you so much!
J. Johnson (gljill1 (at) msn.com)

Families in Good Standing Policy:

  • Families are expected to volunteer a minimum of three (3) hours per week. Families with more than one child are expected to volunteer one additional hour per week on behalf of each additional child (2 children = 4 hours per week, 3 children = 5 hours per week, etc) Volunteer time can include, but is not limited to: school projects, classroom activities, teacher’s aide, office help, field trips, lunch and recess monitors and council/board sub-committees.
  • Volunteers are an integral part of the running of the school and commitment is very important. If a volunteer cannot cover his or her specific duties or shift it is imperative that the volunteer find his or her own replacement.
  • Families are expected to have their children here on time and call into the office when their child will be absent.
  • Families are expected to sign their child in and out during the course of the school day if they are coming in late or leaving early.
  • Families are expected to check in at the office whenever they come into the school. Entering the classroom before checking in is not permitted.
  • Families are expected to read a copy of the charter so they understand our teaching methods, curriculum, and assessments. Copies are in the office of the school.
  • Families are expected to take one cleaning shift per child per year at the school.

If you have any concerns or if the volunteer hours are a problem for you, please talk to Mr. Weber or someone in the office.

Parking: Just as a reminder, please park your car in a designated parking area & have students walk to/from the school. DO NOT stop in the cross-walk to let your child out of the car. If a crossing guard is not currently available, please walk with your child to the school. Let’s make sure our children are as safe as they can be.

SHCS Updated News

Published by Solider Hollow on September 8, 2008 in Good for Parents, Uncategorized, calendar, fun, newsletter and volunteer. 1 Comment

Full Fridays: September 12th & 19th

Crossing Guards needed (a.m. & p.m.): Sign-up sheet located by the elevator.

Fall Gala, Saturday, October 11th: If you are curious about Soldier Hollow’s Fall Gala, please feel free to look at last year’s program and solicitation record (posted in the office). We are asking all parents to please try and get the same donations that you got last year for this year. Donation letters are available in the office. Please drop off donations to the office, Tricia L. or Angie W. (email: angiew74@msn.com)

We would also like to remind those that own their own business & are looking to advertise (tax deductible), that by purchasing a $300 table sponsorship, your company logo will be included on all of our posters, fliers, and Wave ads. Contact Angie for more information.

Rewards Program:

  • Collection sheets - located in classrooms or hallway or you may print off one from their website www.boxtops4education.com
  • The student who brings in the most items (Box Tops, Campbell’s labels, Tyson Labels, Cream O’Weber caps, Nestle Pure Water labels & Fast Fixin’ Home Team Rewards) in any combination by September 18th will receive a family pass to Hogle Zoo (Thanks Holly T.!)
  • The class that brings in the most reward items throughout the school year will win a Root Bear Float Party in May!
  • 1st Game of the Year: Fast Fixin’ Home Team Rewards Race: Each time a class brings in 10 Home Team Rewards, their car moves 1 space (track located on bulletin board). The class that finishes first wins a free movie rental from Movie Gallery! The game will end in 6 wks. or until someone wins. Rewards are found on Fast Fixin’ frozen foods (chicken, burgers, meatball, etc.).
  • If you shop at Smith’s, Cambell’s has a new promotion that will electronically give SHCS Cambell’s points every time you buy an eligible product using your Fresh Values card. I urge everyone to sign up immediately at www.e-LabelsforEducation.com. It only takes a minute and will only be available for a limited time. FYI- Your children won’t receive credit for these points since I can’t track them, but these points will help us buy some great things for them. You can still send in the labels so that your children get credit for their class. (The school gets double points!). Contact: Jill J.

Bus Service for Soldier Hollow Charter School:

  • Bus will pick-up/drop-off students at designated locations throughout Heber, Midway and Charleston.
  • Bus Capacity: 25 students
  • Bus Type: Ford 350 Diesel with each seat having a seatbelt
  • Drivers: Professional school bus/bus drivers with over 12 yrs. exp.
  • Cost: One student - $6.50 per day roundtrip, 2nd student (same family) - $6.00, 3rd student (same family) - $5.50, 4th student - $5.00
  • Agreement: Parents required to commit for the entire school year. One may offer another parent to take over their contract if they decide to not use the service. Payment monthly or 5% discount if paid by the year. Credit card payment available
  • Forms: Available in school office. Contact: Jean B.