Archive for October, 2008

October 29th Newsletter

Published by Solider Hollow on October 30, 2008 in Uncategorized. 0 Comments

Parent Teacher Conferences, Nov 5th & 6th. Sign up sheets are available in the hallway just past the school office. If the times you need are not available, please talk to the teacher about arranging a different day/time.

Picture Re-takes, Nov 4th

Soup and Soldier Hollow, Nov. 14th: Just a reminder that Soldier Hollow Lodge is having their fund raiser on November 14th, from 6:00 to 8:30 pm.

PTO meeting, Monday, Nov 3rd at 8:30 a.m.

Halloween: The trunk or treat will be held inside the coral down by the amphitheatre, across for the first parking lot. Please bring your car before 11:20 to get set up. We will not be letting cars in and out after this time because the kids will be present. Parents, please feel free to bring optional treats such as pencils, stickers, little toys, candy, etc - enough for 150 students. We hope to see a lot of parents there to help make this a success.

Playground Celebration, Friday, Oct 31st: OFFICIAL GRAND OPENING FOR THE PLAY STRUCTURE. We’ll be honoring students & major funders who helped raise money in 2006, 2007 & 2008. We’d LOVE to have parents participate as well! Wear warm jackets – It’ll be outside.

11:30 – noon: PLAYGROUND PIZZA PARTY. (During Trunk or Treat, amphitheatre) As a thank you to all of our students who did such a great job with fundraising for the playground, we’re throwing a school-wide pizza party.

Book Fair, Oct. 31-Nov. 7: SHCS Library: Our Safari book fair arrives for Halloween! Check out all the fun this Friday 11:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m., before or after the Trunk or Treat. Send your students in for a free Halloween prize & enter their name for the daily free book give away.

We will be sending out e-mail reminders, news, & count down until the end of the fair. Don’t miss Dads & Doughnuts on Wednesday the 5th or Moms & Muffins Friday the 7th at 7:30 a.m.-8:30 a.m. There will be a free book drawing each of these mornings at 8:10 a.m. for those attending.

Other fun incentives & activities include:

  • Guessing jar: how many animals on the Safari.
  • Winners from each grade
  • Your name in the daily book give away jar for: Each book purchase made.
  • Each Donation to One for Books
  • Wearing an animal shirt or animal print clothing
  • Buying a book for the teacher wish list
  • Attending a special event - Halloween sneak peak, Dads & Doughnuts, Moms & Muffins, Parent TeacherC onference

Our students are already showing excitement as the signs go up & the fair gets closer. We even had a 2nd grader kiss the book fair sign & say: “ I just love books”. These are good things! Come in, enjoy buying books, & help our school library re-new & improve. All proceeds will benefit our school.

Volunteer sign up sheets are outside the office or contact Joni: Inclinecos@yahoo.com

Thanks to those who have responded and are ready to go.

Arts & Crafts Day: Friday, December 5: We will have our Holiday Arts & Crafts Gift day. The 1st-8th grade students will work in multi-age groups of up to 10 students making a gift for the holidays.

There will be a meeting in the art class on Tuesday, November 4th after school to begin planning. I am looking for parents who would like to help by either doing a project with around 10 students or assisting with a group. If you can think of a project you would like to make that would be great. I will be collecting ideas as well. If you’ve already signed up I will be giving you a call or please feel free to email me. If you miss the meeting that’s ok just let me know how you can help.

Thank you. - Lori McDonald: lori@face-plant.com

Rewards Program: Wow! Fourth grade came out of nowhere to take the lead in the basketball game! Great job! 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 Friday, November 7th will win a basketball for their class to use at recess. Since we now have basketball hoops at the new playground, a ball will come in handy! Please make sure you include the UPC Codes on your labels – they cannot be sent in without them! Here are the current standings:

4th grade – 6 baskets

1st grade – 5 baskets

3rd grade – 4 baskets

2nd grade – 3 baskets

6th grade (almost has a basket)

Thank you for sending in so many box tops this year! I just mailed them and we earned more than $275.00 in only 3 months!

Thank you for supporting our great school! -Jill Johnson: gljill1@msn.com

October 27th Newsletter

Published by Solider Hollow on October 28, 2008 in Uncategorized. 0 Comments

Halloween, Oct. 31st: 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).

Parent Teacher Conferences, Nov 5th and 6th: Sign up sheets are available in the hallway just past the school office. If the times you need are not available, please talk to the teacher about arranging a different day/time.

School Yearbook: Below are the scheduled dates for each grade to come and get yearbook pictures taken. It will be after school, under a white tent. Please be patient with us while waiting. We are trying to make sure every student gets their picture in the yearbook.

  • 6th – 9th grades…Wed Oct 29

Any child that misses their date, please make sure & come on Wed, Oct 29. We will not be taking any more pictures after that. Thank you, Stephanie Thompson

Student of the Week: Make sure to get your child’s “student of the week” project turned into the office. We still don’t have any from the older grades, and we would like them to have a chance up on the board.

Book Fair, Nov 3rd – 7th, during parent teacher conference week. Book fair volunteers 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 & doughnuts’ or ‘moms & muffins’
  • Calling parents.

Sign up at the office or contact Joni Taylor at: inclinecos@yahoo.com

Thank you from the Thompson Family: Our Family would like to thank all of you that gave a donation to help our daughter, Stacia. We are at a loss for words for your wonderful generosity. It was a huge help for us in this trying time. You made our load a little lighter and give us the hope we need to make it through. We want to thank you for all your hugs, thoughts, prayers, tears and laughter shared. We are so grateful for our Soldier Hollow Family. Love, Jason, Stephanie, Stacia & Jacey Thompson

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

Rewards Program: Third grade is winning the basketball game with 2 baskets! 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 Friday, November 7th 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!

Online Volunteer Timesheet is available again

Published by Solider Hollow on October 22, 2008 in Uncategorized. 1 Comment

With the overwhelming number of parents wanting to record their hours online this month we had to update our Volunteer Timesheet.

It was unavailable for a day or two this week as we tranferred from using Wufoo and now use Google Docs.

Try it and let us know what you think.

SHCS Ski Sale

Published by Solider Hollow on October 21, 2008 in Uncategorized. 0 Comments

Annual ski sale -  November 7th & 8th: This year Soldier Hollow has added a pre-sale day for all charter school parents, teachers & kids.  It will be Thursday, Nov. 6th from 2:00-5:00pm.  There are some new and exciting items to help get everyone geared up for winter.  Besides our regular rental fleet items, new this year we will be offering some great deals on upper level, advanced junior skis (the Delta Skate). We also have Rossignol’s top junior ski (the X-ium), which is an excellent race ski.  Plus, all Swix products will be 20-50% off. So, if you are in need of winter gear, this is the time to stock up. We hope to see you and are looking forward to another great ski season.

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

Raffle Winners Announced

Published by Solider Hollow on October 14, 2008 in Uncategorized. 0 Comments

Have you been wondering if you won one of the grand prizes? Here’s who won:

  1. N. Bown
  2. C. Diamond
  3. P. Taylor

Over $11,000 raised in raffle

Published by Solider Hollow on October 14, 2008 in Good for Parents, News and financials. 0 Comments

The students did an amazing job this year selling raffle tickets. They raised over $11,000.

We had 3 students selling over 150 tickets each, 4 students selling over 100 tickets each, and 4 students selling over 40 tickets each. That’s incredible! Especially during such a slow economy. Go Soldier Hollow!

“A for Effort” award: 2nd grader won by selling to 86 different people.

Top classes were: 4th grade, 2nd grade & 3rd grade with 7th/8th leading the upper grades.

Class participation: 6th grade won with 100% participation