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.

Charter summary.

Soon we will have a PDF of the entire document online.

Picture Re-takes, Nov 4^th

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

PTO meeting, Monday, Nov 3^rd 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 5^th or Moms & Muffins Friday the 7^th 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 2^nd 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 1^st-8^th 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 7^th 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:

4^th grade – 6 baskets

1^st grade – 5 baskets

3^rd grade – 4 baskets

2^nd grade – 3 baskets

6^th 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

Parent Teacher Conferences, Nov 5^th and 6^th: 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.

• 6^th – 9^th 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 3^rd – 7^th, 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 7^th 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!

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.

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

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

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

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