The PTA voted the following individuals in to serve on the 2022-2023 Board at our May 3 meeting:

• CO-Vice President of Events & Fundraising: Veronica Elizalde and Laura Fruge
• Treasurer: Amanda Hill
• Secretary: Laura Lunardi (year 2 of service)
• Co-VP of Community Outreach: Tony Irish and Dara Goldberg
• Co-VP of Academics: Farah Nageer-Kanthor (year 2 of service) and Jennifer Meyer
• Open Officer positions are President and Executive Vice-President.

Additionally, Glady Chi has volunteered to be NAACP representative. We're thrilled to have such a dynamic, talented group of people joining the SCES Board!  We're confident that a president and executive vice president will turn up; if you have any interest, please reach out! We'd love to have the full board identified before our final PTA Meeting of the year on June 7.

The PTA seeks three volunteers to serve on a financial review committee. The committee will review the books for the PTA as soon as they close in early July, as a second look to make sure things balance and there aren't any discrepancies. It's required by Free State PTA and MCCPTA, and we're grateful if you might consider serving our community in this way. It's just a one-time commitment. Please email treasurer@scespta.org if you're able to assist.  

Thank you for showing our staff lots of love throughout Staff Appreciation Week!  

We chalked messages on Monday outside school so that our staff would see them when they arrived on Tuesday morning. 

On Tuesday we served breakfast and stocked the staff lounge with lots of coffee, tea, fruit and other goodies. 

On Wednesday, volunteers arranged flowers delivered by our students into vases for each staff member. 

Special ❤️ to our bouquet crafters:

Claire Darby

Ariana Sutton-Grier

Jennifer Meyer

Judy Wiegert

Katie Ryan

Tracie Siddiqui

… and to the many who donated vases and flowers. These bouquets are so special and sweet thanks to their homegrown nature.

On Thursday we sent in notes of appreciation. 

On Friday we served 80 Panera lunches and gave a Mabel’s Labels gift packet with personalized tags and labels to our wonderful staff. 

A HUGE thanks to Katie Ryan and Tracie Siddiqui, our Staff Appreciation Committee leaders, who put a tremendous amount of effort (including wheeling a wagon laden with staff lounge treats to school each Monday!) into showing our school community how much we care. 

Thanks to each of you for showing up for our school community not only during Staff Appreciation Week but also throughout the entire year!

Let's end the year with a few more weeks of showing our awesome staff how much we appreciate all that they do. Sign-up to contribute goodies to the staff lounge here:  

https://www.signupgenius.com/go/4090949a5ad2fa3f58-stock 

SCES is hosting our first science fair on May 26.

Click here for a flyer, and read on! 

Sign up to volunteer by this Friday, May 13.

www.signupgenius.com/go/508044DAFAB2EA31-sces2  

We invite students in Grades K-3 to show off their STEAM skills! (Participation is completely optional.)

WHAT: Create a flyer or shoebox science display (be sure to include your name, grade, and homeroom teacher in an easy-to-read place on your flyer or shoebox). 

GRADE-SPECIFIC THEMES AND ACTIVITIES:  

Kindergarten: Make a drawing of your dream LEGO creation

1st Grade: Make a drawing that is land/earth-themed  

2nd Grade: Create a water-themed display in a shoebox*  

3rd Grade: Create an air-themed display in a shoebox*   

*or a small box of comparable size  

DEADLINE FOR ENTRIES:Friday, May 20  

WHERE TO SUBMIT YOUR SCIENCE SHOEBOX: Drop off your submissions in the box at the Main office by or before Friday, May 20 @ 3 pm.  

PRIZES: Photos of all entries will be featured in the PTA Post Newsletter. The top grade-level winners will be announced during morning announcements during the week of May 23 and receive a prize.

We have an incredible 110 students signed up to compete in this year's GeoBowl. Sign up to coach your student's team at school here:

https://www.signupgenius.com/go/4090844a8ae23a3fc1-geobowl

Or, set up a study session over Zoom!

The GeoBowl will be held by grade level during the following times.  

3^rd Grade:  2:45 – 3:25 PM  

4^th Grade:  1:50 – 2:30 PM  

5^th Grade:  9:40 – 10:20 AM  

Parent Attendance:  The GeoBowl will be held in the outdoor classroom (weather permitting) and parents may come to cheer on their team.  If you are interested in attending – please fill out the RSVP form.  We’ll use the results to coordinate with the school administration on the requirements and process to enter the school. Parent spectators should plan to arrive at least 10 minutes before the scheduled grade-level start to check-in at the main office. Mask wearing is highly encouraged for everyone entering the school.  In Person RSVP form.  

It looks like it's going to be a beautiful week!  Volunteer for lunch and/or recess this week and enjoy some time in the sun with the kids.

https://www.signupgenius.com/go/20f0f49aca72aa5fc1-lunch

They LOVE to see grownups in the lunch room and at recess. Seriously, it will make your day (and theirs). Thank you for supporting our school!

The annual SCES Book Share is coming up in June!  

SCES loves sending students home for the summer with great books that they are excited to read. The Book Share is like a book fair, but the books are free!  You can assist students during our annual Book Share, June 7-9, as they pick out the best books to take home and enjoy. Students will visit the Book Share with their classrooms and often need help figuring out which books they would most enjoy.  

(All books are donated by our community. If you have books in either French or English to donate, please contact Carrie Callaghan at carrie468@yahoo.com.)  

https://www.signupgenius.com/go/20F0B4EAAA722ABF58-sces