A year-in-review look at our SCES PTA:
231 PTA members
300+ meals provided to SCES staff
1 catered end-of-year party for SCES staff
7 school-wide events sponsored
105 yearbooks gifted to graduating 5th graders
110 t-shirts given to incoming kindergarteners
100+ grocery gift cards collected and donated
50+ room parents served our community
82 staff wishes fulfilled via the annual Giving Tree
1,000s of items donated to the staff lounge, including 9 bottles of honey, dozens of milk cartons, too many Keurig coffee pods to count (many of which were recycled via TerraCycle) 100s of juices, sodas and sparkling waters, and so much more--33 wagon loads in total!
2,000+ laps around the track during the Salamander Stride
$33,541 raised during the Salamander Stride!
1 principal covered in silly string following the Salamander Stride
14 Nations represented at World Culture Day
54 posters submitted to the World Culture Day Poster Contest
110 students across 17 teams participated in the 2022 GeoBowl
20 medals and atlases/books awarded to GeoBowl champions
37 student entries to the STEAM Science Fair display contest
Fascinating presenters at the STEAM Science Fair (I don't have a number to share here, but our kids have talked and talked about the amazing STEAM Science Fair presenters so they definitely deserve a mention!)
500 pieces of chalk ...
110 balls of all kinds ...
and 100 jump ropes purchased for outdoor recess
100+ games, puzzles, and supplies donated for indoor recess
Well over $5,000 in gifts for staff collected prior to the winter holidays
1,000+ books collected for students during the annual Book Share
281 active Facebook group members
2,843 “likes” on FB and Instagram
221 discussions with 706 comments on the SCES FB group
596 listserv conversations
582 listserv members
This is our 38th weekly newsletter
... and with that, this year is almost a wrap!