Upcoming Literacy Events!!!

SCES has several exciting literacy events coming soon....

Reading Extravaganza kick-off with the governor on Friday, January 8th.

"Popcorn with Parents" on Friday, January 29th from 2:15 - 3:00 p.m. We would love to have as many parents
that can come and read with their students!

Reading Extravaganza culmination event on Thursday, February 2nd from 5:00-7:00 p.m.!

Questions??? Contact SCES Literacy Coach, Mrs. Anthony

Open Enrollment, school year 2010-11

Tooele County School District will be accepting applications from elementary and secondary students who are interested in enrolling in a school outside their resident school boundary for the 2010-11 school year. The application window is December 1st through February 19th, 2010. Individual applications will not be sent home with students. If students were approved for the 2009-2010 school year, they do not need to reapply.An application is only needed to switch schools. For more information contact the district office (435) 833-1900, ext. 1104.

H1N1 vaccination for SCES students

The Health Department is offering H1N1 vaccinations on Thursday, Dec. 17th from 9am-11am at Settlement Canyon Elementary. Only Settlement Canyon students qualify for this shot. Students must have a permission slip.

Holiday concert for the family

Saturday, December 12th.... Holiday Concert featuring Crescent Super Band at 7 pm at THS auditorium. Sponsored by Tooele Arts Council. Tickets only cost 1 can of food! Get tickets at City Hall.

Polar Express story time for little ones

For parents of younger children... there will be a "Polar Express" story time with Santa at the city library at 11 am on Thursday, December 10th.

Late Start Monday Tomorrow

Tomorrow (12/7/09) is Late Start/Teacher Collaboration Monday. School starts at 10 a.m.

PTA Board Meeting

The next open PTA Board Meeting will be held Thursday, Dec. 3rd at 4pm in the Community Room. The meeting is open to everyone.

SCES Community Council Meeting

The SCES Community Council will meet Wednesday, Dec. 2nd at 7pm in the school library. All SCES parents are welcome and encouraged to attend.

Annual Winter Jr. Buff Basketball Clinic

The Annual Winter Jr. Buff Basketball Clinic will be held on Saturday, Dec. 12th from 11:00 a.m. to 1:15 p.m. at the Tooele High School Gyms. The clinic is for boys and girls grades 1-8. Questions and registration at rbrazier@tooelesd.org (Coach Brazier) or 10:45 a.m. on Dec. 12th.

My Coke Rewards For Schools

Share the holiday spirit and help us reward our students

Each time 5 My Coke Rewards members donate points to our school, we’ll get 100 Bonus Points that we can use for sports gear, classroom supplies and more. These Bonus Points are only up for grabs until 12/31, so let’s get to it.

Start by picking up codes when you’re enjoying the holidays with family, friends and refreshing Coca-Cola drinks. Then, get into the spirit of giving when you enter each code and donate the points to our school. All those points can help students have a healthier, more active lifestyle that allows them to thrive and grow.

Here's How To Help:
1. Purchase your favorite participating Coca-Cola drinks for the holidays to get codes.
2. Go to mycokerewards.com (register if you’re not a member).
3. Enter codes to get your points – choose “Donate to Your School” from the “6 ways to spend points.”
4. Find our school’s page by ZIP code or State/City – then click “Donate Points Now” to enter your donation amount.
5. Spread the word! The more people that participate, the more our school benefits – with up to 1000

Please click on title of post to see attached flyer for more info.

Cookie Dough Pick-up Today

The cookie dough from the school fundraiser will be delivered to the school today. Small orders can go home with students but larger orders will need to be picked up anytime today.

School Yearbooks

SCES student yearbooks are on sale now.
Before Christmas: $12 After Christmas: $15
You can order yours now at the front office.

Star Tutoring Opportunities

Help Wanted. Become a STAR tutor!

Student
Tutoring
Achievement for
Reading

Volunteer with our Literacy Team and help our students reach for the stars... one hour a week per student can change their lives!

If interested please contact Kasey Mackay at 882-4597.

Guiding Good Choices

Guiding Good Choices is a science-based, proven-effective prevention program that gives parents the skills they need to ensure the future well-being of their children.

In just five 2-hour workshops, Guiding Good Choices can help parents reduce or prevent substance abuse and other problem behaviors in their children.

Our school and PTA will be hosting FREE sessions of this program in 2010! We really need your support. We are working toward a free Steve James assembly for our school. This assembly is valued at $300 but we can get it free compliments of Communities That Care and Most Don't if we have 20 families from our school commit to and complete the Guiding Good Choices Workshop.

Workshops will be once a week for five weeks 7-9 pm in the Community Room.
Thursdays 1/7/2010-2/4-2010 OR Tuesdays 2/16/2010-3/16/2010.

To sign up or ask questions please contact Mandi Murphy at mandismurphy@yahoo.com or 882-4052.

Reflections Award Ceremony

SAVE THE DATE... The Awards Ceremony for the Reflections program will be held this Friday, Nov. 20th. in the school cafeteria. The doors will open at 6:30 p.m. to view the projects and the ceremony will begin at 7:00 p.m. Invitations to students and their families that participated will be in the mail this week. We had a total of 86 entries this year!

Macey's Cents Update

Saving and bringing your Macey's receipts into the clear box by the office is a great way to help our school earn some extra money. To date our school has earned $58.25 in Macey's Cents monies. We can earn up to $500 this year. Receipts from August to April are eligible. Thanks for your support and please help us keep the receipts coming :)

Late Start Monday

This Monday, November 9th is Late Start/Teacher Collaboration Monday. School starts at 10:00 a.m.

PTA Board Meeting

Everyone is invited to the next open PTA Board Meeting this Thursday, Nov. 12th at 4:00 p.m. in the Community Room at the school. If you are new to PTA or have never been to a meeting, this is an excellent opportunity to get involved, meet fellow PTA members, and get signed up for various projects and events our PTA facilitates and assists with. Hope to see you there!

Veterans Day Program

Attention all veterans, family members, friends and anyone who enjoys music....

The Settlement Canyon Elementary School Choir will be performing a Veterans Day Program on Tuesday, November 10th at 7:02 p.m. at the school. The program will feature 80+ students singing songs from the Revolutionary War through the Vietnam War as well as honoring each branch of the military.

Hope to see you there!

SCES Sweatshirt & T-shirt Input Needed

The SCES T-shirt Committee met today to plan our school t-shirt and sweatshirt sales for this year. We are hoping to get input regarding styles of sweatshirts and colors for both t-shirts and sweatshirts in the next few days to help us in deciding what to order this year. We need your input on price, color and style. Please review the options below and leave a comment regarding what you would like to see on the order form this year.Thanks for your input and help!

T-SHIRTS
Adult & Child $6 (white)
$11 (black)

ZIP-UP SWEATSHIRTS
Adult $25(white) and $30 (black)
Child $22(white) and $26 (black)

PULLOVER HOODIES
Adult $17 (white) and $22 (black)
Child $15 (white) and $20 (black)

Flu like symptoms

The school has asked to please keep your children home if they are experiencing flu like symptoms. Also, please remember to call the school at 882-4597 to excuse their absence.

Scholastic Book Fair

The school library will be hosting a Scholastic Book Fair this week. Times are:
Monday: 9:00-4:00
Tuesday: 8:15-4:00
Wednesday: 8:15-7:00
Thursday: 8:15-7:00
Friday 8:15-1:00

Jr. Jazz Sign-Ups

Utah Jazz Youth Basketball sign-ups will be held Thursday, Nov. 5th from 6pm-9pm; Saturday, November 7th from 10am-2pm; Thursday, November 12th from 6pm-9pm; and Saturday, November 14th from 10am-2pm. The program is for boys and girls kindergarten through 8th grade.

Contact info: Phone (435)849-2354 Email: info@tooelejrjazz.com

Parent Teacher Conferences

1st Quarter Parent Teacher Conferences will be held this Wednesday and Thursday, November 4th and 5th from 4pm-7pm. Letters to schedule conference times went home last week. If you haven't received a letter, contact your child's teacher to schedule a time. 1st quarter Parent Teacher conferences are for all students and are an excellent opportunity to discuss strengths, weaknesses, and needs with your child's teacher.

Cookie Dough Fundraiser

Orders for the school Cookie Dough Fundraiser are due this Tuesday, November 3rd. Last year the school earned over $12,000 from this fundraiser! Hopefully we'll top that this year!

Picture Retakes - Tuesday (11/3)

School picture retakes will be this Tuesday, November 3rd.

SCES T-Shirts Meeting Nov. 4th

We will be meeting Wednesday, November 4th at 1:30 to discuss design and distribution of SCES t-shirts. The meeting should be short (I expect it to be about 30-40 minutes). We need to decide on a design and pricing for shirts so that I can get an order form printed up and sent out to students. If you cannot make it to the meeting but would still like to help out, please send me an email and I will get all the information from the meeting and upcoming meetings to you. Children are welcome!!!
Thanks for your help,
Nicole Burton

PTA Nominating Committee

The SCES PTA is accepting nominations for members willing to help out on the nominating committee. The nominating committee is responsible to seek out and nominate the best-qualified eligible person for each open office of our executive board. If you are a PTA member in good standing and willing to help please contact Mandi Murphy, PTA President at 882-4052 or by e-mail at mandismurphy@yahoo.com by Friday, October 30th. Three committee members and two alternates will be elected to serve on the committee from these nominations in November. Committee members will be ineligible to run for any of the open offices on the executive board.

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