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The Penny Wrangle!
Our
middle school team has put together
this very clever way to
raise pennies, nickles, dimes, quarters and
dollars for the victims of the earthquakes in Haiti.
Classes
will compete for points. Whichever class gets the most points
wins. (There is no prize, just the knowledge that they have
helped others.) The class that wins gets to choose the charity to
donate to for Haiti
- Red Cross, Catholic Charities, Doctors Without Borders, etc.
Pennies
get positive points, and nickles, dimes,
quarters, or paper money get negative points. By putting
'negative points' in other classes milk
jugs, they can sabotage other classes chance of winning.
We
already had lots of students running around putting dollars in other
classes' jugs! Get ready for your kids to ask for all your
change! Let's make this a really big event for our
school. Let's teach our children the power of compassion and
generosity.
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It
was a
heartbreaker!
It was a tie at the buzzer,
then three nerve wracking minutes as the
Summit Academy Eagles
basketball team fought to break the tie to win their 2010 Homecoming
game against AIE on Thursday!
Congratulations to all the
players and the coaches for two well-played Homecoming games!
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Social Skills Training
Groups
Two seven-week sessions
of social skills
training will be held at Summit Academy, with our speech
therapist, Laura Cronin.
Session 1 begins on Wednesdays, February 3 -
March 17, 2:40 - 3:25.
Session 2 begins
on Wednesday, March 24 - May 12.
(No session the week of Spring Break.)
Cost
is $185.00 per
seven-week session.
Sessions are for Summit
students, and will be for all ages. The class topics will be
based on the needs of the children in the group. Past
sessions have included work on: Taking turns, Appropriate
play skills, Appropriate conversations skills, Maintaining
friendships, How to ask appropriate questions to gain information,
Conflict resolution, How to interact with others in various
situations, Reading
facial expressions and body language, manners, feelings.
For more
information, or to register, please contact
Laura Cronin, SLP
(502) 718-0045
lauracroninslp@insightbb.com
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YEARBOOK TIME!
I need your pictures! If you have any pictures of Summit students in school, on school field
trips, or at Summit
events - please share them.
If you could send them via e-mail, that would be best.
apedersen@summit-academy.org
Thank
you!
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The transition from middle school to
high school is a daunting one, especially for our students.
Current parents are invited to hear Summit Academy Alumni
parents talk about their experiences at Trinity
High School, St.
Xavier High
School, DeSales
High School, Academy for Individual Excellence (AIE), Christian Academy,
Mercy Academy,
and Assumption
High School.
Thursday,
January 28, 2010 - 7:00 p.m.
in the Summit Academy auditorium
All
7th and 8th grade parents are encouraged to
be here to learn more about these high
schools.
No students, please!!
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Basketball and
Running Clubs
We
are ready to take registrations for the
Winter Basketball Club
and
the
Spring Running Club.
Click
on the links to print out registration forms.
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If Santa was nice this
year . . .
Maybe
he brought you some new computer equipment! If he did, consider
recycling your old equipment by donating it to Summit Academy!
You might just reap a nice tax write-off!
Some
of the things we could use:
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Computers that are 4.5 years old or newer (Pentium 4 processor or
newer, or MAC OSX or newer)
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FLAT PANEL LCD computer monitors
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Keyboards and/or optical mice
We'd
love to have businesses donate batches of computers that are coming
off of lease or being replaced. We are a not-for-profit
authorized Microsoft Office Refurbisher,
and as such, can take donated PC's, erase
the hard drives, and install Windows XP and Microsoft Office at
minimal cost to the school.
For
more information, and to confirm that the equipment can be put to
good use, contact our technology director Bob Deitel, at 619-3192.
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Mark your calendar for the party of
the year!
The7th
Annual
Minds of All Kinds Gala
Saturday evening, March
6, 2010
If you are
interested in helping with the Gala, we
are having
committee meetings every Thursday morning,
at 8:15 a.m.
in the Conference Room.
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 Walk In My Shoes
Walk in your child's shoes - for one hour.
A 'Walk In My Shoes' is a fun and moving presentation designed to help parents,
family members and our community to better understand the
challenges facing children with learning differences.
This is a free presentation, not a
fundraiser. Bring your family, friends, pastor,
dentist - whoever might be interested
in our mission! We will do learning disability
simulations, hear what other parents have to say about Summit Academy, and have a brief
tour of the school.
Walk
In My Shoes Schedule
Wednesday,
February 10, 2009 - 8:15 a.m.
Thursday,
February 18, 2010 - 7:00 p.m.
Summit Academy conference room
If
your business or civic group is interested,
we will bring a "Walk" to you!
Please
contact Janice Cates - (502) 244-7813
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Dates
for Your Calendar!
Date
Event
Time
Place
Mon., Jan.
18 NO SCHOOL -
STUDENTS AND TEACHERS
Martin Luther King, Jr. Day
Wed., Jan.
20 Home
Basketball
Game
5:00 p.m. Gymnasium
Mon., Jan.
25 Home
Basketball
Game
5:00 p.m. Gymnasium
Wed., Feb.
10 Walk In My
Shoes
8:15 a.m. Conference
Room
Fri., Feb.
12 NO
SCHOOL - STUDENTS
Mon., Feb.
15 NO SCHOOL -
STUDENTS
Thurs., Feb.
18 Walk In My
Shoes
7:00 p.m. Conference Room
Fri., Feb
19
NO SCHOOL - STUDENTS
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THE
LUNCH LINE
Monday - NO SCHOOL - MARTIN
LUTHER KING, JR. DAY
Tuesday - Spaghetti
w/Meatballs, Tossed Salad, Bread Sticks, Chocolate Chip Cookie
Wednesday -Corn Dogs, Tater
Tots, Fresh Fruit, Icee
Thursday - Macaroni
& Cheese, Green Beans, Biscuit, Apple Crisp
Friday - Papa John's Pizza
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If
you have information for the Monday Update,
please
EMAIL to Abbe Pedersen at
apedersen@summit-academy.org
BEFORE Thursday at noon,
for
publication the following Monday.
Thanks!
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Quips & Quotes
We had
our Homecoming basketball game last Thursday night. One of our
third grade students asked her teacher why it was called
"homecoming". The teacher explained that it's when
former students come back to visit.
The
student replied, "I guess they call it homecoming because coming
to Summit
is like coming home."
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