SEPTEMBER/OCTOBER 2017 the croc chronicle THE NEWSLETTER OF SYCAMORE CREEK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL croc friends forever
PTA BOARD COMMITTEES President: Cat Jackson scesptapresident1@gmail.com Treasurer: Dawn Cain scesptatrack1@gmail.com Secretary: Amanda Meehan scesptasecretary1@gmail.com VP Communications: Courtney P. Orning orningcp@gmail.com VP Faculty Appreciation: Leeanne Burda leeanne.burda@yahoo.com VP Fundraising: Brendan Betts sces.fundraising@gmail.com VP Hospitality: Leslie Rossner leslie.shelton42023@gmail.com VP Membership: Amanda Howell sces.membership@gmail.com Book Fair Dawn Cain, scesptatrack1@gmail.com Megan Phanmiller, teampfany@gmail.com Amanda Meehan, scesptasecretary1@gmail.com Box Tops Heather Swanson, hlswan72@yahoo.com Croc Crew Ryan Orning, rorning@gmail.co Croc Mile Theresa Sarmiere, tsarmeire@gmail.com Cat Jackson, scesptapresident1@gmail.com Croc Shop Asia Chavis, fabsgirl@gmail.com Cultural Arts Cat Jackson, scesptapresident1@gmail.com EOG Proctors Jessica Kronen, jkronen@wcpss.net Finance Dawn Cain, scesptatrack1@gmail.com GoPlaySave Dawn Cain, scesptatrack1@gmail.com Hospitality/Recognition Leslie Rossner, leslie.shelton42023@gmail.com Leeanne Burda, leeanne.burda@yahoo.com Hurricanes Brendan Betts, sces.fundraising@gmail.com Movie Night Brendan Betts, sces.fundraising@gmail.com Outreach Sherry Oliver, n2daisies504@hotmail.com Retail/ Restaurant Nights Brendan Betts, sces.fundraising@gmail.com School Improvement Team Elizabeth Anderson, elizabeth_c_anderson@yahoo.com Heather Swanson, hlswan72@yahoo.com Science Expo Stephanie Wright, swright3@wcpss.net Sue Mabe, bmabe@nc.rr.com Spiritwear JT Davenport, jt_davenport@yahoo.com Square One Art Michele Minehart, seanandmichele@gmail.com Student Recognition Deborah Hendren, deborahjhendren@gmail.com Cayce Wagner, caycewagner@yahoo.com Super Crocs Day Mike Miller, mmiller@wcpss.net Website Courtney P. Orning, orningcp@gmail.com Yearbook/Historian Juliana Novozhilova, jnovozhilova@gmail.com Cayce Wagner, caycewagner@yahoo.com Track 1 VP: Ben Bobay ben.bobay@gmail.com Track 2 VP: Beth Raymond raymond4family@gmail.com Track 3 VP: Meghan Becker muddi.becker@gmail.com Track 4 VP: Jen Fox jenjenfox@gmail.com Sycamore Creek Elementary School
PRESIDENT S MESSAGE Happy Fall!! The school year is in full swing! We have been very busy this first quarter and have much more to come this year. ~Cat Jackson, PTA President PTA We are grateful to all of you who have joined the PTA and supported all of our events. If you have not already done so, you can still join on the PTA website: www.scespta.com. You don t have to sign up to volunteer, but your dues will go towards helping our school, students, and teachers. GOPLAYSAVE In September we completed our GoPlaySave Coupon Book Fundraiser. We hope you are enjoying your purchase and all of the great offers inside! Congratulations to Mrs. Butt s class for selling the most books!! Her class will enjoy a catered lunch party. CROC MILE We kicked off our first Croc Mile last Friday September 22nd! Tracks 2 & 4 had a great day! We look forward to Tracks 1 & 3 Croc Mile on October 13th! Don t forget to register on pledgestar.com/sycamorecreek to enter pledges or envelopes can be sent in with your students. Pledging will remain open until October 20th. Ask your kids what incentives their class has earned on their Pledge Meter. This is our largest fundraiser of the year and our volunteers work very hard to make this event fun for everyone. A huge thank you for Theresa Sarmiere for Chairing the Croc Mile Committee and getting so many sponsors to help make this event so successful!! Save the date Friday, October 13th to come out and cheer on our Crocs as they are introduced by our very own comedian Andy Forrester! We appreciate all of our parents who come out to volunteer at our Croc Miles!! We couldn t run these events without your help! There are still spots available for the Tracks 1 & 3 Croc Mile if you would like to help! The Croc Mile service portion of our program will be running through October 13th. We have partnered with Fleet Feet this year and will be collecting gently used sneakers. Donations need to be tied together and dropped off in the bins outside of the gym. FAMILY MOVIE NIGHT We look forward to seeing you on October 20th at 6pm to watch Moana! Bring your chairs and blankets!! Sami s will be sold for dinner and Kona Ice will be there for dessert (bring cash if possible). MCTEACHER NIGHT Save the date for a school wide favorite!! November 6th from 5-8pm at the McDonald s on Leesville our teachers and staff will be serving you your dinner!! LOWES FOODS REWARDS We have recently partnered with Lowes Foods to earn money for our school. Please visit https://rewards. lowesfoods.com/account/ SelectCard?mode=CartToClass, enter your rewards card number, and chose Sycamore Creek Elementary School. Earn cash back when you shop! NC STATE FAIR Support our school when you buy your State Fair tickets! When purchasing enter school code 569 under Membership at check out and the State Fair will donate $2 for every adult ticket and $1 for every child ticket to our school! Tickets must be purchased by Oct. 12th. CONNECT WITH US Don t forget to like us on Facebook SCES PTA and follow us on Twitter Sycamore Creek ES or check out our website: scespta.com for updates, information, or upcoming activities. CROC CHRONICLE 1
SUPPORT OUR SCHOOL BY PURCHASING TICKETS IN ADVANCE OF THE N.C. STATE FAIR WITH YOUR SCHOOL CODE. SYCAMORE CREEK CODE 569 FOR EVERY ADULT TICKET PURCHASED USING OUR CODE, THE STATE FAIR WILL DONATE $2 TO SYCAMORE CREEK! FOR EVERY CHILD TICKET PURCHASED USING A SCHOOL CODE, THE STATE FAIR WILL DONATE $1 TO SYCAMORE CREEK! SIMPLY ENTER THE CODE "569" UNDER "MEMBERSHIP" AT CHECK-OUT ON THE WCPSS ADMIS SION TICKET LINK. THIS PROMOTION IS ONLY AVAILABLE ONLINE IN ADVANCE OF THE FAIR. TICKETS MUST BE PURCHASED BY 11:59 P.M. ON THURSDAY, OCT. 12. LINK: WWW.ETIX.COM/TICKET/V/1949 NC STATE FAIR SHARE SNAP SAVE 2 CROC CHRONICLE
P A R T O F P R O C E E D S G O T O S Y C A M O R E C R E E K E L E M E N T A R Y S C H O O L LET'S CHILL! SEE YOU AT GOODBERRY'S J O I N U S H A V E A C O O L & S W E E T B R E A K W I T H F R I E N D S IT'S MCTEACHER NIGHT! FEBRUARY 23, 2018 @ 5:00 PM 13260 STRICKLAND RD. MOVIE NIGHT NATIONAL WALK TO SCHOOL DAY
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