Monday, September 26, 2016

Wrapping up September

Wrapping up September 


Hard to believe the month of September is almost over!  It's been a great month at school!  

Here is a look at what is going on in SCLA. 



USAFA Cadets 

This past weekend SCLA families were able to provide housing for US Air Force Academy Cadets visiting Longmont to compete in the Triathlon.  THANK YOU SCLA parents for responding so quickly - we had more families than we needed.  Shoutout to SCLA Alum parent Lorraine Kirkland for organizing this.  Her daughter Jamie is currently attending the Air Force Academy.  

Thank you for living leadership in your homes!  

Thank you to the: 

 Bond Family, Vandiver Family, Burns Family, Koefgen Family, Moroney Family, Mendoza Family, Emberley Family. Gapter Family, Guillen Family, Fenderson Family,  Hopewell Family, Bennett Family,  Iasela Family, Williams Family, Grant Family, Bisby-Hirman Family, and the Schulte Family.  

USAFA Cadets enjoying dinner in Longmont 




Augustana University Scholarship
 for 
SCLA Students 

On Thursday and Friday September 29 & 30th Madeleine Ellis from Augustana University in Sioux Falls, South Dakota will be speaking to SCLA juniors and seniors about the unique scholarship for SCLA students.  

 If you complete four years of SCLA, successfully complete your Capstone Project, get a 25 on your ACT and have a 3.5 GPA you can get a minimum scholarship of $12.500 per year.  

If you are a junior and not in SCLA this semester, message Ms. Adams and she can arrange a meeting time for you.

 It's exciting when Universities are seeing the skills SCLA students have that sets them a part from their peers! 

 We have two SCLA alum currently at Augustana, Mitch Webster and Katy Foster.  


Do you know a student who has been affected by cancer?  The volleyball team would like to recognize their challenges and let them know they are not alone.

A night at the volleyball game with recognition, free admission and dinner from the concession stand are included in this special night.

Let's fill the stands to support these amazing young people on Thursday, October 13th at 5:30pm.

Message Ms. Adams if you know a student who should  be recognized. 




SCLA Families are providing dinner for the staff during Parent / Teacher Conferences on Wednesday, October 12th.  The staff appreciates having a break in conferences to come down and grab a bite to eat, and they love SCLA night because our parents bring great (and lots) of good food!  Sign up here to bring something.  

THANK YOU!!  

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SCLAers work hard to make a difference in our community!  One of the great organizations we work with is MEALS ON WHEELS. 

 This holiday season, SCLAers are putting together 300 warm drink goodie bags together and we need your help to collect items.    

We are looking for hot cocoa packets, hot cider packets and hot tea bags.   

If you can make a donation sign up here:  MEALS ON WHEELS SIGNUPS  





Help us reach 4500!  

Colorado Friendship is a great organization that helps families in our community.  We have partnered with them this year to provide 500 ziplock bags of cereal each month to put into their "IncrEdibles" backpacks.  We hope to make 4500 cereal bags this  year!  These backpacks go home with students to assure they have enough food to get through the weekend.   

We have assigned this project out to spread it around our SCLA classes.  We are asking the students in those classes to bring a box or two of sugar free cereal (Cheerios, Rice Chex, Etc.) We can always use additional cereal boxes!  If you would like to donate, please have your student drop off cereal at Ms. Adams office.  


Here are the monthly assignments: 

September- SCLA 11
October - SCLA 9- Lathrop 
November- SCLA 9- Defilippo 
December- SCLA Ambassadors 
January- SCLA 12 
February- SCLA 11
March- SCLA 10 
April- SCLA 9- Defilippo 
May- SCLA 9- Lathrop 

SCLA 11th graders putting cereal bags together for Colorado Friendship 





JUNIOR CLASS 
MOCK INTERVIEWS 


Help our junior class prepare for the future by conducting Mock Interviews.  

Monday, November 7th from 1-2:30pm 

business leaders are invited to join us to interview small groups of students.  

Sign up here if you are interested in helping that afternoon: 



TRAVEL! 

Prices go up on October 1st! 

Lock in a lower price by signing up

today! 


JUNE 2017- Nicaragua & Costa Rica- The ultimate 9 day adventure / Culture /Service  trip!  Zip-lining, kayaking, snorkeling,  volcanos and waterfalls- and amazing (and SAFE) tour of Granada, Nicaragua visiting historic sites and boat tour of Lake Nicaragua.   We will bring school supplies to a small village school as well.  To get more information, or to sign up for this trip:   Costa Rica 2017


Sign up for Europe before October

 1st and get $200 off the total price!
 
JUNE 2018- European Horizons- Catch many of the great cities on this 17 day extravaganza! Ms. Adams and Ms. Whiteley are working together to bring you this incredible trip. London, Paris, Barcelona, Madrid, Seville, and more!  To get more information or to sign up for this trip:  Europe 2018


For our China Travelers: 

 Please welcome Xin's new baby boy, Castle, to the world!  

Xin was our tour director both in 2012 and 2016.  He is a great guy that we all came to love as he showed us around his country and made us feel like special guests.  














SAVE THE DATE!  



Attend the SCLA Capstone Project Expo
Monday, December 12th 

7-9pm 

Light refreshments served 

Come see what the Class of 2017 is doing for their projects! 

Sign up to volunteer! 

Sponsor a project! 

Make a donation to a project! 


All 9th, 10th and 11th grade SCLAers are strongly encouraged to attend. 

 PAY IT FORWARD by helping with a project this year! 

*Senior Parent Meeting 6pm in the library 
 *Mentor meeting 6:30pm in the library.

Monday, September 12, 2016

HITTING OUR STRIDE


Things are going great with SCLA in the first few weeks of school. 
 We have seven classes this semester and classes are in the thick of things.   

Homecoming

Homecoming was a great success with our fall sports teams doing great. Their win / loss records are impressive and our SCLA athletes are representing our program well.

Thanks to Ambassador Connor Hansen who took the lead in getting our float ready for the parade, and to all our ambassadors who helped!

Connor Hansen, Parker Nicholas, Evans Etcheverry, Chris Medrano, Sam Nolledo
got our float ready for the parade!


Thanks to all who helped at the concession stand at the football game. It was a little crazy as the first game of the year but I appreciate all the help and the great attitudes to roll with the punches! 

Thanks to Linda Krichel, Jo Harris, Qiyra Marie, Margo Denning, Brandon Shaffer, Marcie Kunz, Margaret Edmonds,  Dave Bandi, Chelsea Bandi, and Pam Hora.  Thank you for volunteering your time to help out!  


BOOSTER CLUB REP 

Thanks to Suzanne Zens for volunteering to be our SCLA Booster Club Rep for this school year.  We appreciate your helping out the program! 

A Big THANK YOU to outgoing rep Melissa Gambirasi who has helped us out for a couple of years.  She will be missed!  


Longmont Live and Give Day
September 13th 2016
#LongmontGives

SCLA is out to support the Longmont Community Foundation by sharing the volunteer hours our students are donating to our community  and the world.  With our seven classes this semester, and each student volunteering the minimum  of 25 hours,   SCLA will be able to donate 4775 hours!  
Those hours can make a difference in our community.   Thank you for all your hours of volunteering! 





















Volunteers

Speaking of volunteering, have you checked out all the opportunities on Track It Forward?  

Baking cookies for EdCamp, day care for EdCamp, Painting party for the school shed, Flagstaff Fall Festival, Mountain Peaks Family Fun Fest, and the Flagstaff Dragon Dash are all open for volunteers at this time!









Parent / Teacher Conference Dinner 

Each year, SCLA hosts dinner for the teachers and staff during Parent / Teacher Conferences.  
This year, our date is WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 12th.  
 If you can help by bringing something for dinner- please sign up here:  Parent Teacher Conference Dinner 






BECOME A GLOBAL CITIZEN

TRAVEL WITH US! 

MEETING  
 
MONDAY,SEPTEMBER 19,

@

 7pm 


SCHS D202 


Ready for adventure?  I know I am!  Take a look at what we are planning for SCLA travels in the next couple of years!  Parents are invited to join us, just be aware the trips are fast paced!  

JUNE 2017- Nicaragua & Costa Rica- The ultimate 9 day adventure / Culture /Service  trip!  Zip-lining, kayaking, snorkeling,  volcanos and waterfalls- and amazing (and SAFE) tour of Granada, Nicaragua visiting historic sites and boat tour of Lake Nicaragua.   We will bring school supplies to a small village school as well.  To get more information, or to sign up for this trip:   Costa Rica 2017

JUNE 2018- European Horizons- Catch many of the great cities on this 17 day extravaganza! Ms. Adams and Ms. Whiteley are working together to bring you this incredible trip. London, Paris, Barcelona, Madrid, Seville, and more!  To get more information or to sign up for this trip:  Europe 2018


CHINA- With the visit of our friends from the JiuJiang Language School we are working to have a trip to China in the next couple of years that would include some of the great sites of China and then spending some time with host families from our sister school in JiuJiang. If you are interested in this, please email Ms. Adams.  






Capstone Project Sponsors 

We have outstanding projects planned by the Class of 2017.  
We need additional funds to ensure projects are as professional as possible to give the student true experience in the real world.  If you or your company would be interested in sponsoring a specific project or supporting all the projects, shoot Ms. Adams an email. 

Here is a sneak peak at the upcoming projects! 

Art Show
GEMS Camp 
Tennis Camp
Music for Seniors
Mini Movie Makers
Restorative Justice
Chi Sigma Sigma
Acts of Random Kindness
Burn Victim Benefit Baseball Tournament
The Silver Creek App
Bike Repair Stations
Abash the Past
Benefit Concert for "With Love on her Arms" 
Dinner En Blanc
Environmentally Grown Garden, 
Mini Libraries
Wildlife at Night Art
Creek United
Kids Night Out
SC Big Brothers and Big Sisters
Silver Creek Hack-a-thon
Team Building for Mountain States Children Home 
Socks for Scholarships
Wish Week
Day of Champions
Authors at SCHS
Low Cost Photography
Comforting Will,
Creek Closet
Neuroscience Internship
Montessori Internship

We will be highlighting our seniors and their projects in the blog this year.