Never a dull moment for SCLA!

It is never boring around SCLA!  Here's what's new!  

*Applications are closed for current 8th graders who wish to be in SCLA next year.  They may contact Ms. Adams directly to be placed on a waiting list.  

adams_carrie@svvsd.org

Silver Creek Leadership Summit 

SUMMIT HAS BEEN CANCELLED AND WILL BE RESCHEDULED NEXT FALL.  

Applications are OPEN 

to apply to be an AMBASSADOR for 2014-2015!  

You may apply for ambassadors if you are a current 9th, 10th or 11th grader in good SCLA standing, and have a GPA 3.0 or over. 

This year you must have:

Online application 

Teacher recommendation form signed 

Prepare a two minute presentation on SCLA for the interview portion 

Important dates:  

Applications open March 7th 

Applications closed Friday, March 28st 

Interview/Presentation- April 8.9, and 10 after school

List posted- Friday, April 11 

First Ambassador meeting- Wed. April 16 6:30-8:30pm (Vote for officers, and prepare SCLA freshman induction evening)

SCLA Freshman Induction Ceremony- Tuesday, April 22,  6-7:30pm 

SCLA Freshman Retreat- YMCA at Winter Park- Aug. 6th and 7th. 

Online application here: 

SCLA Ambassador Online Application

SCLA 12 Capstone Project Updates: 

 Unity in the Community 

Maddie Toretto has been working with the Longmont Chamber of Commerce all year for her Capstone Project.  She helped organize Unity and it was a great success last night! The evening even included a Shoutout for SCLA from  Lt. Governor Joe Garcia!   Thank you for all of you who volunteered! 

CHINESE NEW YEAR  

Chinese New Year was a big success! Shout out to Alex Bush and Nico Rembert for all their hard work to help host this event.  Over 1300 people attended and a great time was had by all.  

A member of APAL produced this video on the event: 

Chinese New Year Video

and the Longmont Times-Call had this article about the event: 

Newspaper Article

Thank you to all who volunteered to help this event!  

You chipped in over 200 hours to make this day possible for the Longmont Community! 

TERA CLUB

Taylor Strub, JP Butler and RaeAnn Pollard 

RaeAnn Pollard and Taylor Strub hosted a special assembly with their mentor JP Butler to share info on teen dating and kick off their TERA (Teens Ending Relationship Abuse) club.  They did a great job presenting to a full auditorium and discussing this important subject.  You can follow what is happening or get involved with this group here: 

Twitter: 

https://twitter.com/SafeShelterTERA

Facebook page: 

https://www.facebook.com/safesheltertera

Instagram:

http://instagram.com/safeshelterTERA

RACHEL'S CHALLENGE 

Kristi Krings, Emilie Rembert, Karen Norris and Jade Cordova 

Emilie Rembert and Jade Cordova brought Rachel's Challenge back to SCHS for  the second year and it was a great success.  The FOR Club is meeting and looking to do great things at SCHS.  Contact Emilie for more info- or join the facebook group: 

FOR Silver Creek

Rachel's Challenge Website: 

rachels challenge

Little Dresses For Africa 

Allison Howlett and Victoria Kline hosted a Little Dresses for Africa dressmaking party on Saturday, March 1st where they were able to make over 50 dresses.  Join them again on Saturday, March 8th at Silver Creek HS from 12-4 for another round of making these simple dresses out of pillowcases for young ladies in Africa!  

Members of the community join to make dresses

Get TICKETS NOW FOR LONGMONT LEAD 

Doug Palmer's LEAD Conference will be held Saturday, March 12th 6pm at SCHS. This TEDx like conference is $10 and will feature some amazing speakers on the topic of leadership. This event is open to the public and will be a great motivational evening, networking event and time to recharge your batteries and think about your own leadership abilities. 

For information and tickets, visit the LEAD website: 

Longmont LEAD Conference

ATTENTION ALL GOLFERS! 

TWO GREAT TOURNEYS COMING UP! 

Saturday, April 12

 at Twin Peaks Golf Course Senior Dalton Haase will host a tourney that will benefit A WOMEN'S WORK here in Longmont. 

More info: 

golf for A WOMAN's WORK

Monday, April 28

at Fox Hill Country Club, Andrew Rademacher-Howe is hosting a tourney to 

CHIP IN FOR NICARAGUA 

Water for villages through Rotary International and Namlo 

Contact Andrew:

aradhowe@hotmail.com

Shout Outs! 

Doug Palmer 

Jackie Reh 

Dalton Haase 

Recently featured on the "LONGMONT MATTERS" radio show (AM 1060) 

All SCLA seniors will be featured in the next couple of months Tuesday evening from 6-7. 

Listen to their podcasts here! 

SCLA Podcasts

2013 Leadership Retreat a success!

What a way to kick off 

the 

2013-2014 

school year! 

  

100 incoming freshmen heading the the YMCA of the Rockies in Estes Park, Colorado to host our 5th Annual Silver Creek Leadership Academy Retreat.  

We started out before leaving Silver Creek HS with a visit from the Longmont Sister Cities groups from Japan and Mexico.  Our SCLA ambassadors took them on a tour of SCHS, did some team building activities with them and we wrapped up with a group picture!  

We enjoyed some get-to-know you games as soon as we arrived in Estes Park. 

An "Instagram" scavenger hunt- #sclaretreat2013 

We had an evening meeting sharing the message of Rachel's Challenge, and why Silver Creek HS is a place where we work to create a chain reaction of kindness.

Cookies and rootbeer floats! 

Kicked the morning off with "THE GREAT POTATO DERBY" 

Big Shout out  to SCLA Ambassador Keira Hook for her outstanding work leading this event! 

"Earn your items" activities 

RACE your team's potato! 

Service Projects- 

SCLA believes in making a difference in the lives of those around us. 

75 letters to servicemen written

300 ready to use laundry kits- with a positive note for the Longmont Inn Between 

125 Hygiene Kits: 

with towel, washcloth, toothbrush, toothpaste, shampoo, comb and soap in ziplock bags with a positive note in each one.  

A wonderful hike lead by our Principal, Erick Finnestead and new Assistant Principal, Karen Norris. 

A few more activities-  Card bridges and building a device to catch a falling golf ball! 

30 hours later 

we arrive back at Silver Creek HS! 

Ready to kick off high school for the class of 2017!!  

Happy February!

It's hard to believe that it is February already.  This year is flying by!  

Here is a quick update on each grade level: 

12th GRADE CAPSTONE ACTION PROJECTS 

The SCLA inaugural class of 2013 is volunteering over 1260 hours to the community just this year to complete their projects! 

The class of 2013 is working hard to complete their projects this spring.  Some of our projects are still in need of financial help to complete.  We are appreciative of our sponsors McDonalds and Longmont United Hospital for their help.  If you would like to sponsor contact Ms. Adams or Mrs. Kohn.   Some of our specific needs are:

• Marly and Lina need some help finding a company to either donate or help with the cost of cement for playground area at the YMCA -
• Jack is looking for sponsors for holes for the golf tournament that will help Emergency Family Assistance here in Longmont. 
• Austin and Kailee are hosting a four Saturday soccer camp in March for kids at Columbine Elementary and help covering the cost of T-shirts and trophies.
• Valarie and Anthony want your old shoes as they work with Soles4Souls.  Boots, flip-flops, high heels, you name it, they can take them! Drop off shoes at SCHS, or let us know and we can pick them up.  
• Austin and Noah want your extra change! Help Peace and Service for Africa with your spare change this month.  Drop off at SCHS. 

Soon, volunteer opportunities will be listed here for Senior Capstone Projects.  

SCLA 9, 10 and 11- PAY IT FORWARD! 

Volunteer for these projects so others who follow you will volunteer for your projects. 

Mark these events on your calendar and join us for the following SCLA Capstone Projects! 

• Clarissa is working with LiveWell Longmont and the Healthy series begins this month!  Join Clarissa at the Longmont Library on MONDAY, FEBRUARY 11th from 6:30-8:30,  Watch the movie "Weight of the Nations" followed by a panel discussion on the obesity problem in the US. 
• Chase is bringing Rachel's Challenge to Silver Creek High School! Come to SCHS on TUESDAY FEBRUARY 19th at 6pm in the Auditorium for the parent meeting.  More information to come. 

In addition to their capstone projects the seniors are putting together a project to teach Critical and Creative Thinking from the BIG SIX to Blue Mountain 4th graders in February.    These students are truly leaders in our community! 

Much much more in the works!  

A shout out to our outstanding SCLA 12 teacher, Lauren Kohn, for all the hard work she does with this group.  

11th Grade SCLA 

Want to volunteer? We are looking adults to help students write resumes and then go through a "mock"  interview.  

Feb. 12 & 13 for resume writing 

Feb. 26 & 27 for interviews

12:45-2:15

Contact Ms. Adams or Ms. Forbes to volunteer  

• 11th graders are working with Blue Mountain, EagleCrest and Indian Peaks Elementary Schools to teach the BIG SIX Leadership Skills of Ethics, Communication, Critical and Creative thinking, Respect, Vision and Teamwork to 5th graders. 
• Students are working on their ideas for their Senior Capstone Action Projects! They have some great ideas and we are excited to double our number of SCLA students doing projects next year, and double the volunteer hours that are given to the community by these great students. 

10th Grade SCLA 

Want to Volunteer?  We need drivers on FRIDAY, FEB. 8th 10:30-12:30 to drive to Boulder to Ras Kassas Ethiopian Restaurant to learn more about the food and culture.  We will cover your lunch for your help! 

Contact Ms. Adams to volunteer

• Students wrapped up their American Culture projects this past week.  We had a great look into own culture and history as we get ready to plunge into a look at cultural commonalities with other countries.  We enjoyed our AWARD WINNING LIBRARIAN PHIL GOERNER AND HIS WIFE LYNN share their experiences with their humanitarian work in Zambia. 
• Students this month will get a chance to learn about the Chinese culture as we have guests teach us Chinese Calligraphy.  Students will then have the opportunity to volunteer at the CHINESE NEW YEAR celebration held here at SCHS on SATURDAY, FEB. 23.  SCLA helps sponsor this event!  It's free and open to the public and will feature amazing things like the Dragon Dance, Kung Fu demonstrations, music and food.  Last year over 500 people attended this event, so please join us. 

9th Grade SCLA 

Thank you to Jason Lathrop, teaching this semester, and to Jean Gurule, who taught last semester. 

• Freshmen are getting their feet wet in SCLA beginning their personal websites/digital portfolios.  
• Students are preparing their Anti-bullying presentations to work on presentation skills and speaking skills. 

We will always post opportunities for volunteering here.  If you know of any opportunities in our community, please let us know and we will post them.  

Contact Carrie Adams for anything listed below at 

adams_carrie@svvsd.org 

• PARENTS: - We need all of SCLA parents to join RABC (Raptor Athletic Booster Club) They are a huge supporter of SCLA and assist the entire school in so many ways.  It's easy and your money goes right to work for the students. You can join  for $20.  If you are already a member of RABC, be sure to list SCLA as one of your activities!   Click here for more info.  RABC 
• PARENTS/ INTERESTED INDIVIDUALS-  SCLA is beginning the SCLA Leadership Foundation Board!  It is a volunteer group of parents, business leaders and students joining together to build our program.  Together we can gain momentum, gather corporate sponsors and give our students even more "real world" experiences.   If you are interested in helping us get the foundation off the ground, and are willing to meet once a month for 7am meetings, WE NEED YOU! Come to an informational meeting on THURSDAY, MARCH 7th at 7am at SCHS in the main office conference room.
• STUDENTS:  Applications are being accepted to be part of the Therapeutic Riding Center Teen Leadership Program.  This is an amazing program.  You must be between 15-18 (Applicants can be 14 but must turn 15 by August 2013) More info by clicking here:    Teen Leadership Program   

• STUDENTS: CHINESE NEW YEAR celebration  needs you!  Feb. 23 at SCHS.   

SCLA AMBASSADOR CORNER

Want to be a leader of leaders? 

Willing to do the extra work? 

Want to make a bigger impact during your time at SCHS and in SCLA? 

Ambassadors may be for you!

IMPORTANT DATES: 

 

APPLICATIONS FOR 2013-14 AMBASSADORS

• Monday, March 4th Applications open  
• Friday, March 15th  All applications must be submitted by 2:15pm 
• NO LATE APPLICATIONS ACCEPTED  
• April 15th-April 19 Interviews 

All CURRENT SCLA AMBASSADORS MUST RE-APPLY 

More details coming soon 

 THANK YOU TO OUR SENIOR CAPSTONE ACTION PROJECT SPONSORS