Category: PTSA News

First PTSA General Meeting Sept 29th 7pm on TEAMS

The PTSA is devoted to the educational success of your children and the promotion of family engagement in schools. We work with the school administration, teachers, and families, like yours, to enrich your student’s experience at Cherry Crest. 

Grade Level Representatives

This year the main PTSA goal is increasing family engagement at the school to better our student’s experiences.

To do this, we’ve introduced Grade-Level Representatives for each grade level.  They can:

  • Answer your Cherry Crest questions
  • Connect you to PTSA and school resources
  • Introduce you to other families
  • Work with Cherry Crest to spend PTSA resources to best benefit the students in each grade

Their goal is simple – help build a more enriching community experience for you and your student.

Please feel free to reach out to your representatives.  To learn more about them, click here.

Contact info:

Kindergarten Reps – ce-k@cherrycrest-ptsa.org

1st Grade Reps – ce-1@cherrycrest-ptsa.org

2nd Grade Reps – ce-2@cherrycrest-ptsa.org

3rd Grade Reps – ce-3@cherrycrest-ptsa.org

4th Grade Reps – ce-4@cherrycrest-ptsa.org

5th Grade Reps – ce-5@cherrycrest-ptsa.org

PTSA Clubs for 2022-2023

Cherry Crest PTSA is planning to sponsor the following clubs/activities for 2022-23:

  1. Math Club
  2. Running Club
  3. Science Club
  4. Passport Club
  5. Monthly Math Challenges
  6. Spelling Bee
  7. Reflections Art Program

More information will be provided on these in upcoming Chatters and on our PTSA Website.

Join the Cherry Crest PTSA

We invite you to join our Cherry Crest PTSA and become an integral part of our vibrant school community. Your involvement in PTSA allows you to actively participate in your child’s education and helps us create a nurturing and enriching learning environment for all students. By joining PTSA, you’ll have the opportunity to connect with other parents, teachers, and students, share valuable insights, and most importantly cast a vote in membership meetings and shape the success of our school. In addition, you get awesome discounts like airport parking, Great Wolf Lodge and many more. Annual due is $12/member and you can sign up here. Together, we can make a meaningful impact on our children’s educational journey!

Theme for Art Reflections 2022-2023

Calling all Cherry Crest Artists

The theme for next year’s art reflections has been announced: “Show your Voice!”

Arts Categories
Students submit their completed works of art in one or all of the available arts categories: Dance Choreography, Film Production, Literature, Music Composition, Photography, Visual Arts

Arts Divisions
Students participate in the appropriate division for their grade: Primary (Pre-K – Grade 2), Intermediate (Grades 3-5), Middle School (Grades 6-8).

Students who identify as having a disability and may receive services under IDEA or ADA: Section 504 may enter in the Special Artist Division or grade division most closely aligned to their functional abilities.

Please look in the Chatter in fall for more information.

Any questions? Email reflections@cherrycrest-ptsa.org

Cherry Crest yearbooks are coming soon!

Yearbook

Yearbooks will be distributed to students in classrooms by teachers on Wednesday June 15 for all families that preordered a yearbook. There is a small supply of additional yearbooks which can be purchased after school in front of the school on Jun 15 and 17 for $25 (checks payable to Cherry Crest PTSA).

CE end of the year message and volunteer recognition

With the return of in person learning, Cherry Crest enjoyed a year of fun enrichment opportunities in 2021-2022. Thank you to the teachers, volunteers and staff for helping us adapt to change and incorporate as many activities as we could to enhance learning for our students. All activities were funded by the PTSA through generous donations raised during our 3 major events, Walkathon, Auction and Readathon.

A huge THANK YOU to our awesome Curriculum Enhancement Coordinators. They worked tirelessly to get events scheduled, rooms booked, and volunteers coordinated.

Kindergarten – Kelli Heikkila & Wendy Kuo
1st Grade – Grace Chu, Mengye Guo & Jia Yan
2nd Grade – Sarit Egozi & Katherine Lee
3rd Grade – Allison Luhrs & Karen Ng
4th Grade – Minna Yan & Lily Yang
5th Grade – Erin Miller
Curriculum Enhancement VP – Monica Li

Thank you all for your help and support to make this school year a great success!

Spirit Week is June 6-10 ending with Field Day!

During the week of June 6-10, Cherry Crest students and staff are invited to show their school spirit and dress according to daily themes:

• Monday 🩳 Dress up or Dress Down Day: You can either come in your super comfy PJs or wear your fancy clothes
• Tuesday 🎩 Crazy Head Day: Come to school wearing your most creative hairstyle, hat, headwrap or decorated mask!
• Wednesday 🔴 Charger Pride: Wear Charger Spirit Gear and/or school colors (red/white/black combination)
• Thursday 🌈 Rainbow Day: A different color for each grade level: K – Red, 1 – Yellow, 2 – Blue, 3 – Orange, 4 – Purple, 5, – Green
• Friday 👕 Sportswear Day: Don your fastest sneakers and wear your blue Walkathon shirt to enjoy Field Day!

Running Club: Peace Torch Visit and Marathon Accomplishments

On May 20, runners from the Sri Chinmoy Oneness Home Peace Run spoke to students about their mission of spreading peace around the globe, performed their peace song and joined students for a few laps around the track with the peace torch.  Special thanks to Rupasi Young for including Cherry Crest Elementary on their route for the first time ever!

Congratulations to 5th graders Ender and Parker in Ms. Hemker’s class who both completed a marathon (26.2 miles) and were awarded certificates by Mrs. Stedman in class. Running Club is a free, optional club available to students during lunch recess every day except Wednesday. 
Questions? E-mail runningclub@cherrycrest-ptsa.org

 

5th Grade lawn signs!

Cherry Crest PTSA is proud to partner with the local vender Winners Sportswear for our 5th grade promotion lawn signs. These are a fun and optional way to show support for your outgoing 5th grader. Order at http://t.ly/8_Od (cost: $16.95)

If you need financial assistance, please reach out to the front desk and ask about the PTSA Neighbor-to-Neighbor fund.