CHERRY CREST ELEMENTARY PTSA – Page 5 – Our students are empowered because our Comm(unity) is strong

Take Action!

Attention 3rd Grad Families: January is your month for Staff Appreciation. Sign up here.
Register for 2025 Winter Semester After School Programs, deadline Wed Dec 18th
Sign up as Country Representative in Festival of Cultures
Sign up to Co-Chair for PTSA Science Olympiad Club that will happen in Jan 2024
Order your Yearbook
Submit Yearbook Pictures
Submit Yearbook Cover Contest: Calling All 5th Grade Artists!
Give a shoutout of THANKS to a volunteer & put a smile on their face
Donate COFFEE for our amazing Charger Staff
Participate in Math Challenge

Upcoming Events

Wed Dec 18th deadline to register for 2025 Winter Semester After School Programs
Fri Dec 20th @lunch time Passport Club: November and December Countries
Fri Dec 20th Math Challenge #6 due
Fri Jan 24th @6:00pm Festival of Cultures!
Web Feb 5th @6:00pm Spelling Bee Finals
Fri Feb 7th @6:30-8:00pm School Dance
Fri Apr 12 Deadline to submit photos for Yearbook
Fri May 3 Deadline to order Yearbook

PTSA NEWS

Staff Appreciation Throughout the Year

Each year Cherry Crest families show their appreciation for our outstanding educators by volunteering to provide food, beverages and paper products throughout the school year to stock the staff room as well as encourage teachers and staff with periodic breakfasts. Each Grade is assigned one month to focus their efforts and many items can be delivered by your student.

Check the website for more information: https://www.cherrycrest-ptsa.org/staff-appreciation/

August 19, 2024

Student and Family Directory

The 2023-24 Student and Family Directory will be updated shortly after classroom placement has been completed. Using BSD’s ParentVue (be sure to “opt in” to listing your student (under Release of Information About Your Student, uncheck “By checking this box, I do not give permission to release my student’s directory information).

Only families listed will be able to login to the directory and view class lists.

Questions? Contact directory@cherrycrest-ptsa.org

August 18, 2024

Save the Date – Fri, Oct 4th is Cherry Crest’s First Carnival

Cherry Crest Carnival
Friday Oct 4th
5-6:30pm

Join us for a 40-foot obstacle course, 18 foot inflatable slides, 40 games, balloon twisters, photo booth, face painting, and fantastic prizes!

August 17, 2024

Congratulations Golden Acorn Award Recipients

Each year, the PTSA presents Golden Acorn Awards to volunteers who have given outstanding service to the Cherry Crest Comm(UNITY).

Awards were presented at the Volunteer Appreciation Breakfast on Thursday, June 6th, graciously hosted by Cherry Crest Faculty & Staff to honor and thank all our school volunteers.

Congratulations and thank you to this year’s recipients:
Emily Crahan
Blair Hotchkies
Sarit Egozi
Jessica Wang

June 11, 2024

SCHOOL NEWS

Scholastic Spring Book Fair Week of March 3rd-9th

Cherry Crest will host the Scholastic Spring Book fair in the library the week of March 3rd-9th. All proceeds will go towards NEW books for our library. Back this Year: Pencil Grams to support our BSD sister-school, Sherwood Forest. *Students can purchase a fun pencil ($1/cash only) to send to a friend or themselves.

Students may purchase books during lunch time and after school from Monday through Thursday. Wednesday the book far will be open until 1 pm and 4-6 for book shopping before Family Engineering Night!

You can send your child with cash or use the ewallet: https://bookfairs.scholastic.com/content/fairs/how-ewallet-works.html?fairId=5243477

Interested in helping? https://www.signupgenius.com/go/30E044AA8A92FA7FA7-scholastic

February 17, 2023

Bellevue Battle of the Books

Thanks to the hard work of our Cherry Crest Librarian Mrs. Lux, six teams of 4^th and 5^th grade students competed in the first ever Bellevue Battle of the Books (B.B.O.T.B.). Each team read six Sasquatch Nominee books, created questions for each book and then studied for the competition. Of the six teams, F.B.I. (aka Federal Book Investigators) advanced to represent Cherry Crest against Ardmore, Medina and Woodridge elementary schools. Congratulations to Ardmore Elementary for winning the Final! 11 of the 18 elementary schools in the district participated in this pilot year. We’re excited to see this competition continue next year. Thank you BSD Librarians, PTSAs and Administrators for supporting this initiative!

February 8, 2023

Coming in March to Cherry Crest – the Scholastic Book Fair

Wanted: More parents to help with managing the fair along with Mrs. Lux and current parent co-chair. Do you love books and Cherry Crest? This is the perfect opportunity for you to get all your volunteer hours in at Cherry Crest in one week! We have a ton of fun unpacking and setting up the fair, selling books to kids at lunch recess and welcoming families in to the family afternoon/evening. Shifts and hours can be split/not required to be there for all times. Interested? Need more information? Contact Mrs. Lux at: luxja@bsd405.org

Dates: Friday March 3rd- Friday March 10th (set up on 3/3, sales 3/6-3/9 & takedown 3/10).

January 15, 2023

Cherry Crest Wins Staff Pizza Party

Pagliacci Pizza is honoring schools throughout the Greater Seattle Area with a free pizza party for teachers and staff. Several PTSA leaders nominated Cherry Crest and staff enjoyed their reward on December 14th. What a fun and delicious surprise! We ❤️ our educators!

January 4, 2023