May 2021 – CHERRY CREST ELEMENTARY PTSA

Cherry Crest G5 Promotion June 16

Dear Cherry Crest Grade 5 students and families,

The end of this crazy school year is arriving quickly and for our 5th grade students this signals the end of an era at Cherry Crest. In order to commemorate the milestone of passing from elementary to middle school, Cherry Crest staff, in collaboration with PTSA and 5th grade parent volunteers, are planning a variety of Grade 5 promotion activities on Wednesday June 16th.

Interlake High School Robotics team – Scratch coding

Interlake High School’s robotics team, Saints Robotics hosts Scratch coding camps for elementary school students.

July 19-23 (course: Introduction Scratch; 5 days)
July 26-30 (course: Advanced Scratch; 5 days)
August 2-6 (course: Beginner Engineering Concepts; 5 days)

Spring into Summer: Great Bellevue Scavenger Hunt Returns

Join the “Spring into Summer: Great Bellevue Scavenger Hunt” with your friends, family, and neighbors. Fun challenges from Memorial Day weekend until the first official day of summer on June 20. Challenges will vary and include exploring local parks, getting savvy with spring cleaning at home, showing off your neighborhood, saving the planet with eco challenges, sharing old memories of Bellevue, and even completing activities with your pets!

Summer Programs – Foreign Languages for Youth

Summer Spanish, French, Mandarin and Japanese online classes are available for K-8. Students watch an academic video, do a teacher guided activity and join a live class with an experienced teacher.

Bridle Trails Park Foundation Offering 1-Week Forest Summer Camp

The Bridle Trails Park Foundation will host a 1-week Forest Camp this summer. The camp is led by Washington State Certified Teachers who live in the neighborhood.

Afternoons include age-appropriate hikes in our unique 482-acre urban forest. All campers will learn both how to be more independent and how to contribute to a group as they engage in the magic of exploration and discovery in our amazing park!

Who: Students Entering Grades 1-6
When: July 12th – 16th, 1-4pm
Where: Bridle Trails State Park: 5300 116th Ave NE, Kirkland, WA 98033
Cost: $75
Discover Pass included – Distributed on the First Day

Interim BSD Superintendent Announced

The Bellevue School District Board of Directors is pleased to announce the appointment of Dr. Arthur (Art) Jarvis to the post of Interim Superintendent for the Bellevue School District.

He will start in Bellevue on July 1, 2021 and work with Acting Superintendent Eva Collins in the coming weeks to facilitate a smooth transition.

Announcing BSD Virtual Academy

Bellevue School District is planning to fully reopen schools in the fall. If your family has health concerns due to COVID that make it unsafe for your child(ren) to return to K-5 classrooms in the fall then district will be offering a new “Bellevue Virtual Academy” as an online option for K-5 students.

Registration Opens for Bellevue Jr. Football 2021 Season

Open to children ages 7 to 14 (as of July 31) living in the enrollment areas for Interlake, Newport, or Sammamish High schools. Note: participants must weight at least 60 lbs.

Practices begin August 2nd
Preseason tournaments August 21 & 28
Regular season September & October
Registration is now open
Send questions to info@bellevuejrfootball.org

Please Support Cherry Crest with Corporate Matching

Your donation can double with minimal effort, thanks to employer corporate gift matching programs.

Microsoft, Google, T-Mobile, Salesforce, Facebook, and many other employers match dollars their employees donate! Many also match time their employees spend volunteering.

Staff Appreciation Week – Thank You!

There has been an outpouring of thanks from the teachers in response to your generosity and kindness shown through the National Staff Appreciation week (May 3-7), and the entire year. We have captured some of their heartfelt comments at the Staff Appreciation Page as well as in the not-to-be-missed Kudoboard linked in Mr. Steere’s message below:

Message from Dusty

“On behalf of all Cherry Crest staff, thank you for taking time last week to honor and celebrate the teachers and staff at our school. Whether it was a heartfelt thank you card, a personalized work of art from a student, or a flower, we were overwhelmed with the outpouring of gratitude and support! Students did a marvelous job expressing gratitude and encouragement to staff via the Padlet as well—so impressive!

On top of the what students provided last week, Cherry Crest’s amazing PTSA spoiled our staff with hot drinks, boxed lunches and goodie bags for both in-person and virtual staff! A special thank you to PTSA Staff Appreciation Chair Kathy Hotchkies for organizing all these efforts.

As a small token of our gratitude, click here to view a KudoBoard with our personalized thanks and gratitude in addition to a virtual staff photo that we took during a recent staff meeting.

Month: May 2021