Month: January 2023

Join us for Family Engineering Night – March 8th from 5:45 to 7:45 pm

Save the date to have your family join us at Cherry Crest for the much beloved Family Engineering Night March 8th from 5:45 to 7:45 pm. We encourage all family members of the Cherry Crest students to come and enjoy the fun and challenge together!  While families can come and go as you please, we encourage you to maximize your time to try to do all the challenges!

We cannot do this without help – Please Sign up to bring supplies or volunteer to set up or clean up.  We need many teen volunteers for the event to work as well!

The night will include:

  • 3 main challenges – boat building, launcher, mining for chocolate
  • 9 quick challenges
  • High school robotics teams demonstrations
  • Bee bot and Ozo bot programming
  • Coding

2022-23 Art Reflections Update

We will have an Art Reflections Recognition Ceremony on Tuesday, February 7th from 9:00am – 9:30am in the CCE Lobby area for all the 17 students from Cherry Crest who participated.

Three of the student’s art submissions are part of Bellevue Council PTSA Reflections finalists to Washington state level. Congratulations to Aahan Prakash (Photography), Aliera Zill (Literature) and Anastasia Kozlova (Dance)!! A virtual showcase & an in-person exhibition of all Bellevue Council entries to state level is coming shortly.

If you have any questions please send an email to reflections@cherrycrest-ptsa.org

Order Yearbooks now!

ORDER YOUR YEARBOOK

It’s Yearbook Time!  To memorialize this year, please preorder a yearbook for $24.99 before May 5th at Lifetouch and enter Yearbook ID Code:  1577523

YEARBOOK DISTRIBUTION

Yearbook distribution is tentatively schedule for the week of June 9th. Keep an eye on the chatter and this section for more information.

Yearbook Cover Contest Submissions Due Feb 10th

YEARBOOK COVER CONTEST 

Have a 5th grader?

We need their help!!!  We are inviting ALL Cherry Crest Elementary 5th grade students to enter their artwork in our Yearbook Cover Contest! Our panel of judges will select one entry to be on the cover of this year’s yearbook, in addition, the artwork will be modified to become the design for the Walk-A-Thon tee-shirt!  We can’t wait to see what amazing artwork our students have to contribute this year.

Rules for submission:

  1. This year’s theme is “Spread Kindness Like Confetti”
  2. Art must be on 8.5 x 11 sheet of paper
  3. The orientation of the paper must be vertical
  4. The student’s name, grade and teacher’s name must be written on the back of the paper in pencil only so it does not show through the artwork on the front.
  5. 1st place will be featured on the cover of this year’s yearbook and modified slightly for tee-shirt quality

All entries are due February 10th!

Submit entries by putting them in the PTSA mailbox in the Cherry Crest office.

Tips for a good entry:

  1. Not a lot of white space – lots of color (including background)
  2. Use up the whole sheet of paper – the bigger the better!

Did you Know? WA State PTSA Monitors Washington State Legislation

The Washington State Legislature (House & Senate) convened on January 9 to consider bills and budgets for this year.

Subscribe to the Washington State PTA’s action alert e-mails to learn how you can have an impact.  The 2023 legislative session ends on April 29.  Learn the basics here.

You can also view Cherry Crest PTSA’s Legislative page for more details on how PTAs impact laws affecting education.  Questions? Contact legislativerep@cherrycrest-ptsa.org

Beyond the Stage Youth Drama Club – Spring Registration

For Grades:  K-3rd Grade
Day of week:  Wednesdays
Time of day:   12:15pm – 1:30pm
Program start and end dates: 4/5-5/31 ***No class 4/12

For Grades:  4-5th grade
Day of week:  Fridays
Time of day:   2:30 – 3:45 pm
Program start and end dates: 4/7-6/2 ***No class 4/14, 5/5

Location: CCE Stage
Cost: $150 (limited scholarships available)
Registration Link: https://beyondthestageyouth.com/cce

Contact Person & Contact Info. Blaire Smith: Contact@beyondthestageyouth.com

BSF Spring for Schools

Spring for Schools – Annual BSF Fundraiser

Join us for an evening of food, drinks, music, and a showcase of BSF donor funded programs.

April 1, 2023, 5pm-7pm, Meydenbauer Center

To register: https://interland3.donorperfect.net/weblink/WebLink.aspx?id=113&name=E5040

Congratulations to Math Challenge Tournament Winners

Congratulations to Finley Cai (3rd grade), Akshaya Ramprasad (3rd grade), Alan Cheng (4th grade), Zixia Tan (5th grade) for winning the top 10% scorers in 2022 MCT! Thank you everyone for participating in the 2022 MCT.