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May 6, 13, & 20 @4:00 PM G3/G4 students & parents: Join Robotics Club Open sessions
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Our Cherry Crest Communication team has been awarded two Washington State PTA Awards of Excellence. Outstanding Newsletter - Bronze Outstanding Website - Bronze Thank you for all you do to help keep our Community informed and engaged! Our new website that was launched in the Fall looks fabulous! And the award is well deserved for all your hard work to launch …
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Pre-ordered yearbooks will be available for pickup at the field near the school on August 21st (12-6:00pm), 28th (9-3pm) and 29th (9-1pm).If you did not pre-order, we have several copies available for sale! Please bring $20 (in cash) to purchase.Questions? Contact yearbook@cherrycrest-ptsa.org
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The PTSA is excited to announce that a family directory is now available online this year! All Cherry Crest students (even those assigned to remote families) who gave the district permission to include their information will be listed. You may have already received an invitation to set up your account. If not, just visit directory.cherrycrest-ptsa.org and select "RESET PASSWORD," specifying the email address you supplied …
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The 2020 giving campaign kicks off October 1st and we'd love it if you would consider donations to the Cherry Crest Parent Teacher Association. You will receive a full match for donations or volunteer hours through Microsoft and every bit counts -- particularly in these challenging times! Your donations will go directly to support school-related programs and additional specialist staff that …
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Is your child interested in Geography? And would like to learn the countries of the world?The Passport club at Cherry Crest offers a multi-year introduction to world Geography.If you would your child to join passport club, please send an email with your child’s name, grade and teacher to passportclub@cherrycrest-ptsa.orgThis year we are unable to have any check-ins in person, but we …
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General School Assistants, GSAs (formerly known as aides) make an amazing difference in our children’s classroom every day through out the year. Here is a list of how they were helpful to just one class in the last week: Sharing about themselves, their identity and their humanity in the virtual setting. This is a way to set examples for students …
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Durga G. is one of Cherry Crest's GSAs and provides daily classroom support. One of the classes she works with is Susie Sung's 4th grade class: Durga has been a great support, providing extra help when we need it. For example, I remember there were several times during the first few weeks of school when she was able to meet …
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You may be curious about whether General School Assistants (GSAs) are being utilized in the virtual setting and what roles they are performing. From providing instruction in small groups to facilitating virtual recess, our students are benefiting from GSAs fulfilling many of the same roles they have in previous years. This week we hear from the students in Ms. Maya …
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Mr.T is one of Cherry Crest’s GSAs and provides daily classroom support. He is known to make all the students feel involved and connected in the classrooms, especially now when everything's virtual.This is what one of the parents has to say about him: "Mr. T has been a lovely friend to our family. He always made our son and his …
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Bellevue School District has worked with AssistX Education to make the mobile app, apParent Online, available to you at no cost. The app will allow you to monitor and manage your child's district issued laptop outside of school hours. The mobile app, apParent Online, is available for Windows devices, iPhones and Android phones. The app enables you to:View screen images of your child's deviceLock …
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Supporting student technology needs during remote learning is important to the Bellevue School District. The following are the top five questions families have and their solutions: 1. What is my ParentVUE activation key? 2. How do I monitor my student’s online behavior? 3. My student’s device is constantly freezing in Teams. What do I do? 4. My student is unable …
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Bellevue School District families are invited to explore the Fall 2020 Guide for Families (PDF). This guidebook is intended to provide you with information to support your student’s success for the 2020-2021 school year. Thank you for the flexibility and resilience you have shown since the spring. And thank you for being a part of the BSD community!
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With daylight savings time ending this weekend, BSD is implementing some changes in their Grab & Go pick up locations, to have meals available earlier in the day. Please see flyer for more information. BSD will also be adjusting times for their pre-order bus routes drop off of meals and adding 2 NEW locations (North Bellevue Community Center & The …
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If you think you might be eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, but haven’t yet signed up, please do so now! Here is the application: https://bsd405.org/services/nutrition-services/free-reduced/
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Why the urgency? We expect government funds may be made available to families signed up for free or reduced-price lunches. These would be passed on to families to cover the cost of meals they have had to purchase while school has been conducted remotely.
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If you aren’t sure if you have signed up for FRL, please call BSD’s Nutrition Services office at 425-456-4507 to confirm.
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Do you have a student attending Odle Middle School next year? The Odle PTSA seeks you!
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If you are interested in joining the 2021-2022 Odle PTSA for executive or chair positions, please send an email to board@odleptsa.org with a brief introduction of your past school volunteering experience. They will contact you within the next couple of months!
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BSD’s Director of Facilities and Operations, Jack McLeod, gave a presentation to the Bellevue PTSA leaders in early April. Slides from the presentation are available online at: http://bit.ly/3soTdRG
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For additional questions about school buildings, use the "Let's Talk" link on the http://www.bsd405.org website.
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The Bellevue School District announces that Dr. Ivan Duran is leaving his position as Superintendent effective June 30, 2021. Dr. Duran was appointed Superintendent of the Bellevue School District in July 2017, after having served as a Deputy Superintendent in the Dallas School District. Dr. Duran plans to remain active in public education, continuing his passion for and commitment to equity by creating a sense of belonging for all students. . . .
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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.
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Hello Cherry Crest students and families! I've missed visiting your school these past couple of months, but I've been busy in the workshop making videos about cool toys you can build at home--you just need some everyday materials (cardboard, rubber bands, etc.)--and your imagination! Here are links to the first two videos:https://youtu.be/h413F5ntmQMhttps://youtu.be/WHWT6jsZsQsThree more videos are in the works, so stay …
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The Boys and Girls Club of Bellevue offers safe and enriching full-day programming at select Boys & Girls Clubs of Bellevue sites during the Bellevue School District's Remote Learning Phase. Locations and links to registration can be found at their website, and more details about the program are available in their program flier below:
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Starting in February, Chess4Life will offer a winter Chess Club for Cherry Crest students. The cost is $160 for the 8-class session ($20 per student per class). The club will be held online Wednesdays from 1:00-2:00pm. Chess4Life will also offer a FREE demonstration class on February 3rd.
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Bellevue East Little League is happy to announce the opening of their Spring Season registration for T-Ball, Baseball, and Softball for boys and girls between the ages 4-16. Tryouts will begin in February and baseball/softball will start in March (COVID guidelines permitting).
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Visit https://www.bellevueeastll.org/ to learn more!
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Camp Kindness Counts offers mid-winter break camps, Virtual Clubs and "Kind World Explorers" classes. The classes are weekly 40 minute group lessons (currently held over Zoom), focussing on 12 specific character strengths from the Kind World Explorers guidebook series. Our sessions help students reflect and share feelings, practice mindfulness techniques and focus on developing character strengths.
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Are you looking for a healthy outdoor activity for your child? Lacrosse teams are forming now for the Spring season (starting March 15, 2021) of The Sammamish Interlake Youth Lacrosse Club for boys in grades 2-8. The season runs from March through June and the cost varies from $350-$500 depending on your child's grade. An additional $95 game fee will …
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We are a group of Juniors at Interlake High School who run a weekend essay-writing workshop called The Writers’ League for 5th through 7th graders. The workshop consists of 6 total hours of instruction across 4 days (plus homework) and teaches skills to supplement what students learn in English class. We have taught multiple courses in the past six months, and are offering another set of classes this spring and summer. The next session will be held March 13,14, 20 and 21 from 10-11:30am each day with another session available in June. The cost to participate is $20. Visit our website: http://writersleague.net to register.
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Mission InspirEd, a student-run nonprofit, is offering free tutoring for students! Work (virtually!) with vetted high school tutors on topics including Math, English, Coding, Science and History. Learn more & sign up at http://missioninspired.org/tutoring.
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Every summer we get amazing campers from all over WA in Wise Camps (non-profit started by two teachers!). We've opened registration for both in-person and online camps for summer 2021. Register at www.wisecamps.org.
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About This Newsletter
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The Cherry Crest Charger Chatter is emailed to families and staff on Tuesday mornings. Read our submission guidelines
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Information contained in directories, Newsletters or membership lists published by Cherry Crest Elementary PTSA may not be used for purposes of solicitation either commercial, political or ideological or any other purpose not consistent with the Washington Congress of Parents and Teachers By-Laws.
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