Dear Parents,

It’s hard to believe that we are already in the month of October. You know that means holiday season is quickly approaching. What a busy time of the year! And with that comes lots of activities and excitement at our school.

We have lots on our agenda and more to come. Not included in the Dates to Remember are many field trips. Field trips are an exciting alternative to the traditional school day, but we must keep in mind that even though students are away from the physical school building, it is still an instructional day. On many field trips, we ask parents to go along to be chaperones. Chaperones are used in a number of ways: to help supervise children on the buses, to help supervise groups of children during the “event,” to help supervise groups going to the restrooms, and to help take care of children in need. In other words, chaperones play a big part in helping the teachers take care of children. We need all hands on board! Therefore, if you and your child’s teacher arrange for you to be a chaperone, you, too, must follow some rules.

1. We ask that you help to chaperone on the buses, as well as the field trip activities. 2. Please remember that we arrange field trips to accommodate only a certain number of

students, staff members and chaperones. No other family members may attend. 3. Keep in mind this is an instructional day and expectations are the same as if the students

are in school. Students must follow both school and classroom expectations. 4. We also ask that there is no smoking in front of or near our students. 5. And one last thing, have a great time with your child!

We thank you all for your help and for supporting our programs here at Caleb’s Creek.

Just a few reminders: Once again, we do not have adult supervision in the cafeteria before 8:15. We ask that you do not drop your children off before this time unless they are participating in the before school program with the YMCA. If you are interested in finding out more about the before school program with the Y, we’ll be glad to give you that information. Just give us a call.

Please remember to help keep our instructional time sacred. We ask that no one interrupt the classes while teaching is going on. If you would like to visit the classrooms for about 45 minutes or so, (and you are more than welcome to do so), make sure you have worked out your visitation with your child’s teacher and your visit has been pre-approved through the office. Instructional time is precious for your child. We will do whatever we need to do to protect it.

Periodically, you will (should) receive a recorded phone message from our school. This is another way we hope to keep you better informed.

After 9:00, all doors to our building are locked for the safety of your child. If you need to enter our building, we will have one door unlocked at the front office. You must come to the office and sign in to get a visitors badge.

If you arrive at school prior to the time the bell rings, please wait in the cafeteria. Also, please remember to wait outside in the afternoons if you are picking up your child.

As always, if you have any questions or concerns, please feel free to give us a call.

With much appreciation,

Judy Jones

“A Connected Campus” Caleb’s Creek Elementary

1109 Salem Crossing ◊ Kernersville, NC, 27284 Phone: 336.703-6757 ◊ Fax: 336.993.2439

OCTOBER 2010

DATES TO REMEMBER

October 5‐ Chick Fil‐A Night 19 – CiCi’s Pizza Night 20‐ Behavior Reports go home 25‐29‐ Red Ribbon Week 26‐ Science Night at the Creek 28‐ End of 1st quarter Fall Treat Day 28‐ Skate World ‐ Spooktacular Skate Night *** 29‐ Teacher Work Day‐ NO SCHOOL

November 2 – Chick Fil‐A Night 5‐ Family Fun Night‐‐‐SPACE NIGHT 7‐ Daylight Savings Time Ends 10‐ School Picture Day (Everybody smile! ) Report Cards go home 11‐ VETERANS’ DAY HOLIDAY‐NO SCHOOL

Spooktacular Skate Night!!!

Wear your favorite non-scary costume* and enter our costume contest. Plus other fun giveaways! Skating is $3 and from 6-8 and there is no school the next day so come on out and have a blast!!

*skate friendly- nothing that drags the floor or could get caught in skates. No masks please!! We need to keep things safe!!

Happy 1st Month of School Crocs! I am always humbled by the volunteer response and the willingness of parents and grandparents to jump in and make those "Mountains into Mole hills". Caleb's Creek Elementary can't do it without you! We have turned in our Major Fundraiser and have raised a profit of about $16000 to start our school year with. If you didn't have a chance to participate in the Fundraiser sales but would like to make a direct donation to the PTA we welcome that (as we are about $6000.00 below our projected goal) and you will be provided with a tax receipt . We have many things we want to be able to do to enhance your child's school experience and to partner with the teachers and staff to give them the tools that they need to be successful in the classroom. We will be assisting Mrs. Oglesby to purchase the Stars Reading Program to be used to assess reading and comprehension. The PTA is also helping the grade levels to get home readers, listening centers, and other necessary resources. We are going to enhance the blacktop playground with another basketball goal, soccer goals, large jump ropes, and equipment for all teachers to have access to. We will be installing a path from the sidewalk over to our playground so that our kids can get out to the play area even if its been raining. There are more needs then we could ever dream to purchase but our goals for 2010-2011 are to make sure that we are giving our staff and students the items that will make school continue to be an effective place of learning and fun. There are some wonderful events coming up at Caleb's Creek this Fall. Fall Book Fair is November 1-9th. Our 1st Family Fun Night is Friday November 5th. It is going to be "Space Night" here at Caleb's Creek and a wonderful way to spend time together and experience some really cool things with your kids. Some quick reminders: Keep sending in those Box tops, Campbell labels, and Tyson food labels. Link your VIC Card, MVP Card, and Target RED Card to Caleb's Creek. Enjoy our Creek Nights at Chic fila, Cici's, and Skateworld. Join OUR PTA. Become a Volunteer and Make a Difference. Encourage Your Child to Do a Reflection Entry (more info is on our PTA Web site) it's a great way for them to express their creative side. Proud to Be A Croc Mom, Angie Byrd, PTA President

A Big Thank you for everyone who participated in the Fundraiser! It was a huge success. Our total sales were $36,000 which translates to $18,000 for our school!!! How super is that! Also I'd like to congratulate Sierra Caperton in Mrs. Smith's 4th grade class. Sierra sold 200 items!! She is our schools top seller and will win a $50 Target gift card plus all the fun prizes from Great Western Reserve. We had 36 students sell over $200 in merchandise and they will be entered into a drawing for another $50 gift card. Our top 10 sellers are as follows:

Sierra Caperton(Smith) $1803.00 Skylar Vickery(Vaught) $540.50 Austin Duncan(Hall) $492.00 Brooklyn Watson(Horton) $477.50 Jade Rice(Lofton) $469.00 Jon Davis(Kidd) $388.50 Davyn Reid(Pegram) $381.00 Cole Khemlani(Lofton) $373.50 Christiana Barrett(Skolaris) $341.50 Fallon Livesay(E. Lee) $340.50

Thanks again for all your hard work!! Allison Teague VP of Fundraising

Does your child enjoy dance, music, or writing? Does he or she like to draw, take pictures, or make videos? If so, please encourage him or her to create an entry for this year's Reflections contest. Each year, the PTA Reflections Program challenges students to create art inspired by a specific theme. The 2010–2011 Reflections theme is “Together we can…” The program has six arts areas—dance choreography, film production, literature, musical composition, photography, and visual arts. Entries will be due to the office at school on Friday, November 5th. For more information please check out the PTA portion of the Caleb's Creek website or fill out and return the interest form included in the Wednesday folders.

INGREDIENTS

2 1/2 cups all­purpose flour 1 teaspoon salt 1 teaspoon baking soda 1 cup (2 sticks) unsalted butter, softened 1 1/2 cups sugar 2 eggs 1 teaspoon vanilla 1 1/2 cups chopped Heath Bar pieces (Eight 1.4 ounce bars)

1/2 cup chopped walnuts

1. Sift together the flour, salt, and baking soda. Set

aside. In a separate bowl, combine Heath Bar

pieces and chopped walnuts. Set aside.

2. Beat together the butter and sugar. Beat in eggs

one at a time, and vanilla.

3. Alternatively mix in the Heath Bar mixture and the

flour mixture, a third at a time, until well blended.

Chill cookie dough for at least 30 minutes

(better an hour).

4. Preheat oven to 350°F. On cookie sheets lined with

parchment paper or Silpat, spoon out the cookie

dough in small 1­inch diameter balls (size of a

large marble). Place dough balls 3 inches away

from each other on the cookie sheets. (Make sure

there is plenty of room between the cookie balls,

and that the cookie balls aren't too big. These

cookies spread!)

5. Bake for 10­12 minutes, until the edges are just

starting to brown. Remove from oven and let cool

for a few minutes. Then transfer the cookies to a

wire rack to cool completely.

6. Makes about 6 dozen cookies.

Hints from Hospitality It’s that time of year! The temperature is dropping, the leaves are beginning to show signs of changing color and the fall harvest will soon be underway. One of the best things about the arrival of fall is the abundance of great recipes that include the traditional tastes and smells of the season. When the weather starts to change, Abbey Harrington, from Ms. Wessell’s 6th Grade class loves to prepare her Grandmother’s special twist on the standard apple pie. This month spend some time in the kitchen and try Abbey’s family favorite and this month’s recipe:

SOUR CREAM APPLE PIE

Ingredients 3/4 c. sugar 2 tbsp. Sour cream 2 tbsp. flour 1 egg (well beaten) 1/2 tsp. vanilla 1 can apple pie filling 1/4 tsp. salt Deep dish pie shell TOPPING 1/3 c. flour 1/3 c. brown sugar 1 tsp. cinnamon 1/2 stick butter (softened) Preheat oven to 450°. In a large mixing bowl, cut the apples into smaller pieces. Sift together the flour, sugar and salt and add to the apples. Add sour cream, egg and vanilla and mix until smooth. Place mixture in pie shell and bake for 15 minutes. Lower the oven temperature to 350° and bake for 30 minutes. While the pie is baking, mix topping ingredients and form into balls. Place topping mixture on top of the pie and bake for 5 minutes to soften. Spread topping over pie and bake for an additional 10 minutes. Serve with Cool Whip.

Second Annual Chili Cookoff

We are excited to announce that Caleb’s Creek will be having it’s

second annual chili cookoff during Space Night. Watch for more information to come mid­

October in your child’s Wednesday packet . For

questions you may contact

Paula Hurley at volsmommy@yahoo.com

Business Partners to assist in various events, as volunteers or by providing monetary qssistance. Also to provide small prizes for PTA Spirit and other contests. Sponsorship Pays with adverstising on our PTA Website as well as within the School. We can't provide greatness without Community businesses. If you own your own business or have family members or friends who might like to promote their business while partnering with the Caleb's Creek PTA please contact:

candice_queen2000@yahoo.com

VOLUNTEERS NEEDED

F riday November 5th 5:30PM-8:00PM

3~2~1….. Blastoff for a PTA Family Fun Night that’s out of this World.

There will be fun activities like an Intergalactic Hayride Cruise, UFO bean bag toss and even find out what you weigh on other planets. There will also be an opportunity to meet an Astronaut and view the stars.

Enjoy a pizza or chili supper and cotton candy too. Bring your camera for lots of photo opportunities.

Watch your Wednesday Packets for advanced ticket sales and class volunteer opportunities.

Want to help???? Please contact Paula Hurley at 830‐4379 or volsmommy@yahoo.com

Do you love to help make a plan come together? Do you love setting up for a special event and

cleaning up afterwards? Do you love to see smiling faces and have them say thank you?

Do you want to volunteer but have a full time Job that prevents you from

getting to be more involved? Then this position could be

for you.

Space Night is Nov 5th and we need to have setup crew and clean up crew as well as other smiling faces to

serve food,drinks, and run games.

If you are available and can

donate 1 ­2 hours of time please contact:Volsmommy@yahoo.com.

Service Club Facilitator Must love to work with kids

Willing to plan service projects for club and work along side with a

member of the Caleb's Creek Faculty to give Students a

desire to serve. Meetings 1 time a month. This is a great opportunity to serve and make a difference in our

school and motive Students to love with a Service Heart.

Contact: Mbyrdman@aol.com

CROCS: GO GREEN & TERRACYCLE!

You recently received information about Terracycling, the “upcycling” program where the students at Caleb’s Creek collect different items that are mailed to a company that gives our school 2 cents per item. Collection sites are in the cafeteria and at the base of the stairs near the school store. You may also send in any items you save at home through your child’s teacher. Help us raise money and keep these items out of the landfill by emptying and saving the following products:

1. Capri Sun, Kool­Aid, Honest Kids juice pouches 2. Frito­Lay chip bags 3. Nabisco & Keebler cookie wrappers/bags 4. M&Ms, Mar’s, Wrigley’s, Cadbury candy wrappers 5. Elmer’s Glue Sticks & bottles 6. Ziploc plastic bags, containers, & the boxes they come in

7. Lunchables Wrappers and trays Check out www.terracycle.net to see school supplies and other neat gift items made from these recycled materials!

The National Red Ribbon Campaign is now the oldest and largest drug prevention program in the nation reaching millions of young people during Red Ribbon Week, October 23­October 31 each year. Wear your Red Badge proudly and have the courage to say NO to drugs!!!To start off Red Ribbon Week, the entire student body will be signing red paper bricks. They will be pledging to say “no” to drugs. These bricks will be used to make a castle and show everyone that Caleb’s Creek is a drug free school. We will also be having a Red Ribbon Spirit week. Please encourage your student to participate.

Red Ribbon Week – October 25th – October 28th Monday – Crazy Red Hat Day (Putting a cap on drugs) Tuesday – Red Sock Day (Sock it to drugs) Wednesday – Backwards Day­where you red clothing backwards ( turning your back to drugs) Thursday ­ Sunglasses Day – (our future is so bright, we have to wear shades)

" In an effort to cut down on expenses and save paper , newsletters and other PT A correspondences will no longer be sent home with each child, but rather one per family. "

CROCS know how to ROCK & ROLL in SEPTEMBER!! · September was our big kick­off for SPIRIT FRIDAY’S at Caleb’s Creek. The students, faculty & staff were “looking good” every week in their CCES SPIRIT WEAR! The Spirit Team have been hard at work to make SPIRIT FRIDAY’S fun! Some of the great prizes for September included: Tootsie Rolls, Fruit Roll­Ups and Bowling passes to COUNTRYSIDE LANES (1005 Masten Dr, Kernersville) and PIN SETTER BOWL ( 521 Cinema Drive, Kernersville.) · Here’s how it works: One class on each hall is the SPIRIT WINNER for the week and will receive a visit from the PRIZE PATROL!! How does your class get this exciting knock on the door on Friday afternoon? Well, the class with highest participation of students displaying their CROC PRIDE by wearing CCES Spirit Wear (or purple/silver) will receive a prize, have the class name announced over the intercom and then get to display the WE ROCKED THE HALL banner for the week. (We are working on having the class photos roll on the TV monitors throughout the school.) Thanks to the teachers for taking time on Friday mornings to mark the tally sheets and to return them to the office by 10:00 am. · On September 24 we recognized the GRAND PRIZE winners for the month. These classes received a special treat – delicious goodies donated by BISCUITVILLE (921 S. Main Street, Kernersville.) The winning teachers also received a gift card from the Spirit Team!! The GRAND PRIZE classes for September were:

o Blue Hall: Mrs. Wilmoth ­ K o Green Hall: Mrs. Frazier – 1st o Yellow Hall: Mrs. Grubbs – 3rd o Orange Hall: Mr. Rudel – 4th

OCTOBER means CROCS ARE A­MAIZING · Can we top all the fun of September??? You bet – because we know that that CROCS ARE A­MAIZING! The PRIZE PATROL will be out every Friday searching for the class with the most CROC PRIDE on each hall, so don’t forget to wear your CCES Spirit Wear and turn in the tally sheet in order to be counted. Also, on OCTOBER 22 the PRIZE PATROL will be awarding an A­MAIZING GRAND PRIZE to one class on each hall. · It gets better……On Friday, October 15, one A­MAIZING CROC will receive a FAMILY FOUR PACK to the CORN MAZE donated by CLOD­BUSTER FARMS (5500 Leonard Farm Rd, Kernersville). This will be a random selection of a student that is wearing CCES Spirit Wear on that day. It is open to all students, all grades – so don’t forget your CROC PRIDE on that A­MAIZING day! SPIRIT NEWS · Thanks for your recent CCES Spirit Wear orders. They are placed and will be back soon!! In addition to our wonderful CLASSIC CALEB items, we are glad that everyone is excited about the Spirit new items: TYE DYE SHIRTS, PURPLE SWEATSHIRTS, WATER BOTTLES and COFFEE MUGS. · This is one busy team….They are hard at working seeking out donations to make the SPIRIT FRIDAY’S fun and exciting each week for everyone – students, faculty and staff. We have mentioned a few of our gracious sponsors above. PLEASE, say thanks to them if you stop in ­­ let them know how much Caleb’s Creek appreciates their support · Also, please say THANKS AND YOU ROCK to the SPIRIT TEAM if you see them: Candice Queen, VP­Communications; Lisa Bishop, Chair; Kristie Idol, Christie Letson, Dee McGee, Kathy Pugh, Crystal Yarborough.

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