NOVEMBER NEWSLETTER

NOVEMBER NEWSLETTER
Those who can, do. Those who can do more, volunteer.
SRC Community Club’s 52nd Annual Turkey
Dinner November 7
The SRC Community Club’s 52nd
annual Turkey Dinner is planned
for Friday, November 7, 2014!
Please join us for a turkey
dinner feast including turkey & dressing,
potatoes, green beans, jello salad, cranberry
sauce, dessert, and a beverage at the SRC
Cafeteria. Dinner will be served from 5:00 until
7:30pm, with dine-in and individual to-go meals
served in the SRC Cafeteria and family style
re-heat and serve available for quick and easy
pick-up at Rock Creek Baptist Church from
4:30-5:30pm. FAMILY TO-GO STYLE TICKETS
MUST BE RECEIVED BY NOVEMBER 4TH.
The annual Turkey Dinner is the Community
Club’s largest fundraiser. It takes everyone in
the SRC community to make the event the
success that it has become. 4th-8th grade
students sell tickets while their teachers do
their part in encouraging their classes to be in
first place so they can wear the lucky turkey
hat! Parents and other SRC boosters are
completing their volunteer forms, donating $5
to off-set the cost of jello-salad ingredients,
serving shift at the event, and advertising with
a yard sign. We are so lucky to have the best
turkey bakers and pumpkin pie and
chocolate cake makers in Pottawatomie County amongst us!
This year, we are thrilled to include a silent
auction to the evening's festivities! Each grade
will contribute a themed basket that will be
auctioned off. This will be a fun way for the
younger classes especially to become involved in
the Turkey Dinner! No need to be present to
win.
To encourage students to sell tickets and turn
in jello-salad money and volunteer forms,
incentives are in place to promote involvement.
Every 4th-8th grade student who sells a ticket
is eligible to participate in the
very popular dodge ball tournament
held the Friday before Thanksgiving break- along with concession tickets and the
ever coveted “back in the game” pass are
awarded as the students bring in ticket money.
The class with the highest percentage of returned volunteer forms receives a pizza party.
The biggest reward, however, is the ability to
assist our school, our teachers and our
students in making SRC an exciting, learningfriendly environment. In the past, the profits
from the dinner have been used to fund a
variety of school activities, such as Red Ribbon
Week, to large capital purchases, such as smart
boards in the classrooms, to student requests,
such as balls for tetherball and basketball, and
playground picnic tables.
The SRC Community Club appreciates all the
support received from our students, teachers,
and the SRC community.
Thank you for all you do!
3/4 Basketball News
Flu Season is here!
The 3/4 grade basketball teams participated in
the Justice Basketball Tournament the week of
October 20-24th. The girls placed 3rd in the
tournament. The boys placed 1st in the tournament!!! Congrats to both teams!!!! The next
game will be on Nov. 12th against Asher.
The game will be at 9:30 a.m. All the
school will be invited to attend.
Please consider the flu vaccine for
your child and your family. The flu
vaccine can be obtained through
your primary physician, many pharmacies and
the Health Dept. and are covered by insurance.
The flu vaccine offers you increased protection
from getting the flu. Also remember, that good
hand washing and always coughing or sneezing
into your elbow help to keep you and those
around you healthier.
Coach S. Brooks
What’s 6B Been Up To?
has had an awesome start to this year.
We have a total of 21 students with
two new students. We have just finished a really cool book called Tuck Everlasting. After we
read the book we watched the awesome movie.
If you haven’t read the book or have not seen
the movie, you really need to! Also we are going
to be reading Harry Potter this week. That
should be a whole lot of fun!
6B has also been busy selling
Turkey Dinner tickets. If you
need any, just call a 6B student!
We are also collecting canned foods for the
food drive. Thank you sixth grade students.
Nobody made a greater mistake than he who
did nothing because he could do only a little.
~Edmond Burke
Fewer Interruptions
Instead of calling the office, please send
a note to your child’s teacher to inform them
how your child will be picked up from school.
We are trying to reduce the number of
intercom interruptions.
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If your child is sick, please do not send
them to school. Your child needs to be
fever free, without medication, for 24
hours before returning to school.
Here's to a very healthy flu season,
Nurse Skillings
Your Child Could Qualify for
FREE College Tuition!
Oklahoma’s Promise is a program for students
that will help pay for their college tuition if the
family income is $50,000 or less. Students
must sign up in the 8th, 9th, or 10th grade and
meet certain academic requirements. They also
must stay in control outside of the classroom
by avoiding trouble, like drugs, alcohol and
gangs. There are additional requirements to get
and keep the scholarship while in college. For
more information on Oklahoma’s Promise or to
apply, you can visit www.okpromise.org or call
800-858-1840.
Morning Drop-off and Afternoon Pick-up
Parents, please follow our drop-off and pick-up
procedures. We only have YOUR child’s safety
in mind.
NOVEMBER NEWSLETTER
A Note from the Counselor, Mrs. Cooper
Red Ribbon Week Proves
to be a Success
STEM Day 2014 at
Gordon Cooper Technology Center
Thank you to parents, students,
teachers and staff for continuing
to make Red Ribbon Week a
success! A special THANK YOU to
Kasey Dean and the Absentee Shawnee Tribe
for all of the prizes each student and teacher
received. Your generosity is greatly appreciated! I also would like to thank Kasey, GateWay
to Prevention and the Shawnee Police Department for your presentation to our 6th—8th
graders. You all did a fantastic job!
Select students in the 8th grade attended
Gordon Cooper Technology Center’s STEM Day
2013: Design Your Future on October 28th.
Twenty students that are interested in STEM
(Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math)
had the opportunity to explore various careers
that STEM education has to offer. Various professionals held workshops for the students and
were able to give insight to what they do and
what education they obtained to be able to
go into their respected fields. Agricultural
Science, Cyber Security, Alternative Energy,
Health Science, Rocketry, and various fields of
Engineering were some of the workshops that
students were able to attend.
Thank you Susan Brooks for doing such an
amazing job with RRW all these years. It is a
lot of work and I appreciate all your help and
support this year! I also would like to thank the
SRC Community Club! Without your support and
funding, RRW would not be possible. We appreciate you continuing to see the importance of
teaching kids to live a drug free lifestyle.
At this time, it is unknown who the winners are
for the Door Decorating Contest and Student
Participation Contest. However, thank you so
much for working so hard in both contests,
students and teachers! I also will announce how
much money was raised for the Rock Creek
Baptist Church Shoe Ministry by November 7th.
Madeline Motley, Maddie Curtis, Hannah Gillespie, Hannah Todd, Emily Hudson, Payton McNeil,
Gabel Ledbetter, Blaedn Sherrill, Jayden Shafer, Brandon Eropkin, Caylin Chlouber, Kristin
Haddox, Jack Gentry, Aaron Ellis, Cade Mikish,
William Ellis, Tyler Bingham, Michael Gale, and
Ben Spencer attended STEM Day.
These students represented SRC
very well and I am proud of the
leadership that was shown by
each of them in the workshops.
Career Expo for 8th Grade Students
I apologize to all 8th Grade students and parents, we will not be attending the Career Expo at
Gordon Cooper Technology Center this year. Students will be attending a play with Mrs. Walker on
that day. I take full responsibility for the mix up in scheduling. However, I am in contact with Donna
Stone from GCTC to make alternate plans for our students. When the details are finalized I will let
teachers and students know as soon as possible.
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NOVEMBER NEWSLETTER
Name: ______________________
Teacher:_____________________
Grade:_______
Thunder Up Some Boxtops!
How many Box Tops can we collect for South Rock Creek before Thanksgiving?
Glue or tape a *Box Top on each square. Turn in as many sheets of
25 Box Tops as you want by November 14. Your name will be entered in
the drawing each time you turn in a completed 25 count collection sheet.
ONE lucky person will win three tickets to the November 21
OKC THUNDER VS BROOKLYN NETS
game.
*
Bonus Box Tops should be placed in a baggie labeled with student’s name and teacher’s
name and will also count for the drawing.
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N o ve m b e r 2 01 4
Sun
Mon
Tue
Wed
Thu
Fri
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Sporting
Events
vs = home
@ = away
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3
BBall vs Liberty
5/6BG, 7/8BG 4:00
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5
10
6
8th Grade to Plays BBall vs Grove
at Rose State
5/6G, 7/8BG 4:00
Chicken Nuggets
9
Chili
11
Community Club
Meeting-Turkey
Dinner Report
Pancake/Syrup
12
Justice Tournament
Chicken Noodle
16
17
BBall vs Justice
5/6BG, 7/8BG 4:00
Popcorn Chicken
23
Sat
24
Pepperoni Pizza
18
Little Smokies
25
THANKSGIVING BREAK
Boscoe Stix
26
November 24-28
15
7/8BG
Chicken Fajita
20
BBall vs P.G.
5/6B, 7/8BG 4:00
Taco Salad
27
8
PB&J Sack Lunch
14
November 10-14
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Community Club’s
52nd Annual
Turkey Dinner
Spaghetti
13
Chicken Veg. Soup
7
Pig & Blanket
21
Turkey Dinner
Dodgeball Tourn.
22
Hamburgers
28
THANKSGIVING BREAK
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