MARK YOUR CALENDARS

What's Coming Up?

Friday, Feb 3 - Fourth Grade field trip

Saturday, Feb. 04, Austin ISD Diversity Fair (Austin High School, 9am-12)
Wednesday, Feb. 8 - Summitt Night at Catfish Parlour
Friday, Feb. 10 - Teacher Talent Show
Thursday, Feb 16 - Summitt Skate Night, 6-8:30 pm
Friday, Feb 17 - Student Holiday, NO SCHOOL
Monday, Feb 20 - Student Holiday, NO SCHOOL
Saturday, February 25 - 9 am- Marathon Kids Final Mile
Save the Date!
Tuesday, Feb 28 - PTA General Meeting, 6pm, Summitt Cafeteria (child care provided)
Saturday, March 3 - 5th grade volleyball playday at Explore UT
Thursday, March 22 - Health and Wellness Family Fun Night
Friday, April 13 - Spring fling
Friday, May 11 - Field of Fun Day
Tuesday, May 22 -- PTA General Meeting, 8am, Summitt Cafeteria
Tuesday, May 29 - Fifth Grade Science Blowout

MUCHISON TOUR

Tour of Murchison Middle School for Parents
The Murchison Middle School PTA will be conducting informative tours of the school for parents on February 8-10, 2012 from 12 – 1:00 pm– come anytime during the hour! First time middle school parents are encouraged to tour the school. We have a great group of parent volunteers that will be available to answer any questions or concerns, and hopefully ease those anxious jitters about this new journey to middle school! If any parents are not able to make these times, please contact Cathy Painter (PTA President) at president@murchisonpta.org for other arrangements..

SUMMITT KEEPSAKES

Order Photos and Gift Items
Inter-State Studio, the company that provides school pictures, has created a site for Summitt to provide photo keepsake items. Click Here to Install the RocketLife App 

SCIENCE EXPO

February 2
Ever wonder how tall you are compared to a dinosaur? Want to know how a motor works? Which nail polish lasts the longest? Come visit our 5th grade scientists at our 3rd annual SCIENCE EXPO on Thursday, February 2 from 6 to 8 p.m. in the cafeteria to find out all of these answers, and more!

SCOUTING FOR FOOD

Helping the Austin Food Bank
Help the Pack 90 Cub Scouts collect food for the Austin Food Bank by bringing in canned goods during the week and dropping them off in the box in the great hall. The final collection day will be Monday, the 30th of January.  The most needed items are canned vegetables and meats (pop tops preferred), pasta and pasta sauces, beans and rice, baby food and formula.  This initiative is part of the Souper Bowl of Caring in partnership with local businesses and the Boy Scouts of America.  All donations benefit the Capital Area Food Bank.

SPRING FLING 2012

Save the Date!!
Spring Fling 2012 -- this April on Friday the 13th!  We already have auction items rolling in...bid on Sclitterbahn tickets this year!  Also, we need lots of help to make it another fabulous success as we raise money to keep our wonderful Technolgy Facilitator, Ms Neill, in our Summitt family.  The kickoff meeting is Sunday Jan 29th at 4pm at the Silver Grill.  Questions?  Contact either of the Spring Fling Co-chairs Diana George dtlgeorge@gmail.com or Ryan Lanier ryanlanier5@gmail.com

VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITY

PTA Board Nominating Committee
Are you interested in a short term volunteer opportunity? The PTA needs 3 current PTA members for the PTA Board Nominating Committee. The committee members need to find nominations for the following board positions: Vice President 2, Secretary, and Treasurer. The nominations will be presented and voted on at the March PTA meeting.
Some of the duties for each position are:
Vice President 2 - organize Meet the Teacher night in August, organize Family Nights at various restaurants
Secretary - Must be able to attend all board meetings (2nd Tuesday of the month) and 4 general PTA meetings and record and post minutes from the meetings
Treasurer- maintain PTA financial records, report monthly expenditures to board and PTA members; pay invoices, reimbursements, etc.
If you are interested being on the nominating committee OR in being nominated for one of the board positions and would like more information on the duties for the each position please email president@summittpta.org.

5TH GRADE NEWS

Science Blowout
The fifth grade Science Blowout will be on Tuesday, May 29 and will be filled with hands-on, outdoor science activities. Our Celebration ceremony will be in the morning on Wednesday, May 30, the last day of school, and will be followed by a fifth grade dance in the afternoon.

SUMMITT YEARBOOK

We need your pictures!
Please continue to send any Summitt-related photos to summittyearbookeditor@yahoo.com so we can put them in the yearbook. Thanks!

GIFTED AND TALENTED

Gifted and Talented nominations

The nomination window for the Gifted and Talented program for the spring semester ends on Tuesday, January 31. If a child was nominated in the fall but did not qualify, you may not nominate him/her in the spring. If you are interested, please contact your child's homeroom teacher first, and then pick up an updated form from the school office.

FAMILY FUN NIGHT

Catfish Parlour
Our next Family Fun Night event will be on Wedensday, February 8th at Catfish Parlour.  Come in to the restaurant and dine-in or take-out food sometime between 5 pm and 9 pm and say you are "with Summitt", and Summitt will get a portion of the sales for the night.  Catfish Parlour is one of the most fun famliy events of the year, and you might even "catch" a glimpse of Ms. Lilie cooking your meal.  The owners of Catfish Parlour are very generous to Summitt and we want to show them our support back by filling the restaurant!  Catfish Parlour is located at 11910 Research Blvd.  If you'd like to view the menu online in advance, go to: http://www.catfishparlour.us/

ATTENDANCE CONTEST

Congratulations
Congratulations to Ms. Sawtelle and Ms. Frank's classes for winning the November Attendance Contest for Summitt. Both classes had 99.4% attendance for the month of November. They are celebrating with a pizza party.
We will have another attendance contest for the month of January. Let's see if we can have a class with 100% attendance. We are aware that winter months bring on many illnesses, but please make sure your child is in school and  arrives on time unless he/she is ill.