Monday, November 10, 2014

November issue of the Principal's Post

Welcome to November!  We are having a great year @ Creekside this year.  Thank you for always being a positive supporter of our school.


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Leader in Me Habit of the Month:
 Habit #3  - Put First Things First

  • You are in charge of you!
  • Make good choices! 
  • Take care of important things first!
  • Say no to unimportant things and put 1st things 1st!

Parents guide to The Leader in Me and the 7 Habits - CLICK HERE


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Veterans Day Video
Please take a moment today to watch the CES Veterans Day Program.  Our CNN crew did an outstanding job putting this together!

Click on the link below:
CES Veterans Day Program




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New Building Update:


Follow the link for pics and info regarding our New Building @ Creekside to house grades 3rd, 4th and 5th.

LINK for New Building Update

Currently - Architects are working on final drawings and then we will wait for approval from State Department and Board of Education before moving forward in hopefully January or February.

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Upcoming Dates:
Nov 11 - NO School - Veterans Day
Nov 17 - American Education Celebration at the Events Center in Athens - 4:00-7:00 PM - (Creekside's skit will be @ 5:20)
Nov 21 - Thanksgiving Lunch @ CES - see info below concerning purchasing tickets
Nov 26-30 - Thanksgiving Holidays
Dec 4 - Athens Christmas Parade
Dec 10 - CES Spelling Bee Finals - 8:30 AM
Dec 11 - PTO Family Night:
  • Supper w/ Santa - 5:00-7:00 PM (more details to come)
  • Book Fair - 5:00-7:00 PM
  • CES Chorus Christmas Concert - 6:30 PM
  • CES Piano recital - 7:00 PM
Dec 16 - CES Drama Production - 6:00 PM
Dec 19 - Christmas Parties start @ 9:30 AM
Dec 19 - 1/2 day for students - dismiss @ 11:10 AM
Dec 20 - Jan 5 - Christmas Holidays
Jan 6 - Students return for 2nd Semester

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Thankgiving Lunch info - Our school cafeteria will be serving our traditional Thanksgiving meal on Friday, November 21.  Our regular serving time is 10:00 till around 1:00 pm.  If you would like to have lunch with us on this day, please send money by your child to Mrs. Gant at the front desk for a pre-paid ticket: tickets are $4.00(send correct amount, cash only) for visitors.  We will send your ticket home to you with your child after we receive payment.  The pre-sales allow us to better plan for our Thanksgiving meal.
If you decide to join us for lunch on November 21, we need to know by Tuesday, November 18.  The doors by the gym (south parking lot) will be opened and there will be a table set up for you to sign in at.  We look forward to hearing from you.