April was an amazing month of community involvement at Emerald Hills! Our PTA Art Docents are actively volunteering at all grade levels and the students are loving creating art and celebrating their work on display in our hallways! Our WatchDOG volunteers are providing a positive presence in our hallways, in the classroom, and on the playground. Apex was “in the house” April 11-21 preparing students for the Fun Run….the Apex team leaders provided positive energy and leadership lessons in the classrooms building upon Lakers being safe, respectful, and responsible and our Purposeful People monthly character traits. Thank you for everyone’s support of the PTA Fun Run with donations and for coming on site to cheer on the students if you were able on April 22. Because of the generosity of our Laker community, the PTA raised $27,463 to support classroom enrichment, field trips, the school garden, family/community events, etc. Finally, we welcomed our incoming 2022-23 kindergarten students and families at our Round Up event last week.
Activities on the horizon for our students as we look forward to our final 7 weeks of the school year:
6/2 – Traveling Farm coming to EHE…1st grade
6/7 & 6/8 – Reptile Man at EHE for grades K-5
6/9 – Burke Museum coming to EHE…3rd grade
6/3 & 6/10 – Lakers Walk to School from the Park (Mr. Holme is the contact for more information….see the flier that was sent home)
6/13-6/16 – K/1st/2nd/3rd/4th grade celebrations on the back field with parents (date/time to be determined for each grade level)
6/16 – 5th grade celebration on the front field with parents (time-TBD)
6/17 – K-5 Field Day (thank you in advance to our volunteers!)
Important Upcoming Dates for EHE:
May is the month for Spring Testing
Benchmarking Assessments
SBA testing (grades 3-5)
5/2-5/6 – Staff Appreciation Week (PTA sent a flier home with students last week outlining the fun dress up days/activities that are planned for this week)
5/5 – 5th grade music performance at EHE…7:00pm
5/12 –4th/5th grade choir performance at EHE…7:00pm
5/30 – Memorial Day (no school)
6/9 – Laker Community Garden Party & Volunteer Appreciation…5:30-7:00pm
6/10 – EHE Night at the Tacoma Rainiers! (watch for a flier to be sent home by PTA…order tickets online by May 20))
6/20 – Last Day of school…1/2 day early release at 12:15 (NO late start Monday)
Nuts & Bolts
As was previously announced, our assistant principal Ms. McHugh will be moving on from Emerald Hills to other professional opportunities. Her last day at EHE will be Friday, May 13. Chris Anderson, our newly hired assistant principal, is currently the district Highly Capable TOSA. She will begin transitioning to her role at EHE on Monday, May 16, and we are excited that our staff, students, and families will get to see her on campus more and more. We are thankful for this opportunity to allow Chris to onboard with us as we wrap up strong and start planning for next year!
PTA Yearbook sales are underway – QR code to scan on back of PTA March/April Newsletter or see PTA Facebook (see attached)
PTA Laker Spirit Wear
From the District
Kindergarten Registration for the 2022-23 school year has begun!
From our PTA
If you'd like to join AND volunteer, please email: eheptaprez@gmail.com. Click here to join: https://linktr.ee/ehepta
Contact information for our main office
EHE@sumnersd.org
(253) 891-4750
PTA Contact Information
In order to stay up on our PTA, please make a note of the following contact information:
2021-22 PTA Executive Board
President - Sheila Hixon eheptaprez@gmail.com
Vice President - Jenn Dery Eheptavp@gmail.com
Treasurer - Rhiannon Dodgen eheptatreasurer@gmail.com
Secretary - Debbie Epperson Eheptamembershipchair@gmail.com
PTA website: https://emeraldhillspta.memberplanet.com/
PTA link on EHE Website
You can always like "Emerald Hills Elementary PTA" on Facebook
Thank you for your continued support of our school community. Our Laker Purposefull People Character Trait for the month of May is “Perseverance…The ability to work through situations even when there are obstacles or challenges in the way.” Your follow up at home reinforcing your child as he/she demonstrates “perseverance” each day would be a wonderful home-school connection. The background for our Laker Purposefull People Character Traits can be accessed through the Character Strong website. Thank you for raising such amazing children that desire to be Purposefull People.
Mrs. Scheerer, Principal
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