The Summiteer

Please read the monthly school to home "Summiteer" newsletter to find out what is happening at school, get updates and find out how you can help!

If you have any questions please feel free to contact us at Summit Elementary at 208-324-3396 x.5000 for the main office, x.5001 for Mrs. Boone, Principal or x.5002 for Mr. Grisso, Vice Principal.

Dear Grown-ups,

What a wonderful time of year with joy and happiness abound. Whatever and wherever you celebrate I hope it is filled with joy, love and some much-needed rest with family!

For those of you taking extended family trips enjoy the long break but please keep in mind that Christmas break starts on Friday, December 19th and school resumes Tuesday, January 6th. We want to ensure you do not receive any unexcused absences. Thank you for your help with this. We love seeing your child on time and every day! Attendance is one of the most important factors for student success.

Students absent from school for 10 or more consecutive school days will be unenrolled from school!

MAP testing assessment for achievement in both math and reading will start December 1st running through January 30th! Please be sure that students are getting enough sleep, eating breakfast, and attending school regularly. Please talk to and encourage your child to take the assessment seriously and put forth their best effort as well as with their school assignments.

Merry Christmas to you All!

Amber Boone

Principal Summit Elementary

2nd grade only: Tuesday, December 16th at 1:30pm in the cafetorium

1st grade only: Wednesday, December 17th at 1:30pm in the cafetorium

For the SchoolStore.com fundraiser, here is a kickoff video: https://videos.schoolstore.com/kick-off-video

This School Store fundraiser will kickoff November 10th and runs the whole year!

SchoolStore.net fundraiser reminder, parents are encouraged to do any online shopping through the student link to help our school

CLIMB stands for:

C=Citizenship (being a good human)

L=Learn and achieve

I=Integrity

M=Make good choices (responsibility)

B=Be safe and kind

Parents:

Please remember to please call the school for

absences or email tina.brewer@jeromeschools.org.

Also to reach the office you need to call before

2:30 M-R and 1:30 on Fridays,

for changes in how your student is getting home.

• READ TO/WITH them every single day!

1. From babies on....read, read, read!!!
2. This increases their vocabulary base at a time when students brains are growing the fastest!
3. Also, talking to them using and explaining adult words is very beneficial.

• PRACTICE MATH FACTS (addition, subtraction, multiplication and division)

1. Practice them daily!
2. These foundational skills need to become immediate and easy to recall!
3. Have your student count to/with you.
4. Count anything, make up problems, flashcards, etc, measure, challenge and practice some more.

• PLEASE encourage children to work independently!

1. They should be able to tie their own shoes, get dressed, clean up after themselves and so on!
2. These are life skills they must learn.
3. Let them try and practice, practice, practice by doing it themselves as well as helping with chores.
4. Students need to learn that if they are persistent when frustrated they will be successful with practice.

• PLEASE encourage your student to engage and participate in school!

1. Be on time and stay all day!
2. Reinforce following school behavior academic, and attendance expectations.
3. This is the student(s) job please encourage doing it well.

HOW YOU CAN HELP YOUR STUDENT(S):

• Please read and practice skills at home each night. This is great bonding time as well as essential for students to understand concepts and the importance of school
• Please get students to school every day and on time so they are not missing important educational concepts.
• Please attend Parent/Teacher conferences.
• Please communicate regularly with your student(s) teacher.
• Please ensure students complete homework!
• Please remind students to engage in learning at school and complete their assignments to the very best of their abilities. STRESS positive EFFORT!
• Please emphasize to them that they do their very best on assessments and tests.
• Please praise them when they improve and show growth!!!

• It is not even cold out yet and the lost and found is piling up!!
• Please stop in to look for your student(s) missing items!!
• Please label all clothing to avoid this getting lost.

Please remember that student leadership should be exhibiting and modeling expected behaviors at all times for their peers. Being on student council is a privilege not a right.

Last month STUCO made Thanksgiving cards

for our community heroes, JPD, St. Lukes, Fire fighters, etc.

For December

STUCO will be creating Holiday cards

for the Senior Center (See pic to right)

Summit Door Decorating Contest-StuCo Judging

**We are looking for some student council and parent volunteers for a few community engagement activities. Please see Ms. Gaby for details.

Please consider getting involved with your student's school through PTO!

We would love to have you!

It is fun and easy to join and help! We need you!

If you are interested please contact Gaby Urrutia

at extension 5133 at Summit Elementary

We offer in person and zoom meeting attendance!

Please be aware in an effort to keep our students and staff safe!

We are discussing and practicing "LOCKDOWN" drills

for quarter two within our classrooms.

Please feel free to reach out if you have questions.

Safety is always a major priority for us here at Summit Elementary.

DECEMBER:

1st: NWEA MAP winter testing starts for all K-5 students on both math and reading

7th: Pearl Harbor Day

10th: PTO Meeting room 18 @5pm

16th: 2nd Grade (ONLY) Christmas Concert in Cafetorium at 1:30

16th: School Board Meeting @4:30 @District Office

17th: 1st Grade (ONLY) Christmas Concert in Cafetorium at 1:30

18th: End of 2nd Quarter!

18th: Delta Dental Cliic

18th: Therapy Dog permission slips due to classroom teachers!

19th: Teacher workday (Students and Paras off)

22nd-31st: Christmas Break

JANUARY:

1st: New Years Day

1st-2nd: No School for all!

5th: NO SCHOOL for STUDENTS ONLY
6th: School Resumes (TUESDAY!) Building-wide Behavior expectation Assembly!

22nd: Family Literacy Night at Summit

30th: NWEA/MAP winter testing window closes

Lucky us is right!

Please fill out and return your opt in or opt out slips for Lucky and return to your students' teacher.

Hopefully, we will be ready to go January 2026!