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The SHIELD
Weekly E-Newsletter
November 11, 2019
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** Dates and times are subject to change. **
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NEWS FROM THE SCHOOL COUNSELORS
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Please visit the Guidance Department Web page for an abundance of information:
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Parents are able to access the Guidance page using their parent access code. If you need assistance with your Schoology account, please email Mrs. Zukoski at
amelia.zukoski@stjohns.k12.fl.us
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Community Service Hours
should be turned in frequently or as earned
to Ms. Hemmer in Guidance.
We want to prevent a bottleneck in April.
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JUNIOR CLASS RING INFORMATION
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Junior Class Rings:
Dear Parents/Guardians, Jostens is our official class ring company. Please note, Jostens will be on campus for ring orders during all 3 lunches
11/14 (when final payment is due).
All rings require a $60 deposit and the balance must be paid before delivery. Jostens has free insurance included with each purchase and a lifetime warranty. You can go ahead and design your ring at
www.jostens.com/jewelry/high-school-jewelry.html
and bring the printed order form along with your deposit to order day.
SAVE the DATE: Whoever purchased a class ring, the ring ceremony will be on 12/10 at 8:30am. If the student cannot attend the ceremony, they may pick up their ring from Jostens on 12/13 during lunches.
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ONLINE APPAREL INFORMATION
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Dear parents, please help your PTSO provide a memorable Holiday Luncheon for Creekside's Faculty and Staff catered by Metro Diner. We would like your help in providing gift cards for the teachers. We would need 170 $10 gift cards as part of the celebration festivities. See sign up below.
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Wrestling Tryouts will be held
Monday Nov 11
th
from 3-5:30pm and Tuesday, Nov 12
th
from 4 – 6:30pm.
Must have all requirements competed and cleared on athletic clearance before Nov 8
th
and must indicate wrestle as a sport.
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Junior golfer
Andrew Riley participated in the FHSAA Boys Golf State Championship Tournament at the El Campeon Golf Course at Mission Inn and Resort in Howey-in-the-Hills on October 29-30. His two day total of 5 over par placed him 20th out of 96 golfers.
Congratulations Andrew on a successful season.
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Hi Creekside Community!
I wanted to share information about the 3
rd Annual Christmas Toy Drive honoring our daughter, Ellie. Ellie passed away last year at the start of the school year due to rejection of her transplanted heart. We have always wanted to support the ICU she spent her first 8 months of life on, but after she passed away our passion to support the children in the ICU grew even more. One way we now honor Ellie’s life is through the gift giving. Last year we were able to bring an entire Uhaul truck full of toys and other items to Gainesville for the heart warriors in the Pediatric ICU! I would love to be able to do that again, as Ellie’s Christmas Toy Drive is now the only organization providing gifts for the children for the heart kiddos at Shands. Without all of your help last year, it truly would not have been possible.
If you would like to donate, your student is always welcome to bring toys to my classroom, Portable 11. Donation may be dropped off in the front office with a note stating Ellie's Toy Drive - Mrs. Hanson. If you have a club or event you would like involve in the toy drive, that would be great and I would be happy to help in any way I can. Please note the drive will run through December 13th, toys will be delivered Dec 14th.
Thank you for your support,
Mrs. Hanson
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Hugs Across the County would like to say thank you to everyone who donated new socks and undies to the Socktober drive.
Thank you for your generosity!
Creekside is also a donation drop-off location for No More Hungry Holidays! There are donation bins located outside the front office. Your food donations will help the Hugs club prepare bags of food for St. Johns County youth who need food over the winter break. Last year, we prepared more than 600 bags to support local youth. Thanks in advance!
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POWER OF CREEKSIDE FUNDRAISING
FOR NEW UNIFORMS
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Winter Choral Concert
December 3, 2019, Creekside HS Auditorium, 7:00 PM
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Our annual Barnes & Noble Bookfair will be on Saturday, December 14 at the San Jose location. Please support our media center by mentioning Creekside at the register. Volunteers are needed as well.
Provided is the Sign Up Genius link below:
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- 1/9/20: Academy Showcase (World Golf Village) - Details are forthcoming
- 1/28/20: CHS Academy Night - TBA
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Join us for a Knight of Dinner, Dancing, Live and Silent Auction!
Only 10 tables left!
Tickets to
Concerts
,
Sporting Events
,
Theme Parks
and even Broadway shows like
Hamilton
will be up for grabs!
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MORE NEWS FROM YOUR SCHOOL COUNSELORS
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Interested in taking Dual Enrollment classes for the 2020-2021 School year…..
- Creekside High School partners with St. Johns River State College for students to take DE classes either on Creekside’s campus or on SJRSC campus (online or physically at the college campus)
- Students can participate in DE for 3 academic school years or 60 college credit hours – whichever comes first:
- Students must meet all eligibility prior to being able to participate in DE classes
- DE classes replace the high school level class but offers students both a college credit and high school equivalent credit for each DE class
- AS a dual enrollment student, you will begin to earn college credit and also begin your college GPA
- As a dual enrollment student, you are considered a college student and all classes/grades are governed by the college (meaning grades are not on HAC). This means you must abide to the colleges grading policy, attendance policy testing policy and college timelines.
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College Visits
Please sign up in Guidance BEFORE the day of the visit.
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STUDENT VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITY
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VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITIES 2019
Annual Food Drive, November 16th
Volunteers needed to: place grocery bags and explanatory notes on mailboxes in designated neighborhoods on the 13th & 14th, collect food donations on the morning of the 16th, inventory and box the food donations at our two collection sites for pick up by 3 local Food Pantries.
Volunteer to help others in St. Johns County so they may have needed food for their families. To volunteer, use the registration link under Food Drive on the
www.stjohnscares.org
Home Page.
4th Annual Turkey Trot Race, Thanksgiving Morning in Nocatee
Volunteers needed to help: set-up and clean-up, hand out water to the racers, direct racers along the course, wear the turkey costume while greeting bystanders and encouraging racers.
Come join this family-friendly event and earn service hour certificates.
Annual Giving Tree Initiative
Volunteers need to help: distribute paper ornaments with wishes from non-profit organizations serving Elderly, Veterans, Homeless, Abused, Children and Animals in St. Johns County to donation host sites in mid-November. During the 2nd week of December, volunteers needed to: collect donations from the host sites, deliver to sorting location, inventory, sort and box donations for the individual non-profit organizations.
- This is a great way to share the joy of the holidays with others.
- Service hour certificates will be available.
- Volunteer registration will open at the end of October at the link under Giving Tree on the www.stjohnscares.org Home Page.
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Did you know
Creekside Guidance is working hard to keep our students "In the Know". In addition to attending all the great programs our school counselors are providing before/after school or during lunch, your student should know they can go see their counselor any time during the school day. Let your student's school counselor be the "go-to" person in your student's high school career. They are a wealth of knowledge and extremely supportive of their students.
Now, you are IN THE KNOW!
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