Sunshine STEM Academy Newsletter

Dear Sunshine Parents,

Congratulations to Alpharetta Annual Scarecrow Harvest Contest winner Scarecrow! Our Techie-Mutant Panda received Runner-up Award in Most Creative Category! Many thanks to Sunshine Students, Art Teacher Mr. Merina and our PVO!

I hope our parents and teachers had productive parent-teacher conferences on Friday. I would like to thank our parents for their involvement and continuous support for our students' progress.

Fall Festival is coming up. I would like to invite all of our parents to attend this fun day with their families on Saturday, October 17th. If you would like to be volunteer, don't hesitate to contact PVO.

1st Quarter is now completed. Report Cards for the 1st Quarter will be available online at Sunshine Connect on October 16th. You will be able to access soft copy of Report Card anytime you need.

School media center is accessible for AR Quizzes from 7:10 AM to 7:45 AM. We strongly encourage our students to read books and take quizzes on AR program. Students who can't take quizzes in the morning, can take quizzes on iPad (grades 3-5) or Laptop computers (grades 1-2) assigned to the classrooms during their Reading class.

Reminder: ITBS Test will be administered for our 3rd and 5th grade students from October 19th to October 23rd. Please see testing schedule and details below.

Have a great long weekend!

Sincerely,

Murat Cetin, Head of School

mcetin@SunshineSTEMacademy.org

October 12th is Teacher-Student holiday. School will be closed on Monday, October 12th.

Sunshine STEM Academy has decided to administer ITBS test to all of our 3rd and 5th grade students Monday, October 19th - Friday, October 23rd. Please do not schedule doctor's appointments for your 3rd or 5th grade students during that week.

• Please do not schedule any morning doctor's appointments during those dates for your 3rd or 5th grade children.
• Please make sure that your child arrives at school ON TIME, eats a good breakfast, and is well rested. If your child is late for testing, they will be kept in a separate room until testing is completed that day and will need to do a make-up test.
• In the interest of keeping down the general noise level in the building, NO visitors will be allowed into the building during the testing time.

Testing Schedule:

Monday, Oct 19: Reading
Tuesday, Oct 20: ELA
Wednesday, Oct 21: Math
Thursday, Oct 22: Science
Friday, Oct 23: Social Studies, Maps and Diagrams

Picture Retake Day is next Thursday, October 15th. This retake day is for those who did not like the pictures they previously ordered (you will need to bring those pictures in with you in order to get them redone), want to order pictures that day (your student will need to bring money that day and give it directly to the photographer), or... if were absent on the first Picture Day. Not everyone will be getting their pictures retaken – only these three groups of students. Please make sure your child wears their red shirts on that day if they are planning on getting their picture taken. Flyers for Picture Retake Day are available in the front office.

Fall Festival is on October 17th, Saturday. Watch out for communication on PVO website and your kid's folder. Clear your calendar, show up and have fun!

Please contact pvo@sunshinestemacademy.org if you would like to volunteer for Fall Festival.

In collaboration with our PVO and our Art teacher Mr. Merina, our students made a scarecrow attended Alpharetta Annual Scarecrow Harvest Contest for the first time.

Our Techie-Mutant Panda received Runner-up Award in Most Creative Category

Congratulations to Sunshine Students and Mr. Merina!

Thanks to everyone that is promoting the Student Council sponsored event: SOCKtober. Our students began this endeavor hoping to help families in need in our local community. We wanted to provide families with something very useful that most may not think to give-- warm socks for the winter months.

We reached out to The Drake House (see link below) as they are doing great things to help families in our area. Yesterday, I received a call back from the director and she was thrilled that our students thought of The Drake House and the families they support. She stated that they would gladly accept any new socks. http://thedrakehouse.org/

Please help spread the word to anyone that would like to donate that we are now collecting new socks only.

SoulPancake asks that you share a picture of your donation drop-off on Twitter using #socktober and by sending email to socktober@soulpancake.com

We would like to announce that MAP Winter Term will be administered at the first week of December, from December 1st to December 7th. Results will be shared with parents after December 8th.

Our school library is available to checkout books. Students can visit Media Center between 7:10 and 7:45 to check-out books and return their books.

Accelerated Reader quiz is be available for all students. Students can visit Media Center in the morning between 7:10 and 7:45 to take AR Quizzes for the book they read.

If you are interested in volunteering for AR Quiz Help for students, please send an email to PVO@sunshinestemacademy.org

We need volunteer parents to help students for taking AR Quizzes in the mornings from 7:10 AM to 7:45 AM. If you are interested in being volunteer for AR quizzes, please send an email to pvo@sunshinestemacademy.org

Please see upcoming important days below. Please mark your calendar for our upcoming events.

• Monday, October 12: Teacher/Student Holiday -School Closed-
  
• Monday, October 15: Picture Retake
  
• Saturday, October 17: Fall Festival
• October 19-23: ITBS Testing for 3rd and 5th Grades only
• November 23 - November 27: Thanksgiving Holiday

• December 1-7: MAP Test Winter Term

Our 5th grade students exhibited and presented their Cell Models made out of food last week. Could you imagine fruits such as watermelon, grapes, dates and peach can be used to represent organelles in a cell? Amazing 5th graders!

Sunshine STEM Academy strives for success and continued desire to provide a quality education to all students. With a strong administration, passionate teachers, and enthusiastic support staff, Sunshine STEM Academy as one of the top private schools in Atlanta is pleased to continue offering exciting learning environments to foster the growth and development of young scholars.

Email: info@sunshinestemacademy.org
Website: http://sunshinestemacademy.org/
Location: 1675 Hembree Rd, Alpharetta, GA 30009
Phone: 770-674-0010
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