SOPG NEWS
sopgsusitna@gmail.com
Hello Susitna Optional Families
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Thank you,
Sara Crewdson
SOPG Board Member
Reminder: K/1 Gingerbread House Making is Tomorrow! (12-1pm)
If you are available this Thursday, even for a little bit, they would love your assistance on helping the K/1 Students with making their Gingerbread houses.
Supply Needs: Powdered Sugar, Graham Crackers & Candy
Upcoming Events!
Dec 17th - TOMORROW! K/1 Learning Lunch: (12-1)Gingerbread House
Dec 18th - End of 2nd Quarter - NO SCHOOL
Dec 21-Jan 1 - WINTER BREAK - NO SCHOOL
Jan 6th - Parent Work Night & SOPG Parent Meeting at 6pm with Guest Speaker
Jan 13th - Art Intensive for Kaladi Art Show (9:15-11am) Volunteers Needed, contact Mrs. Gene at hughes_virginia@asdk12.org for any questions.
Jan 18th - Martin Luther King Day - NO SCHOOL/NO CAMPFIRE
Jan 22nd - Sledding Night (5pm-8pm) - Sign up Here! (Need Volunteers!)
Jan 27th - Parent Work Night - (3:30-7pm)
Jan 29th - K/1 Learning Lunch (12-1pm)
Sledding Night Needs Your Help!
K/1 News!
VOLUNTEERS NEEDED:
We are in need of Parent Coordinators for some of our events. Please consider volunteering.
Events that need your help: (Each worth 26 Hours)
- Spring Intensives: (May 5 & 6) Coordinator to help Ms. Brittany as needed.
- SOPG Last Day of School BBQ: Assistant Coordinator to help Sara Crewdson plan and operate this event.
If you are interested in helping coordinate an event this year, or would like more information please email me at sopgsusitna@gmail.com.
Hour of Code Report!
Susitna Elementary participated in Hour of Code for the second year. During the week of December 7th. 191,025 Hour of Code events happened around the world in over 180 countries to reach over tens of millions of students and adults ages 4 to 100.
Lucinda's K/1 Class started hour of code by brainstorming what professions use coding and whose parents use coding in their jobs.
- At the end of the hour Bryan Blackson said, "If you are a programmer: You have to be focused and ready to do it!"
- At lunch that day Olive told her mom that she loves coding and wants to do it at home which she did that evening. Pictured Below!!
Hour of Coding
K/1 Class learning about Coding
Olive Coding at Home
Big Thank You to all the volunteers for Project Day!
Please Log Your Hours!!
Please Note: Emails will be going out over Winter Break with your Total Hours Logged.
Please Log your Hours! Click HERE!
Please refer to the Disclosure of Hours on the website for more information. Donations toward hours are also available: $20/per Hour
Your involvement really does make a difference for the teachers and in your child’s development.
Thank you to the Families that have Logged their hours so far!
For inquiries about your hours logged please email SOPGSUSITNA@GMAIL.COM.
Thank you Families of : Adkins, Sidney; Anderson, Broedy/ Anderson, Evan ; Andrews, Winter; Anteau, Kylie; Bakken Tristan; Barnard, Elias; Barnett, Samuel; Barton, Josie & Guy; Benedetti-Creech, Aydan; Blackson, Bryan; Bond, Ziva and Aliyah; Brown, Shepherd; Buzzell Tessa; Cleary, Liam; Cox, riley; Crewdson, Makayla; Dorshkind, Sam & Louis; Duffy, John & George; Duke, Sarah; Epps, Ulric; Flanagan Owen; Francis, Clara; Francisco, Elyle & Max; Fredericks, Xavier; Graziano Fiora; Hammon, Payton; Harmon, Andrew; Henderson Delaney; Hensen, Samuel & Allen; Ison, Tiffani; Kelly, Bryce; Kelly, Morgan; Kendall, Sophie & Henry; King, Nora; Koenig, Asher; Kross, Ruby; Lafferty, Olive; Lojewski, Madeleine; Lovejoy, Owen & Grace; McFalls, Adrienna; McGovney, Maddy; Morgan, Robert; Nelson, RJ; Olsen, Talin; Parmenter Hailey; Perry, Adison; Postma, Kaison; Reed, JaCovi; Reynolds, Saniah; Riggins, Ericki; Roberts, Camren & Riley; Robinson, Clara & Isabel; Sheldon, Cotter; Siepert, Bodey; Smith, Kaden; Smith, Kelty; Solomen, Eliana;
Solter, Faith & JJ; Staples, Katahdin; Talbott-Clark, Kevin; Teater, Nash; Thibodeaux, Maiya; Thomas, Ashton & Adrian; Todd, Naomi; Vassar, Charlotte; Warren, Cyrus; Wasielewski, Jacob; Welker, Gavin and Kaytlin, White, Joshua; Williams, Greysen; Wood (Riggs) Zoë Grace
Susitna Optional Parent Group
SOPG is specifically dedicated to supporting the Open Optional Program at Susitna Elementary. We perform functions similar to a PTA and we work closely with the teachers in the Optional Program, as well as Susitna's PTA. Key responsibilities include: assisting with PACT days (Parents and Children Together), Intensives, with Community Outreach projects, and with events like the Fall Ice Cream Social, The Spring Family Dance, spring/fall Bike Ride/Picnic, and the Year-End Barbecue.
The Susitna Optional Parent Group, or SOPG, is a volunteer parent group comprised of parents or guardians of children in the Open Optional Program at Susitna Elementary. SOPG is led by a volunteer advisory board consisting of a Chair, Co-Chair, Secretary, Treasurer and Members at Large.
The Current SOPG Board Members are
(to email click on member name)
Chair: Rhiannon Benedetti
Co-chair: Sara Crewdson
Secretary: Jessica Blackson
Treasurer: Amber Epps & Kathy Hammon
Members at Large: Ida and DJ Litteral
Members at Large: Angel Solter
Members at Large: Melanie Scallo
Members at Large: Need Volunteers Please!
Email: sopgsusitna@gmail.com
Website: https://sites.google.com/site/susitnaoptionalparentgroup/
Phone: (907)741-1400
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/SusitnaOPG/
"A caring community of critical thinkers"
This group page is hopefully another way to help us all keep connected throughout the year for information about meetings, events, volunteering, parent hours, etc.