February 11, 2024

Dear Spring Creek Families,

Thank you for your amazing support of Parent Teacher Conferences last week! It was wonderful to connect with many of you and hear about the great progress your children are making. I’m grateful for our teachers and the extra hours they put in preparing for these conferences. A shout out to our PTA for the delicious meal they provided for all of the teachers and staff on Thursday evening. 

I wanted to share a couple of reminders for parents. Please review below the following protocols–this will help things run smoothly in the office.

1. Parents or guardians who come to the school must bring a driver’s license or picture ID to enter the school. This ensures a smooth check-in process and it is required to enter the school.
2. If your student has a birthday, you are welcome to drop-off treats that are store bought. Items should be individually wrapped. For example, cupcakes should be individually placed in a small sandwich bag prior to being dropped off.

Thank you for your help and support! I hope you will review the upcoming calendar items and other important information.

Spring Creek Hawks don’t just fly, they SOAR!

Ruth Ann Snow, Principal

Upcoming Calendar Items

• School Calendar
• Monday February 12th: District STEM Fair (see information below)
• Wednesday February 14th: 5th & 6th Ice Skating Field Trip
• Thursday February 15th: 5th Camp Big Springs Orientation (see information below)
• Friday February 16th: 6th BYU Mentoring Field Trip
• Friday February 16th: School Community Council Meeting at 9:00am
• Friday February 16th: PTA Meeting at 10:00am
• Monday February 19th: No School – Presidents’ Day

After School Program This Week

• After School Academy 1-2 will meet Monday – Thursday
• After School Academy 3-4  will meet Monday – Thursday
• After School Academy 5-6  will meet Monday – Thursday
• Hawk Theatre Drama Club 1st – 3rd will meet Monday & Wednesday
• Hawk Theatre Drama Club 4th – 6th will meet Tuesday & Thursday
• Robotics Club will meet Monday – Thursday 

District STEM Fair

The District STEM Fair will be held on Monday, February 12th. Only students that are chosen to progress from our School STEM Fair are able to submit their projects and must be at Centennial Middle School by 4:30 PM. Families are welcome to attend, beginning at 6 PM. Please ask Mrs. Kempter if you have any questions. 

WIDA Testing

Our ML (multilingual) students will be taking the WIDA ACCESS test over the next 2 weeks. This test measures students’ academic English usage in reading, writing, speaking, and listening. The test scores will be used to determine supports for academic English development and to show academic English progress. Please be sure your child is here at school everyday, gets a good night’s rest, and eats breakfast so they are prepared to do their very best on the test. If you have any questions regarding this testing, please contact Ruth Ann Snow  ruthann@provo.edu or Michelle Blair  michellebl@provo.edu.

PTA

Thank you to everyone who helped with the Book Fair and feeding the teachers during Parent Teacher Conferences! 

As we prep for Staff Appreciation Week, we are having people sign up to decorate classroom doors. This year’s theme is “Our Staff is Amazing: Read All About It!”

• Please sign up to pick a door

We provide the butcher paper for you to decorate the door.

To get your paper contact Nicole Hill at 385-450-6833 or  Nicole.hill628@outlook.com 

We have a PTA meeting this week! Friday the 16th at 10am in room 201! We’ll be discussing staff appreciation and we’d love to hear your ideas!

Family Reads

Our Battle of the Books competition will be here before you know it! If you have a 3rd-6th grade student that would like to participate in Battle of the Books we want to let you know that our Family Reads program is a great place to get the books they need to read for the competition! We have almost every book available! Request a free book from our Family Reads Google form and get busy reading! There is more information on how to do this on our school website. Let Mrs. Smith ( jills@provo.edu) our librarian, know if you have any questions!

2024-25 Preschool Registration

Registration has begun for the  2024-25 Provo City School District Title I Preschool. See attached flyer for more information. 

• Pre-K Title 1 PreSchool Flyer (English)
• Pre-K Title 1 PreSchool flyer (Spanish)

5th Grade Camp Big Springs

Each summer Provo City School District, in conjunction with Provo City Parks and Recreation, provides an Outdoor Education (summer STEM camp) Program. This is a co-curricular program that is an extension of the current fifth grade STEM curriculum. Students just finishing fifth grade are invited to participate and will spend five days at a camp located up the South Fork of Provo Canyon where they will be involved in activities such as hands-on science experiences, arts & crafts, sports & recreation and campfire programs. See attached flyer for more information

• February 2024 – Camp Big Springs letter