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Saugie’s Checklist:
🏒 Get Your Sound Tigers Tickets Today! CLICK HERE to Buy Now!
🍲 SOUPer Bowl Donation Collection Ends Friday!
Save the Date:
Monday, January 28th - Friday, February 1st | SES SOUPer Bowl |
Monday, February 4th, 7:30pm | Board of Education Meeting, SHS Cafeteria |
Sunday, February 10th, 3pm | Sound Tigers Game |
Wednesday, February 13th, 7:30am | Third Grade Rise and Read SES LMC |
Friday, February 15th | NO SCHOOL, Staff Development Day |
Monday, February 18th - Friday, February 22nd | NO SCHOOL, President’s Day & February Break |
SOUPer Bowl Can Drive
With two days down and three more to go, be sure to send in donations this week! Let your kids blitz the opposition by placing cans in their team's bin (located opposite the main office) to support their Super Bowl pick. Each item=one point. The SES referees will report the tally at halftime later today to reveal which team needs a hail mary! A final score will be reported on Monday. No matter which team collects the most cans, the Connecticut Food Bank takes the WIN in a victory over hunger. The biggest question will be, can we top the over 800 cans donated last year? Go SES! Together let's TACKLE hunger! The current score as of Scoop press time is Patriots: 43, Rams: 30.
Get Ready For The Sound Tigers Game!
Tickets are on sale now for the Sound Tigers vs. Utica Comets game on Sunday, February 10th at 3pm. Only $21/per ticket (regular price is $31!) Get a group of friends and make plans to go together and have the best day ever! The Fourth and Fifth Grade Chorus will sing the National Anthem and, if we sell enough tickets, all SES family members will have the opportunity to hold the giant American flag while they sing! CLICK HERE to purchase tickets!
SES PTA Seeking Nominating Committee Members
We are in need of 4 or 5 Nominating Committee members for next year’s PTA! Each year, the Nominating Committee plays a pivotal role in recruiting candidates for various PTA leadership and volunteer positions for the next school year. The nominating process takes place from now until April, and will meet 2-3 times. We are seeking committee members to collaborate and suggest great volunteers for various PTA roles. We need your help to keep the PTA vibrant, dynamic and strong! If you are interested in joining the committee, please email Annie Ford annieford01@gmail.com or ses_pta@westportps.org
Parent Teacher Conference Meals Chairs Needed ASAP
The PTA is looking for two volunteers to partner with the Executive Board to coordinate teacher lunches during conference week, March 20 - 22. No cooking experience is required! If interested, please contact Denise Nahmias at denise.nahmias@gmail.com
✴ The SES Scene
RULER Program News
The next RULER workshop for families is coming up! This workshop will help you learn to use the Mood Meter, a central anchor of the RULER approach, to recognize, label, express and regulate your own emotions and use this tool to support your child. Please join us on February 6, 2019 at 7pm for this interactive workshop in the Staples High School Cafeteria (snow date: February 13, 2019).
We hope you're able to make it. Please register for this event by using the link below:
https://events.westportps.org/events/mood-meter-workshop-for-parents/
✴ Special Education News
SpED Sip ‘N Chat
Meet, ask questions/advice, and exchange ideas and tips with other Special Ed parents. Open to all parents of students receiving Special Education services in Westport schools. Connect with others on Wednesday, February 13th, 2019, 9:30 - 10:30 am at Panera Bread (1860 Post Rd East, next to Home Goods).
✴ The Saugatuck Spotlight
This week, we get to know fantastic fourth grade teacher Karen Driscoll!
If I wasn’t a teacher I would want to be . . . a travel guide book author.
If I could have any super power it would be . . . teleportation!
My first concert was . . . Dave Matthews Band.
If I could only eat one food for the rest of my life it would be . . . pasta.
If I could visit anywhere I would go to . . . Egypt.
✴ All Around Town
Continuing Education: After School Programs
Super fun, super convenient, super affordable programs for kids in grades K-5.
Arts, chess, cooking, fitness + sports (including badminton, basketball, fencing, martial arts, tennis, volleyball), PM/PE + Sports & Homework Clubs, STEM, theater + more!
Programs started last week but not too late to register @ westportcontinuinged.com.
Click for Cont Ed Fall 2018 programs: https://bit.ly/2OcfK0Z
New Winter Youth Art Classes at Westport Arts Center run through April 4
Westport Arts Center has a new lineup of after school art classes for preschoolers to teens. Classes include everything from mastering iPhone photography and sculpting colorful Pokémon to building models from your imagination and creating your own comics. Semi-private painting and drawing classes are back by popular demand where students build their individual artistic skills in a small group setting. Eight-week classes have rolling admissions, but space is limited. More information and registration at https://westportartscenter.org/ses or call 203-222-7070.
Community Bulletin Board
CLICK HERE to check out what’s new.
Visit All of Your Westport PTA Council Sites!
A Scoop of Thanks to . . .
. . . Sara Lev and Megan Rutstein for planning this year’s super fun Ice Skating party! We loved seeing so many future Olympic figure skaters out there! . . . Kathryn Cochran for selling the awesome SES logowear on site at the event . . . and of course, Saugie the Seal for keeping the kids entertained on the ice!
Contact The Scoop:
If you’d like your announcement or event to be included in a future edition of the Scoop, complete THIS FORM by Friday at 5:00pm to request submission in the following week’s Scoop. (Flyers or attachments need to be approved by Principal Beth Messler (emessler@westportps.org) and PTA Co-Presidents Sarin Cheung (sarinpta@gmail.com) and Amie Peck (amiepta@gmail.com). Contact the Scoop (saugatuck.scoop@gmail.com) with any questions or just to say hello. 👋