April 24, 2018

Thursday, May 3—PTO Chicken

Que 4:00-7:00

Thursday, May 10—4th and 5th

Grade Music concert

6:30PM

Friday, May 11—Early Release

Dismissal at 12:40

Thursday, May 24—School Picnic

4:00-7:00

Monday, May 28—No School

Wednesday, May 30—4th Grd

trip to Madison 8:00—7:00pm

Thursday, May 31—5th Grd

campout

Principal’s Corner

This has certainly been an interesting stretch of weather. We did

have to cancel our Family Literacy Night this past Wednesday

due to the weather. Although we were not able to reschedule this for an evening, we did invite this presenter back on Friday

afternoon where he did a presentation for many of our K-2

students. I want to thank Mrs. Schneyer and Mrs. Schott for all

of their work in planning this event.

Most of our students in grades 3-5 have now completed their state testing and we celebrated that with an extra recess time

and some treats. Those students who were absent during testing

will be making up any missed tests this week. Testing results

won’t be available until next fall.

We have some staff who have announced their retirements effective at the end of this school year. Mrs. Cheryl Ward, our

PK4 teacher for many years and Mrs. Vicki Burritt, our Speech/

Language Teacher for many years are both retiring. I want to

thank them for their many years of service to our staff, students and families. Congratulations! We also want to wish Mrs.

Schott, Title I Teacher the best as she moves to Homer, Alaska

next year. Her husband will be working at the local hospital and

she will be teaching in an elementary school there.

It is the time of year I begin to think about scheduling students into classrooms for next school year. There are many

considerations while placing students into classrooms including

individual student needs, class composition and others. On

another page in this newsletter you will find our projected

staffing for next school year. Parents can make teacher requests in writing explaining why you feel your child is best suited to be

placed with a specific teacher. This request does not guarantee

placement but I will certainly consider it as I place students in

classrooms for next year. These written requests can be made by

letter or e-mail to me by May 2nd.

Dirk Hunter, Principal Dirk Hunter, Principal

DATES TO REMEMBER

It is the policy of the School District of

La Crosse, pursuant to s.118.13 WI

Statute and P19, that no person – on

the basis of sex, race, religion,

national origin, ancestry, creed,

pregnancy, marital or parental status,

sexual orientation or physical, mental,

emotional, or learning disability, may

be denied admission to any public

school in this district or be denied

participation in, benefits of, or be

discriminated against in any

curricular, co-extra-curricular, pupil

services, recreational, or other

program or activities.

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Summit

Summit Environmental School Staffing 2018-19

Preschool Open, Mrs. Leon

Kindergarten Mrs. Fechner, Mrs. Ofte, Mrs. Zigler

First Grade Mrs. Anderson, Mrs. Shepard, Mrs. Wappler

Second Grade Ms. Jensen, Mr. Stanton

Third Grade Mr. Graham, Ms. Klaeser, Mrs. Taylor-Johnson

Fourth Grade Ms. Beecher, Ms. Franzini

Fifth Grade Mr. Maus, Mrs. Rasmussen

Mrs. Anderson’s class took the opportunity to enjoy the outdoors the morning after the recent April snow storm. The outdoor classroom area as well as the

trees were covered in a fresh blanket of snow. The early morning observation proved timely as the kids were able to see a fox up close and hear a woodpeck-er in a nearby tree. They were able to share the beauty of the frog pond area with our volunteers from the UW-L Football team! The class went back out

four days later for Earth Day and as the picture shows, the weather was very different, sunny and 73 degrees!

Summit Student Council News:

This Friday, April 27th is special in two ways:

It is SPORTS DAY!

Our April Fun Day is Sports Day. Students are encouraged to wear apparel in support

of their favorite sports team, or they may wear their own uniform or other gear from a

sport in which they participate themselves.

It is also Aluminum Recycling Day!

Aluminum cans can be dropped off by the Summit flagpole by 9am on April 27th.

Cans should be secured in plastic bags. All proceeds from recycling will be spent right

here at Summit to support our learning. Thanks for your support!

Celebrate Earth Week by bringing your aluminum to school

April 2018

Dear Parents and Guardians:

Children’s book author, Aaron Reynolds, will be coming to Summit Environmental School on Tuesday, May 15 and will be presenting programs to our students. Aaron Reynolds is a New York Times Bestselling Au-thor of many highly acclaimed books for kids including CREEPY PAIR OF UNDERWEAR!, CAVEBOY DAVE, NERDY BIRDY, NERDY BIRDY TWEETS, and the Caldecott Honor Medalist CREEPY CARROTS!. He regularly makes time to visit elementary schools, where his hilarious and hands-on presentations keep kids spell-bound.

Mr. Reynolds has offered to autograph his books after his visit. If your child currently owns one of his books, please bring the book(s) to the library by Monday, May 14 for autographing. Their books will be au-tographed by Mr. Reynolds and returned to the students on May 16. If you would like more information about Mr. Reynolds and his books, please visit his website at http://www.aaron-reynolds.com/ . If you have any questions, please call Darcy Maxwell at 789-8841.

ART NEWS!!!

Congratulations to April’s Artist of the Month: Brynn—OK, Ryder—ZK, Andrew—1S,

Hayleigh—1W, Lili—2Sinn, Kian—2S, Asia –3J, Seng Pao—3G, Panyia—4B, Payton—4F,

Gianna—5M and Levi—5R. Great job demonstrating leadership and compassion in the art

room.

I would like to sincerely thank all the Summit families who came to celebrate Youth Art

Month at the Campbell Library on French Island. There was a huge attendance and sup-

port for our creative Summit students. I look forward to seeing smiling faces and excite-

ment each year. Your support and dedication to our visual arts program speaks loudly.

Continue to inspire, create and dream of the possibilities.

Artfully Yours,

Carissa Brudos

Mrs. Brudos Receives Award Congratulations goes out to Mrs. Brudos who was recent-ly named La Crosse County Library’s Public School Edu-cator of the Year. Mrs. Brudos held the spring art recep-tion at the Campbell location and as a result brought a very high volume of people through the library…more than 300 people attended. The art work our students produce, much of which is done with recycled materials, helps to make our school come alive. Mrs. Brudos also selects many pieces of student art each month, frames them and displays them in our school office. Students are very proud of their work hanging in the office for the month. Congratulations Mrs. Brudos and thanks for all you do!

Summit PTO

Next meeting- June 7, 2018 @ 5:30PM Summit LMC

There isn’t a meeting in May – June meeting is to close out this school year

and set calendar for next year

It’s almost time .. CHICKEN Q!

Mark your calendars.. our 2018 Chicken Q is Thursday May 3, 2018

The last day to turn in money collected and/or un sold tickets is Thursday

26th. PTO staff is available every morning in the lobby to collect money,

take un sold tickets, and to hand out more tickets. Please do not forget

the due date as student sales/prize cut off is April 26th.

Without this fund-raiser the PTO wouldn’t be able to sponsor many of the

field trips and extras we do today. We appreciate the effort each

family puts into this and are hoping for a record year!

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Walk to School… mark your calendars!

Walk to school has been off to a slow start due to the weather however

we are hoping it’s all past us now. Walk to school is every Thursday

through May 24th. Walkers meet at 7:15am and begin walking around

7:25/7:30.

There will also be a bike to school May 9th

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Milk Moola and Box Tops

Don’t forget we need your box tops and Milk lids (Kwik Trip only) Collection cans are

located upon entering the LMC. No donation is too small!

The PTO is proud to announce we have donated $1000 to the

student counsel.

Last school year the PTO purchased the water bottles (sold in the

school store) with the intent all money collected would be returned

to the PTO. There is no mark up on the water bottles sold, the price

is to cover ‘cost’.

Due to the success of this and last year’s fund raising we are now

able to donate this money.

The Summit Student Counsel is generous to the school and the PTO

wanted to help them continue!

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Did you know we have a Facebook page?

Summit Environmental PTO – ask to be a member and we will get you added!

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PTO Board:

Kelly Raymer- President

• Kelly.raymer@centurylink.com

Jessica McGough- Vice President

• Jess8neal@aol.com

Jaime Culbert – Treasurer

• Jaimeculbert@gmail.com

Heather Brice- Secretary

• hannschubert@charter.net

Walking School Bus Map

STUDENT HEALTH GUIDELINES

When should your child stay home because of illness?

FEVER: greater than 100 degrees.

VOMITING: return 24 hours after vomiting

DIARRHEA: return 24 hours after diarrhea

RASH: rash that is open and draining or a rash with a fever

STREP THROAT, IMPETIGO, PINK EYE: return after 24 hours of treatment with antibiotic

SCABIES, RINGWORM: must be treated before returning to school

CHICKEN POX: child may return to school 5-7 days after onset of rash, with all sores dry and scabbed over

Please notify your child’s school by 9am if your child is absent due to illness or injury.

If your child has a serious illness or injury that affects school participation, please notify your school principal or school nurse so a plan can be implemented to meet your child’s needs.

If you have any questions, please call Carol Francksen, health assistant at Summit. Her number is (608) 789-8817 or email: cfrancks@lacrossesd.org

Summit Environmental School Telephone and Email Extensions 2017-2018 Name Extension Position Email

Adams, Janice 789-8822 EC Teacher jadams@lacrossesd.org Alderman, Lauri 789-7980, ext 4085 Teacher Assistant lalderma@lacrossesd.org Ammann, Julie 789-7980, ext 4086 Teacher Assistant jammann@lacrossesd.org Anderson, Karen 789-8823 Gr1 Teacher kanderso@lacrossesd.org Beecher, Jessica 789-8826 Gr4 Teacher jbeecher@lacrossesd.org Boyer, Lisa 789-8827 Adaptive PE Teacher lboyer@lacrossesd.org Brudos, Carissa 789-8828 Art Teacher cbrudos@lacrossesd.org Burritt, Vicki 789-8830 Speech vburritt@lacrossesd.org ELL 789-8861 Summit ELL

Fechner, Wendy 789-8831 KG Teacher wfechner@lacrossesd.org Fortier, Louis 789-8818 Building Engineer lfortier@lacrossesd.org Fox, Lindsey 789-8833 EC Teacher lfox@lacrossesd.org Francksen, Carol 789-8817 Health Assistant cfrancks@lacrossesd.org Franzini, Kris 789-8834 Gr4 Teacher kfranzin@lacrossesd.org Graham, Scott 789-8835 Gr3 Teacher sgraham@lacrossesd.org Hanney, Caitlin 789-8825 ID Teacher channey@lacrossesd.org Hillestad, Tami 789-8837 Instructional Coach thillest@lacrossesd.org Hunter, Dirk 789-8815 Principal dhunter@lacrossesd.org Jensen, JoLynn 789-8839 Gr2 Teacher jjensen@lacrossesd.org Johnson, Shelley School Nurse sjohnson@lacrossesd.org Keilen, Julie 789-7980, ext 4060 Teacher Assistant jkeilen@lacrossesd.org Kielley, Faye 789-8821 Cook Manager fkielley@lacrossesd.org Klaeser, Deb 789-8850 Gr3 Teacher dklaeser@lacrossesd.org Kuecker, Nicole 789-8838 Occupational Therapy nkuecker@lacrossesd.org Leis, Ruth 789-7798 Summer School AA rleis@lacrossesd.org Leon, Cathy 789-8842 K4 Teacher cleon@lacrossesd.org Littlejohn, Dana 789-8816 Administrative Assistant dlittlej@lacrossesd.org

Maus, Marty 789-8840 Gr5 Teacher mmaus@lacrossesd.org Maxwell, Darcy 789-8841 LMC Director dmaxwell@lacrossesd.org Meyer, Megan 789-8858 Speech mbrey@lacrossesd.org Miller, Julie 789-7980, ext 4063 Teacher Assistant jumiller@lacrossesd.org Misch, Jamie 789-8818 Custodian jmisch@lacrossesd.org Molland, Lisa 789-8859 Psychologist lmolland@lacrossesd.org Niebuhr, Terry 789-7980, ext 4089 Teacher Assistant tniebuhr@lacrossesd.org Ofte, Deb 789-8843 KG Teacher dofte@lacrossesd.org O'Keefe, Nick 789-8844 PE Teacher nokeefe@lacrossesd.org Pomeroy, Kasey 789-8836 ID Teacher kpomeroy@lacrossesd.org Rand, Lori 789-7980, ext 4091 Teacher Assistant lrand@lacrossesd.org Rasmussen, Erica 789-8845 Gr5 Teacher erasmuss@lacrossesd.org Rieber, Diane 789-7980, ext 4068 Teacher Assistant drieber@lacrossesd.org Rosson, Sally 789-7980, ext 4093 Teacher Assistant srosson@lacrossesd.org

Summit Environmental School Telephone and Email Extensions 2017-2018 Name Extension Position Email

Schauer, Beth 789-8846 ID Teacher eschauer@lacrossesd.org Haggerty-Schmidt, Morgan 789-8832 Music Teacher mschmidt@lacrossesd.org Schneyer, Treena 789-8847 Title One Teacher tschneye@lacrossesd.org Schott, Beth 789-8860 Title One Teacher bschott@lacrossesd.org Shay, Lindsey 789-7980, ext 4083 Physical Therapist lshay@lacrossesd.org Shepard, Stephanie 789-8848 Gr1 Teacher sshepard@lacrossesd.org Sinn, Lacey 789-8824 Gr2 Teacher lsinn@lacrossesd.org Stanton, Damian 789-8849 Gr2 Teacher dstanton@lacrossesd.org Striegel, Bobbi Jo 789-8821 Cook bstriege@lacrossesd.org Swan-Coady, Jacquie 789-7980, ext 4094 Teacher Assistant jswancoad@lacrossesd.org Taylor-Johnson, Tracy 789-8851 Gr3 Teacher ttaylorj@lacrossesd.org Trussoni, Cindy 789-8821 Cook ctrusson@lacrossesd.org Veum, Tabatha 789-8852 Social Worker tveum@lacrossesd.org Wappler, Jennifer 789-8853 Gr1 Teacher jwappler@lacrossesd.org Ward, Cheryl 789-8854 K4 Teacher cward@lacrossesd.org Weiland, Mary 789-8829 Strings Teacher mweiland@lacrossesd.org Wolfe, Ann 789-7980, ext 4097 Teacher Assistant awolfe@lacrossesd.org Yang, Kazoua 789-7980, ext 4173 Teacher Assistant kyang@lacrossesd.org Zachman, Kim 789-8856 LD Teacher kzachman@lacrossesd.org Zigler, Joann 789-8857 KG Teacher jzigler@lacrossesd.org Zong, Mary 789-8861 ELL Teacher mzong@lacrossesd.org