News & Info: December 12th

This is our third year providing a gift for every student at Orchard Knob Elementary and demonstrating God's love for them.  This year, there are 620 students at Orchard Knob in Pre-K through 5th grades.  We are asking that SBA students buy gifts in the $10 - $20 range in the following manner:

A Huge Thank-You From PTF

PTF would like to thank all of you for your continued support of PTF.  Through our membership drive, spirit days, and incentive programs we have been able to accomplish a lot during this first semester! These are just a few of the things we have been able to do for our staff and children:

• Aided in sending our High School and Middle School students to Camp Vesper and Horn’s Creek
• Provided staff lunches for their in-service day before school started
• Provided the School supply kit program for parents
• Provided the Uniform Resale to help parents with the cost of uniforms
• Helped in getting homeroom moms for teachers and find volunteers for numerous events
• Led homeroom moms and their classes in providing baskets for the Gala
• Purchased Gala Tables for teachers  to support the Gala fundraiser
• Provided the Christmas Shop for our kids to purchase gifts for family members

None of this would have been possible without the support of all of you.  We thank you!Merry Christmas to your family from PTF!  We look forward to next semester and the opportunity to continue to partner with our school!

Angela Farley PTF President

Baseball Team Fundraiser

The Seahawk high school baseball team is selling Platinum MVP discount cards to support the baseball program. These cards provide discounts to over 300 businesses in the Chattanooga area.  Each card costs $20 and comes with a free $25 restaurant gift certificate, so the card pays for itself very quickly! This is a great stocking stuffer and a way to commemorate last year's district champs, region champs, and state runner-up team. Please see a player or coach to get one of these amazing cards. You can also contact head coach Jonathan Adcock by email. Thanks!

PTF Membership Homeroom Winners

Congratulations to all the winners of the PTF Membership drive.  Each student in the winning classes will receive a 50-cent Spirit Day coupon which they can redeem tomorrow, Friday, December 13th.  Thank you to every family who joined PTF! IMPACT - Ms. Kelley Kindergarten - Mrs. Lusardo 1st - Mrs. Steele 2nd - Ms. Galyon 3rd - Mrs. Williams 4th - Mrs. Holt 5th - Mrs. Westcott 6th - Mrs. Couch 7th - Mrs. Freuler and Mr. Rawlston 8th - Mr. Daugherty and Mrs. Hall 9th - Ms. Davis, Miss Bufkin, and Mr. Willcutt 10th - Ms. Mason 11th - Mr. Miller and Mrs. Squires 12th - Mr. LaMar

GENERAL ANNOUNCEMENTS:

• As we prepare for homeroom teacher's gifts and Christmas parties, please remember the extra curricular teachers who do not have a homeroom.  If you feel led, please send in a small gift or a small monetary donation to your student's homeroom teacher in an envelope labeled "Extra Curricular Teacher's gift" by Friday, December 13th.  Let's bless these teachers as well this season. Thank you so much from PTF.
• MIDDLE SCHOOL: The 8th grade Explore test results are here and ready for you to pick up at the Christmas program, the Operation Christmas Child parent meeting for chaperones, or at the Fine Arts program. If you prefer, feel free to come see Mrs. Silvious for your child's results.
• MIDDLE SCHOOL: Students will have the option of leaving at noon or staying until 3:05 on December 16th, 17th, and 18th.  An Early Dismissal form must be turned in by Tuesday, December 10th in order for the student to be dismissed at noon those days.  The form can be found on the Parent Portal by clicking here.  There will be no lunch for Middle School those days.  Students who stay until 3:05 must bring a lunch.
• HIGH SCHOOL: Information and permission forms for Share Your Christmas can be found on the HS Parent Portal.

UPCOMING EVENTS:

• December 10th-13th: PTF Christmas Shop • Wed/Thurs, 9:00am - 3:00pm and Friday, 9:00am - 12:00pm
• December 13th: Spirit Day
• December 16th-19th: Exam Week
• December 19th: Half day/Last day of fall semester

ATHLETICS:

• For updated team calendars, check out the Athletics Master Calendar online. (When team schedules change at school, these calendars auto-update). If you use Google calendars personally, you can instantly add any of our athletic or team calendars to your own by clicking the "+Google Calendar" button in the lower right corner of the calendar you'd like to add.
  • ELEMENTARY MASTER CALENDAR
  • MIDDLE SCHOOL MASTER CALENDAR
  • HIGH SCHOOL MASTER CALENDAR

REMINDERS:

• Please be reminded that your accounts need to be current or your Renweb will be blocked (grades, homework, lunch ordering, report cards, etc.).  If you have questions, please contact the Finance Office at423-892-2319 extension 2225 or 2226.
• Tuition payments are due on the 1st of each month.  Payments after the 5th of the month will be considered late and will incur a $20 late fee.
• LOG SERVICE HOURS and have your service project hosts verify your project and time served. There are convenient web forms on the Student Portal HERE that you can use and direct your project coordinators to use as well! (See navigation on the left, "Community Service Hours")
• The Spirit Store (open daily Monday through Friday from 10:30am - 12:30pm in the upper gym inside Mrs. Givens’ office) now has long sleeve t-shirts and sweatshirts and is accepting debit/credit cards! Contact the athletics office at 423-892-2319, ext. 2217 for pricing and availability.
• Our new Guidance Department has been hard at work making sure you and your student are prepared for the world after high school! Visit their webpage here for updated info, an ever-changing Guidance Calendar, and be sure to follow our new Silverdale Guidance Twitter account, @SBAGuide!
• Box Tops and Labels for Education is a great way to help earn extra money for our school! The incentives are sweet - literally! Check out more here.
• NEEDED: There is a paid carpool opportunity needed out of Ooltewah for afternoon transportation home for two students. If interested in helping, please contact Dora at (423) 356-5551.
• Elementary yearbooks are now available to purchase and begin customizing at treering.com. See the elementary parent portal for more info.
• When offered at SBA, special lunches from Zaxby’s must be ordered a week prior, whereas pizza orders must be confirmed the Wednesday before. Both can be taken care of through ParentsWeb on RenWeb.