Andy Ellsmore – Creekside PTO

Thank you to our amazing Sponsors and Supporters: Squaw Valley Alpine Meadows Rickenbach Dev & Const. Roger and Carol Dreyer Johansen Masonry Kelly Brothers Painting Plumas Bank Tahoe City Lumber Lawrence Realty Michael H. Kerrigan (OMD) Shaffer Paving Auld Dubliner Irish Pub

Creekside Charter is a California public school located in Olympic Valley, California. The Creekside Charter PTO is a California 501(c)(3) and donations are tax-deductible (Federal ID number: 83-0376312). Creekside Charter School is committed to nurturing the whole student by cultivating high academic achievement and strong social development

All Proceeds go directly to the Non-Profit Creekside Charter PTO Learning and Enrichment Programs.

Sponsorship please contact Kirsten Clark-Rickenbach Email: kc.rickenbach@msn.com

Auction donations please contact Holly Colpitts Email: hbcolpitts@gmail.com

General questions please contact Jill Milne Email: jillsmilne@yahoo.com

Posted on March 1, 2017 March 30, 2017

IT’s SOUPERBOWL TIME! – Thursday, April 6, 2017

Creekside's 19th annual Souperbowl is Thursday, April 6, 2017

3:30-6:30 at OVL

SouperBowl Tickets $25 per adult. (Students & staff are free) Purchase your tickets online.

Dinner of soup and salad will be provided

A little history…..The Souper Bowl is a longstanding tradition at Creekside. The founders of Creekside Charter school began this event 19 years ago. The idea was to bring Creekside students and the greater Tahoe community together by sharing soup. To foster environmental stewardship, have the kids actively involved and add some color, the kids painted their own ceramic bowls for use at the event. Not only do Creekside families attend, including student and staff families, but also various members of our greater community. It has also been a great time for perspective families to get an idea of what Creekside is about. Souperbowl also served as a showcase for the amazing PTO run enrichment program. The kids put on a musical performance practiced in music class and the décor is student artwork created in art class. For added fun, the teachers also surprise us with a musical number! Souperbowl was Creekside’s biggest fundariser in years past. This fundraiser grew over the years, raising less than $10,000 in the first few years, and growing to raise over $25,000 in the last 5 years. Last year, PTO transitioned to an adult fundraiser and the focus of Souperbowl changed to a community rather than a fundraising event. Souperbowl 2017 will be held Thursday, April 6 from 3:30 - 6:00. We are excited to provide a great meal, student performances, teacher performances, beautiful ceramic bowls, kids raffle, family basket raffle, and camaraderie. As always, each student in grades K - 8 will paint a bowl to be picked up at Souperbowl. Please send in a contribution of $10 per bowl for your child you paint. Every child will paint a bowl, but we ask that you please make this contribution to cover bowl and paint expense if you can. All School bowl painting day is Tuesday, March 7. Please send in your cash or check, along with this form, or pay online on or before Tuesday. If you have more than one child, please indicate name and amount on the form. Thank you!

Posted on January 18, 2017 January 18, 2017

Thursday Pizza Program

FIRST SPRING PIZZA DAY STARTS THURSDAY, January 19th, 2017

Please bring your check for $140 made out to Creekside PTO to school for Thursdays beginning 01/19/2017 ! Pay Online HERE Fireside Pizza Company @Squaw provides the PTO an awesome discount for the Creekside school students and staff! Includes: Fresh Hot Cheese Pizza & Caesar Salad (GF available) Spring Semester $140 (All school Thursdays from January 19th through the first week of June) Special Thank you to Kim Kerrigan for making this program possible – and to Jen Ellis for leading this program forward.

Posted on September 1, 2016

Fall Enrichment and Pizza Update

Creekside Families, Here are a few bits of info as we are moving into the school year after an amazing first week of school. -Tomorrow, September 2nd from 11-1, is our Family Gathering at the Truckee Tahoe Airport. All families are welcome to come. Bring a picnic blanket and a packed lunch or buy lunch at the Red Truck Cafe. We will have tours, a plane to touch and feel, face painting, Red Truck cookies, and lots of good company. - Enrichment starts September 9th for both our Elementary and Middle school kids. More info on the new Middle School Enrichment will be sent out tomorrow. The cost of fall Enrichment is $300.00. Starting next week you can make payments online at creeksidepto.org. A packet will be going home with your children on monday with wavers and more info. Click Here for an Enrichment newsletter which explains more of the program. -Pizza Thursdays starts next week! This can be payed for online starting next week. Best regards, Holly Colpitts (hbcolpitts@gmail.com)

Posted on April 20, 2016

PTO Meeting Wednesday, April 20, 2016

PTO Meeting April 20, 2016 Marg’s Taco Bistro, Truckee, CA ~Spring Enrichment plans. (k-3 @ Rideout; 4-5@ropes course Squaw ~OPEN PTO positions: spring & fall enrichment coordinator, ski enrichment coordinator, and social media coordinator ~Parent volunteer options for 30 hour commitment ~1st Annual Creekside SquawPrep Gala Fundraiser Saturday May, 7th | 6:30pm – 11:30pm Tainted Love - “The Best of The 80’s” Silent & Live Auction – close out at 8:30/8:45p Band plays from 9pm-11pm Open Bar 6:30-7:30 pm | Cash Bar 7:3o-11:30 pm Squaw Valley Center | OVL TICKETS: $50 Advance | $65 at the Door {must be 21 & over} Roles Available: Auction, Marketing, Apps, Bar, Venue/Decor Auction Materials *Auction Donation Tax Letter * Auction Donation Form – print and online options * Google Doc – tabs for Auction, Food, Bar, Contacts, SouperBowl Updates * Marketing * Forward Eventbrite link – cut and paste into Facebook * Email blast – Forward to a friend * Radio station – give away tickets * Posters - NEED help getting posters out Flyers

Posted on April 5, 2016 April 5, 2016

Reel Fest 2016 – “Inspiring Greatness In Every Kid”

A film festival celebrating Creekside & Squaw Valley Preparatory Schools Welcome to the Reel Fest at the SouperBowl! Have you ever shot a video or taken pictures of your school friends? Of yourself? Do you have a short story to tell about your experiences? We are looking for your best short work. Create a film that shows how you are inspired and as a result, do great things! Your submission will be played on the big screen at the Souper Bowl. Work alone or with a team, you choose! Make a Movie! Submissions can be video or slide show Submissions should be no more than 30 seconds in length Submissions may be from a single person or a team One submission per student as an individual or as part of a team Music and/or narration may be included in the submission All submissions must follow the guidelines of school appropriate content Use these popular editors to create your art: iMovie, smilebox, Prezi, Animoto Video Maker, Movie Maker (windows) and GoPro studio Upload your submission! Find the Reel Fest upload link below and begin the upload. Submissions are due Apri 29 ONE winner from each class (7 – 11) and ONE GRAND PRIZE WINNER will be selected from finalists. View your classmates submissions during lunch and cast your votes in class! Creekside Students are encouraged to submit their films, but will not be eligible for prizes. Reel Fest Upload

Posted on March 29, 2016 March 29, 2016

Spring Enrichment 2016

Spring Session of Enrichment Fridays for Creekside starting after spring break! April 22-June 10, 8 weeks K-4th grade: Rideout Community Center 9-2:00 (4th til 2:30) 5th-6th grade: Squaw Valley Adventure Center (Ropes Course near OVL), 9-2:30 $200 for 8 weeks, payable to Creekside PTO in classroom PTO envelopes, office PTO mailbox or ONLINE. All-School End-of-the-Year Party will be Friday, June 17 from 11:30-2 at Commons Beach Kindergarten-3rd grade will have: Lego Engineering with Heather Maloy of Bricks for Brains Art with Alissa Morganti and Sally Osborn PE with Denise Parker Mountain Biking with Kim and John Percy Improv with Kidscape Productions 4th grade will have more intensive study with two main courses: Outdoor Ed/Native American studies with Eli Miller (including hiking, field trips, leather work, local history, outdoor experiences) Acting with Kidscape Productions (Improv, as well as script, scene and character study, with performance at the end of session) The kids will have a bit of mountain biking and PE as well, but the main focus will be the core two courses 5th and 6th will have Outdoor Ed at Squaw Valley Adventure Center with Jesse Desens and his instructors. They will focus on team building, geology, botany, outdoor ed, environmental studies, survival skills,art, PE and more. Families with siblings attending the two sites may bring kids earlier or pick up later at Rideout (8:30-9 and 2-2:30 supervised playground time). We would also like to help families to carpool from Squaw or Rideout to help with logistics. This will be such a cool opportunity for the older Creekside students- we hope that this change in location will be a great experience for them and worth any hardship in transportation! Please sign up by paying at school or via the creeksidepto.org site. Note your students name and grade on check or online when paying. If you are interested in helping every week, your child can attend the classes for free! We will need help with 5th and 6th grade, esp with heading out into the woods. Having a consistent helper each week is really valuable, if you are able to do commit! As always, we need and love having you come and help out just for a day, half day or even lunch time on any Friday! Please contact Alicia with any questions or comments, or if you would like to sign up to be a class helper. ahen38@hotmail.com. Also, I am retiring from Enrichment Coordinator after this session! Please contact me or someone on PTO board if you would like to be the next Enrichment Coordinator. Thank you to Jesse Desens and Alyson Schreiber for assisting in creating the new outdoor program for 5th and 6th. Let's have a great spring session of enrichment classes!-- Alicia