The SHIELD
Weekly E-Newsletter
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** Dates and times are subject to change.
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The Creekside Girls Basketball will be hosting “Ellie’s Knight” on December 5th for their game vs. Nease High School in honor of the Hanson Family. Ms. Hanson, who teaches at Creekside, recently lost her daughter to Congenital Heart Disease. Mrs. Hanson is currently promoting a toy drive to benefit the UF Children’s Hospital Pediatric Cardiac ICU where her daughter spent many of her first days. The PCICU at UF Shands Children’s Hospital cares for patients born with Congenital Heart Disease. Many patients are awaiting a heart transplant, are on heart assistive devices, or are needing some form of critical care from an ICU team due to their condition. The ages of patients range from infant to teen and many stay long-term. The 23 room facility is always full and is expected to be full during the holidays. This is why the toy drive is so important. We want to help make the holidays just a little better for these kids and their families that are there.
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Click logo below for Holiday Season Wish List
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Every person who brings a new, unwrapped Wish List donation/toy to the game, will get a ticket to be entered into a drawing for a prize basket
at the Varsity game half-time.
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There will be a boys Lacrosse interest meeting Wednesday, December 5
th
at 8:30 AM in the small cafeteria.
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ATTENTION SENIORS
ROTARY ORATORY COMPETITION
What is this?
Write a speech and Deliver the speech on the subject topic provided. The speech should last no more than 5 minutes. Your positions should be well researched.
The topic:
What are developing cultural trends that will change our community at home and worldwide over the next 20 years regarding social service to humanity?
Your theories must include trend identification, trend growth and projected anticipated outcomes. You must support your argument through research, supporting data and quotes and/or opinions from cultural experts.
Win:
- $5,000 Scholarship (First Place)
- $2,500 Scholarship (Second Place)
- $1,500 Scholarship (Third Place)
- Every school representative receives $100
Deadlines:
- Text of Speech submitted to Ms. Cocchiola, P14, December 7, 2018
- Speech presented to CHS judges, December 11, 2018
- CHS Winner will be announced December 17, 2018
Our winner will go on to compete in the Regional Competition in January.
Finals will take place February 21, 2019 in the WJCT (PBS) studios and the event will be recorded and broadcast on WJCT!
Evaluation Factors:
- Does your introduction get the audience’s attention?
- Main idea clear / topic developed / stay on topic?
- Are your positions clear, logically supported and easy to follow?
- Vocal fluctuations, tone, volume / enthusiasm
- Time management (not rushed but complete)
- Hold the audience’s attention
- Proper grammar and appropriate vocabulary
- Reaches a logical end / impression left is clear
*Preliminary Speeches will be judged by Creekside teachers Mrs. Padgett, Mr. Savage, and Ms. Cocchiola
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The CHS Photo club meets every other Tuesday. The club has sponsored a tree decorating contest in Downtown St. Augustine, our theme is “making memories” we will be decorating the tree with tons for fun photographic ornaments.
Photo club is also sponsoring candy gram sales in December all proceeds will go to Animal rescue groups!
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Creekside Psychology Club
Saturday, December 1
st
, the Psychology Club participated in the annual Out of the Darkness Walk in downtown Jacksonville. The walk is sponsored by the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention, which aims to bring awareness to this worthy cause.
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"What happens over the long winter break when St. Johns County kids do not have access to the free school-based breakfast and lunch program that so many depend on?"
Hugs Across the County's "No Hungry Holidays" program is a community effort to provide roughly 10 days of specific, kid-friendly breakfast and lunch items for our neediest local children to eat over the long holiday break.
This year, our goal is to provide bags of food to 1,000 local kids, all referred by their school counselors from 33 St. Johns County schools.
The new Creekside chapter of Hugs Across the County is a collection point and preparing food bags on December 12th. We would gladly appreciate any donations you can provide. The list of specific items is below. You can drop them off in the two blue recycle bins outside the main office or in Portable 17 before the 12th. Thanks in advanc
e!
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SPONSOR A SCHOOL:
Perhaps your business, team, club, or neighborhood group would consider sponsoring a nearby school? Email
info@stjohnshugs.org
for our list of schools, and how many students have been referred by counselors at each.
SHARE ON SOCIAL MEDIA OR WITH FRIENDS:
Our little volunteer team appreciates the community support for this effort each year! We can provide flyers for you to distribute. We also hope you will consider sharing our online fundraiser on your social medial accounts to rally support from friends. Simply copy and paste our link to your Facebook, neighborhood Facebook groups, Twitter.
We Appreciate All of Your Huge Hearts and Support over the Years!
We Simply Cannot Do What We Do Without You!
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Dear parents,
please help your PTSO provide a memorable Holiday Luncheon for Creekside's Faculty and Staff. While the PTSO will provide the main course for the luncheon and the Faculty & Staff will donate breads, salads, and desserts, we would really appreciate warm "sides" being provided by our parent community. In addition to the "sides" we are requesting, we are seeking gift card donations.
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Link Crew Cocoa and Cram
is Wednesday (12/12) after school from
2:45pm until 4:00pm
in the cafeteria.
All
Freshmen
are invited to get extra help to be better prepared for their first set of high school semester exams.
Tutors will be available for tutoring. Pizza, cocoa, cookies, and water will be also be provided.
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National English Honor Society (
NEHS)
is excited to announce that we are bringing back the Poetry Out Loud competition! Stay tuned for an upcoming informational meeting where you will receive more details on how to enter. As a participant, you will analyze, memorize, and perform several poems in front of a small audience at CHS. The school winner will compete at the state level in St. Petersburg in February. The state winner has a chance to win $20,000 in the national competition!
Details are forthcoming.
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Creekside High School to Host “Victory Over Cancer Night” Benefiting the V Foundation
DECEMBER 20, 2018
Creekside High School will host a “Victory Over Cancer Night” on Thursday, December 20th, during the doubleheader games between the Creekside Knights and Ponte Vedra Sharks girls and boys basketball teams. The fundraiser, which is being spearheaded by the Creekside Sport Management club, will benefit the V Foundation for cancer research.
The event is a partnership between the two schools and communities who have personally dealt with cancer and its effects. “Many people in our lives have been affected or afflicted with cancer. We believe this effort would be a great way to give back and show that we care,” says event organizer and sponsor of Creekside Sport Management, Aaron Carn. Just a few years ago, Ponte Vedra High School’s first principal, Craig Speziale, lost his battle with cancer. Creekside has also had faculty members take a leave of absence while focusing on their health and their fight with cancer. Twenty-five years ago, former college basketball coach, Jim Valvano, also passed away from cancer. Before he left succumbed, Coach Valvano made a memorable speech on ESPN and declared the founding of the V Foundation for cancer research. Since then, the V Foundation has raised and contributed more than $200 million to cancer research.
In the weeks leading up to the rivalry basketball games, each school will be selling limited edition “spirit shirts” provided by retail partner, Baker’s Sporting Goods Baker’s Sporting Goods Baker’s Sporting Goods Baker’s Sporting Goods Baker’s Sporting Goods Baker’s Sporting Goods Baker’s Sporting Goods . Proceeds of the shirt sales will be donated to the V Foundation for cancer research.
Will
YOU
join in the fight for “Victory of Cancer ®”?
The event tips off at 6pmith the girls basketball game and concludes with the boys game at 7:30pm. For questions regarding the event, please contact Aaron Carn at
aaron.carn@stjohns.k12.fl.us
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Seniors- Grad Bash 2019 will be on April 5
th. You can now go on Creekside’s Senior page to pay for the trip.
Payment must be made by March 1
st
, 2019.
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For planning purposes, provided are other testing windows:
FSA Writing for 9th & 10th grade - 4/1 - 4/12
Semester 2 District Exam Spring Testing 4/15 - 4/30
State / EOC Testing will begin 5/1 - 5/24
AP Testing 5/6 - 5/17
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Cunningham Creek Elementary is hosting their annual "Light the Night" benefiting the St. Augustine Youth Services Boy's Home. They need volunteers to run their Arts and Crafts, Bake Sale, Silent Auction, Hot chocolate bar, and general crowd donations.
The event will run from 6pm - 8pm, but volunteers are needed from 5pm - 9pm for setup and cleanup.
- Date: 12/07/2018 (Fri.)
- Time: 5:00pm - 9:00pm EST
- Location: Cunningham Creek Elementary
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DID YOU KNOW....
There are shorter school days during the week of 12/17, starting Tuesday 12/18?
Now,
"YOU ARE IN THE KNOW".
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