Announcements-Friday, February 26th-B Day

MONDAY – A DAY

MATHCOUNTS

Congratulations to the following who advanced to the Invitational Competition of the MathCounts annual competition: Derek Brown and Alan Qi.

Also, congratulations to all who made the Chapter competition: Syon Aggarwal, Derek Brown, Harjot Cheema, James Foo, Akul Gonchigar, Hannah He, Diksha Keezhidam, Brian Ly, Juston Proctor, Alan Qi, Shaurya Sharma, David Shi, Kovidh Talluri, and Zoe Zhang.

All of these students have been putting in extra time to learn new concepts and strategies in a relaxed, competitive environment leading up to the competitions. WAY TO GO!!!

LAW DAY CONTEST

The Summit ELP Parent Evaluation Form is now open for ELP identification review.  Any parent who wishes to share their students high learning needs with the ELP staff is encouraged to complete this form by 11 March 2021.

The Polk County Bar Association Law Day Contest is open for any student grades 6-12. The Polk County Bar Association sponsors this contest each year, based on the American Bar Association national theme.  This year’s Law Day theme is “Advancing the Rule of Law Now.”   Entries for the contest are due March 31, 2021 and cover a variety of artistic and creative entry types. Students are encouraged to create entries that take a creative approach to the theme as well as show the personal impact the theme has in their own lives.  The attached document explains the  2021 Law Day Contest for students in grades 6-12.

Any questions can be directed to Ms. Ites.

FROM THE LIBRARY

Last call for voting for who you think will win the whole tournament.  This is the way to earn prizes!  Vote Here!    Watch every Monday for an e-mail with the new brackets – this Monday will be the Sweet Sixteen!

Featured Book of the Week –

This Was Our Pact is a graphic novel about a group of boys who are determined to follow the lanterns that the town puts in the river during their town festival.  Where do they go ?  Do they really go up into the sky and become stars like the legend says?  This is a fun, adventurous book with beautiful illustrations.

Award Book Challenges

Don’t forget to record here any time you read a book from this year’s Children’s Choice and/or Teen Choice list!  There’s still time to add books for this year’s challenge!