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Math Superstars: is a math enrichment program. The worksheets are due almost every Tuesday starting September 29th, 2009. Students get points or 'stars' based on their grades for papers turned in on time, and can write their names on the Math Superstar posters (posted on the wall underneath the main staircase) when they reach 100, 200, 300 and 400 stars. Please ensure that your child does not turn in sheets ahead of time, as this makes it difficult for our parent volunteers to grade and track points. Thanks for encouraging your child to participate in this program! For more information about Math Superstars, please click here.

Click the link by due date and grade below to pull up and print the two page .pdf file for your student. Once you print the sheets, they will be numbered by week (not due date) and by planet (not grade level). However, after SUNSHINE MATH at the top-left is a hyphen and then the grade level (K, 1-5). Each planet also associates with a grade level as follows: Kinder ~ Mercury, 1st Grade ~ Venus, 2nd Grade ~ Earth, 3rd Grade ~ Mars, 4th Grade ~ Jupiter, 5th Grade ~ Saturn.

Week	Kinder	1st Grade	2nd Grade	3rd Grade	4th Grade	5th Grade
1	Due 9/29/09	Due 9/29/09	Due 9/29/09	Due 9/29/09	Due 9/29/09	Due 9/29/09
2	Due 10/6/09	Due 10/6/09	Due 10/6/09	Due 10/6/09	Due 10/6/09	Due 10/6/09
3	Due 10/13/09	Due 10/13/09	Due 10/13/09	Due 10/13/09	Due 10/13/09	Due 10/13/09
4	Due 10/20/09	Due 10/20/09	Due 10/20/09	Due 10/20/09	Due 10/20/09	Due 10/20/09
5	Due 10/27/09	Due 10/27/09	Due 10/27/09	Due 10/27/09	Due 10/27/09	Due 10/27/09
6	Due 11/3/09	Due 11/3/09	Due 11/3/09	Due 11/3/09	Due 11/3/09	Due 11/3/09
7	Due 11/10/09	Due 11/10/09	Due 11/10/09	Due 11/10/09	Due 11/10/09	Due 11/10/09
8	Due 11/17/09	Due 11/17/09	Due 11/17/09	Due 11/17/09	Due 11/17/09	Due 11/17/09
9	Due 12/1/09	Due 12/1/09	Due 12/1/09	Due 12/1/09	Due 12/1/09	Due 12/1/09
10	Due 12/8/09	Due 12/8/09	Due 12/8/09	Due 12/8/09	Due 12/8/09	Due 12/8/09
11	Due 12/15/10	Due 12/15/10	Due 12/15/10	Due 12/15/10	Due 12/15/10	Due 12/15/10
12	Due 1/12/10	Due 1/12/10	Due 1/12/10	Due 1/12/10	Due 1/12/10	Due 1/12/10
13	Due 1/19/10	Due 1/19/10	Due 1/19/10	Due 1/19/10	Due 1/19/10	Due 1/19/10
14	Due 1/26/10	Due 1/26/10	Due 1/26/10	Due 1/26/10	Due 1/26/10	Due 1/26/10
15	Due 2/2/10	Due 2/2/10	Due 2/2/10	Due 2/2/10	Due 2/2/10	Due 2/2/10
16	Due 2/9/10	Due 2/9/10	Due 2/9/10	Due 2/9/10	Due 2/9/10	Due 2/9/10
17	Due 2/16/10	Due 2/16/10	Due 2/16/10	Due 2/16/10	Due 2/16/10	Due 2/16/10
18	Due 2/23/10	Due 2/23/10	Due 2/23/10	Due 2/23/10	Due 2/23/10	Due 2/23/10
19	Due 3/2/10	Due 3/2/10	Due 3/2/10	Due 3/2/10	Due 3/2/10	Due 3/2/10
20	Due 3/9/10	Due 3/9/10	Due 3/9/10	Due 3/9/10	Due 3/9/10	Due 3/9/10
21	Due 3/30/10	Due 3/30/10	Due 3/30/10	Due 3/30/10	Due 3/30/10	Due 3/30/10
22	**	Due 4/6/10	Due 4/6/10	Due 4/6/10	Due 4/6/10	Due 4/6/10
23	**	Due 4/13/10	Due 4/13/10	Due 4/13/10	Due 4/13/10	Due 4/13/10
24	**	Due 4/20/10	Due 4/20/10	Due 4/20/10	Due 4/20/10	Due 4/20/10
25	**	Due 4/27/10	Due 4/27/10	Due 4/27/10	Due 4/27/10	Due 4/27/10

Reflections Program 2009-2010: This year's theme is “Beauty is…” Think about the theme. Then select a category. Students can submit entries in literature, musical composition, photography, visual arts, dance choreography, and/or film/video. Put on your dancing shoes, grab a camera, or pick up a pen or paintbrush and create! It’ll be fun! Work may be done at school or home and you may enter as many times as you like.
Local Award of Excellence winners have a chance to move on to council, area, state and national PTA award levels. For general Reflections rules, click here. For rules specific to each type of entry, please click on the entry types in the sentence above. Please carefully adhere to the rules, especially on the Presentation Section to ensure that entries will qualify for judging. For Entry forms, click here, and please fill out an entry form for each submission. Our deadline for entries is Monday, November 2nd at 3:30PM in the school office.

See last year's results below:

All AE entries are moving forward to State Level.					AE - Award of Excellence
All AE, AM, and H entries will be invited to attend the Council Awards					AM - Award of Merit
Ceremony at the Round Rock Performing Arts Center (PAC) on February 12th.					H - Honable Mention
					P - Participant
FIRST NAME	LAST NAME	GRADE	TITLE	GRADE DIVISION	ARTS AREA	AWARD LEVEL
Aarushi	Machavarapu	7	Flowing Beach	Primary	Visual Arts	AE
Jonathan	Gover	7	Wow! That is My Dad	Primary	Photography	AE
Shreyush	Shankar	K	My Senses are WOW!	Primary	Film/Video Production	AE
Ashray	Desai	2	IMAGINATION	Primary	Literature	AE
Aarushi	Machavarapu	2	ART Wows Me!	Primary	Literature	AE
Shreyush	Shankar	K	My Senses are WOW!	Primary	Literature	AE
Sachi	Paul	5	Wow "A Little Goes a Long Way!"	Intermediate	Literature	AE
Prasidh	Sriram	3	My "WOW' Story	Intermediate	Literature	AE
Neha	Shah	10	Majestic Colors	Intermediate	Visual Arts	AE
Megan	Canik	11	I Prefer the Merry Go Round	Intermediate	Photography	AE
Prathyush	Shankar	8	The Caribbean Ocean	Intermediate	Photography	AE
Prathyush	Shankar	3	Candle is a WOW!	Intermediate	Film/Video Production	AM
Prathyush	Shankar	8	Chichen Itza	Intermediate	Photography	AM
Riya	Shah	6	Winter is Wow	Primary	Visual Arts	AM
Aarushi	Machavarapu	7	Japanese Garden	Primary	Visual Arts	AM
Shreyush	Shankar	6	Colors of Butterfly	Primary	Visual Arts	AM
Kevin	Le	6	Wow! Prisms	Primary	Visual Arts	AM
Shreyush	Shankar	5	Ocean	Primary	Photography	AM
Shreyush	Shankar	K	My Senses are WOW!	Primary	Musical Composition	AM
Ashray	Desai	2	HAPPINESS	Primary	Literature	AM
Mira	Desai	K	My Pumpkin	Primary	Literature	AM
Emilie	Scheuerle	5	Never Ending WOW1	Intermediate	Dance Choreography	AM
Sachi	Paul	4	Wow…How I Can Live Without Them	Intermediate	Literature	AM
Neha	Shah	5	A Night with Nature	Intermediate	Literature	AM
Prathyush	Shankar	3	Lin Hao - His Courage is a Wow!	Intermediate	Literature	AM
Shreya	Yellepeddy	3	WOW!	Intermediate	Literature	AM
Megan	Le	8	Wow! Reading	Intermediate	Visual Arts	AM
Carolyn	Cravey	9	Wow the Eiffel Tower	Intermediate	Visual Arts	AM
Prathyush	Shankar	8	The Water Fountain	Intermediate	Photography	AM
Shreyush	Shankar	6	My Senses are WOW!	Primary	Visual Arts	H
Aditi	Merchant	7	Earth's Historical Gift	Primary	Photography	H
Jacqueline	Cravey	2	My Adventure - WOW!	Primary	Literature	H
Prathyush	Shankar	3	Nature and Sound of Nature Together is WOW!	Intermediate	Musical Composition	H
Cameron	Eagle	3	WOW!	Intermediate	Dance Choreography	H
Mallika	Rao	5	What if Oil Disappears - WOW	Intermediate	Literature	H
Kavya	Rajesh	10	Wow - Is It One Too Many	Intermediate	Visual Arts	H
Prathyush	Shankar	3	Nature and Sound of Nature Together is WOW!	Intermediate	Film/Video Production	H
Megan	Canik	11	Now You Feel Sorry for Wheels!	Intermediate	Photography	H
Megan	Canik	11	A Rollercoaster or Knot	Intermediate	Photography	H
Mallika	Rao	10	Wow.. One Flower or …	Intermediate	Photography	H
Megan	Le	8	Wow! Books!	Intermediate	Photography	H
Aarushi	Machavarapu	7	Pretty Purple Flowers	Primary	Photography	P
Aarushi	Machavarapu	7	Beautiful Leaves	Primary	Photography	P
Shreyush	Shankar	5	Sunflower	Primary	Photography	P
Shreyush	Shankar	5	Palm Tree	Primary	Photography	P
Shreyush	Shankar	5	The Car that Sings	Primary	Photography	P
Sharan	Erraguntla	8	Wow the Eiffel Tower	Intermediate	Visual Arts	P
Selinda	Qui	8	Winter is Colorful	Intermediate	Visual Arts	P
Rachel	Lee	9	One Moonlit Night	Intermediate	Visual Arts	P
Rachel	Lee	9	Wow is Equal to Mom	Intermediate	Visual Arts	P
Abhishek	Khare	9	Color Burst	Intermediate	Visual Arts	P
Ankit	Dhar	9	Miracles of Genetic Engineering	Intermediate	Visual Arts	P
Megan	Canik	11	Lets Not Go There	Intermediate	Photography	P
Megan	Le	8	Wow! My Glasses	Intermediate	Photography	P
Megan	Le	8	My Brother Says "Wow!"	Intermediate	Photography	P
Prathyush	Shankar	8	The Big Elephant	Intermediate	Photography	P
Prathyush	Shankar	8	The Lego Car	Intermediate	Photography	P
Prathyush	Shankar	8	The Candle is a WOW	Intermediate	Photography	P

Art in the Classroom: This is a program designed to bring art history and art appreciation to the students. Volunteers present short, age-appropriate lessons to classes during their regular Art period. These presentations include information about a given artist, style, or period of art, followed by a hands-on activity related to the subject matter. Time commitment - 1 hour meeting to learning about the subject matter and how to present it. Volunteers then sign up to make one or more 15-20 minute presentation to the Art classes. Many volunteers sign up to present during their own child�s class. There will be presentations in the fall and spring semesters. No art background is necessary. Everybody is welcome to volunteer.

Music in the Classroom: This program is designed to bring music appreciation into the classroom. Volunteers are needed to help in researching the composer, preparing the presentation, and presenting the composer's music or a style of music to the students for 20 minutes. Volunteers attend a 1-hour meeting to watch the display / design for various grade levels before the presentation. For presentation, volunteers can work in teams. Two composers are presented a year. Time commitment - 1-2 hours per composer. This program is lots fun. Definitely no musical background is needed.

Science Day: The volunteer has the opportunity to direct students through a "hands-on" science experiment in their classroom. The experiments are simple and have been used successfully by parents in our classrooms for the past two years. Time commitment - one day of school, plus time needed to learn the experiment ahead of time and purchase materials (4 hours). Volunteers work in sets of two or three per experiment. They will either be the classroom leader or an assistant.

Science Fair: Do ants like to eat diet soda? Do batteries of the same brand last the same amount of time? Does warm water freeze faster than cold water? Does your child ask questions like these?

The Science Fair is January 21, 2010. That’s only a few short weeks after the holiday break and registration is limited to the first 100 children who sign up, so don’t delay! See this flyer, click here for more information, or here to register online. If you have any questions, email ScienceFair@CanyonCreekPTA.com.

Destination Imagination 2009-2010: This is a creative problem-solving program, which meets after school once weekly. Each group can have up to 7 students and must have two volunteer coaches. The program encourages students to nurture and express their creativity. Volunteers coach the students in learning the rules, exploring their imagination, leading the discussion, organizing the schedule, etc. For more information about the program and an enrollment form, click here. If you have any questions, please contact Mathavi Shankar at DestinationImagination@CanyonCreekPTA.com.

Cultural Arts: The officeholder schedules local cultural arts performers for in-school performances of music, theatre, dance, etc., and typically one field trip to a Ballet Austin. She schedules the shows with the performers and with the school secretary, coordinates payment with the PTA treasurer and sees to the performer�s needs on the day of the show.

Chess Club: The Club's mission is to provide an environment for children who are interested in playing chess.

Robolob: Robolab is a program in which the students use Lego Mindstorm kits to build robots and laptop computers to program the robots. Volunteers instruct and assist the students during the lab hours. Many parents help out in their own children's class. Each class goes to Robolab for 5 days and 1 hour and half per day.

Runners Club: Feb. 24th Runners Club is CANCELED due to temperature. The Canyon Creek PTA is pleased to announce our new Runners' Club! We will meet in the gym on Wednesdays after school, stretch and refill water bottles, and then head out to the track once the car line has died down. We will run for about 20 minutes and finish at 3:30. We need your children to join and you to volunteer. See more information here on the sign-up sheet, and sign up to volunteer here. More information about volunteering for Runners' Club is here. You are welcome to join us at any point in the year - we ask only that you provide the emergency contact and pick-up information on the sign-up sheet so we can safely care for your child. You can return the sheet to your child's teacher, put it in the PTA office in the Runners' Club folder, or email the information to sign up.

Early Release - We have early release on several of our meeting days. We will meet at 12:45 and finish by 1:30 (volunteers by 1:45).
Bad Weather - When the weather is bad, please check email AND the PTA website to find out if we are meeting. We will make the call by 9 a.m. on Wednesday if the weather is questionable.
Attendance Policy - please read! - This is the kind of activity where you can come when you can, and if you have to miss a week it's ok. With that said and given that we are an all volunteer, unpaid activity, we are not intending to track down children who sign up for runners' club but don't show up one week. We will make every attempt to ensure that the children are where they should be, including stopping in the office and reminding them that it is runners' club day and doing the same with the car lines. That way, if they have a child whose parent doesn't pick them up, they will know to ask if that child should be in runners' club. Please be sure to review after school plans with your child and make sure he or she knows what to do in case you aren't where your child expects you to be after school. If you have questions or concerns about this, please email runnersclub@canyoncreekpta.com and we can discuss. As with any new activity, there are sure to be adjustments made as we go.