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Thursday, June 7, 2012
South Gateway NA June 14 Agenda
Wednesday, May 30, 2012
Summer 2012 Construction-Related School Closures in South Gateway
Sumpter Elementary School will be closed for the summer because of renovations and repairs occurring at the school, and we need your help in getting the word out. Please share this information with community members. The school building will be a construction zone and all public access will be blocked to ensure a safe environment.
This summer work is exciting news for the district, students, teachers, and community members. When the school reopens this fall, there will be new flooring and HVAC system.
All this repair work is thanks to the support of our local voters who approved a $242.1 million construction bond measure in November 2008 to help repair and renovate more than half the schools in Salem-Keizer, as well as build four new schools in key areas in our community.
How can community members contact Sumpter Elementary office staff during the summer?
Sumpter Elementary office staff will be located at Lee Elementary School at 5650 Venice Street SE from June 19-27. The phone number will be the same as Sumpter’s main phone and fax numbers: (503) 399–3337 and fax: (503) 391-4080. Summer hours are 8:00–4:00 pm.
The office will re-open on August 13 at the temporary summer location at Lee Elementary.
Lee Elementary is less than 10 minutes from here:
1. Head west on Rockwood St SE toward Valleywood Dr SE
2. Turn right onto Valleywood Dr SE
3. Turn right onto Lone Oak Rd SE
4. Take the 2nd right onto Kuebler Blvd
5. Turn right onto Battle Creek Rd S
6. Turn left onto Avalon Ave S
If community members would like to more information about the construction occurring during the summer or want to track progress as our district implements the construction bond, they can view the district’s construction website at: http://www.salkeiz.k12.or.us/content/bond-updates.
In addition, because Sumpter Elementary will be closed, we will not be renting space to individuals or community groups at this location. We appreciate anything you can do to help us spread the word so that our community members have adequate time to relocate their activities.
We appreciate everyone’s patience and support as we work with one another to deal with the inconveniences that construction brings to our community. But we hope you join us in welcoming the improvements to Sumpter Elementary in the fall of 2012.
Thursday, May 24, 2012
Sumpter Info
Hang on, we're almost to the end of the school year!!!! I wanted to pass on some information and volunteer opportunities to help us finish strong. So here we go...
Community FUNdraiser. This was a huge success. Thank all of you for contributing to the classroom baskets, buying raffle tickets and attending the event. It looks like we will net close to $8000. Thank you for your support.
Parent Club. Our last meeting will by June 5th at 6:45pm (This is the first Tuesday of the month due to school being out the following week). At this meeting we plan on reviewing the past year and setting priorities for the next year. We will be discussing a contribution to the Battle Creek Parent Club and funding requests for classroom technology in addition to other items we have traditionally funded such as classroom funds, fieldtrips, and artists in residence.
Yearbooks. We are currently planning on selling Yearbooks before and after school from June 4th through June 8th. We also plan to sell them at the school BBQ on June 6th. Yearbooks will only be $5.00 this year. Our Yearbook Committee did a great job this year so make sure you buy your copy before they are all gone.
June 6th is the school-sponsored BBQ. I still need two more volunteers who might be able to help serve food from 11:00 am to 1:00 pm. If you've always wanted to wear a hair net and gloves, this is your chance! Please reply to me at plhurley@hotmail.com.
Important BBQ info: We will begin selling BBQ tickets at 9:00 am. Students will be able to use their lunch cards if they have them. Sumpter Student price is $1.85. Adults will NOT be able to use their students' lunch card to pay for the meal. The adult price is $3.00. Please try to bring exact change.
June 11th is Field Day (And the last day of school). Mrs Morris needs lots and lots and lots of help for this fun event for our children. There is a signup and more information at the front desk. As with all volunteering at Sumpter, you will need to have a background check completed prior to volunteering. Background check forms are available on the Parent Club board by the front desk.
Wednesday, May 16, 2012
Sumpter Parent Club Minutes
Thank you to all our volunteers over Teacher Appreciation Week. Lots going on from now to the end of the year. We're selling raffle tickets before/after school as well as the choir concert on Thursday. Hope to see everyone at the FUNdraiser on Friday. Several volunteer opportunities coming up. Please check out the meeting minutes. 
Thursday, April 19, 2012
Thursday, April 12, 2012
Sumpter Parent Club
We are again in that busy part of the year with lots of things happening rapidly. I just wanted to make sure you were aware of the following...
Awesome 3000 Volunteer opportunity: Mrs. May and Mrs. Morris could use some help organizing, picking up, and delivering Awesome 3000 packets to our Sumpter students. The packets are delivered to our students on Thur., May 3rd. (Please talk to Mrs. May or Mrs. Morris if you are interested)
Teacher/Staff appreciation week is coming up on May 7th - 11th! Be sure to let your teacher and other Sumpter staff know how much they are appreciated with notes, hugs, small gifts, food, and words of encouragement! You are invited to join us for a planning meeting on Thur, April 19th @ 9:15 to organize some Parent Club sponsored activities -- food, decorations, notes. Contact Tara Hurley if you are interested in helping out. plhurley@hotamil.com or 503-391-7065
Sumpter Community Fundraiser planning meeting is Tues the 17th @3:30. Please come and join us. Also, we are looking for people who can help out with admission and raffle ticket at the event on May 18th. Please contact Pat Hurley at SumpterParentClub@gmail.com or 503-391-7065
Boxtops - Please continue to bring in your boxtops! We have made almost $2,000 for our school this year with boxtops! Great work!
Yearbook
We have collected some 5th grade baby pictures from the parents of your students. We have only received about 20 so far and are concerned that more parents/5th grade students may like to have their baby picture included and haven't submitted them yet. The deadline was two days ago but we would like to extend the due date to May 1st !!! We would like to have parents email those digital baby pictures to the following email address: tawnigall@gmail.com. If the parents do not have digital photographs, they can put the baby photograph in an envelope with their teacher's name (also please include the student's name) and bring it to the office and ask the office staff to put it in the "Parent Club Box". This way we can scan the photo ourselves and have them returned to the correct teacher's box.
If you have 5th Grade Band, Field Trip or Assembly pictures (i.e. Magician, Chinese acrobats, etc) that you would like to be considered for the Yearbook please email them to Tawni Gall (tawnigall@gmail.com) or place them on a CD and give them to the office staff to be put in the Parent Club box. Please include the grade and the name of the event when you submit photos.
Crossler Parent Club Info
The Crossler Parent Club would like to invite any parents of 5th grade students who will be attending Crossler to their meetings. They will be having meetings:
Monday, May 14 at 4:00 pm in the Crossler library
Monday, June 11 at 4:00 pm in the Crossler library
They will be electing officers at the May meeting. If anyone is interested in attending, or would like to run for office, please attend. Michelle McCallister is the new president.
Wednesday, April 4, 2012
Loans to help with Flooding Damage
Low-interest federal disaster loans from the U. S. Small Business Administration (SBA) are available to residents and businesses impacted by the severe winter storm system that occurred January 17 – 21, 2012.
These loans are available to disaster impacted residents and businesses in Marion and neighboring counties of Clackamas, Jefferson, Linn, Polk, Wasco and Yamhill
Key points
NOT JUST FOR SMALL BUSINESSES
Loans for repairing or replacing disaster-damaged property
- Homeowners may borrow up to $200,000 to repair or replace their disaster-damaged primary residence.
- Homeowners and renters may borrow up to $40,000 to replace disaster-damaged personal property, including vehicles.
- Businesses of any size and private, non-profit organizations may borrow up to $2 million to repair or replace disaster-damaged real estate, machinery and equipment, inventory and other assets.
- Interest rates can be as low as 2.063% for homeowners and renters, 4% for businesses and 3% private non-profit organizations. Terms may be up to 30 years, SBA determines loan amounts and terms based on each applicant's financial condition.
Loans to help meet working capital needs caused by the disaster
- Small businesses and most private, non-profit organizations of any size may borrow to help meet working capital needs caused by the disaster (regardless of whether the business suffered any property damage) The maximum business disaster loan is $2 million for any combination of property damage and working capital.
Three ways to apply
1. Apply in person at the location below where SBA representatives will issue loan applications, answer questions about SBA's disaster loan program, explain the application process and help each resident or business owner complete their disaster loan application.
2. Apply online using SBA's secure Web site at https://disasterloan.sba.gov/ela
3. Apply by mailing your application to SBA at 14925 Kingsport Rd., Ft. Worth, TX 76155-2243
Marion County
Disaster Loan Outreach Center
Maps Credit Union – South Salem Branch
4615 Commercial Street SE
Salem, OR 97302
Opens Tuesday, April 3 at 9:30 am
Mondays through Fridays, 9:30 am to 5:30 pm
In addition, disaster loan information and application forms are also available from SBA by calling (800) 659-2955, emailing disastercustomerservice@sba.gov, or visiting SBA's Web site at www.sba.gov/services/disasterassistance. Individuals who are deaf or hard‑of‑hearing may call (800) 877‑8339.
Links to SBA's website for –
SBA disaster assistance information
www.sba.gov/services/disasterassistance
Apply on line at
https://disasterloan.sba.gov/ela