January 27th, 2012 
Admin 
The Great Gator 5K and Fun Run
Racing Toward the Future
Whether you tread the early morning paths, take solace in dusk as the sunsets, or thrive in the satisfaction of squeezing in a run as your schedule allows, few things in life provide the psychological and physical gratification of running. Swift Creek Elementary School PTA is exploring the possibility of hosting the first annual Great Gator 5K and Fun Run, April 28, 2012. The course would traverse the roads [...]
January 23rd, 2012 Admin 
Update: There are only a few more copies of the yearbook left- online ordering is now closed. If you want to print an order form to turn in to the school, download another copy here on our PTA website. If you have any questions or would like to confirm if your order has already been placed, please email Sarah Holloway at Yearbook@SwiftCreekPTA.com
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Yearbook order forms have been sent home in your child’s folder. The price includes free personalization until January 23rd, [...]
January 23rd, 2012 Admin 
On Saturday February 18th, 2012 from 12-4pm the SCES PTA will sponsor its annual Winter Carnival. There will be carnival games, concessions, inflatables, a prize room, cake walk, and much more!
In order to make this event a success we need LOTS of volunteers! Please sign up online to help at the carnival. If you can donate a baked item for our very popular cake walk, signup here.
Thank you so much for your support.
If you have any questions please email me at programs@swiftcreekpta.com.
January 14th, 2012 Admin 
READ IT! WRITE IT! LIVE IT!
Please join us as we celebrate a love of reading and learning.
January 26, 2012
6:15-7:00 (Families with last names starting with A-L)
7:15-8:00 (Families with last names starting with M-Z)
January 14th, 2012 Admin 
This year’s Winter Carnival will be held:
Saturday, February 18th
12:00-4:00
$5 per child
Volunteer sign-up and more information coming!
January 14th, 2012 Admin 
The 2012 R.E.B. Awards for Teacher Excellence
Nominate an outstanding teacher at our school for an R.E.B. Award of up to $12,000.
The R.E.B. awards are designed to identify, recognize, and support teaching excellence in the metropolitan Richmond public school systems. Professional development grants ranging from $4,000 to $12,000 each will be awarded to teachers who have distinguished themselves by their inspiring classroom performance.
Nomination forms are available online at http://www.tcfrichmond.org/. Nominations are due by February 25th, 2012.
December 9th, 2011 Admin 
New! Now you can order your favorite Gator Spiritwear items online and have them shipped directly to you! Choose from hundreds of items and customize them however you’d like. 25% of all purchases go to our school! Click here to order from Spiritweardirect.
December 9th, 2011 Admin 
Swift Creek Elementary School participates in TerraCycle’s Juice Pouch Brigade and Lays Chip bag Brigade Programs. The school earns 2 cents for every juice pouch and chip bag the school ships to TerraCycle (shipping costs are covered by TerraCycle). TerraCycle turns these juice pouches and bags into backpacks and other neat school supplies. This past year we collected over 4,800 chip bags and 6,700 juice pouches.
In order to make this program successful, volunteers are needed! Please sign up online to [...]
December 8th, 2011 Admin 
Ancient Civilization day is a huge 3rdgrade tradition at SCES! It is a full day event highlighting the SOL information for the ancient civilizations of Egypt, China, Greece, Rome and Mali. The day is packed full of fun learning activities, crafts, games, and lots of wonderful food! The children, teachers, and even many of the volunteers wear costumes representing one of the five countries. The one-day event takes much planning and lots of volunteers to be successful!
Third grade parents and [...]
December 7th, 2011 Admin 
Each year our 5th graders have the opportunity to enter our yearbook cover contest. We are pleased to show you the fabulous artwork that was chosen for our 2012 “Super Gators” yearbook front and back cover! (Click on the images to see them larger)
Our front cover was drawn by Ashley Bann. Her design was used to help create the comic books themed cover seen here and that will carry on through the book.
2012 Yearbook Front Cover
Our back cover was [...]
November 29th, 2011 Admin 
Chick-fil-a has given SCES a very special full week of fundraising! Go to Chick-fil-a any time during December 5-9th and let them know you are with SCES and a portion on the proceeds will go to our resource teachers. Drive-thru counts too! Just make sure you say Swift Creek Elementary because Swift Creek Middle school will also be doing some fundraising during that time. Thanks for your support!
November 29th, 2011 Admin 
The orders are in from our fall “Believe” fundraiser! The pick up date is December 1st from 3-8pm in the SCES cafeteria.
This will be the ONLY date these items can be picked up so please mark your calendar!!! If you have questions, please contact Amy Deady.
November 6th, 2011 Admin 
New this year-Swift Creek Gator night at Johnny Rockets! Join us at the Hancock Village location (near the new Walmart) on select Monday evenings. Good food, good friends, and face painting for the kids. Hope to see you there!
November 1st, 2011 Admin 
Our first book club will be starting this November. “Books for Breakfast” will start Friday, November 4th from 8:15-9:00 in the cafeteria. The featured book they will be reading is “Surviving the Applewhite’s“, a Newberry Honor book by Stephanie S. Tolan. We are sure these 4th and 5th graders are going to love having their very own book club. Special thanks to Jennifer Adams for organzing this event and conducting the club meetings. For more information please contact Jennifer.
November 1st, 2011 Admin 
Our 2nd annual Turkey Trot walk/run will be held on Sunday, November 13th, from 2-3:30. Those of you that came last year will remember what a great family activity it was! We had lots of great prizes and raffles from local area businesses, snacks and drinks, and tons of participants! The run will be held on the SCES bus loop as before. Pre-registration is required and must be turned in to your child’s class by Friday, November 4th. Please email Beth [...]
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