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IC Message: 12.10.18

Good evening Sutter families, this is Cristin Tahara-Martin. Congratulations to our 8th grade girls basketball team who won the championship in our tournament yesterday.  A giant thank you goes out to all of our basketball parents who volunteered throughout the weekend to help make the tournament a success. Congratulations to our debate team who placed 2nd in their tournament.  The overall first place team was Grace Dias, Sureena Lakhanpal, and Tanisha Lakhanpal.

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IC Message: 12.07.18

Good evening Sutter families, this is Cristin Tahara-Martin.  As a reminder, Tuesday, December 11th is the PACE/LEAD/KCIA essay session for 8th graders who are interested in those high school programs.  By lunchtime that day, there will be a list posted on the 2nd floor near the main office with room assignments. The essay sessions will start at 2:50 pm, please show up prior to the start time to your assigned classroom. We anticipate the essay to take approximately 2 hours to complete.  Students can call or text their parents after the session if they finish early. 

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IC Message: 12.05.18

Good evening Sutter families, this is Cristin Tahara-Martin.  For 8th grade students who are signed up for the HISP essay session tomorrow, there will be a list posted by lunchtime on the 2nd floor near the main office with room assignments. The essay sessions will start at 1:50 pm, please show up prior to the start time to your assigned classroom. We anticipate the essay to take approximately 1½ to 2 hours to complete.  Students are asked to bring a blue or black pen and encouraged to bring a dictionary or thesaurus.

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IC Message: 11.30.18

Good evening Sutter families, this is Cristin Tahara-Martin.  In looking ahead to next week, Thursday, December 6th is our Sutter Snowglobe semi-formal winter dance from 5:30-7:30 pm.  Tickets are $5 presale and $6 at the door.

December 7th-9th is our Annual Sutter basketball tournament.  8th grade teams play at Sutter and 7th grade teams play at Sam Brannan.  All championship games are on Sunday, December 9th at Sutter.  Come out and cheer on our amazing teams!

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IC Message: 11.27.18

Good evening Sutter 8th Grade Families,

 The purpose of this call is to share with you an update regarding the High School Specialty Programs application process.  Today we sent home important information about essays/test required for some of our high school specialty programs in your child’s backpack. All essay and test sessions will be held at all middle school sites on the same dates.  Students are encouraged to RSVP online at  www.scusd.edu/hsapplication-test and paper registration forms can be picked up in the main office if you do not have access to the internet.  Essay/Test dates are as follows:
• Humanities International Studies Program (HISP), December 6th
• Program in America and California Explorations (PACE), December 11th
• Leadership and Enrichment through Academic Development, (LEAD), December 11th
• Kit Carson International Academy Middle Years Programme (KCIA) December 11th
• And the test for WEST Campus High School on December 13th.  
Please note that the PSAT 8/9 scores from the test taken this past October will not be used anymore for West Campus. Students interested in applying to West must take the test on December 13th.  All specific test times have yet to be confirmed, but will take place after school dismissal at Sutter on the dates listed. We will get that information to you as soon as possible. Thank you and have a great evening.

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IC Message: 11.26.18

Good evening Sutter families, this is Cristin Tahara-Martin.  I hope all of you had a wonderful time over the break.  I want to thank the PTSO for approving funding of various stipends, teacher equipment, and technology to buy new Chromebooks and MacBooks to add into the rotation of carts that teachers are able to check out for their classes, all of which is possible from the money raised from our Oktoberfest fundraiser.

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IC Message: 11.15.18

Good afternoon Sutter families, this is Cristin Tahara-Martin.  As you’ve just heard, there will be no school tomorrow.

I want to give you a heads up that there will be information coming out soon from the district about high school specialty program options and requirements.  West Campus will now not be using scores from the PSAT 8/9 that students took last month.  Again, more information about this, and all specialty programs will be forthcoming.

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IC Message: 11.12.18

Good evening Sutter families, this is Cristin Tahara-Martin.  I hope all of you had a great 3 day weekend.  Tomorrow is World Kindness Day.  We will be celebrating this at Sutter with a lunch activity tomorrow and recognizing students all week for their acts of kindness, both big and small.  

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IC Message: 11.09.18

Good evening Sutter families, this is Cristin Tahara-Martin.  Today’s assembly with the STORM team focused on kindness and respect.  Students were challenged to use their words to uplift others and to think about the potential consequences and impact their words and actions can have on others. Please continue this conversation at home with your children to reinforce these ideas.

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IC Message: 11.05.18

Good evening Sutter families, this is Cristin Tahara-Martin.   The totals are finally in for our PTSO fundraiser Oktoberfest which raised over $30,000 for Sutter.  Thank you to all of the families and businesses who generously donated to our event and to the tireless work of our PTSO and Oktoberfest committee.  The money raised from Oktoberfest will go toward coaching stipends, purchasing new laptops and Chromebooks to add to our computer carts for student use, and equipment needed for our classrooms.

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IC Message: 10.30.18

Good evening Sutter families, this is Cristin Tahara-Martin. Don’t worry, I promise that I will not call you every evening, I just need to inform you that you are cordially invited to a casual coffee chat with our Superintendent Jorge Aguilar and our area representative on the Board of Education this Friday, November 2nd from 8:30 am to 9:15 am in the library located on the 2nd floor.

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IC Message: 10.29.18

Good evening Sutter families, this is Cristin Tahara-Martin.  Congratulations to Coach Norris and Team Sutter who won the volleyball championship on Saturday.  Our team showed a lot of heart and determination in a hard fought win against a tough Cal team. Both Team Sutter and Team Miners had an amazing season this year.  Also, congratulations to our debate team who won first place on Saturday as well.  Final congrats go to our cross country team, our boys won on Friday to complete their season on top.

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IC Message: 10.25.18

Good evening Sutter families, this is Cristin Tahara-Martin.  I have quite a few announcements today so hang in there.  Students were given Jog-a-thon information today during PE classes.  Students should work hard to gather Jog-a-thon pledges that help pay for our yearly planners for every student, technology needs, school wide events, activities, and student recognition programs. The Jog-a-thon will take place on November 6th and 7th during PE classes.

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IC Message: 10.22.18

Good evening Sutter families, this is Cristin Tahara-Martin.  A giant thank you to our PTSO who put on a successful Oktoberfest event on Friday evening.  It was wonderful to see so many families there supporting Sutter.  

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IC Message: 10.15.18

Good evening Sutter families, this is Cristin Tahara-Martin.  Thank you to all of the parents who purchased tickets to PTSO’s Oktoberfest this Friday from 6-10 at the Clunie Center.  The event is sold out!  I look forward to seeing all of you there to help raise money for Sutter and enjoy a fun night out.

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IC Message: 10.08.18

Good evening Sutter families, this is Cristin Tahara-Martin.  Just a reminder, on Wednesday, October 10th, all 8thgraders will be taking the PSAT 8/9.  Please just get a good night’s rest tomorrow, and be ready to do your best.  Reminder, there is a math section on the test that allows for the use of calculators.  Please see our school website for a list of approved calculators and have your student bring it to school on Wednesday.  The entire school will be following a modified schedule that day to accommodate testing.

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IC Message: 09.28.18

Good evening Sutter families, this is Cristin Tahara-Martin. It’s hard to believe we’ve already made it to the end of the first full month of school.  Today we were all dressed up in purple as part of our kick off for bullying prevention month and had an activity in the quad at lunch to promote kindness and compassion.

 

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IC Message: 09.25.18

Good evening Sutter families, this is Cristin Tahara-Martin.  This Friday students should come to school dressed in as much purple as they can to represent our anti-bullying attitude at Sutter.

Friday, October 5th is Make-up Picture Day during 2nd and 3rd period classes.

Basketball tryouts will start the week of October 8th.  All sports participation forms must be on file in the office prior to tryouts. Please check our school website for specific tryout times.

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IC Message: 09.19.18

Good evening Sutter families, this is Cristin Tahara-Martin.  This Friday, September 21st, is our first spirit dress up day and school dance.  It’s time to show your school spirit!  8th graders should come to school in green and 7th graders should come dressed in yellow.  The dance is after school from 2:35-4:35 pm in the cafeteria. 

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IC Message: 09.16.18

Good evening Sutter families, this is Cristin Tahara-Martin.  A giant thank you to all of you who went out to Chipotle the other night as part of our Sutter fundraiser, we raised $1118! 

For the week ahead, Sutter Strings is starting up again. Go to room 110 after school for free lessons.  Instruments are provided. For students who already play a string instrument, come on Monday after school.  Beginners can attend on Tuesday after school.  

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