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IC Message: 01.27.20

Heidi Gaynor

Good evening Sutter families, this is Cristin Tahara.  Our Superhero Spirit Day and Dot Challenge kick-off is this Friday!  Dress up as your favorite superhero, or make up one of your own!  There will be a costume contest at lunch in the quad and sign up for the Do One Thing challenge, our school wide effort to be superheroes for the planet and our future! 

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IC Message: 01.21.20

Heidi Gaynor

Good evening Sutter families, this is Cristin Tahara.  As a reminder, tomorrow there is a mandatory boys soccer meeting at lunch in the gym and Thursday there is a mandatory girls soccer meeting at lunch in the gym. 

Girls softball tryouts are on Thursday from 2:30-4:00 for all players, then pitchers and catchers from 4-4:45.  Second tryout is on Thursday, January 30th.  Both tryout dates are at East Portal Park.  Players can bring their equipment if they have it, otherwise, there will be equipment there to use.

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IC Message: 01.16.20

Heidi Gaynor

​​Good evening Sutter families, this is Cristin Tahara.  As a reminder, in honor of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., there is no school on Monday. 

8th grade students, Kennedy high school counselors had to reschedule their visit to meet with their neighborhood students. They will be here on Tuesday, January 21st during periods 4-6 to go over course selections.  

Wednesday, January 22nd there is a mandatory boys soccer meeting at lunch in the gym.  Thursday, January 23rd there is a mandatory girls soccer meeting at lunch in the gym. 

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IC Message: 01.12.20

Heidi Gaynor

Good evening Sutter families, this is Cristin Tahara.  For students that are interested in trying out for any spring sports, you must have your sports participation paperwork on file in the office prior to tryouts.  We have a few mandatory meetings coming up that students must attend if they plan to try out for these teams.  All meetings will be held in the gym at the beginning of lunch. There will be a mandatory track meeting on Thursday, January 16th. There will be a mandatory softball meeting on Friday, January 17th. 

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IC Message: 01.06.20

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Happy New Year Sutter families, this is Cristin Tahara.  Students are invited to join us in the cafeteria at lunch this Thursday for Teacher Air Rock to see an amazing show put on by some of the staff.  Students, if you want to star in Air Rock 2020, there is an informational meeting this Friday at lunch in room 111.

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IC Message: 12.19.19

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Good evening Sutter families, this is Cristin Tahara.  Sutter’s winter rally is tomorrow.  There will be a modified schedule due to the rally, but students will still be dismissed at the regular time at 2:32 pm. Students are encouraged to wear their favorite ugly sweater to school tomorrow. 

As a reminder, there will be no school December 23rd-January 3rd. We will return to school on Monday, January 6th to start the new year. Thank you and Happy Holidays to you and your family.

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IC Message: 12.16.19

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Good evening Sutter families, this is Cristin Tahara.  The community service class is collecting travel size/small hygiene goods to donate to Wellspring Women’s Center in Sacramento for one more day. We are collecting items such as: shampoo/conditioner, lotion/hand sanitizer, toothbrush/toothpaste/floss, soap/body wash, tissue packets, etc. Donations can be made through tomorrow. Students will be out in front of school collecting these donated goods, or you can send them to room 302.

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IC Message: 12.10.19

Heidi Gaynor

Good evening Sutter families, this is Cristin Tahara.  Tomorrow is the West Campus test session for 8th graders who are interested in applying to West Campus High School.  By lunchtime tomorrow, there will be a list posted on the 2nd floor near the main office with room assignments. The test session will start at 2:50 pm. We anticipate the test to take approximately 2 hours to complete.  Please bring your student ID card.  Thank you and have a great evening.

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IC Message: 12.09.19

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Good evening Sutter families, this is Cristin Tahara. Great job to all of our basketball teams for competing hard this weekend in our Winter Classic.  Congratulations to our 7th grade girls, 7th grade boys, and 8th grade girls basketball teams 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. 

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IC Message: 12.02.19

Heidi Gaynor

Good evening Sutter families, this is Cristin Tahara.  I hope all of you  had a wonderful Thanksgiving break.  Tomorrow is the start of our elementary visitations.  If you know of any 6th grade families that are interested in attending Sutter next year, please have them sign up online for one of our visitation dates.

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IC Message: 11.21.19

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Good evening Sutter families, this is Cristin Tahara.  I’m thrilled to announce that we finally have an Assistant Principal, Mr. Marty Tateishi.  Mr. Tateishi started on Monday and comes to us with a ton of positive energy and is excited to be here.

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IC Message: 11.15.19

Heidi Gaynor

Good evening Sutter 8th Grade Families,

In October, you received a letter to help you in planning for your child’s high school experience. It talked about the option for your child to attend your neighborhood high school or apply to a Specialty Program. 

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IC Message: 11.13.19

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Good evening Sutter families, this is Cristin Tahara. Congratulations to our Robotics team who won the First Lego League Global Innovation award and will get to participate in the Nor Cal Regional Innovation Expo.

As a reminder, we will be hosting a high school information night for parents to learn all about the various high school options in the district as well as the enrollment process tomorrow evening from 5:30-7:00 pm in the cafeteria. 

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IC Message: 11.08.19

Heidi Gaynor

Good evening Sutter families, this is Cristin Tahara.  Looking ahead to next week,  on Thursday, November 14th from 5:30-7:00 in the cafeteria we will be hosting a high school information night for parents to learn all about the various high school options in the district as well as the enrollment process.  For those students who have been applying to high schools out of district and are requesting that I write a letter of recommendation, please fill out a Principal’s questionnaire form that you can access online or in our main office and turn it in to me.  I also w

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IC Message: 11.04.19

Heidi Gaynor

Good evening Sutter families, this is Cristin Tahara.  Today is the first day of the 2nd quarter and the start of basketball season.  As a heads up, our district email has not been working since Friday, so most staff are not able to access our emails.

Continue to gather your pledges for the Jog-a-thon!  Bring your pledges to room 111 at lunch tomorrow to receive your Jog-a-thon shirt.  Wednesday, November 6th is a Sutter spirit day and our Jog-a-thon day, so wear your favorite club, sports, spirit, or Jog-a-thon 2019 t-shirt to run the track!

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IC Message: 10.31.19

Heidi Gaynor

Good evening Sutter families, this is Cristin Tahara.  Tomorrow is the last day of the quarter and a minimum day, students will be dismissed at 12:18 pm.

8th grade families, mark your calendar for Thursday, November 14th from 5:30-7:00 pm in the cafeteria for a community based information night here at Sutter where a representative from Sac City Unified College and Career Readiness department will be giving a presentation on our district high school programs and the enrollment process. 

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IC Message: 10.28.19

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Good evening Sutter families, this is Cristin Tahara.  Congratulations to our volleyball teams on a great season, our Sutter team coached by Ms. Norris brought home the championship this weekend.

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IC Message: 10.22.19

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Good evening Sutter families.  Thank you to all of you who came out to support us at Oktoberfest on Saturday night and to the PTSO for all of their hard work organizing the event.

Tomorrow through October 31st is Red Ribbon Week.  Students will receive bracelets tomorrow as a symbol of commitment to being alcohol, tobacco and drug free.

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IC Message: 10.17.19

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Good evening Sutter families.  I wanted to share a video clip from this morning on Good Day Sacramento so you can check out our gardening club (H.O.T.- Hands on Trees) led by Ms. Costanzo.

As another reminder, today is the last day to purchase tickets to PTSO’s Oktoberfest online.  You can purchase tickets at the door.  I hope to see you on October 19th at the Turn Verein.

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IC Message: 10.15.19

Heidi Gaynor

Good evening Sutter families, this is Cristin Tahara.  Tomorrow, all 8th graders will be taking the PSAT 8/9.  As a reminder, please bring your calculator.  You can visit our school website for a list of approved calculators. The entire school will be following a modified schedule tomorrow to accommodate testing.

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