March 9, 1998
Volume 5, No. 5
Summit students participating in the Regional Science Fair on March 6 and 7 were Maggie Fee, Gilbert Lemieux, Evan O'Loughlin, James Norton, Corinne D'Ippolito, Paul Franz, Anna Lindemann, Robert Lee, Anastasia Petropavlovskikh, Ben Gilman, Antti Koivuniemi, and Eric Hansford (alternate for Laura Scrimgeour, who was unable to attend).
Although none of our students made it to the Colorado State Science Fair this year, Summit scientists won a significant number of honors and awards.
Earning honors were Ben Gilman and Antti Koivuniemi (Team Project), Gilbert Lemieux (Earth and Environmental Science), Robert Lee (Engineering), and James Norton (Physical Science).
Students winning awards and savings bonds were Corinne D'Ippolito (McGuckin's Hardware Award in Earth and Environmental Science), Gilbert Lemieux (Roche Environmental Science Award), and Robert Lee (Roche Engineering Award).
Dr. Sikora noted a high level of excitement and camaraderie among the Summit students.
P.S. The Summit Science Fair, reported in the previous issue of Summit News, was held on February 20, not February 27. Thanks to Deborah Vink for helping set up the science fair tables for the Summit Science Fair.
The Boulder County 4-H Club is holding its carnival at the Boulder County Fairgrounds in Longmont on March 14, 11 AM - 7 PM. Admission is free. The carnival will have over 45 game and food booths, including a cake walk, fish pond, shooting sports, steer roping, and a race track with remote-controlled cars.
Summit's first History Day will be held Tuesday, March 17, in the library. Ms. Cox and Mr. Koch are busy helping American History students prepare to present exhibits. This year's topic is "Historical Migration of Concepts, People, Species, and Materials Around Our World." Visitors are welcome to view the exhibits all day March 17 (obtain a visitor's pass in the Summit office). Volunteers interested in helping with set-up on Monday, March 16, please contact Mary Carole Smartt, 448-0516, or Judy Hart, 440-4253.
The District-wide competition will be held April 1 at Base Line Middle School.
Summit students are invited to apply to the popular Summer Enrichment Program (SEP) at the University of Northern Colorado in Greeley, July 5-18 (Session I) or July 19 - August 1 (Session II). The cost is $825 and includes tuition, housing, and food. Academic, arts, and performance classes are offered, along with great social activities. A packet with information and application forms is available in the office or by calling 970-351-2683.
"Expanding Your Horizons" is a program to introduce middle-school girls to careers involving math, science, and technology, and to encourage them to pursue academic interests leading to professional careers in technical fields. It will be held Saturday, April 4, 8:30 AM - 12:45 PM, at the University of Colorado. The cost to participate is $7 for students, $10 for adults.
The registration deadline is March 21, but contact Ms. Bartley as soon as possible if you would like to be part of the Summit delegation. For more information, visit http://www.colorado.edu/UCB/AcademicAffairs/engineering/WIEP/wiep_0498.html
The media center will have a half-price book sale of current and classic Scholastic titles on April 8-9, 3:30-7 PM, in the library.
The media center requests that parents look for, and return, overdue materials. The library will extend due dates for books used for History Day research.
Summit delivered its second annual report to the Boulder Valley Board of Education at the beginning of March. Copies are available to parents upon request. Call 499-9511 to reserve a copy.
It is standardized test time again in the Rocky Mountains. Summit will give the CTBS to the entire student body during the week of April 6. Testing will begin at 8:10 AM sharp. Each day's test will be about one to two hours in length.
All students are required to be at school during test week. Please be prompt for 1st-period attendance; no late students! Let's show what Summit is made of! If you have any questions, please contact Coach Adams.
A few tips for students to achieve high scores: (1) Have a positive mental attitude. (2) Do your very best. Don't worry, be happy. (3) Get a great weekend of sleep and eat a healthy breakfast. (4) Wear some of your favorite, most comfortable clothing. (5) Take your time during the test and read each question carefully. (6) Enjoy the test and make it fun.
The following students received all A's in their five core courses. An asterisk (*) indicates an additional A in an elective core class.
Max Carey, Andrew Chan, Lynne Costain, Corinne D'Ippolito, Becca Dole, Lindsay Fox, Tyler Fox, Paul Franz, Rachel Franz, Greer Hansen, Eric Hansford, Cara Harmon, Poonam Hosamani,* Qinzi Ji,* Robert Lee, Anna Lindemann, George London, Kim Marques,* Amy Motomura, Jason Murray, Rebecca Nagel, Robin Nagel, Sarah Nagel, James Norton, Evan O'Loughlin, Heather Perry, Luc Peterson,* Jenny Rood, Gillian Singletary, Katie Smartt, Emily Strauss, Molly Strauss, Jennifer Stutsman,* Sara Vink, Vani Vivekanandan, Riss Vosper, Steve Wilson, Ashley Witt, Alisa Yamasaki.
Our friends at Open Space Communications are planning a conference on "The Gifted Child . . . at Home and School" on July 10-11 at the Raintree Plaza Hotel in Longmont. It will feature Jim Delisle on "Social/Emotional Aspects" and Sally Walker on "Surviving Giftedness," as well as a variety of workshop sessions. Graduate course credit is available. They have some openings for speakers. Contact Dorothy Knopper, http://www.openspacecomm.com, 303-444-7020.
The Summit Yearbook is only $15, and the supply is limited. Bring your check in an envelope to the Summit office, with your name on the outside, no later than March 16.
Teachers and parents, please remember there is no parking along our service drive. Large delivery trucks need to negotiate that road.
Parents, please drop off your students in front of the school, not in the service drive.
Parent volunteer hospitality supplies (paper plates, cups, napkins, utensils, tablecloths, etc.) are in a large plastic bin in the shed behind the gym. Lisa Singletary has the key to this storage area if access is needed.
Thanks to Jackie Ross, Judy Demarest, and Laurie Grassman for assembling and mailing Summit News every two weeks. If you would like to help write for Summit News, contact Ron Goldfarb, 494-8373.
The number of families represented at Summit during 1997-98 is 236. A total of 148 of them contributed to Tools for Learning, resulting in a participation rate of 63%.
On March 14, the Foundation for Boulder Valley Schools will get half of the day's profits from the Haagen-Dazs ice-cream store on Pearl Street.
Summit student Lynne Costain published a poem in Kidz Magazine. The feature selects compositions by middle- and high-school students written for elementary-school students.
Farther I go,
The ground my only foe.
Harder I must try,
On and on till I shall die.
No longer young or spry,
My once lovely face now wizened with age,
My figure hunched as if caged.
Onward I must go,
Until I reach the place where the wind will
Blow me into the sky,
Where I belong,
Listening to the tree-whispered song.
Soon I shall be free,
Gone from this worn body.
Farther I go!