May 12, 1998
Volume 5, No. 9
Students with strong recommendations from their 5th-grade teachers or with high achievement test scores in math should consider enrolling in one of the honors sections of math at Summit. Please call Principal Bernie Grove or Counselor Kendra Bartley if your child is not yet enrolled in honors math but you think he or she should be.
Summit students Nick Demarest and Andrei Riabinin are two of the highest scorers in Colorado in the American Junior High School Mathematics Examination. They will be honored, along with their coach, Mr. Thompson, and their parents at the third Colorado Mathematics Awards ceremony at the Governor's Residence on May 15.
Congratulations to Anna Sizova and Jess Kramer for their articles in the April 29 issue of Bolder Girls, a supplement to the Boulder Planet weekly newspaper. Anna wrote about Summit as a charter school, and Jess wrote about weapons policies in schools.
May 12, 7-8 PM, is the Spring concert of the Summit bands. The concert will feature Jazz Band 2 playing "Sweet Home Chicago," the Flute-Violin Jazz combo playing "On Green Dolphin Street," and Jazz Band 1 performing "Lord of the Dance" and "Louie, Louie." Jazz Band 2 will be recording some of their best hits that evening. We hope to see you at this fun concert.
On May 21, 7-8:15 PM, the Summit Choir, Orchestra, Select Strings, and Silver Rain (accompanied by Jazz Band 2) will close this year's concert series. The Summit Choir will perform a wide variety of choral music, including "The Power of the Dream" with the Orchestra. Select Strings will perform the first movement of Bach's Concerto in D Minor for Two Violins, featuring a number of our gifted soloists. Silver Rain will perform selections from "Hansel and Gretel" (which brought them acclaim in Steamboat Springs), and their first collaboration with the Jazz Band 2, the swing classic from Rodgers and Hart's "Blue Moon."
Congratulations to Davis Hart and Dr. Sikora for their presentation, "A Microscopic Vista," to the Foundation for Boulder Valley Schools on May 4. Dr. Sikora was honored as one of six recipients of a Quantum Leap Initiative Award. Her proposal resulted in Summit acquiring a video microscope monitor system for classroom use.
The second annual Summit graduation and awards ceremony will be held on Friday, June 5, 1:00-2:45 PM in the Fairview High School auditorium. A Summit musical prelude will be presented 12:45-1:00 PM. This year's ceremony promises to be even more spectacular than last year's. All Summit parents, friends, and alumni and their parents, are invited. Students will be on a shortened schedule that day, 28 minutes per period. Lunch will be held at the usual time, 10:46-11:16 AM. Students will be dismissed at the Fairview cafeteria at 2:45 PM. Parents may pick up students either at the Fairview cafeteria or at Summit at the usual time.
You have heard them live; now buy the CD. If you would like an auditory memento of the 1997-98 Silver Rain and Summit Jazz Band, you can purchase a professional-quality compact disk of "The Best of Summit Music." Write your name and address on an envelope, enclose a check for $10 payable to Summit Middle School, and deliver it to the Summit office by May 29. Your CD will be mailed to you by the end of June. The CD's are being produced and donated to Summit by Robert Franz.
Twelve Summit students are participating in the 19th annual BVSD art show at the Boulder Museum of Contemporary Art, 1750 13th Street, through May 31, 1-3 PM. They are Lindsay Clark, Katie Constantine, Andrew Crocker, Levana Geist, Eric King, Sharon Klein, Anna Lindemann, Adam Scarano, Chase Scott, Marissa Vosper, Graham Webster, and Alisa Yamasaki. Admission is $2 for adults, $1.50 for seniors; students free. Call 443-2122 for additional information.
Next semester's painting class will include papermaking. A new class, "Art Forms," will include sewing, kite-making, and ceramics. Please see Ms. Bartley if you would like to take either of these electives next fall.
Incoming 6th graders will need a full series of DPT and polio immunizations and one MMR immunization. Incoming 7th and 8th graders will need DPT, polio, two MMR's, and a full series of Hepatitis B. Exemption forms are available in the office for those who require them. All students planning to participate in sports next year will need a new athletic-participation statement from a physician.
Members of the Summit Odyssey of the Mind team are selling gourmet cheese cakes to help raise money to attend the World Finals May 27-30. Please call Lindsay or Tyler Fox, Eric Gonzales, Wendy Harig, Cara Harmon, or Dale or James Swirhun to order by Thursday, May 14. Choose from New York, Strawberry Swirl, Chocolate Marble, Turtle, Amaretto, Chocolate Truffle, or White Chocolate Raspberry Swirl; $12 each.
The Boulder Conservatory Theater is offering two-week summer sessions for training in acting, voice, musical theater singing, and dance. June 15-26, grades 8-12; July 6-17, grades 4-7; July 20-31, grades 1-3. Call 444-1885 or 499-1059 for information.
Summit students are welcome to join the Young Writers' Alliance, Saturday mornings, 10-11 AM, beginning May 16, at the Boulder Public Library. Meetings will be in the conference room at the top of the spiral staircase. The free, creative-writing workshop is for 4th-8th graders. The teachers will be Gregg Eisenberg, a local poet and playwright; Elizabeth Gold, a writer, editor, and publisher; and Tracy Stegall, a poet and 6th-grade English teacher. For information, call Ms. Gold, 494-0457.
Boulder Parks and Recreation is offering an Adventure Program for students this summer, June 12 to August 11, consisting of local day trips for youth (8-11 years old) and 5- and 6-day courses for teens (12-15 years old). Activities include canoeing, rock climbing, white-water rafting, horseback riding, kayaking, and biking. Call 441-4401 for information or pick up a flyer at one of the recreation centers.
Dr. Michael Piechowski will be conducting two courses this summer under the auspices of the Institute for the Study of Advanced Development. "Emotional Development and Emotional Giftedness," for teachers and counselors, will be given July 24-26; $200 per person. "Transpersonal Psychology," for highly gifted teenagers (12 years and older) and parents, will be offered July 27-31, 9 AM - 1 PM; $250 per person or $400 for two.
Classes will be held at the Ricks Center for Gifted Children, 2040 South York, Denver. Call 303-837-8378 for information and to register.