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We have much to celebrate this month at Perry Creek! We enjoyed celebrating the positive behavior of our students with our Luau Day on February 5. We are wrapping up our FAST reading and math screenings and celebrating the growth and progress made. So many students made an exceptional amount of growth from fall to winter. We are also celebrating Valentine's Day on Friday and having classroom parties. At the end of the month, we look forward to sharing student progress and meeting with families virtually or by phone to hold our parent/teacher conferences.

We have our second opportunity for conferences coming up soon, on Monday, February 22 from 8:00am-8:00pm and Tuesday, February 23 from 3:40pm-6:20pm. Our conferences will be held virtually or by phone on these days. Please schedule your conference time at http://www.myconferencetime.com/perrycreek.

*Due to our conferences, there will be no school for elementary students on Monday, February 22 and Friday, February 26.

Please remember to follow our safety procedures for our driveway and parking lot:

1. Do not park in the driveway at any time.

2. Do not park in the crosswalk at any time.

3. There are two lanes in our driveway. Use ONLY the lane closest to the school building to drop off or pick up students. This lane should continue to move as students are dropped off and picked up.

4. Please be respectful of the crossing guard, as they are monitoring for student safety.

It is registration time for our incoming Prairie Dogs! We will hold in-person registration with mitigation routines in place on Thursday, April 8 and Friday, April 9. Prior to these days, families of incoming TK and Kindergarten students need to register online. Students must be 5 years of age by September 15, 2021.

We will not have school for current TK & Kindergarten students on April 8 & 9.

We are so happy that we have been able to keep Perry Creek open throughout this school year and we know that it is only because of everyone working together to keep students, families and staff safe. Since returning from winter break, we have had zero staff ill due to Covid-19 and we have appreciated families letting us know of exposures and following our protocols for student illness. We are still following our Siouxland District Health guidelines requiring that students with symptoms of Covid-19 be seen by their medical provider and evaluated. Students may return after ten days, after receiving a non-Covid related diagnosis, or a negative Covid-19 test result. During school, we continue to require that masks be worn, hand washing occur frequently, and sanitizing schedules be followed by staff. We will get through this!

We had so much fun celebrating as a school during our Luau! We are already planning our next all-school celebration, which will hopefully be earned by our students before April. Our students in grades Kindergarten, 2nd and 3rd grades filled their PBIS charts in January.

This month we are going to experiment with an orange and water! All Perry Creek students and families are invited to join the principals as we do experiments and share a story. We hope you can join us and connect virtually on Monday, February 22, at 6:00pm.

For our experiments, if you want to participate at home, please have the following items:

· An orange (clementine, tangerine or any citrus fruit with a peel will do)

· Tall glass or deep bowl larger in diameter than the orange

· Enough water to fill the bowl or glass ¾ full

· Paper and marker to show your results

Join Zoom Meeting

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February

9 - PTA Executive Meeting

16 - PTA Meeting @ 6:30pm via Zoom

22 - Parent/Teacher Conferences (no school for students)

22 - Virtual Family Fun Night @ 6:00pm

23 - Parent/Teacher Conferences

26 - No School (conference exchange day)

March

9 - PTA Executive Meeting

11 - Virtual Family Fun Night @ 5:30pm

11-26 - March Madness READ-A-THON

16 - PTA Meeting @ 6:30pm via Zoom

22 - End of the 3rd quarter

We invite you to join our Regular February PTA meeting on Tuesday, February 16th at 6:30 p.m. via Zoom. We will be discussing our Read-a-thon, virtual clubs, fundraising, and school supports.

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Meeting ID: 899 3959 8975

Passcode: PerryCreek

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It's conference time again and that means we need your help with our teacher and staff appreciation lunch!

As many of you know, our PTA traditionally solicits potluck donations with every conference season. In lieu of bringing a potluck dish this year, we are asking parents (or any other generous donors) to consider making a $10 donation to sponsor a teacher and a staff member's box lunch. Donating is simple, click on the PayPal link below and enter in your desired donation dollar amount.

Our luncheon will take place on Monday, Feb. 22nd.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR CONTINUED GENEROSITY!

We love our Perry Creek School.

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From camps to sports leagues to family services, the SCCSD Virtual Backpack serves as a link between non-profit community partners and our students and families.

Would you like to get weekly updates about events? Sign Up for the Virtual Backpack email list here.

The Sioux City Community School District offers career and technical programs in the following areas: Business & Marketing, Family & Consumer Science, Health Science, and Industrial Arts, Technology, & PLTW.

The Sioux City Community School District is an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, creed, color, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information (for employment), national origin, religion, age (for employment), disability, socioeconomic status (for programs), marital status (for programs), or veteran status (for employment) in its educational programs and its employment practices. The District is required by Title IX and 34 CFR Part 106 not to discriminate on the basis of sex in its programs, activities, or employment.

Inquiries or grievances under Section 504 and Title II of the Americans with Disabilities Act may be directed to Jen Gomez, Director of Student Services & Equity Education/Title IX Coordinator at 627 4th Street, Sioux City, IA 51101, (712) 279-6075, gomezj2@live.siouxcityschools.com. Inquiries about the application of Title IX and its regulations to the District may be referred to the Title IX Coordinator, the Assistant Secretary of the U.S. Department of Education, or both. Please see District Board policies 103 and 504.4 for additional information on available grievance procedures.

Contact us!

3601 Country Club Boulevard

Sioux City, IA 51104

(712) 279-6836

Principal: Amy Denney

Email: denneya@live.siouxcityschools.com
Website: https://www.siouxcityschools.org/perry-creek/
Location: 3601 Country Club Blvd, Sioux City, IA, USA
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/PrairieDogsSCCSD/
Twitter: @PerryCreekES