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Happy holidays from the faculty and staff at I.T. Creswell!  Don’t miss these important announcements and events:

Tomorrow, December 20 – Half day for all students.  Dismissal is at 11:30 a.m.

December 23 – January 6 – Winter Holidays – No school

Girls on the Run may be coming to Creswell!  VOLUNTEERS Needed!  This is an exciting program that we are hoping to offer to our girls this spring.  It not only prepares its participants to complete a 3.1 mile run/walk, it also uses a fun, 12-week curriculum to teach them how to deal with the challenges they face every day: peer pressure, bullying, self-esteem and more.  We are still looking for a head coach and a few volunteers to get the program up and running here at Creswell.  Practices are twice a week for an hour and a half after school.  If you are in any way able to help or know someone who is able to help, please contact Lesli Hall at lesli.hall@mnps.org or 812-8300.  Thank you!

ATTENTION PARENTS:  THE PTSO NEEDS YOUR HELP!!!  See their note below:

The PTSO will be hosting our third annual Father/Daughter & Mother/Son Valentine's Dance on February 14th. 2014.  Tickets will go on sale around the end of January.  We will be serving a Sunday style dinner with all the fixings as well as having a D, so everyone can dance the night away!  

This event is NOT a fundraiser but an opportunity to come together and celebrate the holiday with our family and friends. We do want this to be an affordable, memorable and fun evening, though, and so we will be holding our first silent auction! We hope that this will make the evening more exciting - as well as helping us to recover some of the cost, too.   

We are asking for all students to help us put together prize baskets, so that each grade level will have their own basket to auction.  The basket themes for each grade are below, but if you do not know what to donate you can certainly send $3.00 in an envelope to the PTSO, through your homeroom teacher, and we will add to the baskets for you!

5th grade - GOURMET KITCHEN BASKET

6th grade - SPA BASKET

7th grade - ENTERTAINMENT BASKET

8th grade - PET BASKET

We have several leads that will help us put together other themed baskets as well. We have invited a photographer to take family photos, and so we hope you will come "dressed to impress," spend the evening with us, and bid on some great baskets, gift cards, and more!  

Thank you for all that you do, Paula and Deidra

Nashville Next

This is an opportunity presented to us by our district PAC (Parent Advisory Council) representative and the Metro Nashville Planning Department:

Happy Holidays! As we continue the NashvilleNext process, we still need your input! We are expected to add another 200,000 people and 300,000 jobs to our community over the next 25 years. Help us decide where new growth should go within Davidson County by participating in the interactive growth mapping activity that can be accessed easily from your computer or smart device.  Your submission will become part of the input that planners and the community will consider as we draft a plan to guide our city’s growth through 2040.  Please see the flyer link here for more information!

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Dear Parents,

Don’t miss these important announcements and events:

Tonight, Dec. 12 –

5 – 6 p.m. - Creswell Connections (Parent Training) in the library.  This month’s topic is Parent Strategies for Promoting Academic Success presented by Parent University.  Refreshments will be served.

6 p.m. – Band III and Band IV Concert

Friday, Dec. 13, 6pm  - Winter Dance Showcase  (Postponed from Dec. 6).

***Tomorrow is the last day for the Food and Clothing Drive here at Creswell.  Please bring in canned food, boxed pasta, rice, peanut butter and new (unused) clothing.

Tuesday, Dec. 17, 2:30 – 4:30 p.m.  - Closing Reception for “Through Our Eyes:  I.T. Creswell Students Tackle Social Ills” at the Metro Arts Gallery, 4^th Floor, Metro Office Building Fulton Complex.  This event includes an artist panel discussion, live performances, and refreshments.  It was noted in a recent Tennessean article about Creswell.  You can read here.  http://events.tennessean.com/event/detail/441799431

December 20 – Half day for all students

December 23 – January 6 – Winter Holidays – No school

Attention Parents!!

The art department needs your help!  Clean, empty water bottles will be needed for a project beginning after the holidays.  Please begin saving them now.  Send items to the art studio in room 213.  Thank you!!

Support the PTSO through Auction Baskets!

The school's performance of "The Little Mermaid, Jr." will be happening in May, and we want to make sure that our opening night will be a night to remember! To make this event even bigger and better than ever, we will be holding our first silent auction to go along with the show! 

We will be taking donations and funding for this event up through April 30, and so if you have an idea or an item to share, please contact us anytime!

Thank you for all that you do,

Paula and Deidra

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December 3, 6:30 pm – PTSO Monthly Meeting in the library.  Light refreshments will be served.

Now - December 13 – We will be hosting a Food and Clothing Drive here at Creswell.  Please bring in canned food, boxed pasta, rice, peanut butter and new (unused) clothing.

Wednesday, Dec. 4 and Thursday, Dec. 5 – 4:45 p.m. both nights - basketball games at Haynes.

Friday, Dec. 6 – Winter Dance Showcase, 6p.m.  Tickets are on sale now for $3.  They will be $5 the day of the performance.

Tuesday, Dec. 10 – Strings Concert and Chorus Performance, 6p.m.  Tickets are $2.

Thursday, Dec. 12 –

5 – 6 p.m. - Creswell Connections (Parent Training) in the library.  This month’s topic is Parent Strategies for Promoting Academic Success presented by Parent University.  Refreshments will be served.

6 p.m. – Band III and Band IV Concert

Tuesday, Dec. 17, 2:30 – 4:30 p.m.  - Closing Reception for “Through Our Eyes:  I.T. Creswell Students Tackle Social Ills” at the Metro Arts Gallery, 4th Floor, Metro Office Building Fulton Complex.  This event includes an artist panel discussion, live performances, and refreshments.  It was noted in a recent Tennessean article about Creswell.  You can read here.  http://events.tennessean.com/event/detail/441799431

December 20 – Half day for all students

December 23 – January 6 – Winter Holidays – No school

Attention Parents!!

The art department needs your help!  Clean, empty water bottles will be needed for a project beginning after the holidays.  Please begin saving them now.  Send items to the art studio in room 213.  Thank you!!