Grade 5 Parent Orientation for All Fifth Grade Parents
Band Room of Raymund Center 5:00 p.m.
Grades 6-8 Parent Orientation for All Sixth through Eighth Grade Parents
Band Room of Raymund Center 6:00 p.m.
Early Childhood New Parent Orientation
ECC 5:30 p.m.
Senior Class Beach Party
New Parent Dinner for All New Parents
Crisp Gym 7:00 p.m.

Aug 17 Friday

Middle Division New Student Orientation
Sher Center Breezeway 10:00 a.m.
Upper Division New Student Orientation for Grades 10, 11, & 12
10:00 a.m.
Seniors' College Meeting
Classroom 11:00 a.m.
Middle Division Locker Day
12:00 noon

Aug 18 Saturday

Upper Division Seniors Parking Lot Party
Rm. ST3 11:00 a.m.

Aug 20 Monday

Used Uniform Sale
Mini Gym 9:00-2:00
Ninth Grade Orientation for Parents and Students
Janet Root Theatre 8:30 a.m.
Early Childhood Orientation for Alpha
Alpha Building 8:30 a.m.
Early Childhood Orientation for Jr. Kindergarten
Early Childhood Center 9:00 a.m.
Lower Division Orientation for All Kindergarten Students
10:15 a.m.
Lower Division Orientation for All New Students in Grades 1-4
Student Activity Center 11:00 a.m.
Meet Your Teacher for Returning Students Grades 1-4
12:00 noon

Aug 21 Tuesday

School Opens
Noon Dismissal (EC-4)

Aug 22 Wednesday

Upper Division Convocation
Janet Root Theatre 7:50 a.m.

Aug 24 Friday

Varsity Football Kickoff Classic vs. Calvary Christian
at Disney 6:00 p.m.

Aug 25 Saturday

Eleventh Grade Parents Social

Aug 26 Sunday

Spirit Night
Crisp Gym 5:00-7:00 p.m.

Aug 28 Tuesday

Early Childhood Back to School Night
Janet Root Theatre 7:00 p.m.

Aug 29 Wednesday

Green and Gold Spirit Day
Senior College Night

Aug 29-30 Wed-Thurs

Freshman Retreat
Dayspring Conference Center in Bradenton

Aug 30 Thursday

Lower Division Back to School Night
Janet Root Theatre 7:00

Sept 3 Monday

School Closed -
Labor Day

Sept 4 Tuesday

Middle Division Back to School Night
Janet Root Theatre 7:00 p.m.

Sept 5 Wednesday

Important Meeting for All Parents of Theatre Students
Black Box Theatre 7:00 p.m.

Sept 6 Thursday

Upper Division Back to School Night
Janet Root Theatre 7:00 p.m.

Back to School Sophomore Beach Party!

Tuesday, August 14
5:00 - 8:00 p.m.
Dolphin Beach Resort
4900 Gulf Blvd
St. Pete Beach, FL
Light food and soft drinks
Parents Welcome
Rain or Shine

Back to School Senior Beach Party!

Thursday, August 16
5:00 - 8:00 p.m.
Dolphin Beach Resort
4900 Gulf Blvd
St. Pete Beach, FL
Light food and soft drinks
Parents Welcome
Rain or Shine

The Learning Center Test Prep News

TLC is offering on-campus test reviews for the PSAT, SAT, and ACT beginning this fall. The first PSAT workshop for juniors will take place in the library on September 15 and 29 and October 6 and 13. Mark your calendars and watch for more details over the summer.

The eBay Project

How many volunteers does it take to make the eBay Project a success?

You may have seen the recent flyer about the Shorecrest eBay Project. We are looking for commitments from several volunteers specific to the areas listed below. With the volunteers in place, the planning can begin. If this sounds exciting to you and you might be interested, please let us know today!

You need to give only a few hours of your time each month, and you can schedule a time that's convenient. You and a friend could take on a task as a team so there is always a back up in place. This really can be fun and rewarding and a great benefit to the school at the same time!

Task Descriptions

Receiver - Accept and price donated items delivered to campus at a designated location during morning drop-off times and secure items in storage. Receiver must be able to estimate saleable value and weight for shipping. (4-6 days/month; 1 hour/ day)

Photographer - Photograph items and upload to computer on campus twice per month after receipt of items, preferably on a regular schedule but at the discretion of the volunteer. (3-4 hours/month)

Lister - Construct, monitor and adjust eBay listings. Initial auction listings will be done on campus; however, monitoring and adjusting can be done from home. Extensive experience with eBay is desired, and this position will ideally have several volunteers in a team approach and with monthly rotations. (8-10 hours/month)

Arbitrator - Resolve any disputes that arise from the auction process, payments or returned items (minimal hours as needed).

Shipper - Package and ship items upon completion of each auction, which requires physically transporting sold items to the post office or UPS Store and arranging for shipment to customers. (4-6 hours/month as needed)

Promotions - Publicize the project to the Shorecrest community to solicit parents to donate items through E-Bytes, mailings, flyers and e-mails. Requires some creativity and vigor up-front in creating materials for the initial impact but should become a routine set of tasks after the first couple of months. (1-2 hours/month)

Bookkeeper - Maintain financial records and report to the business office. (4-6 hours/month).

Please contact SPS parent Tim Ebright at ebright@tampabay.rr.com or (813) 716-5230.

Updating E-mail

If you need to change your e-mail address or would like to add additional e-mail addresses, please send your e-mail addresses to the registrar at jroberge@shorecrest.org. Thanks!

Sign Up for E-Bytes Reminders

If you do not currently receive a weekly e-mail on Fridays notifying you that E-Bytes is updated, please send a request with your name and e-mail address to ebytes@shorecrest.org and we will be happy to add you to the list.

E-Bytes is a collaborative effort of dozens of members of the Shorecrest community.

To submit material to E-Bytes, please send it to Diana Whittle at dwhittle@shorecrest.org and remember to write "For E-Bytes" in the subject line of your message.

Diana Whittle, Director of Marketing and Communications
Bob Clingman, Editor

Landy Hall construction moves forward in the Upper Division. Many truck loads of fill soil have been spread and compacted, underground pipes are being installed, and concrete footers are being poured. More photos

Books And More Books

MBS Direct Shorecrest Page

The Virtual Bookstore at MBS Direct is now open for the purchase of next year's textbooks.

Special note to students in Spanish IA and IB:

An additional text will be distributed on the first day of school. Student accounts will be billed by the Business Office.

Upper Division Book Lists

Middle Division Book Lists

Required and Recommended Summer Reading

Supply Lists

Letter from the Headmaster

Summer Goals

Mike Murphy I find myself thinking about why our students need to have restful but productive summer vacations. In a nutshell I encourage parents to build in as much balance to the break as possible.

Research is pretty clear that children who read, read and then read some more do better in school, better on tests and better in many other elements of life than children who read sparingly. If we are going to invest in a child's education, making sure that reading happens on a regular basis is clearly a wise approach.

I want you to imagine the children from all over our city, our region, our state and nation who will spend the summer shooting baskets, throwing passes, catching balls, lifting weights, running, swimming, playing, practicing and getting better at an activity. Yet, every coach meets students who have not gotten off the couch but expect to have the same playing time as the students who practiced and tried to improve their skills. One of the athletic apparel companies uses the slogan, "No Excuses." That works for me.

For the past twelve years, I have ended the summer by interviewing the incoming senior class. Some of them will have the jobs, internships, volunteer opportunities and travel experiences that far exceed anything I ever dreamed of doing while in high school. These are more than resume building activities. Students are out there making serious contributions to our communities. They are taking skills they have learned at school and using them to the fullest. They are extending the college preparatory experience into preparation for life.

I hope every child and every parent is able to have days that completely break from the routine of the school year. I look forward to my obligatory banana split. I cannot wait for the new Harry Potter book to come out. My summer goals include more exercise, more reading and time to walk in the mountains. Of course, I will be at school and will welcome opportunities to visit with parents and students.

I wish all of you a happy, safe and healthy summer break. I look forward to seeing you back at Shorecrest rested and ready to go in August.

Cheers!

Landy Hall

Upper Division demolition in preparation for the construction of Landy Hall (more photos)

Clinic Bytes

Summer Immunizations & Physicals

School Physicals

Although vision, hearing, and scoliosis screening is required by the State of Florida, the Pinellas County Health Department does not extend its screening programs to private school students.

For this reason, we ask that students entering Kindergarten, first, third, fifth, and seventh grades provide a school physical form which includes vision and hearing screening. Physical forms for students entering seventh grade should include scoliosis screening as well. All school physicals should be dated less than one year before the beginning of the new school year.

Immunizations

Returning students ordinarily do not require any additional immunizations after Kindergarten until seventh grade. The seventh-grade immunization form should include an adult tetanus/diphtheria booster in addition to other age-appropriate immunizations and must be signed by the doctor for seventh grade entry.

Sports Physicals

To be eligible to participate in Shorecrest athletics, students are required to have a physical every year. The Florida High School Athletic Association requires that next year's physical be taken after May 15, 2007.

Seventh grade students who are having a sports physical may ask their doctors to include vision, hearing, and scoliosis screening information on the sports physical form in order to satisfy the state screening requirement discussed above.

Thank you, and have a safe, healthy, and fun summer!

E-Bytes Poll

Don't lose touch! Tell us what you're doing this summer. (Please send pictures!)

Name

I'm a

Be sure to click this button!

Selected responses will appear in E-Bytes.

Some responses so far to the summer poll:

I am going to go to my cabin on the creek in Pennsylvania.
- Rabbit

Vegas, baby! What happens in Vegas... stays in Vegas.
- Black belt blondie

I'm going to Africa to paint expressive pictures as I watch the herds of wildebeest.
- Painter man

I am going to have fun! ... nottttt.
- Mom

Going over to JT productions and starting that rap record...
going to Russia on a family trip...
lifting weights for football...
and to keep my thumbs in shaped I'm Xboxing it up.
- Busy man

I'm traveling the world! Drinking tea in England, taking pictures from the Eiffel Tower in France, eating chocolate in Belgium, checking out how small Luxembourg is, eating sausages in Germany, hiking in Switzerland and Austria, doing as the Romans do in Italy... lastly, scuba diving with my shark buddies in the Bahamas!
- Worldly freshman

I'm working on my tan this summer. I'm also trying to achieve my goal of becoming an Abercrombie model. Oh yeah, and I'm cheerleading 24/7!
- Ninth grader

Ride ride ride ride horses!
- Horse rider

Greece Ohio London Paris and everywhere!
- Going on to sixth grade

I'm doing seven camps!
- Going to fourth

Yellowstone National Park.
- Sixth grader

I am going swimming.
- Girl

I'm moving to Virginia BOO HOO! I'm going to miss you, class of 2014!
- Student

I'm going to North and South Dakota for the whole summer! I'm learning how to milk a goat and cow, shuck corn, and create a whipped creamy butter from milk again! My papa is going to show me how to ride a mule too. I am sososo excited. I'll let you know how it goes when I get back in August!
So long, farewell!
- Student eager to take on life's beauty and fulfillness

I'm in Vienna, Austria, playing baseball with People to People.
- Eighth grader

I am doing a lot. One of the things I am doing is periodically visiting the Shorecrest building site because I love Shorecrest so much and I want to be there. Three months is far too long.
- Shorecrestian

Tarpon fishing.
- Fisher

I just got back from the amazing Shorecrest Eurotrip! We went to England, Belgium, France, Luxembourg, Germany, Switzerland, and Italy. It was absolutely amazing!
- Sophmore

Reading books and writing papers for my English class.
- Sufferer

This summer I went to Indiana because my grandparents own 100 acres of land. Then we went to Ohio for a frisbee match.
- Going into seventh

Seeing Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix... at least eleven times.
- Harry Potta4ev

We are getting ready to go rafting down the Grand Canyon for a week. No phones, no television, no computers, no video games. Just fun with friends and family in the great outdoors! Can't wait!
- Nature lovers

Going to Russia.

I am going to the Georgia Mountains!
- Fifth grader

I am at Penn State taking a photography course.
- Jr.

I won the 8U throwing accuracy contest at the Dizzy Dean state baseball tournament out of 12 teams and got a trophy that's bigger than me!
- Third grader

Unfortunately, my horse spooked while I was riding her bareback at the canter and I fell off and broke my leg. I just watch kids ride at my camp now. That mare broke the biggest bone in my body! Please send me your support!
- Almost seventh grader

Going to the Keys for a week in August.
- Beachlover

Go to Fossil Park 8U all-stars district runner up, 2W-3L in states!
- New third grader

Spent a month in the Caribbean, learned lots of Spanish. Went to the Mexican Riviera on a cruise. Yeepeee!
- Second grader

I am in Colorado right now with my rocking family! I love summer but a little excited for the new school year!
- Happy girl black belt

Surfing every day in New Jersey.
- RippleRider

I am in Greece on vaction and always on the beach. It is so cool always lying in the sun and on the boat, but I do miss school a little bit.
- Greek girl

Over the summer, I went to Hershey Park in Hershey, PA. It was really fun. I met up with my 50 cousins, some of whom I didn't completely know, but now I do and I love 'em! They are unbelievable. I'm going to Australia next week for 10 days. I'm excited to see all the exotic animals. Two months ago I went to Africa and Colorado - I had an amazing summer so far. I'm looking forward to the beginning of school, though. Friends are my life!
- A friend

Swimming 24/7.

I went to London with my grandparents this summer.
- Fifth grade

Dress Codes and Uniforms

Ready for some back-to-school shopping? The revised dress codes are now available to help you choose your wardrobe for the new school year.

You also can go online at www.landsend.com/school or call 800-469-2222 to place your order.

Shorecrest Preferred School Number: 900037789

Shorecrest Logo Number: 0133456K

Attention Parents of Band Students:

There will be a brief meeting for the parents of all band students in grades 4-12 on Wednesday, August 15. The meeting will be held in the Student Activity Center beginning at 7:00 p.m.

If you have questions, please contact Tom Glaister at ext. 175 or tglaister@shorecrest.org.

Shorecrest Parent Association

Used Uniform Sale

When?
August 20
9:00 a.m. - 2:00 p.m.

Where?
Mini Gym

Questions?
Marcia Johnston:
727-866-8024 or
Michele Sobota
727-528-2857

uniform sale

Save up to 75% off the regular Land's End uniform prices:

Girls and Boys Shorts, Long and Short sleeved Polo Shirts - $5
Oxford Shirts, Sweatshirts, Turtlenecks - $5
Girls and Boys Pants - $6
Skorts - $6
A-Line Skirts - $8
Jumpers - $10
Fleece Jackets - $10
… and more

Most sizes available, including odd sizes. Come early for the best selection!

Please - Cash only and bring small bills.

Three Cheers for...

• Upcoming senior Jeff R., who traveled to the Guató Indian School, 200 miles up the Paraguay River from Corumbá, in the state of Matto Grosso do Sol in Brazil in June. He delivered school supplies purchased with funds raised by the Shorecrest Middle Division last year.

in Brazil

Jeff and his dad are shown with Severo, Chief of the Guató, his wife Dalva and their son Zakeo, a teacher at the Guató School.

Volunteering

With the start of the new school year just weeks away it's time to get the volunteer efforts organized. For all of you that have sent in your volunteer sheets, thank you. If you have not yet turned in a Volunteer Opportunities Form (Microsoft Word format) (PDF) there's still time. Please send it in today to the Admissions Office.

Should you have any questions please give me a call at (727) 456-7511 or e-mail Lwikholm@shorecrest.org.

Make a Difference for Shorecrest

For the past five years, The Big Event has raised over $100,000 a year to support the education of Shorecrest students. This week past chairs and SPA leaders met to discuss the future of the Big Event and fund raising efforts led by parents. There is consensus on a few important areas:

Parent support is very important.
Great relationships are formed while working on school events.
A social event for parents from all grades helps build a stronger community.
Fund raising events should be focused on raising funds.

There is an open question as to whether we should have a Big Event or try a new activity in the coming year. The decision cannot be made until an individual or a team of parent leaders volunteer to work with SPA and the administration on an event.

In the coming year, there will be a Shorecrest staff member designated to work with SPA and parent volunteers on fund raising and social events.

If you would like to chair, co-chair or help with the SPA fund raising activity for 2007-2008, please contact Monique Roberts, Nikki McQueen or Mike Murphy.

Big Event Website

Athletic News

Middle Division Golf

Parents Meeting August 15
Tryouts Begin August 21

Practice/tryouts will be held on Tuesdays and Thursdays from 3:30-5:15 starting August 21. Coach Every will pick up golfers on campus around 3:00 and transport them to and from campus. The season is eight weeks long, and matches begin on September 5.

Only nine golfers will be accepted to the team due to course and space limitations. There will be a short informational meeting for parents on Wednesday, August 15 at 3:30 p.m. in the Middle Division breezeway. Plese remember that all students who plan to participate need to have their physicals.

Sports Physicals and Parent Consent and Release Forms

Don't forget to get your summer physical appointments with your family physician now. To be eligible to participate in Shorecrest athletics, you are required to have a physical every year. The Florida High School Athletic Association requires that next year's physical be taken after April 1, 2007 (link to form).

The FHSAA are also requiring that every school must have on file a parental consent and release form (green sheet) before a student-athlete can participate in any form of physical conditioning regardless of when such conditioning occurs. These forms will be required of any athlete who participates on a team, works out in the weight room, or does off-season conditioning. You can download these forms below.

If you are an incoming sixth grader, a new student to Shorecrest, or have never played on a Shorecrest team, you will need to turn in a copy of your birth certificate to the athletic office to establish eligibility with the state.

Athletes will not be allowed to practice until all their paperwork has been turned into the athletic office.

Fall Sports 2007 Information (pdf)

Summer Weight Lifting & Plyometric Summer Workouts

Charger athletes are invited to workout with Coach Hayford on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Thursdays this summer in the weight room. The workouts will be from 5-6 p.m.

2007 Fall Sports Information

A fall sports information sheet was included in the mailing with your report cards. Also included were a FHSAA physical form and a green insurance form that will have to be filled out and returned before practicing a fall sport.

Please send these completed forms to the Athletic office this summer so that your athlete will be able to participate when practice begins. The fall sports information, the physical form, and the insurance form will be on the website for you to download if needed. Please call the Athletic Office during the summer with any questions (Ext. 147 or 222).

Sun Haven Photography

Order your athletic candid photos and event photos (Duathlon) from Sun Haven Photography and type in Shorecrest for Event Name.

Northeast Photography

Order your athletic team and individual pictures from Northeast Photography.

Go to: Collages.net

Username for all Baseball teams: baseball07
Username for all Softball teams: softball07
Username for all Tennis teams: tennis07
Username for all Track teams: track07
Password for all sports: 7348

Videos of Athletic Events

Every Boys Varsity Football game is available, each with highlights included.

The 2006 Football Season in Review, a DVD package of the entire football season, game by game highlights that also includes a free bonus DVD of bloopers, great tackles and awesome runbacks, plus special videos that includes Family Night and Homecoming, etc. is also available for order at $25.

Game videos available for $20 each:

Varsity Football
Varsity Girls & Boys Basketball
Varsity Girls & Boys Soccer
Varsity Volleyball
Varsity Baseball

Video productions are available by ordering directly from www.Stefio.TV or by calling 528-3180.

Shorecrest Summer Programs 2007

The Summer Programs at Shorecrest have been a huge success (photo page). There have been lots of smiling faces on our campus.

summer camp

Mud to Music

Mud to Music Clay Camp made South American whistles and shakers. Students constructed musical instruments out of a ball of clay and shaped it to make a musical sound.

making instruments

Nursing Opportunity

On occasion, there is a need for a substitute nurse in our clinic. We are looking for the following qualifications: an active nursing license from the state of Florida, comfort working with children, and patience! Marie Confident would be happy to spend time in the clinic with those who have potential interest.