Author Steve Cotler Coming to Summit Drive Elementary School
On Wednesday, February 6, children's book author Steve Cotler will speak to 3rd-5th graders about writing, reading, and his series of children's novels from Random House. Cheesie Mack Is Not a Genius or Anything was picked by the children's librarians associations of both South Carolina and New Hampshire as one of the best children's books of 2012-2013. Mr. Cotler's workshops are interactive. He excites students about reading and writing. He engages them in the creative process and challenges them to imagine.

If you would like your child to have an autographed copy of Cheesie Mack Is Not a Genius or Anything and/or Cheesie Mack Is Cool in a Duel...or to order books for gifts, please complete this form and return it to Mrs. Aucoin in the media center with payment. Mr. Cotler will sign and personalize each book.

For more information about the books and Steve Cotler, go to to the author's website (www.stevecotler.com) and Cheesie's own site (www.cheesiemack.com )

Summit Drive Earns Excellent
Our school report card was recently released by the State Department of Education.  For 2011-2012 Summit Drive Elementary achieved an Absolute Rating of EXCELLENT and a Growth Rate of EXCELLENT!  Click Here to read more! 

Book Fair Thank You!
A big Thank You to everyone for supporting the Scholastic Book Fair. It was our biggest year ever. We earned over 1,800 dollars for the media center. We will use the money to purchase new books for the media center. In addition we were able to keep over 800 dollars in books from the book fair to add to the media center collection. Thank you to both volunteers and shoppers.

Book Fair
Scholastic Book Fair
Date: November 12-16

Location: Media Center
25% of profits stay in the media center to purchase new books for the library
Summit Drive Book Fair Homepage Click Here
Online Book Fair option beginning November 7th Click Here

Technology Night
Date: Monday, October 22
Dinner Service: 5:00-5:45 p.m. OR 6:25-7:00 p.m.

Sessions: 6:00-7:45 p.m.

Come learn about the technology resources available to your child. Sessions will include Parent Portal, Accelerated Reader, Destiny Quest, DISCUSS, Brain Pop, COMPASS Learning and Internet Safety.

Summit Drive Elementary Scores an "A" on AYP
On Aug. 2, the South Carolina Department of Education released its AYP (Adequate Yearly Progress) Report, including letter grades for each school in Greenville County.  Summit Drive ranked third in the District with a score of 99.7%. The ranking system is part of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA) Federal Accountability System required by the U.S. government to assure education quality.

WATCH DOGS
School starts August 22nd and we would love to have at least 50 WATCH D.O.G.S. there at 7:00am to welcome the students back. Please be there if you can.

Summer Hours
Summer Hours Mon-Thu 7:30 am - 5:30 pm.

No Cell Phone Zone
Would you use your cell phone while driving if you knew...
*In 2009, 5,474 people were killed on U.S. roadways and an estimated additional 448,000 were injured in motor vehicle crashes as a result of distracted driving?
*Of those people killed in distracted-driving-related crashes, 995 involved reports of a cell phone as a distraction?
*Studies show that driving while using a cell phone is the equivalent to driving with a blood alcohol content of 0.08, the legal definition for drunken driving?
*Cell phone users are 4 times more likely to crash?
Now You Know!
One out of every six drivers in school zones is distracted by the use of cell phones, eating, drinking, smoking, reaching behind, grooming and reading. For the safety of our students, please reduce the risk and SILENCE your cell phones while driving.