1) Join us for TOMORROW's Sudie Fine Arts Fall Festfeaturing Orchestra, Modern Band 3, Choir & Art. Tickets are required and can be purchased here. The program starts at 6:30pm.
Newsletter Contents
Letter from Principal Ladipo
Upcoming Dates At-A-Glance
Sudie Fine Arts Fall Fest Tickets Available - Oct 27 @ 6:30
The Fine Arts Fall Fest will take place tomorrow at 6:30pm at Sudie. It will feature
Modern Band 3
Varsity Orchestra
6th-8th Grade Choir
Middle School Art
All attendees (including students) need a ticket due to auditorium capacity (Students performing on stage do not need a ticket, any student watching in the audience does)
Book Character Day + Red Ribbon Week "Scare off Drugs" Day - TOMORROW
Hey Sudie Fam! We are hosting our annual Book Character Day tomorrow! Students may choose a character from any book to dress up following these guidelines:
Bring the book you are representing
Remember to follow the school dress code
Characters should be chosen that aren’t violent or too scary
Masks are allowed but must be removed during instruction
If you do not want to wear a costume, you can wear spirit wear or your uniform
We look forward to seeing the book characters come to life! Got questions? Email Ms. Diaz at anydiaz@dallasisd.org.
Sign up To Bring a Pie
🥧 Please sign up to provide a faculty member a Thanksgiving pie. It’s a Sudie tradition!
You are invited to bring a specific pie, or hit the easy button and sign up to donate money and we will buy the pie!
Our Sudie's Dyslexia Interventionist, Ms. Hodge, has two parent meetings in the month of November.
The first meeting will be held Friday, November 3rd at our November session of Coffee with the Principal at 9am.
The second meeting will be held November 8that 6pm in person in the Sudie Library.
Some topics that will be discussed are 'What is Dyslexia', 'House Bill 3928', 'Ways to help at home'. These meetings are held for parents of students with Dyslexia. All are welcome to attend.
Boo-Grams Orders Due
👻 BOO! 👻 Tomorrow, October 27th, is the last day to purchase Boo-Grams! Get yours here today or purchase tomorrow before school in the front foyer.
These will be delivered next week. Cheerleaders have been hard at work packaging and selling 👻
Big Thought Spooky Mic Night
Big Thought is having a family engagement event on October 31st and hope that you are able to attend and see some of the work the students are doing. Any staff, students or families in the building at the time are also welcome to stop and see what is happening.
Grandfriends Day
We would love to have our students’ grandparents and other grandfriends join us at Sudie’s campus for Grandfriends Day on Friday, November 17, 2023!
If grandfriends are visiting multiple students in both elementary and middle school, they are permitted to attend only the morning or only the afternoon event, and all of their students may join them at the selected time.
September Volunteer of the Month
Congrats to our September volunteer of the month, Corey Admire. She was nominated for all of her efforts as the Chair of the SBDM Building & Facilities subcommittee ensuring that the bond money allocated to Sudie is utilized.
She received this exclusive Top Banana Award trophy and a special thank you gift from the PTA for dedicating so much time and energy to the school.
Know someone who deserves the award? You can nominate at any time by completing this form.
2023-2024 Parent Needs Assessment
The DISD Counseling Department is looking forward to supporting your scholar's social-emotional, academic, and career development growth this year.
Please complete this brief survey to help plan and develop quality programs that best meet the needs of your scholar and family. Your input is valuable, and your responses are anonymous.
Red Ribbon Week is here! Red ribbon inspires our kids to be happy, brave, & drug-free! Join us in our MISSION to help keep kids drug-free!
Tomorrow's Themes with Jeans is: SCARE off drugs!... (costume)
Picture Retakes
SAY CHEESE! Monday, November 13th, LifeTouch will return to take Picture Retakes.
The retakes will be held in the morning at the Sudie Auditorium. As these photos will be used for our Sudie Yearbook, please have your students come in their Best Free Dress!
If your student is NOT retaking their photo, they are expected to wear their Sudie uniform.
Have you ever wondered if you actually signed up to be a PTA member this year and don't know how to check?
Send an email to Amy DiCarlo (amyjdicarlo@gmail.com) and she can confirm whether or not you've renewed your membership this year. Remember....just because you have a Membership Toolkit account doesn't mean that you're an official member of our PTA.
Thank you to all the Sponsors, Attendees, Donators, and Volunteers for making this the best night yet.
With record attendance and number of parties, we have currently raised over $31,500, more than doubling last year’s total!
Good news — party spots are still available and will be open until November 5th!
Visit SudieDads.com to support our hosts and sell out the parties!
-Rohit Dand, PTO President (Dad’s Club)
Class of 2023 Legacy Gift Donation
The Sudie Class of 2022-2023 dedicated an outdoor chess table during a dedication ceremony during homecoming week.
From Principal Ladipo: Chess is the language of different generations. Now thanks to the 22-23 Sudie Alumni past, current and future Sudie Lions can continue the Chess Tradition!
7th GRADE NEWS
7th Grade Bake Sale Signup
Please sign up for a bake sale to help fundraise for the 7th grade DC trip. You can do it solo or get a group together.
UPDATE: Tomorrow - 10/27 is cancelled due to rainy weather!
Scoliosis screenings for 8th-grade boys will take place on 10/30/23 and 10/31/2023. The students will be screened during Health class. They have to remove their shirt unless they wear a compression shirt. If they do not want to participate, Nurse Bennett must be informed by 10/28/2023.
High School Preview Recordings
Did you miss the Zoom sessions for the Choice and/or Magnet High School Previews?
If so, you can view the recordings on Counselor Brown's webpage:
Start planning for your kids to lose stuff before they actually do. Order labels to put on their most prized items so they don't end up in the sea of lost and found!
When you order from Mabel's Labels, Sudie earns 20% from each order!
Set your supporting organization to: Sudie Tag PTA
Shop
You never have to think about it again and Sudie earns $$$ when you shop. Please sign up today (ask the extended family to do it, too!)
Digital Box Tops
Download the Box Top app
Scan your receipt in the app to earn money for Sudie (or upload digital receipt for online orders)
Check out how much money Sudie has earned over time (almost $3300!!)
FOURTH GRADE is leading the way so far this school year but SIXTH GRADE is coming in hot this month.
Every little bit adds up so download the app and scan those receipts – such an easy way to send extra money to Sudie!
PREVIOUSLY SHARED INFORMATION
Student Shout-Outs
Please send any accomplishments, awards or praises of any Sudie Activties/Clubs/Sports to Lily Strong at sudieptaactivities@gmail.com so we can be sure to properly recognize our students!
Feel free to send photos that can be shared on Enews and our Facebook Page!
Fundraising Request Form
If you are interested in scheduling a fundraiser for a Sudiie club or grade level please fill out the below form.
The principal is responsible for collecting, controlling, disbursing, and accounting for all school activity funds.
The Board of Control (BOC) meets once a month (last Friday). All fundraiser requests must be submitted to Ms. Anyssa Diaz (in the google form) by noon on the last Friday.
Do your kids come home and say something sweet about one of the teachers or faculty members at Sudie and you think...that was so nice, I should tell them that! Well...here is your chance!
The school admin team would like to recognize outstanding staff members, and they need our help.
Use this form to recognize a Sudie Staff member who is going above and beyond this week.
Share Sudie Pictures
Share your awesome Sudie pictures here. You might make it into the yearbook!
Time to complete the ANNUAL background check to be allowed on campus to volunteer. More details and opportunities here. https://www.dallasisd.org/Page/78393
Middle School Recess Sign Up
Let's fully staff Middle School recess on MONDAYS and THURSDAYS by signing up here.
Contact Shona Bell @smgbell@gmail.com or 202-907-5522 with questions.
PTA Reflections
Grade Level Reps
Grade Level Reps: If you ever need clarification on any info, they are a great place to start.
