If you need to send your children to Extended Day, the staff has lots of games and crafts planned. Kindergarten to fourth grade will be in C-9, and Alpha and Jr. K will be in the Jr. K Exploratorium. After 3:30 everyone will be in C-9.

Extended Day

If you are sending your children on November 9 and have not yet registered them, the forms are available on the Extended Day Website.

Shorecrest Off Campus Book Fair at Barnes & Noble

This year's Book Fair will be held off-campus at the Barnes & Noble across from the Tyrone Square Mall from November 9-18. The hours of the Book Fair will be 9:00 a.m.-10:00 p.m.

Many wonderful activities have been planned for the Book Fair! On the first evening, Friday, November 9, Curious George will be visiting the store, and on Sunday, November 11, there will be a story time with some very special guest readers:

1:30 - Mrs. Betty Gootson
2:30 - Headmaster Mike Murphy
3:30 - Mrs. Penny Jennings

Also, if you are interested in purchasing a book for a teacher from their wish list, there will be baskets with teachers' names on them in the book store that will have the books teachers requested.

Please make sure to identify yourself as a student, parent, etc. of Shorecrest when you check out as this is the only fundraiser for the library for the year. Barnes & Noble will give a percentage of the purchases directly back to the library fund for any consumables that you buy, whether they are books, calendars, cards, chocolates, gifts, etc.

Author Amy MacDonald to Visit Shorecrest

Internationally known children's author Amy MacDonald will be visiting Shorecrest on November 12. Mrs. MacDonald will speak to students in Early Childhood through grade 4 about being an author, and will discuss her books.

Mrs. MacDonald's books include Rachel Fister's Blister as well as Little Beaver and the Echo and have been on both Parent Magazine's and the New York Times' "Best Children's Books" lists.

Holiday Food and Gift Drive

Shorecrest Holiday Food and Gift Drive is gearing up! This Shorecrest service project is one of the longest-running service projects that the school undertakes each year.

Look for more information in your child's backpack or school-wide mailing. The dates for collection are November 26 through December 7. Gifts can be dropped off in your child's classroom.

The last day for the gift drop off is Dec 7 by 8:00 a.m. Gifts will be collected and distributed on the morning of Dec. 7 to the Guardian Ad Litem caseworkers.

Volunteers are still needed, so if you want to be a part of a wonderful experience, please email or call Paula Van Law, Beth Rosenbluth or Jean Johnston.

Big Event Team Hoping for a Full House

Viva Las Vegas Auction & Casino Night might be the royal flush of fundraisers, but Big Event organizers are hoping for a full house at the Coliseum Feb. 22, 2008.

Hoping to deal everyone in on this fun-filled evening of Vegas-style gaming, entertainment and a live and silent auction, the Big Event team recently launched its all-in promotion. The promotion allows for a special $100 per person admission price if tickets are purchased before Dec. 20. Admission will be $150 per person if bought after the promotional period ends. Because the all-in promotion folds in only 47 more days, go online today to reserve your spot at the table: shorecrest.
maestroweb.com.

Clinic Byte: MRSA

MRSA stands for Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus Aureus. Staph is a bacterial germ that often lives in the noses and on the skin of healthy people and spreads from person to person on contaminated hands, skin and objects/surfaces. MRSA is the superbug version of staph because it has become resistant to most antibiotics.

MRSA typically affects older adults or those with serious chronic illnesses or depressed immunity, but a new strain of MRSA has become increasingly common in healthy individuals such as children and athletes.

The skin serves as a barrier against invasion of microorganisms; when there is trauma to the skin from abrasions, scratches or lacerations, the break in the skin integrity becomes a potential entry site for bacteria to enter the body causing infections. Most infections caused by staph are skin infections such as boils and abscesses, but it can also cause blood and joint infections and pneumonia.

MRSA is spread by direct contact with an infected person or object, such as handling dirty wound dressings, or sharing the same gym equipment. Symptoms may include red, hot, painful, swollen skin; pus or drainage; and fever.

The best defense is prevention. Good handwashing with soap and water is very important. Hand sanitizer is the next best alternative. Encourage your child to carry one and use it. Always wash after any skin to skin contact with an infected person and avoid sharing personal items such as towels, soap or grooming aids. See your doctor if a wound appears infected or not improving 2-3 days after antibiotics. As with any contagious illnesses, please inform me if your child has been diagnosed with MRSA.

Shorecrest's athletic department has open discussions about MRSA in their meetings to keep the coaches informed. The athletes are encouraged not to share personal items and to take their soiled uniforms home for laundering. Any cuts or lacerations are cleaned promptly with antiseptic solutions and bandaged. When away, the athletes are expected to bring their own personal items for use. In the gym, there are anti-bacterial wipes available for wiping off the equipment between uses, and the equipment including the door handles, faucets and benches are cleaned daily.

For more info about MRSA, please check with your doctor or access the CDC or KidsGrowth.com websites. You can also call me at ext. 165 or e-mail me at mconfident
@shorecrest.org.

Marie Confident, RN
Shorecrest School Nurse

Clean your hands with soap and water
Hand sanitizer is your best friend
Avoid sharing personal items (towels, washcloths, razors)
Reach for the (antibacterial) wipes in the gym
Take home your soiled jerseys and wash them
Encourage your teammates to do the same
Remember to cover your cuts and scrapes
So MRSA won't win the game.

Go Chargers Go

by Marie Confident, RN

Upcoming Games and Meets

Complete Schedules

Directions to Games

Nov 2 Friday

Girls Varsity Soccer
at Calvary Christian 6:00
Varsity Football
Home vs. Northside Christian 7:30

Nov 5 Monday

Girls Varsity Soccer
at Out of Door Academy 4:00

Nov 7 Wednesday

Girls Varsity Basketball
Shorecrest Preseason Classic
Home 6:00 and 7:30

Nov 8 Thursday

Girls Varsity Basketball
Shorecrest Preseason Classic
Home 6:00 and 7:30

Nov 9 Friday

Cross Country
Regional Meet at Taylor Park
Girls Varsity 1:30
Boys Varsity 2:00
Girls JV Soccer
at Tampa Prep 6:00
Varsity Football
Home vs. Academy at the Lakes School
(Senior Night) 7:30
Girls Varsity Soccer
at Tampa Prep 8:00

Mrs. Smay Hits the Jackpot in Reno!

Mrs. Smay went to Reno to experience the best of the best professional development available for school library media specialists. She spent a full day in a pre-conference workshop learning about social, collaborative and interactive technologies.

Dan Pink

Dan Pink, a best-selling author and an expert on innovation, competition, and the changing world of work, delivered the keynote address during the opening general session at the American Association School Librarian Convention. Pink's latest book, A Whole New Mind, charts the rise of right-brain thinking in modern economies and examines the six abilities individuals and organizations must master in an outsourced and automated world. Mrs. Smay was thrilled to hear him speak and even had the chance to meet him and get his book autographed.

She also met several children's authors including Wendelin Van Draanen who wrote the Sammy Keyes Mysteries and Flipped, which won the California Young Reader Meda; Elaine Landau, whose latest book is Pluto - From Planet to Dwarf; Mike Thaler, who wrote The Teacher from the Black Lagoon series; Chris Crutcher, who wrote Whale Talk; Marc Aronson, who wrote The World Made New; Brad Herzog, who has written several alphabet books for Sleeping Bear Press including K is for Kick (soccer), H is for Home Run (baseball), T is for Touchdown (football), P is for Putt (golf), R is for Race (stock car racing) and E is for Extreme (extreme sports alphabet); Sharron L. McElmeel, who recently wrote Children's Authors and Illustrators Too Good to Miss; E. B. Lewis, the acclaimed illustrator of many award-winning picture books including 2005 Caldecott Honor book Coming On Home Soon; and illustrator Jim Caputo, whose latest book is The Classroom Zone.

There was a storytelling extravaganza one evening and lots of exhibits to visit. She returned with a suitcase full of books signed by authors, pounds of information and freebies. In fact, Shorecrest library acquired over $200 worth of free books from vendors.

World Language Teachers

On Saturday, October 27, a group of world language teachers from the area independent schools met at Shorecrest to discuss Advanced Placement programs in French, Spanish, and Latin under the umbrella of the Bay Area Association of Independent Schools (BAAIS).

The world language department chairs from BAAIS have been meeting regularly. The upper level language teachers have now established their own network. Teachers from Shorecrest, Berkeley, Tampa Prep, Saint Stephens, and Canterbury met to discuss texts, translations of literature from the target languages, and testing procedures.

A recurrent theme of the discussions was how to better prepare the students in entry level courses for the literature and Advanced Placement courses. Teri Andres, Jan Robison, Jackie Carnes, and Linda Grau represented Shorecrest at the conference.

Links to More Information

The Learning Center

Box Tops Program

Clinic: Too Sick for School

Responses to last week's poll:

In honor of Poetry in the Park -
What's your favorite line of poetry (as you remember it)?

Parents Page

Please see the Parents Page of the website for additional school information.

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

The Halloween Parade and Fall Festival were great! (Story and pictures)

Early Childhood

A Fantastic Festival and Parade

Many, many thanks are due to Karen Quilty, Sydney Legakis and their festival committee. They did an outstanding job in planning and executing this year's festival, and their success was reflected on the smiling faces of the children.

parade

The annual Shorecrest Halloween parade was lots of fun. The children looked adorable, and some of the costumes were very clever! It was great to have so many parents there to join the fun.

Produce and Pumpkins

On their trip to Graham's Produce Market and Pumpkin Patch this week, the Alpha children enjoyed using their senses to explore the produce.

pumpkin patch

They chose items to purchase and back at school they washed, cut and sampled some old favorites and some items new to them. It was great to see the children eating such healthy food with gusto!

popcorn

Eating popcorn and drinking cider in the pumpkin patch and helping to choose the class pumpkin were lots of fun, too. Who knew fruits and vegetables could be so much fun?

H Was for Hats and Halloween!

Tuesday was Hat Day in Junior Kindergarten. The children wore their favorite hats to school and used them in many of the day's activities. Drawing the class Jack-o-lantern or friends wearing hats, relay races with hats, and making hats were some of the highlights.

Hat Day

The hats also added to the fun while the students sang Halloween songs in music class.

Lower Division

Dear Families,

As I reflect upon this fall, I am overwhelmed with gratitude for the parental support and involvement in our Shorecrest community. From our first event of the fall "Meet the Teacher," to this week's Fall Festival, you have been there for your children as partners with us. It is this feeling of community that, in part, makes Shorecrest such a special experience. Thank you!

- Mrs. Jennings

Fall Festival

Four hundred and thirty thank-you's from the Early Childhood and Lower Division children to Karen Quilty and co-chair Sydney Legakis and their volunteers for the best Fall Festival ever. The rain or shine decision cleared the skies, and the Halloween parade went off without a hitch.

(Quicktime slide show of costume parade)

The Lower Division P.E. coaches, Miss Díaz Leroy, and Señora Leon-Cone had as much fun as the children recreating the "High School Musical." Special thank you to our Middle and Upper Division parents who helped and allowed more Lower Division parents to be with their little ones.

Hot Dogs

The DJ was a wonderful addition giving the Festival an NFL kick-off. The hot dogs kept coming; and before we knew it, a great 2007 Festival had come to an end. (Quicktime slide show of Fall Festival)

Mikey appeared as his favorite character Mario for Halloween.

Fall Festival Recap

From Karen Quilty

Thank you! Thank you! Thank you! Thank you to all the parents, staff and students who volunteered to help make this event as fun as ever! The weather was great, and the kids were having so much fun this year we had to make them leave! It was such a great day to see the Shorecrest community come together to make such a special day for the kids.

Thank you to the room parents who made arrangements for all the class volunteers to work the games activities, and thank you to all the parents who took a shift working during the festival. Thanks to our wonderful "chefs" from administration who cooked and served us lunch!

As always, the maintenance department worked for days with smiles on their faces to help us set up, tear down and do whatever else we needed. A special thank you goes out to the Middle and Upper Division parents who volunteered for the entire morning and the Upper Division students who took over the activities at the end of the day when the parents were ready to sit down.

We couldn't have put on this event without a great committee of hard working moms who for weeks organized crafts, games, activities and decorations! Thanks to co-chair Sydney Legakis, and Christi DeGeare, Christine Price, Sharon Cannella, Gwendolyn Baran, Kelly Eserman, Monica Stypinski, Kimberly Burke, Zeina Kropf, Sonia King, Barbara Dolson and Sarah Bernstein.

Helping Hands

In spite of a late Halloween night, Gayle Horden and her loyal Helping Hands volunteers showed up on cue to support the teachers in preparing materials and activities for the children. Now that's dedication, and we thank you.

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Special Pumpkins

The Kindergarteners went on a field trip to the Pumpkin Patch last week and got to hear a special story about a square pumpkin and each student also got to select a special pumpkin.

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Picking the perfect pumpkin is not so easy! These pictures are from Mrs. Kawalec's class.

Eight Legs

What has eight legs, two body parts and can spin a web?

Ask any first grader and they will tell you "SPIDERS!"

The first graders have been busy studying spiders and all of their fascinating characteristics. Along with many classroom activities, Miss Swoch had the students create paper mache spiders in the Science Resource Center! Using balloons, newspaper and glue, students worked in small groups to make a spider, which they loved.

spiders!

Poetry in the Park

Podcast

Watch and listen to a podcast of Mrs. Hensler's third grade class reciting the poem "Block City" by Robert Lewis Stevenson.

Poetry Videotaping

Due to last Friday's weather conditions which caused Poetry in the Park to move into the theatre, the program was not videotaped. If you already sent in a check for the DVD to Sunrise Productions, your check will be voided. If you have any questions, please contact Frank Gibson at Sunrise Productions at (727) 584-4656.

Upper Division

Colman McCarthy Addresses Upper Division

Shorecrest was pleased and honored to host Colman McCarthy, a former columnist for The Washington Post and current Director of the Center for Teaching Peace which he founded in 1985.

Mr. McCarthy visited a number of classes and engaged the entire Upper Division community with his candor, his humor, and his convictions about the importance of teaching peace and using peaceful methods as an effective means of conflict resolution.

Coleman McCarthy

He raised thought-provoking questions: Why can we commonly recognize the names of men who fight in wars but not the names of the women who tried to prevent them? Why does the government spend $2.5 billion per day for the Defense Department but only $250 million per year on the Peace Corps? Why can we all recall the name of a teacher who has touched our lives but so few want to be teachers?

Mr. McCarthy spoke of various kinds of wars and violence which characterize modern life: some forty actual armed conflicts on Earth at present, but also war on animals (he is a vegetarian), war on the environment, and violence against women to name a few. He recounted a story of the French feminist philospher Simone Weill, who undertook a sort of personal odyssey to develop an answer to the question, "What is love?" The answer she developed was: love is a call to action.

And Mr. McCarthy's broader message to all of us was, in effect, a call to action: to implement attitudes and techniques of peace into our daily lives, to recognize and appreciate others in our community, and to reach out and help others in our lives who may be less fortunate.

Mr. McCarthy was given a standing ovation at the conclusion of his remarks, and it is clear that his message touched many in the audience. We look forward to his return at a later date.

Meeting Senator Obama

Eleventh graders Haley T., Gabe N., Charles C., Savanna H., and Torrey N. had the opportunity to meet Senator Barack Obama at a fundraiser held at the home of Tim and Donna Main.

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Halloween Assembly

On Friday, Oct. 26, Student Council sponsored the third annual Halloween Assembly in the Janet Root Theatre. The event featured contests in mummy wrapping, pumpkin decorating, pinning the face on the pumpkin, and getting the gummy worms out of the pie (without using your hands). As one might expect, hilarity ensued.

mummy

Interact Activities

Purchase Your School Supplies from Mrs. McKay

Run out of notebook paper? Need a red pen for Spanish class? Used up all your graph paper in math? Never fear, Interact's school supplies are here!

school store

Mrs. McKay has agreed to store the supplies and sell them to students in need. There are lots of items and the prices are very reasonable, so when you need note cards, folders, notebooks, highlighters, etc., see Mrs. McKay.

Buddy Reading

As October comes to an end, so does the first Buddy Reading. Sixteen Interact members volunteered to work individually with first graders on their critical thinking by reading The Little Old Lady Who Was Not Afraid Of Anything.

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During four sessions, the Upper Division students met with their 'little buddies' and discussed the plot, scary sounds, and what could happen on the next page. By the last meeting, many of the first graders were able to read the story back to their new friends. Each first grader was given the book to keep with a message from their 'big buddy'.

Committee head Andy N. did a great job of organizing these programs.

Leo Club's Halloween Fun for the Family Village

Last Saturday, 18 members of the Leo Club spent the morning at the YWCA Family Village Shelter hosting a Halloween party for the children. Children ranging in ages from eight months old to fifteen years old attended the party and enjoyed various activities. They colored pumpkins, decorated cookies, made photo frames and had their photos taken as a memento of the event. They were treated to snacks, pizza and candy bags.

Leo Club

The children came dressed in costumes that they received from our school's Halloween Costume Recycling Drive. Leo Briceno from the Family Village said, "The children had such a good time at the Halloween party, and they're looking forward to the Thanksgiving party."

Senior Chelsea S. headed the annual service activity for the Leo Club. "My favorite thing is making crafts with the kids. We always have such a good time."
More photos -

Middle Division

Grade Eight Parents and Students - See What Lies Ahead!

Save the Date: Evening of Nov. 13!

Eighth graders and their parents are invited to the Janet Root Theatre at 7 p.m. to learn about the Upper Division. Faculty and students will be on hand to talk about high school courses, clubs and activities, the college counseling process, as well as answer questions. We will also share plans for the new Upper Division building. After all, this year's eighth graders will be the inaugural class in Landy Hall!

Middle Division Fun

Wednesday afternoon, the Middle Division broke away from the daily schedule to get out and have some fun. Students participated in various games out on the fields, as well as playing Connect Four, Mancala, and Mastermind in the Sher Center Breezeway.

field day

The Shorecrest Parent Association contributed Italian ice from Rita's for a cool and delicious snack. Everyone then headed to the Crisp Gym for a volleyball showdown between the teachers and the eighth grade.

(Quicktime slide show)

The teachers won in front of a very spirited crowd. We're already looking forward to next year's festivities!

Seventh and Eighth Grade Dance

The Middle Division Student Council is hosting a dance this Saturday evening, November 3, in the Sher Center Breezeway. The social is set to take place from 7-10 p.m., and all seventh and eighth graders are invited. While dress for the event is casual, appropriate dress is expected.

The event is for Shorecrest seventh and eighth graders, and no other guests will be permitted to attend. Students are asked to enter the dance upon their arrival and will not be allowed to leave the dance early without a parent or guardian. The Student Council is looking forward to hosting a great first dance of the school year!

The Write Stuff

Congratulations to sixth grader Jennifer R., who is the winning student writer featured in the November issue of The Write Stuff! Answering the contest questions: "On which magazine cover would you like to be featured, and what did you do to land there?" Jennifer imagined herself on the cover of Rolling Stone for being the newest phenom in the world of rock 'n roll music. "With her bright pink hair and her black guitar, she's about to make it big," writes Jennifer.

Write Stuff

Three more talented Shorecrest sixth graders received honorable mention: John F., Alex G., and Amy J.

The Write Stuff is a monthly periodical that reaches more than 25,000 subscribers in all fifty states. It not only publishes student writing, but also uses humor, puzzles, and up-to-date examples to teach the important strategies of good writing.

Message from Mr. Murphy

Preparing a Path

Headmaster Mike Murphy This past week while attending the Southern Association of Independent Schools Conference, I heard guest speaker Dr. Robert Evans, the author of Changing Families - Changing Schools. One of Dr. Evans' thoughtful statements can be posed as the question: Are schools preparing a path for the child or preparing children for a path?

In his book and in his presentation, he looks at reports that show parents are not as confident about their children's futures as previous generations. Parents and children are exhibiting anxiety that gets translated into higher expectations for everyone, including children, teachers, coaches and spouses. Even though our schools may be designed to prepare students to succeed as they advance to universities or the next stages of their lives, Evans observes that over time, the increased anxiety has resulted in an expectation for the path to be provided not just the skills to succeed.

How do we avoid getting into a vicious cycle of being so focused on an end result that we forget the importance of the process? The National Educational Longitudinal Study (NELS), conducted by the US Department of Education, showed that graduates from all backgrounds from independent schools who are members of the National Association of Independent Schools (Shorecrest is a member), were nearly twice as likely to have completed a four-year degree or higher by the time they were in their mid-20s (76.3% of NAIS graduates and 38.1% of public school graduates.) One might ask about the 24% of the independent school students who have not completed four-year degrees. I suggest they may be entrepreneurs, artists, volunteers, soldiers, or professionals who have chosen alternative paths.

Dr. Evans encourages educators and parents to do all we can to provide children with the intellectual, physical, creative, and ethical skills they will need as they set out on the path they choose and the one we hope will lead them to good, productive and meaningful lives. I look forward to enjoying the process with you, your children and our faculty.

Raffle to See Hannah Montana

Shorecrest is raffling off a pair of tickets to the November 19th Hannah Montana show at 7:00 p.m. at the St Pete Times Forum in Tampa.

The seats are section 308, row M, seats 10 and 11, and the concert is sold out.

Raffle tickets are just $10, and you can get them at the Advancement Office between 8:30 a.m. and 4:30 p.m.

There is no limit to the number you can buy.

You need not be present at the drawing to win, but you must retain your raffle ticket stub to claim the concert tickets.

The drawing will be held Thursday, November 15th, and the winning number will be published in E-Bytes on Friday, November 16th.

Tickets must be claimed by 4:30 p.m. on Monday the 19th.

For more information call Elise Schreiner at (727) 522-2111 x 121. Or send an e-mail to eschreiner@shorecrest.org.

Song and Dance '07

arts logo

Student Art Exhibit
in Main Lobby

Saturday, Nov. 17
7:30 p.m.
Janet Root Theatre

Athletic News

Upcoming Games and Meets

Eleven Swimmers and Divers Advance to State

The Shorecrest Swim and Dive teams traveled to Florida Gulf Coast University in Ft. Myers to compete in their Regional Championship Swim Meet last Thursday, Oct. 25. With over 20 teams competing, the girls team placed fifth and the boys team placed ninth. To top it all off, eleven swimmers and divers advanced to State in Orlando on Thursday, Nov. 1, and three school records were broken!

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Individual Results

Girls 200 Medley Relay

Rachel S., Hope A., Paige T., and Sandy L. - 3rd place with a time of 1:55.84 (School Record).

Girls 200 Freestyle

Katy A. - 9th place with a time of 2:07.34
Paige T. - 14th place with a time of 2:10.92

Boys 200 Freestyle

Joseph A. - 12th place with a time of 2:00.73

Girls 200 Individual Medley

Rachel S. - 7th place with a time of 2:17.67
Chloe H. - 19th place with a time of 2:37.90

Boys 200 Individual Medley

Henry S. - 6th place with a time of 2:04.73
Blake F. - 20th place with a time of 2:31.10

Girls 50 Freestyle

Sandy L. - 3rd place with a time of 24.92 (School Record)

Boys 50 Freestyle

Philip V. - 9th place with a time of 23.67

swimmers

Girls Diving

Hannah S. - 2nd place with 390 pts.
Rachel T. - 7th place with 326 pts.

Boys Diving

Jack S. - 3rd place with 399 pts.

Girls 100 Fly

Hope A. - 10th place with a time of 1:03.00 (School Record)
Rachel T. - 20th place with a time of 1:09.4

Boys 100 Fly

Marcus H. - 9th place with a time of 57.53
William R. - 22nd place with a time of 1:09.48
Alex G. - 23rd place with a time of 1:11.04

Girls 100 Free -

Sandy L. - 9th place with a time of 56.92

Boys 100 Free:

Joseph A. - 10th place with a time of 53.1
Philip V. - 17th place with a time of 55.8

Girls 500 Free

Hope A. - 9th place with a time of 5:22.91
Katy A. - 12th place with a time of 5:47.74

Boys 500 Free

Jacob W. - 18th place with a time of 6:02.66
John Gerard F. - 19th place with a time of 6:03.40

Girls 200 Free Relay

Hope A., Rachel S., Katy A., Sandy L. - 5th place with a time of 1:44.06

Boys 200 Free Relay

Henry S., Marcus H., Joseph A., Philip V. - 2nd place with a time of 1:33.56

Girls 100 Back

Rachel S. - 1st place with a time of 1:00.52

Rachel

Boys 100 Back

William R. - 22nd place with a time of 1:10.78

Girls 100 Breast

Paige T. - 8th place with a time of 1:15.59
Joelle J. - 14th place with a time of 1:20.24
Chloe H. - 15th place with a time of 1:20.31

Boys 100 Breast

Henry S. - 4th place with a time of 1:02.03
Blake F. - 13th place with a time of 1:14.11

Boys 400 Free Relay

Joseph A., Charles C., Matt I., Blake F. - 11th place with a time of 3:46.86

State qualifiers are:

Rachel S.: 100 Back, 200 Medley Relay, 200 Free Relay
Hope A.: 200 Medley Relay, 200 Free Relay
Paige T.: 200 Medley Relay, 200 Free Relay
Sandy L.: 50 Free, 200 Medley Relay, 200 Free Relay
Henry S.: 200 Individual Medley, 100 Breast, 200 Free Relay
Philip V.: 200 Free Relay
Joe A.: 200 Free Relay
Marcus H.: 200 Free Relay
Hannah S.: Girls Diving
Rachel T.: Girls Diving
Jack S.: Boys Diving

Good Luck at State!

Boys Cross Country Team Wins Bay Conference

Last Thursday, Oct. 25, the Chargers competed in the Bay Conference Meet at John Chestnut Park in Clearwater. The boys team won the meet, and the girls team was runner up.

Boys top finishers were:

Stephen S. - 2nd place
Wyatt K. - 5th place
Jordan S. - 6th place
Caelum S. - 7th place
Parker W. - 8th place
Jake C. - 9th place

Girls top finishers were:

Lindsey E. - 3rd place
Sarah E. - 4th place
Caitlin A. - 7th place

The Boys and Girls JV Cross Country teams both won the Bay Conference. Congratulations to the coaches and athletes for a job well done.

Varsity Football Beats Gateway Charter

The Chargers used their running game to grind out a 27-20 victory over Ft. Myers Gateway Charter last Friday night, Oct. 26, at home. The Shorecrest defense held Gateway to 81 yards rushing, and their passing game was held in check by the Chargers as they recorded seven quarterback sacks and two interceptions on the night.

varsity football

The defense was led by Zack H. with eight solo tackles and two sacks and Harrison S. with eight solo tackles. Zack H., Jordan C., Robby T., and Matt V. all had quarterback sacks. The two interceptions were by Toms B. and Evan J.

The Chargers had two running backs who ran for over 100 yards. Jack S. had 157 yards rushing and one touchdown, and Hunter T. had 150 yards rushing and scored two touchdowns and a two point conversion. To round out the score, Toms B. scored a touchdown and Evan J. kicked two extra points. The final game of the season will be Friday, Nov. 9 at home, and the senior football players and cheerleaders will be honored.

Middle Division Football

The Shorecrest Middle Division Chargers faced one of their biggest challenges last Thursday night, Oct. 25, as they took on the Bradenton Christian Panthers.

MD football

Outsized by the Panthers, the Chargers went to work dismantling the Panthers on both sides of the ball and won the game by a score of 7 to 6.

The Charger defense, led by linebacker Christian M. with eight solo tackles and 5 sacks, held the Panthers to minus 7 yards rushing on the night. On the other side of the ball, Alex D. rushed for yet another 100-plus yard game behind the exceptional Shorecrest offensive line.

MD football

Check next week's E-Bytes for a report on the MD Chargers' final game this Thursday, Nov. 1. Learn whether the juggernaut Charger ground game managed to propel their tailback over the 1000 yard mark for only the second time in Shorecrest Middle Division football history.

Soccer and Basketball Teams Begin Practices

Winter sports practices have begun, and the games are just around the corner. Check out the schedules on the athletic website.

Punt, Pass, and Kick Results

Last Friday, Oct. 26, at halftime of the Varsity Football game, the finals of the Punt, Pass, and Kick contest took place. Thank you to the Booster Club and all the volunteers for making this event so special for our students!

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The first and second place finishers who received trophies were:

Sixth Grade Boys:

Timmy M. - 1st place
John Gerard F. - 2nd place

Sixth Grade Girls:

Allie V. - 1st place
Alexis O. - 2nd place

Fifth Grade Boys:

Avery C. - 1st place
John S. - 2nd place

Fifth Grade Girls:

Demi T. - 1st place
Raquel G. - 2nd place

Fourth Grade Boys:

Kalju Jake N. - 1st place
Connor W. - 2nd place

Fourth Grade Girls:

Savanna R. - 1st place
Taylor A. - 2nd place

Fall Sports Pictures

Fall Sports pictures were taken by Northeast Photography.

Order your athletic team and individual pictures from Northeast Photography within 30 days.

Go to: Collages.net

Username for the Varsity Football team: football07
Username for the Middle Division Football team: mdfootball07
Username for the MD Football game of Sept. 15: mdfootballgame
Username for Volleyball: vball07
Username for Golf: golf07
Username for Cross Country: cc07
Username for Swimming & Diving: swim07
Username for Cheerleading: cheer07

Password for all sports: 7348

Videos of Athletic Events

Varsity and Middle Division football games as well as Volleyball games are available with highlights included for $20 each by ordering directly from www.Stefio.TV or by calling 528-3180.

Request for Athletic Photos

Just a reminder that E-Bytes is always looking for good photos of Shorecrest students' athletic events. We prefer to receive them in digital format. Please e-mail the original, unedited file to clingman@shorecrest.org.

Service Learning

A Big Sister Reflects

By Maeve S.

Being a Big Sister has been so much fun! It has only been three weeks since I joined the program, and my Little Sister and I are already so close. We play mancala and tic-tac-toe and color until our hands change colors. I love helping her with her homework and teaching her things she doesn't know. Each week, just seeing my Little Sister's smile makes me so happy. She helps me with my problems as well. If I ask her for her opinion, she'll give me an answer I never thought about.

Ninth grader Maeve S. (right) with Little Sister Sonja

The children in the Big Brothers Big Sisters program have some family issues, as we all do, but basically they are your run-of-the-mill kids who just need a little extra attention.

Big Brothers Big Sisters truly helps the kids. The way families live today, with parents working and struggling just to get by, these kids do not have a lot. By spending an hour a week with a child you can change their attitude and give them a little happiness. I truly enjoy being a Big Sister and plan on doing this throughout high school.

Pack 303 at the Food Bank

They were barely tall enough to reach the barrels, but the Tiger Cubs from Shorecrest took the St. Pete Free Clinic's Food Bank by storm during the past two Mondays. Eighteen first graders and their parents helped decorate collection barrels for an upcoming food drive and sorted canned goods for the Thanksgiving baskets.

scouts

"The scout pack, plus their parents, did an exceptional job for us," said Food Bank's manager Owen Young after the first Monday's shift. "They delivered 274 pounds of collected food and they got to work… All of the Scouts were terrific, and the parents really dug into the tasks, too. It's always a joy to work with Shorecrest."

Seven Webelos, made up of mostly fifth graders, also worked a shift sorting paper goods and canned goods to get ready for the Thanksgiving food distribution.

Three Cheers for...

• Chargers Football Coach Phil Hayford, who had two plays published in the October-November 2007 edition of "Gridiron Strategies" magazine. WWE Style and Hide Play were both selected for the national publication for football coaches.

• Sixth grader Alice L., who will be the youngest artist ever to be juried into Tampa's Gala Corina.

Artist Alice

The week-long art festival kicks off Friday, Nov. 2, from 7 p.m.-1 a.m. For this year's Gala, the artists took over a former call center/office building located at 3965 W. Henderson Blvd. in Tampa. A meet-and-greet with the artists will be held on Saturday, November 3, from noon-3 p.m. We are proud of you, Alice!

• Neha R., who participated in a group dance in the 20th Annual India Festival held at the Sun Dome at USF in Tampa.

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Her group won the first prize for best dance, best costume, and best choreography. There was an audience of 10,000 in the arena.

Log in and Vote!

Seniors Sean S. and Sheridan W., sophomore Ashton W., freshman Nick S., and alumnus Alex Fox '07 recently participated in a nationwide film contest put on by Apple Computers. The Insomnia Film Festival is a contest open to all high school and college-aged students around the country.

movie makers

Students must script, film, and edit a three-minute movie in a twenty-four hour period and submit it before the 9:00 deadline the next morning. The title of the contest is appropriate since most of the contestants stay up all night shooting and editing their footage.

The 1,900 submitted films are now posted and up for voting on the Internet. There are two winners: Apple Computers' panel of professional judges picks one winner, and the online community picks the other winner. The film is posted here for all to see, rate, comment on, and even tell a friend about.

In order to rate the films, you must have an Apple login, so if you have ever bought anything on iTunes, you can use that username and password. If you do not have a login, it literally takes sixty seconds to create one. The voting will close November 9th, and the winners will be posted on November 20th. Each of the five members on the winning team will receive a new laptop loaded with film editing and music making software.

The film is posted under Shorecrest Preparatory School. Take a few minutes to view the film and vote!

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Nov 20 Tuesday

Nov 21-23 Wed-Fri

Nov 24 Saturday

Nov 26 Monday

Nov 26-Dec 7

Nov 28 Wednesday

Nov 29-30 Thurs-Fri

Save the Dates

The Big Event Friday, Feb. 22

Duathlon Friday, April 18

Extended Day Care for Nov. 9 Professional Day

Shorecrest Off Campus Book Fair at Barnes & Noble

Author Amy MacDonald to Visit Shorecrest

Holiday Food and Gift Drive

Big Event Team Hoping for a Full House

Clinic Byte: MRSA

Upcoming Games and Meets

Nov 2 Friday

Nov 5 Monday

Nov 7 Wednesday

Nov 8 Thursday

Nov 9 Friday

Mrs. Smay Hits the Jackpot in Reno!

Dan Pink

World Language Teachers

Links to More Information

In honor of Poetry in the Park - What's your favorite line of poetry (as you remember it)?

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Sign Up for E-Bytes Reminders

The Halloween Parade and Fall Festival were great! (Story and pictures)

Early Childhood

A Fantastic Festival and Parade

Produce and Pumpkins

H Was for Hats and Halloween!

Lower Division

Dear Families,

Fall Festival

(Quicktime slide show of costume parade)

Mikey appeared as his favorite character Mario for Halloween.

Fall Festival Recap

From Karen Quilty

Helping Hands

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Special Pumpkins

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Eight Legs

Poetry in the Park

Podcast

Poetry Videotaping

Upper Division

Colman McCarthy Addresses Upper Division

Meeting Senator Obama

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Halloween Assembly

Interact Activities

Purchase Your School Supplies from Mrs. McKay

Buddy Reading

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Leo Club's Halloween Fun for the Family Village

Middle Division

Grade Eight Parents and Students - See What Lies Ahead!

Save the Date: Evening of Nov. 13!

Middle Division Fun

(Quicktime slide show)

Seventh and Eighth Grade Dance

The Write Stuff

Message from Mr. Murphy

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The Big Event
Friday, Feb. 22

Duathlon
Friday, April 18

In honor of Poetry in the Park -
What's your favorite line of poetry (as you remember it)?

Student Art Exhibit
in Main Lobby

Saturday, Nov. 17
7:30 p.m.
Janet Root Theatre

Responses to last week's poll:
In honor of Poetry in the Park -
What's your favorite line of poetry (as you remember it)?