**Please come join us at the November APT meeting**
Wednesday, November 20th at 9:00 am in the Cherokee IRC

Dear Cherokee Families,

Welcome to October.  The leaves are falling and the weather is getting cooler.  Halloween is right around the corner, so get out those decorations and get the candy ready! 

Your APT members have been hard at work this last month and we would like to recognize a few that have been putting in a lot of extra hours! 

• Pride Haggerty and Natalie Torcolese for organizing the Back to School Picnic.
  
• Tracy Chocol and Deb Bradley for providing dinner for teachers at Curriculum Night.
  
• Kim Galvin and Mike Borkowski along with the Spirit of 67 for bringing author Amy Krouse Rosenthal to Cherokee as a Visiting Author
  
• Kristina Frede for creating beautiful lobby bulletin boards to celebrate the start of school
  
• Lisa Morrison for successfully coordinating the first Cherokee Spirit Wear order 
  
  

Upcoming Events you won't want to miss include: 
October 11: 3rd Grade Social hosted by John and Kristina Frede 
October 16 at 9:00 a.m. - APT meeting in the IRC 
October 18:  2nd Grade Social hosted by Dan and Dez Witte
October 25: Kindergarten Social hosted by Brian and Michelle Gramza 
October 26 (9-10 a.m. K-1, 10:30-11:30 2-4) - Spookfest at Cherokee 
November 1: 1st Grade Social hosted by Mike and Anne Moyer 

We hope you will join us at our next meeting on October 16th.  This year is off to a great start.  Thanks to everyone for all their hard work! 

Dez Witte, APT President
Kirsten Maxwell, APT Vice President

EMOTIONAL WELLNESS at CHEROKEE

At the October APT meeting, Kylie Kleinhans, Third Grade Teacher and Cherokee Emotional Wellness Representative, gave a presentation on the Emotional Wellness program at Cherokee.  Click here to view her Power Point presentation.  For more information contact Michelle Gramza, Cherokee APT EW Representative.