The Creekside Junior High PTA is working hard assisting the administration, faculty, and staff in beginning a successful year. There are always things going on around here that you may need to know about. Check your mailboxes monthly for your copy of the "Gator Gazette", the PTA newsletter. In it you will find out most of what you need to know that is happening around C.J.H.S.
    Here are the highlights of what this months "Gator Gazette" had to offer.

• Welcome from Mrs. Carol Barlow, Principal
• PTA news update: The PTA membership drive is on. It is our goal to reach 100% membership by the Early Bird Deadline of November 15. If you have more than one child attending Creekside membership covers all of your children. The Gator Gazette will be selling ads to help with the cost of printing our newsletter. The ads are $100 and will appear in every issue (about 6)of the Gator Gazette. If you are interested please contact Melody Lalonde or Debbie Sottile at 863-5882.
• A note from Mr. Blackwell.
• Creekside Choral News: Our first event will be District Honor Choir. Tryouts are in September. Good Luck!  Our first performance will be at the Veterans Day Program.
• Mrs. Rosche's 6th Grade English
• Afternoon Extracurricular Student Pickup
• Art with Mrs. Cannon: We are in need of washed styrofoam flat meat trays, and empty washed ketchup bottles with lids.
• Creekside Art Club: Creekside will have an art club this year for art students. The purpose of the club is to provide school beautification service projects. Club meetings will start in October and will be at 7:00.
• Geography Bee/Spelling Bee: Mark your calendars because between Thanksgiving and Christmas we will have a competition. For more information see Mrs. Schexnayder.
• A word from our Librarian, Mrs. Crochet.
• An introduction of our Cheerleaders.

• A football schedule.
• Mrs. Carolyn Jocks is coordinating the collection of our box tops/labels
• An introduction of our coaches.
• An introduction of our girl's volleyball team and their schedule.

    Mrs. Barlow is taking orders for school jackets and bookbags. The jackets are lined windbreakers with the school logo embroidered on the chest. There are two styles of bookbags available, with and without a lunch kit. The jackets are on sale for $20.00 and the bookbags are $15.00 & $22.00. The deadline for purchasing these items is November 1, 2002. Hurry and get yours ordered today!!!!!

      We celebrated RED RIBBON WEEK last week. Check out the photo album for some great pictures taken at the RED RIBBON WEEK pep rally. Mrs. Francina Collins, the guidance counselor, worked hard organizing all the events for the week.

We celebrated Veteran's Day with a wonderful program. Our guest speaker was Mr. Louis Guillory. Mr. Guillory touched our hearts with his personal account of WWII. We would like to say a special thanks to Mr. Guillory and all the veterans that have served and are serving our country. We would also like to thank all those that participated in our program: Mrs. Schexnaydre, the band, and the chorus. Check out the photo album for some great pictures from the Veteran's Day Program.