Panda Pulse
August 27, 2017 - Back to School!
This Week at a Glance
- School Lunch
- Tissues & Tea
- Konstella
- PTA Membership
- Fall Vendor/Craft Fair
- Spirit Wear
- Volunteers Needed
- Chess Club
- Rent the Rock
- Consumer Rewards
- NC State Fair Tickets
Things to Remember this week!
- Friday, September 1: Spirit Day - Wear your Crazy Hat
- Monday, August 28 - Friday, September 1: Volunteers needed at carpool and the bus lot
Free and Reduced Price Lunch
Eating breakfast and lunch is very important for a child to be able to concentrate and stay engaged during the school day. Wake County offers a Free/Reduced Meal program. Learn more about it here: http://www.wcpss.net/Page/1849
Apply for meal benefits online from the privacy of your home (or anywhere with an internet connection).
Apply for Free or Reduced Price Meals Online.
Aplicacion Online Gratis / Reducida : Espanol.
Konstella
PTA Membership
- Get Connected.
- Discover Great Resources.
- Speak Up. PTA can be a way for you to more effectively suggest change at your child’s school.
- Be a Role Model. By becoming a PTA member, you’ll be demonstrating to your child the importance you place on education.
Become a PTA member and join more than 5 million other people who share your interest in issues affecting children. Everyone—parents, educators, students and other citizens active in their schools and communities—is invited to join our PTA.
Joining is easy! You can join on-line or at the school!
WCPSS Volunteer Registration
Can you help!?
Will you help a Penny Road Panda have a great kick-off to their school year? Do you remember dropping your child off in the carpool line and thinking "How will they know where to go?"
For the first two weeks of school, we are in need of volunteers in the carpool line and the bus loop each morning from 8:45 to 9:15. You will help Kindergarten students (as well as any other new students) get to their classrooms safely and confidently. You won't regret seeing the smile on their faces when you help them safely reach their classroom (Younger siblings are more than welcome!)
Will you help an unsure Kindergartner? The second week of school, we need parents to help out during Kindergarten lunch (10:30 to 11:00). During this time, you will do things like help our littlest Pandas open things in their lunch boxes, navigate the lunch line, pack up when they are finished or find the bathroom. (Lunchtime is also the time when they might get a bit sad/homesick, so if you have a Kindergarten student we ask you not to volunteer in this way (to avoid any hiccups with your own child's transition).
If you would like to help us with either of these things, please sign up!
Fall Family Event!
Spirit Wear!
Still need your Penny Road Spirit shirt?!
3 easy ways to order:
1. Spirit Wear can be ordered through the School Store. (Please be sure to include the teacher's name in the "note to seller" box so we know where to deliver.)
2. Return the order form that will be in the next Friday Flyer.
3. We will also be selling spiritwear at our first school store on Tuesday, September 19.
There are multiple spirit days planned throughout the year, so be sure to get your shirts!
Chess Club is back!
Spirit Rock
The Penny Road Elementary Spirit Rock is a great way to send a message for all to see! Congratulate your favorite student on an accomplishment, wish a student a Happy Birthday, show appreciation to your favorite teacher or staff member, celebrate a team win or let everyone know how much you love our school! The rock is available for weekly rental to families and staff of PRE for their use and enjoyment. Reserve the Spirit Rock for only $30.00 per week! All proceeds will go directly back to PRE through our PTA.
Sign-ups slots are already available for the entire 2017-18 school year!
Consumer Rewards
Get Your NC State Fair Tickets!
The NC State Fair will give Penny Road $2 for every adult ticket and $1 for every child ticket purchased online by Thursday, October 12th.
Hope to see you there!