Fairfield Panther Paw
November 4, 2022
From Mrs Tennenbaum
Dates to Remember
November 5: High School Craft Show
November 5: PEF dinner
November 8: Virtual Learning Day/ Voting Day
November 9: PTO meeting 7-8
November 11: Veteran's Day Assembly
November 23-25: Thanksgiving Break - Office open on Nov 23 (8-2), closed on Nov 24 and 25.
December 21- January 3: Winter Break (Office open 8-2, closed on Dec 26 and Jan 2)
January 4: Teacher Work Day - no school
January 5: School resumes
Hope bags (Panther bags)
We are extremely fortunate to have a community resource called the H.O.P.E Packs Program. This free program provides bags of food for families on a weekly basis and is meant to be kid-friendly, easy to prepare and a supplemental food supply for families. The bags are sent home with your student every Friday, beginning September 9th.
If you feel your child could benefit from this free service, please contact our school counselor, Nikki Arnold at nikki_arnold@plsd.us
Celebrating the path to Awesomeness!
We are all in this together!
Assistant Principal: Lea Ann Yoakum
Secretary: Daniella Schmidt
Attendance Secretary: Jennifer Todd
School Counselor: Nikki Arnold
School Nurse: Liz Moody-Ganoom
School Nursing Assistant: Jayna Smith
Email: stacy_tennenbaum@plsd.us
Website: www.pickerington.k12.oh.us
Location: 13000 Coventry Avenue, Pickerington, OH, USA
Phone: 614-834-7600
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/PickeringtonSchools
Twitter: @ms_tennenbaum
Holiday Assistance Program
Dear Families,
Pickerington Schools are once again teaming up with the Violet Township Fire Department to help provide some holiday assistance for families in need during this holiday season.
In need of assistance?
Request an online form for holiday assistance by contacting me at nikki_arnold@plsd.us or at 614-834-7600. The request link will then be provided to you, only one per household please. This form is handled in a confidential manner with more details from your school counselor. Please remember that we will only be able to supplement your holiday. The online form must be completed by Friday, November 18th.
Wanting to donate?
There are several ways to donate this year:
The traditional big red boxes throughout the community and in the schools accepting donations of new toys/gifts.
Gift cards are also appreciated.
Cash donations through Paypal.
Another way of donating this year is through Amazon and Target. If you would prefer to donate in this way, click on the links below. Be sure to ship to Violet Township Fire Department Toy Drive (address will appear as an option).
Target. Amazon. Paypal
You can also purchase a t-shirt to support the program. Tshirt order form
Veteran's Day
Fairfield Elementary will be having a Veteran’s Day Assembly honoring our Veterans on Friday, November 11th at 9:30am. Fairfield will be providing a light breakfast for veterans that will start at 9:00am.
We would like to invite parents or close family members who have served in the Armed Forces to attend this program. We will be asking all students to wear red, white and blue this day, and invite you to wear something honoring your branch of service! Please return the bottom portion of this form to the office by November 4, so we can ensure there will be enough seating for everyone. Veterans will sit, accompanied by their student, on stage for this short program. Additionally, students will be bringing home a star with a place to put a picture of a veteran. This picture should be something that does not need returned back to you– please use a copy of a picture– because there is no guarantee the pictures will come back home. This display will go up in the cafeteria, where the assembly will take place. Truly, we thank our lucky stars for our veterans, and we cannot wait to honor them!
Thank you!
PEF Charity Auction Tree Auction Is Live Now!
The Pickerington Education Foundation's (PEF) online tree auction is live ahead of the in-person event this weekend! Online now, you can bid on one of our 15 trees beautifully decorated by each of our Pickerington schools and the District Office. Proceeds benefit the PEF Grant Program. Scan the QR code to view these creatively themed trees and/or visit the PEF live tree auction link.
Tickets are also on sale for the fun-filled PEF Charity Auction on Saturday, Nov. 5. The event includes dinner, drinks, entertainment, silent & live auctions, and a Reverse Raffle. It will take place from 6:00 p.m. to 11:00 p.m., at the Wigwam Event Center, 10190 Blacklick-Eastern Rd. NW, Pickerington, OH 43147. The event is a truly enjoyable and fun way to support our schools!
Tickets are $60 per person and are on sale now on the Pickerington Education Foundation webpage.
ADDITIONAL OPPORTUNITY FOR FUN AND PRIZES: You may opt to purchase a Reverse Raffle Ticket for an additional $50. Got a lucky number? Pick it for a chance to win! Using the 'seat finder' application, pick a number between A1 through A300 for your Reverse Raffle Entry number.
Dinner will be catered by Berwick Manor.
The silent auction includes upscale baskets and themed, decorated trees. Proceeds from this event provide grants to Pickerington teachers and buildings for a variety of classroom projects.
Pickerington's Mayor Shows Support for Nov. 8 Bond Issue
Pickerington Mayor Lee Gray endorsed Pickerington Schools' bond issue during the regular Board of Education meeting on Oct. 24. Mayor Gray told the audience, "I generally don't get out in front of tax issues because I think it is a very personal issue. But on this one, I think this is a very important point in Pickerington's history. We need to get this right and we need to get it going. Because even after you pass it, it's going to take awhile for this to build out and it does affect the kid's performance and attitude."
"It's a great opportunity for our community," Gray continued. "If my friends are on the borderline, I want them to know I am 100% behind this."
You can watch Mayor Gray's full speech in the board meeting recording on our PLSD Communications YouTube channel, beginning at timecode 8:18. Thanks Mayor Gray for your support!
If passed on Nov. 8, the district’s capital plan, which includes the proceeds from the $89.930 million bond issue, will be used to:
- Build a new junior high school that can house up to 1,300 students
- Renovate all of Ridgeview Junior High to convert to a building holding separate kindergarten to fourth grade elementary and fifth to sixth grade middle schools; this creates an eighth elementary school that will house about 450 elementary students, and a fourth middle school that will house about 450 middle school students
- Add 24 additional classrooms at Central High School housing up to 650 students; upgrade the cafeteria, expanding capacity by 200 additional students; install secure entryways
- Add 18 additional classrooms to North High School housing up to 470 additional students; install secure entryways
- Renovate and upgrade multiple elementary schools to accommodate growth, making room for up to 375 additional students
Police Vs. Fire Charity Basketball Game Is Nov. 13
Fairfield Student Drop Off Procedures
Morning drop off ends at 9:15 a.m.
ALL student drop off in the morning is around the back of the school. We ask that parent(s)/guardian(s) not park in the Parking Lot or Bus lane before 9:15 a.m., to drop off your students. Our parking lot lane is for buses ONLY, to pull in to drop off students! This has been the procedure at Fairfield for many years and is for the safety of your child and for all of our students.
Parent(s)/guardian(s) are to get in the drop off line and follow the line around the building. There are staff there to release your student from your vehicle until the bell rings at 9:15am.
If it is after 9:15 a.m., then parents are to park in the parking lot (not in front of the school- Bus Lane), then walk your child to the office and sign them in as late with the QR code posted on the front door or the Ipad inside the front office.