Sunday Message
November 4 - 8
Principal's Message
Boosterthon
A huge thank you to all parents and families who supported Boosterthon. Due to your generosity, we exceeded our goal. These funds will be used to provide essential programming for Pleasant Union.
Parent Resources from WCPSS
WCPSS has created math resource guides for parents. These include curriculum standards taught by quarter, parent letters explaining math units, key vocabulary, questions to ask your child if they are struggling with homework, and videos demonstrating how math concepts are taught. Click on your child's grade level for these helpful resources.
New Counselor at PUE
Jordan Smith will join PUE as our new counselor. She begins December 2. Please see the note below all about her:
Hi! My name is Jordan Smith and I am so excited to be the new School Counselor at Pleasant Union Elementary! I am a UNC-Chapel Hill graduate with a masters degree in School Counseling and an undergraduate degree in Psychology & Education. I have been a Special Education teacher for the past two years at Sterling Montessori, and I completed my School Counseling internship at The Hill Center in Durham. I am looking forward to bringing a comprehensive school counseling program to PUE, and I can't wait to meet you all in December!
PUE PTA News & Boosterthon Update
Happy Sunday Panthers!
Thank you! Thank you! Thank you! We finished our Panther Prowl Fundraiser at $31,241 which was $1,241 over our fundraising goal! Please extend our appreciation to all of your grandparents, family friends and other relatives that helped support the PUE PTA! The pie graph above details the source for the profit we raised.
As mentioned, these funds will be used to pay for our landscaping ($15,000), cultural arts programs ($6,500), and a portion of the costs associated with Instructional Supplies, Family & Staff Events, and Scholarship Funds. The PUE PTA will host another exciting fundraising event in the Spring of 2020!!
Wake County Board Advisory Council (BAC) Meeting on November 18th from 6-7pm at PUE. The PUE PTA will be hosting a BAC Meeting in the Media Center on November 18th from 6–7pm. THIS MEETING IS OPEN TO ALL PUE PARENTS! Roxie Cash, our District’s Wake County Board Advisory Representative, will discuss topics that are pertinent to our school as well as overall Wake County concerns. Please complete the following Google Form to help the PTA develop a plan of discussion for that meeting: http://bit.ly/BACNov18
Donate Canned Foods to Benefit Wake Relief! The PUE K-Kids will be hosting a Food Drive from November 4th through November 15th. Please consider donating canned foods or other non-perishable items to help our students support those in need. K-Kids will be in the front lobby every morning, during carpool, to collect food donations.
Donut Sale for Odyssey of the Mind. The PUE Odyssey of the Mind Team is selling donuts to raise money to purchase supplies to build their project for their competition. The cost is $8 a dozen or for a voucher/certificate. Donuts may be pre-purchased by Wednesday, November 13th at 10pm: http://bit.ly/Donuts4PUEOdyssey. Donuts will be available for pickup on Friday, November 15th, starting at 7:45am. Additional donuts/ vouchers will be available for sale on Friday, November 15th, while supplies last.
Fall Box Tops Contest. We have 4 classes in a very close lead for the Fall contest that runs through December 2nd. The class that turns in the most labels will win a Silly String Party! Remember you can still clip Box Tops or scan your receipts to earn money for our wonderful school. The contest can only count those clipped labels, so please continue to send them in as they do have expiration dates on them. We just sent in our first shipment of this school year earning $343.60.
Thank you PUE Families for your support!!
THE PUE PTA
Boosterthon Fun Run
Kindergarten
2nd Grade
Spotlight of the Week - Global Service Project
Our Spotlight of the Week is our Global Service Project
Pleasant Union's sustainable development goal for November focuses on zero hunger. Food insecurity is an issue that impacts global and local communities. Zeroing out hunger can include discussions about poverty around the world. This can also include conversations about children and adults having access to balanced, healthy foods. For example, in some communities produce is very difficult to access. In order to support the needs of families experiencing hunger, we will have a food drive.
November 4th-November 15th
Pleasant Union will be holding a Food Drive for Wake Relief!
Every day during arrival time there will be bins and K-Kid volunteers located in the front lobby waiting to take, organize, and record your donations! Wake Relief will take any non-perishable items you would like to donate but below there is a list of items they are always in need of and can use:
Tuna
Chicken
Spaghetti Sauce
Beans
Green Peas
Mixed Vegetables (Carrots or Spinach)
Corn
Cereal
Grits
Mac & Cheese
Crackers
Pasta Noodles
1 Pound Bags of Rice
Green Beans
Soup
Fruit
Peanut Butter
Boxed Milk
November 20th @5:00 we will be loading up the donated items and delivering them to the Wake Relief food pantry.
If you are interested in volunteering your time to help with that process please contact Ms. Schreier @ lmschreier@wcpss.net
Announcements
Chorus
Are you a choreographer, or just good at making up dances? Ms. Freer would love to use your talent to choreograph a dance for the Chorus as they prepare for their audition for the Wake County Pieces of Gold performance. You can reach her at mfreer@wcpss.net
Veterans Day Concert
3rd graders in Tracks 1 and 2 will be doing their annual Veterans Day/Patriotic concert on Thursday Nov. 7
Tracks 3 and 4 will perform their concert on Thursday Nov. 14 at 10:15. Our 4th and 5th grade Chorus will also be singing with the 3rd graders.
If you are attending and are a veteran or are bringing a veteran, please let Ms. Freer know for a head count of our special "guests" She can be contacted mfreer@wcpss.net
Thanks for helping us honor our veterans!
Rising 6th Grade Families
Rising 6th grade PUE families interested in an Early College School must complete an online transfer request between October 12 and December 16. For more information, please click here. Applications are not first-come, first-served.
Rising 6th grade PUE families interested in a Year-Round Middle School
must complete an online transfer request between October 26 and January 30. For more information, click here.
Readvolution
For the third consecutive year, we will partner with the Carolina Hurricanes to bring READvolution to all of our elementary schools. This exciting partnership will support a community-wide literacy campaign around daily reading outside of school, plus allow students the chance to attend a Hurricanes game. This year the READvolution time frame will be between Monday, Sept. 30 and Friday, Dec. 6, 2019. Students will be able to be part of this event by reading daily for 20 minutes! Parents will log their students reading times on the online log in. We appreciate this opportunity to build lifelong readers and learners in our community.
Make Up Day
As a reminder we will have a Saturday Make Up Day for Track 1, 3, 4 on Saturday, November 16. The hours are 8:45am - 12:45pm. There will be no breakfast or lunch served or specials held that day.
Mark Your Calendar
November 4-15
PUE Food Drive
Thursday, November 7
3rd Grade Track 1 & 2 Veterans Day Concert at PUE from 10:15-11:00
Monday, November 11
Veteran's Day
No School
Thursday, November 14
3rd Grade Track 3 & 4 Veterans Day Concert at PUE from 10:15-11:00
Saturday, November 16
Make Up Day for Track 1, 3, 4 - 8:45am - 12:45pm
Monday, November 18
BAC 3 Meeting with Board of Education Member Roxie Cash at Pleasant Union
Dinner begins at 5:30 in the Media Center
Tuesday, November 19
PTA Meeting at 8:15
Wednesday, November 27-Friday, November 29
Thanksgiving Holiday, No School