Grizzly Gazette
March 2019
Rising 9th Grade Registration/Transition Activities and Events
Exceptional Children's Week- March 4th - 8th
Hoops for Heart Tournament
The annual Hoops for Heart 3 on 3 basketball tournament will be held on Thursday, March 7th during connections. The cost to play is $15 per team, and teams may sign up with any PE teacher. Teams may only have one PGMS basketball player on a team. Students choosing not to play can pay $1 for admission to watch the tournament. Concessions will also be sold. All money raised benefits the American Heart Association!
Early Release- Friday, March 8th
Students will be released at 1:30 PM.
Rising 6th Grade Parent Meeting
March 21st
6:00 - 7:30 PM
PGMS Scholastic Book Fair
Yearbooks Are Now On Sale! Last Day To Order Is March 22nd
Visit Balfour.com and search: Piney Grove, to order your yearbook today for $55.
If you have any questions, please email Kimberly Zimmerman at kzimmerman@forsyth.k12.ga.us
Spring Portraits
Friday, March 29th
G3 Day is Friday, May 3rd--Parent volunteers needed!
G3 Day Volunteers Needed!!!!
We need 150 (yes, 150!) able, ready, and willing parent volunteers to SIGN UP for G3 Day on Friday, May 3rd. Parents are a BIG part of what makes this day of service happen for our students and the organizations they will be serving. All volunteers, new and old, must attend a short volunteer training session this spring to pick up supplies for your project, as well as to get the proper paperwork and ID checks to keep our students safe on G3 Day. Be the first to sign up to set a great example for your Grizzly! Parent sign up will be available until March 29th for those who want to work on service projects with our Piney Grove students!
We have scheduled training at four times for your convenience:
Tuesday, April 23rd at 6:00pm
Thursday, April 25th at 8:00am
Thursday, April 25th at 6:00pm
Friday, April 26th at 8:00am
If you have any questions about being a volunteer on G3 Day, please contact Shannon Gibree at shangib1121@gmail.com
Click this link to sign up NOW!!
FCS SOAR School Bus Safety Reminder
This is a reminder for students on how important it is to be S.O.A.R. safe when waiting at bus stops, getting on/off the school bus, or when crossing a road to load/unload the school bus.
SOAR Student Safety Brochure:
https://www.forsyth.k12.ga.us/cms/lib3/GA01000373/Centricity/Domain/34/FCST%20Brochure.pdf
Notes From PE
PE students are required to wear a Piney Grove PE shirt and either athletic shorts/athletic pants in order to be considered properly dressed out for class. Please have your student talk to their PE teacher if they need to purchase a shirt.
From The School Nurse
If Medications can be given at home or after school hours, please do so. All medication will be taken directly to the office by parent or guardian. Students MAY NOT have medication in their possession except with a physicians’s request or a physicians order on a Forsyth County care plan.
Judith Femia RN
PGMS Nurse
678-965-5010 ext 381527
Things To Put On Your Radar...
Immunizations for Rising 7th Graders Due July 15th, 2019
Grizzly Camp 2019- July 29th Time TBD
6th Grade in the AM
7th and 8th Grade PM
Important Arrival And Departure Information
PGMS Arrival and Departure Information
Details regarding student arrival and dismissal, including car rider line expectations, permission to walk off campus and parking information, has been posted on the PGMS Website.
To navigate to that page from the PGMS Website (https://www.forsyth.k12.ga.us/pineygrove), hover over “Our School” in the menu bar, and select “Policies & Regulations”. From that page, click PGMS Arrival and Departure Information from the menu on the left hand side. You may also access that page by clicking the link provided below.
PGMS Arrival and Departure Information
As a school, we stress the importance of maintaining a safe and secure learning environment for our students from the time they enter campus until they head off for home. To that end, please note the following.
Piney Grove Middle School will open to receive students at 7:30am. Students may not be dropped off before that time.
Students must be picked up from school no later than 4:45pm, unless they are participating in a supervised school activity.
Parent Reminder Regarding Student Pickup
Parents....please remember to update your Parent Portal Demographics Section with anyone who has your permission to check out your child. Your child will not be able to leave with anyone not on the list.
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Are You Receiving Emails From Piney Grove?
This is just a reminder that at Piney Grove we communicate often and in various ways. Information is put on our Piney Grove Dashboard on itsLearning, on our Piney Grove web page, and on our Facebook / Twitter accounts. Information is also sent out in emails via Campus Messenger. We have sent quite a few already and hope that you have not missed them. If you are not receiving them for some reason there are a couple things you will need to check.