Penguin Press News
October 2, 2017
A Message from Principal Bame
Dear Penguin Families,
October is off to a great start! We are happy to see all of our Track 1 students back at school and we certainly hope our Track 4 families are enjoying their time off. We hope to see many Laurel Park Families at our Book Fair Family Night this Thursday, October 5th from 5:30 pm - 7:30 pm. We will have food trucks and many fun activities for the children to enjoy!
Wednesday, October 4th is Bike/ Walk to School Day at Laurel Park. Please see the information posted below for more details!
Want to help our school earn instructional funds?
Wake County Schools Promotion
Support your Wake County Public School by purchasing tickets in advance of the N.C. State Fair with the code: 467
Simply go to: http://www.ncstatefair.org/2017/Visitor/Tickets.htm
For every adult ticket purchased using a school code, the State Fair will donate $2 to the school. For every child ticket purchased using a school code, the State Fair will donate $1 to the school.
To support our school, simply enter oour school code under "Membership" at check-out on the WCPSS Admission Ticket link. This promotion is only available online in advance of the Fair. Tickets must be purchased by 11:59 p.m. on Thursday, Oct. 12.
New Club Alert: Join the Laurel Park Movement Group!
Do you like to run, jump, skip, hop and PLAY? Join the NEW Laurel Park Movement Group! This group is a before school activity which encourages our students to engage in purposeful movement before school hours start. Our coaches will teach how movement and physical activity is instrumental to a positive school day. When we move our bodies, our minds are ready to learn. We will engage in a variety of movement including running, group games, sports, yoga and more. Please wear sneakers each day and bring a water bottle. Limited to 25 participants. No fee; this is brought to you by the LPES PTA Health and Wellness Committee. Sign up using the link below. For questions, contact Catie Cox at cox.catie@gmail.com
Thank you for all of your support!
~ Mrs. Raleigh G. Bame
Principal of LPES
October 6th: - all staff & students wear a blue shirt to show unity!
October 25th: Unity Day in the United States - all staff & students wear an orange shirt!
Box Tops for Education Initiative!
How to Help Our School
Want a quick and easy way to help your school earn money?
From linking your grocery store cards to shopping online, here are some simple everyday things you can do to help raise money for our school.
Link your Kroger Card:
Sign in (or create an account) and then link your Kroger Plus Card to Laurel Park (# 86113)
www.kroger.com/communityrewards
Link your Harris Teeter Card:
- Link or Relink your VIC card to Laurel Park Elementary School. You can do this in store or with the link below.
- Don’t forget ALL VIC cards will need to be RE-LINKED each school year.
- https://www.harristeeter.com/together-in-education
Publix:
Coming soon
Clip Box Tops:
Simply cut box top labels off of participating brands and send them into your child`s classroom. It is that easy.
For each Box Top, our school earns 10 cents.
Shop AmazonSmiles:
Shop AmazonSmile and indicate Laurel Park Elementary PTA. The school will receive 0.5% of the price of your eligible AmazonSmile purchase. You can find a direct link on the PTA website.
We love that we can now follow the PTA on Twitter! You should follow too!
Check it out @lpes_pta.