PTA NEWS FLASH
Indian Knoll Elementary
Letter from the Prinicpal
Hello IKES Firebirds!
Well March is here and spring is rapidly approaching! This is my favorite time of year. There are several exciting opportunities coming that will allow you to become involved in our school. First PTA is hosting a Spring Fling. It will be Friday, May 5 from 6 p.m. - 9 p.m. Be watchful for information coming from your child’s teacher and/or room parent. We need volunteers to make this event a success for the children. Also, our PE teachers have planned a tremendous Field Day week beginning May 8 – May 12. We will need volunteers on those days as well.
We begin our Spring Book Fair on March 23 and ends March 30. PTA is hosting a Cultural Arts Night on Friday, March 24. Every child will have a piece of artwork displayed for you to purchase. Our IKES Chorus will be performing in our cafeteria while the art gallery will be open in the gym. The book fair will be open that evening as well. Please mark your calendar for this important night.
On March 23 (3 p.m. – 6 p.m.) & March 24 (9 a.m. – noon) we will be holding our kindergarten registration. This registration is for students who will be coming to IKES as new kindergarten students next year. You will find a link on our school webpage that provides you with times and more specific information on materials needed to complete registration. If you have a student who will begin kindergarten next year or know a neighbor who may not have this information, please share our website with them. We encourage parents to bring their future kindergarten child to registration. Our kindergarten teachers will be here to meet with them. We will also have some of our upper grade IKES students here to do activities with the children while parents complete paperwork.
Thank you, parents, for all you do to support our school. I know you will agree with me that we have the best staff, the best PTA and the best community in all of Cherokee County. We are fortunate to be here working together for OUR children.
Dr. Ann Gazell, Principal
Penny Wars Has Begun!
March 6th- March 10th
We are competing by house again this year!
Help your house win the war!
Every Penny Will Go To Our School!
Nickels, Dimes, Quarters and Bills Too.
Each Penny= POSITIVE 1 point for your house. $1 Bill=POSITIVE 100 Points $5 Bill=POSITIVE 500 points etc.
Each Nickel, Dime or Quarter=NEGATIVE 5, 10, 25 points for the house of your choice.
The house that has the most total points by March 10th wins a reward for the entire house!
AND the winning teachers win supplies for their classroom!
We still need some help with counting money each morning, please take a look at the sign up and consider helping make this event a success!
Marco's Pizza Spirit Night
Tuesday, Feb 14, 2017, 04:00 PM
4280 Hickory Flat Highway, Holly Springs, GA, United States
TEACHER APPRECIATION WEEK
March 20th-24th
We are excited to announce our Picnic Week Theme for Teacher Appreciation Week, which will take place the week of March 20th. The attached flyer has all the details you will need to help make this week a success. We have included live links for sign ups.
FOOD AND DRINK DONATIONS ARE NEEDED. Donations can be dropped off in the front office on Monday, March 20th.
Sign up to donate at http://www.signupgenius.com/go/30e084ca9a92b0-ikes
LINK TO TEACHERS FAVORITES: To find out your teachers favorites please click on the link below.
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/12WmcjbP4GUsB7Ca9fFARGEobP-Fo2GKKEZ3GQ0gTVOo/edit?usp=sharing
Thank you for helping to make this week GREAT for our IKES teachers!
Happy Camper Book Fair
Fine Arts Night March 24th
ART
On March 24th from 6:30-8:00pm come see your child's artwork in a gallery style setting. Purchase framed student created artwork for $25. Fill out form sent home with your student and return with cash or check made out to Indian Knoll, or purchase in person at Fine Arts Night. Forms must be received on or before March 24th. Post show sales not available. Proceeds benefit IKES Arts Department.MUSIC
Chorus perform at 6:30pm in the cafeteria
HONORING OUR HEROES
Winning entries recognized
BOOKS
Book Fair will be open to explore and shop
Honoring Our Heroes
We received an incredible 121entries for this year's Honoring Our Heroes Contest. Thank you to all of our students who made the effort to recognize the everyday heroes in their lives by writing and submitting essays. Thanks to our teachers for supporting the contest by encouraging their students to participate and by helping with tracking house points. And finally, a big thank you to our judges, Mrs. Lewis and Mrs. Martineau for volunteering their time to read all of these great essays.
Our Grade Level Winners are:
Kindergarten: Anthony Dagostino (Tippens)
1st Grade: Cate Cox (Latimer)
2nd Grade: Riley Weissgerber (Cherry)
3rd Grade: Abby Reiner (McCoy)
4th Grade: Sofia Castillo (Postell)
5th Grade: Alice Pelton (Tubbs)
Each Grade Level Winner will be receiving a gift certificate for Ice Cream at Chick Fil-A and earned 50 points for their house. They will also be receiving an invitation to bring their hero and their family to a special reception for all of the Honoring Our Heroes contest winners in Cherokee County.
Five classrooms had exceptionally high participation rates and earned a Popcorn Party for the class as well as a gift card for their teacher to purchase classroom supplies.
Those classes were Tippens/K, Grummer/3rd, Towns/3rd, Latimer/1st, and Williams/3rd
Each student who submitted an essay earned 25 points for their house and each grade level winner earned 50 points for their house.
The total number of house points earned by students is as follows:
Blue House: 575 points
Green House: 375 points
Orange House: 525 points
Purple House: 425 points
Red House: 300 points
Yellow House: 975 points
PTA Nominations
It's that time of year, time to nominate individuals to be on our PTA executive board! We would like to invite you to join our PTA Executive Board for the 2017-2018 school year. PTA plays an important role in the educational success of our students, and is also the way we bring families, teachers, and students together to support Indian Knoll. Our focus is to help support the school by sponsoring events and programs beyond the school’s budget.
We are always looking for new people to join our team and ensure we remain a successful PTA in the future.
PTA is currently looking for individuals willing to serve as leaders on the 2017-2018 Executive Committee. Below is a list of positions we are accepting nominations/recommendations for:
President/Co-Presidents
1st Vice President
2nd Vice President
3rd Vice President
Secretary
Treasurer
Please pick up a copy of the nominations form from the front office or print the attachment and return to Jennifer Schroter (nominating committee chair) on or before March 14th. You may nominate yourself or someone else. All nominees will be contacted and offered a chance to interview and ask any questions before being appointed as a candidate for any position.
All Pro Dad's Breakfast
Monday, Mar 27, 2017, 07:00 AM
IKES Media Center
Counselor's Corner
Mrs. Colleen DeLosh – Grades 4-5
Mrs. Lori Waycaster – Grades K-3
For the months of February and March we will continue to focus on career clusters in grades 1- 5 during scheduled guidance times. The link below provides information regarding the different career clusters covered in grades 1 -5: http://www.gadoe.org/Curriculum-Instruction-and-Assessment/CTAE/Pages/CTAE-Georgia-Career-Clusters.aspx
The focus for kindergarten guidance will be character education with an emphasis on kindness and friendship.
If you or anyone you know is in need of resources please feel free to contact either one of us at: colleen.delosh@cherokee.k12.ga.us or lori.waycaster@cherokee.k12.ga.us.
IKES PTA
Katrina Brown Co-President
katrinabrown.ikespta@gmail.com
Mary Robinson Co-President
maryrobinson.ikespta@gmail.com
Cindy Brown Treasurer
Rachel Champman Secretary
Jennifer Severson Vice President
jenniferseverson.ikespta@gmail.com
Quincy Edwards Vice President
Christy Bennett Parliamentarian
christybennett.ikespta@gmail.com
Website: Ptavenue.com
Location: 3635 Univeter Road, Canton, GA, United States
Phone: 770-721-6600
Facebook: facebook.com/IndianKnollElementaryPTA