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A Note from Miss Fisher
Today's Panda Family News has information regarding:
- PES Enchanted Forest Book Fair
- PES Arrival Updates
- Panda Packs Food Drive
- Battle of the Books
- PES Young Authors
Upcoming dates to place on your family calendar:
Monday, November 12th - No School
Tuesday, November 13th - Friday, November 16th Book Fair
Wednesday, November 14th - All Pro Dad Event @ 7:15
Thursday, November 15th - PES Science Fair @ 5:30-7
Monday, November 19th - 3rd & 4th Grade Quarter 1 Assembly
Wednesday, November 21st-Friday, November 23rd - No School
PTA Thrift Store Sign up: https://www.signupgenius.com/go/30e0445aaa72dab9-pespta2
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Wishing you well #PandaFamily,
Miss Fisher
Twitter: @kendrafisher82 @PboroElementary
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Science Fair
We are excited for you to join us on Thursday, November 15th for Science Night from 5:30-7!!
Begin your evening in the multi-purpose room visiting this year's Science Fair projects. Stop by classroom's to see room project and then head to the media center for some exciting activities. You can also check out our Book Fair! After visiting all areas, enter your name in the raffle for an opportunity win some cool STEM materials!
Winners of the science fair will be announced and all participants will be recognized at 6:30 in the multi-purpose room.
The Book Fair is Coming!
The Scholastic Book Fair is right around the corner. On November 13-16th the media center will be home to a wonderful selection of engaging and affordable books for every reading level, and all purchases benefit our school. Online shopping begins on November 4th. Check out the Book Fair homepage to check out this year's book flyer, open hours or to set-up an eWallets account for your child, a new digital payment option.
We are also looking for volunteers to help man the register and help kids find the books they want! Check out the list of open times or reach out to Rebecca Reed (reed.rebecca3@gmail.com) if you want to participate.
See you at the Book Fair!
LINKS:
Book Fair homepage - http://www.scholastic.com/bf/pittsboroelementaryschool
Volunteer availability - https://volunteer.scholastic.com/#/signup/q3oldL0Nq
Panda Packs Thanksgiving Food Drive
PES Arrival Updates
Beginning Monday, November 26th, all visitors need to check in and out through the main office during arrival if you wish to walk your chid to class. Families can also opt for Kiss and Go outside the red and green entrance doors. These changes will allow us to move closer to the proposals made from the Chatham County Schools Safety Assessment conducted in the Spring of 2018. No further changes to arrival or dismissal will be made this school year.
Below is more information related the Chatham County Schools Safety Assessment.
Chatham County is one of the first school districts in the state to contract with an outside firm for this kind of work. A number of groups were reviewed and three were invited to provide proposals. RSM (Risk and Strategic Management) from Virginia was selected for a variety of reasons, including their ongoing work in this area (school safety) across the country. In addition, RSM works around the world to provide these kinds of services to governments and to the military. We have embarked on a long standing relationship with them which includes the assessment visit/follow up report, a new Crisis Plan format/approach, and a comprehensive approach to School Safety Professional Development for students/staff/and even parents.
As for specific recommendations from the Assessment Visit Report, this is confidential information and cannot be released to the public per statute. However, all campuses were visited and reviewed. Managing stakeholder access across the district was mentioned as an area in need of improvement.
Battle of the Books
All 4th Grade PES Students are invited to participate in Battle of the Books! Battle of the Books (BOB) team members read similar chapter books then answer questions about those books. The primary purpose of Battle of the Books is to provide voluntary reading enjoyment opportunities for our students. Please fill out the BOB Contract and return to Mrs. Jeremiah if you are interested! She also has paper copies to pick up in the media center.
PES Young Authors
PES is accepting original stories written by students in grades K-4 for the Chatham County Schools Young Authors writing program. Each year all student authors are invited to write, publish and submit their own book. Judges from the school staff will read and reflect on each book. All students who submit a book for Young Authors will be recognized during school wide celebrations in the spring. A small number of student books will be selected to be recognized at a district wide celebration at Fearrington Village scheduled for Tuesday, April 9th, 2019 at 5:30pm.
2018-2019 - Submissions Due to the school library by Friday, January 18th, 2019!
Questions or comments should be directed to Karen Jeremiah, PES school librarian, kjeremiah@chatham.k12.nc.us Feel free to visit the library to see examples of Young Authors books from years past. Information page here
Amazon Smile
Help our PTA earn funds!! For Amazon’s program, you must use smile.amazon.com as your starting point and select PTA North Carolina Congress Pittsboro Elementary School PTA as the charity you support.
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