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Today’s Mustang Mail
OPEN HOUSE
Please make sure to attend our Open House this Friday, August 26th from 10-11 am. This is an excellent opportunity for all of the students to meet their teachers for next year and find their classrooms prior to the first day.
Sign up sheets will also be available in all of the classrooms for you to volunteer as a Room Parent for your child’s classroom. Being a Room Parent is a very rewarding experience and it will give you a very special connection with your child’s classroom.
7pm – Dinner
Where: PES Cafeteria
Why: To Meet the Principal, Staff & PTA Leaders, Have all your questions answered, and start the year off right with a great meal!
Please RSVP to Karen.schneider5@verizon.net
This is an Adults – only event,
ALL PES Parents (Old & New) & Staff are welcome to Join us!
PLEASE VOLUNTEER!
The success of our school depends on all of us, and our individual efforts. There are many ways you can bring your skills to the table by volunteering at Potomac Elementary! Whether it is by helping out at a science fair, chaperoning a field trip, or decorating a classroom for a party, if you are interested in becoming a volunteer, we would like to hear from you. We can put you on our Signupgenius.com list and you will be able to choose a time/event that works for you or hit DELETE! It only takes a second to sign up AND we send a reminder a day before. Please email susanschwartz@aol.com to be added to our list.
25 Teacher Appreciation PTA Breakfast, 9:30am
25 Getting to Know You: Kindergarten and New Parents Meeting, 6:00p.m., Parents & Staff
Dinner to follow at 7:00pm. RSVP to Karen.schneider5@verizon.net
26 Open House,10:00a.m.-11:00a.m. Meet the teachers!
29 School Begins, 9:15a.m. – 3:30p.m.
September – School Supplies Drive *
5 Holiday – Labor Day No School
6 PTA Board Meeting, 9:30a.m.
13 PTA Back-to-School Night, 7:00p.m.-8:30p.m.
19 PTA Volunteer Orientation Breakfast, 9:30a.m.
20 Room Parent Breakfast & Training 9:30am;
21 PTA Back-to-School Picnic, 5:00.-8:00p.m.
22 (Rain date-Back-to-School Picnic)
27 PTA Board Meeting, 9:30a.m.
28 Early Release Day, 1:00p.m
29 Rosh Hashana No School
Get Ready For The First Day Of Kindergarten
Here are some ideas on how to make the first day of Kindergarten a fun experience for your child.
Let Your child pick out his or her favorite new outfit to wear on the first day of school
Have a back to school party the day before school starts
Pack your child’s favorite lunch
Let your child take a favorite toy with him or her to school for comfort
Take a picture of your child on the first day of school
Reassure your child that you will be back to pick him or her up at the end of the day
Get your child into a back to school routine at least 1-2 weeks prior to school starting. This will make the transition easier
Give your child some kindergarten-like structured activities to do each day a week before school starts
Take your child on a fun shopping trip and let your child pick out the clothes, backpack, lunchbox, supplies, and more! This will make school beginnings more fun!
Welcome Back!
We here at the Potomac Elementary School PTA would like to welcome all of you back to another wonderfully successful school year! We hope you all have enjoyed time off with your families and are now ready to dig in and make this year one of the best ever.
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