Holiday Adopt A Family Gift Drive
Every AM class is collecting gifts for specific children that currently reside at the Greentree Shelter in Bethesda. Your child should bring home a pink ditto this week that lists name, age and in some cases a specific wish request. We are asking for new and unwrapped gifts. The most popular items are ipod shuffles, african american dolls, easy bake ovens, matchbox and tonka cars and trucks, sports equipment, arts and crafts kits, lotions and bath sets, gift cards (which will go to the office for safe keeping) to McDonals, Target, Old Navy, The Mall, etc. ), movie passes and remote control cars. A more detailed list can be found on the PES Website.
Thank you for fulfilling these children’s wishes, and please know that you are making the holidays a special time for the children at the Greentree Shelter.
Our drive starts Monday, December 5 and runs through Wednesday, December 14
Please contact Marcie Robinson orSusan Kohler with any questions.
Art Reflections Update
Art Night 2011 is next week, Wednesday,November 16 from 6:00 – 8:00! PES has just been re-certified by the Kennedy Center arts integration specialists as a CETA school — “Changing Education Through the Arts.” This means we have renewed our partnership with the Kennedy Center and next week will be an arts integration celebration as much as a celebration of your childrens’ artistic talents!
We will have special guests from the Kennedy Center participating in our art galleries and teacher-led arts integration stations. Our theme this year is Where the Wild Things Are, and each grade will have a special interactive station where children will dance, sing, make music, create pieces of art, and otherwise dramatize Max and his many monster friends.
Our judges have given placements to each of the grade level arts entries categories in the Reflections contest, and every child who participated in the Reflections contest will receive a school PTA ribbon. We will display works of art from every student at PES, both in the gym and throughout the hallways of the school. Slice of Old Towne Pizza will be selling pizzas, hot dogs, salads and drinks for the evening. Please come join us for this special night and Let the Wild Rumpus Begin!” Please don’t forget to sign up to help!!!
Walk For the Homeless
HELP THE HOMELESS MINI-WALK
Monday, Oct. 10
WHAT: Our students and staff will show their commitment to our neighbors in need as we participate in a Mini-Walk during recess to benefit Interfaith Works
WHO WE ARE HELPING: Interfaith Works provides shelter, housing, clothing, food and counseling to more than 35,000 of our neediest neighbors.
Based on total number of walkers who register, walk sponsor Fannie Mae will award a generous grant to Interfaith Works for its exceptional work with the homeless! Your donations also provide crucial funding to support the homeless. Interfaith Works will be presenting a brief program to our children prior to the walk about homelessness.
WHY THIS IS IMPORTANT: Montgomery County has a serious, growing problem of homelessness. Half of the homeless in our area are families, and 30% are children…
The average age of a homeless person in the U.S. is 9 years old!
This walk calls attention to the problem.
HOW TO SIGN UP:
Fill out 1, 2 & 3 on the Registration Form.
Make a donation if you choose ($20 is suggested for youth, but any amount large or small helps). If you cannot make a donation, please return a signed form anyway. Your completed form helps Interfaith Works win a major grant based on student participation. Each student returning a signed form will get a free tee-shirt commemorating the Walk.
IMPORTANT: A parent or guardian MUST sign the registration form
Thank you for your support!
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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
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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