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This Newletter is jointly sponsored by the PTA and the NES Foundation 

 

Issue: 2012- 011     October 8 , 2012


In This Issue
Stevi B's Night
KC Club Service Project
Kickball & Fall Festival
A Note for Nurse Lillie
Win Money for NES
Book Fair Coming!
New Parents Meet & Greet
Yearbook Deadine
Nickajack Spirit Wear

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PTA Stevi B's Night
Tues., Oct. 9th, 5-8 pm  
Stevi B's

Please come out Tuesday night and let Stevi B's do the cooking and entertaining! 


NES PTA will earn 10% back to on all receipts put in the fishbowl.
Every student will get 4 free tokens.

Teachers / staff, come eat and drink for just $2.32.

Stevi B's is located in the Highland Station Shopping Plaza next to Publix.

Thank you for supporting our Platinum PTA Pal and your PTA!

 
 
 NES KC Club Helps Local Animal Shelter
Wish List items needed by Friday, Oct. 12th 
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Nickajack's KC Clubs Sponsor Projects to Help a Local Animal Shelter.

 

This month, our Kindness and Compassion Clubs at Nickajack have been working on projects to support Atlanta Pet Rescue and Adoption Animal Shelter located right here in Smyrna. Atlanta Pet Rescue and Adoption is a non-profit, volunteer-based, no-kill shelter that rescues and rehabilitates dogs and cats. Since being founded in 2000, the shelter has saved over 15,000 pets.

 

Last week, our KC Club 3rd - 5th created Adopt Me bandanas to donate to Atlanta Pet Rescue and Adoption. Our KC Club K - 2nd made special catnip toys for the kittens and adult cats at the shelter to enjoy. Both clubs are organizing a wish list item collection to support Atlanta Pet Rescue and Adoption. Please go to www.atlantapetrescue.org for more information regarding the shelter and to check out their wish list. You may even find an adorable friend to adopt!

 

A collection barrel is located in the front lobby of the school. The students also made posters advertising the drive and identifying specific items needed by the shelter. Please consider donating an item or two to this special cause. Spread the word to family, friends, and neighbors! KC Club will be collecting items through Friday, October 12th.  

 

If you would like further information, please contact Katy Weihe . Thank you!

 
Come Join the Fun & Volunteers Needed Please
NES Foundation Kickball Classic & Fall Festival - October 14th, 11 am -5 pm , Rhyne Park
3rd Annual Kickball
The 3rd annual Kickball Classic and Fall Festival hosted by our wonderful Foundation is this Sunday, Oct. 14th from 11 am - 5 pm.  Even if you are not playing kickball, please come out and let the kids enjoy all the fun activities at the fall festival! 

We still seeking volunteers for this fun-filled community event. Please consider signing up for one shift to help us make this the most successful event to date.
All earnings from this event go toward benefiting our school and your children.

Please click here to sign up.

For more information on this event, please visit our

hand washing day
A Note from Nurse Lillie:
Global Hand Washing Day
Millions Celebrate

 

Help more children reach their 5th birthday!

 

For the fifth consecutive year, on October 15, 2012, hundreds of millions of people around the world will celebrate Global Hand washing Day aimed at increasing awareness and understanding of the importance of hand washing with soap as an effective and affordable way to prevent disease. Over the past five years, Global Hand washing Day has grown from a one-day celebration in a few cities to a worldwide movement that has mobilized significant investment in and political support for hand washing with soap.

 

This year we have much to celebrate. In 2011, 600,000 fewer children under five died than in 2008, the first year Global Hand washing Day was celebrated. Hand washing with soap has an important role to play in child survival and health. One of the most cost-effective interventions, simply hand washing with soap can reduce the incidence of diarrhea among children under five by almost 50 percent, and respiratory infections by nearly 25 percent.

 

In 2012, Global Hand washing Day will share its fifth birthday with more than 121 million children who are also turning five this year. The organization behind Global Hand washing Day, the Global Public-Private Partnership for Hand washing (PPPHW), and its partners encourage everyone to join in our fifth birthday celebration and promote hand washing with soap.

 

Events will be held around the world to celebrate Global Hand washing Day including:

 

* Attempt to set a record for the most people washing their hands at the same time in Latin America. Target: 1 million people.

 

* Dirty Money; a microbiological investigation into the hygienic nature of currency in the UK.

 

* Local and regional celebrities from sports, music, and politics lend their support to Global Hand washing Day in countries around the world.

 

This year Global Hand washing Day will also be celebrated virtually on Twitter and Facebook. The special 2012 hash tag for Global Hand washing Day is #iwashmyhands. Twitter users are encouraged to Tweet this hash tag in the lead up to and on Global Hand washing Day to raise awareness of the importance of hand washing with soap.

 

On October 1st, the PPPHW will release a social media game available in English, French, Spanish, Arabic, and Hindi: http://globalhandwashing.org/ghw. This fun, interactive game educates players about hygiene and sanitation and allows them to share messages through their Twitter and Facebook accounts. Help us trend on Twitter by playing the game on Global Hand washing Day, October 15.

 

For more information on how you can celebrate Global Hand washing Day's fifth anniversary, visit www.globalhandwashing.org or www.facebook.com/GlobalHandwashingDay.

 

Thank you,

Lillie Jones-Collins, RN, BSN, MSN-IH

 

Powerade Rewards for Schools
POWERADE Presents "POWER IN NUMBERS"
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Support your schools. Build up the athletic program. Equip your kids for play.   

Donate your Coke Reward points to give your school a chance to win $10K to get the sports gear and equipment students need to stay in the game. So make a play to maintain important extracurricular programs that are important to your kids.

 

No. of MY COKE REWARDS Points to Enter: 3
Start Date: August 15, 2012
End Date: October 31, 2012 

Drawing Date: November 15, 2012

5 Grand Prizes: A $10,000 credit that may be used to purchase sports gear and equipment from S&S Worldwide. Must be redeemed by 12/31/12 or winning school will forfeit the prize. Restrictions, conditions and limitations may apply. Approximate Retail Value: $10,000. Limit: 1 prize per school. 

It's easy!  Simply enter your coke reward points to your personal My Coke Rewards account, then choose to donate your points to Nickajack.  You will be given the opportunity to enter the contest to win $10K in the Powerade Power In Numbers Contest.  It will deduct 3 My Coke Rewards points per entry.  Just divide the number of points you have by 3 to see how many times you can donate and enter Nickajack into the contest.
Book Fair coming in November
Mark your calendar!
Books 
The 2012 All Star Scholastic Book Fair is coming November 7-November 15th.
  
Please join our committee if you enjoy promoting reading for our children and can help us with your suggestions, ideas or by volunteering to help in any way with the fair!
  
  
Our first committee meeting is Tuesday, October 9th, at 11:30am.  If you would like to attend please contact Katy Weihe or Kim Trumble.
  
Welcome to the JACK!
New Parents Meet and Greet, Oct. 30th 

 Get together

The welcoming committee is holding their

first meet and greet.  These committee members are veteran parents so they can help answer many of your questions and meet other new parents.  It will be at Chick-Fil-A located at South Cobb Drive and Concord Road on October 30 from 8:30am to 9:30am. 

 

You will also have a chance to WIN a Chick-Fil-A gift basket!

  

Join the Nickajack Family! If you have questions contact Lynne Scott.

Yearbook
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Help us Upload pictures!!

Order your 2012-2013 yearbook online!
Available for purchase for $32.00.  Click on the yearbook icon and order now.

NEW!!!  Yearbook Recognition Ads, $25 for 1/8 of a page or $45 for a 1/4 page.   Design your own ad to recognize YOUR special student.  Limited Space available! 

Got Pictures? 

Pictures taken throughout the year can be uploaded online or by mobile device to a cloud storage. If you have an android or iphone please download the app REPLAYIT from Jostens (Nickajack password: braves13). This app allows everyone to be our yearbook photographer! You will receive an email from Jostens if your photo is selected to be in the yearbook!

 

Questions?  Please contact Tracey Byrde.

Nickajack Spirit Wear
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Get in the spirit of things at Nickajack and buy t-shirts, sweat shirts and cinch saks! 


Orders will be delivered to the school and sent home with your child.