Important Dates
September 25
California Pizza Kitchen Spirit Night September 26
School Closed September 30
Short Pump Mile October 2
Tuesday After School Enrichment Begins October 4
Thursday After School Enrichment Begins
October 8
Student HolidayOctober 11
SCA Maymont Spirit Day
October 18
STEM Night
October 19
Reflections Entries Due
October 25 Picture Day November 6
Student Holiday
November 15
Reflections Recognition Reception
December 5 Barnes & Noble Spirit Night
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Come Join Us For
California Pizza Kitchen
Spirit NightTomorrow - Tues. Sept. 25
Shady Grove will be hosting our first Spirit Night at California Pizza Kitchen at Short Pump Town Center Tuesday, September 25. Any time during California Pizza Kitchen's open hours on September 25, Shady Grove will receive 20% of your dining purchases if you show your flyer while dining! Flyers will be coming home today or tomorrow so keep an eye out for them. Lost or forgotten your flyer? Click HERE to print our flyer now.
Upon arriving at Calfornia Pizza Kitchen, make sure you sign in on our clipboard with the hostess to enter your child into our Spirit Night contest. The class that has the most attendance will receive a FREE California Pizza Kitchen pizza party. If you forget to enter our contest while dining, just send in your receipt and we will add your child to the contest list. Please list your child's name and classroom on the receipt to be counted in the contest.
So come out, meet with new friends and old, all the while enjoying a great dinner that directly benefits your school. In order for us to benefit, you must bring in your flyer when dining.
Feel free to stay late on Tuesday night; school is closed the next day! We look forward to seeing you there and thank you for your support.
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Fall Student Holidays and
Parent Conferences
By Dr. Regina Schwab
This is a reminder that the children have three school holidays this fall prior to Thanksgiving. They are as follows:
Wednesday, September 26
Monday, October 8
Tuesday, November 6
On October 8, teachers will conduct staff development activities, and on November 6, Shady Grove will serve as a polling place for the presidential elections. Also, thinking ahead to the end of first quarter, November parent conferences will be held on November 5 and November 7 from 2:45 PM to 5:45 PM by appointment. Look for more information from your child's teacher two weeks in advance of the conferences.
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Shady Grove now has an amazing STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Math) Lab in the recently renovated space next to the library. Ms. Lynn and Mrs. Arthur have helped to create a vibrant space for all students to use when working on various STEM related projects. There are iPads, a soon to be river tank ecosystem, and enough supplies to support many children's engineering projects. Plan on attending the October 18th PTA meeting where the STEM Lab will be the focus of a variety of fun, family activities.
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ReflectionsReflections 2012-2013 Theme: The Magic of a Moment. Reflect on the theme and show us your creativity Cardinals! Entries are due to your teacher on or before October 19. Due to tight time frames, no late entries will be accepted.
Complete rules and a ***NEW*** 1 page student entry form can be found at sgespta.org/reflections.Help choose the 2014 theme! Print the form and submit your ideas to Colleen Bohlman by October 31 for a chance to win $100.
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Wanted: Volunteers
SGES NEEDS YOU! If you are interested in volunteering, the staff and students at SGES would love to have you! Please see the "Volunteers" tab on the website for the various opportunities. If you haven't done so already, be sure to fill out the Henrico County application. Please let Amy Foy or Anett Crumley know which areas you are interested and they will get you plugged in. Again, we thank all of our parents, grandparents and other family members for their time and dedication!
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Cultural Arts
The Cultural Arts Program is getting set to kick off with the first performance on October 10th. The Richmond Ballet will be coming to Shady Grove Elementary to perform for our 5th grade students. This will provide our students the opportunity to see the dancers in a manner they would not be able to experience attending an in-theatre show. Click HERE for more information.
Keep watching the PTA Blast for more Cultural Arts Programs coming in October.
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LegislativePlease remember to cast your vote for the 2013 Virginia PTA Proposed Legislative Program at www.sgespta.org by October 22. If you have already voted, we thank you very much!
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If you up your donation to Cardinal Donor status or give on the Cardinal Donor level (those giving $100 or more per family), you will receive our new complimentary car magnet and a free school directory. While you help your child's classroom to become eligible to win the ice cream party, your classroom(s) also becomes eligible to win the EXTRA cultural arts program that will be awarded to one class in each grade with the most Cardinal donors. All contests end on November 7th so get your donation in today!
Last year we had a record turn out with 70% of our families participating in our check writing campaign. We have set an even higher goal this year of 90% participation and we are well on our way to meeting that goal. Please make your donation today to help us meet our goal. Thank you again for helping our children have a successful and enriched school year. Print donation form HERE. |
Box Tops Challenge A big thank you to all who have already sent in Box Tops. We collect Box Tops allyear, so please continue to clip & send in Box Tops with your child. Pleaseremember to adhere 10 non-expired Box Tops per sheet. Any extra or bonus BoxTops should be sent in a Ziploc bag labeled with the name of your child's teacher.Also, shopping at the Box Tops Marketplace is a great way to earn Box Tops at theplaces you already shop.The Fall Challenge continues...each and every Box Top puts your child's class onestep closer to winning extra recess &/or a kickball game against their parents.Check out our webpage for more details.
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Martin's A+, Kroger, and TargetHave you registered or re-registered your card? These 3 companies will start giving back to Shady Grove with your purchases if your card is registered. Please be sure to register soon. Visit our fundraising page to do so.
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