CV Classic 5K and 1 Mile Fun Run
Saturday, October 5th, 8 am at PCMS
Come celebrate the grand opening of the new PCMS track and help us raise funds for even more improvements to the outside field area.
How can you participate?
Family Sponsorship = $100. You receive two race entries, two event shirts (very popular new Dry-Fit shirt Spirit Wear that can be worn to school) and your family name is printed on the back of the shirt! Click HERE for a Family Sponsor form. Deadline for having name on shirt is September 3rd.
Individual Registration - Only $20 per person (Fee increases to $25 Sept. 1st). Run/Walk the event and you'll receive the new Dry-Fit event shirt that students can wear to school as Spirit Wear. Obtain your entry form here: http://www.peachtreechartermiddleschool.org/cv-classic-registration.html
Business Sponsor - $100 to $3,000. You receive race entries, free event shirts, your name on the official event shirt, and you can place marketing material in the race bag. Send an email to dunwoodyparent@gmail.com to secure your spot now. Deadline for Business Sponsors is September 3rd.
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Mark Your Calendars:
Parent-Teacher Open House
Parents of 7th and 8th grade students, plan to come out and meet your child's teachers at the upcoming Parent Teacher Open House. The evening begins with a short meeting in the gym with Principal Heptinstall, and then parents will proceed to their child's 5th period class for homeroom. You will then follow your child's schedule, spending 10 minutes in each class, and rotating classrooms on a bell schedule just like your student!
Students and siblings do not need to attend, as all desks will be filled with parents.
7th & 8th Grade Parent-Teacher Open House
Tuesday, August 27, 2013
6:45 PM-8:30PM
Curriculum Night & General PTCC Meeting
Thursday, September 12, 2013
5:30PM - 6:30PM In the Cafeteria
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DCPC Meeting - Schedule Change
The date of the first meeting of the Dunwoody Chamblee Parents Council (DCPC) has been changed from September 4 to September 11 due to an unavoidable scheduling conflict of speaker Interim Superintendent Michael Thurmond. The time (9:15, refreshments start at 8:45) and place (Dunwoody High School) remain the same.
The DCPC brings parents, principals, teachers, school board members, school officials, and legislators together to discuss topics that affect public schools in our community. The DCPC serves the both the Dunwoody and Chamblee High Schools and their feeder schools. The DCPC meets monthly at various schools within the area. The topic of the meeting varies from month to month. The full schedule can be found at http://dunwoodychambleeparentcouncil.blogspot.com/p/calendar.html.
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Vote for PCMS in "Give with Target" Campaign
 Target is giving up to $5 million to schools all over the country through their Give With Target program. For every 25 votes on the "Give with Target" site, Target will give PCMS $25.
Simply click here and type in "Peachtree Charter Middle School." Then click "vote" next to the school. It's THAT easy and only takes about 60 seconds! You can vote once a week until September 21 and each vote equals $1 for PCMS. Please vote weekly and pass the word by sharing this post on Facebook.
NO PURCHASE NECESSARY. Voting ends on 9/21/13 at 11:59:59 p.m. CT or when $5 million has been awarded, whichever comes first. Max of $10,000 awarded per school. Voting is limited to legal residents of the 50 US/DC, 13 years of age and older. Limit one vote per person per week. See Terms and Conditions and eligible schools in the Give with Target app on Facebook.com/Target for details.
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Box Tops Drawing this Friday
It is time for the first Box Tops drawing of the year! The drawing will be Friday, August 30. There will be a table set up in the Gym Lobby to collect the box tops.
20 box tops for Student = 1 ticket
5 box tops for teachers - 1 ticket
The Student prize will be a Starbucks gift bag.
The Teacher prize will be a $25.00 Kroger gift card.
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Stay Informed with eSIS Parent Assistant!
Want to see your child's grades daily from your home computer? eSIS Parent Assistant (PA) is a secure, web-based application that allows parents, guardians, and students to view student information such as attendance and grades.
Click here http://www.peachtreechartermiddleschool.org/parent-portal-check-grades.html to learn how to register and login! You can find your child's GTID # and Student # from their schedule or from a past report card/progress report.
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Mandatory Volunteer Training
The State of Georgia Mandatory Reporting Law was revised expanding the listing of persons who are now categorized as mandated reporters of child abuse and neglect. This list now includes anyone who volunteers in a school.
To ensure that all school volunteers are aware of the new responsibilities and penalties associated with non-compliance, ALL VOLUNTEERS ARE REQUIRED BY LAW to go through a brief training presentation created by DeKalb County Schools on the mandatory reporting of abuse and neglect and what it means to be a mandated reporter.
The training MUST be completed before volunteering. You must also complete the certificate affirming that you have watched the video presentation and understand your obligations as a mandated reporter. Volunteers must update this training each school year.
Both the presentation and certificate can be accessed from the school website at http://www.peachtreechartermiddleschool.org/mandatory-online-volunteer-training.html
If you have any questions regarding the presentation or your obligations as a reporter, please contact the school's social worker.
Peachtree Charter Middle School Social Worker - Isaura Roque
Phone: 678-676-7135
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Media Center Volunteers Needed
The PCMS Media Center needs some parent volunteers. Typically, a parent volunteer in the Media Center will assist in circulation activities such as checking materials in and out of the media center and shelving returned books. Shifts are daily 8:15am - 9am, sign up for as many as you like!
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Volunteers Needed for Attendance Office
Volunteers are needed in the PCMS Attendance Office to help with late check ins and early check outs of students, change of dismissal authorization, retrieval of phone messages and other light office duties. Shifts are 1 1/2 hours (8.30am to 10am or 12.30pm to 2pm). Helping out in the Attendance Office is an excellent way to earn your volunteer hours, while getting to know PCMS. Please contact Louise Headland at mcmuland@comcast.net if you are interested.
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Calling All 6th Graders...Join the Orchestra!
Have you ever wanted to hear the classics played in your home?
Orchestra students meet and greet some of the greatest composers who have ever lived...
And it's been proven that music study goes hand in hand with greater success in every academic area.
The more our students (some beginners, some very advanced) learn about playing their instruments, the more they can appreciate the greatest music.
To add Orchestra to your schedule, go to the front office or contact your counselor for more information.
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6th and 7th Graders, If you like to sing it is not too late to change your schedule to Chorus!!! To add Chorus to your schedule, go to the front office or contact your Counselor for more information. Please come join us!!!
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Water Essay Contest
Sponsored by the Metropolitan North Georgia Water Planning District
Essay Topic: Water Conversation
Students should write a 300-500 word essay
that addresses the following question:
Why is water conservation important to you and our region?
As you write your essay consider how water impacts your family, our region and the environment.
Essays must be legible and either typed or in pen on white paper. Each essay must be submitted with an entry form. All essays must be received no later than Friday, October 18, 2013.
You can download an entry form at http://www.mydropcounts.org
District-wide Winner: $500 Cash
County Winners: $100 Cash
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Come help improve the Fence Line of the "PCMS Living Classroom" on Saturday, September 21st from 1:00-4:00. Bring sunloving bushes or climbing vines to
plant. Tell your parents they can earn service hours.
Also, Earth Club, formally the Garden Club will meet Tuesday, September 20th at 8:10am outside the front doors of school. Permanent passes will be given out at that time.
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All grades, whether you are taking Art or not! There will be a huge art exhibit at PCMS this semester, so we need you to make some awesome art work for our show!
 Get a pass to come to the Art Room Tuesday or Thursday mornings and Mrs. Cygnarowicz will give you the right size materials to make some artwork for our show! You can stay in the Art Room and work in the mornings or take your supplies home and bring them back when finished. We will be framing your work for sale, so let's get started and show what we can do. Anyone in the school can participate - all you have to do is WANT to make some ART!
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The FIRST EVER volleyball season is officially underway at PCMS!! The coaches are pleased to announce the inaugural teams:
Peachtree Red
Marina von Behren - 1
Jackie Beausoleil - 19
Sarah Briggs - 16
Rachel Brown - 24Amanda Fields - 20 Meredith Frederick - 13 Amanda Gild - 7 Ciara Moore - 17 Sara Norment - 2 Ashley Nguyen - 25
Emily O'Day - 15
Miranda Rudnicki - 8
Peachtree Blue Katie McCory - 4 Journey Gardner-Sanders - 11 Pearl Arno - 6 Elizabeth Duke - 22 Jennifer Duong - 5 Ralaina Douthit - 13 Sophia Edwards - 26 Emily Eith - 23 Marguerite Lanham - 10 Alix McDonald - 3 Rachel Miller - 9 Camilla Rubiano - 18 Katie Holtz - 14 Please come out and support the girls as both teams take on the Centennial Jr. Knights and Chamblee Middle on Monday, August 26 in the PCMS gym. Matches start at 5:30pm. Questions? Contact Amber James at peachtreemsvolleyball@gmail.com
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Drama Booster Club Meeting
Tuesday, August 27
Parents of all new and returning drama club students should plan to attend the booster meeting on August 27 at 6:00 p.m. in the cafeteria before open house. We will conduct club business, relay information about this year's program, continue registration and sign up for volunteer opportunities. Registration forms and contracts are available on the website, pcmsboosterclub.com.
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Chorus Booster Club Meeting
Thursday, August 29
6 pm in the Cafeteria
Come learn more about our Chorus Program and Booster Club at our year opening meeting, this Thursday, 8/29, at 6PM in the cafeteria. Information on our fundraisers will be available and we are looking for parent volunteers to help throughout the year. We look forward to seeing you then.
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EXTREME MAKEOVER
for the
PCMS Living Classroom Fence Line
Saturday, September 21 1-4 pm
Be a part of the Fall 2013
"Bush Bonanza" and Landscape Design Challenge!
All students and families welcome. Bring shovels, wheelbarrows and gloves.
Share your favorite bushes such as lantana, butterfly, beauty berry, and any other
hardy sun loving bushes from your yard or local nursery.
Vines such as star jasmine, trumpet flower, etc. also accepted!
These will be planted on the outside of the fence line.
Receive Volunteer Hours!
Remember, they need to survive full sun!
Donate a bag of planting soil to help!
Help us transform the fence line into a work of art in just 4 hours!
We will plant as many bushes as we can get around the outside border of the garden.
Great schools are cultivated...we need your help.
Contact Susan Wofford with questions or details on our wish list: susanwofford@gmail.com
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PCMS Arts Festival - Something's Coming!
Save the Date: October 5th, 4 - 9 pm
Featuring music, performers, raffles, art show, vendors, food and a movie on the lawn!
Mark your calendars now and keep on the lookout for more details.
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Attention 6th, 7th & 8th grade girls - Dunwoody High School Girls Lacrosse is ready to teach you how to play the fastest growing sport in the nation! Coach Evans and some of the varsity players  will be having a informational meeting fornew and returning PCMS girls on Tuesday September 3rd at North Peachtree Baptist Church beginning at 7:30pm. Please go to the church field and look for the signs. Headcoach Rowe and players from the Georgia Tech girls lacrosse squad are ready to train the beginner, as well as advance the skills of the seasoned player. We will once again be holding conditioning/training classes in early September and invite you to join us. You must have goggles, a mouth guard, lacrosse stick, and a copy of your insurance card to participate. In addition to our V/JV teams, we are establishing a 6th & 7th grade middle school team as well. For more information and directions, visit our website at: www.DunwoodyGirlsLacrosse.org
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Do you know what the fastest growing team sport is in America? That's right, it's LACROSSE!! And Dunwoody High is the Home of the first sanctioned team in DeKalb County. If you want to find out more about the "Fastest Sport on Two Feet" contact us in one of three ways:  2) Call us at (678) 357-9039 or 3) Go to our website at: www.dunwoodylacrosse.com and click on the "Contact Us" tab on the right hand side of the page.
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Dunwoody Junior Wildcats Fall Camp
The Dunwoody Junior Wildcats is now registering girls for its fall volleyball program. The three-week program will run Oct. 7-28 at the gymnasium at Peachtree Charter Middle School from 6 to 7:30 p.m. The sessions are open to current fourth- through eighth-graders and will help players develop their skills on the court through group drills and competitive play. Sessions are designed to teach proper volleyball mechanics in a fun, safe, and learning environment that will challenge players to do their best in every drill and skill. Our coaches also provides a lot of individual attention for overall skill improvement. The cost is $95 per player. Each player will receive a Junior Wildcats T-shirt. For more information, contact Junior Wildcats director Steve Goldin at 770-330-5532 or by email at sgoldin106@aol.com. You can also call Lead Instructor Brent Bridger at 678-687-1898 or email totalathletesports@gmail.com.
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Sent By:
The Parent Teacher Charter Council at Peachtree Charter Middle School. If you wish to submit an announcement for the next newsletter, please submit it to pcmsnewsletter@gmail.com by Thursday.
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