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February 2, 2014

This Week at Peachtree....

2/3-6	Monday-Thursday	4:15-5:45 PM	Soccer Tryouts
2/3-12	All Week & thru next Wed		Valentine's Day Flower Sale
2/4	Tuesday		Souper Teacher Luncheon
2/4	Tuesday	6:30 PM	School System Flexibility Meeting (DHS)
2/5	Wednesday	9:15 AM	Dunwoody Chamblee Parents' Council Meeting (Hightower Elementary)
2/7	Friday		DeKalb School of the Arts Application Deadline

Peachtree Charter Middle School

4664 North Peachtree Road

Dunwoody, Georgia 30338-5898

(678) 676-7702

I want to thank all the teachers for a fantastic job last Tuesday. With their support we were able to smoothly dismiss around 400 students prior to the 3:15 dismissal and orderly release students as the buses arrived.

Additionally, the staff helped to keep 63 students calm, entertained and fed, while we waited for parents to arrive. I especially want to thank Ms. Abraham, Mr. Harris, Ms. Magness, Ms. Bustamante, Ms. Dirden, Mr.

Shores and Mr. Shrader for staying the night and looking after the six students who spent the night at PCMS. I also want to thank all the parents for their patience and for their assistance in getting students home safely. It is truly impressive how well the Dunwoody community pulled together to ensure that our children were safe.

B. Scott Heptinstall

Principal

Peachtree Charter Middle School

DeKalb County School District

678-676-7703

Brian_S_Heptinstall@fc.dekalb.k12.ga.us

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MEDIA CENTER

ATTENDANCE OFFICE

PEER PROOFING (EMAIL)

Elana Morris elana2444@gmail.com or Bill McDonald billymac767@me.com

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This week's Peachtree eNEWS highlights:

This Week's Calendar

Thank you!

Teacher Appreciation

School System Flexibility Meeting

Valentine's Day Flower Sale

Soccer Tryouts

Dunwoody Chamblee Parents Council

DeKalb School of the Arts Application Deadline

Fernbank STT Applications Available

Summer Science Academy

Please Enter Your Volunteer Hours today!

Thank you to our fabulous Teachers from the PTCC

On behalf of the Parent Teacher Charter Council, I would like to extend a HUGE, heartfelt THANK YOU to our Peachtree teachers, staff, and Principal Heptinstall for all their extra work on Tuesday! During the stressful Snowjam 2014, our Peachtree teachers and staff kept the calm for our students, and many stayed all night to ensure the last of our students were picked up and safely with their parents! All this knowing they would have difficult commutes home and had to juggle their own families!

Our Teacher Appreciation Co-chairs, Kristy Whitener and Jennifer Cohen, and our wonderful Peachtree parents have planned a fabulous "Souper Teacher Luncheon" for Tuesday, February 4th! This teacher appreciation luncheon will have Super Soups, Chili, and more to thank our Super Teachers on Superbowl Week! There are a few more spots to be filled on our Sign Up Genius. We are asking everyone to bring your items to the Art Room by 9:00am Tuesday. To sign up, go to: www.SignUpGenius.com/go/30E0C4CACA62AAB9-souper/1315828

THANK YOU to our PCMS teachers, staff, administration, and parents for always coming together to make our school a wonderful place!

Sarah Smith

Chair - Parent Teacher Charter Council (PTCC)

School System Flexibility Meeting Rescheduled

The DeKalb County School System Flexibility Meeting Region 1; has been re-scheduled for Tues, February 4th 6:30PM @ Dunwoody HS

Click here to view the School District's School Flexibility Presentation and Timeline.

Click here to view the members of the Flexibility Advisory Committee.

Valentine's Day Flower Sale

Help support the Chorus Booster Club by sending Valentine Flowers to your friends and teachers. Flower tags are available from your homeroom teacher starting on Monday, February 3rd and the sale continues through Wednesday the 12^th.

Flowers are $1 each and tags, with money attached, can be dropped in the boxes located in the front office and chorus room. Volunteers will also be at the school entrances each morning accepting your orders.

We appreciate your support.

Soccer Tryouts

Soccer tryouts have been changed due to the weather.

Girls will tryout on Monday, February 3, and Wednesday, February 5.

Boys will tryout on Tuesday, February 4, and Thursday, February 6.

Tryouts will be from 4:15 - 5:45. All students must have a completed physical form. Students will not be allowed to participate without a completed physical.

Dunwoody Chamblee Parents' Council

The next Dunwoody Chamblee Parents' Council meeting is Wed, Feb 5th. Refreshments start at 8:45 am; meeting starts at 9:15 am.

Topic: Movement and Structured Exercise Initiatives

Primary Speaker: Randy Olmstead from SPARK

Location:

Hightower Elementary

4236 Tilly Mill Road

Doraville, GA 30360

(678) 676-7302

We will also be sharing and discussing movement and exercise initiatives happening at our local schools. We hope you can make it!

Future Meeting Schedule:

March 5th - Health and Wellness Roundtable

April 2nd - Cyber Safety (Evening Meeting)

May 7th - Looking Forward to 2014-2015

If you missed our last meeting about college prep, you can find our meeting notes online.

Here are direct links to our previous meeting notes:

November - School System Flexibility

October - Assessment and Performance Measurements

Sept - Superintendent Michael Thurmond

Dekalb School of the Arts

Applications for the DeKalb School of the Arts have arrived and are
available in the Counseling Office. The applications are ONLY available to those 7th and 8th graders who have maintained a 3.0 grade point average with no D's or F's in the previous Spring or Fall semesters. Please
have your child stop by the Counseling Office to pick up an application if
you are interested in applying to the Dekalb School of the Arts, and meet
these criteria. Application deadline is February 7, at 2:00 PM. Parents,
once you complete the application you must mail them to the DeKalb School
of the Arts. The information is on the form.

Fernbank STT Applications

Applications for the Fernbank Scientific Tools & Techniques (STT) program are available for 8th grade students to pick-up through Ms. Anne Poole, Room 822 from 8am to 3:30pm. The application deadline is Tuesday, February 18th in Room 822 by 3:00pm. This is a firm deadline.

The STT program is an intensive science program taken half-day during 1st semester of 9th grade. Students earn one Carnegie unit (HS credit) for Biology and one Carnegie unit for Earth Systems. For more information, Fernbank is hosting an Open House on Feb. 13. The invitation to the Open House can be found at http://fsc.fernbank.edu/

Summer Science Academy

Emory University School of Medicine is happy to announce open application and registration season for the 2014 Summer Science Academy for rising 9th- 12th grade students. Please note that the application deadline for the Residential Program is March 14th. Registration for the Day Program will be accepted on a first come, first served basis. Slots are filling fast and we urge you to spread the word to your students, friends, community, etc. For more details and to register, please visit our website .

Enter Your Volunteer Hours!

We are adding up all of the volunteer hours for the first semester and wanted to remind you of a few things:

According to our charter, all Peachtree families are required to volunteer 10 hours per year
Peachtree gets credit for having great family involvement when we are applying for grants but we have to show we have the hours
Almost everything you do at or near PCMS counts!

Donations are 1 hour for every $10
Attending band/orchestra/chorus concerts counts as volunteering!
Attending basketball games or other sports events counts
One track meet would be practically all of your hours!
Attending honors assemblies also counts as volunteering
Attending the CV Classic or Drama fall festival counts!
Attending the student showcase counts

Its easy to enter your hours...just CLICK HERE. You can also always find the link permanently placed on the sidebar of every edition of the PCMS eNews and on the PCMS website homepage.
Enter your hours and show your commitment to PCMS!
Its not too late to enter your time for the first semester ... do it now!

6th Annual Youth Anti-Violence Contest

The 6th Annual Youth Anti-Violence Contest is well underway, and is now open to all students ages 8-19. This is an opportunity for youth to share their artwork, poetry, essays, or :60 sec video skits on the topics of bullying or teen safe driving. St

Students in grades 3rd-5th may submit artwork or poetry on the topic of bullying.
Students in grades 6th-12th may submit poetry, artwork or a :60 sec video skit on DVD representing the topics of teen driver safety or bullying.
An incentive will be awarded to the teacher and classroom of the winning 3rd-5th grade student.

Click the hyperlinks for the contest rules and entry form or visit www.ryancameron.org.

The deadline for all submissions is Friday, February 14, 2014

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