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Parent Teacher Charter Council (PTCC) Election for the 2014-2015 Academic Year:
Vote Now Online!
Parents will be able to vote now online April 27th-April 29th or in the front office April 28th - 29th. You may vote if you currently have a student attending PCMS.
Parents will elect three (3) candidates to represent the parents and students of Peachtree Charter Middle School on the Executive Council.
Candidates for the 2014-2016 Parent Teacher Charter Council to serve a two year term are:
Bill Florence
Bill Florence is a skilled communicator, specializing in the practice of public affairs, crisis management, and corporate social responsibility. He served as Director of Public Affairs for InterContinental Hotels Group (IHG), the world's largest hotel company, with responsibility for the hospitality giant's North American public affairs, government relations, and community relations activities. Florence previously worked with Atlanta's leading public affairs agency, representing both private and public-sector clients, including The Coca-Cola Company, Georgia Municipal Association, and BellSouth Telecommunications. A graduate of The University of Georgia and Mercer University's School of Law, Florence spent nine years practicing law, primarily as an Assistant District Attorney in the Clayton Judicial Circuit. Florence also has served as an ongoing writer and columnist for The Dunwoody Crier newspaper. A native Atlantan, he and his family have lived in Dunwoody since 2001. Daughter, Amanda, is a Sixth-Grade student at Peachtree Charter Middle School, and son, Will, is in Fifth Grade at Vanderlyn Elementary.
Renate Herod
Renate Herod has been married to Chris for 23 years and has two boys, Ethan (9th grade at DHS) and Sasha (7th grade at PCMS). She volunteers in the offices of both schools and has previously been PTA president at Chesnut and Kittredge. Renate has served in a variety of volunteer positions at Chesnut, Kittredge, Chamblee Middle, Peachtree and Dunwoody High. She was also recording secretary for DCPC for two years. Renate is a Planning Commissioner for the City of Dunwoody and has chaired/volunteered for many events in Dunwoody. Prior to being a stay-at-home mom, Renate worked at CNN for 18 years.
(Renate has agreed to chair for 2014-2015 and will serve a one year term, as her son graduates PCMS in 2015.)
Tina Wilkinson
Tina Wilkinson has two children at PCMS: Ben (7th) and Anna (6th). Currently, she serves on the executive board of Chorus and is a member of the Living Classroom committee. Tina initiated the current gift card fundraiser for Chorus and is leading the effort to incorporate planting and harvesting into our Health curriculum. At Vanderlyn Elementary, she served on school council for four years (chaired in 2013), founded and chaired the Organic Garden program, chaired Lunch Bunch committee, and co-chaired the Environmental Education and Wellness Committees. As chair of Vanderlyn's Organic Garden program, Tina founded the program and oversaw its expansion to include activities for 650 students annually. She expanded the Lunch Bunch program to provide for a parent volunteer in the cafeteria daily. As co-chair of Environmental Ed, Wilkinson started recycling programs for printer cartridges, cell phones, drink pouches, and crayons. The Wellness Committee successfully advocated for salads for students and submitted the winning application to DCSS for capital improvements to Vanderlyn's bathrooms. Before her children, Tina was a corporate banker at Wachovia Bank from 1989 to 2000. Her most recent position was Senior Vice President of Risk Management in the International Department with responsibilities for Europe, Turkey, & Israel.
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Committee Chairs Needed
The Parent Teacher Charter Council (PTCC) is seeking committee chairs for 2014-2015:Registration Co-Chairs
CV Classic Co-Chairs - (already have 2) but need 2 more to solicit corporate sponsors by mid Sept.
Book Fair Co-ChairsPartners in Education Chair/Co-Chairs
Peer Proofing Co-Chairs
Merchant Rebates Chair/co-chairs
Volunteer Membership Coordinator - gives volunteer emails to chairs from registration or online sign ups
Box Tops Co-Chairs (already have 1)
Media Center Chair - manages Sign Up Genius of volunteersPatriot Games Co-Chair (already have 1) --end of year field day
Attendance Office Chair - manages Sign Up Genius to work officeFoundation Financial Secretary- to understudy TreasurerPlease email sarahsmith7319@bellsouth.net to chair a committee and get involved!
Sarah Smith
PTCC Chair 2013-2014
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 PCMS Plants an Apple Orchard
On a beautiful day before Spring Break, students and teachers at PCMS planted an apple orchard adjacent the school garden known as The Living Classroom. Seventh-grade life science teacher, Nancy Bustamante, the sponsor of the garden, coordinated the orchard effort with Robby Astrove, an Environmental Educator and Fruit Tree Arborist. After Mr. Astrove taught the students the proper methods for planting the trees, the students enthusiastically dug the holes, positioned the trees, added compost, and finished with mulch. The large variety of apple trees will be a wonderful additional to the garden by adding shade, beauty, and of course apples. More trees are planned for next year.
The PCMS Foundation provided the funds for the trees. The garden has been used in a variety of ways by the school. It includes a fenced-in area that has several raised beds that the health classes presently are using for growing vegetables. Sixth graders have used the garden to test anemometers calculating wind speed, and another class calculated the most efficient spacing of plants. Ms. Bustamante is now seeking certification for the Living Classroom as a Monarch Marking Station in order for student to track and study the butterflies.
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 PCMS Family Health Night
You are invited to Peachtree Charter Middle School's Family Health Night, April 29th from 6:30 - 8:00 pm in the cafeteria. Special guests will include Georgia State HOPE research team, Cowart YMCA, National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI), Beatty Strength, and Wellstreet Urgent Care will provide complimentary Blood Pressure Checks. All students and parents in attendance will be eligible for many great raffles...
- 4-$25 gift card to Sports Authority
- 2-PE Uniforms
- WellStreet Biometric Screenings
- Pedometers and more...
Hope to see you there!
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Be A Patriot!
Parent Volunteers Needed
for Patriot Games
May 7, 8, and 9
We are looking for parent volunteers to help out with this fun, spring, field-day event at PCMS. Patriot Games will take place for 6th graders on Wednesday, May 7th, for 7th graders on Thursday, May 8th, and for 8th graders on Friday, May 9th. You may help out on 1, 2, or all 3 days. You will have 1 to 3 hour time slots to choose from, and volunteering will consist of things like tallying scores, running scores from the events to the score table, refereeing, etc.
To sign up, go to:
Lunch Donations Needed
Can't volunteer your time for the PCMS Patriot Games? No problem! We would ask you to send in an item or two for the pizza lunch the kids will be enjoying each day during the games. Please send in your items the morning of the event. Please drop them off in the office. We appreciate your help!
For details and to sign up, go to: www.SignUpGenius.com/go/4090A4EACAA23A31-patriot1
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Patriot Games Concession Stand
Donations Needed
The Independent Living Special Education classes of Ms. Abraham, Mrs. Moore, Ms. Magness and Mr. Callahan will be running the Concession Stand at the Peachtree Charter Middle School Patriot Games on May 7th, May 8th and May 9th.Our students are being taught skills to develop independence in school, home, and community environments. We strongly believe that domestic, daily living, and community skills training are of vital importance for our students. In order for our students to meet their instructional goals and objectives more effectively, we have included a variety of functional skills, such as cooking, shopping, and ordering food from a restaurant in our academic program. Through these activities, our students will be given hands on experience within real life settings. The money that is raised from the concession stand will be used throughout the school year to help offset the cost of these instructional experiences for our students.You may send in specific items (listed below) or money for us to purchase the items that we need. Items can be found at Costco and Sam's as well as your favorite grocery store. (All items should come in prepackaged, individual sizes ready to sell.)Some items that we need include:- 12 oz. cans of soft drinks
- Individual bags of Sun Chips, trail mix, pretzels, chips, Hot Fries, Hot Cheetos, Doritos, etc.
- Sour Punch Straws (red, blue, green, pink)
- Skittles (regular or sour) and Starbursts
- Airheads and Airheads Extreme
- Bottled water
- Healthy snacks (granola bars, fruit)
Please send in your donation to the Front Office (labeled "Patriot Games Concession Stand") by Monday, May 5th so that we can plan accordingly. Please remember to log your donation to count for your PTCC volunteer hours.Thank you in advance for your support and cooperation as we strive to develop better educational programs for our very special students. |
 Teacher Appreciation
We're giving the PCMS Teachers & Staff a "World of Thanks" May 12th-16th for all that they do for our children, and we need your help!! We need many different items donated to make this week special. We've planned a world-themed tribute. Please see the Sign Up Genius link below to sign up:
Thank you for all your help this year. We appreciate it so much. Have a wonderful day!
Jennifer Cohen and Kristy Whitener
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Open Gym for Peachtree Middle School Girls Volleyball for 5th to 7th Grade Girls
The Peachtree Middle School Volleyball program will hold several open gym dates for girls currently in grades 5-7 who plan on trying out for the Peachtree Middle School Volleyball team in August. Upcoming gym dates are 5/6 and 5/13 at the Peachtree Middle School gym from 4 to 5:30 p.m.
Open gym dates are also planned for the summer. The summer program will also take place at Peachtree Middle School on July 21, 23, 25, 28, 30 from 10 a.m. to noon.
Volleyball tryouts for the Peachtree Middle School Volleyball Teams will be held on Saturday, Aug. 2, from 9 a.m. to noon and Sunday, Aug. 3, from 12:30 p.m. to 3 p.m.
For more information on the PCMS volleyball program, visit:
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 Color Guard Tryouts
Attention all 8th grade girls. Have you ever watched the DHS Marching Band during halftime and seen the color guard spinning flags on the field? Have you ever thought this might be something fun to learn how to do? Color guard clinic and tryouts for the 2014-2015 Dunwoody High School Marching Band will be held April 28-May 1 from 4:15-6:00 at DHS. Auditions are open to all CURRENT 8th graders - no experience is necessary and you do NOT have to be a current band member. Please see one of our flyers around the school with all the important information. If you have any questions, please contact Tracy Wiggins at tracywiggins48@gmail.com or Deb Palgon at dspalgon@gmail.com. |
 Car Wash to Support DHS Soccer
Wash the pollen off your car! Come to the DHS Girl's Varsity and JV Team Car Wash TODAY - Sunday, April 27th - at Dunwoody Village Burger King from 12-4. All donations go to support the DHS Girl's Soccer Teams. We appreciate your support - Go Wildcats!
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 Softball Camp
The Dunwoody High School Softball Team and Coaches run one of the most popular softball camps in the Dunwoody, Chamblee, Brookhaven, Norcross and Sandy Springs area.
This year's camp is June 9 - June 12, 2014 from 9 am to 1 pm. Ages are Kindergarten through rising 7th graders. Location - Dunwoody High Softball Fields and Gym Cost - $125
Each day the girls perform both offensive and defensive drills and do a craft project with players and coaches from the 2013 JV and Varsity Softball teams.
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 Backpack Donations Needed! As you clean out your closets this spring, please consider donating your gently used backpacks to Camp Jenny. Camp Jenny is a camp for inner-city Atlanta elementary school students held each year over Memorial Day weekend. The students come to camp free of charge, having earned their seat on the bus by attending school, behaving appropriately, and putting forth their best effort in all of their school work. They are provided backpacks by the camp in order to have something in which to pack their belongings. Our goal is to collect 150 backpacks. Donation boxes will be in the school lobby near the security desk until the end of April. If you have any questions about Camp Jenny, please feel free to contact 6th grader, Jordan Limor, or his mom, Judy, at jlimor@bellsouth.net. Thanks! |
 2014 DUNWOODY WILDCATS YOUTH FOOTBALL CAMP
Coordinated by the Dunwoody Football Coaching Staff & Players
June 23, 24, and 25
8:45 AM - 12:00 NOON
Ages 6-14
@ Peachtree Middle School
$75 per player (Discount: 2 siblings $130; 3 siblings $180)
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Another Summer Program Opportunity
The Counseling Office has received information about another summer program. Please keep in mind that our posting of summer programs does not imply that we endorse any particular program. We are simply passing information received on to parents. Please check into any program you are interested in before sending information or money.
Mercer University conducts the Young Author and Math Scholar programs for Rising 6th through 8th grade students, designed to encourage and nurture academically talented students through instruction and activities in the areas of creative writing and mathematics. These courses are not remedial courses, but meant as enrichment for students already showing a high level of interest in these areas. There is a fee for the weekly sessions.
Flyers are available in the Counseling Office, or by visiting http://myp.mercer.edu/. For additional questions or information, contact 678-547-6193 or email atlc4kids@mercer.edu.
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 Carolina Master Scholars Adventure Series
We have received information about another summer program. Please keep in mind that our posting of summer programs does not imply that we endorse any particular program. We are simply passing information received on to parents. Please check into any program you are interested in before sending information or money.
The University of South Carolina offers the Carolina Master Scholars Adventure Series, a summer academic camp for scholastically talented Rising 6th-12th graders. The program offers one-week courses with commuting and residential options June 8 through July 13. Courses include areas of law, pharmacy, forensic science, physics, medicine, neuroscience, robotics, aviation, engineering and computer gaming. Partial need-based scholarships are available. For more information, visit http://saeu.sc.edu/adventures/. You can also contact the Office of Continuing Education and Conferences at 803-777-9444 or email Meredith Fievet Higgs at pups@mailbox.sc.edu.
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 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!
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Submit to the
PCMS eNews!
All submissions should be sent by Thursday noon for inclusion in the Sunday edition.
Please e-mail requests to: pcmsnewsletter@gmail.com
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The Parent Teacher Charter Council at Peachtree Charter Middle School.
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If you wish to submit an announcement for the next newsletter, please submit it to pcmsnewsletter@gmail.com by Thursday.
GO PATRIOTS!
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