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PCMS eNews
June 15, 2014

 

Peachtree Charter Middle School

4664 North Peachtree Road    

Dunwoody, Georgia  30338-5898 

(678) 676-7702  

   

This week's Peachtree eNEWS highlights:
Forward to your rising 6th grade parent friends!
Registration Volunteer Opportunities
New Immunization Requirements
PCMS eNews Summer Publication Schedule
Summer Reading, Math, Social Studies and Science Packets
Spanish Summer Assignments
Summer Bridge for Rising 6th Graders
GA Natural Gas True Blue Schools
Girls Volleyball Tryouts
 
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PCMS Registration Volunteer Opportunities 
Complete your 2014-2015 volunteer hours this summer!

Helping with Registration is an easy way to get your volunteer hours in for the 2014-2015 year before school even starts! We are looking for enthusiastic volunteers to help with a variety of positions for two different Registration Events:

 

6th Grade Registration - Thursday, July 31

7th & 8th Grade Registration - Wednesday, August 6

 

Working with your child's teachers and fellow parents is a great way to start the new year. Go to the following links and choose the shift that is right for you. There are also opportunities to help post payments the day after registration; see the links below.

 

6th Grade Registration Day, 7/31:

http://www.signupgenius.com/go/10c0b4ea8aa2ea75-201415

 

Help us Post 6th Grade Registration Payments, 8/1:

http://www.signupgenius.com/go/10c0b4ea8aa2ea75-payment

 

 

7th & 8th Grade Registration Day, 8/6:

http://www.signupgenius.com/go/10c0b4ea8aa2ea75-20142015

 

 

Help Post 7th and 8th Grade Registration Payments, 8/7:

http://www.signupgenius.com/go/10c0b4ea8aa2ea75-payment1

 

 

Any questions? Contact Registration Co-Chairs: Jenny Troha, jbtroha@bellsouth.net or Wendy Reinstein, reinsteing@gmail.com

 

New Immunization Requirements

Due to the new immunization requirements for the state of Georgia, all continuing 7th grade students and any new 8th grade students must present a new Form 3231 showing proof of the whooping cough booster and a meningococcal shot. The new Form 3231 lists these vaccines (MVC4 and Tdap) under "Required Vaccines for School or Child Care Attendance" rather than under "Recommended Vaccines," and also has a separate checkbox in the upper right corner indicating "Complete for 7th Grade or Higher." 
 
The new Form 3231 can be obtained from your child's pediatrician or through the DeKalb County Community Health Board. The closest Health Board location is 3807 Clairmont Rd., Chamblee 30341. To be sure your doctor has given you the correct form, view a sample of the new Form 3231 at this link.

The new Form 3231 must be presented at Registration Day, August 6th. Thank
you for helping us to conform to the new immunization requirements.

 

PCMS eNews Summer Publication Schedule
Peachtree's eNews content trickles in over the summer.  Therefore, the editors take a breather.  Here's our schedule of planned summer eNews publications. 
  1. 6/15/14 (today)
  2. 6/29/14
  3. 7/13/14
  4. 7/27/14
  5. 8/3/14 (Weekly emails continue from this point.)

 

Remember, if you have something to submit  for publication consideration, it will need to be received by us no later than noon on the Thursday prior to the following Sunday's publication.

 

Required PCMS Summer Work:

Summer Reading and Math Packets

and  

New! Social Studies and Science Packets! 

(2014-2015)

 By the time students return in August, the PCMS teachers expect students to have completed the appropriate grade level  packet and turn them in the first day of school for a grade.     

The Summer Assignment information is available on  the PCMS Website: http://www.peachtreechartermiddleschool.org/2014-15-summer-packets.html 


Spanish Summer Assignments for Rising 9th Graders
"Those of you enrolled for Spanish Level 2 at Dunwoody High School are required to complete a Summer Assignment, due the first day of school!  Shortly after the last day of school, go to the high school main page and click on "Summer Assignments."   Be sure not to wait until the end of the summer, it's meant to be completed throughout the summer."

 

Summer Bridge for Rising 6th Graders

 Summer Bridge 2014 

 

On Thursday, July 31st, and Friday, August 1st, Peachtree Charter Middle School is hosting a special event for our rising 6th graders. We would like to invite all students who will be 6th graders in the 2014-2015 school year to participate in our Summer Bridge program. The Summer Bridge is designed to ease the transition between elementary and middle school as well as prepare students entering Peachtree to have a wonderful and productive 6th grade year!

 

     Thursday, July 31, 2014, from 8:00 AM to 12:00 PM, is reserved exclusively for 6th grade parents to register their children.

 

Registration will take place in the gym (signs will be posted to help direct you to the correct location). Your registration will not last the entire morning, but please arrive early enough to allow approximately one hour to complete the process.

 

     Friday, August 1, 2014, from 8:00 AM to 12:00 PM, the students will attend an orientation program consisting of several sessions such as:

appropriate use of the locker and agenda planner, extracurricular activities available, and a scavenger hunt throughout the building.

Students will have fun!  Parents should plan to attend a parent question and answer session with the Principal from 11:30am- 12:00pm in the cafeteria, before the 12:00pm pick up time.   

 

Georgia Natural Gas TrueBlue Schools Program

 

Since 2008, Georgia Natural Gas has been supporting schools with their TrueBlue Schools program. They give $5 per month to your designated school for each registered customer. PCMS has benefited from this and collected $16,820 over the years for improvements at the school. Unfortunately, they are phasing out this program over the next twelve months. BUT you can still help PCMS get funds over the next school year.   Since it will be the last year, Georgia Natural Gas is only allowing new enrollments through June 30, 2014. This means that if you are a Ga Natural Gas customer and you aren't already enrolled in this program and you want to help PCMS AT NO COST TO YOU, you must enroll by the end of June. Please use this link to enroll today. www.trueblueschools.com and click the blue button that says "start helping your school today!" All you need to provide is your GNC account number from your bill! It's an easy way to help PCMS support our students and teachers. Act fast before time runs out!

 

Girls Volleyball Tryouts

There will be open gym tryouts for girl's volleyball on July 28th and
30th, from 9:00 AM - 12:00 PM.

Tryouts will be August 2, from 9:00 AM - 12:00 PM and August 3, from 12:00 PM - 3:00 PM. Girls must be present on these days and must have a current physical on the DeKalb County School System's form. No Exceptions! The
forms are located on the DeKalb School's web site.

 

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