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PCMS eNews
October 26, 2014

 

Peachtree Charter Middle School

4664 North Peachtree Road    

Dunwoody, Georgia  30338-5898 

(678) 676-7702  

   

This week's Peachtree eNEWS highlights:
School Climate Award Winners
Scholastic Book Fair
Lost and Found
AFAEE Awards
PCMS Recycles!
DCPC Meeting
Odyssey of the Mind needs YOU
This week's calendar
School Climate Award Winners
Peachtree Charter Middle School would like to recognize the following students for receiving the September School Climate Award:
  • Walter Henderson
  • Edgar Aparicio
  • Luis Lazaro
  • Samuel Wingert
  • George Castillo-Viveros
  • Braden Cole
  • Jayden Denson
  • Kameron Redd
  • Yesenia Esquivel-Salinas
  • Ana Skrinjar
The School Climate Award celebrates students who are consistently on time to class, respectful, and in dress code.

Congratulations, students!
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Volunteer Corner
Partners in Education
 
Bank of North Georgia 
Chick-fil-A 
Domino's 
Dunwoody Rotary Club 
Huntington Learning Center 
Jersey Mike's 
Kaplan Orthodontics 
Kroger 
Nokia Siemens Networks 
Northside Hospital 
Pearle Vision 
Plantation South  of Dunwoody 
Rita's Italian Ice 
Shane's Rib Shack 
Subway  
Scholastic Book Fair
This year's Scholastic Book Fair will be November 17-21, the week before Thanksgiving break. We'll have a great selection of books, fiction and non-fiction, from humor to thrillers. Look for the newest book in the "Diary of a Wimpy Kid" series, the graphic novel "Sisters," and the final books in the Percy Jackson and Origami Yoda series. And lots more! Watch for more information, coming home soon with your student.

To make the sale successful, we need your help getting things ready and running for the sale. Volunteer shifts last two hours or less, with available times in the morning, mid-day, after school, or evening. Please sign up for a convenient time via Sign Up Genius: http://www.signupgenius.com/go/4090548aba822a75-pcms

Earn your volunteer hours while helping the school earn thousands of dollars.

Thank you for making the book fair a continued success!
Lost and Found is Overflowing!
Missing something?  The Lost and Found barrels in the cafeteria are overflowing with coats, shoes, books, lunch bags, pants, backpacks and lots of other items.  Come take a look and take them home!
The Atlanta Families' Awards for Excellence in Education
Parents - Nominations Open November 7!

DeKalb County School District announces its partnership with the Atlanta Families' Awards for Excellence in Education (AFAEE), a program that recognizes outstanding teachers and school leaders in districts across Metro Atlanta.  Parents, staff and even students can submit nominations for teachers and administrators. AFAEE recipients earn a $7,500 award by demonstrating excellence in three areas: 

* increasing student achievement
* enhancing students' self-esteem
* collaborating with key stakeholders

As a winner, the $7,500 includes funding for a school project of your choice ($3,500), funding for a professional development opportunity ($1,500), and a personal stipend ($2,500). Applicants must complete essays aligned to the award criteria along with a project proposal. The project proposal is the educator's opportunity to imagine an initiative that meets a need in the classroom, school, or
community. In order to be eligible for the award, DeKalb County Schools teachers, assistant principals, and principals (charter and traditional) must have at least two years' experience at their district school.

Nominations will open November 7, 2014 through January 9, 2015, and the application deadline will be February 13, 2015. Winners are also required to remain at the district school the year after receiving the award as well as complete professional development and project requirements and contribute to efforts of the AFAEE Winners' Circle.

Since 2006, 97 educators have garnered this prestigious award and over $2 million dollars have been given to classrooms, schools and communities throughout Metro Atlanta. To learn more about the Atlanta Families' Awards for Excellence in Education program, please visit www.atlantafamilies.org or Facebook at www.facebook.com/atlantafamilies.

PCMS Recycles!
LAST WEEK!  BRING YOUR RECYCLING TO PCMS!

PCMS is participating in a county-wide recycling pilot program.  We were one of seventeen DeKalb County schools chosen to participate and the only school in the Dunwoody cluster.  From September 29th until October 31st we are in competition with the other pilot schools to see who can recycle the most, based on recycled weight and school enrollment. Monetary grants and field trips will be awarded to the top scoring schools.  1st place is $2,000 and 3 bus vouchers!


 

We are recycling throughout the school and are reaching out to the community to ask for help as we strive to be the number one school in the county!  Instead of placing your recycling on the curb in front of your house, bring it to us!  We will accept paper, plastic, Styrofoam, aluminum, tin and steel.  Our new recycling dumpster is located in the back of the school, behind the cafeteria.


 

Thanks in advance for helping us reach our goal of being the top school. Since we are the only school participating in the Dunwoody cluster, we hope that you will tell all your friends and neighbors to bring their recycling to Peachtree as well! 


 

Let's work as a community to use this wonderful opportunity to both recycle and earn some money for our school!

 

DCPC Meeting Tuesday, 11/4
Preparing Your Child for College Acceptance

This next DCPC meeting is geared towards middle and early high school students and their parents. We'll have a panel of representatives from a variety of schools from around the state including 2 and 4 year institutions, small and large. We'll also have a parent who has experienced the college application process with several children and works in the state system so you can get an additional perspective. Our panel will be answering questions and giving tips for things you can do now to better prepare your child for college application/acceptance in the years to come.

Please note, this is an evening meeting and we hope the time change will allow for more parents to attend. For this particular meeting and topic, we also encourage middle and high school students to attend, as well.

Tuesday, November 4th

Time: 6:45 pm, social and light snack; 
         7:00 pm, meeting starts, panel discussion;
         8:30 pm, meeting adjourned

Location:
Dunwoody High School
5035 Vermack Rd
Dunwoody, GA 30338

 

Odyssey of the Mind -
Parent Coach Needed!

 

Thank you to all of the students that responded with an interest in joining Odyssey of the Mind. We definitely have enough students interested, but we still do not have a parent that has been able to commit to coaching the team. 

If you were considering taking on this position,
please contact Laurie Smith (teacher sponsor) at laurie_g_smith@fc.dekalb.k12.ga.us  

For more information about what it is, go to www.odysseyofthemind.com 

 

 
This week at PCMS!  
Mon
10/27


 
Red Ribbon Week
Tue
10/28


 
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Wed
10/29


 
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Thu
10/30


 
Red Ribbon Week
Fri
10/31


 
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