12/08/2014

Miami Palmetto Senior High School PTSA

December 8th, 2014

Upcoming Events:

December 10 - Panther for a Day

December 11 - Early Release and Holiday Show

Holiday Show:

Join us for the Holiday Show this Thursday at 7:00pm in the auditorium.

Special Olympics:

We had three athletes go to the Florida State Fall Classic for Special Olympics in Gymnastics this past November. The games were held at the Wide World of Sports Complex in Orlando, FL.

Megan Fernandez earned gold medals in floor exercise, beam, bars, and all-around. She received a bronze in the vault. Michelle Mazzacane earned gold medals in floor exercise, vault, and bars and all-around. She also earned a bronze medal in beam. Kristen Santalo earned a gold medal in bars, silver medal all-around, bronze medals in vault, and beam, as well as fourth place in floor exercise. They were trained by Coach Lauren Petrick and her staff at LEAP South Florida.

Paavlena Madhivanan qualified to compete at the next level of competition in the Down's Syndrome World Championships for Swimming. They competed in Morelia, Mexico. She placed ninth overall. She competed in free-style and backstroke. She was in Mexico for two weeks with her parents and they were also able to see some of the sights.

New uniform designs:

Calling all fashion forward Panthers! Hurry in and purchase our newly designed Palmetto Apparel available in the school store room 305B from 10:30am to 12:30p,. Stand out in your trendy and classic style made for our fabulous students, staff, parents and alumni.

Fashion in the Garden Committee:

Do you enjoy fashion? Fashion in the Gardens, our Pinecrest-wide fundraiser for the 5 Pinecrest Schools, is looking for fun, fashionable people to find community donors and sponsors for this February's event. Volunteers are needed for several positions. Contact ceilfitts@gmail.com for more information.

Volunteer and Donation needs:

Please help us spread some holiday cheer (and a nice meal) for our teachers!!!

Volunteer a couple hours of your time:

Dec 17 we need a few hands. Just to set up a nice venue for the teachers. 2:20pm to 3ish.

Dec 18 we need a few more helpers to serve 10:30am to 12:15pm, and a few to clean up 12:15pm to 12:45pm

Donate some goods:

6 - 2 liters of Coke

10- 2 liters of Diet Coke

1 - Bag of lemons

3 - Bags of fresh mint

2 - Cans of whipped cream

16 - Large Containers of strawberries

3 - Large containers of blueberries.

We could use your help and/ or the goodies listed to create a great kickoff for the teachers' winter break. We have other donations already, and some good food to be catered! Let us know if you can help. I have direction, drop off, and perishable food info where needed.

Jack and Gwen Swerdloff

Volunteer Coordinators

palmettovolunteer@gmail.com

Campaign for Excellence:

Mathnasium of Palmetto Bay

at the corner of US1 and 144 ST (King's Bay)

Mathnasium helps kids catch up, keep up, and get ahead by teaching math in a way that makes sense. Students receive personalized instruction from carefully trained math experts to fill in any gaps in their math skills as well as strengthen their overall mathematical foundation and thinking. For more information contact PalmettoBay@Mathnasium.com or call 305-974-1747. 

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