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Upcoming Events
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4/10: Sunshine State Award Nominees voting party
4/10: PES "Endangered" art exhibit, Doc Thomas House in South Miami, 6:30 - 9 PM
4/18: Family Storytelling Festival, MDPLS Pinecrest Branch 11 AM - 3 PM
4/11: PES Chorus sings National Anthem at Marlins game, 4:10 PM
4/20: PES night at Sub Shack, 5 - 8 PM
4/22: Earth Day Celebration, Palmetto Middle School, 4 - 7 PM
4/23: Performing Arts End-of-Year parent meeting
4/29: Community of Respect event, Pinecrest Gardens, 6:30 PM
4/29: Talent Show, PES Cafeteria 7 PM
4/30: Golden Paw Awards, (During morning announcements in the Media Center)
Click here for more future events.
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Recurring Events
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Recycling Corner
(Mon-Fri in Media Center)
We are collecting:
--Batteries (no car batteries
--Laser and ink jet printer cartridges
--Aluminum pop tabs (for Ronald McDonald house)
The Green Team:
Chip Bag Collection (Mon-Fri in the Cafeteria)
In an effort to reduce, reuse, and recycle, our lunchroom has a new bin for up-cycling lunchbox chip baggies. The chip bag collection will reduce waste while earning money for our school through Terracycle. We also welcome PES families to drop off their Single Serve, King or Family size SALTY snack bags. See the following flyer: Chip Bag Brigade Accepted Waste. The more bags we collect, like Box Tops, the more $ is raised for our school.
Palmetto Nights at Giraffas
Dine at Giraffas at 9459 South Dixie Highway any Monday, Tuesday, or Wednesday from 3 - 10PM, mention Palmetto Elementary and 10 percent of your purchase will go to our school.
Walk Florida
(Mon-Fri 7:45-8:25am
Next to the Basketball Court)
Join us for some wonderful physical activity before the bell rings Monday-Friday. Coach Tanner has challenged our students and faculty to embark on a 1,600 mile trek around the state of Florida this school year. Grab a friend and your sneakers! See you there!
School Store
gmail.com . She will coordinate delivery and payment of what you need.
Box Tops
We need you to clip
Box Tops to raise money for ACT! Please turn in your Box Tops to your class or the front office labeled with your teacher's name.
It's easy! Look for Box Tops on hundreds of your favorite General Mills products. For more information, visit the Box Tops website at boxtops4education.com or contact Jennifer Dunbar at jenna811@aol.com.
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Sponsored by the Palmetto Elementary School PTA
Palmetto E-Prints
Eric Torres, Principal  Sarah Fair , Assistant Principal
Janet Hodur, PTA President Teresa Fitzgerald, Editor
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| 2015-2016 School Year |  Registration Open for 2015-2016 School Year
Registration is open for grades K-5 for the 2015-2016 school year. If you have any questions, please contact Mrs. Moran, Registrar at (305) 238-4306 ext. 117. |
Take your Child to Work Day
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Friday, April 10
Take your Child to Work Day is this Friday, April 10. Parent Permission Form for Field Trip must be signed by a parent and submitted by Thursday, April 9, 2015. Forms went home in backpacks last week.
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| "Endangered" Art Exhibition |  Friday, April 10 at the Tropical Audubon Society's Historic Doc Thomas House
All PES Students in grades 1 through 5 will have artwork displayed at the "Endangered" art exhibition at the Tropical Audubon Society's Historic Doc Thomas House at 5530 Sunset Drive in South Miami. The exhibit will be open from 6:30 - 9 PM and will future a performance by Jazz Combo. Come out to support this evening celebrating the arts! |
PES Night at Sub Shack!
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Monday, April 20 from 5 - 8 PM
Mr. Torres and Coach Tanner will be behind the counter, taking your dinner orders. A portion of sales and all tips benefit PES! Can't join us in the evening? Stop by during the day and mention PES and a portion of sales will still go to our school. Looking for dessert, too? We're working out the details for that evening with Chill'N, so plan to come hungry!
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Legacy Tree and Branch of Wisdom
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PES Legacy Tree and Branch of Wisdom order deadline extended to April 17! Forms are attached (tree/ branch). Don't miss your opportunity to participate in the Legacy Tree, a PES tradition, or to have your Fifth grader join the Branch of Wisdom, a new PES tradition. Legacy Tree proceeds will go to improving the courtyards at the school, while Branch of Wisdom proceeds benefit the Fifth Grade Fund. Order forms for either project can be left in the PTA mailbox in the office, or given to your child's teacher in an envelope marked "Attn PTA". Contact Janet Hodur (janethdot@yahoo.com) or Mariana Pesin (marianasantiesteban@yahoo.com) with any questions. Thank you for your support!
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| Seeking PTA Board Nominations | |
 Want to Serve on the Palmetto Elementary 2015-2016 PTA Board?
The Nominating Committee is now accepting nominations from interested PTA members for all positions:
President
1st Vice President
2nd Vice President
3rd Vice President
4th Vice President
Recording Secretary
Correspondent Secretary
Treasurer
Assistant Treasurer
If you are interested, please contact the Nominating Committee:
Joy Encinosia at joy_encinosa@yahooo.com
Shara Pelz at sharagk@yahoo.com
Jordan Schroeder at schrordan@live.com
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| Spring Book Fair Thank You | |
Big Thank You!
to all our families who made our Spring Book Fair a huge success. Special thanks to Tina Montesano, Book Fair Chair, our outstanding Watch DOGS and all the volunteers who put in their time and effort to make this event happen. Here it is by the numbers:
- The school earned over $10,000 in scholastic dollars (used for purchasing new books for the media center),
- Nearly 300 books donated to teacher's classrooms,
- Over 200 volunteer hours!
Amazing! Way to go Palmetto!
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Golden Paw Awards
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Congratulations to the following students for going over the rainbow in March!
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KINDERGARTEN
Victor Pesin
Aaditya Ramakrishna
Sofia Rojas
Sophie Perales (2)
Alissa Rivero
Abbey Salyers (4&5)
Colson Knecht
1ST GRADE
Ashlyn Do (2) Tav Dotanfuchs (2) Riley Keller (2) Tyler Martinez Mila Pacheco (2) Joshua Alfonso Daniel Arguez Mariana Carvalho Daniela Dominguez Jesus Talavera Thomas Barcinas (2) London Estes (2) Darryn Grubbs Isabella Martin 2ND GRADE Lucas Bauza Sofia Fachine Lexi Herskowitz Ana Leite Isaac Mesnekoff Ryan Rizo (2) Lucas Wall Daniel Martinez
Sophia Jarauta Charlotte Diedrick Samantha Ehrenreich Zack El-Assad Sloane Gelfman Aidan Mahaffey George Pesin (2nd) Shira Rosenberg Kristin Stoia Kaitlyn Williams Sebastian Huitron Sara Paredes (4th) Sebastian Prusky (8th) Lucas Varela 3RD GRADE Jake Arnold Noelia Garcia Samira Mohammed Riley Behar Benjamin Blackburn Nicholas Estevez Justis Frank Adriana Kulisic Luca Nicolini
Isabela Remond Jack Young #2 Tsung-Hua Yu. #4 Marcos Ortega Martha Huitron Michael Arnold Julian Conde Sama Zahran
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4TH GRADE
Shannon Fitzgerald
Samantha Mejia
Zachary SU (11)
Demi Chirino
Abigail Lambert (2)
Emma Leonardi (5)
Jason Lu
Jack Nelson
Maya Netto
Ryan Sarafoglu (4)
London Brown
5TH GRADE
Justin Rodriguez
Emilio Seelback
Lucas Hussey
Shiloh Markus
Samuel Rivas (2)
Lucas Phillips
Jason Rodriguez (5)
Oramys Collera
Isabella Martin
Ryan Park (5)
Ethan Herskowitz
Savannah Sarafoglu (7)
Carson Sleeman
Caroline Wilburn
Diego Martinez
Margaret Miao (2)
Maya Shapiro
Dylan Shapiro (2)
John Aitken
Josephine Blohm (3)
Luna Karshis
Michael Markus
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| Family Storytelling Festival | |
 Pinecrest Branch Library
5835 SW 111 Street
Saturday, April 18, 11 AM - 3 PM
Come join the family fun at the MDPLS event Family Storytelling Festival Saturday April 18 at the Pinecrest branch library. Featuring Mother goose on the Loose, storyteller Baba Lyons, Eco World Magic Show, giveaways and more. For more information click this link.
Hope to see you there!
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Save the Date Thursday, May 8
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Walk-a-Thon 
The PES Walk-a-Thon is Thursday, May 8. Be on the lookout for fundraising and volunteer information for this annual event.
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Save the Date Thursday, May 14
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Volunteer Breakfast & Fathers in Education
May 14th is Fathers in Education Day and we are encouraging the participation of our wonderful WatchDOGS! Fathers, brothers, grandfathers, uncles and male mentors are welcome! That is also the day of our Volunteer Breakfast so both Dads and Moms can enjoy a nice breakfast and then WatchDOGS can spend the day volunteering at the school. To sign-up to be a WatchDOG that day, here is the link: http://www.SignUpGenius.com/go/20F0F4AA8AB2FAAF85-watchdogs/25687049
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Staff Appreciation Week
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Call for Volunteers: May 18th-22nd!
Our teachers and staff do so much for our children all year long. Every day, they teach and help our children grow and learn. Teacher appreciation week is our chance to thank them and it's just around the corner.
We need your help to make it a special one! Volunteers will help decorate, serve meals, and assist with activities for the staff throughout the week of May 18th-May 22nd. Please contact Maria Claudia Savage at mcsavage@savagelaw.net.
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| Earth Day | |
 Palmetto Middle School Wednesday,
April 22, 4 - 7 PM
Celebrate Earth Day with our neighbor, Palmetto Middle School. Festivities include, WE-Lab workshops, recycled art contest, food vendors and more. For more information click flyer links (Earth Day/Art Contest).
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What's APP?
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PES App -- Download It Today!
Have you downloaded the PES app? If not, visit the app store on your iPhone OR Android device, search for "Palmetto Elementary" and download it today. Click here for details and download instructions. This exciting new tool is fast becoming a key way to receive information and updates from PES and the PTA, as well as a one-stop shop for all your PES resources, so don't delay!
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| PTA Membership |
Our Membership is Growing -- Join Us!
The PTA is an organization dedicated to improving our children's scholastic lives through its fundraising efforts during the school year. You can join through one of our membership packages - click here for details and forms needed to join. Grandparents and other members of the community are welcome, too! Membership is not tied to any volunteer commitments, but rather is a way to show your support for the programs and events that the PTA provides. Don't miss out on this very significant opportunity...JOIN THE PTA TODAY!
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PTA Website
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Stay Up-to-Date with the Palmetto Elementary PTA Website
Our PTA website is designed to bring you the latest news and information from our PTA and other organizations in the school. Visit often! www.palmettopta.org.
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| Submissions for Next E-Prints |  Have Something to Say? Include it in the next E-Prints! Submit material NO LATER than Friday, April 17, to: palmettoprints@yahoo.com. |
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