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Upcoming Events
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12/16: Reflections Holiday Concert, 7 pm at Palmetto High School
12/18: Classroom Holiday Celebrations, 12 pm
12/21 - 1/1: No School (Winter Break)
1/13: Out to Lunch Bunch Day
1/18: No School, Martin Luther King, Jr. Day
1/25: No School, Teacher Planning Day
1/28: Golden Paw Awards, Media Center during morning announcements
1/30: Winter Concert at Pinecrest Gardens
Click here for more future events. See also Recurring Events below for recurring 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)
(Wed 1:50 - 2:10 pm by Room 28/Kindergarten playground)
If you are unable to
pick up your orders at these times, please
notify Jordan Schroeder at palmettoschoolstore@
gmail.com to work out an alternate schedule.
Please leave your payment in the PTA mailbox in the office.
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 Dena Lundy at dixiepin@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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Reflections Holiday Concert
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Tonight!
Join Us for an Evening of Holiday Music
Performing Arts and the PTA invite you to attend the annual Reflections Holiday Concert on Wednesday, December 16, at 7PM at Palmetto Senior High School. Tickets will be available at the door.
- Featuring Beginning Band, Concert Band, Orchestra, Chorus, Cheerleaders and Jazz combo.
- The Reflections school-level winners in the PTA Reflections contest will also be recognized and receive an award.
Tickets are $5.00 per person (excluding performers and essay winners).
All proceeds for the Reflections Holiday Concert will go towards PES Performing Arts Inc.
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| Field Day |
 Today and tomorrow!
Field Day for pre-k, kindergarten and 1st grade students is TODAY and for 3rd and 5th grade students is TOMORROW, December 17. Watch your kids participate in a feel-good Field Day! Contact Farah Martinez at fmartinez1221@aol.com to sign up as a volunteer.
Thank you to all the parents and volunteers who came out to watch and help with our field day for 2nd and 4th Graders!! The kids had a blast!!
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| Holiday Celebrations |
 Class Celebration Information
Class holiday celebrations will be held on Friday, December 18, beginning at 12 pm. Contact your child's teacher or room parent for class-specific details.
At this special time of year, we'd like to take a moment to wish everyone a Happy Holiday Season! Additionally, we hope everyone has a great Winter Break and a wonderful 2016!
School will resume January 4.
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| PES Winter Social and Silent Auction |  Huge Thank You!
To all our sponsors, volunteers and especially to our Event Chair Nancy Levy. Because of you and this team, we accomplished some amazing things:
- We created a beautiful evening where parents, teachers and friends got to spend some time together and enjoy one another's company....so many parents and teachers showed up! Familiar faces and new parents and teachers laughing, joking, talking and enjoying our community. It was fantastic! - We created a record-breaking online and live auction. So many fantastic items to bid on...almost nothing was left!!! And the live auction...WOW. So fun to watch! THANK YOU to everyone who made this event possible!!!!
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| NEHS Toy Collection | Collection Deadline Friday, December 18 
The NEHS is collecting NEW unwrapped toys for the Chapman Partnership for the Homeless and Joe DiMaggio Hospital. Toys can be for ages birth to teens. Please send any toys to room 21 by Friday December 18.
Thank you for your generosity!
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| Golden Paw Awards |  Congratulations...
To the following students for reading "Over the Rainbow" in November:
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KINDERGARTEN
Michael Tracy
Jaxon Shevin
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THIRD GRADE
Charlotte Diedrick
Emilia Haus
Nicholas Henry (2)
Sara Paredes (2)
Victor Pesin
Cemre Sengul
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FIRST GRADE
Emily Aboulhosn
Gianna Diaz
Lucy Dwyer
Jacob Gonzalez
Dan Harowitz
Dylan Kaercher
Taeyun Kim (1&2)
Colson Knect
Luca Manzo
Victor Pesin
Olivia Pickens (2)
Aaditya Ramakrishna
Ananth Ramakrishna
Sofia Rojas
Abbey Salyers (2)
Henry Seo
Luca Viteri (2)
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FOURTH GRADE
Mikel Aizpurua
Blake Alexander
Cody Knecht
Luca Nicolini
Zachary Salyers
Ryan Singer
Justin Skoke
Evelyn Yu
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SECOND GRADE
Ashlynn Do (2)
Sofia Dominguez
Tav Dotanfuchs
Isabella Martin
Paloma Mosquera
Leena Netto
Anne Oria (2)
Jesus Talavera
Vincent Vedmed
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FIFTH GRADE
Anna Giraldo
Abigail Lambert (2)
Jason Lu
Reese Martinez
Thomas Mussman
Lucas Netto
Kaitlyn Oikle
Barnett Pesin (2)
Zachary Su (3 & 4)
Abigail Wylie
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Our next Golden Paw Awards ceremony will be Thursday, January 28. |
Annual PES Walk-A-Thon
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 Thank you...
to all who volunteered and participated in the Annual PES Walk-a-Thon yesterday. The kids had a blast. Thank you for making our school the special place it is!
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Save the Date Wednesday, January 13
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 Annual Out to Lunch Bunch Day
PES annual Lunch Bunch Day will be held on Wednesday, January 13. Mark your calendars and please be a part of this event. Parents, Grandparents, or favorite guests are invited to bring their best-loved books and a blanket and join your child for lunch bunch. Watch for sign-up forms coming home in backpacks. Please contact Teresa Fitzgerald at tfitz80@bellsouth.net with any questions and volunteer.
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| Save the Date Saturday, January 30 |  Winter Concert
PES Chorus and Jazz Combo will perform alongside professional musicians at the Community Foundation of Pinecrest's 5th Annual Winter Concert on Saturday, January 30 at Pinecrest Gardens. Watch backpacks for ticket order forms.
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Save the Date Friday, February 5
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 Movie Night Date change to Friday, February 5
Mark your calendars, ACT and PTA present the annual Dinner & A Movie Night on Friday, February 5. Come have dinner, relax, and enjoy "Night At the Museum" - all proceeds benefit ACT.
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Save the Date Saturday, February 20
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 Funfest Date change to Saturday February 20
Mark your calendars and please be a part of this event.
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| Save the Date Friday, February 26 | |
4th Annual Fashion in the Gardens
Benefiting Pinecrest Schools
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Volunteers Needed
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 Sign up and join the PES Volunteer Bank!
Receive email alerts throughout the year whenever we need help for an hour here or there. Simply respond to our volunteer website to let us know if you can make it. No job is too small. We would love to see our parents' smiling faces around our school and so will your kids! If you aren't available to volunteer during school hours, there are opportunities for you as well!
Send your email address to pesvolunteerbank@gmail.com to be added to the bank and start receiving requests. Act fast. PES is "banking" on your help.
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| DVD Collection |
Girl Scout Service Project
Sara Alessa, Gaby Perez, Maia Wenger and Maddie Wise, all alumni from Palmetto Elementary, are working on their Girl Scouts silver award. They are collecting used DVDs which they plan to donate to Miami Children's Hospital, with DVD players, for the kids waiting for surgery and chemotherapy. They have placed a collection box by the Birthday Book club display in the Media Center. If you have used DVDs (PG and G) that would like to donate, please place them by the box. Thank you!
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Resident Artist
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 Catch up with Mrs. Cummins
Mrs. Cummins is proud to share her retrospective "PARQUEST", one of her current National Park exhibitions that celebrate the centennial of our National Park System. Our Palmetto family is invited to attend the artist reception on Sunday, January 24, 2016 from 5-7pm. See attached flyer for more information.
Our artist's work is also on display at Big Cypress Swamp Welcome Center Gallery, Big Cypress National Preserve through January 30, 2016. And she is offering an adult pastel class at the Pinecrest Community Center beginning January 21 or March 21. See attached flyer for more information.
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| Garden Club |
PES Garden Club Meets Every Other Wednesday at 2 pm
Bring your kids, your water bottle, sun screen, gloves, shovels or weeding tools, and a hat with "closed toed" shoes to contribute to the garden! Note: all kids must be accompanied by an adult should they wish to participate. All grades are welcome! Please contact Tyler Schwartz for any questions at ecoudesign@gmail.com.
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| Head Lice Tips | |
 It's Head Lice Season!
Since we are in the height of head lice season, and as a means to minimize the spreading of head lice, please remember to remain vigilant and check your children for head lice periodically.
In the event that your child does contract head lice, please DO NOT send him/her to school. Instead, contact your doctor for recommended treatments, shampoo, cream rinse, or lotion. Wash all your sheets in very hot water; place pillows, stuffed animals and plush toys in a plastic bag tightly sealed for 2 weeks; vacuum all carpets and upholstery furniture in your home or car, and soak ALL hair-care items in rubbing alcohol.
And please contact our staff/faculty to notify the school about any head lice incident so that the classroom may be properly checked and treated. Let's try to be a head lice free school!
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Cleaning Out the Closets?
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 Save Some Items for PES!Collections of Legos and Books to Come -- Start Saving Now!
We will soon begin collecting Legos for a new project at school, so please round up those bricks you no longer need! Also, we will have our first Used Book Sale at Fun Fest this year (February 20), so if you're clearing your bookshelves, hold on to those gently used hardcovers and paperbacks -- for adults and kids! Collection information for both will come soon.
If you're interested in helping out with either of these projects, please contact Janet Hodur at janethdot@yahoo.com. Thanks as always for your support!
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| PTA Membership |
We Need You!
More than ever, we need the Palmetto Elementary Community to support our PTA. The PTA is an organization dedicated to improving our children's scholastic lives through its fundraising efforts during the school year. The easiest way to contribute is by purchasing one of our membership packages - click here for details and forms needed to join. Anyone can join - including grandparents, and your contribution funds programs and activities that directly impact our children's academic experience at Palmetto Elementary.
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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Check Out the Palmetto Elementary PTA Website & Stay Up To Date
We have created this website to keep you up to date with the latest news and information from our PTA and other organizations in the school. You can check out our PTA's website at palmettopta.org.
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E-Prints Archive
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Now you can find prior E-Prints in our archive! Just click on the " Newsletter Archive" link at the end of the left hand column in each E-Prints to find prior email communications. An Archive link is also available on the Palmetto PTA website at |
| Submissions for Next E-Prints |  Have Something to Say ... Include it in the next E-Prints! Submit all materials NO LATER than Friday, January 8, to: palmettoprints@yahoo.com. |
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