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Upcoming Events
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2/25: Golden Paw Awards, Media Center during morning announcements
2/25: PES Night at Game Time to benefit 5th Grade Fund
3/2: Picture Day
3/5: Community Bike Day, Pinecrest Community Center at 9 am
3/7-11: Spring Book Fair
3/16: Talent Show Auditions
3/10: Night at PES
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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2016-2017 School Year
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 K-5 Registration now open!
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Golden Paw Awards
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Congratulations to the Following Students for Going Over the Rainbow in February!
Our next Golden Paw ceremony will be held tomorrow Thursday, February 25, during Morning Broadcast.
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Pre-K
Matthew Capote 3rd
Alyssa Tanner 2nd
Kindergarten
Jacob Barnes 2nd&3rd
Jordan Diamond
Sean Landaeta
Eli Glasser
Sophia Mayoral Anna Manzo Lily Diedrick Brayden Ewell-Arrick
Mia Levin
Dylan Presley
Jaxon Shevin 2nd Tegan O'Quinn
Michael Tracy Blake Kandell 2nd
Justin Kaplan 3rd
1st Grade Fernandea Guimaraes Mia Castillo Pedro Conrado Syvie Kandell 2nd Abbey Salyers 4th
2nd Grade Christian Dixon Rodrigo Duran Iris Byrd Mason Kaplan Myles Messinger Mila Pacheco Solomon Gordon Victoria Ramirez Alexander Bellas Isabella Cardozo Sofia Dominguez (2nd) Sebastian Garavito Mason Levin Evan Martin Leena Netto (2nd) Tatiana Ortega
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3rd Grade
Daniel Martinez
Ryan Rizo
Carlos Perez
Shira Rosenberg
Sara Paredes 3rd
Charlotte Diedrick 2nd&3rd
Lexi Herskowitz
Sydeny Lambert
Ryan Oikle
Mateo Papadopulos
Zack El-Assad
Lucas Varela 2nd
Robert Dickman 2nd
Cemre Sengul 2nd
4th Grade
Blake Alexander 2nd
Evelyn Yu 2nd
Nicholas Zambolla
Emma Hussey
Ella Pelz
Sama Zahran
5th Grade
Jasyn Altchek
Matthew Ehrenreich
Marco Netto
Sofia Perez
Barnett Pesin 3rd
Ryan Sarafoglu 2nd
Sophie Wyle
Raymond Garcia
Amanda Leiva
Jack Nelson
Kaitlyn Oikle 2nd
Zachary Su 4th
Martha Guerra
Jonathan Lindsay
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| PES Night at Game Time | |
TOMORROW: Thursday, February 25
Support 5th Grade Fund and enjoy a family evening out at Game Time in The Shops at Sunset Place on Thursday, February 25! Present flyer when you order and a portion of your purchase will go to the 5th Grade Fund. Flyers went home in backpacks or click here.
Thank you for your support. |
| Spring Pictures | |
 Picture Day: March 2, 2016
Personality Portraits will be taken Wednesday, March 2nd. Portraits offer a casual studio-like look and therefore appropriate attire is allowed. Children in uniform will not be photographed.
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Community Bike Day
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Saturday, March 5
Pinecrest Community Center
Miami-Dade School Board Member Dr. Larry Feldman and The Village of Pinecrest invite you to join them once again for the 7th Annual Community Bike Day at Pinecrest. The event will take place at Pinecrest Community Center on Saturday, March 5th beginning at 9:00 am with an Informational and Safety Fair. Miami Children's Hospital and Kohl's will be fitting riders for free bike helmets and Mack Cycle will be conducting bike tune-ups and tire checks. The ride will begin at 10 am with your choice of a 2, 3 or 4 mile route. There will be refreshments and entertainment many local vendors as well as give-away prizes including a kindle, a bike, event tickets, gym memberships and more. See attached flyer. Please mark your calendars and join us for a morning of fun and exercise.
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| Spring Book Fair |
 March 7 to 11!
We invite you to visit our Scholastic Book Fair and experience a celebration of reading that provides families the opportunity to get involved in a universal mission: encouraging kids to read every day so they can lead better lives.
Our Book Fair is part of a reading event that brings to school a wonderful selection of fun, engaging, and affordable books kids want to read. Giving kids access to good books and the opportunity to choose books will motivate them to read more. And like most acquired skills, the more kids practice reading, the better they'll get. Since there will never be a substitute for a parent's direct involvement in his/her child's education, please make plans to visit our Book Fair.
Before your visit, be sure to download the FREE Book Fairs App to help you find the right books for your child. For more information, visit: scholastic.com/apps/bookfairs. All booked up during Book Fair week? Visit our Online Fair, available March 7 - 18, at scholastic.com/fair. Thanks for your support!
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| Talent Show Auditions |
Wednesday, March 16 
The talent show is Tuesday night May 3rd at 7pm in the Cafeteria. All 4th and 5th graders are welcome. Watch for details coming home in backpacks.
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| Night at PES |  Thursday, March 10, 5 pm-8 pm
Join us for a fun filled night, Book Fair will be open, there will be a PTA meeting, activities for kids, food and more. Check PTA Website and Palmetto Points next week for more information. |
| Save the Date | |
 Friday, March 18
On Friday, March 18, Fifth Grade Fund will also host the first-ever PES "Tape Mr. Torres and Coach Tanner to the Wall" FUNdraiser. Details to follow, but kids definitely won't want to miss this day!
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| Palmetto Proud | |
Congratulations Odyssey of the Mind Teams
On Saturday, February 20, the two Palmetto Elementary teams did phenomenal at the Odyssey of the Mind regional competition. The fourth grade team, with Alexa Fein, Ella Pelz, Stella Sharpe, Kayla Heller, Evelyn Yu, Casey Pita and Isabella Diez, got first place with their creative solution to Problem 5. They will represent PES at the state finals in Orlando in April. The second grade team with Isabella & Evan Martin, Darryn Grubbs, Vincent Vedmed, Anne Oria, Alex Bellas, and Arden Todd, got second place in Problem 2 and received a special Omer award for their amazing problem solving skills. Congrats!
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Groovy Thank You
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 A Special Thank YOU
PTA offers its biggest thanks to all the attendees, sponsors, volunteers, teachers, staff, committee chairs, and everyone else who made our Groovy Fun Fest one of the best Palmetto Elementary has ever seen. This event isn't just a fundraiser, it's also a special opportunity for our community to come together, and without the support of everyone involved, it doesn't happen. The names are too many to list here, but please know that every bit of help and support was deeply appreciated. Special thanks to Tina Montesano, this year's Chair, for the countless hours she put in to making sure it all came together.
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| Waste Free Wednesdays | Reduce lunchtime trash with new challenge 
Each Wednesday, Girl Scout troop 283 will be counting the number of trash bags PES produces at lunchtime, and report on this to challenge students to reduce the amount of trash we throw away.
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| Palmetto Middle School Tours |
Dates still available 
Monthly dates for tours at Palmetto Middle School through May. No need to RSVP. Mark you calendars:
Tuesday, March 1
Tuesday, April 5
Tuesday May 3
All tours begin at 9:10 am. Contact Linda Dwyer at lindadwyerfl@gmail.com for more information.
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Cleaning Out the Closets?
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 Save Some Items for PES!Collections of Legos to Come -- Start Saving Now!
Sneakers too!
We are excited to embark on a fundraiser that will run through the end of the school year. In the spirit of environmental and economic sustainability, our school has partnered with the Miami Dadeland Pinecrest Rotary Club and a local sneaker recycling organization. For each pair of sneakers collected, the Rotary club will contribute funds to our school, regardless of their condition.
This is a way to raise funds for our school that doesn't require a monetary donation!
The more we collect the more we earn. We look forward to everyone's cooperation in making this a successful fundraiser.
When dropping off the donation sneakers please tie each pair together.
All your old sneakers can be taken to the Media Center, a box has been placed there for your convenience.
"One person's trash is another person's treasure."
Thank you in advance for your assistance.
We will soon begin collecting Legos for a new project at school, so please round up those bricks you no longer need!
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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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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| 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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| 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, March 4, to: palmettoprints@yahoo.com. |
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