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Nickajack  2012-2013  Beat

This Newletter is jointly sponsored by the PTA and the NES Foundation 

 

Issue: 2012- 038    

February 19, 2013 



In This Issue
4th Grade Field Day T-Shirts Order Deadline
Black History
Griffin Middle School Open House
PTA Bookfair Volunteers Needed
Campbell Middle School Event
Six Flags Read to Succeed
Campbell Middle School Event
PTA Nickajack Dash
PTA Bookfair Volunteers Needed

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4th Grade Field Day T-Shirt Orders DUE

Thursday, Feb 21st

 

t-shirt $7 CASH only! Orders are due Thursday, Feb. 21st for 4th grade field day t-shirts.  Sorry, no late orders will be accepted.

 

Order forms were sent home in your child's Tuesday Folder.    

 

Please place order form and cash in to a white school payment envelope and drop to a black box.   If you do not have an order form, please include a note with your payment indicating the following:

 

  • t-shirt size (YS, YM, YL, AS, AM, AL)
  • quantity  ____x $7 cash
  • your child's name
  • phone number
  • your child's teacher.

 

 

February is Black History Month

In honor of Black History....

 

Thursday Feb. 21 is dress up as your favorite African American day.

 
Griffin Middle School Open House
Thursday,  Feb. 21st , 7 pm
Attention Rising 6th Graders!

 

  
griffin To all Griffin Middle School Feeder School 5th Grade Students

Griffin Middle School would like to invite rising 6th grade parents/guardians to an informational Town Hall meeting. 

This gathering will occur on February 21, 2013, at 7:00p.m. in the Griffin Theater.  
 
We look forward to meeting our new family members.  
Come see all the great things going on at Griffin Middle School! 
  
Mark Trachtenbroit, Ph.D. 
Principal-Griffin Middle School 
678-842-6917 
 
Nominating Committee Selected

"Leadership Begins with the Nominating Committee"

 

A PTA can be no more effective than its leadership. The Nominating Committee is a special committee and holds the key to a successful PTA. Its responsibility is to present the best qualified nominees for office. 

 


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Your PTA Nominating Committee was elected by the membership at the last PTA Meeting on Thursday, Feb. 7th.

 

Please join us in thanking the following individuals for stepping up to take on this very important role.   

 

Marianne Brooks

Cynthia Mot
Cindy Fennel
Nick Lisle
Stephan Cabral

Alternate Member: Stephanie Obert

 

The committee will be seeking recommendations for all officer positions: A President or Co-Presidents, Co-Vice Presidents, a Secretary and a Treasurer.

 

If you or someone you know is interested in serving as an officer of the Nickajack PTA for the 2013-2014 school year, please email  Cynthia Mot. 

 

  
NES Chess Club
New Trophy for Nickajack! 
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About 20 students from the Nickajack Elementary Chess Club participated in one of the largest tournament's hosted in the state of Georgia, the Metro Atlanta K-8 Team State Qualifier Chess Tournament.  This event was held at the Cobb Galleria all day Saturday, and over 1000 children participated in this tournament!   The students that participated from Nickajack included:

 

K-1 Section:

 

Louis Bates

Benjamin Homansky

Stefan Ivutan

Pranav Iyer

 

K-3 Section:

 

Ansley Bailey

Jonathon Fairgrieves

Jacob Grantham

Virginia Hart

Grace Keller

Braxton Mabey

William Mot

Avery Obert

Brian Townsend

 

K-5 Section

 

Ari Gadgade

Hannah Ganeriwal

Isabella Ganeriwal

Robert Hart

Richard Keller

Davis Penick

 

The K-1 players (all of their first tournament) finished 14th out of 28 teams!  The K-3 players finished 20th out of 54 teams and the K-5 players 28th out of 62 teams!   All of the teams did very well representing Nickajack, especially by demonstrating fantastic sportsmanship!  The K-3 group earned a trophy with their team score and all of the groups are still awaiting word if they qualified for the State tournament in mid-March.

 

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Congratulations to all the children that participated and to ALL the Nickajack Chess Players, as your participation weekly helped these kids do so well!

Six Flags Read to Succeed Forms Due
Monday, February 25th
Reading

 

 Students, reading logs are due back on Feb 25th.  

Please turn your forms into to your teacher with at least 6 hours of reading logged and you will get a ticket for one free admission to Six Flags!

 

 
Campbell Middle School Event
Tuesday, Feb., 26th, 6:30 pm

 

  
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Hello all,

 

Campbell Middle School is hosting their annual Multicultural program.  It is a night filled with dancing, singing and poetry showcasing the multicultural talents of our students and community members. 

 

Their Multicultural show also ends with an International Recipe tasting.  

 

 

Date:          Tuesday February 26, 2013

Time:          6:30 PM Program    Recipe Tasting to follow program

Cost:           $5.00 per adult and kids over 11    

$3.00 Ages 6 - 10

5 and under - Free

 

Here is a great opportunity to check out what is going on at Campbell Middle School. 

 

PTA Nickajack DASH  ("Fun Run")  - March 2nd
 Still accepting registrations - $10 for race number only
We NEED Volunteers Please 

 

The PTA Nickajack DASH is March 2nd at 9:00.  Thanks to all who have signed up to run.  T-shirts and numbers will be delivered to your oldest student on Thursday, February 28
If you did not pre-register,  you can still receive a race number on the morning of the DASH for $10.  
 
This year, the race beings in the back of the school in the carpool line.  Park in the bus lanes or in front of the school and come on back for the start of the race at 9:00!  Winners from each grade level will be announced at 10:00.  Door prizes will also be given out at this time.  So come celebrate all morning with your NES friends!  There will be free food and jumpies for all!  
 
We need DASH volunteers.  If you're coming to the DASH,  please help us make this the most successful Dash ever and sign up for a volunteer spot on the link below.    We need a team of willing people to serve in various roles (food prep, auction supervision, jumpie supervision, race course monitors, and more!)  You can still run the DASH and find a time to serve!  Thank you in advance! 
Sign Up Here.
  
 
PTA Spring Auction open on Friday, March 1st 2:00 - 6:00 and continues on to the morning of the DASH.  The auction will be open for it's final 2 hours on March 2, 9:00 - 11:00 AM.  There will be over $10,000 worth of items available in the auction. 

Here is a sample of some of our great items.
  • Weekend stay at Hilton Garden Inn
  • Atlanta Braves tickets
  • Atlanta Hawks Tickets
  • Stevie B's Birthday Party
  • 1 month of free lessons at Becky Jones School of Dance
  • Stella and Dot Jewelry and gift certificate
  • Kangazoom Jump Passes
  • 1-hour nutrition assessment
  • Swim lessons at Sarah's School of Fish
  • Free assessment and one month Mathnaseum membership
  • Summer session at Mathnaseum
  • McCray's gift cards
  • Buckhead Barbece gift cards
  • Free Bike rentals at Smyrna Bicycle
  • Registration for 1 season with i9 sports
  • 90 minute Golf lesson
  • Horseback riding lesson
  • Tae kwon do lessons
  • Hapkido lessons
  • Fitness Bootcamp
  • Intro to climbing classes at Atlanta Rocks
  • AMF Bowling certificate for 4
  • Photography Session
  • Sparkles Skating Pass (for 15 people!)
  • 1 month of classes at Moore's Marital Arts
  • Tai Chi Punch Card at Moore's Martial Arts
  • 1 week of summer camp at Builder Bunch
  • Thirty One totes
  • GRATiAE Organic Skin Products 

  
PTA Book Fair GRAND opening
Saturday, March 2nd
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Grand Opening of the Spring Book Fair is March 2, following the Dash!

 

Volunteers Needed! 

 

We need your help to make this a great success! There are AM, PM and weekend slots, your help is greatly appreciated! 

 Click here for Spring Book Fair Volunteer Sign Up!  

Volunteer and enjoy a 10% discount at the fair! 

 

Also...

 

Save your plastic grocery bags for us, and we'll recycle them to bag books during our fair

 

Contact our PTA Bookfair Chairs, Katy.weihe@gmail.com or Kim.Trumble1@gmail.com for more information.