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Spirit Wear Sales - Order NOW
Due by Friday, February 21st
 Spirit Wear flyers went home in your child's red Tuesday folder. Take a look for some new spring items to show your Nickajack pride.
All forms are due back to the school by February 21, 2014. We can not accept late orders.
Can't find the form? Click below to view and print the form.
Spirit Wear Spring Order Form
Please return the form and payment to the school to the black box. Please do not mail to the company.
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Nickajack Dash - Volunteers Needed and...
You can Still Register to Participate!
 PTA Nickajack Dash Saturday, March 1 at 9AM
Registration Forms were sent home in your child's red Tuesday Folder.
PLEASE GET YOUR FORMS IN AS SOON AS POSSIBLE!!!
The 1.5 mile run will begin in the back parking lot at 9am and travel around the school towards the Silver Comet Trail.
Winners from all grade level will be announced and awarded a prize. Bounce houses, Book Fair and Silent Auction to follow the Dash.
***PTA Silent Auction will be after the Dash*** Here is a sample of some of our great items that will be at the auction:
- BE Orthodontics - Orthodontic Treatment
- Chick-Fil-A
- Race Trac
- Pure Barre Vinings
- Radiance Med Spa
- High Museum of Art
- Becky Jones School of Dance
- Gateway Martial Arts
- Smyrna Eye Group
- Shannon Bell Photography
- Sparkles
- Stella and Dot
- Thirty-One
- Longaberger
- In Tennis
- Village Taqueria
- Plum Salon
- Titanz Fitness
- Trinity Equestrian
- Dragonfly
- Mathnasium
- Village Taqueria
- Table 33
- Stout Brothers
- First Watch
- K-9 Coach
- The Little Studio
- Stone Mountain
- Children's Museum of Atlanta
- Origami Owl
- Christian Bling
Volunteers Needed Please Click below to volunteer at this year's Dash. We need your help to make it a successful fun event! Thank you!!
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Sign Up TODAY!
Event is Mon 3/24 at Brookstone Country Club
Choose to play golf or round robin tennis and enjoy a spectacular day with other Nickajack parents and community members. All proceeds benefit the Nickajack Foundation.
Tennis Event will be held from 10 AM - 2 PM for male and female participants. Golf will start at 11 AM. Cost for Tennis is $50 per player and for Golf is $100 per player. Both Tennis and Golf include lunch, post-event buffet, goodie bag and raffle prizes.
REGISTER HERE to reserve your spot. If you or your company would like to sponsor this event, please email NESF Sponsorship |
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Deadline: 4th Grade Field Day T-Shirts
Thurs., Feb 27th
4th grade ONLY! 2014 Field Day t-shirt Orders due on Thursday, Feb. 27th.
Please place CASH payment into a white school payment envelope & drop into a black box with the order form inside.
A separate order form for each student is needed. Each grade will have a separate deadline to order a field day t-shirt.
This is the ONLY opportunity to order a field day t-shirt for 4th Grade.
No late orders will be accepted. All sales are final. No exchanges will be be made.
Questions? Please contact Mr. Homansky at 678-842-5814 or
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Save the Date: Griffin Middle School Town Hall Meeting
Thursday, Feb. 27th, 6:30 pm
Vinings Estates Summit Clubhouse 
We would like to invite all rising 6th grade students and interested parents to Meet the Principal at Griffin Middle School!
Dr. Mark Trachtenbroit, Griffin Middle School principal, and the staff would like to showcase Griffin Middle School (GMS).
Come join us February 27th at 6:30 pm in the Vinings Estates Summit Clubhouse, 1231 Grand View Drive SE, Mableton 30126
Everyone is welcome to come hear his vision and ask questions. Light refreshments will be served. Seating is limited. If possible, please bring a chair. Thank you!
For questions please contact Griffin parent: Faye Yost at
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PTA Book Fair Needs YOU!
Volunteers Needed
Volunteers Needed -The spring Scholastic Book Fair is coming March 1-7th!
Volunteers are needed to make this another great book fair! Help is needed with set up, cashiering, general assistance with students and shoppers, and break down. Volunteers will receive 10% off purchases!
Sign up here for shifts that work best with your schedule. Do you love books? We are looking for Book Fair Committee Co-Chairs for 2014-15, so join the committee now to learn how you can be more involved. Contact Kim Trumble or Katy Weihe now to join in on the planning stages for the Spring Book Fair.
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Spring Box Tops Competition
Now Through Friday, March 14th
HELP NICKAJACK GROW
Box Tops Grade Competition
Spring into Action!
SAVE
Clip, save, and send Box Tops to your child's teacher for 5 weeks from
Monday, February 10, 2014 till Friday, March 14, 2014!
WIN
The grade level with the highest number of Box Tops collected will receive additional 15 minutes of RECESS!!!
EARN MONEY FOR NICKAJACK
Each submitted label gives $.10 for our school. This year we want to collect more box tops than we ever have!
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Supplies Needed Still for Specialists
Please consider donations
 Our specials teachers, (Art, Music, PE, Computer Lab, Science Lab and Media Center), are in need of Clorox wipes, Lysol spray, tissues, and swiffers. Please consider donating to these teachers. Please drop any donations to the media center and items will be share amongst the team. We appreciate your support. Thank you! |
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PTA Yearbook
Request for Snow Day Photos!
Since we've had a few of these this winter. We are looking for your best snow day photos to fill half a page in our yearbook. Please upload your best "fun in the snow" photo using www.replayit.com with password Braves13, or directly from your smartphone using the free Replay It app. We will select 6-7 photos to be in the book.
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.....Join the Yearbook Committee!
We are currently seeking a Yearbook Chair for the 2014-2015 school year. If you love taking photos and have a knack for compiling photo books, then this may be the committe for you. Please contact our 2013-2014 PTA Yearbook Chair, Tracey Byrde for more information.
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Griffin "March Madness " 3v3 Tournament
Saturday, March 22, 2014, 9 am - 3 pm
Registration Deadlines: March 7th for a t-shirt, or March 14th with no t-shirt
 
Attention all 5th - 8th grade girls and boys! Register to play in Griffin's March Madness 3 v. 3 basketball tournament! All proceeds go the Griffin Foundation to fund curriculum enhancements and educational expenses to benefit all Griffin students.
- Participant Requirements: Open to 5th - 8th graders only
- Format: Boys Division & Girls Division; each team is guaranteed 3 games
- Team Requirements: Must have a minimum of 4 and a maximum of 6 on a team
- Cost: $25 per person or $100 per team; includes entry fee, t-shirt (register by 3/7) and one entry into a drawing for door prizes
- Registration Deadline: 3/7 to get a t-shirt. 3/14 to enter but no t-shirt
- Other Activities, Fun Contests, Concessions & Door Prizes
How to Register:
- Register and pay online at:
OR - Contact Lesley Lyons at lesleylyons@bellsouth.net for a registration form that you can fill out and bring to Griffin along with your check
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Cobb County Schools are short nearly $80MM
Get informed to help protect our kids' education! 
Cobb County Schools are facing major budget cuts. It is imperative that you learn more about this issue to help school officials make decisions that are right for our kids!
Here's what you can do:
Get Informed:
- LIKE the"Face it Cobb" page on Facebook
- Go to www.shoestringcampaign.com and follow the steps to contact your state legislators
Call and write your legislators:
- Call State Senator Horacena Tate (404-463-8053) and State Representative Rich Golick (404-656-5943) and tell them you are concerned that the budget shortfall will negatively impact your child's education. Then please ask them to better fund public education and give kids what they deserve.
- Write legislators through the shoestring campaign |
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Help NES Win a Playground Makeover
Enter everyday until March 20, 2014 
Enter Daily for Nickajack's Chance to Win $30,000 and a New Playground! To increase our chances of winning this year's Healthy Playground Makeover Sweepstakes, we wanted to remind you to enter every day until March 20, 2014. Be sure to spread the word to everyone! Anyone can enter to win on behalf of our school! Two Grand Prize Winners will receive a $30,000 grant and a new playground.
One of the Grand Prize Winners will be chosen from a special drawing for Title I Schools.
Three Second Prize Winners will receive a $5,000 grant. |
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