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Staff Appreciation Week - March 10th- March 14th
Donations and Still Volunteers Needed Please
 Help us show the NES staff how much we appreciate them!
Sign up here to volunteer or donate for next week when we hold Staff Appreciation Week.
Volunteers are needed to help cover classes or duties for staff so they can enjoy their 10 minute massage. Please consider signing up for one shift. |
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Kindergarten Registration for 2014-2015
Wed., March 12, 8 - 12 pm
 Location: Media Center
Click here:
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3rd Grade Field Day T-Shirts
Orders Due, Thurs. March 13th
 3rd grade ONLY! 2014 Field Day t-shirt Orders due on Thursday, Feb. March 13th.
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 3rd 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 Forms have been sent home. Click here for another form. |
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PTA Sparkles Skate Night
Thurs. March 13th, 5-9 pm
 Fun for the whole family and supports Nickajack! $5 admission includes skate rental and playground for children 4"2" and shorter. Be sure to sign in for Nickajack as PTA. Sparkles is located at 666 Smyrna Hill Dr
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Seeking Outstanding Parent Volunteer Nominations
Please submit by March 14th
Do you know a parent volunteer who goes above and beyond? Please consider nominating them to be recognized at our 4th Character Assembly in front of their child(ren). This is a great way to show your appreciation for our wonderful volunteers and for their children to be proud of their parents/guardians.
Research shows that students with involved parents are more likely to:
· Earn higher grades and test scores
· Be promoted, pass their classes
· Attend school regularly
· Have better social skills
· Show improved behavior
· Graduate & attend post-secondary education
So not only do we want to show our appreciation, but we want their children to know that their parent is involved with their education and many of our volunteers do "behind the scene" tasks which their child may not know about.
If you have someone in mind, please submit your parent's name, with a short paragraph describing what the nominee does to make them an outstanding as a volunteer. If you know the student of the parent, please let us know that too as well as the student's grade/Teacher. We also need contact information for the parent so that they can be notified in time enough to accommodate the assemblies in their schedules.
Please email your submissions to our PTA Volunteer Chair, Portia Carter, at pecarter143@gmail.com by March 14, 2014.
Thanks so much for taking the time to recognize those parents who continue to go above and beyond what is expected.
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Spring Box Tops Competition
ENDS 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 by 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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Bookfair - Order Online through March 14th
The Scholastic PTA Book Fair is still open on-line, through March 14th. Click here to order items listed in the Book Fair flyer. Items ordered on line will be delivered to your student in school, by March 24th.
Thank you to all the wonderful volunteers that helped make this another great Book Fair! The students love the book fair, and your help in promoting literacy and this big event is greatly appreciated!
Also, thank you to all the Nickajack families and staff for supporting the Book Fair. Funds raised from this event are used to purchase literacy materials for the Media Center and the classrooms at Nickajack.
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Griffin "March Madness " 3v3 Tournament
Saturday, March 22, 2014, 9 am - 3 pm
Registration Deadline:
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 and one entry into a drawing for door prizes
- Registration Deadline: 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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Sign Up for the NES Open by Mon 3/17!
Choose to play golf or round robin tennis and enjoy a spectacular day on March 24th 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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Seeking Nominations for 2014-2015
PTA Executive Board Positions
 Your Nominating Committee is currently seeking candidates for your 2014-2015 open PTA Executive Board positions.
Do you know a volunteer that is...
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Knowledgeable about and adheres to the Purposes and basic policies of PTA.
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Knows parliamentary procedure.
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Experienced in PTA or other organizational work.
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Has demonstrated a sense of justice and fairness in PTA or other volunteer or organizational work.
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Exhibits enthusiasm for goals and objectives of PTA.
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Willingness to make PTA a high priority in his/her schedule.
Currently, the Nominating Committee is seeking candidates for the following positions:
One President or two Co-Presidents Two Vice Presidents
Please email your Nominating Committee Chair, Jessica Powers with any nominations. |
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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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AdvanceED/SACS Survey - Your Input Please
Parents: Please complete by March 21st
Every year, the district sends out a survey to gather information to assist with our school improvement process. All parents are invited to participate via a paper survey. You should have received a letter from Dr. Hinojosa, a survey and an answer sheet in your child's red Tuesday Folder. Please contact the school(678-842-5814) if you did not receive a survey.
Your input will provide useful insights into the performance of your student's school. Responses will be used to assist with planning for improvement and in recognizing areas of strength.
Please take a few minutes to complete the survey and return it back to school by March 21st.
Please use only a #2 pencil. Your responses will be anonymous.
AdvancED/SACS is the association for accreditation of schools and colleges.
The deadline for participating in the survey is March 21.
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PTA NES Dash and Silent Auction
A Great Success! Thank you!
Saturday, March 1st was the running of the 5th Annual Nickajack DASH!
What a great day it was! Over 250 people registered to run the DASH and we are pleased to announce the grade level winners:
5th - Aiden Daly
4th - Elie Smeen
3rd - Kyle Walters
2nd - Nathan Taylor
1st - Everett Park
K - Jackson Oliver
These students will be selecting a free book at our PTA Pal, The Book Stop, and enjoying a frozen treat from PTA Pal, SubZero.
We are most grateful to our 2014 DASH Platinum sponsors for their financial and in-kind donations which helped make the day a great success:
BE Orthodontics
Chick-fil-a @ South Cobb Drive/Church Street
Capstone /MyOn
Creative Thunder Design
Cross Country Supply
Farmer Signs
K-9 Coach
Market Grocery Company
Shannon Bell Photography
Table 33
Titanz Fitness
Windburn Productions
Part of the DASH this year included the annual PTA Silent auction. Over 70 items were auctioned off. Thank you to all of you who bid on items at the DASH and made the auction a success. The auction, registration fees, and sponsor donations raised over $8000 for Nickajack. These funds will be used towards classroom supply requests from teachers, teacher appreciation week, spring landscaping and other Nickajack needs.
Thank you also to the volunteers who served on the DASH committee this year. Renee Kovach, Marge Crittenden, Nkechi ijomah-Holmes, Ivy Abelman, and Becky Rubenstein each worked so hard behind the scenes. We are grateful and appreciate of your efforts! There were also many who served at the DASH as course monitors, auction supervisors, bounce house guards, and food helpers. Thank you to each of you for giving of your time! Together we made the 5th Annual Nickajack DASH a grand success!
A special thank you to our PTA Dash Co-Chairs, Aimee Curfman and Sarah Obermayer for another well run, well organized event!!!
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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! |
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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