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Saturday, July 19th: School Supply Drive
11a-2pm Hosted by A-Alpha Mini Storage
There will be free haircuts for the kids, food, fire trucks, games, door prizes, coloring contests, face painting and so much more!
Bring your donations of school supplies to this 6th annual event, and local students in need, including Nickajack families, will benefit.
Location: 4757 S. Cobb Dr SE, Smyrna
Click here for list of items and more details, and click here to participate in the coloring contest!
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Saturday, July 19th: Come help build tables!
Volunteers Needed: 9am - until 5 picnic tables
are completed!
Eagle Scout and former 
Nickajack student, Christian Knox,
needs 12-15 volunteers to help assemble picnic tables for the NES outdoor classroom pavilion, behind the school. These tables will be used by your NES students in Science Lab and the Garden Club for years to come!
Coffee, juice and doughnuts will be provided in the morning, and pizza and drinks at lunchtime. If you have a cordless drill, please bring it, we have the proper drill bits. Fully charge your batteries as there is only limited power at the pavilion. Work gloves are also recommended. We will track service hours and provide documentation to your scoutmaster. Any time that you can donate will be welcomed, as well as help on a second work day scheduled for August 2.
There is still time to donate to help fund this project. Your donation is 100% tax deductible - just make your check out to Westminster Boy Scout Troop 197, and write C.K. Eagle Project in the memo field. Please mail donations to his home address by August 1st:
4951 Ridge Oak Run, Mableton 30126
Contact info: Knox4951@charter.net
678-945-7250
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Back to School Teacher Luncheon
Friday, August 1st: Volunteers & Donations Needed
 Please join us in providing a welcome back luncheon for our wonderful faculty and staff We are looking for volunteers to help with set up, serving, break down, and to provide item for salad.
Please click here to donate or volunteer.
Donations should be dropped off in the cafeteria by 10AM Friday, August 1st.
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VOTE July 22nd, Run Off for Cobb County School Board, Post 2
Please Exercise Your Right and Vote July 22th!
 We have a BIG election coming up!
As most of you know our Post (Post 2) seat on the Cobb School Board is up for re-election. We currenlty have a run off for the Republican seat. Tim Stultz & Susan Thayer will face off on July 22nd, with the winner running against Kenya Pierre, the lone Democrat, in the November.
To learn more about each candidate so you can be an informed vote, please click their names below:
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Sneak -a-Peek: Volunteers Needed
Thursday, 7/31, 8 - 10 am & 4 - 6 pm
Please plan to come during the time period that works best for your schedule. Volunteers are needed to help make this a successful event, please click here to help for an hour. Faculty, staff and PTA Volunteers will be on hand between 8-10 am and 4-6 pm to meet and greet you and your child. Please note and plan accordingly, the school will close at 10 am and remain closed until 4 pm when it will re-open.
What you can expect to do:
* Meet & Greet Your Child's Teacher
* Find Your Child's Bus Route
* Pick Up a Car Rider Number
* Pay for Breakfast & Lunch
*Sign up and Pay for the After School Program (ASP)
* Join PTA for $5 (cash or checks payable to NES PTA)
* Support the Nickajack Foundation
* Volunteer to Help in Your Child's Classroom
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PTA Committees & Co-Chair Opportunities
2014-2015 School Year
Do you have great ideas for Nickajack PTA? Please email Seth Rubenstein or Ashley Bunkley to get involved in one or more of the PTA Committees for the 2014-15 school year, and bring your ideas to life!
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Seeking PTA Pals for 2014-2015
It's a simple plan: Partner with NES PTA - Business goes to YOU - OUR Children WIN
Would your business like to make a difference in their community? Then consider partnering with our PTA. 
Click here for the full Pal Program details and benefits. Questions? Contact PTA Co-President, Seth Rubenstein. |
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Summer Reading Update
Scholastic and myOn
Scholastic Summer Reading Challenge Update
Our NES students have read and logged 68,159 minutes as of July 17th, and are on track to exceed last year's total of 82,000 minutes! Keep the 'summer slide' away and challenge your kids to read 20 minutes or more every day! Click here for Cobb County Summer Reading Lists and additional Summer Challenge details. Summer Reading can earn students a Free Book from Barnes & Noble, learn more here.
FREE ONLINE RESOURCES FROM myON TO SUPPORT SUMMER READING myON Provides Free Access to Digital Books through August 30 Through a partnership between myON and Get Georgia Reading: Campaign for Grade-Level Reading, all educators, librarians, students, and parents in Georgia have free access to more than 5,000 enhanced digital books this summer. These digital books, with flexible reading scaffolds, are the core content of myON's award-winning personalized literacy environment with embedded tools and metrics to support and track student reading growth. During this free summer trial, all readers will share a single account that provides unlimited access to myON's digital books, without the personalization elements. To start taking advantage of this great resource now, watch a short video and then visit the myON website. To log in for free, enter "Get Georgia Reading, Campaign for Grade Level Reading" as the School Name, User Name: read, and Password: read. Click "Sign In," select a book, and begin reading! |
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FREE Beach Bash, Sat. Aug. 2nd, 11 am - 2 pm
PTA Pal, Warner Family Chiropractics
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