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PTA Los Bravos Night
Tuesday, November 11th, 5:00 - 7:00 pm
Come out for the "best fajitas" in town!
Be sure to sign in for Nickajack, 10% of all sales will go back to your PTA.
Los Bravos Restaurant is located in the Highland Station Shopping Plaza next to Publix off the East West Connector and S. Cobb Drive. Thank you advance for supporting our Platinum PTA Pal and your PTA! |
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PTA Scholastic Book Fair is Here!
Volunteers are still needed!
Please Volunteer! There are several open slots remaining, please sign up for 1 or 2 shifts that work best with your schedule. Help is needed with cashiering, assistance with shoppers, stocking, and break down. Click here to view shifts and to sign up. Volunteers will receive a 10% discount on purchases at the fair!
Come visit the Book Fair in the Media Center! Visit and shop the fair Monday, November 10th, through Friday morning, November 14th. Books for all ages are available, and the fair will be open during Friends and Family Luncheons. Gift Certificates will be available for purchase, and are ideal to give teachers to help them stock their classroom libraries; there will not be a Class Room Wish List board this fall.
Book Fair Hours November 10th-14th:
- Mornings, Monday- Friday: 7:20 am to 7:45 am
- Open during Friends & Family Luncheon: Tuesday & Wednesday: 10:30 am -1:30 pm
- After School: Mon, Tues, & Wed: 2:15 pm to 4:00 pm
- Open late Thursday: 2:15 pm-6:00 pm
Cash, major credit cards, and checks written to NES PTA are accepted.
Shop On Line! No time to come in? Shop on-line until November 20th, and your order will be delivered to your student at school the first week of December. Click here for on-line shopping.
All For Books - Please consider donating your loose change in the All for Books collection boxes at the fair. Donations will be used to purchase books for NES students in need.
Thank you in advance for supporting the PTA Scholastic Book Fair. Proceeds from the fair are used to support literacy needs for the Nickajack classrooms and Media Center.
While at the Book Fair, you can also help us promote America Recycles Day!
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Read for Recycling: November 10th-14th
Accepting recycling and book donations at Book Fair!
Join us as we promote recycling AND reading during the PTA Book Fair! For the first time in Georgia, during the week of Nov. 10th -14th, school students are encouraged to read books that celebrate, educate, and encourage waste reduction activities for prizes and Nickajack is joining the movement!
There are three ways you can join in:
- Recycle! Bring your recycling to school, we will have receptacles for the following items just outside the Media Center during the book fair for you convenience:
- Printer ink cartridges
- Aluminum cans
- Newspapers and magazines
- Plastic water bottles
- Elmers glue sticks (empty)
- Crayola and Sharpie markers
- Donate books! Donate any gently used books from your students's collection to the book drive to support Giving a Hand, Inc. and the NES Media Center. Books will be divided between the NES Media Center and Giving a Hand, Inc. based on appropriateness of the books. Giving a Hand, Inc. is a non-profit organization whose mission is to help other non-profit public schools, churches, and those living in poverty to continue to help their constituency. Find out more at
- Read! Read a minimum of five books about waste reduction/recycling, log them, and write one fun fact about each book on the attached reading journal. Instructions are also included for you to turn in your reading journal by Tuesday, Nov. 25th to be eligible for one of six randomly drawn $50 gift cards from Barnes and Noble out of all participating schools. Click here for the reading journal.
Reading and Recycling are important habits to form. The Georgia Recycling Coalition is excited to encourage both reading and recycling through the Read for Recycling program. America Recycles Day, held annually on November 15th, is the only nationally-recognized day dedicated to promoting and celebrating recycling in the U.S. Visit www.americarecyclesday.org for complete ARD information.
Questions? Please contact the Book Fair Committee: Sarah Lyons at sarahlyons@gmail.com, or Faye Yost at |
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Food Drive for The Center for Family Resources
Please donate this week, Nov. 10th - 17th
Nickajack will be collecting food items for The Center for Family Resources, which provides over 1,500 Thanksgiving baskets to Cobb families each year. Thanksgiving week can be more financially stressful when students are home from school for more than just a holiday meal. Through participation in the annual Thanks for Giving food drive, our generous community captures the true spirit of Thanksgiving!
With the harvesting hands and a helping heart, please consider donating one of the following items to our food drive:
- Canned Gravy
- Canned Cranberry Sauce
- Canned Potatoes
- Canned Green/Yellow Vegetables
- Canned Pumpkin Pie Mix
- Canned Milk
- Canned Meat, Tuna, or Ham
- Canned Fruit
- Canned Soup
Beginning November 10th, please send any food items that you would like to donate to school with your child. There will be collection barrels located outside the main office. Thank you for your generosity!
Questions? Please contact Nicole Weber at 678-842-5814, ext. 230. |
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Square 1 Art: Order Your Student's Art
Order by this Friday, November 14th
Square 1 Art catalogs give you the opportunity to order keepsake's with your student's artwork. Order catalogs were sent home in October, and complete details are on the back page of the catalog. The deadline to order is Friday, November 14th. A portion of all orders will go to back to Nickajack to help fund supplies for our art department.
Questions? Please contact our Art Teacher, |
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Griffin's Got Talent!
Wednesday, November 19th
The PTSA annual talent show, Griffin's Got Talent will be taking place on Wed. Nov 19th at 7:00 PM in the Griffin Theater. Advance tickets will go on sale Thurs. Nov. 6th for $5. You won't want to miss seeing the superb talent at Griffin Middle School!! Some of our very own Nickajack Alumni will be performing! This is a perfect opportunity to come check out your middle school option.
Interested? Please email NES & GMS parent Faye Yost at fayeyost@yahoo.com for advance tickets. Tickets will be sold at the door the night of the show for $7. |
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Learn more about IE2
Investing in Educational Excellence
 In September 2014, the Cobb County Board of Education approved pursuing the IE2 framework for leading and operating schools. Investing in Educational Excellence (IE2) introduces unprecedented opportunity for the Cobb County School District to advance learning experiences for our students.
Hundreds of Cobb parents, community members and employees participated in the "Vision 2026" community conversations conducted in fall 2013. To learn more about the results and conclusions of those forums, as well as more about IE2, go to: http://www.cobbk12.org/IE2/ |
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Order 2014-15 Yearbooks Now!
Now on sale for $25
Order your yearbook now in order to get it for only $25. That's $25 for a 92-page full color, hard cover book, full of smiles and school day memories! Prices will go up as time goes on so order now!
Order yours online now by clicking here,
and purchase with Visa, MasterCard, AMEX or PayPal. Add personalization for an extra $4.
The yearbooks will be distributed at the end of the school year but must be ordered now for this low price!
Great pictures needed! We always need classroom candids and great school event photos. Currently, our new yearbook site is being set up for direct uploading capabilities (NOTE: we are NOT using RePlayit anymore). Keep a look out for new uploading instructions in upcoming issues of The Beat and on the PTA Website Until then, photos can be emailed to the Yearbook editor at nes2014yearbook@gmail.com.
If you have any questions or would like to volunteer with the Yearbook committee, please email Tracey Byrde at traybrzezinski@yahoo.com.
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Mark Your Calendars 
Upcoming Events
- 11/10-14: Fall Scholastic Book Fair
- 11/11 - Los Bravos Spirit Night
- 11/11 - Friends & Family Luncheon, Grades 1,3,5
- 11/12 - Friends & Family Luncheon, Grades Pre-K,K,2,4
- 11/18 - Chick-fil-A Spirit Night, 4th grade hosting
- 11/24-28: Holiday, no school
More news and updates, as well as the PTA calendar snapshot for the school year, can be found on the NES PTA Website and the NES PTA Facebook Page.
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