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Annual Summer Literacy Family Summit
This Saturday, April 25th, 9am-12 noon
Please join the Cobb County School District Title 1 Department and the Cobb County Library Media Education Department in partnership with Scholastic Achievement Partners and Cobb County Public Libraries for this annual event this Saturday. Families will participate in short sessions to learn strategies to keep reading skills growing over the summer, and much more.
Please click here to register for the event, and click
here to learn more details and topics to be covered at the summit, which will be held at the Cobb County Safety Village, 1220 Al Bishop Drive, Marietta.
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Deadline Extended: Yearbook Orders
Last Chance! Order by Friday, April 24th
The Yearbook Committee was able to get an extension until this Friday, so order your 2014-15 Yearbook now! Don't miss out on all the wonderful memories at Nickajack from this school year! Yearbooks are $30 each.
Click ORDER NOW before this final chance is over. Details coming soon about Yearbook distribution and signing event.
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Field Day Volunteers Needed
Sign Up Now to Help May 7th and May 8th
Field Day is almost here, and we will need many volunteers to make these days a great success for the students! There are many time slots, so please sign up for any AM and PM slots that work best with your schedule.
Thursday, May 7th, for grades K-2: Sign up here.
Friday, May 8th, for grades 3-5: Sign up here.
Donations: If you cannot volunteer your time, we would appreciate donations of 3 oz Dixie cups, freeze and eat popsicles, and bags of ice. These can be dropped off any time leading up to field day. Should you have questions in the meantime please feel free to contact Mr. Homansky or Ms. Hill at Eric.Homansky@cobbk12.org or
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Support the Brick the Jack Campaign
Your Brick Will Benefit Playground & Outdoor Improvements at NES
Have you seen our new playground bleachers? Wow! Keep an eye on that area - more super cool improvements are coming soon! Order your engraved brick now to help support our future playground improvements.
DEADLINE: Brick orders placed before Friday, May 1 will get priority installation - before we break for summer! AND... the first 100 brick buyers (before the May 1 deadline), will be automatically entered in a drawing to get a free bonus class brick! Hurry, while there's still time - be one of the first 100! The very first orders are pictured above. Purchase one brick for $40, two for just $70 or three for only $100. That's just $33.33 each! (Accepted forms of payment: Cash or Check only).
Each brick can have up to 3 lines of text with 16 characters per line, including spaces. Examples of the maximum text, including spaces are as follows:
- MRS JONES CLASS
- 6TH GRADE ROCKS!
- 2014- 2015
Requests can be made to cluster bricks together for longer family messages, BFFs, or for neighborhoods, school groups, ASEP/Pal sponsors, etc. Clusters will be accommodated as best we can. Please staple orders together for groupings.
Be a part of Nickajack history and come help us...Brick the JACK!
Brickajack order forms went home last week, are available in the Front Office, or click here to print one. Questions? Email Seth at nickajackPTA@gmail.com.
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Volunteers Needed for Kindergarten Tours
Thursday, April 30th 9am-10:30
We are in need of 10-15 volunteers to provide tours and answer general questions for the incoming parents that will be attending the Kindergarten Orientation Breakfast & Tour next Thursday morning. An agenda of the tour will be provided to volunteers.
Please sign up here to help out for just 90 minutes.
The Kindergarten Orientation Breakfast & Tour is for those families that will be new to Nickajack and have already registered for the upcoming school year or are planning to. The event will begin at 8:15 am in the cafeteria; the cost of breakfast is $1.75 each. Families that are just exploring various schools for their student to attend in the future are invited to join a monthly tour that Nickajack offers, with the next one scheduled for May 1.
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CCSD Honors Students of Military Families
Wear Purple Thursday, April 30th
The Georgia Department of Education will join other states and organizations across the country in celebrating April as the Month of the Military Child, which is a time to honor the strength and sacrifices of military children.
Cobb County School District selected Thursday, April 30, as our designated day to wear purple and honor the children of military families. |
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Join PTA Pal On Community Projects 5/17
Sign Up Now, Includes Clean Up at Nickajack
On May 17th, from 9:30 am to 12:30 pm, our Silver PTA Pal, Vinings Lake Church, will hold an event they call "Be The Church." On this date, the members of this faith community will forgo their normal church service to go out into the community to work on various projects in an effort to make improvements and help others.
Nickajack is one the projects for this event and Vinings Lake would like to invite members of the Nickajack family to come out and join them as they Clean Up Nickajack! They will be cleaning up the inside of the school alongside our wonderful Head Custodian, Alfred Brown. Please mark your calendars and come out for a good cause!
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GMS Invites NES: The Little Mermaid Jr
Griffin Middle School Production May 14-16
Come one, come all - and join us under the sea! The Little Mermaid will soon be part of our world.
Griffin Middle School's presentation of the Disney classic musical "The Little Mermaid Jr." takes place on May 14, 15 and 16 at 7:00 pm in the Griffin Theatre.
The cast of over 40 students from grades 6-8 is hard at work preparing for an amazing show, featuring favorite numbers "Le Poisson" and "Kiss the Girl" that are guaranteed to make you smile. Under the direction of faculty member Sarah Rabun, the students create a magical undersea adventure that's fun for the whole family. Many former Nickajack students are part of this magnificent production! Come see the magic they all have created!
Griffin Middle School is located at 4010 King Springs Road, in Smyrna.
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Buy Tickets TODAY for Pajama Jam
Saturday, May 2nd from 5-8 p.m.
Party in your PJs to support NESF! Buy your tickets today for Pajama Jam on Saturday, 5/2 from 5-8 in the Nickajack gym and cafeteria. Come jam with the DJ, play musical pillows, work it out in the Sports Corner, get some "Who Hair," eat some delicious food and much more! Fun times in cozy clothes for parents and kids!
BRING A PILLOW CASE TO DECORATE AND HAVE SIGNED BY YOUR FRIENDS! Great for 5th graders!
Purchase tickets at www.nesfoundation.com - $8 ea in advance, $10 at the door. Tickets will also be on sale in the Nickajack front lobby this Thursday and every day next week. All students must be accompanied by an adult - no drop-offs. Proceeds support the Nickajack Foundation (NESF).
Want to help out? Please sign up to volunteer HERE or email Beth Park, NESF Vice President with any questions. (vicepresident@nesfoundation.com)
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Mayor's Education Awards
Outstanding Volunteer, Student, and Staff
 Twice each year, Mayor Bacon and members of the Smyrna City Council recognize an outstanding student, volunteer, and staff member from each of the Smyrna area schools.
On May 4th, the following recipients from Nickajack will be recognized:
Volunteer: Seth Rubenstein
Staff: Susan Wolfgang, Kindergarten Teacher
Student: Olivia Yahne
Congratulations to all of them!
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Mark Your Calendars 
Upcoming Events
- 4/28 - Firehouse Subs Spirit Night 5p-8p
- 4/30 - Wear Purple to honor Military Children
- 4/30 - Kindergarten Orientation Breakfast & Tour
- 5/02 - Pajama Jam 5p-8p
- 5/03-10th - Siracusa's Pizzeria Spirit Week
- 5/07 - Field Day for grades K-2
- 5/08 - Field Day for grades 3-5
- 5/11 - FBI Reading Day (date may change)
- 5/14-16 Scholastic BOGO Book Fair
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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