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Volunteers and Donations Needed
Several Opportunities Available in July and Fall
 The first day of school is just around the corner, and we are in need for many volunteers to get ready! Please review the list below and join in when it best fits your schedule.
Saturday, July 25th: Brick Installation: We are in need of several handy volunteers to help install the engraved bricks that are arriving! Please email Seth Rubenstein , our Co-PTA President, to sign up for 2-3 hours, starting at 8am, or for more details. This is also a perfect opportunity for Scouts looking for community service. Refreshments will be available.
Friday, July 31st: Teacher Luncheon: Donations and Volunteers are needed for the Welcome Back Teacher Luncheon! Help us welcome back our great faculty and staff by donating and item, or helping with set up, serving, or break down. Click here to sign up and for more details.
Thursday & Friday, July 30th & 31st: Student Folders: Please sign up if you can spare an hour or 2 helping out by stuffing folders for our students. Please sign up for either day, between 10am-1pm, by clicking here.
Hearing and Vision Screening Volunteers Needed; Training is September 1st Nickajack is looking for several volunteers to assist with the hearing and vision screening of the 1st and 4th grade students this fall, and the CCSD is providing training for these volunteers on September 1st at Marietta Middle School. Training class is available at either 8:30am-12:30pm or 1:30pm-4pm. Volunteer time at NES is very flexible and will be coordinated with the school nurse. Please contact TIffany.Heglund@cobb12.org, our school nurse, to sign up or for more details, and click here for directions to training.
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Sneak-a-Peek: Classroom Assignments & More
Thursday, July 30th: 4pm-6pm
Friday, July 31st: 8am-10am
Faculty, staff and PTA Volunteers will be on hand to meet and greet you and your child.
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; My Payment Plus for on line payments
* Sign up and Pay for the After School Program (ASP)
* Join PTA for $5; NES magnets and t-shirts will also be available (cash or checks payable to NES PTA)
* Support the Nickajack Foundation
* Volunteer to Help in Your Child's Classroom
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Help Needed with PTA Web Design
 Our PTA Communications Committee is actively searching for a Nickajack Parent, or someone you may know, with web design experience that can volunteer their time and knowledge to help us refresh our PTA website.
Please email Chuck Young if you are interested in learning more about helping with our website design.
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2015-2016 BACK the JACK Campaign
August 17 - October 2
The Nickajack Elementary School Foundation is once again gearing up for the annual BACK the JACK campaign. What a wonderful way for parents and the community to play an active part in the education of our children.
For those new to NES, BACK the JACK is a fundraising campaign used to provide technology and to support academic excellence and student success. This year's goal is $65,000. We've done it in the past and we can do it again with your support. With the support and feedback from the teachers and staff, we are currently reassessing the school's needs for the year. A complete list of our planned purchases will be available on our website in August. Learn more about the campaign and the NES Foundation at nesfoundation.com. |
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See How Our Garden Grows!
The Nickajack Garden has flourished this summer
 Thanks to an IBM Community Grant, the guidance of Mrs. Heflin, and help from parent volunteers, our Garden Club students were able to plant an array of vegetables and flowers this past spring in new, raised garden beds, and have been maintaining the gardens as they grow this summer. The raised beds include squash, tomatoes, cucumbers, peppers, pumpkins, sunflowers, and herbs. The students were able to have many of the plants grow from seed!
In the words of Mrs. Heflin, our Science Lab teacher that heads up our Garden Club, "It is an effort of love by a group of families hoping to teach their children that our food does not come from Kroger or Publix but from the Earth; that's why we need to take care of our ecosystems and habitats". Be sure to check out the gardens at Sneak-a-Peak!
 Mrs. Heflin has signed the Nickajack Garden up for the Million Pollinator Garden Challenge! Learn more about reviving the health of bees, butterflies, birds and more, and even register your own garden, at the Environmental Education in Georgia web site.
Thank you to Mrs. Heflin and the Garden Club for helping our students grow their environmental knowledge and experience.
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Rising K Playdate a Success
 The NES PTA would like to extend a huge thank you to all of the families that came out to the rising kindergartners playdate on July 11th. We had over 70 parents and children stop by over the course of two hours!! It's beyond exciting to see all the positive energy coming into Nickajack this year.
The event showcased the most recent additions to our outdoor facilities, most notably our new K-2 play structure, bleachers and fence. The new play set was funded by SPLOST, and the new black fence and wooden bleachers were funded by our PTA. The improvements could not have been made without the efforts of Scott Trammel with CCSD. Please keep an eye out for continuous PTA-lead campus improvements throughout the 2015-2016 school year.
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Back to School Supply Lists
Be sure to check out the Nickajack Home Page for back to school supply lists for each grade, as well as other updates.
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Summer Reading Challenge Update
Our students are #5 in the state of Georgia
Our Nickajack students have logged over 177,000 minutes so far in the Summer Reading Challenge and are ranked 165th in the country as of July 18th. The Challenge ends September 4th.
Research shows that books in the home, and involved parents make a world of difference in a child's school, and overall life success. Keep them reading every day!
It isn't too late for your student to join in! Log-in information was provided by teachers in May, or register your student at scholastic.com/summer and be sure to add Nickajack as their school.
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Mark Your Calendars  Upcoming Events
- July 25th - 8am Brick installation
- July 30th - Sneak-a-Peek 4pm-6pm
- July 31st - Sneak-a-Peek 8am-10am
- July 31st - Welcome Back Luncheon for Teachers
- August 3rd - First day of school
Keep up to date by visiting the NES PTA Website and the NES PTA Facebook Page.
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