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Friends & Family Luncheon This Week
Be sure to join your student Tues or Wed
 This week is the annual Friends & Family luncheon at NES. Come out and eat some festive fare. Guests meals cost $3.50 per person.Tuesday, Nov. 10th: 1st Grade, 3rd Grade, 5th Grade, & Multi-Age (Dills/Caputo). Wednesday, Nov. 11th: Pre-K, Kindergarten, 2nd Grade, 4th Grade, & Small Group Classrooms.
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Monster Book Fair Starts This Week!
Book sale will continue Mon - Fri, please volunteer!
Visit the PTA Book Fair with your child this week or students can visit during the school day with an individual Book Fair Pass.
Credit cards, cash or checks made payable to NES PTA will be accepted.
NEW HOURS:
More volunteers are needed to ensure the book fair is successful. Please use the Book Fair Sign Up to volunteer! |
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Support the Art Department with Square 1 Fundraiser
Orders Due today, Nov. 9th
Be sure to get your Square 1 Art Catalog order in by Monday, Nov. 9th. Your children's artwork would make wonderful holiday gifts and keepsakes!
Enter your unique access code found on the flyer that went home here: This is a great way to help support the art department and gives them funds to purchase new art supplies. |
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Los Bravos Spirit Night is Tomorrow!
Tuesday, Nov. 10th, 5pm to 7pm
Come out for the "best fajitas" in town! Be sure to sign in for Nickajack and 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 for supporting our Platinum PTA Pal and your PTA!
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2015-2016 Yearbooks Now On Sale!
Order now before prices go up!
Order your yearbook now. We are pleased to offer a school year full of memories at a new lower price of $20. The yearbook committee will be taking cash & check orders at our annual Thankgiving Luncheon November 10th & 11th from 10-1pm.
The hardcover yearbook is 92 color pages full of school day friends & memories. Come and check out some samples at our Yearbook Table & order yours! |
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Does Your Child Love Science?
Informational Science Fair meeting Wednesday
Does your child like to design experiments? Does he or she like to explore science concepts? Well, the Science Fair is for them! Please join us for an informational student and parent meeting, Wednesday Nov. 11th from 7:20-7:50 a.m. in the Science Lab.
If you are unable to make the meeting or want more information on the science fair click here. If you have any questions, please email Sarah.Lasiter@cobbk12.org or Heather.Hunt@cobbk12.org. |
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Butter Braids Fundraiser Ending Soon
Help support Relay for Life. Orders due Nov. 18.
Brochures and order forms for the Butter Braids pastries, cheesecakes, and cookie dough were sent home last week. All proceeds will benefit the American Cancer Society through our Relay for Life team at Nickajack.
Completed order forms and payment are due by November 18th, and parent pick up of the items is scheduled for December 2nd from 2:30pm-4:00pm. Please refer to the flyer that went home for the complete details. |
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Vendors Needed for Holiday Market
Tables available for December 1st event
The holiday season is coming, and as a special service the Nickajack Relay for Life team will be sponsoring a "Holiday Market" on Tuesday, December 1, 2015. This will be an after school event from 4:00 pm until 8:00 pm, and we are looking for vendors who would like to participate in the event. One table will be available for $25.00; 2 tables for $40.00 (donation to Relay for Life). Vendors will receive all proceeds from their sales at the event.
If you would like to rent a table, please turn in the completed form sent home with your child, or email the information to Beth Smith, at beth.smith@cobbk12.org.
Students, families, and staff will have the chance to shop for gifts for family and friends at the Santa Store. All items will be on sale for $3.00. Free gift wrapping! We are looking forward to this fun-filled event! Thank you for supporting the American Cancer Society and the Relay for Life Team at Nickajack Elementary School.
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Read For Recycling 2015 Starts This Week!
Read recycling books Nov. 9th - 15th.
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. This program is part of the state America Recycles Day (ARD) celebration. Click here to find your Reading Journal and a suggested Reading List
For the first time in Georgia, during the week of November 9-15, 2015, K-12 school students are encouraged to read books that celebrate, educate, and encourage waste reduction activities. Follow these easy steps to participate. - Read a minimum of five waste reduction/recycling books; record them, and journal what you learned about waste reduction/recycling from the book in your Reading Journal.
- Once complete mail your Reading Journal to the Georgia Recycling Coalition, Read for Recycling Program, P.O. Box 550667, Atlanta, Georgia 30355.
- The Reading Journal is due on November 25, 2015
The school with the most participants wins a set of books for their library! Students who complete the reading journal and mail it in by November 24, 2014 will be included in a drawing to win one of 6 (six) $50 Barnes & Noble Gift cards. |
Thanks For Giving Food Drive Starts This Week
Food drive runs Nov. 9th-18th
 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 even more financially stressful when students are home from school for more than just the holiday meal. Through participation in the annual Thanks for Giving food drive, our generous community captures the true spirit of Thanksgiving.
With 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 Nov. 9th, please send any food items 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! If you have any questions, please contact Nicole Weber at 678-842-5814, ext. 230.
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Survey of After School Enrichment Programs
Give us your feedback!
We have a number of PTA Pals that offer after school classes and clubs to our students, and we are seeking your feedback if your student or students have participated in one or more this fall.
The PTA is in the planning stages for the winter/spring ASEP schedule, and your responses are greatly appreciated. Please complete one survey for each PTA Pal program that your student was/is in this fall. Click here for survey link. |
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Holiday Camps for Thanksgiving Break
Check out PTA Pals for camps
Looking for a camp for your student for 1 or more days during the week of Thanksgiving? Be sure to check out what PTA Pals Abrakadoodle Art Forms and Vinings School of Art are offering that week, and all of the details can be found on the PTA Pal camp web page.
The PTA Pal Camp web page will continue to be updated as information for holiday camps becomes available. |
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RSVP Now For December Parenting Workshop
"Intro to Parenting 101" will take place Dec. 3rd
The next Parenting Workshop offered by Nickajack will take place on December 3 from 6 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. The workshop includes FREE dinner (from 6 p.m. to 6:30 p.m.) as well as FREE childcare. The topic will be "Intro to Parenting 101" and will feature.- Dr. Decia Dixon, Atlanta Area Psychological Associates
- Teresa Woodruff, LPC, ATR-BC, CPCS, Art It Out Therapy Center
- Tanya Kuschnitzky, LPC, New Level Counseling
The RSVP deadline for this free workshop will be Nov. 18th. Flyers will be coming home or for more information contact Nicole Weber, Nicole.Weber@cobbk12.org.
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After School Art Class Coming in December
Students make artful gifts. Register now!
Let your child make artful gifts for loved ones this holiday season! The art class will be on three Tuesdays in December (1st, 8th, and 15th) from 2:30 p.m. to 3:30 p.m. This year, students will make hand-painted scarves inspired by artist Allan D'Arcangelo. Each student will make three gifts!
Registration can be done online. Cost for three week session: $60. Click here for more details. |
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Announcing NES Reflections Winners
Finalists will compete on Nov. 14th
Thank you to all of the Nickajack students that submitted an entry into the annual PTA Reflections Creativity contest. The NES finalists will be moving forward to compete at the Jessye Coleman Council, and there is ceremony on November 14th where we will learn who will be moving forward to the state competition.
Congratulations to these Nickajack finalists! Film: Sara Ann Levine, 4th grade Literature: Mia Sedrak, 2nd grade and Zachary LaPrade, 5th grade Music: Brooklyn Beedles, Kindergarten and Kingston Beedles, 5th grade Photography: Faith LaPrade, 4th grade Visual Arts: Haley Parker, 5th grade and Baye Wilson, 5th grade |
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Mark Your Calendars  Upcoming Events
- Nov 9th - Square One deadline
- Nov 9th - 13th Fall Scholastic Book Fair
- Nov 9th - 13th - Reading Recycling Activity
- Nov 9th - 18th - Thanks For Giving Food Drive
- Nov 10th - Los Bravos Spirit Night
- Nov 10th - Friends and Family Luncheon
- Nov 11th - Friends and Family Luncheon
- Nov 11th - Science Fair meeting (7:20 a.m. to 7:50 a.m.)
- Nov 17th - Chick-fil-A Spirit Night
- Nov 18th - Deadline to order from Butter Braids Fundraiser
- Nov 18th - Deadline to RSVP for December Parent Workshop
- Nov 23 - 27 - No school for Thanksgiving Break
Keep up to date by visiting the NES PTA Website and the NES PTA Facebook Page.
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