TEACHER APPRECIATION WEEK
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Teacher Appreciation Week is May 5-9!
Join us in celebrating our wonderful teachers this week by taking part in the following activities:
Monday - kids wear yellow
Tuesday - kids wear blue
Wednesday - kids wear green. Bring a flower for each of your teachers to fill their vases! Please remember all of your children's teachers on this day.
Thursday - wear red
Friday - wear PES Spirit Wear
We have a fun week full of food and surprises planned for our fabulous teachers. If your child would like to make a card or send in any token of appreciation, they can do so at any time throughout the week.
Jennifer Emory
Aimee Fox
Megan Huckabee
Room Parent Coordinators
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RAYS REACHING OUT
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Books on Wheels Gently Used Book Drive
May 5th - May 15th
The Rays Reaching Out will be collecting gently used children's books for Books on Wheels, May 5th - May15th. The collection bins are located in the entryway to the cafeteria. Books on Wheels is a local non-profit organization that provides free books to children in need. For more information on this organization go to www.booksonwheels.org.
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RELAY FUNDRAISER
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Win 2 tickets to Kings Dominion
Pocahontas Middle School's Relay for Life team will be at Pinchbeck
Monday, May 5th- Friday, May 9th and students can enter to
Win 2 Free Kings Dominion tickets
by donating $1.00. Each dollar donated= chance to win
All proceeds will go to Relay for Life
**Tickets are valid any public operating day through Labor day, September 1, 2014***
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FIELD DAY VOLUNTEERS - SAVE THE DATE
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Mark your calendars for Field day being held on June 6th. Note, this is a date change from last year. Volunteer sign up will begin in May. Please help recruit volunteers to assist with the set up and running the games. We appreciate your help!
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P.E. NEWS
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Physical Education Builds Healthy Bodies
While more and more people are starting to join gyms in an effort to lose weight and get in shape, this isn't always necessary--you can get a great workout just using your jump rope! This article discusses three ways that you jump rope can be used to improve both your health and the quality of your life. You'll be so happy with the results, you won't want to put the jump rope down! Click on the link to read the article:
http://www.fitday.com/fitness-articles/fitness/exercises/3-benefits-of-jump-rope-fitness.html
Greg Brown
Physical Education Teacher
email: gbbrown@henrico.k12.va.us
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