Pinewood Newsletter

January 19, 2024 - Pinewood Elementary School

Hello Pinewood Families!

I hope you all enjoyed the short week. I know I did. Next week is a full 5 days, but it's going to be filled with fun, because it's Kindness Week! See below for all the fun!

The Great Kindness Challenge - Next week, our school will be participating in The Great Kindness Challenge. This is a fun way to put a focus on being kind. Throughout the week, we will have a number of fun activities for your child to participate in. One way to participate is to complete the Kindness Challege List that will be sent home early in the week. Students that complete this list and turn it in to their teacher on Friday get a prize. Another was to participate is to dress up for our themed days. Monday is Happy Hearts Day (Wear Red); Tuesday is Kind Kicks Day (Wear Happy Shoes); Wednesday is Don't Be Blue Day (Don't Wear Sad Colors); Thursday is Thankful Thursday (Wear Tie-Dye); and Friday is Fri-Yay! (Wear Spirit Wear).

Prismatic Assembly - To end the week, we will have PrismaticMath here to put on a fun laser show with an emphasis on anti-bullying. Your kids won't want to miss it!

Friendship Bracelets for Sale - PTC will be selling Kindness Grams for $1 before and after school next week. They will be out in front of the school. If it is raining, you'll be able to find them on the stage in the gym. Remember, our grams tend to be very popular and sometimes we sell out before the end of the week.

January 15th -- No School (Martin Luther King Jr. Day)
January 16th -- New After School Enrichment Cycle Begins
January 22nd-26th -- The Great Kindness Challenge!
January 26th -- Prismatics Assembly
February 12th -- No School (Lincoln's Day)
February 19th -- No School (President's Day)
February 23rd -- 2nd Trimester Ends

Empathy

Getting along with others helps make our school a happier place. To get along with others, we need to have empathy for each other. Empathy is feeling or understanding what someone else is feeling. This week, be a feelings detective! Try to notice how your classmates are feeling throughout the week. Watch their faces and bodies for clues!

Dental Van

The Dental Van will be here in May. If you would like your child to access this resource, please sign up using the following links: English Dental Van Application Spanish Dental Van Application

Parent Teacher Club

PTC will be meeting Tuesday, February 13th @ 2:45pm in the gym. We are a group of families and staff members who would love your help in planning family-friendly events, awesome assemblies for our kids and finding ways to support and enhance the school community!

Power's Out? School's In!

As the weather begins to change, we typically see an increase in the number of power outages in the area. Keep in mind that we recently installed generators that can operate our entire campus. Even if the power is out in the area, school will likely be in session. If we do cancel school due to a power outage, or for any other reason, we will notify you through all of our schoolwide communication systems.

Yearbook

Hello Pinewood families and staff!

We invite you to help our yearbook team collect photos of all the fun moments and activities this school year. To help enhance the Pinewood yearbook and ensure it is full of meaningful memories for our students, we ask that you please consider sharing photos you take of school related activities/events (while on campus, field trips, sports and other school events). You may email photos to pwyearbook@ppesd.org now and throughout the year. Keep in mind that the yearbook team will be working hard in the spring to complete and finalize our yearbook. The earlier you send them, the better.

Note: While we want everyone to send photos, due to size and layout limitations, we may not be able to include them all. If there is a photo you want to ensure is in your personal yearbook, remember to take advantage of the 2 free custom pages that TreeRing offers when you purchase a yearbook for your family, and include your special photo(s) there.

IMPORTANT: This email is monitored by a parent volunteer, NOT school staff. Do not send questions or content regarding topics other than the yearbook to this email. Please utilize your normal routes of communication with your student's teacher or the office for all other inquiries.

If you have photos you would like to share with yearbook staff, please email them to pwyearbook@ppesd.org. Ensure to include a description including:

What is the event?

Name(s) and grade/teacher of the kid(s)/people in the photo.

Thank you! Your contribution will help us make a yearbook full of memories for our young Falcons to cherish.