Pioneer Post

We wanted to give a shout out to our 1st grade Pioneer, Betsy

Betsy crafted the owl after school orientation, as she was thrilled to be a Wise Owl. She used a pinecone from the backyard and chicken feathers from her Grandma's chickens. It was entered into the 'Craft from Natural Materials' category in the Flower Show at the State Fair, K-2 grades, and received a First Place Blue Ribbon at the NC State Fair. It's her first placement in a fair competition and she is thrilled!

Parents if your Pioneer did something awesome that deserves school recognition please email a picture and brief synopsis to mcardillo@pinespringsprep.org . We will chose one Pioneer at random to recognize each month.

We are excited to announce that the 2024-2025 enrollment period for the sibling and public lottery at Pine Springs Preparatory Academy will open on January 3, 2024.

Pine Springs Preparatory Academy is a tuition-free public charter school that serves students in grades K-8. We offer a variety of academic programs, extracurricular activities, and support services to meet the diverse needs and interests of our students.

If you are interested in applying for the 2024-2025 school year, please read the following information carefully:

1. The enrollment period will run from January 3, 2024 to January 31, 2024 at 11:59 PM. You can apply online through our website.
2. All applications received after January 31st, 11:59 PM will be time-stamped and added to the end of the lottery waitlist in the order they were received.
   
3. A lottery will be conducted in February 2024 (date TBA) to determine the admission status of applicants. You will be notified by email of your child's lottery results.

Visit our [Enrollment FAQs] for answers to common questions about the enrollment process, lottery procedures, and enrollment policies. In order to apply to Pine Springs Preparatory Academy, you must meet the following criteria:

○ Be a resident of the state of North Carolina at the time of application.

○ Committed that your student will be in attendance on August 21, 2024, the first day of school.

○ Kindergarten students must be five years old by August 31, 2024

Please do not apply if your child does not meet the criteria above. Your application will be removed. We hope you will consider joining our Pine Springs Preparatory Academy family. If you have any questions or concerns, please contact us at enrollment@pinespringsprep.org.

Sincerely,

The Pine Springs Preparatory Academy Team

https://pinespringsprep.org/enrollment/

Late Check Ins

When checking a student in late, parents must escort their student to the main office and sign them in for the day. A note from a physician can be provided at that time or you may email it to:

Ecoomer@pinespringsprep.org - Elementary

Smarsico@pinespringsprep.org - Middle School

Without a note from a physician, the tardy/early checkout will be unexcused.

Early Check Outs

Early pick up must be done before 2pm at the Elementary School. Please make sure the person picking up your child is listed and also brings a photo ID

Early pick up must be done before 2:30pm at the Middle School. Please make sure the person picking up your child is listed and also brings a photo ID.

Please make sure to complete your background check before volunteering in any classroom or school wide event. You will not be allowed to volunteer or chaperone field trips if you don't have a cleared background. Background checks need to be updated annually. There is required $19.45 background check fee that is required to process all background checks.

When the background check has been cleared and a Key Fob is purchased we will send it home with your student. Your Key Fob will be ready for use the next time you come in to Volunteer. You will scan the Fob as you come into the front office, and scan it out when you leave the premises. You will not need to purchase a Key Fob every year, however you will need to update your Background Check each year in order to use it.

Vision screenings will begin in 2nd and 4th grade during November for all students. Parents will receive results from students when completed, unless screening was failed. The nurse will contact parents if the student fails the screening.

Please remember to keep students home if they are not feeling well enough to participate in class, have had a fever, or vomiting. Also, if the student is having redness, and draining in their eyes, or a rash with an unknown cause. If you have any questions, please reach out to your school nurse.

Please reach out to lbrothers@pinespringsprep.org (MS) or jdriscoll@pinespringsprep.org (ES) with any questions or concerns.

There has been some confusion surrounding spirit wear attire and dress down attire. Below you will find a description of both:

Spirit Wear Days: Are celebrated the FIRST Friday of every school month. On this Friday students are encouraged to wear PSPA t-shirts, sweatshirts, or hoodies that they have purchased through our PSPA PTO. On the bottom students can wear school appropriate (the definition of what PSPA considers appropriate is not too tight and not too short) shorts, skirts or pants of their choice (however, pj bottoms and leggings are not acceptable). They do not need to be school uniform shorts. They could be jeans or athletic shorts, for example.

Dress Down Days: Are recognized on the THIRD Friday of every school month. Students are allowed to dress down into school appropriate clothing of their choice. This does NOT include articles of clothing such as pjs, short skirts, tight pants, spaghetti straps, open-toed shoes, or bare midriff shirts.

School Uniforms: Can be purchased through our exclusive vendor Land's End. Just a reminder bottoms can be purchased anywhere. Articles of clothing that have a logo must be purchased through Land's End. In addition, certain items like jumpers for young girls have only been approved for the younger grades like K-2nd. We are unable at this time to add additional items to our Land's End approved list.

Land’s End School Code for PSPA: 900185760

With colder weather creeping in PLEASE label your children's coats, jackets, sweatshirts, and sweaters. Any articles of clothing with names on them are returned to the student. Without a name though it usually remains unclaimed and eventually winds up donated. Please cross through old names and use a permanent marker to label your children's outwear ASAP. Thank you!

Do you feel like you missed a message via text or email? You aren't sure where to reference it? Refer back to all important messages via our website.

https://pinespringsprep.org/school-updates/

Middle School- Please make sure to choose your child's HOMEROOM teacher for lunch

Monday: Buffalo Brothers

Tuesday: Jersey Boy's

Wednesday: Zaxby's

Thursday: Mookie's NY Deli

Friday: Moe's

Elementary School

Monday: Jersey Boy's
Tuesday: Mookie's NY Deli
Wednesday: Zaxby's
Thursday: Baffalo Brothers
Friday: Moe's

Please remember all home events that are held in our middle school gym have a fee for attendance. $5 for adults, $3 for students, children under 5 are free. Be on the lookout for our new and improved Athletics website.

Students will not be able to tryout if a Dragonfly account is not created and all required documents are completed prior to tryouts. - Attached is a flyer how to create an account.

Coming in Spring of 2024 PSPA will have Baseball, Softball, Girls Soccer and Girls LAX skills development training.

Interested in helping or volunteering with the Athletics Program please reach out to Coach Corey - cdavis@pinespringsprep.org

To get schedules, rosters and gear and team news please visit pspaathletics.org

Order Athletics Wear - https://psathletics.itemorder.com/shop/home/

• 11/2- Pioneer Pit Stop (Middle School)
• 11/3- Spirit Wear Day
• 11/6- Kindergarten Field Trip (Willow Oaks Farm)
• 11/8- Veteran's Day Breakfast @ 9AM
• 11/9- Pioneer Pit Stop (Elementary School)
• 11/10- NO SCHOOL
• 11/16- FIRST HOME Basketball Game v. Thales
• 11/17- Dress Down Day
• 11/22-11/24- Thanksgiving Break
• 11/29- Career Day (Middle School)