Pioneer Post

click the photo above for more information regarding this scholarship opportunity, sponsored by Land's End, for our 8th graders!

ONE SCHOOL | TWO BOOKS | ORDER NOW

New and returning PSPA families, this year we are doing TWO YEARBOOKS! A K-5 yearbook and a middle school yearbook! The beginning of each book will offer identical social events on and off campus that celebrate all our Pioneers. The second half of the book will focus on various events and classroom activities that are tailored to each campus. Some different options and pricing are listed below:

Soft Cover - $34, plus tax

Hard Cover - $36.51, plus tax

With your purchase, TreeRing offers two free CUSTOM PAGES that you can fill with all the memories once you make your purchase. You can also purchase additional pages through their site.

When you're ready to make your purchase, there will be a unique school code for each campus yearbook listed below

Elementary School Campus - 10pinespringsk5

Middle School Campus - 10pinesprings678

Website - www.treering.com/validate

You can email smarsico@pinespringsprep.org with any questions you may have. If you need TreeRing Support, they are also happy to help with questions! Their contact number is 877-755-8733.

We want to thank all of the volunteers that will be speaking at our first ever in person career day on Thursday, November 10th. We are so excited for our students to have the opportunity to learn about the different careers that are out there for them and the paths they can take to get there.

Middle school students may follow the optional dress up schedule leading up to Career day. Please remember as always that students must come to school in school appropriate attire.

Tues. 11/8- “Your future starts today” - Wear your favorite PSPA Spiritwear

Wed 11/9- “Someday I will be….”- Dress for your future career

Thur. 11/10- “Dress for Success” - Dress for a job interview

NJHS will be partnering with Pioneers with a Purpose this month for 2 collection drives.

11/1-11/3: Do you have too much leftover Halloween candy?? PSPA is partnering with Signature Family Dentistry to donate candy to our troops. Students can drop off candy in the collection bins at either campus.

11/7-11/17: Thanksgiving food drive- please consider donating to the Holly Springs Food Cupboard. The following is a list of most needed items:

• Crackers, like saltines
• Dried rice
• Canned fruit
• Canned soup
• Canned meats
• Broth
• Peanut butter
• Jelly/honey
• Sides such as instant potatoes, Hamburger Helper, Suddenly Salad

For the Children bags:

• Granola bars
• Small pop-top cans of meat (Vienna sausage, tuna)
• Popcorn
• Individual servings of mac and cheese

Students can drop off donated items at either campus.

PSPA is such a generous and giving community- we appreciate your support!!

High School Registration is fast approaching! Here are some important dates to mark on your calendar:

• Magnet High School application period is October 14th, 2022 - January 25th, 2023

• Early College High School applications period is October 14th, 2022 - December 14th, 2022

• To learn more about the magnet and early college schools fair: Magnet and Early college fair

• Here is a list of early college and magnet high schools

• View the calendar for Open Houses/School Tours 2022-2023

• Mrs. Breslin's Quick Guide to High School Enrollment

• Here is a spreadsheet with the links to the WCPSS high school planning guide and important Wake County high schools.

I highly recommend attending the sessions before beginning your student’s application as applications are NOT first-come, first-served. In addition, I will be providing more in-depth information about the application process and high school registration later this month. A presentation with all this information will be posted in my Counselor google classroom, so please let me know if you or your student do not have access to this google classroom! Please do not hesitate to reach out if you have any questions, or if I can assist you and your student in this process.

Sincerely,

Mrs. Breslin

TBreslin@pinespringsprep.org

984-217-1724 ext. 3249

The nurses are excited to report that November is National Diabetes Awareness month. We will be encouraging all staff and students to wear blue on November 1st to show their support on Type 1 Diabetes day. Please encourage your students to wear their blue uniforms on 11/1. We also will be doing activities throughout the month to spread diabetes awareness.

Also, Nurse Brothers will be partnering with Mrs. Breslin, the Middle School counselor, to teach the 8th graders about drug and alcohol prevention for red ribbon week.

Lastly, the nurses will also be continuing mass vision screenings for all 4th and 6th grade students this month. As always, please reach out to the nurses for any health related questions, and please remember to keep your children home if they’re exhibiting any flu-like symptoms. We hope you have a great November, stay healthy!!

Please reach out to Nurse Brothers for Middle School needs lbrothers@pinespringsprep.org and Nurse Driscoll jdriscoll@pinespringsprep.org for Elementary School Needs. Stay Healthy!

Have you heard the news? PSPA middle school building received an honorable mention in an award for the best new structures in NC for 2022. We are very grateful for such a beautiful facility!

https://businessnc.com/building-nc-our-annual-look-at-the-best-new-and-rehabbed-structures-across-north-carolina/

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.

If your child is absent for 3 or more days, a note from a physician IS REQUIRED to return back to campus. Upon return from an absence, all notes (whether from a physician or handwritten) need to be turned into the Main Office at either campus. Mrs. Coomer is collecting absence notes at elementary school and Mrs. Marsico is collecting notes this year at middle. They can be emailed or delivered to the office.

Please make sure to complete your background check before volunteering in any classroom or school wide event. You will not be allowed to volunteer if you don't have a cleared background check. 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. (Key Fobs are optional purchases).

Elementary Counselor: Jena Thornton

Middle School Counselor: Tanya Breslin

McKinney-Vento Info:

Tanya Breslin

School Counselor

McKinney- Vento School Liaison

TBreslin@pinespringsprep.org

Powerschool Questions: mrichter@pinespringsprep.org

e~Funds Questions: mcardillo@pinespringsprep.org

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 are not acceptable). They do not need to be school uniform shorts. They can 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!

If your child is missing any items please tell them to check lost and found! Both schools already have a lot of unclaimed items.

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.

Missed Key Communication

PSPA Hockey Fans - Mark your calendars for 11/6/22 for our next PSPA night with the Carolina

Hurricanes. For discounted ticket information be sure to go to: Canes and PSPA. There may be a

post-game photo opportunity for PSPA families to go on the ice if enough PSPA families participate.

To stay connected with the Athletics Department and see what new and exciting events are coming up please visit Pine Springs Preparatory (bigteams.com) . Here you can also sign up for event alerts.

• 11/3- Middle School School Store
• 11/4- Check Powerschool to see Report Card Grades for Q1
• 11/4- Spirit Wear Day
• 11/10- Elementary School Store
• 11/10- Veteran's Day Breakfast @ 9AM (Elementary School)
• 11/10- Career Day @ Middle School
• 11/11- NO SCHOOL (Veteran's Day)
• 11/16- Girl's Basketball Game @ 4:15PM (HOME)
• 11/16- Boy's Basketball Game @ 5:15PM (HOME)
• 11/18- Dress Down Day
• 11/23- Boy's Basketball Game @ 5:15PM (HOME)
• 11/23 - 11/25- Thanksgiving Break
• 11/29- Girl's Basketball Game @ 4:15PM (HOME)
• 11/29- Boy's Basketball Game @ 5:15PM (HOME)