Pioneer Post

ONE SCHOOL | TWO BOOKS | AN EPIC SALE

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.

Even though yearbooks won't arrive until May, take advantage of the additional 10% now through September 30th!

Attention PSPA Community, we need your help! As Pine Springs continues to grow and improve it's Project-Based Learning (PBL) curricula, our teachers want to know what kinds of careers and expertise are out there in our community. The best way to make learning meaningful and authentic for students is to connect it to real world problems and careers. We know that our community members have a lot of insight and experience to share which can elevate the work we do in the classroom! If you would like to be one of our subject experts, please fill out the form below so that we can start building a database of community resources. Feel free to share the form with friends and family!

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSeoKd98VZ706gHcs03qo98_IOefn1p7_EDuUzuAX-nHKWIlgA/viewform?usp=sf_link

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 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.

We are excited to say all new students have been loaded into e~Funds. Please visit our e~Funds website: https://payments.efundsforschools.com/v3/districts/56319/ for all payments this year. Here you will find links to pay for technology, forgotten school lunches, extra carpool tags, field trips, and more! Pine Springs doesn't accept cash or checks so all payments should be made through this site.

If your child is new, but was previously attending a NC public school you will use the same student number they had at their previous school to register them (their number stays the same through their tenure in NC public schools). If your child has never attended a NC public school and you need their student UID number, or Parent Powerschool letter please fill out this Google Form and we will send that info home with your child this week. Thank you for your patience!

We have two new school counselors. Jena Thornton at elementary or Tanya Breslin at middle school. Their email addresses have been hyperlinked if you need to reach out to them for any concerns or 504 plans.

McKinney-Vento Info:

Tanya Breslin

School Counselor

McKinney- Vento School Liaison

TBreslin@pinespringsprep.org

NC Homeless Education Program
Lisa Phillips, State Coordinator
PO Box 5367
Greensboro, N.C. 27435
Phone: (336) 315-7491
Toll-free: (800) 659-3204

We are so excited to be back at school and to see all of your wonderful children! Just a few reminders for all new students and Kindergarteners: if you haven’t turned in your State of NC Health Assessments and vaccination documents, they must be turned in prior September 24th per NC Law.

Also, all 7th graders need proof of vaccination for an updated Tdap and meningococcal vaccine. Please send them in with your child to drop off with Nurse Brothers at the Middle School if you haven’t done so already.

Lastly, in every effort to keep all the students and staff of Pine Springs healthy, please keep your child home if they aren’t feeling well. We are currently following the CDC guidelines for covid protocols, so if your student tests positive for Covid, please reach out to Nurse Driscoll or Nurse Brothers for further information. We’re looking forward to a happy and healthy year!!

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 new to PSPA this year and 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 or leggings, 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.

We are aware that Land's End is back ordered on several items but majority of those items should be arriving in October. Thank you for patience!

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/august-22-23-school-communications/

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

Monday: Panera Bread

Tuesday: Zaxby's

Wednesday: Tijuana Flats Tex-Mex

Thursday: Jersey Boy Subs

Friday: Marco's Pizza

Elementary School

Monday: Zaxby’s
Tuesday: Panera
Wednesday: Marco’s
Thursday: Jersey Boys’
Friday: Tijuana Flats

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.

• 9/2- Spirt Wear Day (see the pictures above for acceptable attire)
• 9/5- NO SCHOOL- Labor Day
• 9/6- Cross Country Interest Meeting- 3PM
• 9/7- Volleyball Match on this date was canceled
• 9/15- Middle School Curriculum Night
• 9/16- Last Day to Purchase Coupon Books
• 9/16- Dress Down Day (see the pictures above for acceptable attire)
• 9/16- 6th Grade Lock In
• 9/23- 8th Grade Lock In
• 9/30- Teacher Workday (No school for students)
• 10/7- 7th Grade Lock In