Archer Update #5

The P-H-M Education Foundation is once again sponsoring Penn High School's Homecoming Parade, Family Fun Zone and new this year--FIREWORKS after the football game! The entire P-H-M community is invited to come out for this fun-filled family event. All the fun starts with the Homecoming Parade (grab your spot on the route by 5:00 p.m.). Info on the Parade route, Fun Zone, Football game and Fireworks can all be found on PHMEF's website. CLICK HERE.

Progress reports will be posted to Skyward at 4:00 on Sept. 15.

In this edition of the Archer Update you will find the following information:

1. World's Finest Chocolate Fundraiser is Back!
2. DMS CLUB/INTRAMURAL LIST
3. PHM Homecoming - Sept. 29th
4. Picture Day is Sept. 12th
5. DMS PTO INFO!
6. Information for 8th Grade Parents - Washington D.C. Trip
7. PHM Community Connection Fair in October Tailgate
8. Reporting Student Absences

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Friendly Reminders:

• Drop-off begins at 8:50 am and students will be marked tardy if they aren't in their seats by 9:05 am. Dismissal begins at 4:00 pm for car riders and buses depart by 4:08 pm.
• Unless approved by the building principal, no visitors or guests are allowed in the building.

Discovery Middle School is ranked #2 in the State of Indiana for top performing middle schools (this is out of about 300). Our teachers continue to be prepared to provide the most targeted, engaging lessons to help all our students reach their fullest learning potential. Our students are some of the best in Indiana and possibly the world! Thank you for sending us your finest!

Information is coming home with your student!

Sale Begins: 9/6/23

Sale Ends: 9/18/23

Penn High School Homecoming 2023 is a community event for all P-H-M students and families. So, mark your calendars for Sept. 29. All the fun starts at 5:00. For all the details, visit https://www.phmef.org/homecoming/. Last year's event was so much fun, and this year it will be even better. You won't want to miss it!

Order your pictures and pay online at Inter-State Studios. Use order code

79150SF

Informational brochures will be passed out at school. Every student will have a picture taken even if an order is not placed.

1. Spirit Wear flash sale - ended last Friday - will be delivered by Sept. 29th!

2. General PTO Meeting - Monday, September 11th

3. PTO 5 Minute Form

4. Facebook

5. Scrip - Fundraising for field trips

1. Spirit Wear Flash Sale Ended! Orders will be delivered by the 29th in time for the Penn Homecoming weekend. We will offer the sale again in mid October, but this is a great opportunity to get items ahead of time!

Order directly through Paige’s website and items will be delivered to Discovery and distributed to students.

Please reach out to discoverypto@phm.k12.in.us with any questions.

2. Everyone is invited to join us for our first general PTO meeting on Monday, September 11th at 6:00 pm at Bar Louie. Meet the board members, learn about the PTO and hear about upcoming events. Hope to see you there!

3. Please take a few minutes to fill out this quick "5 minute form". This helps us get to know you and your areas of interest/involvement in the PTO.

4. Once you have filled out the 5 minute form, please join us on our closed Facebook page at “Discovery Middle School PTO” to stay up to date with PTO and school events. You must fill out the 5 minute form in order to be approved into the group.

5. Scrip is a national fundraising program for non-profit organizations. The PTO runs this program at DMS to help families save money toward their student’s trip(s) while at Discovery. The way it works is you buy physical or eGift cards at regular face value and earn a rebate between 2% and 20%. Of that rebate, 90% goes into your child’s DMS Trip Account and 10% goes to the PTO. It’s like earning free money! It’s a great way to save money without much hassle. Please see the form link below on how to get started.

School Trips for Free (23-24) info sheet. https://bit.ly/ScripInfo23-24

Parents,

Click here to sign your child up for the DC trip this spring. Make an account and you will find details of the Discovery 8th Grade trip, links to sign up and pay your deposit.

If anyone has interest in traveling on this trip as a chaperone, please email Mr. Bontrager at dbontrager@phm.k12.in.us with your desire to accompany the 8th graders by 11/3/2023. He will respond to your email with information about the upcoming Chaperone meeting which will be held at DMS on Nov. 9th at 7:30 a.m. This is a mandatory meeting to complete the necessary paperwork needed.

EARN MONEY FOR YOUR CHILD'S DC TRIP

-To help with the cost of this trip, your son/daughter will be bringing home a box of The World's Finest Chocolate this week to sell. The profit they make will go towards their DC trip. Later in October and November 8th graders will have the chance to sell poinsettias and those profits also can be banked into their DC acct.

-Another way to offset the cost of this trip is using Scrip offered through the PTO. A great way to earn money without selling anything. Click link for the School Trips for Free (23-24) info sheet. https://bit.ly/ScripInfo23-24. On the sheet you can find information on how to sign up and get started earning money for your child's DC trip.

Get ready for the annual PHM Community Connections Fair. This will be the 7th year PHM has hosted this event. The fair is coming up in October!

The fair will also include cultural performances from P-H-M students and families. If you or any students would want to perform you can sign up at https://forms.gle/CB3Kxa5j85i2G1hw5

If your child will be absent for any reason, please notify our office as soon as possible! Our office staff records all absences beginning at 8:00 am and must phone any student's home who does not report to school without notice.

Another option is to go to your Skyward Family Access Account and follow these steps:

• Click on the Attendance Tile for the child who will be absent.
• Click on the Absence Requests Tab
• Click Add Absence Request on the right side of the screen
• Enter Start and End Date
• Check All Day if the absence will be the entire school day
• Attendance Reason - Choose from the drop down menu
• Comment - Add any information regarding the absence reason
• Click SAVE in the upper right hand corner

Website: https://discovery.phmschools.org/
Location: 10050 Brummitt Road, Granger, IN, USA
Phone: 574-674-6010