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Coming Soon!
Bring on the Bands
! We are looking for
bands
with PLP students to perform at the
Boosters
BBQ
on October 13.
The music needs to be lively and loud to get the crowd pumped for the homecoming football game, but also family-friendly. Think more rock n' roll concert than
coffee
house; more Jon Bon Jovi than John Tesh.
If your student is interested, please contact
Kristen.Sutek@pinelakeprep.org and send a video of the
band in a recent performance or practice, as well as a set list of 3-5 songs by Sept. 22.
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Josh and Grant speak with the manufacturer of the bleachers at The Grey to investigate why materials were chosen (aluminum vs. plastic) |
Engineering Capstone
Seniors in Mr. Walker's Engineering Capstone class are working on their projects, which are a culmination of four years of engineering design and building classes. They work in teams and identify a problem that needs to be solved, then do research to justify the problem in terms of need and cost effectiveness.
Teams are focusing on problems involving scooping peanut butter, handwashing, bleachers, and other diverse issues.
"This class draws on the knowledge students have gained from Intro to Engineering Design and the other PLTW Engineering courses and puts them into practical application," said Jeff Walker, Program Director for the PLTW Program at PLP.
Be on the lookout for surveys from these students as they research the need for a new design for their chosen projects!
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Sponsorship Opportunity
Is your company interested in partnering with The Pride? The Circle of Pride Annual Fund is just around the corner. We are in the process of securing sponsors for this event. If you would your company logo featured please contact Anna Drury for sponsorship information.
Anna.Drury@pinelakeprep.org.
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Soccer Teams on a Roll - Varsity Plays TONIGHT at 6 p.m. at The Grey
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| Middle School Soccer's Sutherland fires a kick upfield in the win over CSD this week (Ron Richardson photo) |
- Contributed by Paul Ebenhoeh, Varsity Soccer Head Coach
PLP Soccer is on a roll!
Middle School hosted CSD on The Grey. Always special, definitely when it's a rematch of last year's conference championship which went to PKs. The guys held them off nicely and finished with the win at 2-1! The team is still undefeated at 5-0!!!! The reigning champs are here to stay!
JV met up with Langtree Charter again. After winning the first appearance 3-0, junior GK Andrew Zarsadias shut them out yet again! The final was 2-0 after freshman Ben Lessin and junior Joey Weidman bury 1 each in the back of the net. JV has won 3 in a row!
Varsity met up with long-time conference rival CSD at Bailey Road Park. Unfortunately the rivalry has been quite lopsided with CSD taking the series for the past 5 seasons. For the 1st time since 2011, WE DID IT!!! The boys were focused and hungry. We went into half time up 1-0 after a gorgeous 25-yard snipe to the upper lefthand corner from senior Mark Binkley. The team kept their composure and netted 2 more within 14 minutes of the second half by seniors Tanner Knauer and Jake McMillen. Obviously the seniors wanted this win for the first time in their HS careers. After going up 3-0, CSD got a lucky PK call for them with 4 minutes left in the game. This sparked a bit of moment for the Spartans to get another unfortunate goal, but the Pride prevailed! The team advances to 7-0-1 and ranked #1 in NCHSAA 1A!!!!
Varsity continues play tonight! AT HOME! 6pm hosting CTK. BE THERE!!!! It's free, and there's no football tonight!
http://www.lakenormanpublications.com/mooresville_weekly/pine-lake-prep-soccer-riding-high/article_f76387ea-9973-11e7-98a6-7768c2e99b89.html
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Next Week in Sports
JV/Varsity Soccer Home vs Queens Grant 5:30 (
203 Lions Den Trail
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Varsity Tennis @ Union Academy
4:00 (
Stonebridge- 2721 Swilcan Burn Drive Monroe)
Tuesday 9/19
Varsity Golf Home vs Davidson Day
3:30 (Mooresville Municipal Golf Club)
Wednesday 9/20
Thursday 9/21
Friday 9/22
Varsity Football @ Union Academy 7:30 (
Union Academy- 675 North MLKing Jr. Blvd.)
Saturday 9/23
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Please join your friends, family, and PLP Community for our next Pride Night at the Mooresville Chick-fil-A location!
This Pride Night will be
Monday, September 18th
from
5 to 8 pm
@ the Mooresville Chick-fil-A off of River Hwy./150.
Pride Nights are a chance for you to sit down, enjoy a meal at one of our participating restaurants, once a month, with the PLP Community. You can make new friends, chat with your siblings, and simply enjoy time with one another.
Please stop by and join us for dinner, a gift card give away game, and lots of fun together!
Also, mention when you order, that you are with Pine Lake Prep, as a portion of your purchase goes back to PLP for our Community of Learners!
We look forward to seeing you there!
-PLP PTO
PTO is Proud of PLP's A+ Rating
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Mrs. Thompson |
PTO is proud to have been a part of the celebration for Pine Lake's A+ rating! Thanks to the hard work of the PTO in previous years, we were able to give each PLP Staff member an Amazon gift card. We celebrate the PLP Community's hard work, dedication, teaching, and learning. We greatly appreciate all of our PLP Staff; it's you that make PLP a wonderful place for our Community of Learners! Thank you, from PLP's PTO. Check out pictures from a few happy faces on PLP's A+ Rating Celebration Day...
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| Shaun and Leah from I.T. |
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Childcare Available for upcoming Lower School
Curriculum Nights
Kids, come spend an evening with the Middle School Cheerleaders while your parents attend the Lower School Curriculum Night! All Lower School students and siblings (ages 3+) are welcome to attend. Cost is $5 per child. It will be an evening filled with fun activities, so don't miss it! Sign up via the attached link to hold your spot and pay at the door. Hope to see you there!
http://signup.com/go/LtrbWXY
It's Time for the Lower's School's Fall Scholastic Book Fair
The Scholastic Book Fair is an awesome event to raise funds for our PLP Community of Learners! Last year, the money raised was used to purchase iPads for PLP! PTO is looking for volunteers to help with the Lower School Book Fair scheduled for
November 13-16, 2017. We need many volunteers including 1 Book Fair Chair, 3 Book Fair Co-chairs, and 20 volunteers to work the sales. There is a volunteer Book Fair meeting on
Tuesday, September 19th from 11-12 in the Lower School lobby. Please sign up via the attached link. Thank you, in advance, for spending a couple of hours to help our school!
http://signup.com/go/qxYOkDX
Box Tops for Education
PTO is kicking off PLP's Box Top Program by having a contest in all three schools to see who can collect the most Box Tops! Our contest will run from
September 18th-30th, which coincides with National Box Tops for Education Week. PTO distributed Box Top collection sheets to each student. Please clip, collect and return Box Tops labels to your child's teacher (Lower School) or the Administrative Assistant's at the Middle and Upper Schools. The Lower School classroom that turns in the most Box Tops by
September 30th will win a traveling trophy and a treat from PTO. The Middle and Upper School students submitting the most Box Tops will each win a gift card. This is such an easy way to raise funds for PLP. Thanks for clipping and collecting with us!
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Creating and Collaborating with Spanish Students
Upper School students are finding common interests and sharing skills to collaborate with the Spanish students visiting for three weeks. Here are just two examples: Aidan and Abby playing Despacito with Francisco; and SPORK team members, Jacob and Nick demonstrating the functionality of the robot they built this spring for competition.
Fantastico!
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Students Design and Create Wall Mural
Mr. Hyatt and Mr. Brennan asked for a mural to add some life to the walls in the Technology office. The kids put their team together and they worked on it this summer. They finalized the design in photoshop, then got the supplies and came in during the summer to paint it.
The artists are:
Bronson Valley
Ellie Murphy
Gabrielle Fry
Ally Richardson
Matthew Taboada
Great work!
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Order October Lunches
Please place and pay for your orders by
11:59 p.m.
September 19th. After that time, the system closes.
PLEASE be sure to order on the correct form (Lower School form for Lower School students, etc). Thanks!
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PLP Senior Walks in NY Fashion Week Show
Sarah Umphlett, Class of 2018, had the unique opportunity to represent Opera Carolinas' presentation of Opera Recycles, an
eco-friendly fashion collection, during Couture Fashion Week New York's 26th season on Saturday, September 9 at Times Square.
"Sarah is planning to pursue environmental science and awareness through journalism, broadcasting, or communications. She is doing her senior project related to this as well," said mom, Marianne.
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Golf Cart Raffle
ONLINE PAYMENT OPTION AVAILABLE
FOR non-PLP FAMILIES!
Please share with friends and family
**You do not have to be a PLP family to participate**
Enter to win this customized EZGo TXT golf cart with lift kit donated by Twisted Treads. The golf cart is valued at $8,000.
If you are a PLP family PLEASE use Orgs Online.
NON-PLP FAMILIES:
Please use the paypal link on our home page, www.pinelakeprep.org
Winner will be announced on November 9th. You do not need to be present to win.
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Boosters Board
The Pine Lake Preparatory Athletic Boosters is pleased to announce the 2017-2018 Boosters Board.
Lisa Workman, President
Steve Coleman, Vice President
Maria Richey, Treasurer
Tonya Sullivan, Secretary
Adam Volk
Dusty Muckentahler
Kurt Hiteshue
The PLP Athletic Boosters is a non-profit organization whose purpose is to provide support services and funding to improve and enhance the athletic experience for PLP student athletes and the PLP community. In the 2016-2017 school year, we were able to provide significant program enhancements. With the 2017-2018 Boosters Board, we look forward to continuing to support student athletes in all sports at Pine Lake Prep.
If you haven't yet joined the Boosters, please consider supporting your Pride athletes! Visit the PLP Athletic Boosters website.
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Lower School Curriculum Nights, Open Mic
The Lower School will host Curriculum Nights on the following days, in the locations listed:
Monday, September 25, Grades K-2
Kindergarten, Grade 1 and Grade 2, 5:45 p.m. - 6:30 p.m. in the Lower School Classrooms
THEN we hope everyone will join us for Open Mic, led by Mr. Crowe, in the PLP Auditorium, 7 p.m. - 8 p.m.
Tuesday, September 26, Grades 3-5
Grade 3 Curriculum: 5:45 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. in the Lower School Classrooms
Grade 5 Curriculum: 5:15 p.m. to 5:45 p.m. in the Auditorium
Grade 4 AND 5 Canvas Orientation: 5:50 p.m. to 6:15 p.m.
*Bring student iPad, student ID number and student passwords to access Canvas accounts
Grade 4 Curriculum: 6:15 p.m. - 7 p.m. in the Auditorium
THEN we hope everyone will join us for Open Mic, led by Mr. Crowe, in the PLP Auditorium, 7 p.m. - 8 p.m. Come see the talented kids of PLP, including Sorelle and JT:
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Girl Scout Achieves Silver Award
Girl Scout Cadette Leah Lashley with Troop 632 earned her Silver Award, which is the highest award in her Girl Scout level. For her project, Leah took her love of repurposing items and turned it into a program to help others. Working with Habitat for Humanity, Leah created the program, Painting for a Purpose. Fellow Girl Scouts and others in the community can fix up and paint unwanted furniture, then donate them to Habitat for Humanity. Habitat will then pass the furniture along to a family in need. As well as creating the program, Leah repurposed 2 end tables, a toy chest, a bathroom cupboard, and 2 lamps which were then donated to the Gregoria family in Cornelius.
Leah worked over 50 hours completing her project. She has been a participating member of Girl Scouts since joining as a Daisy in Kindergarten. As a Junior Scout, she earned her Bronze award with her fellow troop Girl Scouts by purchasing and planting shrubs at Huntersville United Methodist Church. Leah is a Freshman in the Upper School and plans on continuing her Girl Scout journey to earn her Gold Award.
If you would like to participate in her program, Painting for a Purpose, you may contact Belinda Gonzales with Our Towns Habitat for Humanity in Cornelius, 704-896-8957. To learn more about Girl Scouting, contact the Girl Scouts Hornests Nest Council, 704-731-6500.
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Pine Lake Preparatory| 704-237-5300 | www.PineLakePrep.org
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