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Coming Up:
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Thursday, February 23 - Sunday, February 26: PLP Theatre Presents: Hello, Dolly!
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Saturday, February 25: General Lottery
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Monday, February 27: Pride Presentations for Seniors: No School for Grades 9, 10, and 11
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Monday, February 27- Friday, March 3: Read Across America Week, Lower School (details below)
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Tuesday, February 27: ACT Testing for Juniors - No school for grades 9, 10 and 12
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Friday, March 3 - $5 Non-Uniform Day (optional)
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Saturday, March 4 - PTO Queen of Hearts Ball Father/Daughter Dance, 6:30 p.m. - 9:00 p.m. in the ACC. Register at
www.pinelakepto.org by noon, Feb. 24
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Pine Lake Preparatory Theatre Presents:
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Lower School Honors Dr. Seuss with Read Across America Week
Mark your calendars: Lower School will celebrate the wonderful literary contributions of Dr. Seuss (whose birthday is on the last day), February 27 - March 3. Along with books and activities, Lower School students are invited to dress accordingly:
Monday - Oh the Places You'll Go
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Students may wear pastel colored top with uniform bottoms
Tuesday - Green Eggs and Ham
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Students may wear a green shirt with uniform bottoms
Wednesday - Wacky Wednesday
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Students may dress mix matched.
Thursday - Fox in Socks
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Crazy sock day - students may wear crazy socks with regular uniform
Friday - Cat in the Hat
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Optional $5 Dress Down Day
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Students may wear Dr. Seuss hat
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Father Daughter Dance Tickets
Tickets are now available at
www.PineLakePTO.org. Click on the Father/ (or special guest) Daughter Dance tab then scroll down for the online form.
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Upper School STEM College Fair and Panel
The Upper School Counseling department is excited to announce the inaugural STEM Mini-Fair and College Panel
Wednesday, May 8, starting at 5:30 p.m.
More than 20 colleges & universities, both public and private, are coming to campus to meet with high school students who are interested in pursuing majors in a STEM field.
Following the college fair from
5:30 - 7:00 pm, we will have a panel discussion with five college admissions professionals representing different types of institutions and admissions processes, which will run until about 8 p.m.
No RSVP is necessary and students and parents are welcomed to attend!
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Campus Cleanup Service Learning Opportunity
We are happy to announce a new service learning opportunity at PLP!
Campus Pride
will allow students to give back to the PLP campus while earning service learning hours.
Students can volunteer on Tuesdays and/or Thursdays after school, weather permitting. Middle School and Upper School students can use this time to clean up the grounds around campus by picking up litter, etc.
Upper School students who wish to start at 2:10pm can check in with Mrs. Kwiatkowski.
Any students who would like to begin at 3:00pm can meet Mrs. Schwaba in the Middle School parking lot.
An adult contact will be on-site at all times. Bags and gloves will be provided.
Please feel free to contact Mrs. Schwaba at cschwaba@yahoo.com or Mrs. Kwiatkowski in the Upper School with any questions.
***February schedule below***
Also please pencil in March 25 and April 1 as potential dates for a Campus Clean-Up effort. We will be looking for lots of volunteers to help spruce up campus. Service learning hours awarded!
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Athletics Spring Web Store Open Now through Thursday
The Athletics web store has been re-opened for the Spring season! Don't delay as the store closes next Thursday, March 2 so we can get items back in a timely fashion. Place your orders which are customizable by sport at
www.bsnteamsports.com. The access code is pride3E4A.
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Spring Athletics Schedules Posted
Speaking of athletics, spring schedules for Varsity and Middle School games are posted to the Athletics News page of the web site. Make plans to catch your favorite athletes on the tennis court, track, golf course, and diamond.
Spring Athletics Schedule
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Used Uniform Sales
Used Uniform Sales will be held on Sunday, March 5th from 2-4 p.m., and Monday, March 6th, from 9 a.m. to noon in the ACC lobby. All items are $5.
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Cornelius Morning Bus
Just a reminder about the morning
bus shuttle, departing from Waltrip Racing parking lot in
Cornelius, located at 20310 Chartwell Center Dr. There is a charge of $80 per student, which covers the cost through the end of the school year. The form may be found on OrgsOnline in the "Special Orders" section.
The
bus will depart at
7:10 am sharp!! (Upper School students may not ride this
bus due to the time of departure)
We still provide the
7:15 am
bus and
7:25 am
morning
bus from the Cove Church at no charge.
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7th Grade Raises $1200 for Water for South Sudan Effort!
The 7th Grade is pleased to announce we raised about $1,270 from selling doughnuts for four days and having one dress down day. We are one of only four schools in North Carolina taking the "Iron Giraffe Challenge" for the "Water for Southern Sudan" non-profit!
By raising more than $1,000, we are now entered into a contest to win a visit or a Skype with either Salva or Linda Sue Park!
- Contributed by Natalie Goodwin and Jessica Biondo
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Upper School Robotics "Bag and Tag" Their Robot
Check out the result of 6 intense weeks of designing, building, problem solving, engineering and re-engineering to build a robot ready for competition- meet this year's brainchild of Team SPORK, PLP's Upper School Robotics team.
They have "bagged and tagged" their robot and are ready for their first competition in just two weeks. This could not be done without absolute dedication from the team members, their parent volunteers, and their mentors.
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ICYMIOFB (In Case You Missed it on FaceBook)
Al and Ansle Hudson generously produced professional headshots for each cast member of Hello, Dolly! They were thrilled to see the wall of portraits as they wrapped the last rehearsal.
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