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Happy Birthday!
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May
14 ~ Nancy Collins
(MDA)
28 ~ Shea Payne
(4th grade)
FAVORITE THINGS
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Free breakfast and lunch for all students
Manage your child's lunch account
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PTA Board of Managers
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Officers*/Executive
Committee
2018-2019
President*
Ayat Abu Halimah
President-Elect*
Genevieve Borendame
Vice President*
Laurel Parkerson
Secretary*
Julie Phillips
Treasurer*
Anthony Brownlow
Parliamentarian
Past President
Margaret Bramlett
Committee Chairs
Adventure Activities
(TBA)
Communications/
Fundraising
Sheryl Weber
Hospitality
Jen Straka
Membership
Holly Holton
Programs
(TBA)
Volunteers
Members-at-Large
K-2
(TBA)
3-6
(TBA)
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Discovery School PTA May 1, 2018
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UPCOMING EVENTS
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1: Election Day (NO SCHOOL)
2--22: Career Activities (see article below)
4: Talent Show Auditions
Discovery School Trivia Night
5: Campus Beautification Day
10: Boro Book Battle, 6:00 p.m. at Hobgood
11: Choir Performance, 5:30 p.m.
T-Shirt Design Deadline (grades 4-6)
Library Books Due
7-11: Teacher Appreciation Week
18: Talent Show
23:
Field Day
Cross Country Tryouts
24: Kindergarten Graduation
25: LAST 1/2 DAY OF SCHOOL (11:15 dismissal)
June
Enjoy Summer!
July
31: Back to School Open House, time TBA
August
1: First Half Day
6: First Full Day
Kindergarten Meet the Teacher
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MEET THE NEW PTA PRESIDENT
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My name is
Ayat Abu Halimah, and I am honored and excited to serve as your PTA President for the 2018-2019 school year. This is our family's fifth year at Discovery School, and it is my second year on the PTA board. I have three kids at Discovery School: a kindergartener, a fourth grader, and a fifth grader. I also have a sophomore at Central Magnet.
I have a lot of fresh ideas and things to do for the coming school year, and I need you all to make this possible by your membership and volunteering. Enjoy your summer, Explorers, and I'll see you after the break. If you have questions, please contact me at
[email protected] or through the
Discovery School PTA Facebook page.
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PTA YEAR IN REVIEW
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What has PTA has done this year?
Discovery PTA has invested heavily in our most important resource, our teachers. PTA-funded Teacher Enrichment allowed visits to Discovery from a specialist in the field of gifted education and a half-day seminar from a specialist in the field of diversity and inclusion in public education. PTA has paid registration fees for many of the seminars and conferences our teachers have attended. Each classroom and special area teacher received money in their room accounts for their individual classroom needs. PTA has also worked to encourage our amazing teachers and staff through events like the welcome back breakfast, teacher half-day lunches and a special snack on conference day.
PTA Student Enrichment funds have provided a visit from author Nathan Hale, and we are anticipating a visit from the Nashville Ballet on May 9
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. PTA supports the BEST Robotics program and sixth grade graduation.
This year PTA has strived to build comradery among Discovery Families with the Boo-Hoo/Yahoo breakfast for Kindergarten parents, Discovery Fest-O-Fall, and the upcoming Discovery Trivia Night.
This year the PTA has funded the ongoing beautification of our building through the school mural project and new flag poles, and we are currently collecting bids for a major landscaping improvement.
Discovery, this is YOUR PTA!
Thank you for selling Smart Cards, attending the spirit nights, buying spirit wear, making donations to the general fund, collecting Box Tops, using your Publix key tag, registering your Kroger card to support Discovery, and for the countless hours of time so many parents have spent serving our school. None of this would be possible without you!
It has been a pleasure serving as your PTA President.
All the Best,
Margaret Bramlett, 2017-2018
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PTA OFFICERS 2018-2019
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These officers were approved at the April general membership meeting:
President-Elect: Genevieve Borendame
Vice President: Laurel Parkerson
Secretary: Julie Phillips
Treasurer: Anthony Brownlow
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THE FUTURE OF PTA
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Parents, we are considering changing from a PTA to a PTO next year. Please take this important survey to find out why and have your voice heard.
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TRIVIA NIGHT
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at the first annual
Discovery School Trivia Night
May 4, 2018 5:00-7:00 p.m.
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YEARBOOKS
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Did you forget to order a yearbook? A few are available in the office for $25 (c
ash or check payable to Discovery School).
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MUSIC NEWS
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Auditions May 4th
during Special Area
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CAMPUS BEAUTIFICATION
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Student Council
will be planting bulbs and constructing the final phase of the Explorer Garden on May 5th
during the Campus Beautification Day. If you have bulbs you would like to contribute, please send them to Mrs. Baltimore's
attention in a dry brown paper bag.
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TEACHER APPRECIATION WEEK
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Teacher Appreciation Luncheon, May 7th
Sign up to bring something yummy for our wonderful teachers.
Favorite Things Gift Cards (see the Favorite Things lists in the left column) Bring a card or two throughout the week to shower our teachers with really fun treats!
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CAREER WEEK
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"Career Week" activities will be spread throughout the month of May. On May 2nd,
5th and 6th grades will be interviewing with City Officials, School Board Members, and Chamber of Commerce volunteers for the "job" of their choice at JA Biztown. On May 15th,
2nd-4th grades will engage in career exploration through special area classes including science lab. On May 17th
, Kindergarten and 1st grade will go outside to experience Careers on Wheels with a focus on mobile professions. On May 22nd,
5th and 6th grades will travel to Nashville for the JA Biztown experience funded by The Explorer Fund. THANK YOU for making this opportunity possible for our upper grades.
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MORE MUSIC NEWS
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DS Choir Presents
American Pop Forever
Friday, May 11
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5:30p.m.
Come and enjoy some of the most popular songs from the '50s, '60s, '70s, '80s, and '90s!!
It will be a hit!
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LIBRARY SAVE THE DATES!
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School Lunch Hero Day-- Friday, May 4th
Be sure to thank our cafeteria workers for all their hard work feeding us and keeping us healthy every day!
Free Comic Book Day! -- Saturday, May 5th
Head to your local comic book store or over to Linebaugh library to pick up some free comic books for the whole family!
Boro Book Battle -- May 10th at Hobgood Elementary, 6pm
Come cheer on our book battle team as they compete in the third annual Boro Book Battle!
ALL BOOKS ARE DUE Friday, May 11th
Buy One Get One FREE Book Fair
Wednesday, May 16th through Friday, May 18th
ALL items at this fair are buy one get one free! This is a great time to stock up for your summer reading so don't miss it!
We will be open each day from 7:30am-4:30pm. Volunteers are always appreciated! Sign up here:
READATHON - May 21st
It's a day devoted to reading! How many pages do you think we can read in one day? Look for more details to come.
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CROSS COUNTRY TRYOUTS
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 Cross country tryouts for rising 3rd through 5th graders (current 2nd - 4th) will be after school on May 23rd. Students must be able to run one mile in under 9 minutes in order to qualify. We will have a boys' team and a girls' team. The teams will meet periodically throughout the summer to train, and the races (meets) will start in September. For more details go to http://www.nashvilleyouthathletics.org/.
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CONGRATULATIONS, SCIENCE OLYMPIAD TEAM!
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The Discovery School Science Olympiad team won FIRST PLACE in the Middle Tennessee elementary schools competition. We are so proud of our Explorers!
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SCHOOL BOARD CANDIDATE
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Discovery School Parent Running for Murfreesboro City School Board
My name is Amanda Moore, and I have been a Discovery School parent for the past eight years. During that time, I served for many years on the PTA Board as member-at-large, volunteers chair, and vice president. I have decided to take this service to our schools to the next level and am running to serve on the school board for Murfreesboro City Schools. The election to fill three seats on the school board is
August 2.
My daughter, Ada Vance, is a 5th grader at Discovery School, and my son, Henry Vance, graduated from 6th grade at Discovery School and is now a 7th grader at Thurman Francis Arts Academy. My husband, Jason Vance, is a librarian at MTSU. I am an attorney, and I've spent my legal career in public service.
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BOX TOPS
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If you have any Box Tops left, get them turned in before the end of the year! There is a drop box near the front office.
Box Tops reminder:
When turning in your Box Tops, make sure that you put your teacher's name on the bag or envelope so your class will get credit toward the monthly prize!
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FREE MONEY FOR OUR SCHOOL
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Register your Kroger Card each August to support Discovery School
Don't forget to pick a Publix Key Tag up at Open House or send a request to the PTA
Shop Amazon Smile and Support Discovery
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Please
c ontact us
with your questions, comments and/or suggestions. The Compass is distributed during the first full week of each month. The deadline for newsletter submissions is the previous Friday. We would love to hear from you!
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