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Greetings PES Families,

Thank you to all of the families that were able to attend our Wildcat Wake-Up(s) earlier today. We appreciate your continued support of our amazing students. We would also like to say thank you to our wonderful PTO volunteers who took time out of their day to pop popcorn for over 500 students. We hope everyone has a restful and relaxing weekend!

The New Piedmont Press, October Calendar, and November Calendar are now available below.

Boosterthon Kick-Off!
Our boosterthon fundraiser kicks off this upcoming week with a pep rally on Tuesday, October 30th at 9:30am in Collett Fieldhouse. Families are invited to join us for the pep rally!

Our students are already excited for the fun week of challenges, "Mind Spark Lessons", and class/individual incentives. We are also excited to cap off the entire boosterthon event with a new type of fun run this year. We will be having a "glow run" that will take place on November 8th in Collett. More details and scheduled times will be available next week.

This is our one large fundraiser for the year. The funds raised help our PTO pay for a number of different items including educational supplies, software licenses, teacher grants, and many more items that directly benefit our students each year. This year we are also looking at installing an updated marquee out front. Our current marquee has sustained hail damage and currently has a number of limitations due to the outdated model. Another item that goes along with our "school electronics" push is for a brand new laminator. Our current laminator that is used on a daily basis has been fixed three different times this year for a variety of issues. It is currently out of order. We are at that time of needing a new and improved laminator. Our helping hands can attest to this need.

Thanks to your generous donations this past May we were able to raise enough funds for our additional playground for the littles. We are eagerly awaiting the installation of this new playground, but unfortunately the unseasonal rain since August and a number of backordered items due to high demand in new playgrounds has pushed back our scheduled installation window. We are hoping for a full installation in early December. Please pray for no rain and the timely delivery of all of our playground pieces. Thank you again for your patience and support.
SAVE THE DATE(S) - Holiday Meals!
Please save the following dates for our upcoming Holiday Meals. We hope you will be able to join your student for lunch on that day! Pre-Paid Reservations are required on Holiday Meal days for family members to attend. A ticket request form will be sent out later this week with a due date of November 9th. Please let us know if you have any questions.

K/2/4 - Friday, November 16th
1/3 - Friday, December 14th.

SAVE THE DATES - Christmas Store

During the holiday time, our students have the opportunity to do holiday shopping for family and friends at our PTO sponsored store. The Christmas store will be held Monday, December 17 th – Friday December 21 st . Volunteers are needed from  8:30-12:00 and from 12:00- 3:30.
On Friday December 21 st in the afternoon volunteers will take down the store and pack up the boxes. You will still be able to make the holiday parties with your children.  
The students LOVE to shop for family members and it is also a FUN time for adults too. Plan to join us!!!

Yearbooks are Now Available for Pre-ORDERS!
Order your student's yearbook now and lock in the price of $25. The price will increase at a later date. Please visit  www.jostens.com  and choose Piedmont Elementary to purchase your yearbook today!
Have a great day!

Andrew Graham | Principal, Piedmont Elementary |  Piedmont Public Schools  
office  405.373.2353   | fax   405.373.5002
 
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