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Pine Lane Crew,

I hope you all were able to stay warm, safe, and enjoy yesterday’s Snow day. While I spent the majority of the day plugging along with work for Pine Lane, I did get a chance to take my kids out sledding in the afternoon. They were thoroughly exhausted and I am grateful for the time we were able to enjoy together.

Next week the Continental League, which includes our own Chaparral High School, is hosting Kindness Week. Join with us in contributing to a better world by participating in all of the Kindness Week activities. On Monday, we plan to wear bright colors and “stick to kindness” by leaving kind notes for others on sticking notes. Watch for more on Kindness Week in our morning announcements.

I have one safety item to bring up this week. Please be sure to follow our traffic procedures when picking up and dropping off your child.

Please do not use the middle parking lot between the schools between 8:40 am and 4:20 pm. During this time this parking lot is reserved for staff and buses.
The middle lot should only be used by parents if you are picking up and dropping off your child from BASE before 8:40am and after 4:20pm.
At the end of the day, if you need to access the South parking lot to pick up your child. We recommend you come in on Ponderosa from the west to avoid the urge to drive down the opposite lane of traffic. We do not want any head on collisions.
Cell Phone usage: once the flow of traffic is moving please refrain from remaining on your cell phone to keep the traffic moving.
Here is the link to our traffic procedures for your reference.

Thank you all for your help with this!

Please remember that the week of March 8th is Parent/Teacher Conferences. Please continue to watch for information from your child’s teacher on how to sign up for an appointment. You can also sign up with the links on this spreadsheet: P/T Conference Sign Up. Also don’t forget to submit your project for the Science and Engineering Fair. All entries are due March 24th.

Have a wonderful weekend and get ready to spread kindness all next week and hopefully that carries on into the remainder of our lives!

Chris Stairs

Principal

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UPCOMING DATES

MARCH

1st - 5th Kindness Week

8th - 11th - Virtual Parent Teacher Conference Week

15th - 19th - Spring Break No School

24th - SAC/PTO Meeting 4:45pm - 7:15pm

25th - PLE Online Science and Engineering Fair

31st - Last Day to Order Yearbooks

April

2nd - 9th Chap Wish Week Festivities

12th - 24th - CMAS Testing

14th - Kindergarten Orientation

16th - No School

21st SAC/PTO Meeting 4:45 - 7:15

May

Tuesday May 25th Last Day of School

3rd Grade Service Project March 1st - 12th

Spare Change Drive

As a prize, the grade that donates the most spare change would get to name the goat(s) that we are able to purchase! The winner will be announced Friday before spring break. 3rd grade was able to purchase three goats for families in need last year by selling popcorn, and are hoping to be able to purchase even more this year! All your child needs to participate in this fun service project is spare change! There will be containers in the lunchroom each day labeled for each grade.

3rd grade is planning a service project for March 1-12. They will be doing a Spare Change Drive to work with Heifer International in order to purchase goats for families in need in an African country. The 3rd grade teachers are introducing the project to their students with the book Beatrice's Goat. The grade that donates the most spare change WINS!