Rocket Review 20180928 - PSE PTA · 2018. 9. 28. · Thu, Nov 1 Chess Club tryouts Next Rocket...

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ocketProvidence Spring Elementary

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eviewRRIn This IssuePTA Advocacy: Overcrowding 2Reflection Theme Contest 2A few things about attendance…. 3Register to volunteer @ PSE 3Sign Up for the PSE Directory 4Link Your VIC Card 4Treasurer’s Report 5Fall Book Fair 6PTA Reflections Contest 7

Hearts and Minds @ PSE

Providence Spring Elementary10045 Providence Church Lane | Charlotte, NC 28277

P: (980) 343-6935| F: (980) 343-6939School: http://schools.cms.k12.nc.us/ProvidenceSpringES

PTA: http://ProvidenceSpringPTA.weebly.comPrincipal: Ran Barnes | Assistant Principal: Linda O’Connor

Fri, Sept 28 Movie Night @ PromenadeProgress Reports

Mon, Oct 1 Picture Day – K-2

Tues, Oct 2 Picture Day – 3-5

Wed, Oct 3 PTA Meeting, 9:30AM,ALL ARE WELCOME

Thu, Oct 4 Chick-fil-A Night,3PM - 8PM

Fri, Oct 5 Go/Play/Save deadline

Oct 5 - 12 Family Fun Run

Fri, Oct 12 Make-up Picture Day

Oct 17 - 25 Book Fair

Mon, Oct 22 Afterschool Book Fairshopping, 3PM - 6PM

Thu, Oct 25 Family Night Dinner,5PM - 7PM

Tue, Oct 30 End of QuarterWed, Oct 31 No school -

teacher workdayThu, Nov 1 Chess Club tryouts

Next Rocket Review: October 26Submission deadline: October 22

The PSE Administration and faculty recentlyparticipated in a professional development experiencecalled MINDFLOW, a mindful-based social andemotional learning curriculum for educators. Wewould like to thank the PTA for seeing this as a priorityand for making it happen!

Social and emotional learning (SEL) is the processthrough which adults and children acquire and apply

the knowledge and skills needed to understand and manage their emotions,set and achieve positive goals, make responsible decisions, feel and showempathy for others, and establish and maintain positive relationships withone another.

Research has shown there is a strong connection between academicperformance and SEL, as well as the importance of attending to the manyfacets of student learning experiences in an effort to educate the wholechild.

Our MINDFLOW professional development is helping to equip and empowerour teachers to better understand their own social emotional needs as aperson, as well as the needs of their students, in orderto infuse emotional intelligence into the classroom.

By pairing positive social and emotional learning withhigh quality academic instruction, students will buildskills that will have a positive impact on livesthroughout their school years and beyond!

As the year progresses, you will be hearing more about our quest to bringheart and mind together. – Linda O’Connor, Assistant Principal

Cafeteria Concerts are for our talented Rockets to showcase atalent. Dance, sing, twirl, tell a joke, present a riddle, play aninstrument etc... Dates this year are Oct. 19, Dec. 14, Feb. 22and April 26. Performances are on Fridays, during lunch.Performances should be no longer than two minutes. Look fora signup genius link from your room parent about 2-1/2 weeksbefore the concert.

Questions? Email Michael Flood, [email protected].

Cafeteria Concerts, 2018-2019

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eviewRRPTA Advocacy: Overcrowding

Hello PSE Parents! Our names are Christine Runyan and Molly Reed, and weare PSE’s PTA Advocacy Co-Chairs. The purpose of this position is toadvocate for the best interests of our students. We will keep you up to dateon the latest legislation or topics that could impact the education of ourchildren.

Our latest call to action is to ask the CMS board to develop a relief plan thatwould address the amount of space we have to accommodate ourincreasing numbers of students being enrolled at PSE. Right now, we haveroughly 980 students in a building originally built for 600. Our computer labhas been moved to the media center to free up another classroom. Mr.Barnes, Mrs. O’Connor, and the teaching staff are doing all that is possibleto continue providing a successful learning environment for our students.

House Bill 90, formerly House Bill 13, which goes into effect over the courseof the next three years will put a limit on the number of students that canbe in a single k-3 class. Since there will be no cap to the number of studentsdeemed acceptable in 4th and 5th grades, the number of students in each 4th

and 5th grade classroom could be very, very large. Even taking away therooms for art and music cannot make up the deficit in the physical space ofthe building.

The time is NOW to be vocal about our concerns to the CMS Board ofEducation, and to request the development of a relief plan for overcrowdingat PSE. House Bill 13 will be here before we know it! Molly Reed will speakto the board at the October 9 meeting at 6PM at the Government Center inCharlotte to bring this concern to their attention with the hopes of startingthe conversation, and impressing upon them that we need a relief plan.

We appreciate any parents who are able to attend the meeting to showsupport. Sean Strain is our District 6 CMS Board representative for PSE (andhe is a PSE parent!), and he welcomes your questions and comments [email protected].

You can also share your space concerns with Superintendent Dr. Wilcox [email protected]. Please cc Sean Strain and Elyse Dashew [email protected]. Sean and Elyse are Facilities chairs for theCMS school board. – Molly Reed & Christine Runyan

Reflection ThemeContest

The theme for this year’sNational PTA Reflections contestis “Heroes Around Me.”

Do you have an idea for a futureReflections Contest theme? A$100 reward is given to thestudent whose idea is chosen.Up to 5 ideas may be submittedby clicking on this link before theOct. 31 deadline:

https://ncpta.org/reflections/theme.aspx

**This is separate from theactual Reflections Arts Contest,whose due date is Nov. 8.

To find out how to enter thisyear’s Reflections contest, go topage 7.

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to respond to the email that is sent back to you in orderfor the background check to be completed and for youto become an approved volunteer. Please be sure thatthe name you use to set up your volunteer profilematches the name listed on your driver’s license.

Your name must appear on our school list of approvedvolunteers before you can come in to volunteer.

Thank you for helping to make PSE a wonderful and safeplace for all of our students.

Please be sure to log onto www.cmsvolunteers.com toreactivate your volunteer status so that you can beginvolunteering. Our Lobby Guard System and theVolunteer Management System are linked; therefore, itis very important that the name on your driver’s licenseand your name in the volunteer system are an exactmatch. Please be sure to edit your name in yourvolunteer profile if it is necessary to do so.

For all of our new to PSE families, please go to theabove website to apply to become an approvedvolunteer if you have not already done so. You will need

A few things about attendance….

Register to volunteer @ PSE

…from Mrs. Berger:

*Please send an email to [email protected] tolet us know why your child is absent from school.

* Automated phone calIs : If your child is marked withan unexcused absence or tardy, you will receive anautomated phone call from the district. These calls arenot generated from PSE. These calls can serve as areminder to you to let the school know why your childwas absent if you had not done so already. Occasionally,I do not receive the emails that are sent directly to theteacher regarding an absence on the same day it wassent in and your child’s attendance might not beupdated until the next day which is why you mightreceive a phone call even though you had informed theteacher.

* Attendance Letters: It is required by the state thatletters be sent home to parents when a student reaches3, 6 and 10 days of unexcused absences. The lettersmust be sent, even if you have let theschool know why your child was absent.At 10 days of unexcused absences,parents can be charged with amisdemeanor for breaking the NC StateAttendance Laws. Remember, althoughit is possible to make up homework andbookwork that a student misses, theeducational experiences that happen in

the classroom cannot be recreated. Please plan yourvacations/trips around the scheduled CMS days out ofschool.

* Educational Opportunity: Educational absences arerarely approved in elementary school. Exceptions includeperforming in a play or a ballet designed for studentaudiences during the school day or participating in aproject mandated by the grade level curriculum.Vacations, family events and trips to destinations (NYC,Washington DC, Disney World) are not mandated bygrade level curriculum and are not approved educationalabsences. All requests for an educational opportunity tobe approved as an excused absence must be submittedon the appropriate CMS form and turned into the frontoffice at least 1 week in advance of the date ofrequested leave. Mr. Barnes will respond within 48hours after the request has been submitted.

* Religious Holiday Absences: Please fill in a ReligiousObligation form if your child will miss school for a

religious holiday. This form is a way toensure that your child’s absence(s) will becoded correctly on their attendance record.We have the forms available in the office oryou can find them on line.

A complete guide to Absences is availablein the PSE Parent Handbook found on ourwebsite.


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Sign Up for the PSE Directory

The PSE Directory is now online withMySchoolAnywhere.com!

View the PSE Directory from your computer or mobile de-vice – there’s a free app for Apple and Android. Just

$2/family gives you access to the latest student and facultycontact information, class rosters and more.

Features·Easy to search by student, parent, family, andfaculty·Tap to call, text and email from the mobile app·Keep your family’s information updatedthroughout the year·Control what information is shared in the direc-tory·Your data is secured using SSL encryption, pass-word protection, and access controls (access canonly be granted to PSE families & faculty)·Includes up to 4 access accounts per family

Help make our directory complete and add your info today!STEP 1 – Provide InfoWhether or not you decide to purchase access to view the directory, you canadd your family’s information to help us keep the directory current and accu-rate:1. Go to join.myschoolanywhere.com2. Enter our code: psepta3. Follow the screen prompts to securely enter or confirm your family’s infor-mation. We will be notified of your entry. Once we confirm that you’re a PSEfamily, we’ll accept your info into the directory and email instructions for cre-ating your password-protected account(s). You do not have to purchase ac-cess in order to be included, but you won’t be able to view the full directoryunless you’ve purchased access.

STEP 2 - Purchase Access (optional, but recommended!)1. Purchase the Directory item on Pay4SchoolStuff.com (under Back to SchoolForms, Fees & Purchases).Remember: Just $2 for the whole family (includes up to 4 individual ac-counts).Don’t forget to download the mobile app.2. Within 48 hours of receiving your order, we’ll activate your access so youcan view the entire directory.

Questions? Contact Genie Ombach ([email protected]).

Link Your VIC Card

It’s time to ReLink! Each yearyou must relink your HarrisTeeter VIC Card to theschool(s) you would like tosupport.

When you purchase HarrisTeeter brand items they willdonate a portion of yourpurchase to Providence SpringElementary. This a a freefundraiser and a terrific way tosupport PSE.

You can link your VIC cardthrough your cashier atcheckout by giving them ourschool name or number –4927. You can also relinkonline: www.harristeeter.com.

**Please consider supportingour sister school, the MetroSchool, which serves studentswith disabilities. Simply linkyour VIC card to Metro School– 3024 – along with PSE –4927.

Questions? Contact Meghan [email protected]

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eviewRRTreasurer’s Report

Providence Sping Elementary PTACash Balance Rollforward

Opening Balance 8/1/18 $43,180Ordinary Income/Expense

IncomeBeautification Income 1,260Brick Campaign 100Capital Donations 1,769Directory 210Field Days Income 1,099Free Fundraisers 45Go Play Save 1,170Interest Income 1Membership 770Publications Income 3,721School Supplies 2,965Spirit Wear 4,940Sponsorships 1,750Yearbook 2,355

Total Income 22,155Expense

PTA-PSE Educational ExpenseBeautification and Grounds 450Hospitality & Staff Recognition 1,253Principal Discretionary 2,662School Security Expense 12

Total PTA-PSE Educational Expense 4,378PTA Operational Expenses

Bank Fees 730Discretionary - Administrative 205

Total PTA Operational Expenses 935Technology Reserve 254School Supplies Expense 275School Store Expense 1,526PY Principal Discretionary 1,033PY Technology & Education Fund 2,834

Total Expense 11,236Ending Balance as of 8/31/18

Your RocketDollars at

Work!!Thanks to your continuedgenerosity, we are pleased toreport that your rocketdollars provided these itemsfor the school in August:

A Back-to-Schoolbreakfast and luncheon forour teachers and staff.

25 cases of legal-size copy paper.

Technologysupplies for the computer lab.

New flowers,plants, pots, mulch and gravelfor the campus, and servicesto clean out the pond in thebog garden. $54,099

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