A note from the Principal… Dear PAE Families, The end of the second nine weeks is very close at hand, which means the second

semester is about to get underway. With that being said, I wanted to bring you up to speed on several of our clubs.

Sunshine Express made a huge difference for

a family by providing holiday gifts.

Whereas, Rachel’s Kindness Club collected

items for the homeless.

In support of our military children, the SCA

collected two, over flowing, boxes of toys for

Toys for Tots.

I also wanted to let you know that Scott Slay, our music teacher, has decided to change his career path. We are currently working to acquire a substitute with music experience. Not an easy task. We do, however, have a couple of irons in the fire. So many great and wonderful things are happening at PAE. Have you checked out our school website lately? We now have a Twitter account thanks to our computer teacher, Jody Carroll. I do hope you find this second semester to be an exciting one. I look forward with great anticipation to what lies ahead. Happy New Year,

Mark your Calendars! Jan 14 PTA Meeting 6:30pm library Jan 19 MLK Day- No School Jan 21 Sweet Frog PTA Spirit Night Jan 21 Tae Kwon Do 3:15-4:00 Jan 26 and 27 Staff Days- No School Feb 2 Report Cards Issued Feb 2 Chess Club Feb 4 Tae Kwon Do 3:15-4:00 Feb 6 Founder’s Day Celebration Feb 9-13 100 Days of school week Feb 11 Tae Kwon Do 3:15-4:00 Feb 12 Keystone Math Seminar 8:45am

Ever want to give Tae Kwon Do a try? How about support your PTA?

This might be your chance to do both!

The World Champion Tae Kwon Do program and PAES PTA Sponsor has come to PAES! On Wednesday, January 14th, Master Park and his team visited with each class during their PE time to demonstrate what a marvelous physical activity Tae Kwon Do can be. In an effort to provide further opportunities to explore this skill, World Champion Tae Kwon Do has developed a 4 session after school program designed to combine the physical exercise and life skill lessons associated with martial arts. Open to students in 1st to 5th grade, this series of classes is designed to not only introduce your child to basic martial arts but also to improve focus, confidence, discipline and respect. Master Park and his team have volunteered their time to teach the World Class Kids program here at PAES as part of their commitment to helping local children in our community. The entire registration fee of $20 will be donated to our PTA. Classes will begin on January 21st and are scheduled for the next 3 Wednesday afternoons. A graduation ceremony will be held on Friday, February 13th at the World Champion Tae Kwon Do building in the Landstown Commons Shopping Center. A registration form can be found at the end of the newsletter. Registration deadline is Friday, January 16th. Should you have any questions, feel free to contact Christine Sullivan at benzing@hotmail.com. Looking forward to seeing your child try something new!

Our next PTA meeting will be on Wednesday, February 11, 2015 at 6:30 pm in the library. Join us to hear more about the great plans for the school year and give your input!

THE SEAGULL GAZETTE Distributed by the Princess Anne Elementary PTA

2444 Seaboard Rd., VB, VA 23456

“Success comes when we all pull together”

www.princessannees.vbschools.com

ISSUE 8 Jan 14, 2015

Bring you a Halfway Party!

Can you believe it??! The 2014-2015 school year is halfway complete so come on out to Sweet Frogs at 2236 General Booth Blvd for a Spirit Night to celebrate! There’s nothing better than frozen yogurt to remind you of the warm days of summer….even in January! Remember, Sweet Frogs will donate a percentage of their profits to our school to help keep us motivated for the rest of the year!

When: January 21 Time: 4:00-8:00pm

Why: Because we are half way done and need to celebrate!!

Keep collecting your….

Box Tops will be collected soon from the classrooms. The class with the most Box Tops collected during 2nd quarter will earn an ice cream party! Also being collected are:

Campbell’s Labels for Education,

Tyson Project A+ labels, Sunny D labels, My Coke Rewards and Farm Fresh receipts.

Every label is money for our school! Linda Guevara Box Tops Committee Chairwoman

UPDATE: A check was mailed to PAES from

Box Tops on December 1st in the amount of $661!! Great work and dedication to everyone for such tremendous results!

The event you’ve been waiting for all year is on its way!

The Annual Founder’s Day

celebration! February 6, 2015

Do you know who the founders of the National PTA were? How about the amazing things that have happened for children in the United States since its start? Come out to this year’s new and improved Founder’s Day celebration and see what else has happened with your PTA! In an effort to continue the focus on helping students of all ages as begun by our founders, PAES PTA brings you the Founder’s Day Celebration. The sole purpose of this family based evening is to raise funds to provide former students of PA scholarships used in furthering their educational goals. Given the great level of success that was met with last year’s ‘Time With Teachers’ events as well as the front row reserved parking spot, these will be the main focus of our auction this year. It will not fail to impress you and your children! Serious competition is in store! Also, our dinner will be met with a bit of spice and change as well! Be sure to watch for further details coming out soon! Reserve the date down now and don’t make any dinner plans for February 6th, 2015.

Looking for an opportunity to take an active role in your PTA? The PTA Committees and Executive Board are looking for several volunteers to fill anticipated positions upcoming in the next school year. Please watch the PTA website for further information on how to apply with the Executive Slate Committee. Applications will be reviewed during the month of March for all of the available positions. Should you have any questions, please feel free to contact Amy Jones, Nominating Committee Chairman or any PTA Board Member. Christine Sullivan PTA President

Next edition of the Seagull Gazette Is February 4th. Deadline for submissions is January 30th.

Mark your Calendar!

FREE Parent Seminar

*February 12th* 8:45am, PAES Rm 12

Coffee and pastries will be provided!

“Making Math Fun!” Fun tips for incorporating math

into your kids daily activities

Presented by PTA King Gull Sponsor: Keystone Education Services

Battle of the Books 2015 Saving the World - One Book At A Time! The Princess Anne Elementary School team, known as the “Mind Readers’, consists of Ilyas Alaska, Liesl Boone, Cailyn Cooper, Paulina Skurzak, and Cooper Gavin. They are hard at work preparing to represent PAES at the first competition which is Thursday, February 5, 2015, 6-8 pm at Princess Anne Rec Center. The competition is a game show-style reading challenge. Each team has to read, study, and research ten books and answer four rounds of questions. The team meets during their lunch three days per week and one day after school to prepare. The winner of the first area competition will continue to the Grand Finale for the entire Virginia Beach School District on February 28th, at the Central Library. Join us in wishing the team

Good Luck! Go Seagulls!

Destination Imagination Regional Tournament is February 28 at Ocean Lakes High School. PAES has four teams made of first through fifth graders that will be competing against over 30 schools from the Virginia Beach Region. Each team will show their hard work from the last 5 months and perform their challenge about science, technology and engineering. The times will be listed once they have been determined so everyone can come out and support the teams at the tournament. Toni Auld Director Destination Imagination

It’s time for the Girls on the Run program at Princess Anne! I’m happy to be returning as a Girls on the Run Coach for our wonderful school along with Coach Brittany (our fabulous

5th grade teacher, Ms. Arnold) and my daughter Emily, a Junior Coach who attends Kellam HS! The program starts Tuesday February 10th and culminates with a 5K at the beginning of May. The time in between is spent bonding, learning, being empowered as fabulous young ladies and of course running! Girls on the Run is a non-profit organization founded in 1996. There are now 191 Councils in 45 states and Canada, and this spring in Hampton Roads there will be about 900 girls participating! GOTR uses exercise, positive reinforcement and encouraging role models to help the girls discover the confidence they need in these critical pre-teen years. A letter with information regarding registration is going home in Tuesday folders, and registration begins Friday, January 16th! Spots fill up quickly since we can only take 15 girls! The link to register is: http://www.gotrnova.org/program/registration If you have questions please reach out to me at Kimberlea.Elliott@vbschools.com. Kimberlea Elliott Girls on the Run Coach

PAES PTA Sponsor

WORLD CHAMPION Tae Kwon Do is coming

To Princess Anne Elementary School! Special After School Program Starts Soon!

What is the World Champion Tae Kwon Do After School Program all about? World Class Kids is a 5 session character development program that incorporates physical exercise with life skill lessons. Open to

students in 1st to 5th grade, this innovative series of classes is designed to not only introduce your child to basic martial arts but also to

improve focus, confidence, discipline and respect. It will benefit your child at home, at school and in team sports. Master Park and

his staff from World Champion Tae Kwon Do have volunteered their time to teach the World Class Kids program at your school.

How does it benefit my school? The instructors and materials required to run the World Champion Kids Program will be donated by World Champion Tae Kwon Do

as part of our commitment to helping local children in our community.

The registration fee of $20 will be donated directly to our school!

This program is taught by certified instructors from World Champion Tae Kwon Do who are experts

at working with children; they are patient, enthusiastic, and know how to make learning fun!

Class #1

FOCUS

Class #2

CONFIDENCE

Class #3

DISCIPLINE

Class #4

RESPECT

Class #5

GRADUATION at World Champion

Tae Kwon Do

Where:

All classes will be held at the school

When:

Classes will be held after school from 3:15-4:00.

1st through 5th grade- Wednesdays

January 21st-February 11th

Class #5 -GRADUATION:

A special Graduation Ceremony will be held on

February 13th at

World Champion Tae Kwon Do

3300 Princess Anne Road, Suite 713

(in the Landstown Commons Shopping Center)

Graduation time to be announced.

Clothing: Similar to Physical Education Class, students

should wear loose comfortable clothing and

sneakers.

Important Note:

Students will need to arrange their own

transportation home following the program.

Registration Form (please print)

Please return form to Homeroom Teacher by ______January16th_____________.

I give my child permission to participate in the World Champion Kids Program.

Child’s Name:_________________________________________ Grade:_______ Age:______

Parent’s Name: _______________________________________________________________

Street Address: ____________________________________City: __________ Zip: ________

Home Phone #: ________________________Cell Phone: _____________________________

Fee: $20 (Make checks payable to PAES PTA.)

*Questions please contact Master Park at 757-563-9330

Parenting Children with Challenging Behavior

Do you have a child with ADHD, ODD, or challenging behavior?

Wednesdays, 6:00 to 7:30pm

February 4 to

March 25,

2015

At King’s Grant

Presbyterian

Church

745 Little Neck

Road Virginia

Beach 23452

(757) 340-2840

“Parenting Children with Challenging Behavior” is a FREE eight week parent class for parents of elementary aged children (ages 3 to 12) who have a diagnosis of Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) and/or Oppositional Defiant Disorder (ODD) or who have significant difficulties with noncompliance or other behavioral challenges.

The class is based on Russell Barkley’s “Defiant Children” program and other research based strategies and focuses on improving the parent-child relationship and increasing positive behaviors as well as reducing noncompliance and negative behaviors. The class will be taught by Julia Michael, M.A., M.S., and Laura Marques M.S., Doctoral Interns in Professional Psychology.

Both parents are encouraged to attend. Childcare will be provided free of charge but registration is required for both the class and childcare.

To register, please email Julia Michael at Julia.Michael@vbschools.com

You will receive an email to confirm your place in the class. Spaces are limited.