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Originally delivered on 9/3/2025 12:36 pm

SUBJECT: PCES - September 2025 Updates: Invest in the Best

September 2025 Update
Please Attend the All-Parent General PTO Meeting

The PTO will be hosting our first General PTO Meeting, Friday, September 5 at 9:30 am in the cafeteria and we'd love to see you there!  Come and hear about the exciting activities the PTO has planned for the coming year and how you can participate. Mrs. Alexandrow will share some udpates.

 All parents and guardians are invited to attend this meeting (young siblings welcome, too).  We'll have light snacks available to eat and everyone who attends will be entered into a raffle to win a prize!

Invest in the Best Starts NOW!

We're thoughtfully asking families to give $150 per child 

Our goal is to reach $75,000 

It is OK to donate more than once (you can break up payments)

Money raised will be spent on the current 2025- 2026 school year 

Link for families to give: Family donation link


How Your Contributions Help Our School:

Safety

  • School Dismissal Manager ($2,300): A secure platform that ensures students are dismissed safely and efficiently, with real-time updates for parents and staff.

School Fees ($20,000)

  • Covers essential operational costs not funded by the district, including technology licenses, supplies, and enrichment programs. Items such as Kleenex, Clorox wipes, hand sanitizer, class treats, folders, colored paper, office supplies, labels, poster paper, composition books, writing notebooks, etc.

Teacher Appreciation

  • Lunches, birthday treats, door magnets: Small gestures that show gratitude and boost morale for our hardworking teachers and staff.

Facility Maintenance & Upgrades

  • Landscaping ($12,000): Keeps our campus welcoming and safe for students and visitors. Diminishes pests. 
  • Office kitchen spruce-up ($1,000): Refreshes a shared space used daily by staff.
  • Carpet cleaner ($300): Helps maintain clean and healthy learning environments.
  • Fuzzy Feet ($7,771): Essential caps for the bottoms of chairs to reduce noise and protect floors as students move chairs in the classrooms. These caps would replace the tennis balls that are currently on the bottoms of many chairs across the school. 
  • Umbrella stands/umbrellas: Keeps students and staff safe and dry during rainy dismissals.

Academic Support & Classroom Resources

TCAP Coach books: Targeted materials for re-teaching grade level standards.

  • Class sets of novels: Allows every student in a class to engage in rich discussion about a shared text.
  • Playground enhancements (e.g., soccer goals, nets for basketball and soccer goals): Add an additional set of large soccer goals and replace the nets on existing basketball and soccer goals.
  • IXL: A digital learning platform that supports personalized math and language practice in grades 2-5.
  • Behavior expectation signs: Visual reminders that reinforce a positive school culture. 

Student Celebrations

  • Field Day inflatables, games, treats: Fun, community-building events that reward students for their hard work.
  • Field trip shirts: Promotes unity and safety during off-campus learning experiences.

Every gift makes a meaningful impact- THANK YOU for your support!

Volunteer Interest for PTO Events

Interested in Volunteering? CLICK HERE and fill out the form to let us know which events and activities fit your schedule and interest and we'll send you more information. 

Come Shop the Spirit Store - on Fridays or Online!

Did you know you child can shop the spirit store every Friday morning? We have wonderful volunteers to help all of the students count their money and make a purchase. Items range from $0.50 pencils all the way through stuffed panthers and T-shirts/sweatshirts. 

You can always shop the spirit store online here

TN Titans Spirit Games

Come support PCES at one of four Titans games! Purchase your tickets here and use code PCE. $10 of each ticket will go back to our school!

Papa Johns Spirit Nights

20% of your purchase price will be donated to PCES. Use promo code PCES 

Great Clips Spirit Days 9/18- 9/21

Get Picture Day Ready with Great Clips & Support PCES! 

Stop by Great Clips on Hwy 96, mention Pearre Creek and get $2 off. Great Clips will donate $5 per haircut back to our school!

Update Your School Directory Information!

Please be sure to update your account as teachers are now assigned.  An updated account is needed every year to receive PTO communications, emails from your room parents, and to be included in your child’s class directory. We also use the information to make sure that birthday grams are delivered to the correct child and classroom.Update your information here! 


*Please note an account is needed to place orders, purchase birthday grams, or buy merchandise, etc. 

Class T-Shirts Coming Home!

Thank you to our PTO for funding and to our T-shirt chairperson, DeeDee Baker, for working with Something Inked and delivering PCES class T-shirts to all of our students. These will be great for field trips, field day, spirit days, and any time you want to show that panther pride!

2025 Panther Party - Friday, September 26

To celebrate the end of our Invest in the Best campaign, the PTO will be hosting our Annual Panther Party on Friday, September 26th, from 5:00 pm - 7:00 pm in the school parking lot.  We will have a food truck, a DJ, games and fun activities for the whole family! 

We are looking for volunteers to help so please sign up and work a short shift at the Panther Party.  Please also watch your e-mail for more information from your room parents on this family fun event. 

Volunteer for Panther Party Here
Birthday Grams Are Back - Purchase Now!

Back by popular demand, you have the opportunity once again to make your child or teacher feel special on their birthday, half birthday or a date of your choice by ordering a Birthday Gram to be delivered to their classroom!  Your $25 order includes a “Happy Birthday” serenade performed by 5th grade students after morning announcements, a birthday button to wear all day, an ice cream themed goody bag with a Sweethaven gift certificate for a small cup of ice cream with sprinkles, and a commemorative polaroid picture.

All proceeds are used to support Fifth Grade Promotion activities and the Fifth-Grade gift to the school. For questions or to volunteer to help coordinate Birthday Grams, please contact Kim Kirby at pearrecreek@gmail.com.

You can purchase your birthday grams for this upcoming school HERE.

*At this time, Birthday Grams are available for Kindergarten - 5th grades only.

Mark Your Calendars!
  • September 1 - Labor Day Holiday, No School
  • September 5 - All- Parent General PTO Meeting, 9:30, PCES Cafeteria
  • September 17 - Early Release Wednesday
  • September 18-21 - Great Clips Spirit Days ($2 off haircuts)
  • September 22-26 - Spirit Week for Invest in the Best
  • September 22 - Fall Picture Day
  • September 25 - Papa Johns Spirit Night
  • September 26 - Pearre Creek Panther Party, 5-7p
  • October 24 - Boo Bingo 6-7:30p
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