2.24.23 PLES Newsletter

February 24, 2023

Hello PLES!

Thank you Mr. Whelan for being our Watch D.O.G. today!

Youth Art Month is coming! All students should have brought home a green paper explaining our schoolwide art project: The Incredible, Invincible, Iconic Iguana. We hope you enjoy this fun family activity together! All iguanas are due back at school by March 1, 2023.

Please be sure to check out all the exciting activities coming soon from the PTA!

Fill a bucket this weekend!

Mrs. Harrison, Principal

Mrs. Hall, Assistant Principal

Our February goal set by our second graders was to earn 5,000 bucket bucks in order to be able to watch a movie/show during lunch. We are excited to announce that our PLES bucket fillers surpassed the goal with flying colors earning over 12,000 bucket bucks! We are so proud of our students for taking care of themselves, each other, and our school! Students will have their movie/reward during lunch on Friday, March 3rd!

• The PLES PTA 5th annual Multicultural Night will take place at PLES on Friday, March 10, 2023, 6-8pm. Come explore world cultures through games, activities, and make-and-take crafts. The event is free and families and siblings are all welcome to join the fun. If you've been before, you won't want to miss the new cultures and activities we're rolling out this year! You can also visit the book fair during the event!

• Don't forget to send in fun stories, recipes or family traditions you want to share to help fill our book for Multicultural Night. Families will be able to take a free copy home from the event. The flyer went home last week, but you can submit them via email to multiculturalnight@plepta.org as well.

• Watch this video for a preview of the event!

• Mark your calendars for the Spring Book Fair! Student shopping days will be March 7-14. We will also be open during Multicultural Night on Friday, March 10 6-8pm. Come out to pick up some new books and take your chances at winning a raffle basket from Saginaw Day camp which includes a voucher for a free week of summer camp (valued at over $500)!

• If you would like to volunteer during the book fair, please see the signup genius here.

• Penn London PTA is once again partnering with the Philadelphia Union on multiple Spring games this season! Families can purchase tickets for the matches on 2/25, 3/11, 3/14, 5/17 and 5/31!

• With Union tickets at an all-time high demand, we are opening this up well in advance for games. The deadline is set for February 26th or until tickets remain so do need to act quickly. The Union expect to sell out every game this season.

• Purchase your tickets ASAP at the following link:https://fevo.me/3Eaqs43

• Questions? Contact Alex Carrington with the Union directly at 610-497-8796 oracarrington@philadelphiaunion.com.

• PLES Lost and Found - Check out the items that are currently in the lost and found in the cafeteria.

• If your student has been sent home in borrowed clothes from the nurse, please wash and return them as soon as possible.
  
• The nurse’s office is in need of donations. Please consider donating boys pants as well as boys and girls underwear. Thank you in advance for your generosity!