At Violet Elementary, we recognize students each month as our "Students of the Month" for following school wide expectations of being Kind, Helpful and Caring, along with demonstrating the character trait word of the month. In August our trait was Respect, September our character trait was Responsibility and in October we have learned all about Empathy.

At the end of each Quarter we honor those students who have been nominated by their teachers for being our Super Violet. These students are always Kind, Helpful and Caring, and have demonstrated the character traits of Respect, Responsibility and Empathy. Below are our first quarter Super Violets. Congratulations to

Brecken, Savannah, Carter, cash, Samuel, Manyah, Yahya, Alex, Tatum, Cooper, Patrick, Betselot, Mya, Braeden, Arielle, Gayana, Melahier, Mohamed, tanner, Jordyn and Nicole.

Submissions are coming in. We will host our annual Veterans Day Breakfast on November 10th!!

Please remember to email lynsey_comer@plsd.us with an image after you complete the google form. Please add their name in the subject line.

If you are new to Violet Elementary, we like to celebrate our Violet veterans with a celebration breakfast. We invite students and their special Veteran to come and join us for a breakfast provided by, and served by our wonderful Violet staff.

This breakfast is open to the Violet Elementary Student, and their Veteran. Unfortunately due to space we can not have the whole family join us. We will offer an alternative way for families to see how we honor our Veterans.

If you have a special Veteran you would like us to honor, regardless if they are able to attend the breakfast or not, please complete this brief google form.

The Smiles Dentist will be coming to Violet Elementary on November 9th and 10th. They provide routine preventative care and minor restorative care.

Consent forms were sent home this week with students and need to be returned by November 1, 2023.

Please let Nurse Caitie know if you have any questions.

Did you know that Americans spent a record $36.9 billion on candy in 2021—more than 600 pounds of that candy is purchased just for Halloween. We all love celebrating with something sweet! However, the vast majority of candy wrappers end up in landfills due to an inability by most curbside recycling programs to recycle them. That’s where Trash or Treasure comes in.

Start saving those Halloween candy wrappers, and beginning Monday October 30th thru Thanksgiving Break, Violet Elementary will participate in the 2nd annual Trash or Treasure, so that you don’t have to trash those candy wrappers and doom them to an eternity in a landfill—or, even worse, in our oceans.

If we were unable to make our Watch D.O.G Dad kick off Pizza Party, but would like information, please check out the attached document.

We would love to have many positive male role models in the building.

Check out what our students have been working on in Technology with Mr. Ross, and you can continue their learning at home.

Miss Bogantz is currently working on a super cool project with 3rd grade, and is in need of empty cereal boxes to use. If you have any, please send in with your student.

Empty boxes only please. We don't need the goodies inside.

3rd graders sat through their State Reading Assessments this week. Make up testing will continue into next week.

Check out the links below if you are in need of help for the upcoming holidays.

Thanksgiving Meals

Holiday Assistance Information for families

We have so many great things happening at Violet in hte upcoming weeks. Check out the following flyers to add these dates to your calendar.

Check out the special days listed below.

MONDAY- FUN SOCK DAY!!!!

We would love to hear your feedback on events that take place throughout the school year!

Please complete the anonymous survey below:

Violet Elementary School PTO Event Survey

Join the PTO for Thanks-Chalking on November 9th from 6-7pm on the sidewalks of Violet Elementary and write thank you notes or draw pictures of gratitude for your teachers and staff to find the next morning! All are welcome (little siblings too!)

Can’t make it? Donate chalk or leave a message for your favorite teacher and we’ll write it for you!

Sign-up here! https://www.signupgenius.com/go/70A044EA8A62CA0FB6-45602824-thankschalking

We're very excited about our upcoming Read-A-Thon fundraiser from November 8 through November 17 and want to share an amazing opportunity for local businesses. If you own, manage, or know of a business that would like to support our school, consider becoming a Read-A-Thon sponsor. By becoming a sponsor, a business will gain exposure to thousands of individuals who are all passionate about supporting literacy and our community.

Hurry, as there are only a limited number of digital and printed sponsorship spots available, including an exclusive Literacy Champion sponsorship. Reserve sponsorship spots today by clicking here. This has also been shared with our Pickerington Chamber of Commerce members, so opportunities will be limited. As always, we extend our heartfelt thanks for your support of our school community.

Warm regards,

Violet Elementary School PTO

Check out some familiar faces from this weeks PTO event out at Van Buren Acres.

Oct 30th- Nov 3rd Red Ribbon Week

Nov. 8th- 17th PTO Read-a-hon

Nov. 7th No school- professional development / election day

Nov. 9-10 Mobile Dentist at Violet

Nov. 10th Veterans Day Celebration

Nov. 13-17 PTO Read-a-Thon

Nov. 22nd, 23rd 24th. Thanksgiving Break

Dec 11th-15th Holiday Shop

Dec 18th- Jan 3rd Winter Break