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September 1st 2023
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A message from the office
Pickerington's Family and Community Festival!!! 🎪
The 2023 Family & Community Festival is this Saturday! Join us for games, prizes, FREE BOOKS, food trucks, and lots more! Bring the whole family and try to spot some of our current and past Violet teachers.
Visit our event web page for a list of vendors! Hope to see many of you there.
Testing Security Plan 💯
The Ohio Department of Education is now requiring school districts to notify staff and families about our district's "Testing Security Plan" by October 1. Below you will find the testing security plan. Please review the following attachment.
Watch Dog Dads 🐾
Pizza Party Kick Off
WATCH D.O.G.S.® is a national initiative founded in 1998 to inspire more positive male role models to show all students by our participation that education is important. We are excited to get our year started at Violet with a Pizza party for Dads who are interested in being part of our WATCH DOG Squad.
Dads, Grandfathers, Uncles, if you are interested in learning more, please join us October 11th for a Pizza party.
Watch this space for more info.
Friday @ Fridays 🍔
SAVE THE DATE! October 13th is a NO SCHOOL day. Take your family for lunch or dinner at TGI Fridays on 256, and 15% of your order will come directly back to Violet Elementary.
Pick up Patrol 🚕
Thank you for all of your patience as we implement this new tool.
Remember that if your student is home sick, you can update this in Pick up Patrol for that day, getting notification to the office for attendance.
School Pictures ARE READY 📸
School Pictures are Ready!
View and order at https://shop.jostenspix.com/ login
VIOLET ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
Event Code: FE185723
Also Needed: Infinite Campus Unique Student ID
Counsellor Corner
Ohio State Assessments 🧪
Third grade students ONLY, will take the Ohio State Test in English Language Arts on Tuesday, 10/24 and Wednesday, 10/25.
Part One of the assessment will take place on Tuesday, 10/24
Part Two of the assessment will take place on Wednesday 10/25
Each day testing is 90 minutes long and will begin promptly at 9:30am. Please ensure your child gets a good nights rest, eats a nutritional breakfast, and comes with their chromebook fully charged on each test day.
Cognitive Assessments 🧠
This November, students in second and third grade will take the NNAT3 Cognitive Assessment. This is an online assessment.
Please ensure that your child's chromebook is fully charged prior to testing day.
Please look for more communication in the coming weeks from your child's teacher regarding the exact test day as this has yet to be determined. The test will take approximately 30 minutes.
Panorama Social Emotional Survey 💗
In Pickerington, students grades 3-12 are administered the Panorama Social Emotional Learning Screener. This screener is important piece of us understanding the whole child and meeting their Social Emotional needs. Please see the following letters for more information regarding the Panorama survey and what we
PTO information
PTO calendar of events 🗓️
Reminder: PTO Meeting is next Wednesday, October 4th from 6:30-7:30 pm in the Violet Elementary Media Center. Also, we will have a zoom link set up day of if you can’t attend in person. You can find that on the Violet Elementary PTO Facebook page. Make sure to like the Facebook page if you haven’t.
Conference Dinner 🍽️
Violet PTO is pleased to host dinner for our amazing staff prior to the start of P/T conferences on Thursday 10/12 at 4:15pm. Please help us show our appreciation for the extra hours they are putting in! We are providing soup, salad, and breadsticks and are requesting help with dessert & drinks. You can sign up at this link to help support
https://m.signupgenius.com/#!/showSignUp/70A044EA8A62CA0FB6-44681393-ptconference
We are also accepting donations via Venmo to help offset the cost of food, plates, napkins, etc.
Thank you for helping us show the love and make it a great year!
Venmo: @Violet-ElementaryPTO (Please use STAFF as the subject)
Flower Sale 🌺 & Silly String
We wanted to THANK everyone who participated in the fall fundraiser this year! We have about 27 students that are going to participate in the silly string showdown and more info to come on this! Stay Tuned
Also, any orders not picked up on Monday are in front of the school.
FREE Mini Golf!!!!!!! ⛳
Magic Mountain has graciously offered our families a free round of mini-golf!!!
Get your crew together and take advantage of this offer October 10th.
Fall Family Night - Van Buren Acres 🎃
Come on out with your family for a fun Fall Family Night at van Buren Acres. See other Violet families and staff out at the event. $20 per family for some memorable fun!
🚨Important Dates to get on your calendar 🚨
Add these dates to your calendar so you don't miss out.
Oct. 3 Evening Parent/Teacher Conferences K-12
Oct. 4 PTO Meeting 6:30pm
Oct. 11 WACTH DOG DAD Pizza
Oct. 11-12 No School, Staff Professional Development
Oct. 12 Evening Parent/Teacher Conferences K-6
Oct. 13 No School, Closed
Oct. 16 No School K-8, Parent/Teacher Conferences
Oct. 17 No School for Kindergarten, Parent/Teacher Conferences
Oct. 24 PTO Fall Family Fun Night at Van Buren Acres
Oct. 25 Picture Retake Day