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February 10, 2025

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No School February 17

President's Day is Monday, February 17 and there is no school. Enjoy the long weekend!

MATHCOUNTS

Five students from PPCS participated in the North Idaho / Lewiston Chapter competition for MATHCOUNTS Competition Series on the University of Idaho campus. PPCS achieved a top team score of 40.75 out of a possible 66 points. The PPCS team, consisting of Peter Johnson-Leung, Kevin Zhang, Ian Blood, and Jazmine Broadman will represent the chapter at MATHCOUNTS Idaho State Competition on March 22nd at Boise State University. Carson Bright competed as an individual competitor. Peter Johnson-Leung achieved a top individual score of 34 out of 46, and was presented with a certificate for $1000 by the Dean of the College of Business and Economics, Dr. Lisa Victoravich, should je choose to study in that college at UI.

MATHCOUNTS is a nationwide program that promotes math excellence for 6th, 7th, and 8th grade students. Ellery Blood and Jake Sapozhnikov, both engineers at Schweitzer Engineering Laboratories, coach the PPCS team. The College of Business and Economics organized and sponsored the competition. Thank you to supporters, Idaho Central Credit Union, GeoProfessional Innovation, SynTier Engineering, Inc., Keltic Engineering, Inc and Alta Science & Engineering, Inc. Design West Architects, ICCU, the UI Bookstore, and GeoProfessional Innovation provided each competitor with a sponsored gift.

For the Love of Coffee

It is time to indulge your love of coffee with the PPCS/Langrove Coffee fundraiser. If you are not familiar with Landgrove Coffee, it is roasted in Troy, Idaho. One pound bags of Fair Trade Organic coffee are available for $20 online at http://landgrove-coffee.myshopify.com/PPCS. Whole bean and ground will be available in medium roast, dark roast and decaf. Ordering is open from February 3rd-21st. You may select shipped directly to you or elect to pick it up at the school the week of March 3rd-7th. The school gets $9 per bag sold.

If you prefer to not order online or have any questions, please contact Heather Flynn at ppcsparentcrew@gmail.com.

Thanks supporting PPCS and Landgrove Coffee!

4th Grade Needs Recycled Items

Request for materials:

As part of the 4th grade final product and celebration of learning this fall, we are applying the physics we learned at the beginning of the semester to crafting aerial rockets. We have 22 students, but extra materials are always appreciated. We are in need of recycled materials such as:

2 liter bottles (2 per student)
Cardboard ice cream tubs

We greatly appreciate the materials being rinsed! :)

Tax Receipts for Donations

Tax receipts are not provided for any donation for which goods or services are provided, such as Climbing Club, school trips or silent auction items. Please remember for the office to track these correctly you must include a note in PayPal or on the check that they are for climbing club, MOSS trip, etc.

The school emailed tax receipt letters to donors on Tuesday, January 21. If you believe you should have received one (IRS required for individual donations of $250 or more) and don't see it, please check your spam filter. The school tracks all donations made directly to the school by check/cash and through PayPal. We are unable to track donations given through online campaigns using links other than the school's PayPal link, like Giving Tuesday. Receipts for those will come directly from the campaign.

Tax receipts are not provided for any donation for which goods or services are provided, such as Climbing Club, school trips or silent auction items. Please remember, for the office to track donations for goods, services or trips correctly, you must include a note in PayPal or on the check making it clear what the payment is for - Climbing Club, MOSS trip, etc.

Parent Crew sponsored event donations (like Covey Day or Teacher Appreciation) are tracked if you made a donation through the school's PayPal link. Cash and checks collected by Parent Crew are not tracked for tax purposes. If you wish to have them included in your tax receipt in the future, please donate through the school's PayPal link and include a note with the name of the event. Please email the office with questions.

Change for Hip Hop Class

Due to an unexpected schedule change for the university student who teaches Hip Hop, Lily Bren, Hip Hop Club will be moving to Fridays after early release, 2:25. The first class will be on Friday, 1/31.

Change in Chinese Program

Lan Li, our Chinese After School Program instructor is no longer able to teach for us. We will miss her! PPCS parent, Meng Lei, has offered to volunteer as our new Chinese teacher. However, she will only be able to teach twice per month. Chinese classes will resume Monday, February 3rd and continue every 1st and 3rd Monday of the month. Please email the office with questions.

Community Circle Dates for K-5

Parents are welcome to attend community circles with kindergarten through 5th grade. They're held on Fridays beginning at 8:30. Each community circle celebrates an EL Design Principle.

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