Hello Pevely Families!

It's one of our most fun weeks of the year...Homecoming Week! It is always a great week to celebrate our school spirit and the Dunklin R-5 School District! Please see the information in this newsletter with the spirit themes for each day this week. We hope to also see you at the Homecoming Parade and Homecoming Football game...Go Blackcats!

Our Lil' Cat PTO has a fundraiser on Monday evening at the Culvers in Crystal City this week. Everyone loves Culvers, so please consider ordering between 5-8PM as a portion of the proceeds will go to our amazing PTO!

Lastly, I want to thank everyone who braved the rainy weather and joined us for our first Family Friday Reading event of the year! We had over 300 guests in attendance and classrooms filled with readers. We love to see it! Thank you for helping us encourage the joy for reading and visiting our school!

Have a wonderful weekend! #GoBlackcats

Sincerely,

Ms. Katie Dunlap

Pevely Elementary Principal

kdunlap@dunklin.k12.mo.us

636-479-5200 ext. 3001

We are excited to celebrate Homecoming with a Spirit week! Show us your school spirit by participating in these theme days!

Monday: Pajama Day

Tuesday: Hat Day

Wednesday: Student/Teacher Swap Day! (Students dress like teachers, teachers dress like students)

Thursday: Black and Red Spirit Day! Homecoming Parade is at 6:00PM

Friday: Color War Day- HHS Homecoming Game at 7:00PM

• KG: Red
• 1st: Orange
• 2nd: Yellow
• 3rd: Green
• 4th: Blue
• 5th: Purple

We have our first PTO fundraiser of the year right around the corner! We need to replenish some funds spent on the Back 2 School Bash in order to continue fun things throughout the year!

So please join us on Monday, September 30th for dinner at Culver’s! A percentage of the nights sales come back to us! In exchange for a little hard work from us parents and our awesome Little Blackcats!!!
Be on the lookout for a signup to volunteer you and/or your kiddos serving skills!

We are excited to add this new tradition to Homecoming Week! On Tuesday, October 1st, our Kindergarten students will ride the bus to Herculaneum High School to meet the Seniors (Class of 2025) in the middle of the football field!

• Location: Dugan Memorial Field (Herculaneum High School)
• Time: 1:20PM-1:45PM
• KG Parents are welcome to attend. Please sit in the Visitor Side (metal) bleachers. (You cannot be on the field or track)
• This is "Hat Day" for our Spirit Day, but please have your Kindergartener wear a black or red shirt on this day. The seniors will also be wearing black and red.

If you do not give permission for your KG student to participate in this event, please email Ms. Dunlap at kdunlap@dunklin.k12.mo.us so that we can have adequate staffing at Pevely to supervise while teachers/students attend.

This is the idea from another school who did a similar event: https://www.facebook.com/reel/396375343243220

The Class of 2037 will meet the Class of 2025! 🤍🎓🤍

Immediate Need! We could really use some extra gym shorts, gym pants, leggings, and T-shirts for kids of all sizes. Items can be dropped off at Senn Thomas Middle School, Attn: Joycie Gonzalez-Meyer

We are partnering with the YMCA to implement a new tutoring program. They are asking for 10 volunteers to help students with their reading skills. All supplies and resources for working with students will be supplied as well as training at Pevely Elementary. This is an awesome opportunity for our students and we would love to have volunteers working with them for extra help in reading!

https://gwrymca.volunteermatters.org/volunteer/sign-up/49365

***Volunteers will also receive a 1 month FREE membership to the Festus YMCA! This include access to all classes and facilities!

Did you know that Grace Life Chapel will send home a free packaged bag of food on Friday's for students? Even students who already receive Brendan's Backpack bags can participate to take home an additional bag! Please complete this flyer or request a copy to be sent home with your student at pevely-secretary@dunklin.k12.mo.us. Thank you to Grace Life Chapel for this amazing service!

Mrs. Fleschner and Mrs. Pruett are already hard at work, practicing for performances with all grade levels! Please mark your calendars for this year's performance dates.

*The Kindergarten and 2nd Grade Concerts have been changed to November 7th. TImes remain the same!

Dunklin R5 School District will pay for your account to join Parent ProTech AND you'll be entered to win a $25 gift card when you are an active user. Please join to learn more about what your child has access to online and more! #GoBlackcats

https://www.parentprotech.com/site/home

School attendance is so important! We know it is not always possible to schedule appointments on non-school days, but these are the dates that we are not in school for 24-25 if you can schedule on these dates. Thank you!

If you are interested in being part of the BEST school around, please consider applying to be a Substitute Teacher! You get to choose your days, positions, etc. and spend your days with the best kids! Please apply on our website:

https://www.dunklin.k12.mo.us/about-us/careers?fbclid=IwY2xjawFRNo5leHRuA2FlbQIxMQABHad6fAr1UkE33rKSGK4DWT0VoheR-D3y7tvxdLi0dHDlb_dh16PLOpDGjg_aem_e_ccp-m_qExVasZvQLI_UA

The PE Department is holding a classroom competition during the first semester of the school year! We are asking that students bring in clean plastic lids from containers such as yogurt, cottage cheese, butter, toothpaste, milk jugs, soda bottles, etc. We cannot take lids from cleaning supplies, bleach, etc.

Why are we doing this? 🙂

A former Pevely Elementary student, Morgan Anderson, passed away from a severe asthma attack a few years ago her family has established a foundation called the "Morgan S3 Foundation". Morgan was a huge advocate of volunteering and showing kindness. The foundations will take the collected lids and send them to a company that will make a "Buddy Bench" from them. We currently have one on our playground now and would love to have an additional bench in honor of Morgan! This project will not cost us anything and we will be recycling as well as creating another opportunity for kids to connect at recess. Plus, Morgan's memory will live on!

Thank you so much for your help!

If you have any questions, please contact Coach Meda or Coach Cappozzo for more information.

Congratulations to these students who are being recognized as leaders in our school, helpful to others, showing great character, and making Pevely Elementary an even better place! These students received Bravo Blackcat Awards:

Leevi Wilson

Cole Nelson

Parker How

Marleigh Goss (2)

Lucas McPherson

Lucas Harper

Aubree Jones

JJ Corder

Henry Gamble

Thomas Miller

Lacey Carlin

Grace Immer

Future Marshall

Ivy Gilson

Setaish Sabarie

Kimonnie Todd

Scarlett Dawson

Sydney O’Donohue

Reid Tucker

Lillien Broach

Michael Beck

Evan Schmitt

Frankie Keeney

Alex Morris

Teryn Duff

Conley Jones

Sophia Seiler

Will is a student at Pevely Elementary and the son of Mrs. Capps, Kindergarten Teacher. Please consider joining Will's Walk to support finding a cure for Dravet Syndrome on October 12th! #WarriorWill #WillsWalk

The Festus YMCA offers Y-Care at Pevely Elementary! To register, please see their website: https://gwrymca.org/after-school-enrichment-program-jefferson-county-family-ymca

Please check to make sure you are able to log-in to your Parent Portal Account through Infinite Campus. If you do not have a portal account, please complete this form:

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSc2i09S0Trmd-fZcPPFo6Uy-4qeAg03KT4QPHVz5McvjWri8g/viewform

Through Parent Portal, you can see your student's schedule, updated grades, account balances, Report Card, and more! We also communicate all updates through Infinite Campus. Please check your current contact information to make sure we have the correct phone numbers and email addresses as our communication is sent through the information that we have.

If you need assistance with Parent Portal, please call our Front Office at 636-479-5200 or email Pevely Secretary at pevely-secretary@dunklin.k12.mo.us

Please visit our Spirit Shop for the best Blackcat Gear! Our store is always open and orders ship directly to you. We earn a percentage of sales for Pevely Elementary School!

https://sideline.bsnsports.com/schools/missouri/pevely/pevely-elementary-school

September 30- October 4th: Homecoming Spirit Week!

September 30th: PTO Culver's Night at Crystal City/Festus Culvers from 5-8PM

October 1: Caps and Crayons at HHS (Kindergarten) 1:20-1:45PM

October 3: Homecoming Parade at HHS 6:00PM

October 4: Homecoming Football Game at HHS 7:00PM

October 7-11: Fire Prevention Week

October 18: End of Quarter 1

October 22: 1st Grade Musical Performance at 5:15PM

October 22: 3rd Grade Musical Performance at 6:00PM

October 22: 4th Grade Musical Performance at 6:45PM

October 23-29: Red Ribbon Week

October 25: Picture Retake Day

October 28: Fall Bookfair Starts

October 29: Fall Party Day 2:30-3:10PM

October 30: Parent Teacher Conferences

October 31: Professional Development Day (No School)

November 1: No School

School Hours:

8:35AM-3:35PM *Doors open at 8:15AM

Early Release: 1:00PM Unless otherwise noted due to weather

Principal:

Ms. Katie Dunlap- kdunlap@dunklin.k12.mo.us

Assistant Principal Grades K-2:

Ms. Michelle Liles- mliles@dunklin.k12.mo.us

Assistant Principal Grades 3-5:

Mr. Adam Dixon- adixon@dunklin.k12.mo.us

Counselors:

Ms. Adalee Chaffee (Grades K-2): achaffee@dunklin.k12.mo.us

Mrs. Cathie Holdenried (Grades 3-5): choldenried@dunklin.k12.mo.us

Website: https://www.dunklin.k12.mo.us/
Location: 30 Main Street, Pevely, MO, USA
Phone: 636-479-5200
Facebook: www.facebook.com/PevelyElementary
Twitter: @MsKatieDunlap