Please see below for the November events and dates:

• This year's fundraiser will be the PES Rock-a-thon! Students will raise funds November 4-22, and we will have an exciting Rock-a-thon celebration on Friday, November 22nd!
• November 6th- TONIGHT is Your Pie and Buff City PTO Spirit Night from 4:00-9:00!
• November 8th- CWES and PES students invite Veteran family and friends to be honored as participants in our Veterans Day Parade!
• ACS will be closed on Monday, November 11th in honor of Veterans Day.
• Progress Reports for the 2nd Nine Weeks will be sent home on Wednesday, November 13th.
• Classroom Spelling Bees will be November 20th.
• The PTO Winter Spirit store be open until November 22nd.
• ACS will be closed for the Thanksgiving Holiday- November 27th-29th.

PES and our sister school, Cary Woods Elementary School, would like to honor Veterans of our Pick and Cary Woods Families by inviting them to be guests of honor in our Veterans Day Parade on Friday, November 8th at 8:00am.

Veterans will form a carline parade and drive through both school campuses for our students to celebrate and honor them.

• ALL Veteran Parade participants will line up at CWES at 8:00 am to begin.
• Cary Woods Elementary School is located at 715 Sanders Street, Auburn, AL.
• For the PES parade, please have Veterans sit on the passenger side of the car if they are not driving alone.
• Parade participants will be escorted by our School Resource Officers.
• After they travel through the Cary Woods campus, they will proceed directly to PES where our Pick students will be waiting to celebrate and greet them.
• Pick Elementary School is located at 1320 North College Street.

We extend our most sincere THANKS to all of our Pick Family members and their family

PTO has planned our next Spirit Night for Wednesday, November 6th from 4:00-9:00 at at Your Pie pizza and Buff City Soap, both located on Magnolia. Visit these side by side venues to eat and shop. Both will support PES with a portion of sales being returned to our school.

Our annual fundraiser has officially begun! Please see the flyer below to scan the QR code and register. Students receive a prize just for registering! We encourage students to ask family members and friends to sponsor them as a participant in the PES Decades Rock-a-thon! Every $ donated earns students one Habit Team Point and supports our school! Our PTO funds are used to support classroom purchases, grade level projects and field trips, celebrations, and school-wide enhancements. Student and teacher wishes for the upcoming school year include additional playground items, Spring musical support, sound system items for our multi-purpose room, and special PES guest performances.

In response to several parent requests, PTO has opened another Spirit Wear store for additional purchases. They have included several cold weather options in this store as well! Please click on the link below to shop. The online spirit wear store is open until November 22nd.

PES proudly celebrates Mrs. Elizabeth Greathouse being named our 24-25 Teacher of the Year!

Liz Greathouse is a natural school leader as she fully embodies doing all things at PES with excellence, leadership, and pride! She lifts up everyone around her with her encouragement, motivation, and contagious joy! With a huge heart and great compassion, Liz is fully committed to educating the whole child. She seeks first to understand and leaves no stone unturned in meeting the needs of her students. She is currently serving as 4th Grade Department Chair, Strategic Planning Priority Team Leader, PES Mentor, and is part of the PES Writing Committee. We are most grateful for her tremendous dedication and talent as she teaches and leads with her heart. Liz is a blessing to both students and staff at our village on the hill! Congratulations, Mrs. Greathouse!

At the end of each nine weeks, we ask our students to nominate one peer from their class that they feel is an exemplary leader in exhibiting characteristics of Pick Leadership and Pride! Specifically, they are looking for someone to demonstrate the 8th Habit: Find your voice, and inspire others to find theirs. This focuses on finding meaningful ways to contribute and to use one’s talents, gifts, and passions while encouraging others to use theirs as an extra layer of greatness to all 7 Habits. When students nominate a peer, they share specific examples they have observed during the nine weeks in the 8 Habits and Pick Pride traits. We are very proud of each of these Leaders of the Quarter!

As the weather turns brisk, the warm blankets and fuzzy socks make their way out of the back of our drawers, and a cup of our favorite warm beverage makes for the perfect setting to enjoy a great book. Pick Title One has partnered with our friends at Texas Roadhouse to kick off our FALL INTO READING incentive program. Beginning October 15 – November 15 students that read THREE books will receive a FREE KIDS MEAL from TEXAS ROADHOUSE. What a better incentive!!!! Simply encourage your student to keep reading, record the title of the book on the bookmark form that was sent home, sign your name verifying they’ve read their book, and that’s it!!! Take your favorite reader into Texas Roadhouse for a free kids meal.

Please click the link below to view PES October 2024 Highlights!