PKS NEWSLETTER

Monroe County School District

Mission: Working together to inspire and bring excellence to every student every day.

October 28th - 31st is SPIRIT WEEK

October 29th - Red Ribbon Week Substance Abuse Assembly for 6th-8th Graders

October 31st - Halloween Parade at 8:05am & Carnival throughout the day

October 31st - Kinder Halloween Party, Noon

October 31st - Middle School Pep Rally in Gym at 1:50pm

NOVEMBER 1ST - TEACHER WORK DAY

Libby Carter, Ms. Diana's class

Libby Carter comes to school prepared and ready to learn. Her contagious smile and positive attitude spreads throughout the classroom. She encourages her classmates to do their best. Libby is a great example of panther pride.

Eden Secor, Ms. Lugo Dean's 5th Grade class

We are thrilled to recognize EDEN SECOR, as the student of the week! Eden is consistently well-behaved, kind, and selfless; even bringing donuts to her class "just because". Her respectful, polite, and responsible nature makes her a role model for her peers. Eden is always ready to learn, and always tries her best at everything she does. Eden exemplifies the qualities we value in our PKS students. Keep up the fantastic work!!!

VPK gets into the spirit of RED RIBBON WEEK!!!

Students "Teamed up" against drugs!!

We are thrilled to announce that our PBIS Student of the Week is Eva Luna! 🌟 Eva consistently embodies our school’s I-Believe expectations by being ready to learn, empowered in her actions, and responsible in all her endeavors. Her positive attitude and dedication inspire her classmates and contribute to our school community. Keep up the fantastic work, Eva! We’re proud of you!

Congratulations to our 7th Grade 1st Quarter Awards recipients!

On Thursday, October 24, 2024, the PKS Middle School Students enjoyed an interactive presentation from Hope for Miami Substance Abuse Awareness. Through trivia questions, videos and lessons, our students progressed through a game of LIFE with the help and support of their classmates.

Readers are Leaders has had a busy week!!! Your students are doing a “Bootiful” job reading, earning Brag Tags, meeting challenges, and an outstanding number of 6th grade students have read and passed over 100 books since school started. I have so many Kindergarten and 1st graders achieving their first Brag Tag, that I am going to try to include pictures in every Newsletter!!!

The current challenge is for K – 5th grade. K, 1st, and 2nd graders read books from our CARE collection, while 4th & 5th are reading as many books and earning as many points as they can! All of these classes may earn Brag Tags or pins – or both!

The Challenge ends October 31st, 2024.

We will be Feasting on Books in November as part of Monroe County’s Culture of Literacy.

I have a lot of pictures for next week's Newsletter!! Thank you to my wonderful, hard working volunteers!

Members are responsible for their own transportation.

Families can customize their students breakfast and lunch spending by contacting MCSD food service people. Families can now add notes to a student meal account that can include limiting number of snacks they can purchase, days of the week they can purchase, types of items they can purchase or purchasing a second lunch. Customizing your students lunch account is easy and only takes 24 hours to be activated. Please call the following food service employees to add notes to your student’s lunch account:

Denise Pollack 305-293-1400 ext 53361

Lucia Cuculino 305-293-1400 ext 53356

More information!

All of our snack items are approved the USDA for our National School Lunch Program, and are Smart Snack approved. Here is the website where parents can get more information. Also keep in mind that fruits and vegetables are unlimited when purchasing meals. Additionally, fruits and vegetables are available for purchase if the student doesn't purchase a full meal.

https://ccmedia.fdacs.gov/content/download/96439/file/SmartSnacks-ReferenceSheet-3.5.pdf

Important tryout information.