Quail Call

January 28, 2025

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For the Love of Coffee

Indulge your love of coffee while supporting our amazing school! Landgrove Coffee, a local coffee roaster, will be taking online orders from February 3rd-21st. More details, including the link to order will be in next week's Quail Call. Any questions, please contact Heather Flynn at ppcsparentcrew@gmail.com. Let's raise a cup for education!

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.

Aspiring Young Artists Grant

Young artists in Idaho are encouraged to take advantage of available funding to support their interest in the arts. The Kaj Seifert Foundation for Aspiring Young Artists has announced its 2025 spring and summer grant cycle to help students ages 10 - 18 to get a start in art. The grant averages $1,500 each for students to buy art supplies and musical instruments, attend dance and music competitions, experience summer camps and sign up for instruction in a variety of arts. The grant is open to all students in Idaho, Montana and Wyoming. Grants are open through January 31.

The Kaj Seifert Foundation for Aspiring Young Artists was founded to encourage artists ages 10 - 17 to get a start in one of the performing arts. Interested applicants can learn more about the foundation here or can access complete application submission guidelines at this link: https://kajseifertfoundation.org/apply/.

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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