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Pittman Press
April 19, 2024
Be Kind * Be Safe * Be a Learner
Dear Pittman Grown-Ups,
Students have reached their Khfaooty goal of 2,000 points! We currently have around 2,400 points which means I will have to do something wild and crazy! Since we have rocked this challenge, we have decided to make a new goal of 5,000 khfaooty points. If students reach this goal, Ms. Dickerson will also have to do something wild and crazy.
Book Fair Continues this week.
Monday April 22nd
After school 3:00-4:15
Wednesday April 24th
Brown
Turner
Tinney
Chism
Dillon
Janson
Ross
After school 3:00-4:15
Thursday, April 25th
Vandenberg
Becker
Johnson
At the family event- 5:30-7:00 pm
Thank you for your continued support!
Wishing you well,
Mrs. Agnew
Mark Your Calendars!
Upcoming Dates!
April 19th-April 25th - BOOK FAIR!
April 22 - Fire/Storm Drill @ 10:00
April 23 - Pittman Night at Papa John's
April 25 - Earth Day Family Night - 5:30-7:00
April 26 - NO SCHOOL
April 27 - Pittman Night at the Ballpark - 6:05 - *see details below
April 29 - May 3 - MAP testing for 3rd - 5th grade - Please avoid vacations or morning appointments
May 1 - 5th Grade orchestra Performance @ Hillcrest High School - 7:15
May 2 - 2nd Grade Field Trip - Alice and Wonderland Ballet
May 6 - 10 - Galileo Testing for K-5 - Please avoid vacations or morning appointments
May 6 - 10 - Staff Appreciation Week!
May 7 - Last PTA Meeting of the Year
May 9 - PIE Night - 5:30
May 9 - 4th and 5th Musical Performance - 6:00 - Connect Church *day/time change
May 21 - Field Day
May 23 - Last Day of School/Family Picnic
June 3 - First day of EXPLORE!
Pittman Night at the Cardinals Game
Come out and support our Springfield Cardinals and represent Pittman.
Please fill out the form linked below if you WANT tickets for our April 27th night at the ball field. Tickets will be sent home with students on April 25th. Please fill out ONE form per family. If you do not wish to attend, do not fill out the form. Please complete the form by the end of school day on Monday, April 22nd.
If you are interested in tickets, please fill out THIS form.
MAP PARENT LETTER!
Please read the information below regarding MAP testing this month. A paper copy will be coming home in red folders today.
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1E1uqSpaPQdpcYvnTXpP2e4xFrQnYfPY_2Ho4Ys2mgWM/edit?usp=sharing
EXPLORE!
SPS offers comprehensive programming with hands-on learning experiences for students each summer.
Explore sessions will be seated from June 3rd thru June 28th and Pittman students will attend Bingham Elementary. Your student should have received EXPLORE paperwork this week.
Enrollment for incoming K-5 students will begin March 7th (for 3-5 students) and March 8th (for K-2) students.
At Pittman, we want to make it as easy as possible to register for Explore. You have two options; you can register your student online or we will help register your student for you by CHECKING YES and return the completed Explore paperwork to school and we will register your student for you!
If you have questions about Explore or need more information please check out: https://www.sps.org/explore
If you want to directly register your student for Explore you can access the registration portal here: https://explorereg.sps.org/
The first class to return ALL of their Explore paperwork will receive a special sno cone recess!
For any additional questions please contact Ms. Dickerson, School Community Liaison via Class Dojo or at mkdickerson@spsmail.org.
ATTENDANCE UPDATES!
Current classroom percentages from April 5th - April 18th
Weekly Classroom Attendance Goal is 95% or above! Congratulations Ms. Edelen and Ms. Johnson!!
Our Attendance Goal!
Our goal is to have 90% of our students at school 90% of them time. It is very important that students keep an attendance average higher than 90%.
We currently have 82.39% of our students with an attendance rate of 90% or above. Last week we were at 82.71%. Oops!
90% attendance equals approx 17 missed days in a school year. When students are not in attendance, they miss out on important instruction!
PTA updates!
Next Meeting is May 7th @ 6:00 in the library.
We are now gearing up for our annual book fair! We are looking for some people who would be willing to help us run the bookfair. We have several small shifts and you can even see when your child will be shopping. It’s really fun to work a shift while your child is there shopping. The work is helping run a cash register or straight up books and help shoppers.
Here is the shopping dates/times
Here is the sign up to volunteer
Please reach out if you want to help and need more information.
If you have any questions please reach out to Pittman PTA
Make Sure to Follow Us!
Class Dojo
**Mrs. Agnew answers emails and dojo messages from 6:30am-4:30pm as quickly as possible.** Other hours are reserved for family time and rest. I appreciate your understanding.
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Let's Talk! is not a replacement for phone calls or conversations. We look forward to hearing from you in the manner most convenient for you.
For the quickest response, please choose the topic that most closely aligns with your question.
Mrs. Melissa Agnew
Email: mragnew@spsmail.org
Location: 2934 East Bennett Street, Springfield, MO, USA
Phone: 417.523.4700
Facebook: facebook.com/pittmanelementary.com
Twitter: @PrincipalAgnew