Volume Issue
April 1, 2015
Dear Parents,
Have you ever wished that
children came with Instruction
Manuals? This would be a
handy tool for new parents.
Unfortunately, we learn how to
parent by trial and error, advice
from our parents/friends, and
books. Society is different
from the world we experienced
when we were children. I
know I hint at my age when
sharing that I grew up in an age
where we did not have VCR’s,
DVD’s, or cable television.
The good ole’ days included a
television with about 4 channels to watch if all the elements of earth aligned at just
the right time for reception to
occur or when a family member finally turned the outside
TV antenna to allow good reception for a couple channels.
It is so wonderful to have
all these new media sources to
educate our children. However, these new sources have pros
and cons. While our children
are exposed to multitudes of
information; unfortunately,
good is mingled with the bad.
We are always looking for
ways to keep students safe by
implementing iSafe lessons to
teach internet safety and discuss cyber bullying. While
researching on this topic, I
discovered a remarkable website, Informed Families/The
Florida Family Partnership,
established in 1982: http://
informedfamilies.org/ Parents
have access to webinars and
current trends among youth.
I believe in the saying that,
“It takes a village to raise a
child.” As we work together
with our children’s best interest at heart, we can all protect
and help raise our children.
Children benefit from having
many people in their lives to
whom they are accountable
regarding life choices.
Speaking of a village, I would
like to thank everyone for a
remarkable 5K Color Run and
Pow Wow. We were so excited to have our Pow Wow back
on the list of family events to
host. In the future, we are
hopeful this event will continue to grow. Our fabulous PTA
ladies, staff, faculty, community partner involvement, and all
the various High School volunteers, did a remarkable job, and
we are so blessed to have their
talents shining within our
school. They (PTA) are still
looking for parents to volunteer with events planned for the
remainder of the school year.
If you have upcoming free
time, please assist with donating your most valuable gift,
your time, to help serve our
school, students, and families.
In closing, I received a wonderful email filled with compliments from a parent who is
also a teacher at a neighboring
school. This made me proud
of our school climate, and I
want to thank you for your
contribution to our climate.
I hope everyone has a wonderful Easter including Good
Friday. Thank you for your
continued support.
Respectfully,
Mrs. Fleming
FROM THE LIBRARY
Do you have gently used children’s
books laying around your
house? Well, I would love for you to
donate them to the library for a very
exciting event…Our FIRST Annual
Used Book Fair!! All money raised
will be used to buy MORE books for
the library! YOU CAN NEVER
HAVE TOO MANY! In order for
this to be a success, we need donations of gently used children’s
books. All books will be sold for
fifty cents each. If you have any
books to donate, please consider
sending them to me. Thank you for
your support of our library!
Happy Reading
Mrs. Barlow
Media Specialist
KINDERGARTEN
REGISTRATION
It is important to secure your child’s
kindergarten placement for school
year 2015-2016. Our staffing allocations are based on enrollment. If
you have an upcoming kindergarten
student, please enroll your child at
Pea Ridge Elementary School on
April 22 or April 23 from 8:002:00. We will have an evening registration night on April 23 from 5:30
-7:00 to accommodate our parents
who work day jobs. To register,
please bring the following
items: birth certificate, immunization records, proof of residency
(utility bill), and current physical
(physical must be submitted within
the first 30 days of school).
♫ Music Notes♫
Spring Concert:
Autism Month
The spring chorus concert is
April is coming and that
Thursday, May 7th. Students
is Autism Awareness
will need to wear their chorus
Month. On Thursday
uniforms to school and bring
April 2nd we will be asking everyone to wear blue a change of clothes/shoes after our two morning perforin support of Autism
mances. We are performing
Speaks, “Light it up
again that evening at 6:00pm
Blue” campaign. Come
in the cafeteria for parents.
on Pea Ridge, show us
See you there!
your Blue!
Pea Ridge is hosting JT20!
( Just Take 20 Minutes!) on
Thursday, April 30th, at 6:00
pm. This new parent involvement event was developed by
Just Read, Florida and parent
educator, Dr. Angela Walker,
who will lead our K-5 parents
and students for the evening.
This interactive and fun-filled
workshop will teach parents tips
that promote reading growth
during the summer and throughout the school year.
Pea Ridge Relay For
Life News
RELAY FOR LIFE:
APRIL 24-25
PSC MILTON CAMPUS
Please join the PRE Relay for Life
Team
Or MAKE A DONATION
at www.relayforlife.org
CLICK ON MILTON/PACE,
SIGN-UP, JOIN A TEAM,
AND
PEA RIDGE ELEMENTARY
Then, send it out to all of your
friends!
THANK YOU FOR YOUR
SUPPORT!
Tiffany Langham and Cindy Lynch
RFL Team Captains
2014-2015
ELITE EAGLES
THIRD NINE WEEKS
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* LT Sarah Kinnard
* LT Reuben Retherford
* LT Leah Sallee
Ens Cheyenne Collier
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* Capt James Hu
* Capt Baileigh Pocase
* Capt Christian Valarezo
1ST LT Gavin Fisher
United States Coast Guard
* LT Blakely Tyer
Ens Melia Coulter
Ens Hope Upshaw