MAY 2013

Fridge Notes:

May 6-10 Field Days! May 10 PLA Meeting at 8:30 am Multipur-pose Room May 13-17 5th Gr. Science Fair Projects on display in Media Center May 14 Volunteer Breakfast from 8:45-10 am in Cafeteria; SAC Meeting at 3:15 pm in Media Center May 16 Spirit Store open from 8-8:15 am May 17 Kindergarten Circus from 12:30-2:30 pm under pavilion May 22 ALL library books due! 4th Grade Field Trip to Biophilia Center May 24 3rd Grade Field Trip to Emerald Coast Wildlife Refuge May 27 Memorial Day Holiday; No School! May 30 3rd Grade Musical from 9-10 am in Cafeteria May 30-31 Perused Pages Sale June 3 Mile Club Top Ten Runner Awards June 4 4th Grade Musical from 9:10 am in Cafeteria; 3rd Grade Spelling Bee from 9:45-11 am in Multipurpose Room June 5 5th Grade Field Trip to Shaol River Bowling June 6 Last Day of School! 5th Grade Tran-sition Ceremony from 8:30-10:30 am in Cafe-teria

Dear Parents,

It is hard to believe that we only have 4+ weeks of school. May is a very busy month with field

days, DEA testing, field trips, and continued instruction. Many thanks to all the parents, students,

and staff who made our Evening of the Arts the very best ever!! Your children’s creativity was

amazing, and our Oval Art volunteers, parents, and Angela Wilkerson, chairman, planned a

perfect event.

As the year ends, I want to remind parents that summer learning loss is a very real problem.

According to researcher, Dr. Ruth Peters, “All students experience learning losses when they do

not engage in educational activities during the summer.” Depending on the child, this loss can be

anywhere from 1-3 months of instruction. So, here are a few things you can do:

1. Visit the library to check out books. Plew’s media center will be open from 9-12 with the days

posted on our website. Children will be able to take AR tests.

2. Barnes and Noble is offering summer reading activities including a free activity kit and a free

book for every 8 books read. http://www.barnesandnoble.com/u/summer-reading/379003570/

3. When on vacation, have children keep a journal on their activities. Have them use MapQuest

to plan the travel route and calculate mileage.

4. Play games to review math facts. Play card games where your child has to use his or her math

skills.

5. Visit our local sites e.g. Turkey Creek , the Heritage Museum in Valparaiso, etc. and explore

with your child.

As always, during the summer we will be doing a lot of maintenance work. The upper grade

bathrooms and some classrooms, doors and soffits will be painted, some classroom blinds will be

replaced, etc. As the budget allows, improvements are made. Plew is a lovely campus, and my

intent is to keep it that way.

I wish all of you a very happy and safe summer. Remember school begins on August 19th!

--Carolyn McAllister, Principal

Join Us For Field Days!!!

5th Grade ~ May 6th

4th Grade ~ May 7th

3rd Grade ~ May 8th

Kindergarten ~ May 9th

1st/2nd Grade ~ May 10th

Spirit Store will be open

during Field Days! Dear Plew Students, Faculty and Families,

I would like to thank everyone who made our ninth Evening of the Arts a successful event. It was

wonderful to see how creative the students have been with the help of the Oval Art volunteers. It

was nice to listen to the beautiful music of the Ruckel Jazz Band, Monica and Maddie on the violin

and the music of Olivia and Meredith Glaze. I hope all who attended were able to find something to

bring home from the silent auction and the gallery store. We had many lovely items donated from

the classrooms and the community.

I would like to encourage all who can attend our next PLA meeting to please do so. The meeting is

scheduled for Friday, May 10 at 8:30 AM. We will be electing officers for the 2013-2014 school

year. The PLA needs a new president; my student is moving up to sixth grade next year. I have

enjoyed serving this year and will miss everyone at Plew.

Ammy Hanson, PLA President

2013-2014 School Year

Please notify the office (833-4100) if you

will be moving out of the local area and your

child will NOT be returning to Plew for the

2013-2014 school year.

If you are moving out of Plew’s zone and

you wish to remain enrolled

with us, please stop by the

office to complete zoning

waiver.

I want to extend a heartfelt thanks to each

volunteer, teacher, faculty member, and sponsor

who made the Evening of the Arts possible for

the students of Plew Elementary. It is your

selfless dedication to our students’ education that made

this event and our OVAL Art program possible. Thank you for helping

our children experience the joy of art. I know they will carry these

experiences into the future education and beyond.

Angie Wilkerson,

Evening of the

Arts Chair

5th grade Science Fair Projects will be on display May 13-17 in the Media Center. Come and see what the BIG kids have been learning!

ALL library books are due May 22nd. There will no more checkouts after the 17th of May. The Media Center will close for the school year on May 22nd for inventory. Look high and low, and let’s get those library books returned on time!!

Thank you to all who stopped by during Evening of the Arts and left sporting a cool Glitteroo or two!! We raised $350 for new library books. Your support of our efforts is greatly appreci-ated!!

Perused Pages Sale (formerly known as the Used Book Sale) will be May 30th and 31st. More information to follow in backpacks. We are still in need of your donations of gently used chil-dren’s books. The children love being able to buy their “own” books, and the price is just right! We welcome your donations in the Media Center any time.

Thank you for a wonderful year of reading and growing. Our summer hours will be published soon…

Shawna Crist

PLEW MUSIC NEWS

Parents, you will be receiving your final “Music Literacy: Look

What We Did In Music Class At Plew” pamphlet for the 3rd and 4th

grading periods by the end of May.

Upcoming PLEW MUSIC Events:

Friday, May 10, from 9-Noon: Fourth Graders play their recorders, sing,

and move with the Northwest Florida Symphony Orchestra. Permission

Slips have already gone home and should have been returned by May 3.

4th Grade Parents – due to space limitations at the Mattie Kelley Arts

Center, only 2 chaperones per 4th Grade Classroom are allowed.

Thursday, May 30, 9:00 am: Third Graders present ‘Character Counts! A

Musical’ on our Plew Stage.

Thursday, May 30, 6:30-7:15 pm: Plew Panther 5th Grade Chorus short

performance, awards, and dessert. In our Plew cafeteria.

Tuesday, June 4, time TBD: Fourth Graders present our Music Through

the Ages program on our Plew Stage.

On May 10th, 2013, The Williams’ Warriors of 2nd grade

have published a book;Our Positive Energy Bus. The book

is about how we bringing positive energy to our lives by not

allowing negative energy around us. We hope you’ve no-

ticed our big smiles as we walk down the ramps, because

that’s the Williams’ Energy Bus spreading our positive

energy! Smile back and know you are invited on our bus!

Staying GREEN through the summer…

Please continue saving your aluminum can pull tabs throughout

the summer, as well as used ink cartridges and cell phones. Our

school earns money for these items and we are also helping our

community at the same time. Recycling is a lesson our children

are learning that they share with the adults in their lives.

http://www.asha.org/uploadedFiles/Build-Your-Childs-Skills-Kindergarten-to-

Second-Grade.pdf

http://www.asha.org/uploadedFiles/Build-Your-Childs-Skills-Third-to-Fifth-

Grade.pdf

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