Dear Elementary Families,

We hope you enjoyed the beautiful weather this weekend brought. We are looking forward to some nice days ahead this week, too! As the weather warms up we’d like to remind everyone that students must be supervised at all times if they are brought to school early. The safety of our students is a top priority and we are not able to have anyone staffed outside until 8:00 am. Thank you for your cooperation in this!

Mario:

We have some exciting news for our school and students! We have a 2nd Duo Dog, Mario! We are so excited for this opportunity and are already in love with him. He is thriving here at PCS and we love to see him in action with our community. How lucky are we to have another service dog joining the pack with Sabrina?!

PCS Night at Busch Stadium:

Come see our amazing choir, led by Mr. Padgett, perform Take Me Out To The Ballgame during the 7th Inning Stretch at Busch Stadium on Tuesday, May 21st. The St. Louis Cardinals will be facing the Baltimore Orioles and the game starts at 6:45pm.

PCG will begin selling tickets to the game soon. In the meantime, please save the date!

PCS Beautification Committee:

Hi All!! The PCS Beautification Committee is back with our Spring schedule! We are looking for volunteers to help with the exciting projects we have planned for spring.

A little about the group: we work with the Teacher Beautification Committee and our goal is to make the outdoor space at PCS beautiful to be enjoyed by our community, while building community!

Last year we worked in the PCS garden and planted all those new trees you see around campus.

We have big plans this year: more plans for the garden, including new beds to help reduce weeding!! Taking the beautification indoors with a makeover of the teachers lounge and more!

Take it from me, when I say there is truly no experience necessary!! So please let me know if you are interested in more information and I will add you to the list. All are welcome, we always have a bunch of kids playing and gardening so bring the family!!

-Lisa Abrams

Contact abrams.family23@gmail.com for more information or to join.

Library News:

SLPL will again offer FREE summer camps at various locations! Registration for camps will open at noon on Monday, March 4. Registration and camp info can be found here.

Did You Know we have a sister library in Lusaka Zambia?

Last year we were able to raise over $400 during our All For Books coin drive for the Impact One Library in Lusaka. This library serves 19 community schools and the surrounding neighborhoods. The library used the money to purchase books for the students they serve. As a thank you, they sent us 5 books written by Zambian authors for our library!

Our annual coin drive is March 4-8. Every cent raised goes toward purchasing books (for PCS classroom libraries and the Impact One library)! Send in your loose change each day of the week (Monday-pennies, Tuesday-nickels, Wednesday-dimes, Thursday-quarters, Friday-your choice). The class that raises the most money will get a pizza party!

Spring Book Fair March 11th-14th

In the library Building C

Mon. & Tues. 3:30-5:30

Wednesday 3:30-6:30

*Thursday 12:00-2:30 (please note we will close earlier than usual on Thursday!)

Can't make it after school? Your child may visit the book fair during school. Open an ewallet account (bit.ly/pcsfair) or send cash in an envelope with your child's name and the amount written on it.

Contact Mrs. Ramsey (vramsey@premiercharterschool.org) with any questions!

We need your help to make the book fair a success! Click here to sign up for a shift at the book fair (and earn $5 book fair credit!)

Staff Highlights:

In this week’s newsletter we are highlighting our speech pathologists!