The Tiger PAW Volume 6, Issue 9 May 8, 2017

Dear Plains Families, Monday, June 5th- Awards remind your children to keep Assembly at 9:00 A.M., AND 1:00 reading through the summer! It is hard to believe we are nearing P.M. Dismissal the end of another school year. Our Tuesday, June 6th- Field Day 9:00 students and staff have worked A.M. - 11:00 A.M. AND 1:00 P.M. extremely hard this year and it is Dismissal Lindsey Mawyer now time to perform. All grade Wednesday, June 7th- Yearbook PES Librarian levels are taking their PAL's test signing, 1:00 Dismissal AND LAST and grades 3, 4, & 5 are also taking DAY OF SCHOOL the Virginia SOL test. Please make sure students are getting enough FROM THE LIBRARY… sleep this time of year and are eating a nutritious breakfast so they With the end of the school year can perform at their best. Please approaching we will begin sending review the dates below of upcoming late and lost notices home for events at Plains Elementary. library books that students have checked out but not yet returned. Thanks for a great year! The last day that students will be allowed to check out books will be A NOTE FROM THE NURSE Friday, May 12th. All books must RE: VACCINATION be returned by Friday, May 19 th. Please take some time to keep an Fifth grade students must have a eye out for library notices that may Tdap booster before entering sixth be in your child’s folder and to help grade. Please have your child get Mr. Kapuchuck your children look for any books this booster done before the end of that may have been misplaced. If this school year. In addition, girls DATES TO BE AWARE OF: you cannot find books that are lost are required to have at least one we request that you arrange to pay does of the HPV vaccine before she th 3rd grade SOL’s: May 9th, 10th, 11th, for the replacement cost before the enters 6 grade. We will enter the 12th, 17th, and 18th end of the school year. Please feel information in the computer and 4th grade SOL’s: May10th, 11th, free to contact me with any have everything ready for a happy, 16th, 22nd, and 24th questions regarding lost or overdue healthy sixth grade and beyond. 5th grade SOL’s: May 15th, 16th, items. 19th, 23rd, and 25th After your child gets the Tdap It has been a pleasure working with booster, you will need to bring in a Monday, May 29th – No School your children this year as the Media copy of their updated shot record to Specialist of Plains Elementary. the school. If you have any Wednesday, May 31st- Pre-K Helping children develop a love for questions, please feel free to contact Celebration at Timberville Park reading is a passion of mine and I me at school. Thursday, June 1st- 5th Grade am thankful that I’ve had the Farewell at 1:30 opportunity to get to know each Friday, June 2nd- 4th-5th Grade student at our school. I look Warmly, Concert 9:00 A.M. forward to continuously supporting Nurse Melissa Friday, June 2nd- Kindergarten your child’s literacy for years to Celebration at Broadway come at Plains Elementary. Please CAFETERIA NEWS Community Park CHARACTER COUNTS HALL Teagan Mitchell, Keylee Ritchie, I want to let everyone know that I OF FAME Timothy Stanley, Olivia Strickler, am retiring effective June 30, 2017. Kaleigha Swanson, Federico I have enjoyed the years spent both The following students were Tomas- Romero, Gracin Vanfossen, here at Plains and at Lacey Spring selected by their classroom teachers Gracie Will Elementary. I have served several for their effort with the Character generations of some families; so Counts Pillar of Fairness. SMENCILS AND MORE after 30 years I am finally SMENCILS!!! graduating from elementary school. PK I truly hope that you will continue Dylan Eavers, Weston We have Spring, Spiderman,, to support the meal program as you Montgomery, Angel Morataya, Finding Dory, Sports, Teenage have in the past. Gabriel Thacker, Harley Wingfield Mutant Ninja Turtles, and regular Smencils! There are a variety of As we start to wind down this Kindergarten scents. They are $1 each. Send school year please check your Tryston Campbell, Jared Charlton, money with your child to the office child’s lunch balances and get any Layla Conill, Andrew Custer, Jace or stop by. More styles/scents to charges paid. These charges will Eutsler, Cody Frank, Quinn Goins, come in the fall. not just disappear and it is better to Trevan Good, Jenna Lam, Silas start a new year, with a new Martin, Autumn Nance, Jackson STUDENTS WHO BRING A manager, with a zero balance. Pence, Leann Shafer PACKED LUNCH

Also, I want to make you aware that First Grade If your child packs their lunch Plains will be a “Summer Feeding Alexis Albright, Kaydon Dean, please know that the cafeteria Program” site during summer Cedron Foster, Ember Glazner, monitors will not heat food in the school. This means that during the Noah Hodge, Hannah Klahn, microwave. If something needs to weeks of summer school, June 19 Tyleeq McCarthy, Maiyah Mitchell, be kept warm/hot please put it in a through July 7 (not open July 3 or Ivan Mundy, Khloe Robertson, thermos or use a hot pack in the 4), breakfast and lunch will be Kayden Smallwood-Smith, Brandon lunch box. available to all school age children Spencer, Zachary Wilt (5 – 18) at no cost. The time for SAVE! SAVE! SAVE! breakfast will be 8:00 – 8:30 am. Second Grade Please continue to save your Box The time for lunch will be 11:00 – Evan Garcia Cardoso, Hunter Tops and Campbell’s Soup Labels 11:45 am. Dellinger, Lucas Frank, James during the school year and over the Gerst, Lauren Hulver, Braxton summer. We receive monetary McPherson, Glen Metz, Cooper donations from the Box Tops. Pence, Aiden Runion, Nicolas Thank you in advance for Santiago, Haley Tusing, Jaylynn supporting Plains Elementary Wingfield, Madalyn Wolfe School!

Third Grade Benjamin Davis, Johnathan Dugger, Keith Hammer, Mary Hitechew, Pat Mongold, Sierra Miller, Emma Watson Cafeteria Manager Fourth Grade IMPORTANT REMINDER Felisha Colvin, Autumn Delawder, Hanniel Gonzalez, Archer Herrick, Flip flops, sandals, jelly shoes, etc. Emma Hornick, Steven Huffman, should not be worn to school for Trevor Klager, Malachi Langley, obvious safety reasons on the Mason Lopez, Casey McDonaldson, playground and during p.e. Brianna Rodriguez, Xavier Tippett, classes. IF your child wears them Raven Ware and they break you will be called to bring another pair of shoes. Fifth Grade Tanner Dove, Clement Haddad, Bradlee Hammer, Carter Nicely, It is the policy of the Rockingham County School Board Rockingham County School Board will not discriminate (including pregnancy), gender, marital or economic to comply with all applicable state and federal laws in hiring, promotion, discharge, pay, fringe benefits, job status, age, disability, genetics, or veteran status and regarding nondiscrimination in employment and training, classification, referral, and other aspects of prohibits retaliation against anyone who files a educational programs and services. It is an equal employment or in educational programs and services on complaint of discrimination, participates in such a opportunity employer and an educational agency. The the basis race, color, national origin, religion, sex proceeding, or otherwise opposes discrimination.”