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Wed, Oct 7 Early Release DayDismissal at noon

Wed, Oct 7 PTA Meeting, 9:30 a.m.Everyone welcome!

Thu, Oct 8 Spirit Night, JerseyMike’s & TCBY, Planta-tion Market, 5 - 9 p.m.

Oct 9 - 16 Challenge Run

Tue, Oct 13 Vision Screening1st, 3rd, 5th Grades

Thurs, Oct 15 Reception for CMSSupt. Ann Clark

Sun, Oct 182 pm - 4 pm

Fall Beautification DayNote day/time change

Oct 21 - 29 Book Fair Previews

Wed, Oct 21 MeckEd’s Meet theCandidates - Session 1

Thu, Oct 22 MeckEd’s Meet theCandidates - Session 2

Oct 30-Nov 6 Book Fair Sales

Next Rocket Review on Fri, Oct 16

October 2, 2015

Coming Up

Dawn Weber, PTA Presidentdawnpweber@yahoo.comJulie Heintz-Cho, PTA President-Electjulieheintzcho@gmail.comGenie Ombach, Rocket Review Editorgombach@gmail.comJen Taylor, Rocket Review Editorttaylor8@carolina.rr.comHow to submit Rocket Review content:http://bit.ly/HowToSubmitContent2015

Contacts

Providence Spring Elementary10045 Providence Church Lane | Charlotte, NC 28277

P: (980) 343-6935| F: (980) 343-6939http://schools.cms.k12.nc.us/ProvidenceSpringES

Principal: Diane Adams | Assistant Principal: Linda O’Connor

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eviewRRIn This IssueMeet the School Board Candidates 2Vision Screening 2Fall Personal Best Challenge Run 3Cafeteria Concerts 3Fall Book Fair 4

Counselor’s CornerIn this edition of the Rocket Review, we launch a new monthly feature, inwhich school counselor Caren Potter offers quick tips for PSE parents.

October?! Already?! Can you believe parent/teacherconferences are about to begin? Take advantage of thisopportunity to talk individually with your child’s teacher.Hopefully you have already enjoyed an open line ofcommunication with your child’s teacher(s), but if not – it isnever too late! By telling the teacher that you want tocommunicate with him or her, you are letting them know

that you want to hear when there is an issue on the playground and you willbe sure to tell them when a rough weekend has left your child on the wrongside of the bed come Monday morning. When you establish a dialogue,things don’t get out of hand. Seeing all the pieces of a puzzle can help ateacher and a parent!

At the beginning of the school year you filled out forms to tell the teacher ifyour child has any allergies or special health concerns. A teacher also wantsto know about things that may not be written on those forms. Keep him orher informed of health and behavioral concerns that are not on your child’spaperwork. Is your child seeing a behavioral therapist? That’s goodinformation to share! Did your child struggle with reading (or in anotherarea) in the past? That’s good information to share! Please know thisinformation is strictly confidential so only necessary staff members will beaware. We are a team at PSE (students, parents, teachers/staff) so let’swork together…. go team!

Caren K. Potter, PSE School Counselor

School Leadership TeamThe Providence Spring School Leadership Team voting results are now in!

The SLT members for the 2015-2016 school year are:Mrs. Adams, Mrs. O’Connor, Mrs. Ikoku, Ms. Keith, Mr. Henderson, Dawn

Weber, Marlene Rosen, Julie Cho, Aileen Westover and Kevon Makell.

This advisory board is comprised of administrators, faculty representatives,parent representatives and the PTA President. They will begin regular

meetings in October and will work hard to facilitate healthy dialogue amongall segments of the school community. We appreciate

your participation in the voting last week and lookforward to serving our school family!

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On November 3,Mecklenburg Countyvoters will select threeat-large members toserve on the nine-

member Charlotte-Mecklenburg Boardof Education. We want you to be able tomake an informed decision about thefuture of our public schools by getting toknow the candidates. There are some bigissues coming up, such as studentassignment and hiring a newsuperintendent, so it is crucial to knowwhom you are voting for and where theystand on the issues.

This is a unique opportunity forcommunity members to engage in asmall group discussion with eachcandidate.

MeckEd will host two sessions. This is afree event, but there are a limitednumber of seats available and you mayattend only one session.

Session 1:Wednesday, October 21st9 a.m. to 10:30 a.m.Stratford Richardson YMCA1946 West Blvd.Charlotte, NC 28208Click here to register for Session 1

Session 2:Thursday, October 22nd6 p.m. to 7:30 p.m.First Baptist Church West1801 Oaklawn AvenueCharlotte, NC 28216Click here to register for Session 2

If you’d like to carpool, contact:karinsimoneau@gmail.com or

julieheintzcho@gmail.com.

Meet the School BoardCandidates

It's time for vision screening of all 1st,3rd, and 5th grade classes! I am asking

again for help from our PSE parentvolunteers, so that we can run this as

smoothly as we did last year.

I am asking for only 16 parent volunteerson Tuesday, October 13 from 8:15 am to11:45 am. We will begin seeing classes at

8:30 am, which will give us 15 minutesbefore to review what all of you need toknow, and I will bring all of us a morning

treat!

Please click on the link below ifyou can help out!

Vision Screening2015-2016 School Year

Thank you for your help,Janine Toth

School Nurse

Vision Screening

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Join us on our PSE PTAFacebook page!Connect with otherparents, ask questionsand stay informed!

https://www.facebook.com/ProvSpringPTA

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It’s that time of year when the children head out to the track during their regularlyscheduled PE time for the Personal Best Challenge Run.

Volunteer responsibilities are simple, yet very important. Your job is to come during yourchild’s class, and keep a tally of how many laps they run in their given time period. Forthe Challenge Run to go smoothly and effectively we need at least SIX VOLUNTEERS PERCLASS!!!

Please review the Challenge Run day and time chart below to see if you can help countlaps.

Please check in at the table by the track 10 minutes prior to your child'srun time (even if you're a pro at counting laps) so we know that theclass is covered with enough volunteers. *If you are late your spot maybe given to someone else.

Thank you so much!

* If you can volunteer for your child’s class, please sign up using SignUpGenius:http://www.signupgenius.com/go/60b0849a5a728a31-spring1.

For any questions regarding your volunteering, please contact Lisa O’Donnell atodonnellfamily5@yahoo.com or Liz Blosser at liz_blosser@yahoo.com. If you have anyquestions about the Challenge Run, please email Mrs. Wyatt atLindsay.maxson@cms.k12.nc.us.

***Remember you can also run with your child if you would like!!!

Thank you so very much for your continuous support.

Fall Personal Best Challenge Run

Friday, October 9 Monday, October 12 Tuesday, October 138:15 Stewart (K)9:10 Shelton (1) 9:10 Viverette (1) 9:10 Wall (1)

10:05 Hinton (K) 10:05 Kirchendorfer (K) 10:05 Simpson (K)11:00 Lynch (2) 11:00 McMurray (2) 11:00 Trevisan (2)12:15 Shipman (5) 12:15 Weber (5) 12:15 White (5)

1:10 Pavelchak (4) 1:10 Pistorio (4) 1:10 Surratt (4)2:05 Horgan (3) 2:05 Langeland (3) 2:05 Nido (3)

Wednesday, October 14 Thursday, October 15 Friday, October 168:15 Adamson (1)9:10 James (1) 9:10 Rice (1) 9:10 Safran (1)

10:05 Aquilone (K) 10:05 Bridges (K) 10:05 Brown (K)11:00 Baker (2) 11:00 Chapman (2) 11:00 Edwards (2)12:15 Bernier-Lucien (5) 12:15 Blaszak (5) 12:15 Grabon (3)

1:10 Columbus (4) 1:10 Harlow (4) 1:10 McCrocklin (4)2:05 Arbo (3) 2:05 Fletcher (3) 2:05 Gilmore (3)

Calling alltalentedkids!

Singers, musicians,magicians,

comedians, dancers– all “stars” are welcome!Please save the date for thefollowing concerts:

If you are interested inparticipating, please emailJenna Miller atjennamiller1113@gmail.comby the submission deadlines.Include name, grade,homeroom teacher,activity, and anyother informationthat may beuseful.

Thank you andwe look forward to seeing ourstars shine!

Cafeteria Concerts

ConcertDate

SubmissionDeadline

Fri, Oct 30 Tue, Oct 27Fri, Dec 4 Tue, Dec 1Fri, Mar 4 Tue, Mar 1Fri, Apr 22 Tue, Apr 19

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