Final Academic Olympics Point Tally
We are so very excited to declare the Academic Olympics a huge success!  This event brought in approximately $14,500 (nearly $2,500 more than last year!!).

Congrats goes out to the following classes on the Purple team who will win a set of books for their classroom library (and bragging rights!)
Storch, Woodard, Tyboroski, Dorr
 Big thank you's to the 62 students and Mrs. Stilson who each brought in over $100 in sponsorships and have earned their hand print on our mural wall. 

The winner of the Family 4 Pack to Magic Mountain, congratulations to Charley Vargas in Mrs. Woodard's class for being our top earner.  Charley brought in $1,100 in sponsorships!

Thank you to all those who donated.  100% of your donation goes to directly to the Pinetree PTA and funding our enrichment classes.  Also, a very special thank you goes out to our VP of Ways and Means Kym Johnson and our PTA President Ginny Wells for working so hard for putting this event together.  Lastly, thank you to all the Pinetree Parents who came out and helped run the obstacle course and made sure our Pioneers had a great time.

Here is the Final Tally:

Harvest Festival - Presale wristbands are on sale now!!!
Save the Date - Friday, October 20th from 4-8:00pm!  The PTA is in the midst of planning what we're sure will be another great Harvest Festival.  This is always one of the best nights of the year to come and hang out with your Pioneers and enjoy the Festivities.  This year we'll have returning favorites including giant slide, obstacle courses*, train rides, games, lazer tag, photo booth and new this year - a Video Game Truck!  We'll also have some really cool silent auctions, raffles and the return of the yummy 6th Grade Food Booth. 
*This year, we'll also have two obstacle courses, one for the bigger kids and one for our tiny Pioneers.

Also, new this year, we have two tiers of wristbands for the different age groups (we are no longer offering single attraction tickets):
Ages 5+ Wristbands
Presale: $15 - At the Festival: $20
Ages 4 and under Wristbands
Presale: $8 - At the Festival: $10

Food Tickets will be sold separately at the Festival.  The presale for wristbands is always the best deal! Make sure to take advantage of it before the presale ends Wednesday, October 18th

To pay via cash/check, please download order form and waiver HERE

To pay via credit/debit card, please click HERE and make sure to bring the waiver (link below) when you pick up your wristband on Festival day.

Pre-ordered wristbands will be available for pickup after school on October 20th and during the Festival.

Please make sure to submit the completed Sulphur Springs School District Waiver with your cash/check order or print it out and bring it to the Festival when picking up your wristbands for online credit/debit orders. A copy of this form will be sent home with the Harvest Festival order form or the form can be downloaded HERE

Reflections Contest
Is your Pioneer working on their artwork for the Reflections Contest?  Categories include Photography, Dance Choreography, Film Productions, Literature, Music Composition and Visual Arts.  All entries are due Tuesday, October 17th.
For more information on the Reflections Art Contest and to download entry forms, please visit our website HERE
What's really cool is one of our very own Pinteree Pioneer's artwork from last year's contest which went to the city competition is currently displayed at our Valencia Town Center 

Join the Pinetree PTA

As you see, we have kicked off our Membership drive with a cool "Star Wars" theme. 
Jedi Master PTA, we are!  Join us, you will! 
Come join the Pinetree PTA and have a voice in your child's education.  Please note that joining the PTA doesn't require you to attend the meetings or volunteer although we and your students would LOVE if you did.  The Pinetree PTA had the highest increase in membership during the 2016-17 year in all of the SCV.  Let's show that we can beat that.  Also, the classes with the most memberships will win some really cool prizes.  

We're up to 297 members!!!  That's awesome!  Go Pinetree!

Here's a current tally of memberships.  Is your student's class in the lead?  If not, join the PTA and increase their tally.
Storch  48 - Current Upper Grade Leader
Evans 43 - Current Lower Grade Leader
Sykes  28
Delp  27
Hubbard  24
Woodard  24
Yamauchi  22
Pithey 21
Burkman  19
Childs  19
Winslow 19
Nystrom 17
Gardina  16
Ahart 15
Berentsen  15
Wiltz  15
Tyboroski  14
Ward  14
Adachi  12
Dorr  10
Jacobs/Sparks  11
 
Membership Forms were sent home in your school welcome packets or you can click HERE to visit our website and join the Pinetree PTA

Important Upcoming Dates
September
09/25 (Mon) – Harvest Festival Tickets go on Sale

October
10/02-10/06 (Mon-Fri) – Fall Break - No School
10/17 (Tues) – Reflections Entries are Due
10/17 (Tues) – Coffee with the Principal 8:00am
10/18 (Wed) – Harvest Festival Presale Ends
10/20 (Fri) – Harvest Festival 4:00-8:00pm
10/27 (Fri) – Catalog Fundraiser Begins
10/27 (Fri) – PTA Meeting 5:30pm
10/27 (Fri) – Family Night 6:00pm

Free Easy Ways to Help the Pinetree PTA
Keep checking out the “Easy Ways to Help” page on our website for free easy ways you can help the Pinetree PTA

Academic Olympics Point Tally
Students completed in the Academic Olympics obstacle course this past Friday and the overall feedback was they had a blast.  We're still collecting sponsorship until Friday 9/22 where we'll announce the final winning color team.  Is your Pioneer's color team in the lead? We're posting point tally updates on our Facebook page.  Below is a tally as of today.

Two teams tied in the water bucket challenge during the obstacle course and they were Orange and Purple and each were awarded an additional 100 points for their team.  Teams were also awarded one point for each challenge completed during the obstacle course. 

For more information including a link to post on your social media so out of town friends and family can sponsor your Pioneer as well, check out our website: http://www.pinetreepta.org/online-ordering.htmlThe classes on the winning color team after all pledges are in on 9/22 will win a set of books for their classroom library (and bragging rights!)

One last note about the Academic Olympics.  This is our main fundraiser of the year and it's solely created and run by the Pinetree PTA so 100% of the dollars you donate for sponsorships go directly to the Pinetree PTA and the enrichment classes for our Pioneers.  So, a very special thank you goes out to our VP of Ways and Means Kym Johnson and our PTA President Ginny Wells for working so hard for putting this event together.  Also, thank you to all the Pinetree Parents who came out and helped run the obstacle course and made sure our Pioneers had a great time.

Each color team is made up of approximately 100 students from both upper and lower grade classes.  Here's the breakdown:
Red: Adachi, Gardina, Yamauchi
Orange: Wiltz, Childs, Evans, Sparks
Yellow: Hubbard, Ward, Winslow, Berentsen
Green: Sykes, Ahart, Delp
Blue: Pithey, Burkman, Nystrom, Jacobs
Purple: Storch, Woodard, Tyboroski, Dorr

Ice Cream Social
Our Annual Ice Cream Social will be held this Friday, September 22nd at 6pm.  It will be following a brief PTA Meeting at 5:30pm (to view the agenda for this meeting, please click HERE).  This is always a fun night and what better way to beat this heat than to come enjoy a yummy ice cream sundae.  All PTA Members will receive 1 free sundae for each paid member and don't worry, if you're not a member yet, we'll be accepting membership payments that night.

Also, if you're not a PTA member, you can still come and enjoy a sundae for just $1.  We'll be accepting two forms of payment.  Either $1 cash or you can bring in 10 boxtops to purchase your sundae.  Hope to see you there!

Reflections Contest
Is your Pioneer working on their artwork for the Reflections Contest?  Categories include Photography, Dance Choreography, Film Productions, Literature, Music Composition and Visual Arts.  All entries are due Tuesday, October 17th.
For more information on the Reflections Art Contest and to download entry forms, please visit our website HERE
What's really cool is one of our very own Pinetree Pioneer's artwork from last year's contest which went to the city competition is currently displayed at our Valencia Town Center 

Join the Pinetree PTA

As you see, we have kicked off our Membership drive with a cool "Star Wars" theme. 
Jedi Master PTA, we are!  Join us, you will! 
Come join the Pinetree PTA and have a voice in your child's education.  Please note that joining the PTA doesn't require you to attend the meetings or volunteer although we and your students would LOVE if you did.  The Pinetree PTA had the highest increase in membership during the 2016-17 year in all of the SCV.  Let's show that we can beat that.  Also, the classes with the most memberships will win some really cool prizes.  

We're up to 264 members!!!  That's awesome!  Go Pinetree!

Here's a current tally of memberships.  Is your student's class in the lead?  If not, join the PTA and increase their tally.
Storch  46 - Current Upper Grade Leader
Evans 40 - Current Lower Grade Leader
Delp  27
Sykes  25
Woodard  23
Hubbard  20
Yamauchi  20
Burkman  19
Childs  19
Winslow 19
Pithey 16
Berentsen  15
Nystrom 15
Gardina  14
Tyboroski  14
Ahart 13
Ward  12
Wiltz  12
Adachi  11
Dorr  10
Jacobs/Sparks  10
 
Membership Forms were sent home in your school welcome packets or you can click HERE to visit our website and join the Pinetree PTA

Harvest Festival - Save the Date!!!
Save the Date - Friday, October 20th from 4-8:00pm!  The PTA is in the midst of planning what we're sure will be another great Harvest Festival.  This is always one of the best nights of the year to come and hang out with your Pioneers and enjoy the Festivities.  This year we'll have returning favorites including giant slide, obstacle courses, train rides, games, lazer tag, photo booth and new this year - a Video Game Truck!  We'll also have some really cool silent auctions, raffles and the return of the yummy 6th Grade Food Booth.  Fliers will be going home soon with a awesome presale wristband discount.

Important Upcoming Dates
September
09/21 (Thurs) – Disney Dress Up Day
09/22 (Fri) – Academic Olympics Donations Due
09/22 (Fri) – PTA Meeting in the MPR 5:30pm
09/22 (Fri) – Ice Cream Social in the MPR 6:00pm
09/25 (Mon) – Harvest Festival Tickets go on Sale

October
10/02-10/06 (Mon-Fri) – Fall Break - No School
10/17 (Tues) – Reflections Entries are Due
10/17 (Tues) – Coffee with the Principal 8:00am
10/20 (Fri) – Harvest Festival 4:00-8:00pm
10/27 (Fri) – Catalog Fundraiser Begins
10/27 (Fri) – PTA Meeting 5:30pm
10/27 (Fri) – Family Night 6:00pm

Free Easy Ways to Help the Pinetree PTA
Keep checking out the “Easy Ways to Help” page on our website for free easy ways you can help the Pinetree PTA

Academic Olympics Point Tally
Students were issued color teams and points are being tallied for every $1 they raise in sponsorship. Is your Pioneer's color team in the lead? We're posting point tally updates on our Facebook page leading up to the main obstacle course event on September 15th.  Below is a tally as of today.

For more information including a link to post on your social media so out of town friends and family can sponsor your Pioneer as well, check out our website: http://www.pinetreepta.org/online-ordering.html
 Reminders ... turning in your pledge sheet with donations by Friday 9/15 earns an extra prize.  The classes on the winning color team after all pledges are in on 9/22 will win a set of books for their classroom library (and bragging rights!)

Each color team is made up of approximately 100 students from both upper and lower grade classes.  Here's the breakdown:
Red: Adachi, Gardina, Yamauchi
Orange: Wiltz, Childs, Evans, Sparks
Yellow: Hubbard, Ward, Winslow, Berentsen
Green: Sykes, Ahart, Delp
Blue: Pithey, Burkman, Nystrom, Jacobs
Purple: Storch, Woodard, Tyboroski, Dorr

Academic Olympics Volunteers Needed
The Academic Olympics are back and with some big improvements!  Our Pioneers asked, and we agreed!  This year students will be able to run the whole obstacle course and because of this we need you, our great Pinetree Parents/Family to come help volunteer.  We need volunteers to man stations, guide our Pioneers through the course and to help setup/cleanup.

If you are available Friday, September 15th from 8:00am until 11am, please respond back to this email with your name and time available so we can add you to the list.  We also need some volunteers at 7:15am to help with setup of the obstacle course.

Last year was a blast getting to see our Pioneers working hard doing the obstacles.  The other bonus with volunteering is you'll get to watch, help and cheer on your Pioneer as they complete the course.

Reflections Art Night - TOMORROW!!!
This year's Reflections theme is “Within Reach.”  The Pinetree PTA will be hosting a free Art Night & Reflections Art Contest Information Meeting on Tuesday, September 12 from 5:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. in the MPR.   All ages and grades are welcome. Come color, paint and draw with us!
For more information on the Reflections Art Contest and to download entry forms, please visit our website HERE

Ice Cream Social
Our Annual Ice Cream Social will be held on Friday, September 22nd at 6pm.  It will be following a brief PTA Meeting at 5:30pm.  This is always a fun night and what better way to beat this heat than to come enjoy a yummy ice cream sundae.  All PTA Members will receive 1 free sundae for each paid member and don't worry, if you're not a member yet, we'll be accepting membership payments that night.

If you're not a PTA member, you can still come and enjoy a sundae for just $1.  We'll be accepting two forms of payment.  Either $1 cash or you can bring in 10 boxtops to purchase your sundae.  Hope to see you there!

Box Tops
Thank you to everyone who submitted box tops for our Summer Popsicle Party.  We received over 3,000 which will bring over $300 to the Pinetree PTA.   Congrats goes out to Mrs. Evans and Mrs. Storch's class who brought in the most and won the Popsicle parties.  Remember, to keep collecting those box tops and bringing them into your student's teacher.  We'll have more contests throughout the year and the classes that bring in the most at the end of the year will win something fun!

Join the Pinetree PTA

As you see, we have kicked off our Membership drive with a cool "Star Wars" theme. 
Jedi Master PTA, we are!  Join us, you will! 
Come join the Pinetree PTA and have a voice in your child's education.  Please note that joining the PTA doesn't require you to attend the meetings or volunteer although we and your students would LOVE if you did.  The Pinetree PTA had the highest increase in membership during the 2016-17 year in all of the SCV.  Let's show that we can beat that.  Also, the classes with the most memberships will win some really cool prizes.  

We're up to 245 members!!!  That's awesome!  Go Pinetree!

Here's a current tally of memberships.  Is your student's class in the lead?  If not, join the PTA and increase their tally.
Storch  46 - Current Upper Grade Leader
Evans 40 - Current Lower Grade Leader
Delp  23
Sykes  23
Hubbard  20
Yamauchi  20
Winslow 19
Woodard  16
Nystrom 15
Childs  14
Gardina  14
Tyboroski  14
Ahart 13
Pithey 13
Berentsen  12
Ward  12
Adachi  11
Dorr  10
Burkman  7
Jacobs  7
Wiltz  6
Sparks  3
 
Membership Forms were sent home in your school welcome packets or you can click HERE to visit our website and join the Pinetree PTA

Family Night - Thank you!
Thank you to everyone who came out and sang along with our first Family Night which was movie night featuring the hit "Sing'

Coffee with the Principal
The next coffee with the Principal session is this Thursday 09/14 from 2:30pm to 3:30pm.  This is the best way to get current updates about Pinetree.  Swing by the office to check for the location.

Important Upcoming Dates
September
09/12 (Tues) – Reflections Art Night 5:30pm-7:30pm in MPR
09/14 (Thurs) – Coffee with the Principal 2:30-3:30pm
09/15 (Fri) – Academic Olympics Event
09/21 (Thurs) – Disney Dress Up Day
09/22 (Fri) – PTA Meeting in the MPR 5:30pm
09/22 (Fri) – Ice Cream Social in the MPR 6:00pm
09/25 (Mon) – Harvest Festival Tickets go on Sale

October
10/02-10/06 (Mon-Fri) – Fall Break - No School
10/17 (Tues) – Reflections Entries are Due
10/20 (Fri) – Harvest Festival 4:00-8:00pm
10/27 (Fri) – Catalog Fundraiser Begins
10/27 (Fri) – PTA Meeting 5:30pm
10/27 (Fri) – Family Night 6:00pm

Free Easy Ways to Help the Pinetree PTA
Keep checking out the “Easy Ways to Help” page on our website for free easy ways you can help the Pinetree PTA

Family Night featuring "Sing"
"Don't let fear stop you from doing the thing you love!"

Come out to our first FREE family night of the year - a movie night featuring "Sing".  Bring a picnic dinner for your family and come early to enjoy crafts and coloring. Plus complementary popcorn and juice will be served during the movie!  Come in your PJs and bring your favorite blanket to snuggle up and watch the movie. Sing is rated PG so a parent or guardian must accompany all students.

Friday, September 8th - 5:30 Picnic, Crafts & Coloring - 6:00 Movie Time
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Join the Pinetree PTA

As you see, we have kicked off our Membership drive with a cool "Star Wars" theme. 
Jedi Master PTA, we are!  Join us, you will! 
Come join the Pinetree PTA and have a voice in your child's education.  Please note that joining the PTA doesn't require you to attend the meetings or volunteer although we and your students would LOVE if you did.  The Pinetree PTA had the highest increase in membership during the 2016-17 year in all of the SCV.  Let's show that we can beat that.  Also, the classes with the most memberships will win some really cool prizes.  

We're up to 225 members!!!  That's awesome!  Go Pinetree!

Here's a current tally of memberships.  Is your student's class in the lead?  If not, join the PTA and increase their tally.
Storch  43 - Current Upper Grade Leader
Evans 39 - Current Lower Grade Leader
Delp  23
Sykes  23
Hubbard  20
Yamauchi  19
Winslow 17
Woodard  16
Childs  14
Gardina  13
Nystrom  13
Ward  12
Adachi  11
Pithey 11
Ahart 10
Tyboroski  10
Dorr  9
Berentsen  9
Burkman  7
Jacobs  6
Wiltz  5
Sparks  3
 
Membership Forms were sent home in your school welcome packets or you can click HERE to visit our website and join the Pinetree PTA

Classroom Volunteer/Room Parent Meeting
If you will be volunteering in the classroom and/or serving as a room parent we will be holding a brief meeting on Thursday, September 7 at 8:00am in the staff lounge.  All volunteers are requested to attend this meeting to receive important information for the 2017-2018 school year.

We will also be distributing the room representative information books at this meeting.  If you are not able to attend, and you are going to be a room parent for a classroom, please contact our room rep coordinator, Jessica, to make arrangements to receive this information at [email protected]

We will also be holding a brief copy machine training session following this meeting.  New this year...you must be trained to use the copy machines to make photocopies for your child's classroom.

Reflections Art Night
This year's Reflections theme is “Within Reach.”  The Pinetree PTA will be hosting a free Art Night & Reflections Art Contest Information Meeting on Tuesday, September 12 from 5:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. in the MPR.   All ages and grades are welcome. Come color, paint and draw with us!
For more information on the Reflections Art Contest and to download entry forms, please visit our website HERE

Thank you!!!
Thank you to everyone who came out to our first Restaurant Night fundraiser at Toppers Pizza.  Because of all your great support, we raised $728.05 for the Pinetree PTA.   That's amazing!  We'll have another fun restaurant night coming in November.

Important Upcoming Dates
September
09/01 (Fri) – Academic Olympics Fundraising Begins
09/04 (Mon) – No School - Labor Day
09/05 (Tues) – Band/Chorus Parent Info Night 7:00-8:00pm
09/07 (Thurs) - Classroom Volunteer/Room Parent Meeting 8:00am in Staff Lounge
09/08 (Fri) – Family Movie Night featuring "Sing" 5:30pm
09/12 (Tues) – Reflections Art Night 5:30pm-7:30pm in MPR
09/14 (Thurs) – Coffee with the Principal 2:30-3:30pm
09/15 (Fri) – Academic Olympics Event
09/21 (Thurs) – Disney Dress Up Day
09/22 (Fri) – PTA Meeting in the MPR 5:30pm
09/22 (Fri) – Ice Cream Social in the MPR 6:00pm
09/25 (Mon) – Harvest Festival Tickets go on Sale

October
10/02-10/06 (Mon-Fri) – Fall Break - No School
10/17 (Tues) – Reflections Entries are Due
10/20 (Fri) – Harvest Festival 4:00-8:00pm
10/27 (Fri) – Catalog Fundraiser Begins
10/27 (Fri) – PTA Meeting 5:30pm
10/27 (Fri) – Family Night 6:00pm

Free Easy Ways to Help the Pinetree PTA
Keep checking out the “Easy Ways to Help” page on our website for free easy ways you can help the Pinetree PTA