Pioneer News - 03/18/2019

Pinetree County Fair - This Friday - March 22nd, 2019!
The Pinetree County Fair (normally known as the Harvest Festival) is coming this Friday - March 22nd, 2019 from 4:00pm to 8:00pm and wristbands are now on sale.  Pre-Order your student's wristband now and Save!

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 the giant slide, obstacle course, train ride, carnival games, lazer tag, photo booth, Video Game Truck and new this year - bounce houses (one for the bigger kids and one for our tiny Pioneers) and a Petting Zoo! We'll also have some really cool silent auctions, raffles and the return of the yummy 6th Grade Food Booth.

We have two tiers of wristbands for the different age groups:
Ages 5-15 Wristbands (adults do not need 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, March 20th. Pre-ordered wristbands will be available for pickup after school on March 22nd and during the Festival.

Please make sure to submit the completed PTA and Sulphur Springs School District Waiver with your cash/check order or print it out and submit to your teacher for online credit/debit orders. Order forms and waivers will be going home with your Pioneers.  Wristbands will not be given to the students unless both waivers are completed and signed by their guardian.
CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD ORDER FORM AND WAIVERS TO PAY BY CASH/CHECK
CLICK HERE TO PRE-ORDER WRISTBANDS VIA DEBIT/CREDIT CARD
Class Baskets for Silent AuctionFlyers have gone or home or will be going home from your teachers for donations to their class basket to put up for Silent Auction at the Carnival.  Each class will have a different theme basket, Please consider a donation to your student's class basket as money raised from the baskets fund enrichment classes and field trips.  Donations can by given to your student's teacher. 
All donations must be received by Wednesday, March 20th so we can get the baskets ready for the carnival.
Here are the themes for each teacher's baskets:
Adachi (Sports), Ahart (It's a Boy), Berensten (Spa Day), Burkman (Cooking/Baking), Delp (Legos), Dorr (Cat Lovers), Evans (Ice Cream Lovers), Flessas (Coffee Lovers), Gardina (Movie Night), Guzman/Chavez-Gomez (BBQ Items), Hubbard (Gardening), Nystrom/Yamauchi (Art), Pithey (Book Lovers), Sapa/Rayl (Rainy Day Stuff), Storch (Disney Fanatics), Sykes (Family Game Night), Tyboroski (Chocolate Lovers), Ward (Craft Lovers), Wiltz (Dog Care), and Winslow (Barbies).
 Volunteers NeededWe at the PTA always want to provide the best Carnival for our Pioneers but we can’t do it without the parents and teacher volunteers to help us run everything safely and smoothly.  The PTA’s motto is “Many Hands Make Light Work” and we could use as many hands as we can get.  We could also use help with setup up (2:45pm to 4:00pm) and clean up (8:00pm to 8:30pm).  If you have older kids in Jr. High or High School, please have them come out and volunteer.  We will sign any volunteer hour verification forms for their schools. 

Teachers have chosen to sponsor some of our attractions and games.  Below is a list of signup genius' that you can click on and see the open slots.  Please review and signup.  You can volunteer a half hour shift (or more) which still leaves plenty of time to spend with your kiddos at the carnival the rest of the night.  If you don't see your student's teacher listed below, please consider volunteering for one of the other teacher's attraction or game that is listed.  If we don't have volunteers during certain shifts, we'll be forced to shut down that attraction/game during that time.

Mrs. Evans Petting Zoo
https://m.signupgenius.com/#!/showSignUp/60b084caea62da2fa7-thepinetree
Ms. Gardina and Mrs. Sykes Obstacle Course Inflatable
https://www.signupgenius.com/go/20F0F4BA5A722A3FD0-ptcounty 
Mrs. Burkman's Giant Slide
https://www.signupgenius.com/go/60b0a4baba82ba7f85-pinetree1
Mrs. Ahart's Game
https://www.signupgenius.com/go/20f0f4aaeab2ca4f49-country
Ms. Rayl and Mrs. Sapa's Balloon Pop Game
https://www.signupgenius.com/go/70a0c4eadac28a4fb6-pinetree
Ms. Flessas' Basket Toss Game
https://www.signupgenius.com/go/60B0A4BABA82BA7F85-pinetree2
Mrs. Tyboroski and Mrs. Berentsen's Game
https://www.signupgenius.com/go/10c044eaba828a6f58-pinetree
Mrs. Winslow's Ping Poss Toss Game
https://www.signupgenius.com/go/20F084BAEA72DA0FC1-pinetree
Please reach out to [email protected] if you have any questions in regards to volunteering at the Carnival.

Games Wanted
We have some really creative Pinetree Parents.  Would you like to create some games for our carnival?  Or would you like to run a game at our carnival?  All prizes are provided by the Pinetree PTA so all you got to do is make sure the kids have fun.  Reach out to [email protected] if you're interested.
 
6th Grade Food Booth
The sixth grade is in charge of food and we are asking for each 6th Grade Family to contribute if possible.  This is the list of items needed; we are breaking it down to last names so that we don't get too much of one item and not enough of another.  If you can contribute it would be very much appreciated!  The more food that is donated, the more $$$ profit can be made at the 6th Grade food booth for the end of year 6th Grade Activities.
A - E : Water bottles (the more, the better!)
F - J : 12 packs of canned soda
K - O : Bagged chips (individual servings) or large bags of tortilla chips for nachos
P - T : Plates or large cans of nacho cheese
U - Z : Small cans of bean free Hormel chili (for chili dogs/nachos) or ketchup, mustard, relish

PTA Meeting - This Thursday - March 21st at 5:30pm
Our next PTA is this Thursday - March 21st at 5:30pm in the MPR.  We'll be discussing upcoming events and holding the elections for our 2019-20 Pinetree PTA Executive Board.  We hope you will come out and join us. Click Here to view the Agenda for this week's PTA Meeting

2018-19 Pinetree Yearbook - Pre-Order Deadline March 29th
Make sure to order you 2018-19 yearbook today!  You won't want to miss purchasing this keepsake for your Pioneer.  Order forms have been sent home or you can pick up an extra one in the office if you prefer to pay by check. Additional upgrades are also available that include hard cover, personalized cover, autograph insert, Zoom current events insert and yearbook stickys. Packages are also available to receive additional discounts. You can pre-order this year's yearbook online. It's easy & convenient. Reserve your copy today at ybpay.lifetouch.com using our School's Yearbook ID Code: 10853319. 
The pre-sale order deadline to ensure you have a reserved copy of the yearbook is Friday, March 29th.  After that date, there will only be a limited few on sale the last week of school - first come, first serve.
Click Here to Order a Yearbook Online

Spiritwear Update
We're down to our last few sizes of our special 30th Spiritwear T-Shirts and Women's V-Necks/Scoop Necks so please get your order in ASAP to make sure you get a shirt.  Once they're gone, they're gone.

Don't forget, we also have Pinetree tote bags, lanyards, keychains and pencils available for purchase.

Also, if you missed the PTA Spiritwear booth in the MPR at the 30th Celebration, we're now selling the school wide 30th picture taken a few weeks back.  Own a piece of Pinetree history featuring your very own Pioneer Student.  Available in 5x7 or 8x10.  We're also now selling 'Pioneer Pete' Faux Coonskin Caps to show your true Pioneer Pride.
Click here to Buy Spiritwear Now via Credit/Debit Card
Click here to Download Order From to Pay by Cash/Check

Spirit Bundles
In celebration of Pinetree’s Big 30th Birthday year, the Pinetree PTA would like to introduce Spirit Bundles as a new way you can help the Pinetree PTA.  In return, you receive great goodies and recognition. We have multiple donation tiers to choose from, you can donate on behalf of your family or business name and one of the best parts - your donation is tax deductible.  This will help get Pinetree PTA on a great fundraising head start for the school year and depending on the tier, you will be able to get everything Pinetree PTA has to offer for the school year.  Pinetree PTA Fundraising provides complete funding for our enrichment classes including art and music instruction, as well as supporting classroom needs, field trips and school wide improvements.

BIG SHOUT-OUTS TO OUR DIAMOND ELITE SUPPORTERS: 
The Hefner Family
BIG SHOUT-OUTS TO OUR DIAMOND SUPPORTERS: 
The Beard Family
The Hollander Family Click Here to view the tiers and download the order form Click Here to view the tiers and order online via debit/credit card

Join the Pinetree PTA!
Let's see if we can bypass last year's membership total.  If you haven't joined the Pinetree PTA, make sure to join today!  We're less than 20 members away from passing last year's total!

As you can see, we have kicked off our Membership drive with a cool "Rock & Roll" theme because Pinetree PTA Members Rock! 

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 was able to increase the membership count in the 2017-18 year by over 10% over the 2016-17 school year.  Let's show that we can do it again. Click Here to download the membership form to pay via cash/check Click Here to join the PTA online via debit/credit card
Important Upcoming Dates
March
03/18-3/28 (Mon-Fri) – Student Council Food Drive
03/20 (Wed) – Student Council Disney Dressup Day
03/20 (Wed) – School Site Council Meeting - 2:30pm
03/21 (Thurs) – PTA Meeting & 2019-20 E-Board Elections - 5:30pm
03/22 (Fri) – Pinetree County Fair (School Carnival) - 4:00pm - 8:00pm
03/27 (Wed) – Sulphur Springs District Board Meeting @ Pinetree - 7:00pm
03/28 (Thurs) – Lifetouch Spring Photo Day
03/29 (Fri) – Yearbook Pre-Order Deadline

April
04/01-04/05 (Mon-Fri) – No School - Spring Break
04/08 (Mon) – Restaurant Night - Chipotle - 5:00pm - 9:00pm
04/15-04/19 (Mon-Fri) – Book Fair
04/17 (Wed) – School Site Council Meeting - 2:30pm
04/18 (Thurs) – PTA Meeting 5:00pm
04/18 (Thurs) – Book Fair Night Hours 5:30pm to 7:00pm
04/24 (Wed) – Coffee with the Principal - 8:00am

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 PT