June 1, 2007:

Have a safe and wonderful summer! The 2007-2008 school year starts on Wednesday, July 25th. Meet the teacher will be Tuesday, July 24th from 11:00am to 1:00pm.

May 29, 2007:

The Queen of Mean is holding report cards of children who have overdue library books. She appreciates all of you who checked in with her on Friday at the talent show. She is proud of all of you who have found or paid for your children's books. We have 60 students with overdue books. We have 90 books overdue. That is about $1500 worth of books.

Please, please, please check the lost and found. We have 141 items in our lost and found. They belong to children in our building. We will give everything in the lost and found away at the beginning of June.

Have your children read this summer every day. Here is our summer challenge: If our students collectively read 100,000 pages by August 6th, Ms. Hiltz, Mr. Kenjarski and Ms. Martin will sleep on the roof.

We would love for you to be involved in the Frolic, and we are having a few summer planning meetings at school in the library: June 1st, June 14th, & July 19th. The meetings start at noon. You may bring your children. If you can't come to any of those meetings but would still like to be involved, that's great!!! We'll see you when school starts.

Remember, summer sales are a great time to pick up auction items and things for your classroom basket. Kindergarten's theme is Family Fun Night. 1st grade's theme is Arts and Crafts. 2nd grade's theme is Gardening. 4th grade's theme is Outdoor Fun. 3rd and 5th grades are going to create something wonderful and artistic for the auction.

May 21, 2007:

Only 7 more days of school!!!!!

--Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday of this week we are doing EOG retests. They begin at 8:45.
--Tuesday, May 22: Kindergarten new Parent Orientation for next year's kindergarten parents from 5:30 to 6:30pm in the multipurpose room.
--Wednesday, May 23: EARLY RELEASE DAY. School dismisses at noon. Please let your children know how they are getting home that day.
--Wednesday, May 23: 4th grade field trip.
--Friday, May 25: Talent Show at 9:00am at Fletcher Park. Bring a chair or blanket to sit on. Bring sunscreen. Bring your cameras.
--Monday, May 28: No School in observance of the Memorial Day holiday.
--Wednesday, May 30: 5th grade breakfast hosted by the 4th grade parents. 5th grade graduation at Museum of History at 3:30.
--Thursday May 31: Last Day of School. Report cards go home.

Partnership Spirit Wear 50% Off Inventory Reduction Sale May 23rd
immediately after school (early release day) Look for us on the
Blacktop!!! Come Early!!! Sizes and quantities limited.

"The Queen of Mean" has begun asking children about their library books. 146 students still have library books checked out. They were all due last week. It is your child's responsibility to locate and turn in his/her library books or beg you to pay for them.

Please put September 14, 2007 on your calendars for The Frolic.
We are looking for someone to organize and operate a photo booth for the event--take pictures in front of some cute backdrop/scenery and print the pictures right then.
As you are shopping over the summer you might want to pick up a few items for your grade's basket:
Kindergarten's theme is Family Fun night. Items include movies, games, popcorn, puzzles, balls, craft projects, music, cards....
1st grade's theme is arts and crafts. Items might include bead kits, paint, interesting markers, groovy paper, scrapbooking stuff, craft kits.....
2nd grade's theme is gardening. Items might include spades, seeds, bulbs, trowels, kneeling pads, watering cans, a wheelbarrow, a bird house....
3rd graders will be making an art project for the Frolic this year.
4th grade's theme is outdoor fun. Items might include balls, bats, racquets, flashlights, beach chairs, frisbees, camping paraphernalia.....
5th graders will be making an art project for the Frolic.

Thank you to everyone who helped us proctor for the EOGs last week. It's a stressful week for our children. We appreciate your support.

May 1, 2007:

Fifth graders will be taking the reading field test this Thursday, May 3rd. It takes ALL morning. They will begin at 8:45 and will finish at 11:30. Because their testing overlaps lunch, we will not have kindergarten, first or second graders eat lunch in the cafeteria. These children will be eating in their classrooms. We are ordering bag lunches as the only choice for K-2 lunch buyers on Thursday. The sandwich is peanut butter and jelly. K-2 children will not be able to purchase juice, snacks, or ice cream on Thursday. If you can help with K-2 lunch in your child's classroom on Thursday, the teachers would really appreciate it. If your K-2 child will not eat a peanut butter and jelly sandwich and chips, please pack his/her lunch on Thursday. We will separate children with peanut allergies from the peanut butter sandwich eaters. We are sorry for the inconvenience. Thank you for your help.

Field Day is on Friday at Fletcher Park! Kindergarten, first and second grades will participate in the morning from 9-11. Third, fourth and fifth grades will participate from 12:10-2:10. We will all eat a picnic lunch together from 11-12 at Partnership. Please join us. It is such fun. If it is raining on Friday, we have a make up day scheduled for Friday, May 11. We will decide by Thursday evening whether to postpone Field Day. We will send an e-mail and a phone message letting you know.

All library books are due on May 18.

April 16, 2007:

Office helpers are needed until the end of the school year . If you are good at answering the phone and taking messages, running errands in the building, and have good people skills, please consider volunteering. The busiest times of the day are 8:00-10:00 am and 2:00-3:00 pm. Please see Mary Hartshorn or Pam Feamster to schedule your office volunteer time. Thank you!

There is a general meeting of the PTA on Thursday night starting at 6 pm. We will be electing officers for President, Vice President, Secretary and Treasurer. Kindergarten and 1st grade are performing. We look forward to seeing you there.

Dates to know:
May 4- Field Day!!!!!!
May 11- Field Day rain date
May 14-18 EOG testing
May 21-24 EOG retakes
May 23- Early release day
May 25- Talent Show
May 28- No School
May 30- 5th grade graduation
May 31- Last Day of School

April 11, 2007:

Welcome back to the last 36 days of school!!! We hope you all enjoyed your break, and that your children are ready to read, write and learn these last 7 weeks.

Over break we had our parking lot re-paved and re-striped. For the safety of our children, we have blocked off an area next to the multipurpose room on the Devereux Street side. We ask that you who walk up to get your children at the end of the day stay in this area. This will help us to make sure that all children are leaving safely with the correct people. Thank you.

Planting Day is this Saturday, April 14, from 8am-12pm. We will be spreading mulch, planting spring flowers and beautifying our campus. Please come, bring your children, and help us dig in the dirt. Stay for an hour or stay all morning. If you are thinning your hostas or other plants, we would love to plant them at school. We always appreciate donations of plants and flowers for our campus. We look forward to seeing you on Saturday.

March 23, 2007:

Enjoy your spring break! Partnership will be back in session on Tuesday April 10th.

March 16, 2007:

Yesterday your child probably came home and told you about the fire alarm at afternoon dismissal. The cause of the alarm was a smoke detector malfunction. The smoke detector was fixed yesterday after school.

Next week Partnership will enjoy the final week before track out with a Spirit Week. Each day will have its own theme:

Monday - Wear your favorite color from head to toe.
Tuesday - Dress like your favorite teacher.
Wednesday - Wear clothing that shows your favorite team.
Thursday - Come to school with crazy hair.
Friday - Wear Partnership Elementary clothing.

Partnership Elementary is excited to annouce that it has received a Best Buy Teach Award! This award comes with a Best Buy Gift Card that will be used to purchase technology related items for the school. In order to be eligible for the prize, schools must be located within 50 miles of a Best Buy store and must submit a written application.

We have scheduled two aditional school tours for the parents/guardians of children selected by Growth Management for the 2007-2008 school year. They will be on Thursday March 22nd and Thursday April 12th at 9:30 am. Please RSVP at 856.8200. The deadline for postmarking your response is Friday April 13th. If you were selected by Growth Management and do not return your acceptance form, you will be assigned to Partnership Elementary for the 2007-2008 school year.

March 11, 2007:

Partnership's PTA Presents: Science Exploration Day

Partnership is ready to bring Science Down to Earth! On Tuesday, March 21st, all Partnership students will be participating in Partnership's first Science Exploration Day. From 9:00 am - 11:00 am, students will be investigating science labs led by volunteers and science leaders in our community. Experiments and labs will be age and curriculum appropriate for each grade level. Science Exploration Day is this year's PTA Spring Fundraiser! Students have been seeking monetary donations through the use of a mailer. So far, we are on target for meeting our goal! The money raised makes it possible for the Partnership PTA to bring unique experiences like this to our school. We want to send out a big thank you to all Partnership partners who have helped us in this endeavor! Get ready, the countdown to launch is on!

March 9, 2007:

Due to a network difficulties, students will NOT bring home their report cards today. Students will bring home their report cards on Monday March 12th.

The fourth grade writing test is Tuesday March 13. Do not be tardy that day. Please make sure your child eats a good breakfast.
Class pictures will be taken on Thursday March 15. You must pay for the class picture ahead of time if you want one.
We had a really wonderful treat on Tuesday. Katherine Hannigan, author of Ida B, came and talked with our 3rd, 4th and 5th graders about her life and her book. Katherine is a good story teller and she told us tales of her animals and of her life in Iowa. She helped illustrate to our students that you can take a moment, a snapshot, and make a story from it. We are fortunate to have had this author at our school courtesy of the fine booksellers at Quail Ridge Books.
Last Saturday we had 4 teams from Partnership compete in the Odyssey of the Mind regional competition. Their performances were terrific. They have been practicing for this competition since October, and their teamwork showed. We are very proud of these fourth and fifth graders.
Mark your calendars for Planting day on April 14 from 8-12. We will be beautifying our campus and planting spring flowers.
We have 2 more weeks left in our spring fundraiser. So far we have raised $10,800. We are SOOOOO close. Science Exploration Day is March 21 from 9-11.
Spring break begins on Friday March 23 at 3:01 pm. School begins again on Tuesday April 9th.
Harris Teeter milk caps earn us five cents each. Please bring them in to the library.
We have begun collecting Campbell's soup labels for Education. Please turn them in to the library.

March 5, 2007:

Congratulations to all four of the Partnership Elementary Odyssey of the Mind Teams! They all did a wonderful job at the eastern regional tournament over the weekend at Wakefield High School.
Wednesday March 7th is an Early Release Day!! School will be dismissing at 12:00 pm.

March 1, 2007:

Tomorrow is Read Across America Day from 9-11am! We will be having lots of visitors stopping by to read with the students. We are also excited to announce that our fabulous new Pop Top House built by one of our very own parents has arrived in the school lobby. It will hold all of the pop tops from our community service project in support of the Ronald McDonald House. Please stop by to see it and bring your pop tops to put inside it!

February 21, 2007:

We want to give you an update on our spring fundraiser. So far we have raised $5200 toward our goal of $12,000.

43-kindergartners have participated
32-1st graders have participated
22-2nd graders have participated
22-3rd graders have participated
26-4th graders have participated
29-5th graders have participated

We are writing the children's names on the library board as they turn their mailer envelopes and donations in. The board is getting FULL. We love that teamwork. It takes everyone's participation to make this fundraiser successful. Please donate what you can so the PTA can continue to buy books for the library, pay for lunch for children who forget their lunch money,and provide plays, speakers, and presenters to enhance our children's education. Thank you.

Team Mercury will be selling doughnuts on Friday morning in the carpool line to raise money for their class gift. They only have 80 dozen doughnuts, so get there early. Doughnuts are $5.00/box.

Please send in all your Boxtops by Friday. We have to turn them in to General Mills by February 28th. Each Boxtop is worth 10 cents for our school. So far this school year we have earned $515 by collecting Boxtops for Education.

February 14, 2007:

As of Tuesday afternoon, 76 students have participated in our spring fundraiser. They have either made a donation or addressed envelopes to mail out to family and friends....or both!!! We hope you all will make a contribution to Partnership to help make our Science Exploration and all the other programs the PTA offers a success for our children. Our net goal for this fundraiser is $12,000. We have raised $2800 so far. We need everyone's participation to ensure that we meet that goal. Addressed envelopes are due on Friday, February 16. Thank you for helping us.

Are you a parent who sits in the carpool line every morning from 7:30-8:00??? Are you a parent who gets to school for afternoon carpool at 2:30? Wow, we could help you use that time wisely. We need some volunteers!! Kindergarten needs volunteers to help with Friday folders every week. 2nd grade needs volunteers to make copies every week. The library needs volunteers to shelf books, tape book covers, and tidy the room every day. Some grades need help with centers, other grades need help during literacy and math times. Please talk with your child's teachers and find out how you can help in the classroom. It takes all of us to educate our children.

February 5, 2007:

Partnership Elementary will make up the February 1st snow day on Monday, February 19, 2007.

February 1, 2007:

WCPSS has closed school due to the winter weather today. Tonight's Parent Information Session is cancelled. Families signed up may come to the Tuesday February 13th session at 6:30pm.

January 24, 2007:

Mr. Pete has been selected as the Carolina Hurricanes Educator of the Game for Tuesday, January 30, 2007 against the Toronto Maple Leafs. Tune in to Fox Sports South at 7pm to see Mr. Pete on TV!

January 18, 2007:

WCPSS has closed school due to the winter weather today. Students should not go out to the bus stop. School will be back in session again tomorrow unless WCPSS makes an announcement otherwise. Be safe today! According to state statute, there will be no make-up day required. NC Department of Public Instruction officials say since school buses were en route to school this morning, there will be no requirement to make up the school day.
Tonight's Parent Information Session has been rescheduled to Thursday February 1st at 6:30 pm.

January 12, 2007:

Mark your calendars for our Science Exploration 2007 on March 21 . The Science Exploration will be the culminating event for our spring fundraiser. More information will come home soon. If you are interested in running an experiment on that day, or if you can help us with science people contacts, please call Ms. Hogan(1st grade) or Ms. Martin(library).

If your child wants to wear his or her Heelys (shoes with wheels) to school, please take the wheels out of them. Thank you.

We are still collecting Boxtops. Each boxtop is worth 10 cents for our school.

3rd graders will take the CogAt on WTHF January 17,18,19.

January 8, 2007:

Welcome back! We hope that you had a safe and restful vacation!

News Archive (Fall 2006)