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Pawcatuck Middle

School

We Believe in You 40 Field Street (860) 599 - 5696

February 17, 2017

Upcoming Dates: February February 20th – NO SCHOOL – President’s Day February 28th – Ice Skate Night at YMCA ice rink from 6-7PM

Panther Tracks PARENTS NEEDED: The PTO needs officers for next year!! Pick any position you'd like, they are all available (President, VP, Secretary, and Treasurer)! Please consider helping out our school and volunteering! I am happy to answer any questions and will give all of the information I've accumulated over the past 3 years to you if it would be helpful! Email me at [email protected] - we have a few months to get a new team in place for next year! :)

March March 7th – PTO Meeting at 6:30 PM in Room 106 March 31st– Basket Bonanza - 6:00 PM

7th and 8th Grade Intramurals Floor Hockey Intramurals for 7th and 8th grade students will be held after school on Wednesday, February 22nd. Students interested in participating must sign-up with Mr. Cawley before the end of the school day on Wednesday in order to participate.

Pawcatuck Middle School Panther Tracks

February 17, 2017

PTO NEWS

- Family skate night is Tuesday, February 28th at the YMCA ice rink from 6-7pm. Admission is free; byo skates or rent a pair for $4. - Please send in any Box Tops for Education labels for our Spring Collection by next Wednesday, February 22. I need to mail them out by next Friday- there is a drop off box in the office. I have bagged up $110 worth so far! - Basket Bonanza and Silent Auction is coming up on Friday, March 31st at 6pm. Please ask your child what their homeroom has chosen for a theme and help fill the classroom basket! We are also looking for any families that are interested in contributing a basket. We had a great selection last year! Many thanks to the families who have already agreed to donate a basket! If you are interested in doing so, please contact Jackie [email protected] or Kristen at [email protected] with your choice of theme. Please see the flyer in PT for an update on some needed items as well- Thank you! - Save the date for the 19th Annual Pawcatuck River Duck Race on Saturday, April 29th, 2017. We will once again be participating in the selling of ducks for the event- ducks will cost $5 each and our school gets to keep $2.85 of this. More details and envelopes will be coming in the following weeks. - Our Spring Book Fair will be the week of April 24-28th. It's BOGO- buy 1 item, get a second item of equal or lesser value for free! We will be needing volunteers during that week to help with the fair and because it is my last book fair, I am looking for someone to take over as chairperson for next year. Any volunteers? I promise it is not a hard job and I will work with you during this spring fair to show you the ropes- please email me (Kristen [email protected]) if you are interested in running the bookfairs at PMS (there are 2/yr)! - Also--- the PTO needs officers for next year!! Pick any position you'd like, they are all available (President, VP, Secretary, and Treasurer)! Please consider helping out our school and volunteering! I am happy to answer any questions and will give all of the information I've accumulated over the past 3 years to you if it would be helpful! Email me at [email protected] we have a few months to get a new team in place for next year! :) - Our next PTO meeting is Tuesday, March 7th at 6:30pm in Room 106- everyone is welcome! - 8th GRADE PARENTS- it is almost time to begin planning the end of year party for our soon to be graduates! We hope to have an initial meeting at the beginning of March once the kids have picked their "theme"- we will need lots of help to make this a successful event and a fun time! As soon as I know any details, I will pass them along and we can get going on the planning process

REMINDER: YOU CAN ALSO ACCESS OUR PANTHER TRACKS NEWSLETTER FROM OUR PAWCATUCK MIDDLE SCHOOL WEBSITE. http://www.stoningtonschools.org/schools/pawcatuck-middle-school/newsevents/panther-tracks

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Panther Tracks

February 17, 2017 , 2016

​Basket Raffle Update

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We are in need of:

** Donations of wire ribbon or bows for baskets- if you have extra craft ribbon that you are willing to donate (doesn’t matter the pattern) please send it in to school to the office. ** Baskets or plastic containers- medium to large size (clean please)- send in to the school office and we will collect them.

We will be sending out a Sign-up genius email asking for volunteers prior to and for the evening of the Basket Raffle (Friday, March 31st) to help with various jobs (wrapping the baskets, set up, ticket sales, basket runners, bakers, bake sale table, clean up, etc). This is a huge event that requires the help of many people to be successful! Please consider contributing some of your time or donating something for our bake sale to help us make this a successful evening for all three Pawcatuck schools and our community!

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Pawcatuck Middle School Panther Tracks

February 17, 2017

All#Pawcatuck#Middle# Families#are#invited#to#a#

FREE## Ice#Skating# Night## Tuesday,#February28, 2017#

5:45#skate#rental#/#6#J#7#p.m.#ICE#use#

at#the#Westerly#Outdoor#Rink# Le t’s ge t toge the r to ce le br ate family, fr ie nds hip, and he althy activitie s ! Op e n t o P a w c a t uc k Mid d le S c h o o l f a milie s o nly -

$4 SKATE RENTAL not included

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