PES Monthly Memo

This month, our PBIS focus is Gratitude! We will be encouraging students to recognize and appreciate the people, experiences, and little things that make a positive difference in their lives. Gratitude can be shown in many ways, including saying thank you, recognizing someone’s kindness, helping others, and taking time to appreciate what we have. We want students to understand that showing gratitude not only makes others feel valued but also helps create a positive and caring school community. Throughout November, encourage your child to look for opportunities to show appreciation and spread a little kindness each day!

Parent/Teacher conferences will be held Wednesday, November 4, and Thursday, November 5, from 2:00-7:30 PM. Those days will also be 1:35 PM dismissals for PES students.

We are thrilled to share that TEN Pecatonica Elementary Teachers have been officially nominated for the prestigious Golden Apple Award!

The Golden Apple Award honors outstanding educators who inspire, motivate, and make a profound difference in the lives of their students. This nomination is a wonderful testament to our teacher's hard work, compassion, and dedication to our classroom community every single day.

Please join us in congratulating the following nominees on this well-deserved recognition!

• Amanda Benney (Kindergarten)
• Tina Clark (Reading Intervention)
• Sydney DeWall (1st Grade)
• Sarah Dulaney (Kindergarten)
• Megan Garcia (2nd Grade)
• Angela Hoffman (1st Grade)
• Jessica Lalowski (2nd/3rd Grade Looping)
• Eric Meyer (Music)
• Chelsea Rawhoof (2nd/3rd Grade Looping)
• Katie Sneek (PreK/EC)

On October 19, Illusionist David Corn returned to PES to amaze us all with his skills. In addition to performing his tricks and illusions, David delivered messages to students about resilience, responsibility, and kindness.

A special thanks goes out to Pastor Dave Meyers from First Baptist Church of Pecatonica (and PCUSD Bus Driver!) for sponsoring Mr. Corn's visit to Pecatonica Elementary. The kids had a great time!

Throughout the 1st quarter, Kindergarten learned their colors and dressed in all the colors of the rainbow every Wednesday. They finished off the year dressing in all the colors of the rainbow. On the final color day, Mrs. DeLaGarza's kindergarten class celebrated by reading David McKee's Elmer, a book about a cheerful, multicoloured elephant with a patchwork pattern of yellow, orange, red, pink, purple, blue, green, black, and white. In addition to reading the story, they created their own Elmer headbands!

Mrs. Garcia's spent class time writing and rehearsing a script for their Monster-themed Reader's Theater. As a surprise, they then took their acting skills to the other 2nd grade classrooms and performed their scripts. They all did such a great job and the other classes were entertained!

On Friday, October 30, PES celebrated Halloween by dressing up and parading for parents, families, and community members. They followed up with classroom parties where all of our ghouls and goblins played games and snacked on Halloween treats.

• November 4 & 5 – P/T Conferences
• 1:35 Dismissals

• Conferences 2:00-4:00 & 5:00-8:00

• November 6: No School

• November 18 – 1:35 Dismissal

• November 25, 26, & 27 – Thanksgiving Break - No School

• December 2 - 1:35 dismissal
• December 7 – 2nd Grade Concert - 6:30 PM @ PHS Commons
• December 11 – SIP Day - 11:05 Dismissal
• December 14 – 4th Grade Concert - 6:30 PM @ PHS Commons
• December 18–
• 1:35 Dismissal
• End of 2nd Qtr.
• December 21-31 – Winter Break - No School