We will be celebrating Right to Read Week March 11th – 15th this year. Our theme is an Ocean Theme – Reading Leads to an OCEAN of Possibilities. Check out the week's events belwo so that you can start to plan.

Monday, March 11th: We Shore Do Love Reading – Dress like your favorite book character!

Tuesday, March 12th: Favorite Ocean Animal Day – Bring your favorite SMALL ocean stuffed animal to read with!

Wednesday, March 13th: Dress for the Beach! – Wear Hawaiian shirts and/or bright colors!

Thursday, March 14th: Sunny Day Reading – Wear your sunglasses and hats!

Friday, March 15th: Dig into Reading – Wear your Violet Spirit wear and bring in your favorite book to read during DEAR time!

Some other additional fun activities planned by the Right to Read Week Committee include: The scholastic Bookfair, Author visit, and a Children's Theatre performance. Please watch for more info as we get closer.

If you are interested in learning more about this program, please check out the attached information.

Check out this weeks WATCH DOGs. Thanks for hanging out.

In February we have actively learned much about African American Innovators, Activists, Artists, Scientists and much more. Check out some of the great work we have hanging in our halls to highlight some of our favorites.

Staff shout outs are nominated by both staff peers and community members. We are always looking for ways to acknowledge the wonderful things here at Violet.

If you have a staff member that you would like to give a shout out to, please send a brief email to lynsey_comer@plsd.us

We are getting ready for our Spring testing season, beginning with our Social Emotional student screener- Panorama. Ohio is an "opt-out" state, which means unless a parent completes and returns the letter attached by March 1st, then their child will be administered the survey. Here at Violet Elementary, we will be taking the surveys the week of March 4th.

Any student will be sent home if he or she has a temperature of 100 degrees or higher, vomiting, diarrhea, or signs and symptoms of a possible communicable disease.

Please keep students home until they remain fever-free for 24 hours without the aid of medication and are free of vomiting or diarrhea symptoms for 24 hours prior to returning to school.

All children with suspicious rashes must be excluded from school until the rash has been determined non-contagious by a doctor.

For any questions, please reach out.

Get the Pickerington Local Schools MLK celebration and CommUNITY Cultural Festival on your calendar and come and check out some wonderful performances, awards and fellowship. We hope to see many of you there.

Our MLK celebration is NEXT WEEK! We'd love to see our Violet families in attendance.

One volunteer is needed for the PLSD PTO scholarship committee! The volunteer will need to participate in two virtual meetings totalling 2.5 hours plus a self-paced review of applications from PLSD seniors over a two-week window. The volunteer does not need to be a member of the PTO board; any parent or caregiver within Violet Elementary School qualifies. If interested, please email violetelementarypto@gmail.com

Reminder: you know that you can link your Kroger rewards card to various organizations within the community- Violet's PTO is one of those. It is very simple, and doesn't impact your own personal Kroger rewards.

Selecting the organization that you wish to support is as simple as updating the Kroger Community Rewards selection on your digital account.

1. Sign in to your digital account.

2. Search for your organization here.

3. Select 'Violet PTO'

4. Click “Save”

Thanks for always supporting our Violet community.

Feb. 27th MLK Celebration & Awards at Violet Baptist Church 6-8pm

March 8th End of 3rd Grading Period

March 11-15 Right to Read Week (Ocean Theme this year)

March 15th Preschool Screenings for 2024-2025

March 16th Pickerington CommUNITY Festival at Toll Gate Middle School 10am-2pm

March 25-29 SPRING BREAK