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Week of 5/4 - Staff Appreciation Week

5/5 & 5/6 - 4th Grade Reading SOL

5/6 - 5th Grade Science SOL

5/9- Last Day to order yearbook with custom pages and to have it shipped to school

5/11 - 2nd Grade Field Trip: Science in the Park

5/12- PTCO Meeting - Final meeting for 25/26 SY, 6:30pm

5/13- Five Guys Spirit Night, 5-9pm

5/12 - 4th Grade VA Studies SOL

5/12 & 5/13 - 5th Grade Math SOL

5/13 & 5/14 - 3rd Grade Math SOL

5/14 & 5/15 - 4th Grade Math SOL
5/19 - Last day of the SOL testing window

5/20 - Picture Day (Individual and Class)

5/21 - Multi Cultural Night, 5pm - 7pm

5/22 - Lockdown Drill

5/22 - Forest Park High School Graduation Walk @Pattie

5/25 - No School: Memorial Day

5/26 - 6/5 - SOL Retake Window

5/27 - No School: Eid Holiday

6/3 - Dairy Queen Spirit Night

6/11 - 5th Grade Promotion, 6pm - 8pm (Pattie's Cafeteria) *Must have a ticket for entry

6/12 - Last Day of School (half day, early release for students)

Because of scheduling conflicts, the date of spring pictures had to be changed. Individual and class spring pictures will now take place on Wednesday, May 20th. This would typically be an Element Wednesday, but kids are free to wear other clothing that day for pictures.

See the flyer below for information.

Orders made by May 9th will be shipped directly to the school; any orders after May 9th will be shipped to home address.

Order yearbooks online at: https://www.treering.com/purchase?PassCode=1017152613622301

Use passcode: 1017152613622301

Just a reminder that you can start having your health forms (asthma, allergy, seizure, or any other health treatment plans) filled out for the upcoming school year! Any health forms filled out after May 1 are good for the next school year. Reach out to Mrs. Forester (Forestjk@pwcs.edu) if you have questions or need forms!

Any current medications in the clinic must be picked up prior to Friday June 12 at 11AM. Any medications not picked up prior to that time will be destroyed per PWCS policy.

See the information in the flyer below.

Pattie wrapped up the month of the military child with several students joining our morning show to share their experiences of being a child in a military family.

Pattie has a new boulder on its grounds, and our 5th grade leaders recently painted it blue. Soon, all of our 5th graders will begin the tradition of adding their names on the rock, which will remain there through the following school year.

We have had quite the fun times in the Library over the last few weeks! Before we recap those, here is the FIRST REMINDER: ALL LIBRARY BOOKS DUE MAY 26th!!!

Our Treasured Tales Book Fair wrapped up right at the very end of March! It was our most successful fair with Literati so far, and we sold over $19,000 in books! We are working very hard to get the books we bought at the fair ready to hit the shelves. We are also thinking carefully about what exciting new titles we can add to our collection... Thank you to our whole Pattie Community for all of your help to make this such a successful event—we couldn't do it without any of our volunteers or shoppers. We are already in planning mode for Campfire Magic: Coming October 2026...!

Immediately following Book Fair, we hosted author/illustrator, Scott Magoon! He was an amazing guest, and we loved hearing all about his ideas, his process, and getting to ask questions. Thank you so much to our fabulous Pattie PTCO and the PWCS Expanding Arts Education Opportunity Grant Art for making this experience possible for our Pattie Panthers!

The Gardening Club and Encore team planned three days of eco-friendly activities to get us thinking about how we can help our beautiful planet! All students played Bee-bag toss, planted flower seeds, did instrument waggle dances, pollinated flowers, raced in a recycling relay, threw pollen at a giant bee, and coded a bee to get to a flower. We hope they were all abuzz when they got home each day!

Congratulations to the student work that was selected for display at the All-County Arts Festival!

As we get closer to summer, it is important for ALL students to remember to dress appropriately for PE. Please do not send students to school in crocs or flip flops on PE days.

This month’s PTCO meeting will focus on recapping our bingo night and staff appreciation week as well as voting in our 2026/2027 PTCO Board. Nominations are now open for all Elected Officer positions for next school year. If you are a PTCO member, you have received an email with more information about nominations. Elections will be held immediately following the PTCO meeting on Tuesday, May 12, 2026.

The meeting will take place in Pattie's library, and you can join virtually through zoom, as well.

PTCO Zoom Link: https://pwcs-zm-edu.zoom.us/j/86987817532?pwd=YlRlZm5rTlpNcVl1a2tqWUV1TGsvUT09

*Note this date has been changed from our usual first Wednesday of the month spirit night to accommodate Five Guys availability

Join us at Five Guys in Fortuna Center Plaza for this delicious fundraiser! 20% of sales of the evening comes back to the PTCO to support our events, staff appreciation and funding field trips. Thank you for your support of our spirit nights throughout the year, they make a huge difference in what we do!

Thank you for supporting our 2026 Bingo Night Fundraiser! We’re so grateful to our volunteers and sponsors who helped us pull off a fun time for all. 116 prizes were won and we had 40 bingos! If you visit a prize sponsor to redeem your prize, please let them know that you’re there from Pattie and that we appreciate their investment into our school community! Together we are Pattie Strong

The Pattie PTCO is all volunteer run and needs your help. There are lots of opportunities to get involved, like working a shift at Pattie events, attending meetings and sharing your ideas, scanning your receipts for Box Tops, dressing up as Pattie Panther, helping stock the staff lounge snack cart, and more. Join here and tell us how you would like to help.

*If you joined in previous years, you will need to rejoin for the 25-26 school year.*

PTCO Facebook Page - The Pattie PTCO Facebook page is active and a great place to get more information, see reminders and ask questions.

Pattie PTCO Linktree - This link is updated with resources you may need related to the PTCO.

If you have any questions, ideas, or would like to help in any way, please feel free to contact us at any time at PattiePTCO@gmail.com.