President's Note Hello Evergreen Families! We are moving ahead with our school improvements projects with an artist and contractor visiting the gymnasium this week to give us quotes for the mural, basketball hoops, and various other work. We will discuss the quotes at our next General Membership Meeting on Tues, March 15th at 6:30pm and vote on the way forward. We’d love for you to join us! We are also soliciting nominations for individuals interested in serving as officers on the PTA Executive Board for the 2022-23 school year - President, Vice President, Treasurer & Secretary. Please feel free to nominate yourself! Thank you! Krista Krista Long 2021-22 EEPTA President president@eepta.com |
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Upcoming Events | | Tuesday, March 8 | | | Friday, March 11 | | | Tuesday, March 15 | | | Friday, March 18 | | | Monday, March 21 | | | Tuesday, March 22 | | | Wednesday, March 23 | | | Thursday, March 24 | | | Monday, March 28 | | | Tuesday, March 29 | | | Wednesday, March 30 | | | Thursday, March 31 | | | Friday, April 1 | |
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| EEPTA 2022-22 Executive Board Members Needed Hello Evergreen Families! The PTA Nominating Committee is soliciting nominations for individuals interested in serving as officers on the PTA Executive Board for the 2022-23 school year. We are looking to collect names of people who you feel would be a great fit to be a PTA Officer (President, Vice President, Treasurer & Secretary). Please feel free to nominate yourself. Our PTA does wonderful things for our students, staff and families. We welcome new faces and fresh ideas! **Filling out this form does not commit anyone, it just lets us know you are interested, so we can reach out!** https://forms.gle/7XnCMVwWuSjNeEur7
TOGETHER WE CAN DO A LOT! |
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| 2021-2022 YEARBOOKS ARE ON SALE NOW! NEW YEARBOOK ORDER INFORMATION!
Hardcover books - $25 Softcover books - $20 5th Grade Dedications -$10 Fan Mail - $5
Yearbook sales end April 16, 2022! Fan Mail & 5th Grade Dedication orders end April 1, 2022!
There is some new information about ordering your yearbook. If you have already ordered your yearbook this change will not affect you. If you use the Herff Jones site to order a yearbook you will be charged a new service fee. To avoid the service fee you can order your yearbook on the Evergreen PTA website. Go to https://eepta.membershiptoolkit.com/Open_Forms to order your yearbooks, Fan Mail, and 5th grade Dedications. A paper order form will be sent home with students if you prefer to pay with cash or check.
If you have any photos of your students that you would like to submit for use in the yearbook please go to www.hjeshare.com. Our school code is evergreeneagles.
For any questions email yearbook@eepta.com |
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| Thank You for your Evergreen Food Pantry Donations Thank you so much for all of your donations to the Evergreen Food Pantry this week! The Pantry is stocked. While the food drive has concluded, we accept donations throughout the entire school year. You can send unexpired and unopened items to school with your child, drop them off at the school in the foyer or feel free to donate online at https://eepta.membershiptoolkit.com/form/m/174634. We are still in need of bottled water for students that forget their refillable bottles. So, we are still asking for donations of cases of bottled water please - the 8oz plastic bottles are preferred. You can drop the water off at the school during the school day. Thank you so much for your generosity!! |
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Evergreen PTA Spirit Wear Store is Now Open!! Hello Evergreen Families. Check out the NEW Evergreen Elementary School Spirit Wear Store for the latest Spirit Wear apparel. Spirit Wear t-shirts are perfect for school Spirit Days and Field Trips. Spirit Wear items also make great gifts for grandparents and teachers. As always, all proceeds help support the Evergreen Elementary School PTA.
Please visit https://eepta.membershiptoolkit.com/SpiritWear to place your order.
Quantity and sizes are limited so orders yours today!
**Please order carefully as all sales are final and refund will not be given. Please allow 4 weeks for delivery of Spirit Wear items. Contact Courtney Hunter at spiritwear@eepta.com with any questions.** |
| Attention Parents! Update your EEPTA.com Account It’s time to update your family information in the EEPTA database. Updating your information is simple. Simply log in to www.EEPTA.com and a blue “Notice” should appear under the banner. Simply click where it says “Please take a moment and review it here”. You will then be prompted to update your contact information, student information (aka 2021-2022 Teacher Assignment and/or addition of any new students), and your directory preferences. Directory access will only be available to paid members. Please feel free to contact Courtney Hunter at website@eepta.com with any questions. |
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| March Cafeteria Volunteers Thank you to all of you who have taken time out of your day to help out during lunch time! Volunteering during lunch is a great way to help the Evergreen community as well as say "Hello" to your own child during lunch. You can help out in only your child's grade or stay to help other grade levels also, if you would like. It is easy and a huge help to the EES staff! Please check out the link below to find a date/time that is convenient for you. To sign up to volunteer in the month of February, please use the link below. 2022 March Lunch Volunteer Sign Up |
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We have several awesome Spirit Nights set up for the month of March! When you participate in these events, EES gets a percentage of the sales back. Thank you to everyone who has participated so far this school year! |
| Our Chick-Fil-A Spirit Night is March 8th Please support EES on March 8th during our CHICK-FIL-A mobile order Spirit Night, from 5-8pm! This fundraiser takes place at the Chick-Fil-A Brandermill location on Hull St. Directions for mobile ordering will come home in the Wednesday envelopes and they will be on the EES PTA Facebook page. It's so easy and we will get 10% back on ALL mobile orders that evening! |
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| Our Next Noodles & Co. Spirit Night is March 11th Our next Noodles & Co Spirit Night will be on Thursday, March 11th from 4-8pm at the Alverser Rd. location. Order some noodles for your family, online or in person, and EES receives 25% back from those orders, just let them know that you are with Evergreen.
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| Our Next EEPTA PAPA JOHN'S Spirit Nights are March 22nd - 24th Order all day at any of the RVA PAPA JOHN'S locations for carryout or delivery between March 22nd - 24th and 10% of your order will be donated back to the school. Just let them know you are an EES family on the phone or order online at papajohns.com and type in EVERGREEN in the PROMO code box. We are still trying to get as many orders as we can for our Dollars for Dough competition, where we have a chance to win up to 10,000$!! All orders will also count towards the Papa Johns D4D contest (250 orders using our school code are required by the end of May 2022 for us to qualify for a chance to win). For the 2020-21 D4D contest we won $1000! Help us win more this year.Please feel free to share our school code EVERGREEN with your family and friends. Thank you for your support! |
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Ways to Help Support the EEPTA |
BOX TOPS FOR EDUCATION Start earning free money for Evergreen Elementary simply by taking a picture of your receipt. Just download the Box Tops for Education app, create an account, use the zip code 23114 to find and select Evergreen Elementary as your school. Then you are ready to start earning free cash for our school! It’s a quick and easy way to help support the Evergreen PTA. So, download the app and sign up today! *And yes, we will still be collecting the clipped box tops until all the products go to the new scanning option. |
| ATTENTION KROGER SHOPPERS Are you a Kroger shopper? If so, you can connect your shopper's card to Kroger's Community Rewards program in just a few clicks and Kroger will give a percentage of your purchases to Evergreen. It's a very simply way for Evergreen to earn money! • Simply log in to your Kroger account at www.kroger.com (or create an account if you do not already have one). Your loyalty card number is connected to this account. • Find "Your Account" then scroll down through your Account Settings until you reach "Community Rewards". • Enter Evergreen's information. Our # is KN213. Simply select our school! |
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PAPA JOHN’S DOLLARS 4 DOUGH 4.0 CONTEST Supporting our school is easy as pie! Take a night off from cooking and order from Papa John’s. When you enter our school code, EVERGREEN, in the promo code box, our school will receive 10% of all online sales using the code AND Papa John’s will donate 1 FREE PIZZA for every 10 orders. Order as many times as you would like to eat pizza! Anyone can help support your school even if they don’t have a current student so share your school code with family members, friends and coworkers or anyone that wants to support your teachers and families. |
| CALLING ALL AMAZON SHOPPERS! Did you know that Evergreen Elementary PTA could receive 0.5% of your Amazon purchases? Simply shop Amazon through Amazon Smile and Amazon will donate directly to EEPTA. How to get started: 1. Gotosmile.amazon.comand login with your existing Amazon or Amazon Prime account2. 2. Hover over “Supporting: [Charity Name]” and select “Change” if you are not already signed up to support Evergreen Elementary PTA. You can also click on “Account & Lists >Your AmazonSmile > Change Charity” 3. SearchforEvergreenElementary PTA 4. Select Evergreen Elementary PTA in Midlothian from the list of options. 5. Begin Shopping! |
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Join the PUBLIX REWARDS PROGRAM and help earn money for Evergreen Elementary. Publix Partners is turning groceries into education. Over the years, Publix Partners has donated more than $36 million to over 4,600 schools and organizations. And participating is easy. • Simply sign up for a Publix.com account. • Find "Your Account" then scroll over through your Account Settings until you reach "MY PUBLIX PARTNER". • Then search for and select EVERGREEN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. • Then just enter your phone number every time you check out and Publix will give a percentage of your purchases back to Evergreen. It's a very simply way for Evergreen to earn money! |
| CLOTHING TO CASH RECYCLING PROGRAM Donate your gently used clothing in the bins located in the Evergreen parking lot to earn money for our school! Items in ALL conditions, unwanted, outgrown and out of style. The following are accepted: All Clothing (New and Used Women's, Men's and Children's clothing, coats, etc.) All Footwear (Shoes, sneakers, boots, cleats, etc.) Textiles (Bedding, sheets, blankets, towels) Accessories (Handbags, backpacks, gloves, scarves, jewelry, wallets) Toys (Stuffed animals)
Items NOT accepted: Furniture Food Foam cushions Plastic items
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Thank you for Supporting Evergreen Elementary PTA! All donations go directly to supporting programs and activities that benefit your student and their school! |
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