President's Note Hello Parents and Guardians! I can't believe it is already in February! This month, we have some fun activities coming up. February 9th is our annual K-3rd Grade Sweetheart Dance and on February 27th we will have our general PTA Membership meeting along with a special Community Event sponsored by the PTA Executive Board- an evening with everyone’s favorite Richmond celebrity- Jonathan the Juggler! This is a FREE event for all Evergreen Families so we hope you will join us!! We also will be starting our Spring Before School Enrichment classes at the end of the month- don’t forget the deadline to register for BSE and to RSVP for the K-3rd Grade Sweetheart Dance is Friday, February 2nd. Did you know that February is the National PTA Founder’s Month? Every year, the PTA works to ensure all students have the support they need for a successful school year. This year already, we have had 400+ Evergreen families make the commitment to the PTA. But we would like to reach our goal of 450 members for this year and it isn’t too late for you to help and join the PTA. For just $7 (individual) or $14 (family), you can make a difference for your child and the children at Evergreen. Together we CAN do a lot. GO EAGLES! Thank you, Sarah Werner-Ellis PTA President President@eepta.com |
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| 2023-2024 PTA Executive Board
President: Sarah Werner-Ellis Vice President: Mary Budny Treasurer: Mary Narum Secretary: Christy Bush |
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THANK YOU to our February Community Business Sponsor MARI KOTZE THANK YOU to our February Community Business Sponsor, MARI KOTZE, with CABELL CHILDRESS GROUP, for sponsoring a special Valentine's Day Treat Bar for our Evergreen Staff. |
| PTA Meeting Information Our PTA believes that families are one of the essential ingredients we need to ensure a high-quality education and experience for every student at Evergreen Elementary. That is why this year, we are bringing back in-person PTA meetings, and to make our meetings more engaging, we are aligning each monthly meeting with a family-friendly program, guest speaker, or school event. We want everyone to feel welcome and be able to attend these important meetings and events. Children are welcome to attend, and we will have games, books, and other items to help entertain them; however, we ask that parents/guardians remain responsible for their children in attendance. Remember… ALL parents/guardians are welcome and encouraged to attend monthly PTA meetings. You do not need to be a PTA member to attend a meeting, but we hope you will become a PTA member because increased membership will help us to build a stronger Evergreen Elementary Community. Below is a list of our meetings for this school year. We hope to see you! February 27 @ 6 pm- PTA Meeting & Family Fun Night with Jonathan the Juggler @ 6:30 pm March 26 @ 6 pm- PTA Meeting & Guest Speaker TBD April 23 @ 6 pm- PTA Meeting & 5th Grade Talent Show @ 6:30 pm May 28 @ 6 pm- PTA Meeting/Elections & Middle School Information & Preparation Panel @ 6:30 pm
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| K- 3rd Sweet Heart Dance
The PTA is excited to be hosting the Sweetheart Dance again this year! This is a special night for Kindergarten-Third Grade Students and a date of their choice (one adult only please, including parents/grandparents/relatives). The dance will be held on Friday, February 9, 2024, from 6:30-8 pm at Evergreen. The cost is $5 per couple (student and one guest), and this includes admission and a lot of fun! Please CLICK HERE to RSVP below by Friday, February 2, 2024. We hope to see you there! VOLUNTEERS WANTED! Interested? Please CLICK HERE. Any questions, please email Erin Broughton erinlee722@yahoo.com (Dance Co-Chair) |
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| 2023-24 Yearbook On Sale Now! Capture this significant year with a yearbook. Ensure that your student doesn't miss the opportunity to cherish these unique memories. Order their 2023-24 yearbook today! Click here to reserve a copy of the 2023-2024 Evergreen Elementary School yearbook today! |
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| Mileage Club Update Mileage Club is coming back! Spring dates start Wednesday, March 13 and Friday, March 15! We will run through May and have more info on our end of year celebration in the coming months! (No Mileage Club March 29, April 3, 5 or 10). As a reminder, we will need to cancel if the temperature is below 32 degrees - March can be iffy! We look forward to seeing the kids back on the track!
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| Join the EEPTA Membership for the 2023-24 School Year For only $7 (or $14 for a family membership) you can help support the Evergreen Elementary PTA. The EEPTA serves as a forum where parents, teachers, administrators, staff, and other concerned adults discuss ways to promote quality education, strive to expand the arts, encourage community involvement, and work for a healthy environment and safe neighborhoods. Becoming a member of the PTA shows that you want to help support the programs and events that help enhance students' experiences at our school. It does not obligate you to attend the PTA meetings or volunteer. While we would love for everyone to attend, we understand families are busy during the school year and have other important commitments. Minutes are available and posted online for you to review. However, attending meetings and volunteering at any of the several PTA sponsored events provide opportunities to meet other parents. Always feel free to contact us if you have any ideas, suggestions, or comments.
For membership questions please reach out to our membership chair at membership@eepta.com.
Please click here to join! |
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| February Cafeteria Volunteers Volunteers are needed during the lunch times for each grade at Evergreen. Helping during lunch includes assisting the kids open packages, getting condiments/napkins or simply answering questions. Volunteering in this way really helps the teachers be able to have an actual lunch break. You can sign up for your child’s grade and stay to help out other grades if you would like! It is a very flexible volunteer opportunity! You simply check in at the front office as usual, and then grab a volunteer apron and start helping out the kids! Please click here to sign up. We look forward to seeing you at lunchtime! Thanks for volunteering!
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| K-Cup Coffee Donations For Staff Lounge Help us stock the teachers lounge with K-cups for them to start their day off right or for a well deserved pick me up throughout the day!!
Click HERE to donate! |
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| Watch D.O.G.S. is Back! Watch D.O.G.S. (Dads of Great Students) is back. This year there has also been a change to include Watch M.O.M.S (Moms of Marvelous Students). We would like to invite our dads, moms, granddads, grandmoms, uncles, aunts and other role models of our students to join us and volunteer to spend a half day here at Evergreen. Watch D.O.G.S. (Dads of Great Students) and Watch M.O.M.S (Moms of Marvelous Students) is a National program designed to get positive role models to volunteer in the school ONE DAY a year in order to inspire child(ren) in our school. ONE DAY is all it takes to make a huge difference. But we're pretty sure you'll enjoy yourself so much you'll be ready to sign up more than once.
We ask that you only sign up a maximum of 2 times to start so that everyone who would like can have an opportunity to join us. You will be scheduled to support classrooms and will be in your students room at least for part of the day. You can sign up for a morning or afternoon slot. We will request that you arrive a little early so that we can get you signed in to volunteer. We are providing 2 spots a day to create more opportunities to come in and support our students. We will begin October 16th, so we hope to see many of you here. Feel free to email Mrs. Davis at summer_davis@ccpsnet.net if you have any questions.
To sign up to be a Watch D.O.G. please CLICK HERE!
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| Volunteers Needed Evergreen Elementary PTA plans many educational and social events for the children throughout the school year. The PTA Volunteer Program is one of the best ways that parents can support the students and staff at our school. We know that parents today juggle very busy schedules and the Evergreen Elementary PTA strives to offer many opportunities in ways each of you can help. Please click here to review the brief descriptions of each volunteer area and indicate your preliminary interests. Your contact information will then be forwarded to the PTA board member or committee chair that is pulling together that activity and they will be in touch with you. Thanks for volunteering! |
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We have several awesome Spirit Nights set up for the month of February! When you participate in these events, EES gets a percentage of the sales back. Thank you in advance for your participation! |
| Our EEPTA PAPA JOHN'S Spirit Week is February 22nd - 28th Order all day at any of the RVA PAPA JOHN'S locations for carryout or delivery from February 22nd - 28th and 20% 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. All orders also count toward Dollars for Dough competition, where we have a chance to win up to $10,000 (250 orders using our school code are required by the end of May 2024 for us to qualify for a chance to win)!! Please feel free to share our school code EVERGREEN with your family and friends. This code can be used ANY time you place an order at Papa John's-not just during our Spirit Weeks! Thank you for your support! |
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Ways to Help Support the EEPTA |
| Box Top 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 on your phone, 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! You can even scan receipts from grocery delivery. Our goal for the year is $2500 and all funds raised will go to support our teachers in their classrooms with needed supplies- so far, we have earned $25 towards our goal. |
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| Papa John's Pizza 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. |
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| 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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| Publix Rewards Program 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! |
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| Clothing For 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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| Evergreen Food Pantry Help keep our Evergreen Elementary Food Pantry stocked. Donations directly benefit our Evergreen family. Please send unexpired and unopened items to school with your child or feel free to drop them off at the school in the bins located outside the main doors at any time throughout the year. Needed items: Instant oatmeal, Cereal, Breakfast bars, Granola bars, Pop tarts, Crackers, Canned tuna fish, Canned chicken, Canned fruit & veggies, Small jars/containers mayonnaise, Peanut butter, Jelly, Individually packaged snacks (cookies, chips, goldfish, pretzels, etc), Crackers, Macaroni & cheese, Ramen noodles, Pasta & pasta sauce (no glass pls), Beans (bagged, canned, Soups, Rice, Microwave meals (not frozen), Tooth brushes & tooth paste, Sample size soaps/shampoos, Tissues/toilet paper, Laundry detergent “pods”/supplies, Deodorant , $20-$25 gift cards to grocery stores Thank you in advance for your support! |
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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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