Periwinkle News

PTT Scores Big!

We are so lucky to have such a great parent organization at Periwinkle Elementary. Recently the PTT helped fund the ordering of new playground equipment. The contribution was about $11,000.00 in cash and solicited companies for the concrete and the setup. We will be asking for volunteers to help put the equipment together when we know more about the shipping.

Another great present to the school was the painting and decorating of the primary-side bathrooms.  Both bathrooms were dark and dated. The girl’s bathroom was completed last spring painted in pink with owls. The boy was just completed with a Star Wars theme. The students love them!

Every year the PTT supplements our school’s budget with classroom grants as well as funds for the purchasing of technology. We recently ordered additional Chromebooks with a $1,500.00 gift. Teachers receive $100.00 each for their classroom.

We are so grateful! 

Fitness Fundraiser

We had our best Fitness Fundraiser in years. We grossed over $7,000.00! A good share of these funds is going toward the purchase of 30 Chromebooks. The Kindergarten will use the funds they raised toward their Spring Field Trip.

The names of the top six students who brought in the most in donations were put into a drawing for putting a pie in the face of the principal. Paislee Woodstock did the honors at the closing assembly October 28th.

Gran Resultado del PTT!

Nosotros somos tan afortunados en tener una organización de grandes padres en Periwinkle Elementary. Recientemente el PTT ayudó con el pedido para comprar el nuevo equipo para el área de juego. La contribución fue cerca de $11,000.00 en efectivo y solicitó a las compañías para el concreto y para montarlo. Nosotros estaremos pidiendo a los voluntarios para ayudar a poner junto el equipo cuando sabemos más de cuando están enviándolo.

Otro gran presente a la escuela fue la pintura y decoración de los baños del lado de los primarios.  Ambos baños fueron oscuros y muy pasados. El baño de las niñas fue completado y pintado de rosita con unos búhos la primavera pasada. El de los niños fue completado con el tema de Star Wars. Los estudiantes están muy contentos con sus nuevos baños!

Cada año el PTT suplementa con el presupuesto de nuestra escuela con becas para las clases también además con fondos para comprar cosas de tecnología.  Nosotros recientemente hicimos los pedidos de los Chromebooks por medio de un regalo de $1,500.00.  Los maestros recibieron  $100.00 cada uno para sus clases.

Nosotros estamos muy agradecidos!

 Recaudación de fondos

Nosotros hemos tenido nuestra mayor Recaudación de Fondos en años. Nosotros hemos recolectado más de  $7,000.00! Una Buena porción de estos fondos irán para la compra de 30 Chromebooks. Los del Kindergarten usarán estos fondos que han recolectado para un Viaje en la Primavera.

Los nombres de los seis estudiantes que han recolectado la mayor de las donaciones participaron de un sorteo para poner un pastel en la cara de nuestro principal. Paislee Woodstock tuvo el honor de hacerlo durante nuestra asamblea el 28 de Octubre.

The School Board continues to review facility needs for a possible bond proposal for next spring. The District will host a series of community meetings in October to gather input about community priorities, which will help the Board develop a final bond proposal for next May

A proposal could include:

• Projects to upgrade existing schools for instructional programs
  Safety and security projects
• Maintenance projects to protect the community’s investments in school buildings
• New elementary schools to relieve overcrowding and manage growth
• Reconstruction of buildings that need large-scale repair and renovation

Please join us and share your input. All meetings are planned for 6-7:30 p.m.

• Oct. 5: Timber Ridge
• Oct. 12: Oak Grove Elementary
• Oct. 20: West Albany High School
• Oct. 26: South Albany High School

More than 60 fifth-grade students took over the school library at Periwinkle Elementary School this week. The students will use the temporary classroom space until the new modular classrooms are ready in mid-September.

The students from Kristyn Kohler’s (pictured, right) and Mercedes Strowbridge’s classrooms will share the library space and learn as a group until they split up during the move to the new classrooms.

The new classroom space is being added at the school because of high enrollment growth in the attendance area.

GAPS submitted water samples for lead testing at all schools and facilities this summer. The labs are returning results as fast as possible but have high demand from school districts around the state.

We are repairing and then retesting all fixtures with elevated lead levels. Any fixture with tests showing elevated lead levels will be kept out of service until tests show that they no longer exceed allowable lead levels set by the EPA.

Read the latest update about water tests for each school.

South Albany High School staff are back at work organizing their classrooms, including the culinary arts and music teachers who are moving into rooms in the new cafeteria.

The building is ready for the new school year, and the SAHS community is ready to show it off. This new building will be a source of pride for the school and the entire district.

The public is invited to two open house events:

Sept. 7 from 6-7:30 p.m. 

Sept. 24, 9-11 a.m.
Donors to the Albany Public Schools Foundation South Albany High School Fire Fund will be honored and thanked for their donations. Area leaders, including local legislators, have been invited.