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Mon, Feb. 26, 2024
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2023/2024 School Year
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NEWS & UPDATES FROM NEWCASTLE ELEMENTARY PTSA |
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Important Dates to Remember Monday, February 26 - Sunday, March 10: Read-A-Thon Friday, March 15: Golden Acorn Nominations Due Wednesday, March 20: Last Day to Purchase Mariners Tickets Wednesday, March 27: Multi-Cultural Fair
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Read-A-Thon
The PTSA is excited to bring back a very successful fundraiser, The Read-A-Thon! It begins TODAY, February 26th and goes until 9p on March 10th! Flyers have been sent home with more information, however, they are also in this message below.
The first step is to set up your student's fundraising website where they can track and take donations! If you did not receive an email with the invitation to do this, you can go to https://bit.ly/NewcastleReads or click HERE and click on the option at the very bottom to create a participant. Then send the website to all your friends and family asking for their support! Please remember to have your student log their minutes read each day. They can also keep track on their bookmark coming this week also. Remember, this begins TODAY!
Questions? Please email Jenn McAleer: jennmc@aol.com
  School on March 15th
March 15, 2024, which was previously noted on the school-year calendar as a potential inclement weather make-up day, will be a school day to make up for the day the district canceled school due to poor road conditions on January 17. The new 2023-24 school-year calendar is available on the district website. If school is canceled again during the school year due to inclement weather or other unforeseen changes, additional school days will be added to the school calendar in June.  Multi-Cultural Fair
Another date change--we apologize as we navigate the building construction. Save the date! We are all crossing our fingers that we will be able to have this wonderful event. We will keep everyone posted as we wait to hear on the condition of the building, but in the meantime, mark your calendars!
 Baseball Night Fundraiser! Grab your family, friends, or neighbors and spend a night watching the Seattle Mariners take on the Arizona Diamondbacks on Saturday, April 27, 6:40pm at T-Mobile Park. Tickets are $25 (normally these seats start at $50!) and a portion of ticket sales goes directly back to the Newcastle Elementary PTSA. Your actual tickets will be emailed to you as the event nears. Purchase tickets HERE by March 20th, while supplies last!
Golden Acorn Award Nominations Due March 15th! Each year, our PTSA awards the Golden Acorn to individuals who have given outstanding volunteer service to the children and youth in our school and community. The Golden Acorn is special and given for continued and dedicated service. This is an excellent way to honor our volunteers that have gone “above and beyond!" Award winners receive the Golden Acorn Award Pin and a special certificate from the Washington State PTA. The PTSA also contributes in the winners’ name to the Washington State PTA Scholarship Foundation, which provides scholarships to selected high school students entering post-secondary education. Lastly, we will celebrate the Golden Acorn winners with the PTSA Board and previous recipients in April. For more information, please click HERE. Please complete the form HERE, using as much detail as possible, to nominate someone who is making a difference in our children’s lives. The Golden Acorn Committee will make the final selections. If you have questions, please feel free to contact the committee chair, Mary Vickers, at mary.joanna@gmail.com. The committee consists of last year's recipients, Mary Vickers and Ellie Diaz. THE NOMINATION DEADLINE IS FRIDAY, MARCH 15TH, 2024. Nominations are confidential, but we ask that you provide your contact information in case we have a question.
 Join the PTSA Executive Board for the 2024-2025 School Year
Would you like to help set the direction for the PTSA? Want to be more “in the know” about what happens at school? Interested in meeting new people? All while working in service of our students? Then please consider joining our PTSA Executive Board. We’re made up of parents from all different backgrounds and experiences, just like our community. We have moms, a dad, parents who work full-time and part-time, and parents who don’t work outside the home. There’s a place for everyone. You can learn more about the various roles on the Board and the time commitment (typically less than 3-5 hours per month) HERE. If you’re interested in learning more or have someone you think would be great on the board, please contact Dana Kinghorn (part of our Nominating Committee) at dkinghorn80@gmail.com.
  SCHOOL & COMMUNITY NEWS
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Bingo Night @ Cougar Mountain MS This Bingo Night event is for current 5th grade students planning to attend CMMS for the 2024-25 school year. More information can be found at https://cougarmountainptsa.org/Home.
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