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PPE PTO Newsletter 4/4/25

in Schoolwide News on April 3, 2025

We hope all of our Tiger Families are safe and sound from the storms and flooding yesterday. If your family is experiencing any damage or loss as a result of recent storms, please reach out to our school team and let us know if we can help.

While we wait for the promise of flowers from these showers weather forced us to cancel two of our Wizard of Oz performances, but we are thrilled to announce two make-up shows: Friday at 4:00 PM and Sunday at 6:00 PM. If you weren’t able to see our talented students shine on stage, this is your chance to experience the magic!

Speaking of magic, we are still riding the wave of excitement from Saturday’s Beach Ball fundraiser! A huge thank you to the volunteers, sponsors, and everyone who made this event a smashing success. Thanks to your generosity, this year’s Silent and Live Auction broke records! It was incredible to see such strong community support, and we loved having so many parents involved. A special shoutout to John Vidalakis, who made his debut as our live auctioneer—hopefully, we’ll see him back in action next year!

Thank you, Tiger Families, for making PPE such a special place.

Important Dates

Note: Dates are subject to change. The BEST way to stay updated is with our PTO Google Calendar – view and subscribe here!

  • April 4: Navigator Day TODAY!
  • April 4 and 6: Wizard of Oz FINAL PERFORMANCES (check calendar)
  • April 13: Alumni Gathering
  • April 13: Nashville Sounds Game Fundraiser
  • April 14-May 2: TCAP Testing Window
  • April 17: Papa John’s Spirit Night
  • April 18: No School (Spring Holiday)
  • April 25: Tiger Tennis Fundraiser (Rain date May 2)
  • May 4: Rising Pre-K and K Popsicle Party
  • May 4: 5th Grade Mother-Son Event
  • May 5: Field Day and Cinco de Mayo Celebration
  • May 9: 5th Grade Father-Daughter Dance
  • May 13:  5th Grade Party

Field Trip Roundup!

  • April 8-9: 1st Grade (Cheekwood)
  • April 11: 4th Grade (Mammoth Cave)
  • April 22: Kindergarten (Zoo)

Teachers and staff will have a very short timeline to pack their classrooms before they must exit the current building for summer break. While MNPS will arrange for moving their packed boxes, many teachers would love help organizing, sorting, tossing, and packing their classrooms. Can you help? We absolutely need as many people as possible to chip in for this so if you haven’t had a chance to volunteer lately please join us. There are several options for dates and times!
  • Help packing the library on April 25: sign up here!
  • Help packing classrooms and other areas (3 dates and multiple times): sign up here!

Upcoming Community and Fundraiser Events

April 13: Alumni Reception and Building Farewell!

Attention all Percy Priest Alumni/former teachers!

You don’t want to miss an incredible opportunity to relive cherished memories before the old school building is demolished. Come join other Alumni and Past Teachers and walk the halls one last time.  Head to this site to RSVP and to share special memories and photos.
Once A Tiger Always A Tiger!

Join us Sunday, April 13, 2025, 2:00 pm-4:00 pm.

April 25: Tiger Tennis Social

TICKETS ON SALE NOW: Only 11 tickets left for Session 1 and 3 tickets left for Session 2!

Get ready for a fantastic day on the courts at the 4th Annual Tiger Tennis Social! Whether you’re a seasoned player or just getting into the game, this event is all about enjoying great tennis, good company, and a lively social atmosphere.

Join us on Friday, April 25that Seven Hills Swim & Tennis for an unforgettable day of play. The courts will be buzzing with friendly competition, engaging drills, and plenty of opportunities to sharpen your skills while having fun. With expert-led sessions and match play, it’s the perfect chance to challenge yourself, meet fellow tennis enthusiasts, and enjoy the sport in a relaxed and welcoming setting.

And of course, no tennis social is complete without delicious food, refreshing cocktails, and fantastic company. Enjoy a lunch from Greenery & Co., sip on drinks while mingling, browse the 40-Love tennis clothing pop-up show, and take part in an exciting raffle featuring amazing prizes from local favorites. Even if you’re not playing, you can still be part of the fun—grab a spectator pass, cheer on your friends, and soak in the lively atmosphere.

It’s going to be an incredible day filled with energy, laughter, and plenty of tennis action. Buy your tickets now!

Want to tour the new building? Sign up here for a 15-minute tour slot from 1-2 pm.
*Rising Pre-K and K families only please!*

Help spread to word to any families with incoming Kindergartners!

SAVE THE DATE! Help us celebrate the end of the school year and the end of an era as we say goodbye to our current building and help Percy move to his new building! While the new building won’t be open to attendees except Percy on this day, we have so many fund things planned, including our 2nd Annual Tiger Dash! Join us for a moving ceremony, tiger dash around both buildings, time capsule burial, DJ Louie, treat trucks and MORE!

General Announcements

The time has come! The Percy Priest library will be moving to the new building soon! We need your help to get this process underway. 

All library books are due now!

  • Search under beds, in closets, under car seats, in backpacks, in desks, or anywhere books tend to hide and return them as soon as possible.
  • Please check your student’s Friday folder for a detailed list of books that are still checked out. This list contains public library books as well. Look for the books labeled MNPS (not NPL) and return those to the PPE library.
  • If you think that you may have already returned the books listed, please check with Ms. Stuart.
  • Students may still use Limitless Library to order books from the Nashville Public Library to be delivered to PPE.

We have some classmates who want to practice open play and sports. There’s specific interest in baseball, if you have a glove and a softer ball! From a good ‘ole game of catch to parents connecting and catching up, join us on the playground on Sundays at 4pm! ALL are welcome!

Next C.A.R.E. coffee is Thursday, April 10th immediately after school drop offs. See you at the Green Hills Hilton coffee lounge (validated, onsite parking!)

MNPS Kindergarten Registration

Kindergarten Registration for the 2025-26 school year is open.  If you or someone you know has an incoming kindergartner, please encourage them to complete registration as early as possible.  For information regarding enrollment requirements, please visit this site.

Fundraisers

Spring has sprung and it is time to play ball! Join your PPE community at a Nashville Sounds game on Sunday, April 13th at 2:05 PM! $5 of every ticket sold at the link below will be donated back to the PPE PTO. Come have fun with friends and take yourself out to the ball game! Buy tickets for April 13 game here.

Want the biggest, healthiest fern on the block?! Purchase Market Fresh ferns by 4/13 (Kimberly Queen or Boston) and support PPE PTO in the process! Pick up will be at the Forest Hills Pathway from 2:30PM until 4PM April 17th. Please reach out to Marcy Burridge (marcy.stringfield@gmail.com) if an alternate pick-up plan needs to be made.
PPE friends and family, take the night off from cooking on April 17 and feed the family while supporting the school! Use our unique code: PPES when ordering from Papa John’s and the PTO will receive 20% of all orders placed using that code. You can pre-order days in advance just make sure to select the appropriate date and input our unique code PPES.

Get your yard and garden ready for spring with Flower Power! Purchase Dahlias, Lilies, Perennials, Seed Mats and more using this personalized link and 50% of all orders placed will go back to the PTO. Orders will start shipping in early April and the deadline to order is 4/20.

Get Involved!

Come Have Lunch!

Parents, grandparents and special friends are welcome to eat lunch with students! To help us with space and accommodating guests, we ask that visitors sign-up to come eat lunch using the bookings link below. Please be sure to select the correct grade level and teacher. When signing-up, we also ask that you only sign-up for one day at this time. Thank you for your help and we hope to see you for lunch soon. Sign up to come eat lunch with your student!

Grandparents and Special Friends Email List

We know there are many grandparents, family and special friends of PPE students who would like to be involved. You can keep up with the latest news by signing up for the PPE Grandparents, Family & Friends List here.

Small Fundraisers Spotlight

For a list of all of our ongoing small fundraisers, please visit our Small Fundraisers webpage.

How to Stay Connected

Email Lists

New families – Be sure to sign up for our school newsletter, which includes grade-level information each week. Register today.

Add PPE happenings to your calendar automatically!

You can subscribe to our PTO calendar and have all of our events show up on your calendar, so you never lose track of important dates! Following the links below will prompt you to subscribe to the calendar via your preferred calendar app. Any time the PTO updates an event through the website, it will update on the calendar of all subscribers (how often your calendar pulls updated info will be based on your individual personal settings – every 5 minutes, 1 hour, 1 week, etc).

For Calendar Apps (apple calendar etc), click here.

For Google Calendar, click here.

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