PTO Newsletter 9/6
It may have been a short week, but it was a full one! We seem to be hitting our stride at school and September has so many community events and fundraisers in store. Come join in!
Keep an eye out below for tons of new info and for lots of volunteer opportunities – each event needs helping hands where you can still be present but make the event extra special.
But first…
Don’t forget to INVEST! While striving to meet our donation goal, remember that pledging to support (without a monetary donation) also hits the participation target as well. We would love to see 100% participation and we know we can do it! You can find more information on INVEST here and below.
Important Dates
Note: Dates are subject to change. The BEST way to stay updated is with our PTO Google Calendar – view and subscribe here!
- September 9: Tiger Cup Golf Tournament at Old Natchez
- September 17: PTO General Meeting (all welcome!)
- September 19: Percy’s Vintage Closet
- September 20: Fall Community Event: Topping-Out Ceremony and Ice Cream Social (plus Taco Bamba spirit night)
- September 27: Navigator Day
- October 2: Songwriter’s Night
- October 3: Future Burros Night (Hillsboro High)
- October 4: No School (Professional Dev Day)
- October 7-11: No School (Fall Break)
Upcoming Community and Fundraiser Events
Tiger Cup Golf Tournament: this Monday!
Percy Priest PTO’s Tiger Cup Golf Tournament is almost HERE! On Monday, September 9th at Old Natchez Country Club in Franklin, PPE golfers will tee off for a day of fun!
Special thanks MGM Industries, Pinnacle Financial Partners, Image Solutions, Villa Castrioti, Pennington Distilling, Sesco Lighting, Avenue South Ortho, Pilkerton Realty, Osborne State Farm, Charles Hawkins, Nashville Elite Lacrosse, American Contractors, Pretty Polished, Jackie Osborne to Close, for sponsoring our Tournament!
We still need help
Thank you to those who have reached out to support us on the day of the event. However, we are looking for help getting donations for the raffle and contest prizes. Reach out to us at tigercupppe@gmail.com
~Jennifer Jones and Ashley Tummins, Co-Chairs
~Jennifer Jones and Ashley Tummins, Co-Chairs
September 19: Percy’s Vintage Closet
Pre-loved PPE Attire Needed by September 13!
It is that time of year- time to clean out your Tiger’s closet before school starts! From now until September 13th, we will be accepting gently used clothing items or accessories that have PPE’s logo for our “Percy’s Vintage Closet” sale on September 19 (conveniently after drop off from 7:30-9)! Anything you’d like to pass on to another Tiger, please drop off on the school’s front porch. Look for the marked plastic bins that say “Pre-loved PPE attire” and we’ll take it from there. Thank you!
September 20: Fall Community Event
Mark your calendars for a truly unique fall PPE community event! This year, we’re combining our annual fall gathering with a special “Topping Out” Ceremony, marking the completion of the gym’s roof structure—a major milestone in our construction project. It’s an experience you won’t want to miss!
Join us on Friday, September 20th at Percy Priest Elementary for an afternoon of fun, community spirit, and celebration. Here’s what you can look forward to:
- Ice Cream Bar with all the toppings (see what we did there?)
- Games for all ages
- “Get to Know You” Bingo to connect with fellow community members
- Time Capsule Filling Station—be part of history!
- Roar Store on-site with school spirit gear
- Music and Festivities to celebrate our great school community and the final year in our historic building
- Opportunity to volunteer – sign up now and still experience the event while you help out.
Come celebrate, connect, and make memories with us. We can’t wait to see you there!
P.S. Hungry after the event? Head to Taco Bamba (or order online) for a spirit night! Just mention GIVE20 or Percy Priest when you order in person or online and 20% goes back to our PTO!
October 2: Songs Under the Stars – Tickets on Sale NOW!
Grab your tickets to this amazing event – a great line up and a great cause! Tickets normally sell out. Note that to park a vehicle at Dyer you must have a valet ticket but these are limited – grab your tickets today! Teacher tickets are on sale soon!
Need a babysitter for Songs Under the Stars night? Don’t forget about Wyndy, the babysitting app. Find, book and pay background checked college student sitters and give back to Percy Priest Elementary. Post a job and use school code PPES. Wyndy will give back $5 of every completed job to the Percy Priest Elementary PTO
We have several opportunities for sponsorship, we would love to promote your business while supporting Percy Priest! Reach out to Rachel Schultz percypriestsongwriters@gmail.
General Announcements
Crazy 8s Math Club: 2nd grade, Wednesdays, Mrs. Parker, more information here.
Join PPE’s newest afterschool Manners Monday Club! Learn important skills while making friends and having fun. Check out the flyer for skills included. Mondays after school until 4:15pm. Starts Sept 9
Thursday, September 12: TRANSFORMERS ONE Free Movie Screening for PPE Family and Friends!
THE PONS FAMILY WITH PARAMOUNT PICTURES INVITES YOU TO SCREEN THE NEW FAMILY ANIMATION MOVIE THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 12TH @ 6 PM
FILM: Transformers One
DATE: Wednesday, August 14TH
TIME: 6:00 PM (doors open at 5:15)
THEATER: REGAL GREEN HILLS (3815 Green Hills Village Dr, Nashville, TN 37215)
RSVP: HERE
NOTE: Tickets are First Come First Serve. All tickets are FREE. If you have any questions, please contact Corby Pons: corby@witpr.com
Fundraisers
September 6-22: Pumpkin and Mums Fundraiser Sale
Support the Percy Priest Elementary PTO budget while getting Fall Festive with mums and pumpkin stacks from Market Fresh Produce. These are the prettiest, most impressive mums and pumpkins around, and all proceeds go back to the PTO to provide additional staff and materials to the school which impacts every child.
Mums (variety of colors) $22 | Pumpkin Stacks (three pumpkins) $26
Pick up is at the Forest Hills Pathway (on Otter Creek right down from the school) from 2PM to 4PM on Friday, September 27th. If you are unable to pick up that day during that timeframe please email marcy.stringfield@gmail.
September 19: Papa John’s Spirit Night
PPE friends and family, take the night off from cooking 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. There will be plenty of Papa John nights that will help benefit our school.
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.
2024-2025 School Year Volunteers Needed
Can you help out this year? There are so many ways to volunteer, both big and small and WE NEED YOU. It is incredibly rewarding to get involved in the PTO so start here by indicating how you want to help volunteer.
Check out the latest updates of our new school coming along!
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.