Glitter Ball – Tomorrow Night!

This year’s spring auction – Glitter Ball – is TOMORROW! Make it a date night or a girls’ night out and come support Percy Priest! And don’t forget to bid on your favorite items, all detailed in our auction catalog!

Our Magical Read-A-Thon continues through next week. Remember that for 2nd-4th grade, the class per grade who earns the most Accelerated Reader points will win a prize. Plus we’ll have character dress-up day on March 11! Scroll down for more details.

And lastly, be sure to register for Math Night on March 7 (2nd-4th grade) and to participate in small fundraisers running now (details below – and more have been added)!

School Events

READ-A-THON 2022: Through the Wardrobe

Read-A-Thon is in full swing and PPE students are rocking their reading and challenges! Reading Logs (K &1st grade) and Through the Wardrobe Challenges need to be turned in to students’ teachers by Wednesday, March 9th. Book Character Dress-Up Day and Read-A-Thon Celebration Day is next Friday, March 11th.

Glitter Ball This Weekend – Bidding Opens at 8 a.m. Today!

Glitter Ball is tomorrow, March 5! We can’t wait to celebrate this stellar school community with everyone. Bring your dancing shoes and best bids! We’ve got a dazzling spread of jewelry, art, experiences and getaways that you don’t want to miss out on!
For those who can’t be there, the silent auction is online and accessible from anywhere. Bidding closes at 9 p.m. SHARP on Saturday, 3/5, so get those offers and purchases in now! https://fly.causepilot.com/percypriest/2022auction

Thank you to our Sponsors!
We are so grateful to our many sponsors, including Camel Express, who have helped make Glitter Ball possible!

2nd-4th Grade Family Math Night – March 7

Join us on March 7 from 5:15-6:30pm in the PPE Cafe for a fun evening of math games and activities brought to us by Mathnasium of Brentwood! Parents are encouraged to stay and play with your “Mathletes,” but due to space constraints, we kindly request that each student bring a maximum of one adult and no siblings. Sign up now to reserve your spot: https://www.signupgenius.com/go/20F0F4AADA929A7FE3-ppefamily!

Grandparent’s Day – April 7 & 8 – Volunteers Needed!

We are busy working on Grandparent’s Day plans and are needing volunteers on Thursday April 7th from 11:00-12:30 to help with the K-1st graders and on Friday, April 8th from 10:30-1:00 to help with the 2nd-4th graders.  If you are available for any of these dates and times, please email KC Hutchinson – hutchinson.kc@gmail.com.

Tiger Tennis Social Save the Date – April 22

Mark your calendars for the first-ever Tiger Tennis Social! On Friday, April 22nd, we’ll gather at Seven Hills for tennis, fun, and a tasty lunch. All skill levels will have fun; just bring a racquet!  Save the date and look for sign-ups soon!

Small Fundraisers

Elan Skin Medical Spa Fundraiser – March 12 deadline
Freshen up your look in the New Year with a visit to Elan Skin, and support Percy Priest while you’re there! From February 12 to March 12, Elan Skin will donate to the PTO 10% of any sales made with the mention of Percy Priest Elementary. All purchases must be made in person. Elan is located at 3750 Hillsboro Pike.

Flower Power Bulbs and Seeds – March 23 deadline to order
Want to spruce up your garden this Spring? Order your spring bulbs and seeds from Flower Power and the school will receive 50% of all proceeds raised. The funds raised from this event will be used to support the PTO budget which provides our school with additional staff, software and supplies. Thank you so much for your support – let’s grow together!!

Visit http://PercyPriestElementary.fpfundraising.com and place your order today (or before 3/23). The bulbs and seeds will be delivered straight to your door! Feel free to send the link to friends and family!

Spring Ferns from Market Fresh Produce – April 4 deadline to order
If you want the biggest, healthiest ferns on the block and you love Percy Priest, be sure to buy your Market Fresh Produce ferns through the PTO now through April 4th! Pick up will be at the Percy Priest Playground from dismissal until 4PM on April 21st. Thank you so much for your support!

Fathead
Looking for fun life-sized, precision-cut vinyl wall graphics? Fathead is the place to buy them! From now until March 28, get 10% off using the QR code above. And as with all of our small fundraisers, the funds raised from this event will be used to support the PTO budget which provides our school with additional staff, software and supplies. Thank you for supporting PPE!

Publix Partners will help earn money for our school. It is easy: Present your Publix Partners school card at checkout. For every $37,500 spent cumulatively by our school’s participants, Publix will award our school $250.

Volunteer Spotlight

Name: Blaire Jett
Children: Harper (7) 1st grade; Ryder and Collins are 5 and will be starting Kindergarten in the fall; Hallie 11 months (future PPE tiger)
Role: Co-Chair of Spring Auction Fundraiser “Glitter Ball”
Why Percy Priest: Percy Priest is such an incredible school that has provided such a sense of community for us over the last two years despite the difficult challenges the pandemic has created. It is an incredible feeling as a parent when you watch teachers and staff members give so deeply of themselves. What a privilege for our children to leave school each day feeling loved and supported, all while furthering their academic and personal growth. I have loved helping fundraise for PPE because I want to help provide our teachers with the resources they need to be successful and make their jobs easier!

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), go to https://www.percypriest.org/?post_type=tribe_events&tribe-bar-date=2022-02-01&ical=1

For Google Calendar, go to https://www.google.com/calendar/render?cid=webcal%3A%2F%2Fwww.percypriest.org%2F%3Fpost_type%3Dtribe_events%26tribe-bar-date%3D2022-02-01%26ical%3D1