Pine Avenue Elementary School

Reminder: Wednesday morning is the last day to donate food for the Food Drive! Let's see if we can reach our building goal of 750 items for the food pantry!

We are so thankful for the thoughtfulness of our PTO who “stocked the lounge” this morning! What a great Monday!

PTO meets TONIGHT at 6:30pm! Join us at Pine Avenue for our monthly meeting. Free childcare is provided. We welcome all families to attend!

It’s the last week to participate in Coins for a Cause! Don’t forget to have your students bring in spare change. All of the money raised goes to Gratiot County Hope House to support their homeless shelter. The classroom that raises the most will win a PIZZA PARTY! 🍕

We hope your families are staying warm and enjoying the winter weather! Bundle up and enjoy the time together! See everyone Monday! https://www.smore.com/bmp78

Mrs. Gregory visited Ms. Wilson's classroom to teach students about stuttering, how people can be affected by it, and how to make everyone feel comfortable with speech. Thanks Mrs. Gregory!

Due to slick road conditions, Alma Public Schools is closing today, Friday, November 18, 2022.

Join us at the next PTO Meeting! We meet on Monday at 6:30pm at Pine Avenue Elementary. Hope to see you there!

Thank you student leadership council for organizing the 6th annual Panther Pride food drive! This morning, our student leadership council met to count items, hang posters, and are providing updates in their classrooms. We are so excited to help our community!

Tomorrow is a half day of school for all APS schools as it marks the end of the first trimester. Pine Avenue dismissal is 11:20AM. Please ensure your student knows how they are getting home!

Snow on the ground makes for great recess activities!!

Scholars in 5th grade are working on a compare and contrast research paper on animal and plant cells. Scholars are using a technique called graffiti notes, where they answer research questions as groups, on chart paper, placed around the room. Every 4 minutes they rotate to the next location, synthesizing information from their informational text and placing this information on chart paper. Then this chart paper with an entire class set of notes will be used as rough drafts are written for this research paper.

Reminder- This Friday is a half day of school. It is also the last day of Trimester 1. For individual release times- https://www.almaschools.net/page/start-end-times

Reminder- This Friday is a half day of school. It is also the last day of Trimester 1. For individual release times- https://www.almaschools.net/page/start-end-times

Friday, November 18th is a half day of school for all APS schools as it marks the end of the first trimester. Pine Avenue dismissal is 11:20AM. Please ensure your student knows how they are getting home that day!

November is Homeless Awareness Month and we’re excited to be partnering with United Way of Gratiot & Isabella Counties to raise money for Gratiot County Hope House through a coin war challenge called “Coins for a Cause”! Start saving and collecting your coins to send with your student! The classroom that raises the most amount of money will win a PIZZA PARTY! 🍕

Have an amazing weekend, Pine Avenue families! https://www.smore.com/wca4t

Thank you Ms. Levine and AHS drama students for inviting Pine Avenue students to come watch the first performance of The Addams Family this afternoon! We loved it! Bravo!

Mrs Terres taught the rules and expectations of kickball earlier this year in PE. With the nice weather today, several students took the equipment out to the field and played an awesome game! They followed their ROARS and had fun. We are so proud of the students and send a big thank you to Mrs Terres!

Did you know that a male Bald Eagle's wingspan is 7'? Several students researched bald eagles, made a replica of their wings, and compared their individual wingspans to a bald eagles.