Check out this week's Pine Press newsletter!
https://bit.ly/3uq5c42
As a reminder, after next week, newsletters will be distributed via email and Facebook. Paper copies will not be sent home. Thanks!
October 2 is School Custodian Appreciation Day. We are sure lucky to have Ms. Stephanie on our Pine Avenue team!! Thank YOU for all you do for us and our school!

It is HOMECOMING FRIDAY!
We can't hide our Panther Pride today! Wear orange and black to show your school spirit! We cannot wait to see the whole school decked out in orange & black!

USA! USA! USA!
Participate in Spirit Day today by wearing Red, White, and Blue.

📸📸 Get ready to smile! 📸📸
Picture day is Tuesday. We cannot wait to see everyone’s big smiles!

📚 Tonight’s reading of Zoey & Sassafras is being brought to us by Taylor & Allison, daughters of Mrs. Sandro at Hillcrest!
Join us as we read chapters 4 & 5. We ♥️ Family Book Club!
Chapter 4: https://www.loom.com/share/552e8a9142564214a76ad604ec358657
Chapter 5: https://www.loom.com/share/69df4da8a62b45dfbc15729dc9e0387f

Our students found many creative ways to express themselves today! We love Wacky Wednesdays!

Tonight, we are reading chapter 3 of Zoey & Sassafras with guest reader, Mrs. Adams, 4th grade teacher at Pine Avenue. Join us in our Family Book Club reading!
Chapter 3 - part 1: https://www.loom.com/share/f6fd1eadfcc74e29ac92707bf0ab9103
Chapter 3 - part 2:
https://www.loom.com/share/fd4c1d8a0218486bbcdfc5f404cb5f3f

It's WaCkY wEdNeSdAy!!!
Show your Panther Spirit today by wearing crazy socks and/or a hat today! See you shortly, Panthers!

Today is T-Shirt Tuesday!
Feel free to participate today by wearing a shirt with words on it that we can read! Can't wait to see our Pine Avenue Panthers and the messages they share with others.
Here is tonight's reading of Zoey & Sassafras: Caterflies & Ice, Chapter 2.
We hope you're enjoying the book as much as we are!
https://www.loom.com/share/b40f8cf3762d4448beaf16a28145ea43

If you have not yet signed up for a parent-teacher conference, please contact the office for assistance in scheduling an appointment. 989-466-7651
Conferences are being held October 7 from 4:00-7:00pm and October 8 from 12:30-3:30. Parents/Guardians may choose to attend via Zoom, phone, or in person (masks are required for in person meetings).

We welcome your family to join our Elementary Family Book Club!
Coming home today will be a copy of the book, Zoey & Sassafras, Caterflies & Ice with a reading schedule.
Watch this video for a 1-min introduction by Mr. Helinski, principal at Hillcrest. https://youtu.be/ZWdyw-0USZI
National Chocolate Milk day AND pajama day on the same day sure made for many smiling faces at Pine Avenue today!


Join Mrs. Johnston, Title 1 teacher at Hillcrest, in reading the Prologue & Chapter 1 of Zoey & Sassafras: Caterflies & Ice!
https://www.loom.com/share/c230aa76e9024c4e8d35958f329af65d

Happy Monday!
Today is PAJAMA Day for our elementary students. We can't wait to see you at school today!

Homecoming Spirit Week starts tomorrow! We can't wait to see all of our Pine Avenue Panthers decked out!
Catch up with the latest student stories, events,
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It was another spectacular week at Pine Avenue!
The sunshine & blue skies today at lunch recess were most welcomed as we wrapped up our week together.
Enjoy your weekend! Linked below is this week's Pine Press. {Note: this will be shifting to email distribution only in 2 weeks!}
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Az-uTdZVKIvqx1eR4CkfRwX4AHQMl__JLo1FxqPsBSQ/edit?usp=sharing
Celebrating our partnership with Alma College. Thirty-one (31) Alma College education students hold class at Pine Avenue Elementary. Taught by Dr. Peggy Yates, the Reading Lab at Pine Avenue offers seventeen (17) different thirty (30) minute weekly sessions with several of our 4th and 5th grade students. We look forward to the smiles shared, our students blossom, and the teacher education students grow through this partnership.




