Announcements

Important Dates

9/17-9/18 - "Rhythms of the Latin World" Grades 2-4
9/19 - Parent Curriculum Night and PTA General Meeting (6-7:30pm)
10/2 - Picture Day
10/4 - PGES Fall Family Picnic (5-7pm)
10/15 - Chipotle Family Night (4-8pm)
10/21-20/25 - Scholastic Book Fair

Join the PTA and Donate to our Annual Giving Drive

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"We're Soaring to New Heights" Annual Giving Drive is happening now! Please consider making a monetary donation to this fundraiser. Our goal is to raise $4000!  We are currently at $1175. You can join online here or print the form and return with a check to your child's teacher.

If you make a donation as minimal as $1 your name will be posted on a parachute attached to our Donor/Sponsor Board. The Annual Giving Drive will continue through October 15th!  Please share the information with family, neighbors, friends, and places of employment. If your place of employment participates in honoring match donations please consider sharing our information with them! Your donation will help support the many PGES PTA programs!

PTA General Meeting (Thur, Sept. 19)

Join us for our first General PTA Meeting during Parent Curriculum Night on Thursday Sept. 19th from 6-7:30pm.

Rhythms of the Latin World Residency (Sept 17 and 18)

We have our first artists coming to our school on September 17 and 18th. ComMotion, LLC will be doing a two day dance residency called Rhythms of the Latin World for students in grade 2,3, and 4. Those students will learn about the countries from which the dances originated, and will do lots of dancing! This event is for Hispanic Heritage month and is 100% PTA funded!

See examples of the programs for kids on their YouTube channel at this link.

Spirit Wear (Order by Sept. 20)

Spirit Wear order forms will be coming home in your school folders (print form here). We have t-shirts, car magnets and new this year - PGES socks and a drawstring bag. Photos coming soon!

Celebration Book Program is Back!

PGES Celebration Book Program returns and is now all online! Families can donate a book from our wish list OR donate money to go towards new books for our school's library collection. Celebrate your student's birthday or accomplishments or positive things happening in your family or community by donating books for the Pleasant Grove Elementary School Media Center!

Visit www.bit.ly/PGES-Books today! Or visit www.MackinFunds.com and enter our code b28d.

Fall Family Picnic (Fri, Oct 4)

We are so excited to host our inaugural Fall Family Picnic on Friday, October 4 from 5-7pm. Bring dinner and a picnic blanket/chairs and come mix and mingle with our PGES families. It's a great chance to meet other parents from your child's class and interact with the PGES community. We'll have an awesome DJ, bounce house and other fun activities!

School Supplies

Find the 2019/2020 PGES school supply lists here.​
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If you shop at Office Depot/Office Max, use ID No. 70237017 or enter your receipt online and PGES gets 5% back in credits for free school supplies.
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​If you shop at Staples, enter your receipt online, select your teacher, and 5% of your purchase will go to their rewards account. This is a new program and ends 9/15/19, PGES teachers are actively signing up!
Have extra supplies?
Art Supplies (For Ms. Marshallsea)
  • Apple sauce containers (need lots of these)
  • Newspapers and magazines (need lots of these)
  • Paper shopping bags with handles
  • Plastic milk jugs (any size)
  • Styrofoam meat trays (please wash in top section of dishwasher)
  • Styrofoam egg cartons (any size)
Front Office
  • Gently used elastic waist band pants or shorts
School Supply Closet
  • 6 highlighter sets
  • Twistable Crayons
  • 5 subject notebooks
  • Large binders

Passive Fundraising

There are many easy ways you can support Pleasant Grove, find more details on the Passive Fundraising page:

PTA Communication

Do you receive the PTA's weekly emails? If you already have a MemberHub account, check your spam folder as recent PTA emails have been sent there. Please add us to your address list! Create a new MemberHub account at https://pges.memberhub.com/. This is the main method of parent contact from the PTA.

Volunteers Needed!

  • Our PTA board is always looking for volunteers. The more volunteers we have, the more we can do for our wonderful school! Email the PTA to help with the board or volunteer in other ways.
  • ​Are you registered as an approved WCPSS volunteer? You need to (re)register every year if you want to be able to chaperone field trips and volunteer for many PTA activities. Please do so in person in the PGES media center.
  • Check out the Volunteer page