Welcome to the Augusta Circle PTA Website
The PTA Mission The Mission of our Parent Teacher Association for Augusta Circle Elementary is to: •Support and speak on behalf of children in the schools, community, and before organizations that make decisions affecting children. •Assist parents in developing skills they need to raise and protect their children. •Encourage parent and public involvement in our nation’s public schools. We encourage each parent to join the PTA. Your participation, big or small, is significant! |
School Report Card Results
Congratulations to ACE students and teachers! The results of our state school report card are as high as they can be! Both our Absolute Rating and our Improvement Rating are Excellent. These ratings are based on Palmetto Assessment of State Standards (PASS) results for 2010—2011 measured against target levels of performance. Target levels increase every year. We also met Adequate Yearly Progress (AYP) by meeting 19 out of 19 objectives. Thank you to parents, teachers, and students for all of your hard work. Well done!!
Augusta Circle Faculty Shine
Congratulations to Pam Craig, Augusta Circle’s nurse since 2005. Mrs. Craig was recently named as Green- ville County School’s LPN Nurse of the Year for 2011— 2012.
Congratulations to Meg Plexico, Augusta Circle’s Teacher of the Year for 2012—2013. Mrs. Plexico is in her fifth year teaching at ACES. She currently teaches second grade and has previously taught fourth grade.
PTA News
We are presently recruiting members of the Executive Board, committee chairs, and committee volunteers for the 2012—2013 PTA year. If you would like to nominate someone (or yourself) for a position, please contact PTA Co-Presidents Elect Alison Pitts (apitts315@gmail.com, 631-1520) or Elliott Grow (grow.elliott@gmail.com, 282- 9090). It takes a wide range of talents and interests to make this a great school! We encourage you all to get involved.
Save the Date
Join your friends for Augusta Circle’s first “Parent Spirit Night” hosted by The Trappe Door in late January (date TBA). Find a sitter and enjoy a night of good company and great food. The Trappe Door has generously offered to donate a portion of the evening’s proceeds to Augusta Circle’s PTA.
Mark your calendars for Friday, January 27 at 8:30 a.m. for “The Big Chill”, a special performance by the Au- gusta Circle Second Grade classes. Students will be assigned their parts (speaking, singing solos, instrumen- tal, dancing, etc.), and begin learning them in mid- December. We have many opportunities for volunteers to help including:
●auditorium decorations
●helping to “dress” the students
for the dress rehearsal and per-
formance
●producing paper programs
●taking pictures of rehearsals
and backstage
If you are able to help the last two weeks of rehearsal, contact Becca Jopling, 230-5627, jopling@bellsouth.net.
Grandparents and Special Friends
Grandparents and Special Friends Week is a tradition anticipated each year by everyone at ACE. This event, to be held February 6 through February 10, is a wonderful opportunity for students to show appreciation for their grandpar- ents and other family members by inviting them to a special lunch. We look forward to showing off our great school!
Here are the dates and times for each grade (please plan to arrive ten minutes early):
Monday, February 6: 2nd Grade 11:10 Manigault, 11:30 Gilchrist, 11:50 Plexico, 12:10 Montjoy
Tuesday, February 7: 1st Grade 11:10 Cassels, 11:30 Culbertson, 11:50 Kraning, 12:10 McCartney, 12:30 Spaniel
Wednesday, February 8: 5K and 3rd Grade 10:50 Drake, 11:10 Nicholson, 11:30 Owens, 11:50 Gower, 12:10 Brazell, 12:30 Walker
Thursday, February 9: 4th Grade and EMH 11:10 Mitchell, 11:30 McKnight, 11:50 Maitland and Mullen, 12:10 Barker
Friday, February 10: 5th Grade 11:10 Brazil, 11:30 Williams, 11:50 Murphy
Look for additional information in your student’s folder soon. Please contact Allison Freeland (232-4334, amfreeland@freeland-associates.com) or Caroline Lowder (282-8920, cytctl@yahoo.com) with questions. We look forward to seeing you at this wonderful event.
ACES Directory Changes
Please make these changes to your school directory: Elizabeth Poteat (Cassels) - new e-mail address is elizabethpoteat@gmail.com. Alexis Quartararo (Mitchell) - updated e-mail address is aquart99@gmail.com.
Caroline Warthen (McCartney) - correct cell number is 616-0073.
If your contact information in the ACES student direc- tory is incorrect, please send updated information to Kim Stuart: kimstuart@bellsouth.net. If you are not receiving eblasts from the school and would like to be added to the distribution list, contact Kim Stuart.
PTA Calendar
Link to the 2011-2012 PTA Calendar!
http://www.augustacirclepta.com/PTA%20Calendar/2011-2012%20PTA%20Calendar%20Sheet1.pdf