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PPE PTO Newsletter – November 21st, 2025

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Important Dates

Note: Dates are subject to change. The BEST way to stay updated is with our PTO Google Calendar – view and subscribe here!

  • November 24 – 28: Thanksgiving holiday, students do not report
  • December 2nd: – Stockpile Day (students do not report)
  • December 10th: Community Room Coffee (see below)
  • December 11th: – 1st Grade Music Performance
  • December 18th: Club Ensemble Performances
  • December 19th: – 1/2 Day for Students, Winter Break begins
  • December 22 – January 2nd: Winter Break
  • January 5th: Stockpile day (students do not report)

SCHOOL UPDATES

FOOD DRIVE RECAP

Thank you for your outstanding support of our recent food drive benefitting The Branch. Together, our community donated more than 2,000 pounds of food. We extend our sincere appreciation to Julia Ryan and Kelly Tanavin for their leadership, and to the entire PPE community for your generosity.

INVEST CAMPAIGN

Yes, there is still time to INVEST in PPE!  School-wide participation is 71.4%, thank you!  Remember, the first grade level to reach 90% participation will get a lunchtime karaoke concert with Dr. Young and the admin team!
3rd – 86.3%
2nd – 80%
K – 72.5%
4th – 72.2%
5th – 61.9%
1st – 59.6%
Pre-K – 48.3%

KIDS HEART CHALLENGE

The Percy Priest KIDS HEART CHALLENGE is underway!
We kicked off our event on Monday, and we are so excited for everyone who has already signed up! Our goals with the Kids Heart Challenge are raising awareness about heart health issues, learning HANDS-ONLY CPR, learning the WARNING SIGNS of a STROKE and raising money for the American Heart Association to give back to our community.
Percy Priest has been one to the top schools in the nation for learning hands-only CPR and the warning signs of a stroke for three years running. Let’s make this year the fourth!
Each child needs their own account and those who register and watch both videos on that account will not only receive a KHC bracelet and tiger paw light but will also be added to a WHEEL SPIN to win one of 15 amazing prize packs throughout the duration of the Kids Heart Challenge.
If we get 50% of our students registered, students will earn a HAT DAY and if we get 75% registered, students will earn a DOG DAY where they can dress up like their favorite dogs since this year’s LIFESAVER LEAGUE is a group of amazing pups.
In addition, students who complete Finn’s Mission will earn a unique experience with the Nashville Soccer Club here at PPE in January with fun games, Tempo the Coyote, and a former NSC player! This event is only for Percy Priest. No other school has been offered this opportunity with NSC.
Register today using this link.
Thank you for helping our students be LIFESAVERS!
 Please direct any questions to Mrs. Tanner at amy.tanner@mnps.org.

PERCY’S PRESENTS

Dear Percy Priest Families,
We’re excited to share that our Percy’s Presents Program is growing in just its second year! This year, in addition to supporting Percy Priest families, we’re expanding to include a neighboring MNPS school, Norman Binkley Elementary, in our holiday assistance efforts. By extending care beyond our own walls, we’ll be able to bring a little extra joy to even more children this season.
Families can sign up through our SignUpGenius link to adopt one or more families and help make their holidays brighter. Choose one, or as many, items as your family would like to donate! To protect family privacy, each participating family has been given a Christmas-themed name (like “Frosty the Snowman”). We are asking that all gifts return wrapped to school by Wednesday December 17th.
Together, we can make this season brighter and spread kindness and joy throughout our community!
If you are interested in offering support but can’t sign up to donate at this time, please contact our school counselors, diana.baxter@mnps.org and/or jessica.kelley@mnps.org.

COMMUNITY ROOM COFFEE

Wednesday, December 10th from 8:15 – 9:15am
Join Dr. Young and Erin O’Hara Block (our MNPS School Board member) for coffee and an opportunity to learn more about everyday operations and continuous improvement goals for our school.
Feel free to submit your questions and comments ahead of time here.
Couldn’t make it to the last coffee?  That’s ok, Percy takes great notes!  Questions and comments from previous coffees can be found here.

SAVE THE DATE FOR THE 2026 PPE AUCTION PARTY

Get out your sparkly pen and block the evening of April 11, 2026 for A Night of Wonder, an unforgettable evening benefiting PPE. Join us for a captivating evening filled with excitement (fire dancers and jugglers, perhaps?) and enchantment (mingle with a magician) all while enjoying delicious bites and beverages, dancing the night away to live music, bidding on incredible items in both our silent and live auctions, and making amazing memories.

More details to come but for those who like to plan ahead, Richland Country Club will host our A Night of Wonder event from 6pm-11pm on Saturday April 11, 2026. Tickets will go on sale in early 2026. Dress to dazzle with a touch of shimmer, deep hues, or a hint of cirque-inspired flair while we join together to strengthen programs that make our school community thrive.

FUNDRAISERS

PRE ORDER AN ADULT ROAR STORE HOODIE

click on the image below and pre-order!

SMALL FUNDRAISERS

ROAR STORE IS LIVE!

Order all your favorites online here to be delivered to your child’s classroom. If you missed Block Party, we revealed 3 new shirts that are now available online.

How to Stay Connected

Email Lists

New families – Be sure to sign up for our school newsletter, which includes grade-level information each week. Register today.

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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), click here.

For Google Calendar, click here.

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