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PPE PTO NEWSLETTER – September 5th, 2025

in Percy Priest News | Schoolwide News on September 4, 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!

  • September 5th: Fall community event – PPE Block Party TONIGHT! More info below.
  • September 8th: Tiger Cup and Mamas, Mahjong, and Mimosas
  • September 10th: Picture day – Individual pictures
  • September 12th: 1st Grade Parents Party – RSVP Info below
  • September 16th: PTO General Meeting, 2nd Grade Moms Night (more info below)
  • September 17th: 3rd Grade Moms Night (more info below)
  • September 18th: Percy’s Vintage Closet (please continue donating to the box in the front of the school!)
  • September 25th: 2nd grade music performance
  • October 8th: Songs Under The Stars
  • November 6 and 7th: SAVE THE DATE for Grandfriends day. More details to come!

QUICK NEWSLETTER TABLE OF CONTENTS:

  • SCHOOL UPDATES: Spotlight on Spanish, Invest, Stock the Staff Lounge, Chess Club, PTO Meeting
  • COMMUNITY EVENTS AND FUNDRAISERS: Block party, Songs Under The Stars, Caregiver Yoga, Moms and Parents Nights Out
  • CALLS TO ACTION: small ongoing fundraisers (Katelyn Brown photography, save the date for mums and pumpkins, Nashville SC game), Papa Johns

SCHOOL UPDATES

Spotlight on Specials Section

(say that 5 times fast)

This week it’s…..SPANISH!

From Señora Trujillo: “It is such an exciting new chapter for me at PPE to be in the new building! The classroom is bright, spacious and welcoming. I love having such a large, clean classroom and updated technology. It has given the students more room to move as they explore the Spanish language through songs and celebrate the Spanish culture. I am also looking forward to having access to the additional room that I share with the classroom PE teacher. It allows us to easily collaborate and support one another in bringing the Spanish language and culture to life. I will have the opportunity to teach Spanish dances and play games in Spanish in her open space.
I am so grateful to be a part of such a supportive community!”

From Dr. Young: “As we move toward implementation of the International Baccalaureate (IB) Primary Years Program, the incorporation of foreign language instruction is an important part of developing cultural awareness and language acquisition skills.  This program also helps us to develop student identities as part of a local and global community.  We are looking forward to continuing to grow our language program in years to come with this new IB focus.” – Dr. Young

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PTO GENERAL MEETING

PTO General Meeting September 16 6:00pm-7:00pm
Save the date for our first General PTO Meeting of the 2025-2026 school year. Featuring Dr. Hughes, Executive Principal, J.T. Moore Middle School and PPE’s Mr. Swift with an interactive demonstration of our new Lu Board!

INVEST CAMPAIGN


Help us keep the momentum going on Invest and don’t wait to donate! We are at 31% participation at this time. Reminder that our Invest dollars help fund crucial components of our PPE community like our Spanish teacher, math interventionist, an additional PE teacher, and a library clerk. The students get fun prizes for class participation.

If a financial donation not in the books right now? That’s ok! Remember to log your participation in Invest through the link here. This video can help you navigate how to log participation without a monetary amount. That way, your child’s classroom gets 100% participation.

STOCK THE STAFF LOUNGE!

CHESS CLUB IS BACK!

PPE Chess Program is starting on September 10.  Look for a flyer with registration form in your Friday folder.  Contact Coach Igor at igorzhislin@gmail.com for more information.

A few key points about PPE Chess Program:

– Wednesdays after school
– Led by a Professional Chess Coach with 20+ years of experience, including 15 years at Percy Priest Elementary
– A full school year long program with over 30 meetings planned
– All proficiency levels, beginners are welcome
– Grades K-5
– Each meeting consists of a lesson and guided practice
– Competition opportunities for interested players

Benefits Of Chess To Children:
– Develop problem solving, critical and creative thinking skills
– Strengthen memory, reading, language and mathematical capabilities
– Learn to think logically and efficiently, to make decisions under time pressure
– Improve concentration and discipline
– Provide cultural enrichment and enhance social skills and sportsmanship
– Enhance pattern recognition and spatial ability
– Can improve test scores/academic performance

COMMUNITY EVENTS

**TONIGHT**

Fall Community Event and Block Party!

Pre-order for dinner from Jet’s Pizza available now!  Scan the above QR code and make sure to use code PPES25 to make sure your order is included in the delivery to school during the Block Party!

Songs Under The Stars

TICKETS ARE NOW ON SALE!!!

Feeling VIP? This exclusive opportunity includes 2 tickets, front row chairs and cocktail table plus a meet & greet for $600!
General admission $115 (ages 21+ only)
Parking $20 valet is required and parking is limited!
Interested in becoming an in-kind or financial sponsor? Do you want to photograph the event for us? Reach out to percypriestsongwriters@gmail.com
Need a babysitter? 
Try Wyndy, the babysitting app! Find and book a background-checked college student and Wyndy will give $5 back to the Percy Priest Elementary PTO.

Corepower Yoga – Free Yoga Class for Caregivers

PPE Parents and Caregivers are invited to a special free yoga class designed just for caregivers. After the morning drop-off, take a moment to reset and recharge with a grounding flow led by Christina, Lululemon Yoga Ambassador with CorePower Yoga.
Event Details:
Corepower Brentwood 
Wednesday, September 17 9:00 AM – 10:00 AM
This class is completely free—we just ask that attendees sign up through Eventbrite to reserve a spot as space is limited.

1ST GRADE PARENT PARTY

2ND AND 3RD GRADE MOMS NIGHT OUT

   

FUNDRAISERS AND CALLS TO ACTION

Orders open 9/8

Calling all PPE soccer fans! Join us for a Nashville SC game! Purchase tickets here. Tickets are $25 and $5 from each ticket goes back to the Percy Priest Elementary PTO.

Click the image to book on her website!

Have Lunch With Your Student!

Did you know that at PPE you can sign up to go eat lunch with your kids during their lunch time?

Here is a helpful page with each grade level’s lunch time and the official sign up to eat lunch with them. Reminder: same day lunch plans are permitted, but the calendar doesn’t let you sign up same day. Please email catherine.gerald@mnps.org for same day lunch plans to let school know you’re coming so that your badge is ready to go.

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.

Add PPE happenings to your calendar automatically!

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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