PPE Summer Newsletter July 25th, 2025
Hello PPE families! We hope you are enjoying a relaxing summer. We can’t wait to welcome you all back into the new school in August. The first day is school is just around the corner, so be sure to check out all these important dates below.
Important Dates
Note: Dates are subject to change. The BEST way to stay updated is with our PTO Google Calendar – view and subscribe here!
- July 28th: Last day to update online school directory (more details below)
- July 30th: Sensory-Friendly Sneak a Peak with CARE Materials 2:00pm-3:00pm (more details below)
- July 31st: Class lists go out! Teachers will send email greetings to their new classes
- August 4th: Sneak-a-peek! Families are invited to come meet their teacher and bring school supplies to the classroom. Pre-ordered school supplies will be delivered to your child’s classroom at this time.
- K, 2, 4 8:15-9:00
- 1, 3, 5 9:15-10:00
- Pre-K 4:00-4:45
- August 5th: First day of school!
- Half day for pre-K and Kindergarten (full day grades 1-5)
- August 6th: Half day for pre-K and Kindergarten (full day grades 1-5)
- August 14th: Open House
- grades 3-5 @ 5:00pm
- Pre-K-2nd grade @ 6:00pm
- September 1st: Labor Day/No School
- September 8th: Save the date for Tiger Cup and Moms & Mimosas 2025!
Sensory-Friendly Sneak a Peak
– This is a quieter, self-guided opportunity designed especially for families who may need:
– Visual schedules or checklists
– Extra time to explore key spaces (classroom(s), restrooms, cafeteria, bus locations, car line, etc.
– A chance to create personalized walkthroughs with caregivers and/or therapists
We will have participation from our Exceptional Education team so that families can have clear, coordinated support from the very beginning. Let’s model inclusion by making space for the families who need a little more time and clarity to feel confident.
No RSVP required. We look forward to opening the doors wider for everyone.
Attention Kindergarten and Pre-K Parents!
UniCycle: How You Can Help—And Why It Matters
Supporting UniCycle is simple and makes a real difference. Drop gently used or new SSA items in the UniCycle bin at school anytime to help a Nashville student feel included and ready to learn. Every donation matters!Stay tuned for special drives—like our upcoming Polo Power-Up—and consider buying an extra SSA item when you shop for your tiger. PPE Tigers, let’s keep rolling and show Nashville what true community looks like.Don’t miss next week’s launch of our Polo Power-Up and Spirit Shirt campaign—your chance to make a big impact this back-to-school season!
Save the date: September 8th at Old Natchez Country Club
Registration will open very soon. Not a golfer? We always need sponsors and volunteers and we have a Moms & Mimosas event during the cup! Interested in becoming a sponsor? Please contact JenniferCJones2@gmail.com. More details to come in the following weeks.
General Announcements
Volunteers Needed for 2025-2026 School Year
We are in most immediate need of volunteers for Room Parents, our Fall Community Event, Tiger Cup, and Songwriters Night!! Our parent volunteers at Percy Priest are part of what make this community so very special. No matter how big or how small, any volunteering is greatly appreciated and never taken for granted. We know how busy your lives are and are so grateful for any of your time you can give to the school. Please use this form to sign up for the 25-26 school year. Let us know if you have any questions at comm@percypriest.org.
Online School Directory and Access to Class Lists
It’s time to update our online school directory! Please take a few minutes to sign in to the directory through the website or by downloading the Membership Toolkit app.
Returning families will be prompted to confirm/update your contact information and student details. New families will create a login and password, and then you can input family contact information as well as provide consent for your child’s name or photograph to be included on the PPE website and social media.
Don’t wait to log in!! Be sure to update/register your account by July 28 to get first access at your student’s class list! Once your information is updated, you’ll be all set to see your class list on July 31 — your new teacher will email you and lists will be posted later that day. Also, you will be asked for your student’s t-shirt size for field trip shirts, so be sure to log in soon so that we can get those ordered!
If you have any issues or questions at all, please reach out to Susan.Horton@healthtrustpg.com
Are you starting to think about Standard School Attire (SSA) for this school year?
Grandparents and Special Friends Email List
Grandparents and Special Friends Email List
We know there are many grandparents, family and special friends of PPE students who would like to be involved. You can keep up with the latest news by signing up for the PPE Grandparents, Family & Friends List here.
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.