Evergreen Elementary PTA

January 2024

EAGLE NEWS

 President: Sarah Werner-Ellis

Vice President: Mary Budny

Treasurer: Mary Narum

Secretary: Christy Bush

Our PTA believes that families are one of the essential ingredients we need to ensure a high-quality education and experience for every student at Evergreen Elementary. That is why this year, we are bringing back in-person PTA meetings, and to make our meetings more engaging, we are aligning each monthly meeting with a family-friendly program, guest speaker, or school event. We want everyone to feel welcome and be able to attend these important meetings and events. Children are welcome to attend, and we will have games, books, and other items to help entertain them; however, we ask that parents/guardians remain responsible for their children in attendance. Remember… ALL parents/guardians are welcome and encouraged to attend monthly PTA meetings. You do not need to be a PTA member to attend a meeting, but we hope you will become a PTA member because increased membership will help us to build a stronger Evergreen Elementary Community. Below is a list of our meetings for this school year. We hope to see you!

January 23 @ 6 pm- PTA Meeting & BINGO Night and Community Pizza Dinner @ 6:30 pm

February 27 @ 6 pm- PTA Meeting & Family Fun Night with Jonathan the Juggler @ 6:30 pm

March 26 @ 6 pm- PTA Meeting & Guest Speaker TBD

April 23 @ 6 pm- PTA Meeting & 5^th Grade Talent Show @ 6:30 pm

May 28 @ 6 pm- PTA Meeting/Elections & Middle School Information & Preparation Panel @ 6:30 pm

Please join us on Tuesday, January 23rd for our Bingo, Books and Board Game Night.  Doors open at 6pm.  Games will start promptly after our January PTA meeting.

The winner of each the ten games will win a brand new board game!  The PTA will also be selling bags of chips, small bottles of water and desserts.  Each student/child playing is asked to bring in a book from home (used in good condition or new) and write a short note in the front.  

Please return this RSVP with $5 (cash or check made out to EEPTA by January 19th.

Papa John's personal pizzas will be available for pre-order.  Please CLICK HERE to place your order.  All pizzas will be delivered to the school and will be handed out upon checking in for Bingo.

VOLUNTEERS WANTED! Interested?  Please CLICK HERE.

Please email Kaibell323@gmail.com with any questions.

Capture this significant year with a yearbook.

Ensure that your student doesn't miss the opportunity to cherish these unique memories. Order their 2023-24 yearbook today! 

Click here to reserve a copy of the 2023-2024 Evergreen Elementary School yearbook today!

Thank you to all of the school staff and volunteers for your help in another successful Penguin Patch Holiday Shop this year. The students had a great time and the PTA was able to raise over $2,000 to help support the Evergreen community. Thank you for supporting our school! 

On December 22nd, the Traffic Officer Appreciation Committee dropped off lunch from Brock's Barbeque and thank you notes from the 4th & 5th graders at the Chesterfield County Police Headquarter.  Thank you to our 4th & 5th grade Eagles for your help in showing our appreciation for our traffic officers.  

For only $7 (or $14 for a family membership) you can help support the Evergreen Elementary PTA. 

The EEPTA serves as a forum where parents, teachers, administrators, staff, and other concerned adults discuss ways to promote quality education, strive to expand the arts, encourage community involvement, and work for a healthy environment and safe neighborhoods. Becoming a member of the PTA shows that you want to help support the programs and events that help enhance students' experiences at our school. It does not obligate you to attend the PTA meetings or volunteer. While we would love for everyone to attend, we understand families are busy during the school year and have other important commitments. Minutes are available and posted online for you to review. However, attending meetings and volunteering at any of the several PTA sponsored events provide opportunities to meet other parents. Always feel free to contact us if you have any ideas, suggestions, or comments.

For membership questions please reach out to our membership chair at membership@eepta.com.

Please click here to join!

The  Book Fair is coming to Evergreen Elementary from January 22 - February 2, 2024.  Volunteers are needed to help set up, be a cashier and help students create wish lists.  

If you would like to help, please click here to sign up for a day and time. 

Thank you for your continued support to Evergreen Elementary! 

Volunteers are needed during the lunch times for each grade at Evergreen. Helping during lunch includes assisting the kids open packages, getting condiments/napkins or simply answering questions. Volunteering in this way really helps the teachers be able to have an actual lunch break. You can sign up for your child’s grade and stay to help out other grades if you would like! It is a very flexible volunteer opportunity! You simply check in at the front office as usual, and then grab a volunteer apron and start helping out the kids! 

Please click here to sign up.  

We look forward to seeing you at lunchtime!

Thanks for volunteering!

Help us stock the teachers lounge with K-cups for them to start their day off right or for a well deserved pick me up throughout the day!!  

Click HERE to donate!

Watch D.O.G.S. (Dads of Great Students) is back. This year there has also been a change to include Watch M.O.M.S (Moms of Marvelous Students). We would like to invite our dads, moms, granddads, grandmoms, uncles, aunts and other role models of our students to join us and volunteer to spend a half day here at Evergreen. Watch D.O.G.S. (Dads of Great Students) and Watch M.O.M.S (Moms of Marvelous Students) is a National program designed to get positive role models to volunteer in the school ONE DAY a year in order to inspire child(ren) in our school. ONE DAY is all it takes to make a huge difference. But we're pretty sure you'll enjoy yourself so much you'll be ready to sign up more than once.

We ask that you only sign up a maximum of 2 times to start so that everyone who would like can have an opportunity to join us. You will be scheduled to support classrooms and will be in your students room at least for part of the day. You can sign up for a morning or afternoon slot. We will request that you arrive a little early so that we can get you signed in to volunteer. We are providing 2 spots a day to create more opportunities to come in and support our students. We will begin October 16th, so we hope to see many of you here. Feel free to email Mrs. Davis at summer_davis@ccpsnet.net if you have any questions.

To sign up to be a Watch D.O.G. please CLICK HERE!

Evergreen Elementary PTA plans many educational and social events for the children throughout the school year.  The PTA Volunteer Program is one of the best ways that parents can support the students and staff at our school. We know that parents today juggle very busy schedules and the Evergreen Elementary PTA strives to offer many opportunities in ways each of you can help. 

Please click here to review the brief descriptions of each volunteer area and indicate your preliminary interests. Your contact information will then be forwarded to the PTA board member or committee chair that is pulling together that activity and they will be in touch with you.

Thanks for volunteering!

Order all day at any of the RVA PAPA JOHN'S locations for carryout or delivery from January 22nd - 28th and 20% of your order will be donated back to the school. Just let them know you are an EES family on the phone or order online at papajohns.com and type in EVERGREEN in the PROMO code box. 

All orders also count toward Dollars for Dough competition, where we have a chance to win up to $10,000 (250 orders using our school code are required by the end of May 2024 for us to qualify for a chance to win)!!

 Please feel free to share our school code EVERGREEN with your family and friends.

 This code can be used ANY time you place an order at Papa John's-not just during our Spirit Weeks!

 Thank you for your support!

Keep an eye out for event details and coupons that will be sent home next week with all students.

Supporting our school is easy as pie! Take a night off from cooking and order from Papa John’s. When you enter our school code, EVERGREEN, in the promo code box, our school will receive 10% of all online sales using the code AND Papa John’s will donate 1 FREE PIZZA for every 10 orders. Order as many times as you would like to eat pizza! Anyone can help support your school even if they don’t have a current student so share your school code with family members, friends and coworkers or anyone that wants to support your teachers and families.

Help keep our Evergreen Elementary Food Pantry stocked. Donations directly benefit our Evergreen family. Please send unexpired and unopened items to school with your child or feel free to drop them off at the school in the bins located outside the main doors at any time throughout the year.  

Needed items: Instant oatmeal, Cereal, Breakfast bars, Granola bars, Pop tarts, Crackers, Canned tuna fish, Canned chicken, Canned fruit & veggies, Small jars/containers mayonnaise, Peanut butter, Jelly, Individually packaged snacks (cookies, chips, goldfish, pretzels, etc), Crackers, Macaroni & cheese, Ramen noodles, Pasta & pasta sauce (no glass pls), Beans (bagged, canned, Soups, Rice, Microwave meals (not frozen), Tooth brushes & tooth paste, Sample size soaps/shampoos, Tissues/toilet paper, Laundry detergent “pods”/supplies, Deodorant , $20-$25 gift cards to grocery stores

Thank you in advance for your support!