Edgemont Elementary PTA

Mark your calendars for our READING CHALLENGE CELEBRATION this FRIDAY! We'll have Donuts & Dress Up & Drawings!

DONUTS! If we can’t have “Parents and Pastries” at least we can still have pastries! Bring a favorite book to read on Friday in class while you nosh on a delicious donut!

DRESS UP!! Dress up as your favorite book character! So many choices! Who will you be? A famous wizard? Alice in Wonderland? Max and his wild things? Madeline? Tigger? We can’t wait to see!

DRAWINGS!!! Turn in your filled out reading challenge bookmark BY THURSDAY for a chance to win an Amazon or Barnes & Noble gift card that you can use to buy a book!

We hope you've enjoyed reading all March long! Thanks for joining us in this reading celebration!

P.S. a HUGE THANK YOU for all your support of our AMAZING TEACHERS last week! You sure helped them feel the love! We love, love, love our Edgemont community!

It’s Teacher Appreciation Week! Let’s spread the 💗 to Edgemont teachers for five days straight!

This year, more than ever, we are excited to say THANK YOU during Teacher Appreciation Week! We invite you to join in expressing appreciation because No Joke—Edgemont Teachers are the BEST!

Watch for Reading Challenge bookmarks that will be coming home this week! Simply color in the activities and return by the end of the month for our PRIZE DRAWING! Who wants a gift card?! 🙋🏽‍♂️🙋🏻‍♀️

Teacher Appreciation Week is coming up soon! The theme this year is: NO JOKE! EDGEMONT TEACHERS ARE THE BEST! To show appreciation to Edgemont teachers and staff by decorating doors with funny teacher/school jokes, puns and memes, contact Mary Ann Sumner Bryson.

Celebrating Dr. Seuss Day marks the beginning of our month long READING CHALLENGE! Encourage daily reading at home by setting up a cozy nook with a stack of books, visiting the library, and letting your child choose what to read. 📚📚📚

MORE HUGS FRIDAY
Parents, everyday tell your children:
You matter to me!
I Love you!
Everything will be ok!
And keep those 8 second hugs coming!

“Kids today are amazing. I talk to thousands every month, and they’re incredible. They are resilient, they are bright, they are savvy, they are tolerant. But they are growing up in a world that is muckier and scarier than any of us could ever imagine. And they need now more than ever, from you and me, to be seen, to be heard, and to be loved.” - Collin Kartchner

Make-a-Date THURSDAY
Plan a one-on-one date with each of your kids and try these conversation starters:
If you could be invisible for one day, what would you do?
Who is your best friend and why?
What is one of your all time favorite memories?
If you could change one thing in the world, what would it be?
Where would you go on your dream vacation and what would you do?

“There is something simple and yet profoundly important in spending one-on-one time with each individual child. It doesn’t matter what you do, what matters is that you talk, laugh, cry, agree, disagree, and always part ways with an ‘I love you.’”