Puckett's Mill Elementary School PTA Website
2024-2025 PMES PTA Happenings
PTA EVENTS
** The below events/activities are tentative and will follow the Gwinnett County School Board's health and safety guidelines at the time of the scheduled event. Dates may change. Please follow Puckett's Mill Elementary School PTA on Facebook for up to the minute updates and announcements.
Upcoming Events/Deadlines - Mark Your Calendars
Wednesday, October 9th
Fundraiser Collection Day #6
October 10th-14th
Fall Break
Wednesday, October 16th
PTA Walk & Talk
9:30am at the lower track
Thursday, October 17th
5th Grade Night at the Buford Corn Maze
Friday, October 18th
PTA Meeting 10:30am
October 21st-25th
Bus Safety Awareness Week
October 23rd & 24th
Early Release Days
October 23rd-October 31st
Red Ribbon Week-Life is a Movie, Live Drug Free
Friday, October 25th
Hawktoberfest (Fall Festival)
Monday, October 28th-Friday, November 1st
Red Ribbon Week-Keep Our "Space" A Drug Free Place
HAWKTOBERFEST TICKETS NOW ON SALE
Join your PMES friends for our "Hawktoberfest" Fall Festival on Friday, October 25th from 4:00-6:30pm behind the school!
Enjoy an afternoon of carnival games, bouncy castles and slides, a game truck, DJ, character meet & greets, petting zoo, food and more! Bring your picnic blankets and camp chairs! Wear your Halloween costumes! We will have Burger 21 and Snowie onsite for food purchases as well as candy and drinks. Presale tickets are $16 per child and available for purchase in MemberHub until 4:00 on Tuesday, October 22. After that, tickets will only be available for purchase at the door (price will increase to $20).
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-Children 3 and under are free. Children 4 and over will need a ticket. Adults are free.
-We will send wristbands home with students prior to the event to speed up the check-in process.
-A portion of the purchases made at the food trucks will be donated back to the PMES PTA.
While at the Fall Festival, be sure to stop by the Relay for Life Cake Walk. Donate $1 per round for an opportunity to win a sweet treat. All proceeds benefit the American Cancer Society. We are asking for donations of store bought sweet treats (no pies please) for this activity. Treats can be dropped off in the car rider lane or in the front office on 10/24 and 10/25.
5th Grade Night Out at the Buford Corn Maze
Calling all 5th graders! Join us for our next 5th grade event at the Buford Corn Maze on Thursday, October 17th from 4:30-7pm. Tickets are available at the door for $16/person (mention you are with PMES). Please note, this is not a school sponsored event, and all students must be accompanied by an adult. Wear your 5th grade shirts – we can’t wait to see you there!
Celebrate our Bus Drivers During Bus Safety Awareness Week
Bus Safety Awareness Week will be held October 21st-25th. On Monday morning, our Hospitality Committee will greet our PMES bus drivers with breakfast and coffee as they come through the bus lanes to thank them for all they do to ensure our kids' safety heading to and from school. During this week, we hope our students will show their appreciation for their bus drivers as well. Handwritten notes or small gifts are a great way to show your bus driver how thankful we are for their hard work in keeping our kiddos safe!
Red Ribbon Week 2024 is coming!
Keep our "Space" A Drug Free Place!
Our 2024 Red Ribbon Week campaign- KEEP OUR "SPACE" A DRUG FREE PLACE-will be held October 28th-November 1st. To celebrate, we will be holding our annual essay contest which starts TODAY! Students should answer the themed essay question below and drop their completed essays at the front desk by 11/1. A winner from each grade level will be awarded a Catch Air pass and a free meal card for Raising Canes. Tell us how you are choosing to live healthy and strong!
📷EARLY BIRD PRICING FOR YEARBOOK ADS ENDS 10/10📷
Yearbook ads are a great way to celebrate your student and are especially popular with our 5th grade students. Ad orders are available on the Jostens site below. PLEASE NOTE: You must have your photos ready to design the ad when it’s purchased.
To order, visit https://pmesyearbook.weebly.com/.
Early bird pricing for ads ends 10/10. Final deadline to purchase ad space is 11/11.
ORDER YOUR PMES YEARBOOK TODAY!
We are working with a new company this year! Order your yearbook now before the price increases on 9/6! To order, visit www.pmesyearbook.com.
Want to purchase an ad to go in the back of the yearbook for your student? This is very popular with our 5th graders! Deadline to purchase ad space is 11/11 (or order your ad before 10/10 to secure early bird pricing). You must have your photos ready to design the ad when it’s purchased.
Want to submit photos for this year's yearbook? We love that! You can email your photos to pmeshawksyearbook@gmail.com or just post them in the comments section when we issue photo calls right here on Facebook! No need to do both-our Yearbook Committee will pull the photos from Facebook if you post them =)
Let’s make some memories this year at PMES!
Would you consider joining our Givebacks Program?
You can now support PMES PTA through your everyday purchases. Every time you shop or dine out, our PTA will receive a donation from the business you are patronizing and you can earn cash back. It's a win-win! (This is a replacement for our Amazon Smiles program which was discontinued last year.)
Give Givebacks a try! Follow the steps below to see just how amazing it is and how you can help your PTA!
1. Sign up for Givebacks
Head to givebacks.com, choose Puckett's Mill ES PTA, and create your account. Mobile and desktop purchases are both included in this program.
2. Securely link your card
This will earn our school cash back for in-person shopping and dining. You can also head to the Local Offers page in your Givebacks account to see which local restaurants and retailers are donating to our cause.
3. Earn cashback!
Once you have added the browser extensions, go shopping to start earning cashback and send the $5 bonus to our cause. You'll also earn $5 for each new active backer you refer.
PTA Donations
Did You Know?
The goal of the PTA is to enhance the educational experience for all students at Puckett's Mill. Thanks to a lot of generous support from families like yours, the PTA sponsors and provides:
~Fall Festival
~Father Daughter Dance
~Mother-Son Event
~Scholastic Book Fair
~Yearbook
~Dads on Duty
~Bingo Night
~Cultural Arts
~Class holiday parties (Student Enrichment Fund)
~Staff Appreciation Week
~Bus Driver Appreciation Day
~Teacher lunches
~Spirit Nights
~And much more...
At the end of each school year, any remaining PTA funds are donated back to PMES. While the PTA does make donations to the school throughout the year for very specific uses (music program, media center, etc.), the end of year donation is to be used exclusively for educational materials and support.
We're grateful for the community we have at PMES to be able to support our teachers, staff and students this way. We truly believe PMES is a special place and it wouldn't be the same without all of you!
