Chenal Elementary

The National Park Foundation is providing free youth passes to students under 16 for national parks across the country. The pass is good through August 31, 2021. Find Arkansas's National Parks: findyourpark.com/park-finder #pcssdproud #equityandexcellence

Buy. Scan. Earn. 1. Download the Box Tops for Education App 2. Scan your receipts 🧾 3. Earn money for our school!

TONIGHT!!! Let Chick-fil-A make dinner tonight!! Head on over to the Chenal/Markham location from 4-8p, and let them know you are there with Chenal Elementary!

Another easy way to support our school! You shop, Kroger gives! Go to krogercommunityrewards.com Find our school by using NPO #26537

Join Amazon Smile and let your Amazon purchases help our school! To Register: Go to smile.amazon.com and choose Gator Group PTO as your charity. Amazon will donate .5% of the purchase to our school!

Have you considered sponsoring a child’s backpack? 🎒 🥫 At this time, due to Covid regulations, we are unable to host a food drive, so we need your help! $100 will feed a child for all weekends of the school year! You can choose to give $50 for a semester, any amount your family is comfortable with, or even partner with a friend and donate together. Sign up online! https://chenalpto.membershiptoolkit.com/login

The first NWEA MAP growth assessment begins this week. These evaluations guide teachers on how to help students continue to learn. We've added a section on our website with tips for traditional and virtual students: http://ow.ly/im1K50BqlZM #pcssdproud #equityandexcellence

JOIN THE PTO! We are excited for the “scoops” that have been added so far, but we would love to add many more! 🍦 JOIN BY MONDAY, OCTOBER 12th and help your child’s class win an Ice Cream Party 🍨 and be entered in a drawing to win a $250 gift card to Oceans at Arthur’s! 🌊 JOIN ONLINE ➡️ https://chenalpto.membershiptoolkit.com •Login or Register •Find “2020-2021 PTO Membership” under “My Account” and “New Forms” •Choose your Membership Option and Add To Cart

Chick-fil-A Community Night - Support our school! On Thursday, September 17th from 4:00-8:00pm, head on over and grab a Chick-fil-A dinner. Let them know you are there with Chenal Elementary! (Chenal & Markham location)

Labor Day constitutes a yearly national tribute to the contributions workers have made to the strength, prosperity, and well-being of our country. https://www.dol.gov/general/laborday/history #pcssdproud #equityandexcellence

Great news for our PCSSD families: we are now able to offer FREE meals thanks to a recent USDA waiver. That means our virtual, blended and traditional students can eat breakfast & lunch for free through Dec. 31! http://ow.ly/GmaQ50Bh7HE #pcssdproud #equityandexcellence

JOIN THE PTO! The Gator Group PTO is a nonprofit group that supports and works alongside staff and faculty to make Chenal the best school possible for it students and families. JOIN BY MONDAY, OCTOBER 12th and help your child’s class win an Ice Cream Party 🍨 and be entered in a drawing to win a $250 gift card to Oceans at Arthur’s! 🌊 JOIN ONLINE ➡️ https://chenalpto.membershiptoolkit.com •Login or Register •Find “2020-2021 PTO Membership” under “My Account” and “New Forms” •Choose your Membership Option and Add To Cart

NEW SCHOOL SPIRIT STORE ITEMS! Check out all the new items for sale in our School Spirit Store 👉🏼 https://chenalpto.membershiptoolkit.com **Some items are only available in limited sizes/quantities**

PCSSD will be open for regular business hours tomorrow (Friday, Aug. 28). Schools will operate on their normal Friday schedule (which includes blended Group B students). Extended care and athletic activities will resume tomorrow as well. #pcssdproud #equityandexcellence

Central Arkansas is expected to feel the impact of Hurricane Laura tomorrow. Based on the most current weather updates, the heaviest impact is expected between 3-4pm. Therefore, PCSSD will dismiss school early on Thursday, August 27. Elementary schools will dismiss at 11:30am and Secondary schools will dismiss at 1:00pm. Dismissal times are for both car and bus riders. District offices will dismiss at 1pm as well. There will be no district athletics events on Thursday, August 27. No decision has been made about school or athletic activities for Friday at this time.

Wear Spirit Shirts on Friday - Order Spirit Shirts by 10am Thursday! The shirts will be delivered to the child Thursday afternoon, so they can wear them on Friday. Order here ➡️ https://chenalpto.membershiptoolkit.com/packet/15182471

Schoology Update: The parent access feature is not turned on yet for Schoology. We are working to get all teachers and students up to speed before adding the parent access. We'll share more information next week. Thank you for your continued patience.

SCHOOLOGY UPDATE: Rachel Blackwell, Digital Learning Facilitator for PCSSD, offers another walk through of what Schoology looks like for students, starting with the log-in process to the student portal. #pcssdproud #equityandexcellence http://ow.ly/J3U850B8ZV1

We Need Your Help! Our yearbook editors, always strive to be inclusive of ALL students, which provides new challenges with our off campus students. We will take advantage of every opportunity to get fun class shots, but we need your help now more than ever since we cannot capture our distance learners. So this year we will be accepting home photos—we will need as many as you can send!  Here are some tips for capturing excellent home photos:  *Please remember to only submit Chenal students. We love seeing your older/younger siblings, but at this time we reserve room in the book for our school students.  *Outside lighting is the most flattering. If you take indoor shots, focus on your child’s eyes looking at you, attempt to put them in front of an uncluttered wall near a light source, and encourage happy smiles!  *Submit your photos in a timely manner—we will work on pages chronologically, so we fill layouts soon after events occur.  *As always we try to include as many photos as we can, but please understand we will not use every shot you submit. We appreciate your understanding!  Photos can be submitted via email to chenalelementaryyearbook@yahoo.com

2020-2021 PTO MEMBERSHIP The simple act of joining the PTO provides instant financial support for our students! It's also a great way to stay informed about what's happening at school, and connect in meaningful ways with other parents. Together we can do a lot of good. Join us! Click here 👇🏼 https://chenalpto.membershiptoolkit.com/