🎉🎄 Holiday Headwear Spirit Day! 🎄🎉
Our Panthers showed off their festive flair today with some seriously fun and creative holiday headwear! From Santa hats to reindeer antlers and everything in between, PES was full of holiday cheer and Panther pride. 🐾❤️
Thanks to everyone who joined in the fun—your spirit makes our school sparkle! ✨ #PESPantherpride #holidayspiritweek
🎅🏼✨ A HUGE thank you to the Preston Ruritan Club for spreading holiday cheer and bringing Santa himself to collect all the amazing food drive donations today! 🎁🥘 Because of our incredible PES community, countless families will have a brighter season ahead. Your generosity makes a difference, and we’re so grateful for your support! 🐾❤️ #PESPantherPride #PESGivesBack
Ms. Rena and the Maryland SNAP-ED program made Snowmen Fruit Kabobs (strawberry, banana, orange sprinkle, and mini chocolate chips!) with our first graders! It is always a treat when our students learn about healthy and nutritious food and have some Winter Holiday fun! #PESPantherPride #MDSNAPED
Holiday Spirit Week is off to a cozy start with Pajama Day! 💤🎄 Our students and staff are rocking their festive PJs and bringing all the comfy holiday vibes to school today. Let’s keep the holiday cheer going all week long! 🎅❄️ #HolidaySpiritWeek #PESPantherpride 🐾
Big thanks to our incredible students for harvesting fresh lettuce and herbs from our tower garden today! 🌿🥬 These nutritious greens will be heading straight to our cafeteria to nourish our school family. 🌱 #PESPantherpride
This week, we shine our PES Educator Spotlight on Mrs. Laura Ackerson! Mrs. Ackerson holds a Bachelor’s in Elementary Education from Bob Jones University, a Master’s in Elementary Education from Salisbury University, and certifications in LETRS Volumes 1 and 2 and the OG+ Reading Intervention. Mrs. Ackerson plans to continue to support and expand Reading Intervention at PES! We are so thankful that Mrs. Ackerson has made the Panther Pride Den her home! #PESEducators #PESPantherPride
Word on the street was that we had a Gingerbread Man on the loose! Lucky for us Mrs. Glessner’s and Mrs. Ireland’s classes are on the case! They followed clues all over PES and in the end they were able to catch that sneaky Gingerbread Man! 🎄#PESPantherpride
Thank you to our Preston Panther PTO for a truly wonderful PTO Movie Night! Santa and Preston the Panther were in the house, and there were snacks, hot chocolate, coffee, cookies, and pizza for all! Our Panthers enjoyed the Polar Express, got their own train tickets punched, and also took home their own sleigh bell! #PESPantherpride #PESBelieves
This week, our PES Teachers and Staff held an Underground Spirit Week! Our Panthers were VERY curious as to why everyone seemed to be doing the things we were doing! Thank you to our PES Wellbeing and Belonging School Improvement Committee for organizing this fun event for our teachers and staff! #PESPantherPride
What's happening at PES this week? Third Grade is doing a Fossil Dig to understand how environments can change over time and Kindergarten built bear dens! #PESPantherPride
Attention PES Families: Next week is PES Holiday Spirit Week! See below for all of the details! This information can also be found in our newsletter, website blog, or email. Thank you!
It was a magical night for our PES Orchestra, 5th Grade Band, Chorus, and Panther Singers! They shared their musical talent with our entire PES community and got us all in the Christmas and Holiday Spirit! 🎄🌲🎅🏻#PESPantherpride
This week, we shine our PES Educator Spotlight on Mr. Justin Klein! Mr. Klein has taught at PES for 20 years and teaches 4th and 5th grade ELA, Science, and Social Studies. Mr. Klein holds a Bachelor's Degree in American Studies and a Master’s in Educational Technology. Mr. Klein is an active member of our PES SIP Team and continues to learn and grow as an educator at PES! We are so thankful that Mr. Klein has made the Panther Pride Den his home! #PESEducators #PESPantherPride
PES continues to collect food donations for the Idlewild Ruritan Club through December 17th! Items can be sent in with your student or dropped off at our front office. Please see below for items needed. This information can also be found in our newsletter, website blog, and email.
This is a reminder that our Preston Panther PTO will hold its annual PTO Movie Night on Friday, 12/13. This is a free event! Materials for this event, including letters for Santa students to fill out, are in the newsletter, emailed to families, and have been sent home in student backpacks. Please use the QR code or send back the RSVP section at the bottom of the advertisement to RSVP for this event! We hope to see you there!
This is a reminder that our PES Winter Concert will be on Tuesday, 12/10, at 7 PM at the CHRS Auditorium. Doors will open at 6:30 PM. We look forward to sharing music from our chorus, band, and orchestra this Winter and Holiday season!
Our Kindergarteners had an exciting day filled with learning and fun! 📚🍓 Thanks to the Maryland SNAP-Ed program, they participated in Read for Health and enjoyed making "Grinches" out of strawberries, grapes, and marshmallows—healthy snacks with a festive twist! 🎄🍇 Later, they kept the energy going in music class with Mr. List, exploring rhythms and melodies through play and creativity. 🎶✨
Congratulations to Jase, Lucas, Claire, Lainey, Layne, Christian, Tucker, Lucy, Hannah, and Ariadna! These 4th and 5th grade students earned their Multiplication License for knowing all of their times tables fluency facts up to 10! Way to go Panthers! #MultiplicationMasters #PESPantherPride
🎉 Positive Referrals Spotlight! 🎉 This week at Preston Elementary, we celebrated Willow, Vivian, Ben, and McKenzie for their outstanding efforts and contributions! 🌟 Each of them demonstrated exemplary behavior, embodying our PAWsitive values: Practicing responsibility, Acting respectfully, Working hard, and Staying safe. 🐾 Keep shining and inspiring us all—great job, Panthers! 🫶🏻 ✨ #PESPantherpride
Attention PES families: PES is collecting food donations for our annual PES Idlewild Ruritan Club Food Drive. Flyers with details on the needed items have been sent home, and this information can also be found on our website blog and newsletter.
