08-09 School Year

2008-09 School Year

This page will be used to post information about the upcoming school year. Please check back here periodically to learn more about the details for the 2008-09 School Year.

Updates

August 18, 2008

If you missed our open house tonight, we're sorry we missed you, but we understand with the uncertainty of the weather. Please view this linked presentation to get the information that was shared with those who attended this evening.

August 17, 2008

The following message sent out via ConnectED - the telephone system:

Click her to listen to the message

Good Evening this is Mr. Fuller the Principal of Pinellas Preparatory Academy. I hope this message finds you well and ready for the start of a school year. Like all of you, I have been watching the news to find out what will be happening with Tropical Storm Fay. Please be aware that school is still scheduled to start on Tuesday. Some news stations have reported that Pinellas County has canceled school, this is NOT true, Pinellas has not yet made a decision about Tuesday. During dangerous weather, Pinellas Prep follows the decisions of Pinellas County. If Pinellas County closes their schools, Pinellas Prep will as well. Given that at this time the storm is not expected to make landfall until Tuesday afternoon, we are still planning on holding our open house on Monday evening. Students in the lower grades should plan to attend at 6:00pm and families with older students should plan to attend at 7:00pm. Please know that if our parking lot is full, the church two buildings north of our school, New Testament, has additional parking. Please watch our website, if there are any changes in our plans we will immediately post it to our website and send out another ConnectED message. Thank you for your time, and I look forward to seeing you tomorrow night.

August 12, 2008

We are working on class lists, and they will be posted some time tomorrow. Please be patient as we work to make sure the lists are as accurate as possible.
Car Pool should also be sent out tomorrow to those people who filled out the car pool form.
Don't forget that the PTEG meeting is

July 16, 2008

Below is an email sent out to the PPA mailing List:

Good afternoon PPA families,

I hope you are enjoying your summer, or at least that your children are enjoying theirs. Some of you may be glad to know that school starts again in about five weeks. J

Our construction project here at school has been going well, and the contractors anticipate finishing up next week, so we are still scheduled to have our volunteer day on Saturday, July 26. We hope you will be able to attend. We will start at 8:00am at the school, and work until we’re done or too tired to continue. J List at the end of this email you will find a list of the types of activities which need to be completed. If you are able to make it, please respond to let me know, or call the office to put your name on the list (536-3600). Remember that our goal is for each family to put in 20 hours a year volunteering, and this would be a great way to start your hours!

Also, I wanted to let you know that we are utilizing a new program for doing our email mailing list. I will be subscribing this email address to the list for you. You should be receiving a separate email asking you to confirm that you would like to subscribe to the list, you need to click on the link within that email to confirm your subscription otherwise you will not continue to receive email updates. (Therefore if you wish to be removed from our list, do nothing).

Those of you who will be attending PPA in the fall should have already received a packet of information about your enrollment. If you have not received this packet yet, you may download one from the website. There is a special page on the site which is there for information about the upcoming school year, and it can be accessed at http://www.pinellasprep.org/0809year/index.htm

Another question we have received several times over the last couple weeks is about class assignments. Students will not be assigned to classes until teachers return from their summer vacation. I anticipate being able to post class lists around August 13. The lists (first names only) will be temporarily posted on the website using the link above. Until that time, we can not answer questions about who your child’s teacher will be.

If you have any other questions about the upcoming school year, please feel free to email me or contact our office. I look forward to seeing many of you next Saturday, and all of you in August!

Click here to view the sample list of items which need to be completed during the volunteer day.

If you did not receive this email and would like to subscribe to the PPA General Mailing List, click here.

June 23, 2008

Summer Mailing Going Out Today - We mailed the summer mailing to families enrolled as of last week. They are being sent via standard mail, and families should receive them within the next few days. However, if you would rather not wait, please feel free to download it by clicking here. We ask, however, that you wait for the packet in the mail if possible, as it will be pre-populated with your child's information.

June 16, 2008

Webpage added - We're proud to say we've added this page to our website to help families prepare for the 2008-09 school year. As the summer progresses more information the school year will be added here. Within the next week we anticipate mailing out summer packets which will have supply lists, calendar, etc. As soon as the packet is completed it will also be posted onto this webpage.

School Supply Lists

Summer Homework List

All students will have a summer reading assignment. Please click on the grade level below to see what the assignment is. On each page you will also see links to purchase the books being assigned on Amazon.com. You do not need to purchase the book from Amazon, however, if you do use the links on these pages, a percentage will be given to PPA. Most of these books are available at the local public libraries.

4th Grade Summer Reading Assignment (Read The Cricket in Times Square plus one other book)
5th Grade Summer Reading Assignment (Read two books from the list provided)
6th Grade Summer Reading Assignment (Read Rules)
7th Grade Summer Reading Assignment (Read The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe and complete journal entries)
8th Grade Summer Reading Assignment (Read To Kill A Mockingbird and complete journal entries)
8th Grade Summer Science Project (Investigate a scientist)

Student Enrollment Numbers

We have already held our lottery for 2008-09, although we are still accepted applications. Applications will be accepted on a first-come / first-serve basis, and added to the end of the waiting list. It is typical to have a lot of movement over the summer, so if you are interested in having your child attend, please get your application in as soon as possible.

2008-09 Enrollment Numbers Updated 8-12-08
	4th	5th	6th	7th	8th
Accepted for 2008-09	66	66	88	85	63
Current Waiting List	3	16	13	0	0
Openings				3	3