September is here!

Hello Purefoy Families!
Monday morning was such an exciting time to see the students in their new classrooms. Everyone settled in well and the week has flown by! You may have noticed that over the summer our playground received a makeover! The wonderful shade structure was installed last month. It really makes quite a difference keeping the hot Texas sun off of the equipment and children. The teachers can no longer call the playground “The brick oven!” I was out on recess duty earlier this week and it was nice and cool under the shade! Thank you to PTA, families and students for working on this multi-year project.
Another new feature to our playground area is some wonderful painted areas for hopscotch and four -square. The 2012-2013 fifth grade class donated the stencils and paint for our new designated play areas. Thank you to Coach Rodriguez and Coach Attanasio for coming up last month and painting! I know the kiddos are going to love it!
I really love the first week of school. It is fun to see returning faces, new faces and enjoy the students’ excitement about school. I also enjoy moments with our new kindergarten friends….I thought you would enjoy a funny moment with Mr. Wiley this week in kindergarten. Mr. Wiley was visiting our new students and a sweet little girl looked right at him and said, “I know your name; you are Mr. Fancy Pants.” Kindergarten is so fun!
Enjoy your three day weekend. We will see all our wonderful children on Tuesday morning!
Sincerely,
Mary Webb
Reminders:

• Curriculum Night is Tuesday, September 3^rd. Please plan to attend and hear about your student’s instructional day.   (We will also be using Curriculum night to prepare some video for college week.  So parents, please wear your college gear to be on the videos)
• 6:00- 6:45 1^st, 3^rd and 5^th grades
• 6:45-7:10  Specials Presentation
• 7:15-8:00  Kindergarten, 2^nd and 4^th grades
• Please turn in your PTA membership forms. We are so fortunate to have a wonderful PTA supporting our school.
• School Spirit shirts are on sale for $10.   Order forms were sent home in Thursday folders yesterday or you can pick an order form up in the school office.