One Day a Year

Hi folks, Jon Wennstrom here! You may have seen from the posts on social media that last week was Administrative Professionals Day and we celebrated our very own Mrs. Pepple. Even though we may shower her with posters and accolades one day each year, she does her outstanding work EVERY day of the year. She is always ready with a kind word, a sincere smile, or sound advice. She comforts our students, supports our staff, and keeps me organized. She also manages to do all these things while tending to every situation that arises in the office at the same time! Want to know how special Mrs. Pepple is? Just ask your child. I guarantee they will respond with a smile and probably a heartwarming story. Let's make sure that we spend more than just one day a year letting Mrs. Pepple (and all the special people in our lives) how much we appreciate them!

UPCOMING EVENTS AT BUCHANAN

Monday, April 30: PTA Meeting 7:00 PM

Friday, May 11: PTA Spring Fling 6:00-8:00 PM
Friday, May 25: Students dismissed at 12:10 PM

Monday, May 28: No School for Memorial Day

This week our 3rd Grade Students will begin their M-STEP testing for English Language Arts. Classroom teachers will be sending home specific testing dates. Please be sure that students are well rested and in attendance each testing day. Our 4th Grade Students will begin testing the following week.  I'm confident our Buchanan students are going to do a great job this year!!

PTA POINTS

• The deadline for turning in money for the Family Tigers Game is Monday, April 30! 

• We are looking forward to our Spring Fling on Friday May 11, 6:00-8:00pm! Flyers went home last week with information. Payment for pre-sale wristbands and raffle tickets is due April 30th. Please include form and payment, cash or check made payable to Buchanan PTA. All pre-sale wristbands & raffle tickets will go home Thursday May 10. Adults & children under 2 years do not need wristbands. Wristbands & tickets will be sold at the door also but we encourage pre-sale in case of long lines. 

• Spring Fling basket donations are due April 30th- themes are listed on the flyer and classes were assigned themes. We are also accepting cash donations if you are unable to shop. We will accept donations through Wednesday May 2, we need time to assemble all the baskets and shop if some baskets need more items. 

• We will be selling spree vouchers this year- a flyer with more information will be coming home mid-May. 

• Join us for our PTA meeting on Monday April 30, 7:00pm- we will be voting in our new board officers for next year.

Did you know that we had two events to showcase the great things our students do last week? On Tuesday, we had our "Youth Making a Difference" ceremony to recognize our Buchanan students who worked on service projects. On Thursday, we had our Art Fair, Science Displays, and Music Showcase (grades 1&2). They were wonderful events and a chance for our students to shine. Great things are happening at Buchanan!