IMPACT! News
Direct Donations Made Easy!
We have a new online donation platform up and running! It is very easy to give to Impact directly now using the bright yellow donation button! If you have anyone in your circle that would like to help the school and our kids send them our web address. Almost all forms of payment accepted which makes it very simple to give.
March IMPACT Meeting Notes
-Teacher Appreciation Snack Volunteers needed! If you’d like to help bring the teachers some good individually wrapped snacks to power them through their day then email us and we will sign you up. Impact will reimburse you for your purchases if you send us a copy of the receipt!
-Cross Country Ski and and Skating was a great success! Thank you for all your help coaches and volunteers. Without you these programs wouldn't work!
-IMPACT is funding three new programs coming to PES for 4 weeks on March 15! These programs are free but you do need to sign up through RSU5 Community Programs.
K-2 Art Class on Mondays 4:30-5:30p. This class is offered a little later because the teacher needs to commute to our school after her’s gets out for the day. Sign up here.
3-5 Sculpture Class on Tuesdays 3:45-4:45p. This class also starts a little later and needs a couple parent volunteers to watch the kids on the playground to bridge the 30 minute gap after school. Email us if you can help! Sign up here.
2-5 Chess Class on Thursdays at 3:15-4:30p. Sign up here.
-The February break scavenger hunt was a great success! Thank you to the planners for making such a delightful activity for us to enjoy!
-Hannaford Gift Cards is new passive fundraiser will be testing for interest over the coming months. You can buy a Hannaford gift card from us and IMPACT get 5% of the proceeds. You can use them to buy groceries at any Hannaford or Bow Street Market.
-Don’t forget to turn in your Clynk this month! We get an extra $.50 for every $1 raised this month only.
-Check out our Facebook Page, on which there is something new and cool almost everyday!
-Next month at the April IMPACT meeting we have nominations for next years officers. We would love some fresh help and any officers replaced still plan to take a very active role in IMPACT. One thing we would like to avoid (which happened with the current leaders) is for the leadership to graduate out and leave the new leadership without hands on guidance to ease the transition. The more rotation we have of the officers the easier these transitions will be. If you have any interest in helping lead this organization please let us know!
-The next IMPACT meeting is April 6th at 6:30p on Zoom! Hope to see you there!
Email us at pownalimpact@gmail.com about anything above for more information.
Ice Skating
Ice Skating comes to an end this week with K-2’s last day being March 2 and 3-5’s last day on March 4. A huge thank you to the coaches for the time spent with our kids! They had a great time!
Ice Skating
Ice Skating comes to an end this week for K-2 and 3-5 due to melting ice. A huge thank you to the coaches for the time spent with our kids! They had a great time!
February Vacation Snowflake Challenge
During February vacation, February 15th-21st, follow the clues to find the red snowflakes around town. Take your picture with the snowflakes and send them to ScavengerHunt.IMPACT@gmail.com or share them on the Impact Pownal Elementary School Facebook page
All participants who send in pictures at every clue will be entered into a drawing to win your choice of
1) $20 Pineland Farms Gift Card or 2) 4 boxes of Girl Scouts cookies
Follow the clues, find the snowflake and take your picture, then send your photos with your name to
ScavengerHunt.IMPACT@gmail.com
SNOWFLAKE CHALLENGE CLUES
In an alternate universe it’s name would be The Tall Go.
At PES, this exists only in the winter. Thanks to Mr. T and Mr. D (and many others) it stays clear and smooth until the warm days of spring.
You usually can get a cookie when you go to vote here.
A spot in Pownal, where mums the word.
Pownal’s other mountain
Got mail? This place does!
This place used to sell chips, now chips will be made here.
To receive the clues via email, please send a request to ScavengerHunt.IMPACT@gmail.com and then reply with all of your pictures. Have fun and enjoy sharing your vacation adventures with your PES friends, family and community!
Notes: February IMPACT meeting
News from the February IMPACT! Meeting
-Keep an out for a Black History month family book discussion bing organized this month.
-Looking for Spring sport ideas: cross country running, kick ball and frisbee golf are some ideas in the works. Let us know if you think of any thing else that could be a socially distanced option send and email to: srjamo@gmail.com
-Looking for ideas to compliment the spring sport program. Some ideas include an art club, garden club, book club.
-Be on the look out for a February Break Scavenger Hunt our social committee is creating for families!
-Clynk is matching all Clynk donations .50 to the $1.00 for all bags turned in from February 1st to March 31st!
-Don’t forget Amazon Smile donations for IMPACT for all your Amazon Purchases!
-Teacher appreciation snack volunteers are needed for the month of March onward. If you are interested is suppling our amazing teachers with a variety of individually packaged snacks and drinks send us an email!
-School Board Meetings for February are on the 3rd, 10th and 24th.
-No school February 12th through 19th
-Next IMPACT meeting is March 2nd. We hope to see you there!
New site
We will be posting all impact meeting minutes and related information as it becomes available here. If you would like to read copies of minutes from past meetings you can find them here: IMPACT Minutes Folder