Pumpkin Center Intermediate

Don't forget tomorrow is "Be a Star Student" - dress as your favorite star or movie character.

Good evening PCI this is Amy Thomas calling with your weekly updates. Tomorrow kicks off our Red Ribbon Week so please make sure you wear red. Our Fall festival will be held on Friday evening at 4:00pm we hope to see you all there. Our PTO has an amazing gift card wreath up for grabs we will be selling tickets through Nov 8th. I hope everyone has had a wonderful weekend and we can't wait to see you all bright and early in the morning.

Red Ribbon Week is next week October 28-November 1! Below are the themes for each day. Cannot wait to see all of the themes come to life!

A message from Mrs. Stancil, our art teacher! Hello Family, This week your child's custom catalog for the Square 1 Art fundraiser catalog - featuring their own name and art on the cover, WITH FREE STICKERS OF THEIR ART! Get a head start, and start ordering keepsakes and gifts featuring your child's art online NOW, if you like! Simply search for your child's art using Art Search, and enter state, school name, and your student's name. Your student's art and code will appear, and you may order! NEW - *Ship to Home FREE. (*Customer pays a small processing fee at checkout and order ships to home.) Order by: 11/4/2024 Upload additional art if you like, using Art Upload! If you have questions, or need anything at all, contact customer care online . Thank you for supporting our school! Tara Stancil Square 1 Art fundraiser coordinator Pumpkin Center Intermediate square1art.com/shop

The Fall Festival is coming quick! Be sure to turn forms into your teacher to purchase your tickets. We look forward to seeing you there!!

Good evening Pumpkin Center Intermediate this is Amy Thomas calling with updates for the week ahead. We are excited to announce that we surpassed our goal of 250 items for Western North Carolina. Thank you for your generous donations and showing your support. Just a reminder there will be no school for students on Monday and Tuesday. We are preparing and planning our Fall Festival that is scheduled for November 1st. We are asking for families to donate candy for prizes. You may send these items with your student. We hope you are enjoying your break and can't wait to see you on Wednesday.

What a fun Friday at PCIS! 3rd grade addition showdown was great with Ms.Bailey's class winning! 4th grade multiplication showdown was fast pace with Mrs. Causey's class on top! Thank you dance team for opening our car doors and thank you PCIS families for your donations to WNC. We had over 250 items donated, so Mrs. Burgin was on wheels and Mrs. Thomas had a 'fin'tastic day!

Bus 272 is running about 20 minutes late this morning. We are sorry for the inconvenience.

North Zone Hurricane Helene Relief

⚠ No School for Students on Tuesday, October 1 ⚠ Lincoln County Schools will be closed for students Tuesday, October 1 due to power outages and damages from Hurricane Helene. Staff will operate on an optional workday; check your email for updates from your principal.

📢 No School for Students on Friday, September 27 📢 Due to the threat of inclement weather associated with Hurricane Helene, Lincoln County Schools will be closed for students on Friday, September 27. *Before and After School care is cancelled for Friday, September 27.

Book Fair sneak peek!! Look at some of these amazing titles we have coming! Our Bedford Falls Book Fair will be open from October 7-14. See you there!

Picture Day is right around the corner! Papers will be coming home within the next week and here is how to order online. Picture Day is October 1st!

Loving the positivity Mrs. Mangum! Wishing all of our PCIS families a great weekend!

September Lunch Menu!

Bus 271 is running 15-20 minutes late this afternoon! Sorry for any inconvenience and thank you for understanding.

📢 Fan Code of Conduct at all Lincoln County Schools Home Football and Basketball Games 📢 All spectators ages eighth grade and younger MUST be accompanied by a legal guardian or responsible adult 21 years of age or older in order to enter and remain inside the stadium or gymnasium. The legal guardian or accompanying adult will be responsible for the child’s supervision and actions at all times.

This Friday night is North Lincoln's first football game and they will play West Lincoln. It is also “Youth Knight” and both Pumpkin Center and Rock Springs’ elementary kids will get into the football game free of charge. Parents and older children do have to pay the $7 game entry fee. There will be a family tailgate party behind the home side stadium seating with live music, Tex-A-Lina BBQ and Kona Ice from 4-7pm, and the game starts at 7:30pm. Students who would like to, can help make a tunnel for the players. Be down at the track at the end of the HOME side stands around 7:00. Staff will bring them back to meet parents after the team runs out on the field. This should be a fun night for our students!

🎵 Lincoln County Marching Band Preview 🎵 Featuring performances by all four high school bands! September 21, 2024 Lincolnton High School Stadium Gates Open 6:30pm First Performance 7:30pm $5 Admission Lincoln County Schools employees admitted free with ID badge

Good evening PCI families, it was wonderful to have our school filled with students again today! We had lots of smiling faces and had a great first day. Just a reminder to be patient with us in our afternoon car rider line and on our afternoon bus times. We will get faster as the year goes on. I look forward to seeing you tomorrow. Have a great evening!