Your McAlpine Minute - Welcome Back, Eagles!

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Welcome back, Eagles! Here's what's happening at McAlpine this week.

Monday - First day of school! *Note - Kindergarten has staggered entry days (Monday, Tuesday, or Wednesday) with all Kindergarteners attending on Friday!
Thursday - Principal Modine's Birthday! Wish Mrs. Modine a very happy birthday when you see her!
Friday - Boo Hoo Breakfast - Kindergarten parents are invited to join us in the cafeteria at 8am for breakfast. This is a great change to meet other kindergarten parents, learn more about McAlpine, ask questions, and maybe wipe away a few tears together.

Our Eagles would love a little extra help during the first few weeks of school, starting Friday, August 30th. Please click here to sign up to help!

Looking for information on upcoming school events? Check out the Events tab on the McAlpine PTO website - www.mcalpinepto.org.

Have a great first week, Eagles!

Do you have any questions about carpool drop-off and pick-up tomorrow?
Hopefully this diagram will help.

Some key points:
CARPOOLERS (morning drop-off AND afternoon pick-up):
- Take the FIRST right when pull into school -- as shown with yellow lines on this diagram.
- When you pull up in front of the school, do NOT just stop in front of the main doors -- PULL ALL THE WAY FORWARD! That allows MANY more cars behind you to pull up, making our carpool line MUCH faster!
- Children can only exit & enter vehicles on the RIGHT/PASSENGER side of the vehicle. Teachers will be on the sidewalk helping load/unload your children -- Do not get out of your car to help your child!
- After you have dropped-off/picked-up, continue straight after the Stop, now starting to follow the green line -- you can NOT turn left at the front of the carpool line!

PARKERS (If you are parking to walk in to the building or pick up a Front Door Walker):
- Follow the GREEN lines on the diagram.
- Do NOT take the first left that says NO ENTRY on the diagram. Keep going straight until you reach the Stop and turn left there to enter the large parking lot (as indicated by green lines)

Our Eagles need YOU! Sign up to help make the first few weeks of school wonderful!

E2D is once again excited to partner with CMS to provide scholars with essential 21st-century digital learning tools for the 2019/2020 academic year!

Who: CMS students in need of digital technology beyond school hours

What: E2D wants to equip 500 CMS families with a laptop computer

When: September 7, 2019, 10 AM - 1 PM

Where: ImaginOn Library (300 E. 7th Street, Charlotte, NC 28202)

Click here for more information.

Have you reviewed your Parent Pack yet? If you weren't able to make it to Open House last week, your student should bring home a Parent Pack tomorrow. Forms are due by Friday, September 13th.

Section A (green forms):Save time and to these online! Go to www.McAlpinePTO.org and click on the Back to School Forms button to complete these PTO Fast Forms and pay online!
Section B (blue forms): PTO Support Forms -These forms detail the many ways you can volunteer at McAlpine. They also include some important school forms so please review these carefully and return to your child's teacher.
Section C (yellow forms): PTO Fundraising - we need you to help raise money for our school! Please review these forms carefully to see you can make a difference this year.

Help McAlpine's Talent Development Program!

McAlpine Elementary PTO
2019 - 2020 Corporate Sponsors

If you own a business or work for a company that would like to give back to the community, you don't want to miss this opportunity! Now is the time to become a 2019-2020 McAlpine Elementary School Corporate Sponsor. Four levels of sponsorship are available with wonderful benefits reaching over 500 families! Click here for more information. Please share with your family and friends as well!

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