Appomattox Primary School

Stop by Dairy Queen tonight and help your student win an ice cream party for their class!! Your participation helps support our APS PTO! Be sure to bring your DQ flyer and turn it in when you order.

Have you ordered your student's school picture package yet? Just go to www.strawbridge.net and use code: FM431470. All pictures must be ordered online this year, there are no paper order forms. You can also use this link to sign up for picture day alerts: https://strawbridge.fotomerchanthv.com/clients/appomattox-primary/fall-pictures-9-29-2023-58/optIn

The Trot & Spot Book Buses have begun their Fall routes! Check out the schedules for both under the Activities/Organizations page on the APS website. The book buses stop at various locations in our community Monday-Thursday until October 19th.

It's Open House night! Join the APS PTO to Get This Year Poppin'! Stop by tonight from 6-7 pm to tour your child's classroom, buy a Raider stadium blanket, enter our free raffle and get some yummy treats!

Our cafeteria is now open for lunch visitors! Be sure to have your ID with you when you check in at the front office. You are unable to enter the building without it. Please leave plenty of time to get through any drive-thru lines and arrive at APS on time for your student's lunch time. Lunch times can be found on our APS website under Resources, Food/Nutrition.

Stop by Dairy Queen tonight and help your student win an ice cream party for their class!! Your participation helps support our APS PTO! Be sure to bring your DQ flyer sent home last week.

Today is an Early Dismissal!! Pickup is at 1:10 pm for all children. This is for all schools - APS, AES, AMS and ACHS. There is no school on Monday. Have a great long weekend!

Let's Get This Year Poppin'! Join us Tuesday, September 12th from 6-7 pm at our APS Open House!! You'll be able to tour your child's classroom and stop at a few other fun spots in the building. Be sure to take part in our free raffle and get some yummy treats!

Lunch Choices for the week of 28 August - 01 September 2023: MONDAY (8/28): Chicken Nuggets OR Salisbury Steak Roll, Mashed Potatoes TUESDAY (8/29): Pizza Hut Pizza OR Chef Salad & Roll Fries WEDNESDAY (8/30): Nacho Chili Cheese OR Chicken Fillet on a Bun Pinto Beans THURSDAY (8/31): Spaghetti OR Fish Sticks Roll, Broccoli & Cheese FRIDAY (9/1): Cheese Pizza Lunch Kit Gold Fish Fresh veggies, fruit and milk are provided daily with each lunch. The menu can be accessed anytime on our APS website at https://www.acpsweb.net/o/aps

There are two more dates to pickup pre-ordered Raider Spirit Blankets OR stop by to make a new purchase! Blankets are $35 each and PTO accepts cash, checks and credit cards. All pickups take place in the front APS parking lot. Stop by this Saturday, 8/26 from 10:00 am-12:00 pm or Tuesday, 9/12 from 6:00 pm-7:00 pm.

Lunch Choices for the week of 21-25 August 2023: MONDAY (8/21): Hot Dog OR Hamburger Baked Beans TUESDAY (8/22): Pizza Hut Pizza OR Taco Salad Corn WEDNESDAY (8/23): Mac & Cheese, Roll OR Popcorn Chicken, Roll Mashed Potatoes THURSDAY (8/24): Breakfast for Lunch! Waffles & Sausage OR Chicken Biscuit Potatoes FRIDAY (8/25): French Bread Pizza OR Chicken Nuggets, Roll Green Beans Fresh veggies, fruit and milk are provided daily with each lunch. The menu can be accessed anytime on our APS website at https://www.acpsweb.net/o/aps

Just a friendly reminder that we do not have staff available to supervise children in the morning until 7:55 am. That is the earliest we can begin our Car Rider drop-off each morning at APS. Thank you!

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One more week to turn in current physical forms and immunization records for any new Bright Beginnings Pre-K or Kindergarten student! Any child without these forms on file will be unable to start school on 8/7/23. You can bring them to the APS front office between 8:30-3:00 pm, Monday-Friday.

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You can bring in your child's Kindergarten registration paperwork anytime Monday-Friday, 8:30-3:00 pm to the APS front office. You will need to bring in your child's original birth certificate, proof of residency document and updated physical and immunization record prior to the first day of school. Your child will not be able to start Kindergarten on 8/7/23 if we do not have this paperwork on file.

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