Pioneer Park Elementary

📣 Pioneer Park Elementary Food Drive! 🥫

Our 4th and 5th grade Student Council Panthers are hosting a Food Drive December 8–12! We’re collecting nonperishable items to support families in our community.

✨ Incentive Alert!
The class that brings in the most individual food items will win a Popcorn & Pickle Day with Mrs. McPhail! 🎉🍿🥒

🗓 All donations are due by Friday, December 12, at 12:00 PM.

🛒 Requested Items:

-Canned Soup (pop-top lid)
-Canned Meat (easy open)
-Pasta & Sauce
-100% Juice
-Peanut Butter & Jelly
-Canned Fruits & Veggies

Thank you for supporting our students as they give back this holiday season! 💛🎄

Join us for a blood drive on Tuesday, December 9, 10:30-1:30, at Pioneer Park.
Click this link to schedule your appointment: https://www.yourbloodinstitute.org/donor/schedules/drive_schedule/684860

🎄✨ December Dress-Up Days at Pioneer Park! ✨🎄

Get ready for a week of festive fun as we count down to winter break! Check out our dress-up days below and join in the holiday spirit:

📅 Monday 12/15 – Holiday Glow Head to Toe
Wear your favorite holiday or winter gear!

📅 Tuesday 12/16 – Grinch/Elf Day
Dress up as your favorite character!

📅 Wednesday 12/17 – Ugly Sweater Day
Bring out your most fabulously festive (or fabulously ugly!) sweater!

📅 Thursday 12/18 – Polar Express Pajama Day
ALL ABOARD! Wear your comfiest pajamas!

📅 Friday 12/19 – No School!
Enjoy the start of your holiday break! ❄️🎅

We can’t wait to see all the creativity and holiday cheer! ❤️💚

Join us to celebrate the holiday season as our 3rd grade brings a festive and joyful concert! 🎄🎶
Friday, December 12 at 6:30 PM
PPE Cafeteria

Pioneer Park Basketball Sign-Up Deadline is Friday, December 5.

🎄❤️ Pioneer Park PTO Christmas Ornaments and Pictures! ❤️🎄
Christmas photos will be taken Monday, Dec. 8 — no makeups, so don’t miss it!

📸 Order forms & payment are due by Friday, Dec. 5.
💵 Cash or CashApp only: $PioneerParkPTO
🎅 $5 for each 5x7 photo
🎅 $5 for each ornament
🚫 No sibling photos

Thank you for supporting our PTO and helping make holiday memories! 🎁✨

Pioneer Park Elementary Families,

We are excited to participate in the Holiday Parade on Saturday, November 22, 2025, at 6:30 PM!

🌟 Parade Details
• Parade begins at 6:30 PM
• Please meet the PTO parade trailer at 6:00 PM at Spot #49, located at 2nd Street and F Avenue (very close to our location last year for returning families).
• The best area for drop-off and pick-up will be the southwest corner of the JCPenney mall parking lot.
• After the parade, we will unload the trailer at the JCP parking lot.

👨‍👩‍👧 Important Reminder
An adult must accompany their Pioneer Park student(s) along the parade route.

📣 Stay tuned to the Pioneer Park Facebook Page for any updates.

We can’t wait to kick off the holiday season with you!
—Pioneer Park Elementary PTO

🎄✨ Pioneer Park Families! ✨🎄
We’re excited to share that Pioneer Park Elementary will be participating in the Holiday in the Park Parade on Saturday, November 22nd! The parade begins at 6:30 PM.

👨‍👩‍👧 We ask that a parent/guardian stay with their child during the parade. We will have a trailer for some students to ride, while others will walk behind to hand out candy.

👕 Wear your Pioneer Park shirt or hoodie and meet us at 6:00 PM near Central Plaza. Glow sticks, light-up necklaces, or festive headbands are encouraged to help us shine bright! ✨

📍 Our exact lineup location will be shared once we receive our entry number. We’ll send a text message and post the details on the Pioneer Park PTO Facebook page.

We can’t wait to kick off the holiday season together! ❤️💚

🍫💙 THANK YOU for supporting our World’s Finest Chocolate sale! 💙🍫
We are so grateful for our amazing Panther families!

All chocolate money is due Tuesday, November 12th.

Thank you for helping us make a difference! 🙌

Join us as our amazing 4th graders honor those who have served! 🎶
📅 Friday, November 14
🕝 2:30 PM
📍 Pioneer Park Elementary

We can’t wait to celebrate our veterans through song and gratitude! ❤️💙

🍫💙 THANK YOU for supporting our World’s Finest Chocolate sale! 💙🍫
We are so grateful for our amazing Panther families!

📢 Final push!
All chocolate money is due Tuesday, November 12th.
Let’s finish strong and continue supporting our school! 💪📚
Thank you for helping us make a difference! 🙌

🌿 Let’s Learn and Lead with 4-H! 🌿
Join an exciting adventure in learning, leadership, and lifelong skills!

📚 Who: Pioneer Park Elementary students in grades 3–5
📍 Where: Pioneer Park Elementary Library
📅 When: Thursday, November 13, 2025 | 4:15–5:00 PM

4-H helps kids “learn by doing” through hands-on projects, community service, and leadership experiences. No experience needed—just curiosity and a can-do attitude!

✉️ Interested? Email tiffanie.fortune@lawtonps.org
by November 7, 2025.
👨‍👩‍👧 A parent or guardian must attend the first meeting with their child.

World's Finest Chocolate Sale going on NOW through Nov. 12!

🐾 Pioneer Park Clean-Up Day! 🐾
Let’s work together to make our school grounds shine!

📍 Where: Pioneer Park Elementary
3005 NE Angus Place
📅 When: Thursday, November 6, 2025
🕓 Time: 4:15 PM – 6:15 PM
What We’ll Be Doing:
🌼 Weeding flower beds
🌻 Planting new flowers
🪵 Cleaning up limbs and debris
🪣 Spreading mulch
🐾 Stenciling panther paws on pathways
🪨 Laying gravel pebbles to create a walkway
🌿 Installing metal edging around flower beds
What to Bring:
🔹 Shovels (large and small) and Rakes
🔹 Work gloves
🔹 Wheelbarrow
🔹 Hammer or mallet
💚 Come lend a hand, show your Panther Pride, and help make our campus a beautiful place for students and families to enjoy!
🐾Teamwork makes the dream work — see you there, Panthers! 🐾

In honor of all who served, our STUCO is collecting donations for the Lawton Fort Sill Veterans Center.
We’re asking for the following items:

🧦 Men’s & Women’s Fuzzy Socks with Gripper Bottoms
🧤 Men’s & Women’s Beanie Hats & Gloves
🪶 Lap Blankets
🧩 Crossword & Word Search Books
🖍️ Puzzles, Adult Coloring Books
✏️ Colorful Pens & Pencils

📅 Please bring donations to Pioneer Park by November 13.
STUCO members will deliver the items to the Veterans Center.

Let’s come together to show our appreciation for those who’ve served! ❤️💙🤍

🎉 SPONSORSHIP OPPORTUNITY 🎉
Help Every Pioneer Park Panther Show Their School Spirit!

This year, we want to gift every single Pioneer Park Panther a Panther Spirit Hoodie — free of charge to our students!

We’re inviting local businesses and community partners to help make this happen through sponsorships.

See attached flyer for more information.
It's a great day to be a PANTHER!

🍂 Fall Concert Performance 🍁
Our Kindergarten students are ready to shine! 🌟
📅 Wednesday, October 30
🕝 2:30 PM
📍 Pioneer Park Elementary

We can’t wait to celebrate the season with you! 🍂💛

Join us at Chick-fil-A Cache Road on Tuesday, October 21, 2025, from 4:00–8:00 PM.

🍔 Enjoy delicious food — plus, 15% of tonight’s sales will be donated to the Pioneer Park Elementary PTO!

📱 Important: To make sure our school receives credit, you must order through the Chick-fil-A app, click “Community Care Event,” and select Pioneer Park Elementary before checkout.

📍 Chick-fil-A Cache Road
🕓 Tuesday, October 21 | 4:00–8:00 PM

🎀 RED RIBBON WEEK is coming up — October 27–31, 2025! 🎀

Join us as we celebrate healthy choices and show our school spirit each day! 💪❤️

📅 Here’s the lineup:
🔴 Monday, Oct. 27: We are Red-day to say NO to Drugs! (Wear red)
🏈 Tuesday, Oct. 28: Team Up Against Drugs! (Wear your favorite sports team or team colors)
🧦 Wednesday, Oct. 29: Sock it to Drugs! (Wear crazy socks)
🪖 Thursday, Oct. 30: Drugs Can’t Find Me! (Wear camo)
📚 Friday, Oct. 31: Say BOO to Drugs! (Dress as your favorite book character)

📘 Please make sure costumes for Book Character Day are school-appropriate — no masks or weapons, please!

Let’s show our commitment to living drug-free and have some fun doing it!