Elementary School

March Newsletter from Mrs. Carlson

Take a screen shot of this or jot the dates down in your calendars! Here are some important dates for the 2nd semester of our school year!

We are so excited to have Kindergarten Round-Up and cannot wait to welcome your child to our school family! Please scan the QR codes included on this flyer to learn more about PAC elementary and sign up for a building visit where you can tour the school, meet staff, and ask any questions as you prepare for this exciting milestone.

Friday was 'honestly' the best assembly. We celebrated our Character Strong trait of Honesty!🎉 Our award winners were recognized for showing integrity, truthfulness, and doing the right thing, even when no one is watching. Our specials teachers also chose students that show exemplary skills in their classrooms. We are so proud of these students for leading by example! 👏✨ To celebrate, our winners got to compete in games that required strategy, teamwork, and a little guessing skills too! There was dancing 💃🕺, lots of laughing 😂, and cheering all around 📣 We also took time to honor Miss Aden Ford as she returns home to America after serving our country for 180 days. 🇺🇸 We are so grateful for her dedication and sacrifice. Welcome back, Miss Ford! We are so glad to have you home! ❤️ Special shout out to the 5th graders for creating a super fun game with the splats in computer science! It's so fun to see students take something they work so hard on and turn it into something that benefits the whole school! And the big news… students are officially beating the staff 6–4! 🙌 The competition is heating up! Staff, we’ve got some work to do! Way to go, everyone! Keep showing honesty in all you do! ❤️🖤

💍✨ Breaking News from Kindergarten! ✨💍 On Friday, kindergarten celebrated a very special wedding… Q and U got married! 💕 In phonics, they learned that Q and U are a team and they stick together in words! The rule is: Q is almost always followed by U because Q needs U to make its sound (/kw/), like in queen, quilt, quick, and quiet. 👑🧵⚡️ Our kindergarteners had the sweetest celebration! They had: 💒 A beautiful wedding ceremony 🧁 Cupcakes fit for royalty 🎶 A fun reception with lots of dancing 📖 And plenty of “QU” words to practice! The students loved learning that whenever they see Q, they can expect U to be right by its side. Now that’s a happily ever after in phonics! 💖📚 #QUWedding #KindergartenFun #PhonicsParty #LearningIsSweet

First graders got hands-on with some local bird life this week! 🐦 As part of their current learning on birds and the physical adaptations that help them survive, students had a special visit from a first grade family who brought in two White Silkies and some baby Jumbo Pekin ducks. Students had a blast observing, comparing, and contrasting the birds while noticing their unique features. What an exciting way to bring learning to life!

February is Turner Syndrome Awareness Month. With Rare Disease Day on Saturday, February 28, our preschool wore purple today to support those impacted by Turner syndrome. 💜

Thank you Pocahontas Dental Associates for joining us on High Five Friday 🖐

PAC Work Based Learning
Community Partners Meeting
March 3rd, 2026 5:00pm
HS/MS Gym Lobby

Learn about the new program and help create possibilities in the community for PAC youth.
Snacks will be served!!

📚✨ Next week is Read Across America Week! ✨📚

We have some fun activities planned, including special dress-up days and a school-wide flashlight read! 🔦📖

Join us in celebrating the joy and power of reading. We can’t wait to see our students participate and share their love of books all week long!

Good morning,

We'd like to provide everyone with an update regarding an accident that happened this morning. A senior was driving his 10th grade sister to the high school. At the corner of Highway 3 and SW 3rd Street (the entrance of the HS/MS), the student turned in front of a semi. Luckily a different student had just used the crosswalk, so both drivers were not going fast. The student, his sister, and the semi driver are all ok. Thank you to Mr. Vorba for being first on the site, and to Police Chief Leu for his quick response.

🗓️ Looking Ahead: Parent-Teacher Conferences & Early Outs! 🗓️

PAC families, here’s what to plan for next week:

🔹 Tuesday, Mar. 3: Parent-Teacher Conferences, 3:00–7:00 PM & 1-Hour Early Out — Dismissal at 2:19 PM
🔹 Thursday, Mar. 5: Parent-Teacher Conferences, 3:00–7:00 PM & 1-Hour Early Out — Dismissal at 2:19 PM
🔹 Friday, Mar. 6: Teacher Comp Day — NO SCHOOL (PreK–12)

Classes will resume on their normal schedule on Monday, Mar. 9.

PAC WEATHER UPDATE Pocahontas Area Community Schools will operate on a 2-HOUR DELAY today Friday, February 20th. No AM preschool or morning activities. We are currently evaluating the roads.

⚠️ PAC WEATHER UPDATE ⚠️ Pocahontas Area Community Schools will operate on a 2-HOUR DELAY tomorrow, Friday, February 20th. ❌ No AM preschool or morning activities. Please drive safely!

Thank you to Faith Community Church for greeting our students on High Five Friday 👋

We had a 100-tastic time celebrating the 100th Day of School! 🎉💯 From counting collections and writing about what we’d do with 100 dollars, to rocking some pretty creative “100-year-old” looks, our hallways were buzzing with excitement and big smiles. It was a day filled with learning, laughter, and a whole lot of counting! Here’s to being 100 days smarter, stronger, and ready for the rest of the school year… because at this point, we’re basically pros. 😉📚✨

Save the date!
On Wednesday, February 18th from 10am-6pm, there will be Preschool Registration for the 2026-2027 school year. It is come and go and located at the All-Star Preschool.

We want to give a big shout-out to Mrs. Hoch, our amazing guidance counselor here at PAC Elementary! We are so thankful for everything she does for our students and staff, from helping students work through big feelings, to teaching important life skills, to always being a calm, caring presence when someone needs support. She listens, encourages, problem-solves, and cheers our kids on every single day. PAC is a better place because of her heart and dedication. Happy Guidance Counselor Week Mrs. Hoch!

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PAC elementary gathered yesterday to celebrate perseverance… and we successfully proved our students have a lot of it 😆 Between teacher-nominated awards and games like Human Bulletin Board and a Rubik’s Cube Relay (yes… that takes serious grit), our kids showed what sticking with something really looks like. Hard work ✔️ Teamwork ✔️ Laughing while trying again ✔️✔️✔️ A fun assembly and an even better reminder that perseverance is powerful and pretty fun too! 🎉👏