Purcell Elementary School

Teacher Appreciation Week is off to a SWEET start! A huge THANK YOU to our amazing community for showering our teachers and staff with love today! ❤️🐲🙌🏼🍎 We’re so grateful to: • PTO for the delicious Coffee Bar • Walmart for the tasty sandwiches • OEC for the cookie tray • First United Bank for the healthy snack basket Your generosity means the world to us and made this Monday extra special. Here’s to a great week celebrating the incredible people who make our school shine! Photo Caption: Smiles all around as our teachers and staff kicked off the week with treats, thanks to our thoughtful community partners!❤️🐲 #Hashtags: #TeacherAppreciationWeek #ThankYouTeachers #CommunitySupport #WeLoveOurTeachers #GratefulHearts #SchoolFamily

Summer safety is vital for ensuring that everyone can enjoy the season's activities without unnecessary risks. With increased outdoor time, it's important to be mindful of sun protection, hydration, and safe practices around water and recreational activities. Using sunscreen, staying hydrated, and being aware of heat-related illnesses can help prevent health issues. Additionally, teaching children about safety rules while biking, swimming, or playing outside fosters a culture of awareness and responsibility. By prioritizing summer safety, we can create lasting memories while protecting our well-being.

Kindergarten Graduation 2025 is in the books! We are so very proud of all of our sweet Kindergartners! 🎉❤️🐲🎓 Mrs. Scott and our kindergarten teachers did an amazing job! 🎶 Thank you parents for sharing your children with us. We are honored to serve in a community that delights in the development of children. ❤️🐲 #DragonPRIDE #DragonCARES #Kinder GRADS #ClassOf2037

Water safety is crucial for preventing accidents and ensuring enjoyable experiences around pools, lakes, and oceans. Understanding the fundamentals of water safety—such as knowing how to swim, using life jackets, and being aware of potential hazards—can significantly reduce the risk of drowning and injuries. Teaching children about safe behaviors in and around water, as well as supervising them closely, is essential. By promoting water safety awareness, we can help everyone enjoy aquatic activities while prioritizing their well-being.

It's School Lunch Hero Day! 🎉🙌🏼🍎 We are thankful for the ladies in our cafeteria at PES! Thank you Lilia Resendiz, Avilene Fuentez, & Lisbeth Resendiz for serving our students each day! ❤️🐲🍎🍕🍔🥗

Today, for National Principal Appreciation Day, we honor our amazing principal, Mrs. Cindy Stone, who leads our school with passion, dedication and care, fostering a positive learning environment for students and teachers. Her leadership inspires excellence, supports our students and staff, and helps build a brighter future every day. We are so very thankful for everything you do! ❤️ #DragonPride #PrincipalsDay #ThankAPrincipal

Congratulations to our April Students of the Month! These students show Dragon CARES daily and we are super proud of them! #DragonCARES Way to go Dragons! PreK: Denisse Pacheco & Leonel Gutierrez K: Crue Tompkins & Leeland Hernandez 1st: Ryleigh Cobb-Spaulding & Teo Frati Celeste 2nd: Kyler Montgomery & James Mantooth Thank you, Boomerang, for supporting our students! Each student received a Student of the Month certificate and a free kid's meal from Boomerang!❤️🐲

April PES Staff Spotlight! Please join us in honoring these wonderful ladies; Ms. Celia Brown and Mrs. Brenna Collins! They are such a blessing to many students, staff, and families! Ms. Brown has taught a total of 28 years with almost all of them in PreK at PES! She loves teaching littles! Her favorite memory as a student was science! She loved her incredible teacher, Gwendolyn Place. She said she made everything fun and interesting and that they did a lot of science experiments and she will always remember how cool they were! One thing she can't live without is her family, friends and especially her brother. She also enjoys traveling! Mrs. Collins has been serving students for the past 5 years at PES. She loves watching students grow and seeing their improvement throughout the year! Oddly enough, her favorite memory as a student was in PreK in Ms. Celia Brown's class when they had Water Day! She loves her family and spending time with them, especially her sweet son Hunter! We are blessed to have them both at PES and appreciate all they do to make students shine!🩵🫶🏽🥰🐲

Thank you for your patience at the elementary during what we foresee to be a rainy drop off this morning. For safety reasons, we will not unload students up top in rain or bad weather. Please pull directly in front of the building. Thank you! ☔️🌧♥️🐲❤️

We are under a thunderstorm watch and foresee a rainy and possible stormy dismissal. Please pick up students directly in front of the building only or in the back for PreK. Thank you for your assistance in safety for all. If we are alerted to shelter, we will pause pick-up for safety and continue once it clears. 🐲❤️☔️

The BEST driver in the land! Safety Patrol Jackie is headed to take PreK on their first bus ride and then heading back for parent picnic! Thank you Safety Patrol Jackie!!❤️🥰🚌🍎🐲

Thank you for your patience during what we foresee to be a rainy drop off this morning. For safety reasons, we will not unload students up top in rain or bad weather. Please pull directly in front of the building. Thank you! ☔️🌧♥️🐲❤️

Happy Secretary's Day! 🐲♥️🍎 Thank you from all of us at PES!! Jackie Suchy & Robin Sheehy are the BEST! We absolutely couldn't do each day without you! Thank you for being the bright light in our school for students, staff and parents. 🐲❤️#SecretarysDay #youROCK #KindnessMatters

Congratulations to Ms. Barbara Smith for being recognized as our 2024-25 Support Employee of the Year! Ms. Smith works in our elementary school as a paraprofessional. She goes above and beyond, always willing to step in and help out. Thank you Ms. smith for all that you do for Purcell Schools!

Register your child for the 25-26 school year now! Log into your parent portal and visit our enrollment page for how to get started. https://www.purcellps.org/o/purcell/page/enrollment ¡Inscriba a su hijo/a para el año escolar 25-26 ya! Inicie sesión en su portal para padres y visite nuestra página de inscripción para saber cómo empezar. https://www.purcellps.org/o/purcell/page/enrollment

Happy Easter Little Dragons! 💜🐣🐰

Register your child for the 25-26 school year now! Log into your parent portal and visit our enrollment page for how to get started. https://www.purcellps.org/o/purcell/page/enrollment ¡Inscriba a su hijo/a para el año escolar 25-26 ya! Inicie sesión en su portal para padres y visite nuestra página de inscripción para saber cómo empezar. https://www.purcellps.org/o/purcell/page/enrollment

Will your child be returning to Purcell Schools next year? Fill out registration forms now and be ready for enrollment in July. https://www.purcellps.org/o/purcell/page/enrollment ¿Su hijo/a regresará a las Escuelas Purcell el próximo año? Complete los formularios de inscripción ahora y prepárese para la inscripción en julio. https://www.purcellps.org/o/purcell/page/enrollment

Congratulations to these Dragons for making it in the mile club during PE!! 🏃🐲🥳❤️ Kindergarten: Waylon Backhaus, Ismael Barraza, Cole Cook, Arabella Franco, Noah Northcutt, Valentin Ramirez, Owen Sharp, Blakely Bell, Cal Culwell, Eli Driskill, Everly Jenne, Ember Kirkland, Ivy Northcutt, Ive O’Neal, Easton Teal, Mylee Madden, Jagger Gray, Tatum Cabello, Gemma Colmenare, Emma Dunshie, Nova Hopkins, Landon Jolly, Audri Lukens, Adarely Perez-Mendoza, Corbin Albright, Atticus Clark, Kennedy King, Aylin Martinez, Axel Ramirez-Sanjuan, Amelia Rocha, Anthony Zerbel, and Tinley Page. First Grade: Bo Blakley, Lukas Brooking, Ashley Luna, Nicole Ramos, Harmony Trejo-Resendiz, Eyradesa Bingham, Miguel Rodarte, Walker Watson, Beckham Wren, Theo Valenzuela, Declan Cooper, Addison Walker, Aubree Gray, Mila Rodriguez, Wade Eaker, Zoey Ball, Madilynn Hellstern, Paislee Miller, Chole Rodrigues, Marco Solis, and Aurora Velaquez Second Grade: Jett Crossland, Lincoln Hurst, Aleigha Allen, Elias Chatham, Maverick Frederick, Alexander Cardona, Silas Cooksey, Ellianna Kirkland, Tripton Powell, Lilliana Roberts, and Anneliese Mosier. 5 Mile Club: Kodi Doyal, Andrea Ramirez, Markee Jacks, Daxton Davis, Owen Fischer, Drew Gulledge, and Braxton Coble 9 Mile Club: Oliver Criswell 10 Mile Club: Thomas Montgomery and Reef Wilkins ❤️🤍Altogether the K-2nd grade students have ran 15,843 laps totaling 633.72 miles. 🤯🤩👏👏🏆❤️🤍

A huge THANK YOU to our amazing PTO for the sweet encouragement you shared with our teachers and staff this week! Your thoughtful gesture reminded us how much we’re appreciated—and the “small potatoes” were absolutely adorable!!! Your kindness means the world to us! 🐲❤️🙌🏼 #DragonCARES #PTOrocks