Pisgah Forest Elementary School

🏈📚We’re kicking off a schoolwide reading challenge and encouraging families to read at home together. All reading helps classes move down the football field bulletin board in the hallway toward their goal, and a pizza party!

Thank you for supporting our readers! 💙📖🍕 (If you look closely at the board, you may spy Mr. Stanley cheering our students on!📣)

🌟 Meet Our Fifth Grade Leadership Team! 🌟

We are so proud of this group of fifth graders who were selected to serve as our school’s Leadership Team. These students will be helping with projects and responsibilities around the school and modeling leadership for others.

Way to go, we can’t wait to see the great things you do! 💙👏

🌈Mrs. Clark’s class wrapped up CKLA Unit 5 on Light and Sound by completing a fun escape room, creating suncatchers, writing newspaper articles about the invention of the telephone or the incandescent light bulb, and doing rainbow writing to explain how rainbows are formed.

Estimada comunidad de TCS, las Escuelas del Condado de Transylvania tendrán Días de Aprendizaje Virtual el lunes 26 de enero y el martes 27 de enero para todos los estudiantes. Los estudiantes aprenderán desde casa ambos días. Esta decisión se tomó por precaución extrema para garantizar la seguridad del personal, los padres y los estudiantes. El Servicio Meteorológico Nacional ahora muestra la posibilidad de acumulación de hielo y cortes de energía a partir de este fin de semana en todo el Condado de Transylvania. Nuestra área está bajo una Advertencia de Tormenta de Hielo que comienza el sábado 24 de enero. Continuaremos monitoreando el pronóstico durante los próximos días e informaremos inmediatamente a las familias si hay más cambios en las operaciones escolares. También pueden seguir nuestro sitio web y páginas de redes sociales para actualizaciones. Gracias y por favor manténganse seguros.

Dear TCS families,

Transylvania County Schools will have Virtual Learning Days on Monday, January 26 and Tuesday January 27 for all students. Students will learn from home both days. This decision was made out of an abundance of caution to ensure the safety of staff, parents and students.

The National Weather Service is now showing the possibility of ice accumulation and power outages starting this weekend across Transylvania County. Our area is under an Ice Storm Warning beginning on Saturday.

We will continue to monitor the forecast throughout the next few days, and will immediately let families know if there are any more changes to school operations. You can also follow our website and social media pages for updates.

Reminder: If students lose power on virtual days, they are given five extra days to complete their assignments once in-person school resumes.
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We want to make sure everyone in our school community is ready. Please take these steps now, if possible:

Prepare your devices – Charge your phones, tablets, laptops, and portable chargers.

Monitor reliable sources – Stay updated through local news, the National Weather Service, and Transylvania County emergency management and county social media pages. We'll share school-related decisions and updates on our website, through our phone alert system and on social media.

Gather emergency supplies – Make sure you have flashlights, batteries, and blankets on hand. Stock up on non-perishable food, water, medications, and pet supplies.

Stay safe – If ice develops, roads can become dangerous quickly. Please stay home and avoid travel if roads are slick.
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Tips from emergency management experts:

Please make sure you have plenty of food, water and supplies ready, including a way to stay warm if there is no electricity. Remember that you cannot use grills or propane heaters indoors because they produce a toxic gas that can be deadly.

It is best to only try to heat one room of the home, according to experts, who recommend putting blankets or towels over the windows to trap the heat inside, and having plenty of blankets or sleeping bags to keep warm.

Water pipes can also freeze and burst in these expected frigid temperatures. Try to maintain indoor heat (above 55°F), let cold water drip from faucets, open cabinet doors for warm air circulation, insulate exposed pipes, and seal air leaks in walls, especially near pipes entering the house. For outdoor pipes, disconnect hoses, shut off water, and cover faucets.
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The Sharing House provided information about the following winter storm resources:
- The City of Brevard, North Carolina released a statement that a warming station at the Brevard Fire Dept will be open to the public from Saturday, 1/24 to Tuesday, 1/26 from 9am to 7pm.
- Cove Shelter provides emergency shelter and supportive services for the unhoused and high risk individuals. They will be open through the storm.
- The Haven of Transylvania County has their shelter prepared and staff will shelter in place through the storm.
"Sharing House is open regular hours today, 1/23 for normal hours: 9-12pm and 1-4pm for all services. Stay safe, be prepared, and utilize our community resources if you need."

Thank you for helping to keep our community safe.

Dear Transylvania County Schools families,
Reminder | Low temperatures are expected to last through next week, and we are asking that students stay indoors while waiting for the bus each morning. Bus drivers will sound the horn when arriving, and will give students extra time to leave their home and board the bus. Stay safe and warm. Thank you.

Dear Transylvania County Schools families and staff, due to the potential of ice, along with continued low temperatures overnight, Transylvania County Schools will operate on a 2-hour delay on Tuesday, December 9. This decision was made out of an abundance of caution. Thank you for your understanding; stay safe and warm!

Estimadas familias y personal de las Escuelas del Condado de Transylvania: debido a la posibilidad de hielo, junto con las bajas temperaturas continuas durante la noche, las Escuelas del Condado de Transylvania operarán con un retraso de 2 horas el martes 9 de diciembre. Esta decisión se tomó por precaución. ¡Gracias por su comprensión; manténganse seguros y abrigados!

This week’s Thanksgiving Food Drive at Pisgah Forest Elementary was a huge success, thanks to the kindness and generosity of our amazing families. PFE students collected over 1,000 non-perishable food items to support families in need this holiday season. 💛🦃
A big Ranger shout-out to Ms. Beck’s 2nd grade class, the overall school winner, with an incredible 136 items donated! 👏

We also want to celebrate grade-level champions:
🌟 Kindergarten: Mrs. Collins
🌟 1st Grade: Mrs. Binky
🌟 2nd Grade: Mrs. Burgess
🌟 3rd Grade: Ms. Moore
🌟 4th Grade: Mrs. Smith
🌟 5th Grade: Mrs. Goins

The photos feature 4th grade winners in Mrs. Smith’s class, who worked together with huge hearts and big smiles!

Thank you, PFE families, for sending in food items and showing what it means to care for our community. Your generosity will make a meaningful difference this Thanksgiving.

Pisgah Forest Elementary School held our 2nd Grade Greek Feast on Friday after wrapping up lessons about Greek mythology!

We’re excited to share that Ms. Stephanie Ray has been named our Teacher of the Quarter! Since stepping into her role as lead teacher in the EC department last year, she’s gone above and beyond for her students. Everything she does is rooted in kindness, and we’re incredibly thankful to have her on our team.

We had a great turnout for PFE's BOOnanza last night! It was an evening of promoting literacy and reading, and family fun! The costumes were absolutely incredible 👻

Flu season is here and one of the best ways to protect yourself is through a flu shot. Your K-12 student can receive a flu shot from school nurses at school during the month of October.

Permission forms must be completed by September 29.
REGISTER YOUR CHILD ONLINE at surveymonkey.com/r/SchoolFlu2025
(or return the paper form to your child’s school)

For more info, visit transylvaniahealth.org/SchoolFlu or contact Transylvania Public Health at 828-884-3135.

Today we gathered to honor Patriot Day and the National Day of Service in remembrance of September 11, 2001. We remembered those we lost and the bravery of the many who stepped up to protect and help others.

We honored our first responders; firefighters, police officers, and emergency medical workers for their courage, service, and sacrifice to keep us safe.

Special thanks to Mrs. Ketchum for her talents on the violin and to our fifth grade students who helped raise our flags.

See attached flyer for information on Kinship Gatherings: A place for grandparents raising grandchildren and other relative caregivers to connect.

Please join us on Thursday, August 21, 4:00-6:00 for Meet the Teacher. We will have rosters posted and you will have a chance to meet your child's teacher.

Les invitamos a participar en la reunión «Conozca a los profesores», que tendrá lugar el jueves 21 de agosto, de 4:00 a 6:00. Tendremos las listas de alumnos disponibles y tendrán la oportunidad de conocer al profesor de su hijo.