Tate Elementary School

Good Morning,

Mrs. Lorey will hold our second volunteer training on Wednesday October 8th at 8:30AM in the auditorium for anyone interested.

We get another chance to celebrate our Teacher of the Year for 2025-2026, Mrs. Mallory Childers.

"They may forget what you said but they will not forget how you made them feel."
Carl Buechner

Check out our September Rock Stars, aka Student of the Month.

Kindergarten - Owen Cyr
First Grade - Ezra Ratelli
Second Grade - Clyde Thompson
Third Grade - Maggie Pittman
Fourth Grade - Henley Childers

We are so very proud of you and we hope you continue to be amazing!

Congratulations to our September Teacher of the Month, Lynn Edwards. You love your students and you go the extra mile to make sure they are learning and growing. They know you believe in them and we do too. We love and appreciate you!

Congratulations to our September Staff Member of the Month, Adrianne Hamby. You are always willing to go above and beyond without hesitation and it doesn't go unnoticed. We love and appreciate you!

Tommy Tanner and Tucker Lewis perform DinoStomp in music class.

Congratulations to Violette Benefield for being September's Artist of the Month! She is a talented, well-behaved artist who strives to do her very best!!! We are so proud of her!!!

Ms. Faucett and Ms. Ropers classes learned about Johnny Appleseed this week, so they made apple pies.

Ethan and Hazel in Mrs. Willis' kindergarten class do the "Creepy Crawl" in music.

Edmundo Ramirez is the September Music Minion of the Month. Edmundo has a beautiful singing voice, excellent behavior, and has shown remarkable improvement in every way. We are so proud of Edmundo. Congratulations!!!

Go BIG green!!! Happy Homecoming Weekend!

We love the decades!

Hawaiian Day 9/17/25

Save the Date, November 7th, for PTO's AMAZING Fall Festival. More information to follow.

We had a house full of celebrities today!

Happy Homecoming week and GOOOOOOO DRAGONS!!!!

Our School Advisory Council would love your participation. Parents and Teachers working together is so important and we would love your input. Thanks for helping making Tate great. We hope to see you there.

The carryover in benefits from last year’s Free & Reduced Meal Program will end September 15, 2025. After this date the student will return to full pay status unless a new application is submitted to re-establish the student's eligibility before the end of the carryover period.

For households that meet the income requirements we encourage you to submit a new free and reduced application now.

https://www.pickens.k12.ga.us/o/pcs/page/free-reduced-meals

The Treble Makers performed for the Title I Night. Wesley Goble sang a solo, "Kookaburra."

PCSD is excited to share a powerful tool provided by the Georgia Department of Education to help families protect their children online: Parent ProTech, a free resource available to all parents in our school district.

It offers guidance, video tutorials, and practical tips to help you navigate the digital world your child is growing up in.

Signing up is quick and easy—and completely free! Please visit this link for step-by-step instructions on how to create your account and start exploring.

https://app.parentprotech.com/1021/pickens-county/en/signup?source=admin