Pinellas Primary Academy | Creative Education for Creative Children

Pinellas Primary Academy's mission is to provide a nurturing and creative environment for motivated students, where together they can rise to their potential.

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Agenda

Today

PTEG Penny Challenge
- Calendar: PPA, Jr.

Tomorrow

Last Day of the Penny Challenge
- Calendar: PPA, Jr.
PTEG Penny Challenge
- Calendar: PPA, Jr.
Progress Reports Sent Home
- Calendar: PPA, Jr.

Friday, Feb. 24, 2012

No School for Students - Professional Development Day
- Calendar: PPA, Jr.

Monday, Feb. 27, 2012

Scholastic Book Fair
- Calendar: PPA, Jr.

Capital Campaign Video

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Pinellas Preparatory Academy, Inc. has a solid financial history, and has always operated in a fiscally conservative manner in order to ensure the continued success of our schools for our students. We recently learned that due to an intepretation by the state's Department of Education, we are going to be inelligible for a significant amount of capital outlay funds that we had planned to set aside for future capital purchases. As such we need your help to replace these funds.

2012-13 Applications Now Available

Thu, 11/17/2011 - 3:58pm

Applications for the 2012-13 school year are now available from the school!

We feel it is important that parents make the most educated decision they can for their child’s education. We believe it is important that all families who are considering applying for our school take the time to visit us either during our open house (scheduled for January 12) or to come in for an individualized tour. As such, we have decided not to post our application to our website, but will be happy to provide you with a copy when you come in to visit. To schedule a tour, please call (727) 536-3600.

Applications will be accepted through March 30. At that time, we will ensure everything is entered into our system, and we will hold a lottery for student selection on April 4. This lottery is based on random selection providing all students an equal chance of being selected. After the lottery parents will be notified by phone, email and the US postal service of their status for the 2012-13 school year. If you have any questions about the process, please feel free to contact our office.

Application Process and Important Dates:

November 1, 2011 – Applications become available

Thursday, January 12, 2012 – Open House scheduled (evening, more details to come)

Friday, March 30, 2012 – Applications are due to the office by noon to participate in the lottery

Wednesday, April 4, 2012 – Application lottery will be conducted

Friday, April 6, 2012 – Letters will be sent confirming application or waiting list status

Spring Fair Donations Needed

Tue, 02/14/2012 - 11:49pm

March 3, 2012 is our annual Spring Fair!

As we finish our planning, we are looking for donations. Please see the list below, or visit the document by clicking here. Thank you for any help you can provide.

Open House Presentation

Thu, 01/12/2012 - 11:22pm

We would like to thank the hundreds of people who joined us for the open house on January 12. For those who were unable to attend, we have embedded the presentation from this evening below for you to review. If you would like to schedul an individual tour for of our school to help you decide if Pinellas Primary would be a good match for your child and family, please call us at 727-536-3600 to schedule a tour.

2012 Pinellas Primary Academy Open House Presentation on Prezi

PTEG Auction Wrap-Up

Fri, 12/16/2011 - 11:16pm

Wow, 11/11/11 was not only a memorable calendar date, but was also a memorable, fun evening for all who attended PTEG's first annual auction benefiting PPA & PPA jr. We raised a total of $10,865.02!

The event was held at the beautiful Gus Stavros Center in Largo. The air was full of fun, laughter and competetive bidding on wonderful baskets donated by each classroom. There were also special auction items donated by teachers and administration that offered a once in a lifetime opportunities for students and parents alike. Our auctioneers for the evening were Mr. Fuller, Mr. Ramsdell and Mrs. Walker, who really got the crowd going.

Dinner & Coffee were fabulous and were donated by PTEG, Winghouse & Little Italy Pizza Restaurant. Desserts were donated by one of our parents Lisa Smajovits and the beautiful decorations were created by another parent Heather Boterf.

I heard so many great comments from that evening and plenty of, "we can't wait until next year"!

I want to thank all of the volunteers who stepped up that evening. Without each of you, this night would not have been such a success.

Until next year...

Lena Stover Andolina

2011 PTEG Auction Chair

Great American Teach In Was A Success

Fri, 11/18/2011 - 8:51am

We want to send out a big thank you to everyone who participated in the 2011 Great American Teach-In, it was a amazing success! Between the two schools we had nearly 100 volunteers who came in to talk with our students. The topics ranged from proper hand washing techniques to jumping out of air force airplanes. We had several animal visitors ranging from dogs to chickens, from an owl to a leopard. We had police and fire fighters, moms and dads, dentists and woodworkers. A huge thank you goes out to Mrs. Ream for pulling together the schedule, and to all of the other parents who helped behind the scenes to coordinate. If you would like to see some of the photographs from the event, please take a moment to watch the embedded slide show.

Project Based Learning

Pinellas Primary Academy is excited to be opening our doors in a few months. We believe that our project based approach to learning is going to be an idea fit for many students in our community. As educators, we have a pretty good idea of what "project based learning" means, but some parents may not realize what it means. Recently The Buck Institute for Education commissioned CommonCraft to create a video explaining what Project Based Learning means.

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