T-shirts

The PE department is selling Iola t-shirts as a fundraiser! They are boy and girl shirts and are super cute!

Orders are due by November 1 and shirts are $10 each!!! 

Welcome Back!

Welcome back to school!!! We've been in school for several weeks now and I think most of us are loving the later start!

We've been working hard to understand PE rules and procedures. I have high expectations for the kids and they are doing great! Before we know it the first 9 weeks will be over!

I hated to be out today, but being sick with strep was out of my control! Snow cones will be on sale next Friday, September 14 for $1 each! The money goes into the PE fund for equipment, etc. Last year's fundraising efforts were geared toward the playground! This year I'll be trying to update and get more PE equipment!

Have a great weekend!

The best laid plans...

**Read all the way to the bottom :)

WOW! I'm not even sure where to start about today!

Let's start with the fact the delivery window for the border was 12-3 and today it was narrowed down to 12-1 but yet the truck arrive at 10:20. AHHHHH! That is all I could say...Especially since I live over 30 minutes away!

Thankfully some AWESOME people like Mr. Bliss, Mr. Bunt, Mr. Phillips, Ms. Velma, Ms. Abbott, Mr. Castleberry, Mr. Cash, and Mr. Michael were there and quickly unloaded the truck for me!

When I got there 4 football players (Jordan Mitchell was the leader of this!) arrived to help me actually install the border. Then, Mrs. Donaldson and Mrs. Bowman arrived to help too!

Y'all those boys were like workhorses! They installed the COMPLETE border in about 1.5 hours! Yes...driving each stake in with a sledgehammer and that was after hours of football practice! Take a look at all they did...

Once they got everything installed they went to eat lunch at cool off in the pool before having wrestling practice tonight...oh to be that young again! 

We too went to eat some lunch then Mrs. Donaldson, Mrs. Bowman and myself went to Home Depot to grab the supplies we needed to keep working. Let me just say that was quite an adventure, but we survived and laughed the whole time! Today all I've done is laugh just to keep going! I've rolled with the punches and everything has worked out beautifully! The best laid plans...sometimes have to change! Today I've gone from plan A to plan B and even plan C in some cases! 

After we got the supplies at the HD we came back and Mrs. Donaldson, Mrs. Velma, Mrs. Dawson (and Zach and Madi), and Mr. Castleberry helped me put down the plastic on the volleyball court. This will become a sand volleyball court for the kiddos! 

Here is the finished product from today:

My football players...still smiling!

Ta-da!!!  It's going to be AWESOME!!! 

Now to finish... YOU can help :)

Tomorrow: 5:00 PM Friday (because there's a good chance of rain for Saturday!)

Where: On the playground

What: Moving the gravel and sand around

What to bring: Yourself, and rakes or any other tools to move pea gravel and sand!!!

An Update...

As of today at 3:25 the border had made it to Nashville, TN and is scheduled to arrive in Birmingham by 8am tomorrow (Wednesday). Upon arrival they will contact me for a delivery appointment which they tell me cannot be tomorrow so I'm hoping to set that up for Thursday around noon. If you are able to help unload I would be extremely grateful!

If you are able to work Saturday morning I'd also be very grateful!

This morning I went down and marked off again where the new border will go and killed the grass that will be under the volleyball court. Laura Davis has arranged for Kirkpatrick Concrete to donate all the sand for the volleyball court! I couldn't do this without the support of some amazing parents and staff!

Check back for more updates tomorrow!!!

Border Delivery

Good evening!!!

If you know me you know that I'm a planner and all about a schedule! When I received the shipment e-mail it indicated that the borders would come 3 day shipping and were shipped on 5/31. My thoughts were that they would arrive either Tuesday or Wednesday.

As of this evening the borders have made it from California to Dallas, TX. Unless they pull some amazing overnight shipping they will not arrive tomorrow or possibly even Wednesday. Again, I will update as soon as I know when they are arriving and the work day for Saturday is tentative!

Just trying to keep everyone informed :)

Thanks!

Playground Work Day!

Hello everyone!!! I'm still waiting on the delivery call for the border. The more I've thought about it I may simply unload the border tomorrow and not do too much more. So, here's my plan...

Playground Work Day!
When: Saturday, June 9
Time: 7AM until....

If you are willing to help please comment here or send me an e-mail iolapollard@yahoo.com! I want to be sure I have enough help!!! Also, I simply lifted the sledge hammer and realized I'm not superwoman so I'm going to need all the strong muscles that are willing to help get this installed :) When you e-mail me let me know what tools you are willing to bring!

I will provide some snacks and plenty of water :) (I'm not beyond begging for help!)

Playground Border Delivery

Hello all!

I'm traveling home from a much needed beach break today and just got email confirmation that the new playground border will be delivered Tuesday, June 5.

I've order 75 new pieces and each piece weighs approximately 10 pounds or less. I opted to save the $500 they wanted for a lift gate because many people said they would help me unload the truck!

If you're available Tuesday I certainly can use your help!!! I will get a call probably later today or Monday to schedule the delivery time and will pass that along as soon as I know it!

If I have lots of help I would like to start installing this new border.  Then, I plan to return Friday to put finishing touches on everything! Again, another day you can help :)

From my (lack of) knowledge about tools I think we'll need sledge hammers to install the stakes in the ground. Feel free to bring any tools you think we'll need!

Again, I'll pass along more information as I get it! Thanks for being willing to better the playground for our kids!