🎉🚲 PPE Perfect Attendance BIKE Winners + March Madness Announcement!!! 🚲🎉
We are SO excited to celebrate our February Perfect Attendance Bike Winners! These Ponies showed up EVERY single day, and it paid off! 👏💙
🌟 Congratulations to:
✨ Oliver
✨ Aubree
✨ Kyiah
✨ Benjamin
👏 And a HUGE congratulations to ALL students who had perfect attendance in February. We also want to shout out our parents/guardians!! We can't tell you thank you enough for having your child at school everyday!!
But hold on… March is about to be BIG. 👀🏀
We have TWO attendance challenges this month and you do NOT want to miss it!
🚲 Challenge #1:
Students with NO AM or PM tardies will compete for MORE bikes!
🏆 Challenge #2:
Classrooms will battle it out March Madness style for perfect attendance bragging rights and championship honors! The winning class gets a party, and will play basketball with admin/BPCC basketball team on 4/1!!!!!
Attendance matters at PPE.
Showing up matters.
Being on time matters.
Let’s pack the building, be present, and bring that Pony Pride every single day! 💙🔥

PPE pink bus 220💗 not running this am. Green 270, and Purple 265 will be splitting the route for pickup.
📚❤️ Read Across America Week at PPE is NEXT WEEK! ❤️📚We are so excited to celebrate the joy of reading together!
***5th grade will be at Starbase so they will be wearing uniform each day****
✨ Special Guests: Readers will be in the library EVERY DAY sharing stories with our students!
Here’s what to wear and expect each day:
📖 Monday – Bring your favorite book to share with the class (make sure your child's name is in it)
😴 Tuesday – Snuggle up with a good book… wear your pajamas!
🎩 Wednesday – Cat in the Hat Day – Wear your favorite hat!
🤪 Thursday – Crazy About Books – Crazy hair, mismatched shoes, backwards clothes, etc.
🐴📕 Friday – Dress up as your favorite book character (you do not have to bring the book matching your costume).
We can’t wait to see our Ponies celebrate reading all week long! 📖💙
Let’s make it a week full of stories, smiles, and school spirit!
#PPEProud #ReadAcrossAmerica #PoniesLoveToRead
❤️💙Congratulations to our February, PPE Ponies of the month!!! ❤️💙
Zuri Ward
Moriah Moore
Cohen Thompson
Elaina Bryant-Bass
Mai'Rinity Babineaux
Mahogani Walker
Hau Tung
Kamari Harper
Lyric Stevenson
Hazel Priest
Bree Walker
Adora Smallwood
Ariana Cruz
Kynslee Burton
My'Quel Frazier
Yahir Zavala
Kameron Anderson
Amari McLaurin
Zander Rollins
A'Justice Sheppard
Victoria Diaz
Niyah Davis
Sophia Chappell
Kaiden McDaniels
London Debose
Cyree Russell
Winston Ficklin








Updated PPE March calendar: Moved PBIS pajama day (if you got a coupon for 3/3, you will get a new one today) to 3/16. Also, St. Patrick's Day (wear green top with uniform bottoms) to 3/17 on St. Patrick's Day. We will also reprint the paper calendar today! Follow the Read Across America Days as printed on this calendar.
🏀🎉 PPE March Madness is HERE! 🎉🏀March at Plantation Park Elementary is all about competing for growth and showing up like CHAMPIONS! 💙❤️ ***Updated Read Across America Dress up Days! We will use what is on this calendar!!****
This month we are focusing on:
🏆 Attendance
📚 Academic Growth
💛 Positive Behavior
Each week, grade levels will compete in our March Madness brackets — advancing based on attendance!! Winners will receive a champion Celebration!!🎉
We’ve already drastically decreased chronic absenteeism this year, and we are not slowing down now! Every day matters. Every moment counts.
Let’s show up.
Let’s grow.
Let’s win.
Because at PPE… Showing Up Wins! 🏀🔥
#PPEProud #MarchMadness #powerofpublicschools #powerofbossierschools #PSW2026 #wintheday

🐰💃 PPE Bunny Hop Dance – March 27th! 💃🐰
Our Ponies are hopping into spring at the Bunny Hop Dance on March 27th during enrichment! 🌸🐣
✨ Free Dress / Sunday Best
📸 Pictures with the Easter Bunny
🗓 Last day to pay: March 26th-$10 each
🍿 Concessions sold during the dance
💙 All proceeds benefit the PPE General Fund
📌 Eligibility Reminder:
Students must have no more than 3 absences and/or tardies and no major referrals in March to attend. They also must have NO major referrals for the month of March,
(No refunds will be given.)
We love celebrating our students while also reinforcing our PPE expectations for attendance and behavior. Let’s finish March strong, Ponies! 🐴✨

PPE Prek, kinder, and 5th grade graduations pics coming soon!

We’re unpacking Bossier’s new modified block schedule on the latest episode of On the Record!
Catch the full episode of On the Record - https://bit.ly/OTRS4E13
Plus, while the new videoboard at Prescott Field is a game-changer for fans, the real magic is happening behind the scenes. Thanks to Dak Prescott’s generosity, our students aren't just watching the game—they’re producing it! That's just one of the many opportunities available to Bossier students that highlights the #powerofbossierschools!
Be sure to SUBSCRIBE to On the Record with Bossier Schools so you don't miss a single episode!
#wintheday #bossierschools #powerofpublicschools #publicschoolsweek #powerofbossierschools #PSW2026 #wintheday
Catch the full episode of On the Record - https://bit.ly/OTRS4E13
Plus, while the new videoboard at Prescott Field is a game-changer for fans, the real magic is happening behind the scenes. Thanks to Dak Prescott’s generosity, our students aren't just watching the game—they’re producing it! That's just one of the many opportunities available to Bossier students that highlights the #powerofbossierschools!
Be sure to SUBSCRIBE to On the Record with Bossier Schools so you don't miss a single episode!
#wintheday #bossierschools #powerofpublicschools #publicschoolsweek #powerofbossierschools #PSW2026 #wintheday
PPE reminders for the week(s) ahead!
-We have our 2nd annual Black History Job Fair for our students on Friday, 2/27.
-All students with no unexcused absences and/ or tardies from Monday, 2/23-Friday, 2/37 may wear a Black History shirt or colors (red, yellow, green, or black) with uniform bottoms on Friday, 2/27.
-March 2nd-6th is Read Across America Week/Dress up days
-March 9th-13th is Spring break (no school)


Congratulations to our Fitness Competition Finalists!

❤️💙PPE Read Across America Week!! Let's get ready to have some fun! March 2nd-6th!! 📚

💜💛💚Mardi Gras fun at PPE today! 💜💛💚Lots of festivities, dancing, and a parade hosted by our amazing 1st grade students! The joy, creativity, and school spirit was shining bright all over campus. What a GREAT day to be a Pony! 🐴✨
📸 Photos from today’s festivities can be found here:
https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1UUxpgijZUkqwv6jFcJb651jO6dEys2wi
🎉 Mrs. Powers will be sending a separate photo link for the 4th and 5th grade after-school dance!!!








PPE snack sale Friday, 2/20!!!

PPE: No after school clubs tomorrow, 2/17.
PPE Week of 2/17 reminders:
❤️No school on Monday 2/16-President's Day-Read-a-thon ends
💜Tuesday, 2/17, 1st grade Mardi Gras parade @1:00pm
💜K-3 Mardi Gras Dance during enrichment 2/17 pay here: https://bossierparish.schoolcashonline.com/Fee/Details/19891/338/False/True
💜4th and 5th Mardi Gras Ball after school 2/17 pay here: https://bossierparish.schoolcashonline.com/Fee/Details/19563/338/False/True
💚Community Black History Job Fair 2/27
💛Students with no unexcused absences and/or tardies for 2/17-2/20 may wear red, yellow, green, or black colors with uniform bottoms for our Black History celebration



PPE POP Friday!! 2/13, all students with no unexcused absences or tardies for this week (2/9-2/13) can wear a Valentines Day shirt or colors with uniform bottoms!!!

PPE Poetry contest winners advance to the district contest tonight! Come out and support our winners!

PPE Field Day t-shirts!!! Your child's teacher will be sending an individual link for their classroom field day shirt. Please check your child's folders and rooms for the link. Once we have our orders, we will send home a form for you to put the sizes for the t-shirts that you pay for. We are only doing one round of these, so please pay by 3/20/26.

📣PPE shoutout📣 Thank you so much to the Eason family for treating our PPE carline crew with doughnuts!!! ❤️💙 We greatly appreciate this!

PPE week of 2/9-2/13 POP incentive! ❤️

