Mary Hiers Honored

Claxton parent Mary Hiers-Skelton will be featured as WLOS News 13's Person of the Week on Friday's 6:00 news.

 

Mary leads the Claxton Diggers, a group of volunteers who have been making great progress over the past several years improving our grounds and making the outdoor space at Claxton more appealing, more usable and more educational. Her hard work has resulted in an improved and expanded K-1 playground, the installation of gardens around the grounds, the repair and relocation of the Deborah Sizemore Sound Garden installation, and the beginnings of a natural noise barrier along the Merrimon Avenue side of the school. 

 

If you're not already familiar with all that Mary, the Claxton Diggers and our Grounds Committee are doing, check out the Grounds page to find out how you can get involved!

 

Congratulations Mary! 

 

Your work serves as a great example of what a dedicated volunteer can accomplish on behalf of our school and our students. We invite everyone to tune in as Mary is celebrated for her contributions to the Claxton community. The story will air at 6:00 on Friday on WLOS News 13.

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FIELD DAY SIGN-UPs are UP!

There are 11 games and stations up and waiting to be filled in.

Volunteers: Please arrive at memorial statium at 8:45am

May 29th: 4th and 5th

May 30th: 2nd and 3rd

May 31st: k and 1st

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Pisgah View Family -- May 21st!

Our last 

Pisgah View Apartments' Family Night

of the school year is scheduled for next 

Monday, May 21.

If you would like to help, please plan to be there around 5:45p.m. to help with set-up. Dinner will be served from 6:00-6:30, and includes an ice cream sundae bar. 

Afterwards, volunteers help with cleanup and supervision, while Claxton staff provide academic games for the children from 6:30-7:30p.m.

The event is held in the Pisgah View community center and directions are as follows: 

Take I-240 West to Haywood Road-West Asheville exit. Turn left onto Haywood Road. Take the first right at the light, just across the bridge onto Hanover Street. Go all the way down Hanover to the light at State Street. Cross State Street and continue up Hanover. At the stop sign continue straight. Take the first left - the community center is the first building on the left.

So that we can plan accordingly, please contact Tracy Dew if you and/or your family members are interested in attending. Thanks so much!

Last PTO Meeting of the Year - TOMORROW!

Please join us on May 15th for the final scheduled PTO meeting of this year. 


This is a general meeting, so everyone is encouraged to attend.


We will be voting on PTO board nominations for next year. 

6:00pm in the Media Center.

Please join our Claxton community for a

Celebration of Learning Potluck!

Tuesday, May 1

5:30-7:00 p.m.

Claxton Playground (or indoors, if it rains!)

Families from each grade are invited to bring the following:

Kindergarten:  Salad

1st Grade:  Bread

2nd Grade:  Salad

3rd grade:  Main Dish

4th Grade:  Side Dish

5th Grade:  Dessert

While there, be sure to check out the PTO’s

Staff Giving Tree. . .

a wonderful way to say “Thank You” to Claxton teachers and staff by donating directly to their areas of need.

Grounds Update!

Most of the plants that we had donated in the fall have been planted around the school and it really looks great. Thanks to a small group of hard working parents, Claxton’s landscape is shaping up!

The K-1 playground has had more exciting things happen. We now have a dry creek bed for drainage and a bridge for kids to play on. The dry creek bed held up well during the torrential rains last week! Thanks to Paul Willard for his hard work and artistic eye!

We are working on several grants for the large playground. It is going to require a lot of grading and drainage work before we can even get to the fun stuff. Hopefully we can start working on that this summer.

On Hillside and Merrimon Avenue, we are planting lots of plants, in hopes of creating a noise buffer from the roar of traffic. That way, we will be able to eventually have outdoor classrooms! We are just starting, but hopefully will be able to raise some funds to plant hollies and other plants in the upcoming years to enhance this sound barrier.

Now, we are just trying to keep weeds and grass at bay around the plants we have installed.

We need your help!  

We have dumped some mulch around the plants, and it needs to be spread out. We also have a bit more mulch near the front entrance that can be used. Can you spare 30 minutes to an hour and stop in anytime to help spread this mulch? There are also weeds to be pulled along the building and in the planting beds at the corners of Merrimon. 

Also, we'd love to plant some fern and hosta in the front raised beds at the Hillside/Merrimon corner. If you have any to share, we would love to have them!

The Asheville City School Board meets at Claxton on Monday, May 7. Won’t it be great for our grounds to welcome to them? Please lend a hand in the coming week to help with these projects to make sure everything looks great!

Looking for some Tablers.

Kindergarten Registration Day

 May 3rd!

PTO will be welcoming incoming Claxton Families on May 3rd from 9am until 3pm.

We are looking for volunteers to bring snacks, greet families, and share their experiences with PTO and the school in general.

Questions: Contact

Amanda Van Cleve

billyvc@charter.net

Check out the Google Doc!