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The Official Newsletter of the

Pelham Road Elementary PTA

All Star W. Lavelle McCray

Principal

Anne Martin Assistant Principal

Michele Turner PTA President

Amanda Dease

PTA Vice President

Mark Dease PTA Treasurer

Marina Lewis PTA Secretary

100 All Star Way

Greenville, SC 29615

(864) 355-7600

For general PTA questions

please email

[email protected]

All Star News Editor

Jodi LaValla

[email protected]

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News

Pelham Road Elementary All Star News

February Important Dates

CFA Biscuits Friday, 2/1

$3/Biscuit or Two for $5

In the Morning Carline!

1 - Chick-fil-A Biscuit Morning (carline)

1 - PTA Board Meeting (Noon)

4-8 - Leadership Team's Candy Gram Sale:

Candy Grams will sell for 50 cents each.

6 - Box Top turn-in date!

6 - Last day to turn in Harvest Hope Food Cans

7 - Moe’s on Pelham Spirit Night

8 - International Day

11-15 - Jump Rope for Heart

14 - Candy Grams delivered to classroom today.

15 - TCBY/Moxie Java Spirit Day

18 - No School - President’s Day

25 - Chick-fil-A Spirit Night

27 - SIC meeting 12noon

www.PelhamRdPTA.my-PTA.org February 2013

Spring Fling Committee needs YOU! Please contact Shannon Valikonis at 864-423-4141 or [email protected] REMEMBER THIS IS A BIG FUNDRAISER FOR PELHAM ROAD!

Spirit Night Thursday, 2/7

Moe’s on Pelham

Spirit Night Monday, 2/25

CFA on Pelham

Carline Safety begins with You! Please refrain from using your cell phone when moving through

the carline!

Will be listed in our

MARCH Newsletter!

mailto:[email protected]

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www.PelhamRdPTA.my-pta.org FEBRUARY 2013

Mark your calendars for International Day! February 8th will start off with a real treat!

The children will get to hear live bagpipes as they enter the school! Assemblies will be at 8:30 for K5

thru 2nd grades, and 9:30 for 3rd thru 5th grades. This year we are planning some interactive things

for the children. They will learn how to say a few things in foreign languages. A performance by Greek

dancers and another performance representing Africa!

There will be a world map on display where everyone is encouraged to place a sticker on foreign

countries they have lived in or visited.

We are in need of some ethnic dishes. If you can help out please go to the PTA Website on the Volun-

teer page to sign-up to bring in a dish. http://pelhamrdpta.my-pta.org

We also will need some volunteers to help out in different classrooms with ongoing activities and pro-

jects. You can check with your Teacher or Homeroom Parent to see what their classroom volunteer

needs are.

Lunch will be provided by Palmetto Fine Foods for the volunteers.

Children will be eating lunch in classrooms as the cafeteria will be closed for the day. A bag lunch will

be offered from the cafeteria.

We will have a blast while we learn something new.

If you would like more information about International Day or would like to see how you can help,

please email Sue Skenteris at [email protected].

Sponsored

in part by...

Are you and your Child *new* to Pelham Road in 2013? If you have just enrolled your child into our school within the past 1-2 months, then you probably are not on our PTA Email list. The PTA sends out important updates and news items weekly and monthly via email. It’s the PTA’s PRIMARY source of Communication. To get on the PTA Email list, please send our PTA President, Michele Turner, an email request at [email protected]. Please include your name, your child’s name and teacher’s name and your preferred email address. ALSO, if your email address has changed within the last month or two, please send Michele your new address.

http://pelhamrdpta.my-pta.org




Jump Rope for Heart will be held the week of February 11th - 15th during the student's PE class time.

Through Jump Rope For Heart kids learn jump rope skills, how their heart works and raise money to help

kids with special hearts. Have fun, learn how to stay healthy and make a difference in the lives of others!

Please join us this year! It's even more fun, you can personalize a jump rope e-card and show off your

jump roping skills! Go to www.heart.org/jump to register your student for this event!

Our school earns incentives by just registering students on the website and sending a minimum of 15

emails out to family and friends asking for any donation amount! If 100 people send 15 emails, our

school earns $100. If another 100 people send out another 15 emails, that's another $100 for our school!!

In 2011, our school didn't obtain a ranking in the state level but did rank at 17th at the county level for

most money earned.

In 2012, our school ranked 17th in the state and #1 in the county.

In 2012, we raised $6,714 for The American Heart Association!!

Our 2013 goal is to earn $8000.

As of January 20th, there were 19 registered students on the website with $690 total raised for our team.

To also help us reach our goal, Hearts will be sold

the week of January 28th each morning in the Grand Hall.

Little Hearts will be sold for $1 and Big Hearts for $5.

The week of our event, February 11th through the 15th, look for buckets going through the carline for any

additional donations!

Thank you for your support!

Coach Hobbs

Please Note: Every Student will participate in Jump Rope For Heart

regardless if they raise money or not.

http://www.heart.org/jump

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Box Tops/Campbell's Labels for Education/Tyson A+ Labels/Coke Reward Codes

The turn in date for our 2nd big contest is Wednesday, 2/6/13 and we will announce winners on

Wednesday, 2/20/13. Winners will include Top Student, Top Class and Top Teacher/Staff. We will also

hold a drawing among everyone who turns in submissions for 2nd chance prizes!

All new students, including K-5, should have received a PRES Collection Envelope. If your child mis-

placed or damaged their envelope from last year and you would like a new one, please let me know or

have your child let his/her teacher know and we can get you one. You can always turn in any submissions

inside any envelope or ziploc bag of your choice - just make sure your child's name and teacher's name are

written!!

If you'd like additional information on the items we collect above, you can visit:

www.boxtops4education.com, www.labelsforeducation.com

www.tyson.com, www.mycokerewards.com

Thanks for supporting our school!

Martha VanPutte

[email protected]

864-640-7272

Sold February 4 - 8

7:30am - 8am in the Grand Hall

50 cents each!

Right now the Leadership Team is collecting canned food items for the Harvest Hope Food Bank. The

Food Bank recently contacted our school to ask for our help. Their shelves are almost empty, and they’ve

had to turn away needy families. We are collecting canned food until next Wednesday, February 6.

Thanks for helping to feed the hungry in Greenville.

The Leadership Team will be selling Candy Grams that will be given out on Valentine’s Day. Everyone,

including parents & grandparents, are encouraged to purchase Candy Grams! Proceeds from this fund-

raiser will go to The Generous Garden. This is a volunteer organization that grows fruits and vegetables

for the hungry in Greenville."

Upcoming Leadership Team Activities: In March students will be planting seeds in their classrooms. Each

grade level will grow a different vegetable. The seedlings will be donated to The Generous Garden, and

they will include them in their spring planting. Beginning in March the Leadership Team will be selling

snow cones during lunch. More details to come.

http://www.labelsforeducation.com/

http://www.mycokerewards.com/



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2nd Quarter 2012 Honor Roll

Banning—3

A/B: Leah Carlson, Jane Dalton, Jenna Karamol, Thomas Lewis, Jack Redmond, Vaughn Roper, Aayush Verma

Lovine—2

All As: Lauren Sparovic, Andrew Billig, Evelyn Conran, Grey Dawkins, Kayden DeBruhl, Noah Hargette,

Gabrielle McFarlin, Samuel Zusmer

A/B: Carter Brown, Sydney Cousins, Gage Keller, Fletcher Maxwell, Abigail Miller

Coker—2

All As: Nish Arimanda, Bennett Candee, Logan Hughes, Sarah Manske, Hale Kerr, Wyatt Posey, Kendall Putnam,

Makayla Reusch, Amelia Windsor

A/B: Adrianne Brockman, Kinsley Edwards, Natalie Holtzclaw, Markei Jordan, Luke Parker, Mady Miller,

Britton Rollyson

Hoffmann—2

All As: Savannah Bailey, Cydney Griffith, Dalton Hix, Spencer New, Isabella Ortiz, Akshat Raval, Kathryn Sharp,

Reagan Williams

A/B: Elizabeth Best, Joseph Craddock, Ben Davis, Brayden Drake, Tyler Fuhrer, Gray Hardaway, Sincere Kilgore,

Jakiyous Mathis, Kaden McDonald, Alli Merlin, Ian Tyner, Addison Yates

Revell—3

All As: Lily Clair Bowman, William Bryant, Caroline Clark, Ben Hall, Ally Fields, Ryan Ferguson,

Ragha Karthikeyan, Jack Mezzogori, Ashwin Thanga Murugan

A/B: Dylan Morris, Augusta Lewis , Avery Bryant

Gandy-Miller—3

All As: Avery Albright, Aidan Syracuse, Joey Yang

A/B: Gracie Cooke, Schmalles Foster, Lydia Hedgpeth, Maddox Merritt, Georgia New

Garrett—2

All As: Elizabeth Barr, Royton Boulware, Sophia Brown, Elise Cantin, Ella Chasteen, Carter Fayssoux, Anish Ghana,

Claire Hornsby, Emma Jones, Ethan Kim, Matthew Parker, Harper Pearson, Tarun Polisetty, Walter Woerner

A/B: Joji Ejiri, Hope Fagerstrom, Alexandra Fowler, Miyah Nedwards, Eve Nix, Esteban Silva, Colin Spector,

E’averi Washington

Brown—3

All As: Aidan Cantin, Julia Grant, Chloe Marsonoski, Ella Penny, RJ Rollins, Blake Shirley

A/B: Chance Currie, Alyssa Driggers, Aaron Fain, McLain Ludwig, Aditya Menon, Rachel Reid, Bryce Shealy,

Gabe Turner



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2nd Quarter 2012 Honor Roll

Jacobs

All As: Ethan Gillogly, DeAngelo Martin, Carson McLees, Nicky Munoz-Dallas, Caleb Tucker

A/B: Angel Schilling, Matthew Davidson, JC Hendrix

Garrison

All As: Micheal Tiburzi, Aiden Zych

Coan—4

All As: Nikloas Canoutas, Sathvika Cheruku, Austin Fayssoux, Caleb Feeny, Raquel Fowler, Tyler Gundrum, Jenna

Johnson, Evan Miller, Clara Mozingo, Sophia Skenteris

A/B: Yazen Abdel-Fattah, Henry Atkinson, Austin Davalos, Cortney DeNoux, Davis Hamilton, Elizabeth Harden,

Megan Keller, Kaleb Kelly, Brett Marton, Laura Pendergrass, Maci Reid, Michael Vailkonis. Luke Voorhees

Gilmore—4

All As: Mac Billig, Bri Bruce, Teju Joshi, Ellie Joye, Carson Mozingo

A/B: Sri Bharadwaj, Ayden Doetzer, Alexia Forsyth, Bianca Forsyth, Harrison Kunnselman, Ella Patrick, Mitchell Teer,

Kate Elise Turner, Tyler Warren

Earley—4

All As: Sara Kate Alexander, Dimitri Hrysikos, Adams Keefer, Anna Nasser

A/B: Mary Caroline Adams, Alex Bovee, Kathryn Bukacek, Galen Cunningham, Samantha Hicks, Addison Hollis,

Sofia Klimkowski, Christian Maurer, Kristian Munoz, Jakiya Newby, Noah Pasek

5th Grade

All As: Chase Anderson, Davis Bailey, Ophelia Borders, Megan Carnahan, Jackie Cortes-Garcia, Kyle Farmer,

Jonathan Fox, Sam Gibson, Anna Kate Hamann, Hudson Lewis, Julia Lewis, Joseph Medlock, Christopher Moore,

Connor Murphy, John William Parker, Rachel Salinas, Rachael Shepherd, Madeline Snell, Auburn Taylor,

Ian Truesdale, Trenan Wilson, Nathan Windsor, Anna Yang

A/B: Spencer Addis, Emma Anderson, Seth Anderson, Nick Armell, Miles Baker, Chase Brazelle, Nick Conlan,

Emily Cooke, Ann Francis Cowgill, Kenzie Dobbs, Jacob Fain, Tyler Ferguson, Adam Finkelstein, Tomas Frick,

John Garrett, Camilo Gonzalez, Max Heckman, Marlee Holtzclaw, Mason Hughes, Dylan Jeffress, Shaina Johnson,

Natalie Jones, Tessa Kelly, Charlotte Kim, Brittany Kovach, Dalton Lawler, Kaylee Madray, William Marrero,

Hensley Miller, Hadeel Momani, Kavion Morris, Madisen Olivier, Utkarsh Pandey, Mikayla Pursell, Tanner Reid,

Jacob Rodgers, Paige Rowley, Holden Sakofsky, Alex Shirley, Mikeila Silva, Griffin Stansberry, Addison Syracuse,

Elle Tierney, Janyll Trujillo, Kody Truong, Emme Usher, Maria Ventura Morales, Isabel Welton, Sam Wingard,

Connally Woerner, Colby Woody, Brendan Yarem, Asha Dawkins, Louis Godfrey, Braiden Sandee, Rachel Slocum

Jordan—4

All As: Elli Batchelor, Morgan Chapman, Nolan Cooke, Nora Finnegan, Joseph Garrett, Hudson Hargette,

CJ Keller, Emma Kim, Mike LaValla, Payton LoVine, Collin Maides, Bradley Sharp

A/B: Carly Burton, Zoe Davis, Jack Jeter, James Kluttz, Eliza Martin, Caitlyn McPoland, Cassidy Parks,

Christian Salters, Abi Young


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Pelham Road Elementary School Winners

Music Composition

Lauren Lafforthan - 1st Place

Raquel Fowler - 2nd Place

Cale Gentry - 3rd Place

Honorable Mention - Ragha Karthikeyan

Literature

Primary (K-2)

Tarun Polisetty - 1st Place

Intermediate (3-5)

Collin Maides - 1st Place

Will Kukkamalia - 2nd Place

Hadeel Momani - 3rd Place

Honorable Mention - Utkarsh Pardey

Digital Film

Josehp Medlock - 1st Place

Collin Maides - 2nd Place

Photography

Primary

Emerson Rollins - 1st Place

Lawson Ludwig - 2nd Place

Benjamin Turner - 3rd Place

Honorable Mention - America Moreno

Intermediate (3-5)

Ella Rollins - 1st Place

Chase Anderson - 2nd Place

Ophelia Borders - 3rd Place

Honorable Mention - Raquel Fowler

Special Artist

Jack Turner - 1st Place

Visual Arts

Primary

Elizabeth Barr - 1st Place

Tarun Polisetty - 2nd Place

Evelyn Conran - 3rd Place

Honorable Mention - Anna Louise Panhorst

Intermediate

Will Kukkamalia - 1st Place

Brittany Kovach - 2nd Place

Chase Anderson - 3rd Place

Honorable Mention - Utkarsh Pardey

Pelham Road Elementary School Winners

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Dance Choregraphy

Maci Reid - 1st Place

Ragha Karthikeyan - 2nd Place

The following students are

Northeast Council Winners

and will go on to state competition:

Music

Lauren Lafforthan - 1st Place

Literature

Primary

Tarun Polisetty - 1st Place

Intermediate

Collin Maides - Honorable Mention

Visual Arts

Intermediate

Will Kukkamella - 2nd Place

Digital Film

Joseph Medlock - 2nd Place

Photography

Primary

Emerson Rollins - Honorable Mention

Intermediate

Ella Rollins - 2nd Place

Special Artist

Jack Turner - 1st place




All Stars SHINE

under the Big Top

Pelham Road Elementary School

PTA 2013 Spring Fling Sponsorship Opportunities (listed on page 6)

Contact Shannon Valikonis if you wish to be a Sponsor! 864-423-4141 or [email protected]

Big Top Event Date April 26, 2013




$1000 Sponsor Level - Big Top Business to donate $1000 cash/check

Business Benefits:

~ Banner on Pelham Road Fence

~ Recognition in all Big Top Ads; name/logo at Big Top event; Top Level on Big Top T-shirt; option of

having a Booth at the Big Top Event

~ Twenty (20) Big Top Tickets and Two (2) Fast Pass Tickets

~ Advertising space in our remaining monthly PTA newsletters as well as on our PTA website (which

newsletters depend on date of commitment/sponsorship payment received)

~ Circulation to all students of any coupons or advertising fliers.

$500 Sponsor Level - Juggler Business to donate $500 cash/check

Business Benefits:

~ Banner on Pelham Road Fence

~ Recognition in all Big Top Ads; name/logo at Big Top event; Second Level on Big Top T-shirt; option

of having a Booth at the Big Top Event

~ Ten (10) Big Top Tickets

~ Advertising space in our April monthly PTA newsletters as well as mentioned as a Sponsor on our

PTA website (if commitment and sponsorship payment is received prior to the April print date.)

$250 Sponsor Level - Acrobat Business to donate $250 cash/check

Business Benefits:

~ Booth at the Big Top Event

~ Business can promote their company and sell items (at a discounted rate) at the Booth

Under the Big Top Sponsor Levels Several Options for Sponsorship

Under the Big Top Silent Auction Sponsors: Businesses to donate Items for our Silent Auction.

Business Benefits:

~ Mentioned on the Poster in the Silent Auction Tent during the Big Top Event

~ Business mentioned in our April PTA Newsletter as well as on our PTA website (if commitment and

Item(s) is received prior to the April print date.)

Overall Sponsor Requirements: ~ Sponsor to provide their own company banner

~ Sponsor to provide payment at least one week prior to the Spring Fling BIG TOP event on April 26,

2013.

~ Sponsor to provide logo in both of the following formats: PDF and Vector

~ Sponsor to provide their company logo by the deadline date set by Pelham Road PTA.

~ If Sponsor has a Booth on the day of the BIG TOP event, Sponsor is responsible for set-up and clean

-up of the Booth.



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You may have already seen an email or flier from your Child’s Homeroom Parent about this. The Spring

Fling Committee is asking for help from EACH CLASS to help make our Spring Fling Big Top Carnival a

success. The Committee has asked the Homeroom Parents to communicate the below to the students and

parents in their class.

We are asking parents to help us with the following donations for our upcoming Spring Fling in April:

Classroom Donations – Due Friday, April 12th

From each class we ask that the Homeroom Parents ask for the following, all due by April 12th:

~ Volunteers to help set-up for Spring Fling on April 26th anytime between 8am – 12noon.

Volunteer names should be sent to Amie Snell at [email protected]

~ 4-8 Volunteers to work a ride or a game during Spring Fling on April 26th.

Volunteers can select which 1 hour shift they would like to work. More than one volunteer/shift is ok.

Shifts are: 4pm-5pm, 5pm-6pm, 6pm-7pm, 7pm-8pm, 8pm-9pm(clean-up)

Once all Volunteers are in, we will advise everyone which ride/event they are assigned to.

Volunteer names should be sent to Amie Snell at [email protected]

~ 15 packs of assorted solid colors of gift tissue paper – Target brand only please!

The tissue paper will be used to make large tissue “Flowers” as well as wrist corsages which will be sold

at Spring Fling. Please leave tissue in the PTA room. Please put your name/teacher’s name on your

donation.

~ Grade Level Themed Basket items—see Page 11 for full details.

Classroom Donations – Due Friday, April 20th

From each class we ask that the Homeroom Parents ask for the following, all due by April 20th.

~ 4 cases of bottled water – 12oz size please!

~ Four (4) 12-packs of canned Pepsi products

~ Tailgating type pop-up tent that we can borrow – will return to you on Monday, April 29th

Please be sure to “label” what you bring in with their name/child’s name/teacher’s name.

is being asked to help!



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Grade Level donations for "Theme Baskets" – Due Friday, April 12th

To help with our Silent Auction, which will be held during Spring Fling again this year, we are asking

parents to help out with these donations. Each grade is assigned a theme and "Theme Baskets" will be

made out of donations sent in. These baskets will be auctioned off at our event. All "Theme Basket"

donations are due in the PTA room no later than April 12th. Please be sure to “label” what you

bring in with your name/child’s name/teacher’s name.

Kindergarten theme: Out and About Greenville

Donation items can include: Tickets to the Greenville Drive, Tickets to a SC Children's Theatre show,

Tickets to a Peace Center Show, Hip Hop lessons, movie tickets, On the Border Gift Card, Mice on

Main Book and Map, Tickets to a Road Warrior game, Tickets/Pass to the Greenville Recreation Water

Parks, Bi-Lo Center certificate good for any performance or game, etc.

1st Grade theme: We love our Mom

Donation items can include: picture frames, notecard set, Spa gift card, nails & pedi gift card, Hair

salon gift card, Simon Mall gift card, restaurant gift card, cleaning service, car wash gift cards, assorted

coffee set, purse, boutique gift card, etc.

2nd Grade theme: Family Fun

Donation items can include: Popcorn, Candy, movie tickets, board games, Wii games, skewers and

marshmallows, Movie DVDs, Rita's Ice gift card, Ice Cream set, Pizza gift card, Frankie's Fun Park

Arcade gift cards, Bowling gift card, Tickets to Dollywood, etc.

3rd Grade theme: All-Star Athletes

Donation items can include: Soccer balls, basketballs, kickballs, footballs, water bottles, jerseys,

Gatorade, tennis rackets and balls, socks, Dick's Sporting Goods gift card, Academy Sports gift card,

tailgating chairs, cooler, sports tote bags, etc.

4th Grade theme: BBQ Bash for Dad

Donation items can include: Grilling utensils and accessories, Grill, picnic basket items, coolers, lawn

chairs or tailgating chairs, grilling sauces, Dick's Sporting Goods gift card, BBQ gift card, Bi-lo gift card,

Publix gift card, etc.

5th Grade theme: Bring on the Summer Fun

Donation items can include: Sunscreen, water tubes, flip flops, water guns, water wings, goggles/

snorkels, skewers and marshmallows, marshmallow shooter gun, water soaker guns, movie tickets,

blockbuster gift cards, Moe's gift card, free week at a camp, pool membership, water park passes, etc.



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Pelham Road Elementary Art Night will be held Monday, March 11th. The evening will feature

arts and crafts such as clay, spin art, and mask making as well as the sale of framed student art

work. Please plan to join us for a fun filled time and be watching for more information over the

next few weeks. Volunteers are needed for set up, assisting with crafts, and clean up. If you can

volunteer, please contact Mica Hale at 350-3558. Donations of the following items are being

accepted: colored copy paper, paper plates, yarn, glue, tape, markers, and crayons. Additionally

we are requesting odds and ends such as old magazines, books, puzzle pieces, pieces from board

games, fabric remnants, egg cartons, clean milk jugs, etc for a special activity. Please label them

Art Night and send them in or place them in the box in the PTA room. Thanks and we look

forward to seeing you at Art Night.

1st Place - Collin Maides - Jordan - 4th

Collin’s Artwork will be featured on our 2013 Spring Fling Big Top T-Shirt

2nd Place - Tyler Gundrum - Coan - 4th

3rd Place - Brittany Kovach - Stokes - 5th

Thanks to everyone who submitted an entry!

We have some very talented artists in our school!

PRES PTA Website www.pelhamrdpta.my-pta.org

PRES PTA Facebook Group

AllStars of PRE

SIC Meeting Dates

All to be held at

12noon

Open to ALL that

wish to attend

February 27 March 27 April 24

May 29

SC PTA Website www.SCPTA.org

National PTA Website

www.PTA.org



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Print Form out

& include with

Payment

Turn form with payment

in to your Child’s Teacher.



Below is the recent security release from GCSD regarding new security measures.

Please let Mr. McCray know if you have any questions.

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Security release continued...

Greenville County School’s informational television station, The Schools Channel, is

now available on channel 99 on AT&T U-verse. The Schools Channel is also on

Charter Communications Channel 99.

At the PTA general meeting on January 14th we voted on the PTA bylaws.

The bylaws were mailed to the SCPTA.



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Dr. C. Nicholas Canoutas, DPM

11 Mills Ave, Greenville, SC

Proud Supporters, for a 3rd year in a row, of Pelham Road Elementary School!

Come visit us on Halton Road!

Schedule a complimentary initial exam during the 2012-2013 school year and

~ you receive $100 off treatment

~ we donate $100 to Pelham Road PTA for each new treatment start!

Call today: 864-335-0505

Dr. Trecy Watson Dr. Rush-Baker Caldwell

www.Palmetttofamilyortho.com 105 Halton Circle, Suite B, Greenville, SC 29607

Thank you Sponsors!

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