Sylvan Park Paideia Elementary School

Ms. Myers’ first graders studied the photograph ‘Outside Looking In’ by Gordon Parks, discussed integration and made connections to Martin Luther King, Jr.

Join fellow Sylvan Park families for a potluck and game night at Preston Taylor Ministries Tuesday, DATE at 6 pm. This night is always a hit and a great opportunity to get to know each other outside of the school setting. PTO provides a main dish and each grade will be asked to bring a particular side item. Stay tuned for further details!

Ms. Rossberger’s students read with their third grade book buddies.

Friendly school-wide competition for Box Tops!

The classroom contest will be Monday, February 3 through Friday February 21, 2020.We are competing with Eakin Elementary and West End Middle schools to see which school can collect the most this year! Please ask your neighbors, family and friends to start saving Box Tops for you today! Please DO NOT bring in Box Tops before February. General Mills pays us 10 cents per Box Top. Our school goal this year is $1,000! Every Box Top counts!

How to participate:
Box Tops are located on many name brand product packaging such as General Mills cereals, Lysol cleaner, Hefty trash bags, and MANY more. Cut out and collect as many Box Tops as possible at home or from friends, family and neighbors. Put your Box Tops in an old envelope, bag or rubber band. Bring Box Tops to school in February and place in your classroom’s Ziplock Box Top bag!

Helpful hints:
* Please count the number of box tops and write the total number of tops on the outside of the envelope/bag- this saves volunteer counters time!    
* Make sure NOT to cut off the expiration date. 
* Please check box tops before turning them in and make sure they are not expired.  The earliest date of eligible Box Tops is 3/1/2020. We cannot get any money for our school with expired tops. 

REMEMBER: Box Tops are transitioning to be  digital and you can now scan your receipt using a mobile app. They are fading out of cut off Box Tops. Note to our seasoned collectors, do not be frustrated with lower numbers available.

Download Apple app here. Download Google play app here. For a list of all eligible products, click here.  

The Lost & Found has moved! Due to the fire marshal inspection, the Lost & Found is now located outside the music room just down the hall from the cafeteria.

Our Sylvan Park staff LOVE their coffee and often run out of K-cups in the lounge. We want to keep them stocked with warm beverages through the winter! Please help us by dropping a box or two in the staff lounge next Thursday, January 16. (You are welcome to drop boxes off earlier if you have them.)

Reminder: Marathon Kids will not start until the first week of February.
Tuesday Feb 4
Weds. Feb 5
Friday Feb 7

Marathon Kids will be offered on a third day, Tuesdays! Special thanks to parent volunteers, Jennifer Ervin and Sarah Norberg, for stepping up to lead! We have a few remaining slots for Tuesday only. If you are interested in learning more or registering your student for Tuesday only, please email spmarathonkids@gmail.com ASAP or by Monday Jan 20th.

All registered Marathon Kids should have received communications Friday Jan 10. If you registered and did not receive this email, please email spmarathonkids@gmail.com and we will troubleshoot. The next round of communications will be emailed the week of January 20th. 

Thank you for your support and enthusiasm for our Sylvan Park running club, Marathon Kids– we are exciting for an awesome 2020 season!

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We will have our annual Valentine’s social on Feb. 7. We will send a flyer home for tickets for the social and candy gram/carnation sales in advance in folders the week before the event.  We will be selling candy grams and carnations from students to their classmates and teachers and delivered on 2/14. All of the proceeds go to the teachers to use in their classrooms. **Girl Scout cookie sales will be CASH only at the Valentine’s Social.

This social is primarily run by teachers but we do need some parents to help with setup, cleanup and miscellaneous jobs. Please sign up here: Valentine’s Social 2020.

We were thrilled to raise $55,113! This is substantially more than amounts raised through INVEST campaigns in previous years. Based on teacher input, this money was used to update and increase classroom technology. These purchases have been made yet MNPS must format them. We are hopeful we will have them in classrooms by March.

Fun Run Purchases:
5 sets of 23 laptops (one set per grade)
5 computer carts (one per grade)
15 Ipads (some EE, RA)
15 Ipad covers
15 Ipad earbuds
Headphones for 23 computers on 3 carts (3^rd and 4^th use their own)
6 laptops (EE)
Intervention Curriculum: Hands on Equations (Math) X2

This totals around $50,000.
Our treasurers are working hard to come up with a technology plan for maintaining up-to-date classroom technology over time. We hope to begin budgeting annually for technology updates so as not to have to repeatedly dedicate the majority of our Fun Run funds to this purpose.

Thank you for investing in our school!

Ms. Hobgood’s Kindergarten students toast the new year after making class goals and personal learning goals for 2020.

Ms. Bray’s Fourth Grade class reenacted the events of RJ Palacio’s novel Wonder tableaux-style!

Parents Who Fight has two free workshops for parents who want to learn more about keeping their kids safe online.
Saturday, Feb. 1 at Flewellyn Baptist Church in Springfield, TN from 9:30-11:30 am
Monday, Feb. 3 at Crieve Hall Elementary School from 6-7 pm

Attend West End Middle’s “State of the School” address by Principal Dr. Young Tuesday, Jan. 14 at 6 pm.

Multicultural Night is Thursday, Jan. 30 from 4:30 – 6 pm. Families are invited to bring a potluck dish representing their culture. The event will also include crafts, games and a performance by the Nashville Public Library’s puppet truck.

First and Second grade students were treated to a sampling of the vegetables harvested from the school garden and prepared by Avery De Giron.