Join us for restaurant day at Hattie B’s at 5209 Charlotte Ave. on Thursday, April 20. Meet co-workers or friends for lunch, spend time with other SPE families over dinner or place a to-go order anytime. Hattie B’s is generously donating 10 percent of sales from the entire day to our school!
Please help us with a Spring Stock the Lounge! We hope you will consider supporting our teachers in this way. You can drop off items in front of the school from 7:45-8:00 on Thursday, April 13th, or you can drop in the designated bin at 4406 Park Ave. prior to the 13th. Our teachers love this show of appreciation! Sign up here.
The 2nd Annual Sylvan Park International Night took place on Tuesday, March 28th from 5:30-7pm in the school parking lot.
International Night is an opportunity for our students, families, faculty, & staff to share and experience the countries, cultures, & traditions found in our community. We are looking for volunteers to host a table or trunk space that reflects their country of origin.
Our school greatly appreciates the support for Sylvan Park staff over the last week. Any small acts of gratitude and kindness are a great way to show our school and other schools in our community lots of love.
The horrific event at The Covenant School last Monday is heavy on all of our hearts. Many of you have reached out to ask questions, share your gratitude, offer help, and to simply connect.
We appreciate all of your thoughts, questions, and ideas. In order to centralize our efforts, please email pto.spark@gmail.com. Ms. Goetz will work closely with the PTO board to share information and determine actionable next steps to continue to keep Sylvan Park students and staff as safe as possible.
That said, the PTO event on May 4th at 6 p.m. will be focused on safety. Again, please email pto.spark@gmail.com with any comments, ideas and/or questions so that we can design an event that is beneficial and productive.
There are no sufficient words to describe the devastation of yesterday’s shooting at The Covenant School. Our hearts are with The Covenant School’s parents, students, and staff, and particularly with the families of Evelyn, Hallie, William, Ms. Peak, Dr. Koonce, and Mr. Hill. We offer our support, our love, and our deepest condolences for this unimaginable loss.
It can be difficult to walk our children through this heartache. Dr. Battle shared the following suggestions:
Helping Students After a School Shooting, American School Counseling Association (ASCA), 2022
Sunday morning, our neighborhood, Sylvan Park, experienced antisemitism, racism and discrimination acts of hate. Five homes and bridge underpasses were vandalized with swastikas and racial slurs.
We will not tolerate this hate and our children deserve a better world and neighborhood. We know we can’t always provide a safe place, but we can provide a brave place for our children to learn and support every community.
We stand and guide with love and not hate while recognizing and teaching that the hate exists and needs to be talked about with action. Join us in talking to your kids about being brave in these spaces!
Thank you to Whitney Hutchens and the Sylvan Park families who cleaned up the garden and got it ready for spring planting!
The Sylvan Park Girl Scout Daisies visited the West Precinct of the MNPD to tour the precinct, meet officers, and learn about how emergency responders serve our community. The scouts delivered cookies as part of their outreach this year and to say thanks to those who serve our neighborhood.
You are invited to Hillsboro High School’s Annual Arts Showcase on Friday, March 24, from 6-8 pm! This fun night highlights the work of our visual arts students, including our IB Art seniors showcase. There are activities for kids, refreshments, and theater and music highlights, as well. Enter campus from the Glen Echo entrance and park in the garage.
Thank you for helping us stock the lounge with a breakfast bar before Spring Break. The staff loved it!
Enrollment for current PNA students and incoming siblings is now open and will remain open through March 23. Enrollment for incoming students not currently in PNA will occur from March 27-April 28. Enrollement is first come, first served until all spots are filled. Register here.
We are thrilled to share a summary of all the great ways your donation to the Fun Run Invest campaign has benefited our school so far this year. Our students are so fortunate to have such a caring and giving group of parents, friends, and community supporting them! You all are truly remarkable!
