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13 years together! Former Sylvan Park Panthers and current Hillsboro Seniors returned to the Sylvan Park playground to memorialize where their educational journey began.
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- Order Your School Supply Kits Today!
- Information for Entering Kindergarten Families
- Fun Run Bookroom Update
- Minutes from May 4th PTO Meeting
- Emergency Broadband Benefit Program
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Not only do you save time and get all the supplies your teachers requested in one easy order, but our school receives a percentage of your order. Get your back-to-school shopping out of the way early, help support our school and enjoy a summer day!
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Simply order online at www.shopttkits.com. Enter our school’s account number 79045. Order the box corresponding to your student’s grade level in the Fall. Place your order by May 28, 2021. Questions? Contact Theresa Yarber at tsyarber@gmail.com.
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Sylvan Park is excited to welcome our new Kindergarten families in August! We know you are excited too, but also a little nervous about this big milestone. There will be lots of information coming in July, so keep watch on the newsletter as we get closer to the start of school. In the meantime, here are a few important things to know:
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-You can get a head start on back to school shopping by purchasing a School Supply Kit with everything the Kindergarten teachers requested in one box delivered directly to your child’s classroom before the 1st day of school. Sylvan Park PTO also gets a portion of the proceeds! Simply order online at www.shopttkits.com. Enter our school’s account number 79045. Order the Kindergarten Girl or Boy box. Place your order by May 28, 2021. Questions? Contact Theresa Yarber at tsyarber@gmail.com.
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-Will your student need before or aftercare? Our onsite option is PNA (Project for Neighborhood Aftercare). Check out http://www.pnatn.org for enrollment information. Contact Yawanda McCord with questions, yawanda.mccord@mnps.org
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-Sylvan Park students wear “Standard School Attire” (SSA) for school each day. This means shirts with collars in solid colors–no stripes, no patterns, no words. (Any Insignia on the shirts must be less than 2 inches in diameter.) Pants, skirts, or shorts in khaki, navy blue, or black may also be worn. SSA can be purchased at Walmart, Target, Old Navy, etc, and is usually easy to find in the weeks before school starts.
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-Students may also wear Sylvan Park “Spirit Wear” (shirts and sweatshirts with the Sylvan Park logo). Links to the Online Spirit Wear store can be found on the PTO website, www.sylvanparkschool.org. For early summer orders, please select the Ship to Home option. Look in the July newsletter for ship to school order options and deadlines.
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Save the Date (Dates and events are subject to change)
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August 5, 8-9am Kindergarten Coffee: Learn the ABC’s of Kindergarten at Sylvan Park
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August 9, 4-5pm Kindergarten Ice Cream Social
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August 10, 8am 1st Day of School Coffee & Kleenex
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Don’t Miss an Important Announcement, Get Connected to the PTO:
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• Facebook: Sylvan Park Elementary Paideia Design Center PTO
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• Instagram: @sylvanparkpto
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• Twitter: @SylvanParkPTO
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The final PTO meeting was held May 4th via Zoom. The 2021-2022 Executive Board was approved at the May 4th PTO meeting. Thank you to the following volunteers, who will be serving on the PTO Board next year:
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President – Theresa Yarber
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Vice President – Emily Fisher
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Treasurer-in-Training – Jenn Morse
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Fundraising – Jennifer Ervin
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Teacher Appreciation – Christina Coldiron
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Communications – Amanda Reynolds
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Community Relations - Annette Ashley
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Teacher Representatives - Lizzy Williams (Related Arts), Jenna Hahn (K-2nd grade) & Keisha Williams (3rd-4th grade)
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Principal – Elizabeth Goetz
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The following amended language from Article 2.6 (c) and (d) of the Sylvan Park PTO By Laws was approved:
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(c) The PTO shall maintain a Reserve Fund equal to 20% of the current fiscal year Operating Expenses (the Budget less earmarked Fundraising Expenses) or $5,000, whichever is greater (the “Reserve Amount”). The Reserve Fund shall be held in interest-bearing account separate from the PTO’s general funds.
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i. Any interest from the Reserve Fund may be transferred to the PTO’s general operating account(s) or reinvested.
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ii. If the balance of the Reserve Fund exceeds the Reserve Amount for any reason, the Board may elect to transfer the excess to the PTO’s general operating account(s).
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ii. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Article, the Reserve Fund may be used for expenditures as approved by a Board vote followed by a full PTO vote.
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iii. If at any time the Reserve Fund contains less than the Reserve Amount all fundraising earnings except for designated under Article 2.6(b) (Earmarked Funds) shall be deposited in the Reserve Fund until the balance reaches the Reserve Amount.
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(d) In addition to the Reserve Fund, the PTO shall strive to preserve a reasonable balance at the end of each fiscal year, to be used by the next year’s PTO as a starting point for the following fiscal year; and,
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The Emergency Broadband Benefit Program is a Federal Communications Commission (FCC) program that provides a temporary discount on monthly broadband bills for qualifying low-income households. If your household is eligible, you can receive:• Up to a $50/month discount on your broadband service and associated equipment rentals• Up to a $75/month discount if your household is on qualifying Tribal lands• A one-time discount of up to $100 for a laptop, tablet, or desktop computer (with a co-payment of more than $10 but less than $50)
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Only one monthly service discount and one device discount is allowed per household.
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Last Day of School, Half Day, May 25
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Get Involved in West End Middle!
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Submissions for the newsletter: please submit any school-related news, photos or announcements by each Sunday at noon in order to get it in the following Tuesday's newsletter. Images and PDFs should be converted to JPG or PNG format.
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