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Fourth Grade students created a Kindness Tree this week after the school-wide seminar on Shel Silverstein's The Giving Tree in December. See other cool school happenings below!
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- Stock the Lounge: Warm Drinks
- Club Openings Remain
- Marthons Kids Update
- Valentine's Social Feb. 7
- Fun Run Fundraiser Update
- Science Lab Signup
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* Please email news submissions by noon on Sunday each week, or earlier. The next deadline is Jan 19. Please submit any images in jpg or png format.
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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.)
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A few after school clubs have spots for additional students to join in the fun this year.
Habitat Kids Yoga Club - Thursdays 3:00 - 4:00 pm
Register at MindBody by clicking this link: http://tiny.cc/8yvkgz
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Marathon Kids TUESDAY SESSION ONLY - email spmarathonkids@gmail.com ASAP or by Monday Jan 20th. See additional info below.
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Reminder: Marathon Kids will not start until the first week of February.
Tuesday Feb 4
Weds. Feb 5
Friday Feb 7
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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 (3rd and 4th use their own)
6 laptops (EE)
Intervention Curriculum: Hands on Equations (Math) X2
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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.
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Thank you for investing in our school!
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Ms. Hobgood's Kindergarten students toast the new year after making class goals and personal learning goals for 2020.
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Ms. Bray's Fourth Grade class reenacted the events of RJ Palacio's novel Wonder tableaux-style!
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Make volunteering in Science lab your New Year's resolution! Choose a time to volunteer with your child's class, or with a class that fits in your schedule. Thank you Dr. Miller and all parents who volunteer time to help make these labs possible!
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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
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Monday, Jan. 20 - No School for MLK Jr. Day
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Friday, Feb. 7 - Valentine's Social 6-7 pm
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Attend West End Middle's "State of the School" address by Principal Dr. Young Tuesday, Jan. 14 at 6 pm.
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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.
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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.
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If you know of anyone who is not receiving the newsletter, please forward this email to them, and let them know they can sign up at sylvanparkschool.org/subscribe.
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