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July 21, 2020
Highlights this week:
  • TONIGHT: Virtual Q&A with Ms. Goetz
  • Games and Resources to Build Computing Skills from Ms. Calverly

TONIGHT: Virtual Q&A with Ms. Goetz

The Sylvan Park PTO will host a virtual meeting with Ms. Goetz on July 21st at 6pm to answer questions related to the start of school and remote learning.

Use this link to join the Zoom Q&A with Ms. Goetz:
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/85014015884?pwd=MjU3NXlwUVNhaDVVQzNoWEpEbEJKQT09

Meeting ID: 850 1401 5884
Passcode: PTOQA

Games and Resources to Build Computing Skills

Bees and Honey

Connect the Dots

Fuzz Bugs

Try a FLVS Sample Lesson

MNPS Will Start Virtual Learning on August 4th

https://www.mnps.org/backtoschool

Virtual Coffee for Kindergarten Parents on July 30th at 8am!

Do you have a kindergartner starting Sylvan Park this year? Join the kindergarten teachers in a Virtual Parent Coffee session to learn important information for the 2020-2021 school year. More details to come.

School Supply Lists by Grade

With the news that school will be begin virtually, parents may want supplies for at-home learning. We are providing the following supply lists with items teachers requested for each grade level this school year. As teachers learn more about the new virtual curriculum, some items may change. If parents pre-purchased a school supply kit this past Spring, the school will be working on a retrieval plan to pick up the kits prior to the start of the school year.
Kindergarten Supply List

Back to School Health Visits

The Metro Public Health Department will have extended hours at all three of their preventive health clinic locations starting July 21st for 4 weeks. See important details about what to bring and how to make an appointment in the multilingual flyer on the PTO website. Scroll over the bottom of the flyer to access additional pages.

Sylvan Park Facebook Parent Group

Fellow Sylvan Park parents have created a private Facebook group for parents and caregivers to discuss navigating virtual schooling. This group is not affiliated with the PTO. It was created as an informal place for parents to make connections while distanced due to COVID and school facility closures. See the link to join.
https://www.facebook.com/groups/1776874285800316/?ref=share

New Spirit Wear Store Active!

Our new Spirit Wear store is now active!

This year, there are additional t-shirt styles and colors available that will ship directly to your home for a $6 flat rate. Even if we can’t be together at the start of school, we can still show our Panther Pride!

Spirit Wear Store

Library Items Due Aug. 5

Returning School Library Items
Families will have until August 5, 2020 to return library items. To see what books your child has currently checked out:
  • Go to http://www.library.nashville.org
  • Click on the orange "My Account" button in the top right corner
  • Enter your child's 190# for the Library Card Number
  • Enter the MMDD of your child's birthday for the PIN
  • A list if both NPL and MNPS books will be displayed. All MNPS library books have a 10 digit item number beginning with two letter (example: QQ00305012).
You may also return any MNPS library items to any Nashville Public Library branch over the summer. Please contact Laura.calverley@mnps.org with any questions about library items.

District 9 School Board Election on August 6th

Did you know there is a school board race on August 6th? There is no primary, this is it. It is non-partisan. The two candidates for District 9 (West Nashville, including Sylvan Park) are:

Russelle Ann Bradbury

Abigail Tylor

Please click their names to check out their websites or read candidate answers to a recent National Public Education Foundation survey here.

Upcoming Events

Virtual Q&A with Ms. Goetz - July 21, 6pm
Virtual Kindergarten Parent Coffee -July 30, 8am
First Day of School - August 4
Dates for 2020-21 School Year - click here
* All dates and events are subject to change

Hillsboro Cluster News

New Principal at West End Middle

Trey Stephens will lead West End Middle School this year as the new principal. Read all about Mr. Stephens and other WEMS news on the West End PTSO site.
Get Involved in West End Middle!
Sign up to receive the PTSO newsletter here.
Visit the PTSO web site at http://westendptso.org

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