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August 11, 2020
Highlights this week:
  • First Day of School Photos!
  • Sylvan Park Virtual Learning Launchpad
  • Room Parents
  • Telehealth Visits are Available for Students

First Day of School Photos!

Thanks to all the Panthers and Panther parents for posting photos from the first day of school!

Sylvan Park Virtual Learning Launchpad

Use the Sylvan Park Weebly site to find weekly schedules for all grade levels, contact information for teachers and staff, a helpful tutorial for logging into Clever and Schoology, and information on school meals. This will be a helpful site for parents and students to bookmark.

https://sylvanparkpdc.weebly.com/

Home Room Parents Needed

Are you looking for a rewarding way to be involved at Sylvan Park? The PTO needs a Home Room Parent (HRP) for each classroom. HRPs are a tradition at Sylvan Park.
A parent(s) serves as a liaison between teachers, parents, and the PTO board. This role typically involves organizing classroom parties (around 3-4 per year,) as well as creating an email group for your classroom parents in order to forward important information that needs distribution.

As you might guess, this year our HRPs' responsibilities might look a little different. HRPs will serve to create a much needed sense of community between classroom families during this time when we all need it. As specific parent or teacher needs arise, the HRP will be able to facilitate communication so we may all find the answers and help we need.

Please email Natalie Goldsby, Head Home Room Parent, at ntgoldsby@gmail.com if interested.

Telehealth Visits are Available for Students

Telehealth is available for our students!  Well Child is the district-approved vendor who normally offers well exams every year in schools.  Due to COVID-19, they have recently expanded their services to include in-home virtual visits.  Additionally, Well Child is now able to send electronic prescriptions when needed for treatment of minor and acute illnesses.  Well Child Telehealth may be used for:
  • Annual well exams
  • Minor/acute illness or medical care.
See the flyers below for more information.
Download the Well Child Telehealth Flyer.

Download the Well Child Telehealth Fact Sheet.

MNPS Playbook for Meals

Are you looking for information about meals? Click this link to read about picking up meals at the school, paying with MySchoolBucks, pick up times (11:30am-12:30pm for elementary school families), and free and reduced lunch forms: https://www.mnps.org/playbook-meals.

MNPS Student-Parent Online 2020-2021 Handbook

IMPORTANT: The permissions from parents/guardians that are included with the handbook will now be collected online, making it easier for families and schools to indicate and track. The due date is September 4, 2020. With school starting virtually and devices and hotspots provided by the district, all families should have the resources to submit their permissions online.
Access the MNPS Student-Parent Online 2020-2021 Handbook here: https://www.mnps.org/handbook

Games and Resources to Build Computing Skills

Bees and Honey

Connect the Dots

Fuzz Bugs

Try a FLVS Sample Lesson

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

Upcoming Events

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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