Week of February 4th (24)
Celebrating 50 years of tradition!
CALENDAR OF EVENTS
This Week:
Feb 4-8: Grade 6 @ Washington DC
Feb 6: Atlantic Coast Theater @ Park Maitland: City Mouse & Country Mouse (K-4)
Looking Ahead:
Feb 13: Early Dismissal Day / Valentine's Day Parties / Food Packaging Event / Wear Pink or Red T-shirts
Feb 14: Student Holiday / Staff Professional Development Day
Feb 15-18: Staff/Student Holiday - President's Day
Feb 20: Grade 6 @ Lockheed Martin / Ambassadors: Honored Elders
Feb 22: Grade 3 Show
Feb 26: Grade 2 Across Generations / Skating Party
Feb 27: Black History Assembly
Feb 28: K5 @ Orlando Rep Theater: Beat Bugs
This week our K-4, K-5 and 1st grade teachers made learning fun in "hundreds" of ways! The students were engaged in fun and challenging activities all centered around the number 100 as we celebrated 100 days of school!
Click HERE and HERE to hear what some of our 1st graders had to say about their life imagined at 100 years old!
We are so proud to recognize all of our Geography Bee finalists:

Sivi Ward
Madden Matthias
Alexandra Seferlis
Hudson Hurst
Olivia Dewar

And CONGRATULATIONS to our school winner, Alexandra Seferlis!
Our 5th and 6th grade students were super excited after their pep-rally to learn about our upcoming first annual Senior Games!
Our Jelly Fudge Friends had a sweet bon voyage party for our 6th graders before they leave on their big trip.
3rd grade students released butterflies in Science class this week.
To culminate their studies on Florida history, our 4th grade students enjoyed a memorable trip to Florida's oldest city, St. Augustine!
We are excited to announce our 2019 Arlington Essay Winners. These outstanding writers have been selected to participate in the Arlington Wreath Laying Ceremony during their upcoming trip to Washington D.C. Congratulations!

Zara Kalmanson
Konor Nichols
Sara Collins
Hudson Hurst
Our amazing school family has raised $2,600.00 from Vow of Silence, $950.00 from Congo Golf, and over $800.00 in donations to our Feeding Children Everywhere campaign. These funds added to our other fundraising efforts puts us at $8,900.00 total! This is more than enough to cover the cost of packaging and transporting the 25,000 meals we plan to package on February 13th. Thanks again for everyone being so involved in these worthy causes!
VALENTINE'S CLASS PARTIES! 
Valentine's Day parties are taking place on Wednesday, February 13th!

Students are encouraged to bring a card for each classmate. One non-food item may be attached to each card. Students may wear a red or pink top with jeans or uniform bottoms.
CLICK HERE to view and download the Park Maitland Eagles Basketball Schedule
(ALL GAMES PLAYED AT MAITLAND MIDDLE SCHOOL - 701 N Thistle Ln, Maitland, FL )

Come out to support our Park Maitland Eagles basketball teams!
Message from the Security Manager:

Traffic Alert:
On February 5 th the FDOT will begin road work on 17-92 south bound lanes just north of our location. At this point we are not sure what effect it will have on our morning drop-off. Please be patient and allow a few extra minutes until you can determine how it will affect your travel.

Domino's:
Recently I have noticed several parents either picking up their students five minutes before carpool or staging in the Domino's parking lot prior to carpool. On Wednesday the manager of Domino's called and complained about all of our cars filling up their lot. Domino's has been a great neighbor, allowing us to park in their lot in the mornings before they are there and periodically throughout the day. This has helped us a great deal during our morning events including our plays. It seems we have been taking advantage of their kindness. If Domino's were to erect no parking signs we will not be allowed to park in their lot at any time without fear of being towed.

Please refrain from coming early to pick up your children. It creates several problems for our staff, school and our neighbors.

If you have any questions please feel free to email me at: jjohnson@parkmaitland.org or call (407) 647-3038 x248. Thank you in advance for your cooperation, and let's all work together to ensure the safety of the students, parents, faculty and staff of the Park Maitland School!

Jesse Johnson
Don't forget, February 13th is an early dismissal day for students!

Early Dismissal Day Times
All students will be dismissed after they have had lunch according to the following schedule:

K-4, Grades 1, 3, and 5 -- 11:35 a.m. - 12:00 p.m
Gate opens at 11:35 a.m. -- closes at 12:00 p.m.

K-5, Grades 2, 4, and 6 -- 12:13 p.m. - 12:45 p.m.
Gate opens at 12:13 p.m. -- closes at 12:45 p.m.

If you have a lunch "A" child that needs to go home after lunch "B," please send in a note to that effect. We will have supervision in the gym for those children.

AfterCare Options
You will have the option of picking up your child at the assigned early dismissal time, or they could go to our "Club Eagle AfterCare" program. "Club Eagle" will provide special child care for students who are not actively enrolled for only $15 per child. Simply contact Club Eagle by email at  aftercare@parkmaitland.org  or by calling  407.647.3038, ext. #159. Children who attend AfterCare regularly can follow their usual after school protocol.

Reminder: There will be no school on February 14th, 15th, and 18th.
Enjoy the long weekend!
Judges Needed!

In order to make our annual "Dr. Alan Saffran Science Expo" a success, we need help from our parents! We need approximately 45 judges! If you are interested in volunteering as a judge, please contact Ms. Kitty Williams at kwilliams@parkmaitland.org to add your name to the list!
The Orlando Science Center is graciously offering Park Maitland families a 20% membership discount. (This can also be used for renewal memberships). Just fill out the attached form and return to the front desk c/o Ms. Danae Pollack, by Wednesday, March 22nd. Don't miss this amazing benefit!


*  Participants also receive reduced rates for summer programs as well as fun advanced tickets for events year round. This offer is available for renewals and new memberships*
2019-2020 SCHOOL CALENDAR
Dates are subject to change

August 12: Grades 1, 2, 3, 4 - Meet & Greet
August 13: Grades K-4, K-5, 5, 6 - Meet & Greet
August 14:  K-4 and K-5 first day of school
August 15:  Grades 1 - 6 first day of school
September 2:  Student/Teacher Holiday (Labor Day)
September 30:  Professional Development Day for faculty, Student Holiday
October 11:  Teacher Workday, Student Holiday
November 8: Professional Development Day for faculty, Student Holiday
November 25 - 29:  Thanksgiving Holiday
December 19: Early Dismissal Day
December 20 - January 6:  Holiday break
January 6: Teacher Workday, Student Holiday
January 7:  Students Return
January 15:  Early Dismissal Day
January 20:  Student/Teacher Holiday (MLK Jr. Day)
February 13 - 14:  Student/Teacher Holiday (President's Day)
February 17: Professional Development Day for faculty, Student Holiday
March 13: Teacher Workday, Student Holiday
March 16 - 20:  Spring Break
April 10: Student/Teacher Holiday (Good Friday)
April 13: Professional Development Day for faculty, Student Holiday
May 22:  Student/Teacher Holiday
May 25:  Student/Teacher Holiday (Memorial Day)
May 26:  Final Day K-4 & K-5
May 27:  K-5 Bridging Ceremony
May 28:  Final Day Grades 1-6 (Early Dismissal Day), 6th Grade Graduation
Park Maitland School presents:
Mark your calendars for Thursday, May 23rd, and plan to join us at the 
Bob Carr Theater for this magical event!
GRADE LEVEL LINKS
(Please note: Teacher pages are not updated for
the following week until Sunday at 4:00 p.m.)
K-4
K-5

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