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This week's Park Maitland School Community case number is 0
Through contact tracing, to date we have had no cases of on campus transmission of COVID-19. This reflects the safety measures that our school has put in place and the cooperation of our school community.
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May 3-16: Virtual Book Fair
May 12: Grade 4 - Travel Fair
May 17: Read to Lead Celebration for 2nd lunch Students
May 21: Read to Lead Celebration for 1st lunch Students
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May 27 and 29: Spamalot 6th grade play
May 28-31: Student/Teacher Holiday
June 1: K-5 Last Day of School
June 2: K-5 Bridging
June 3: 1-6 Gr. Last Day of School
June 3: 6th Grade Graduation
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May 7, 2021
Dear Parents,
It was another whirlwind week at Park Maitland School! We had another full week of Sports Fest and it was just as fun as last week. We are so happy that Sports Fest was BACK!!!
In addition, I was lucky to attend our beautiful K5 Mother's Day Tea. One of Park Maitland's sweetest traditions, the K-5 team of Ms. Parkins, Ms. Ayers, Ms. Bartels, Ms. Rudolph, Ms. Willis, Ms. Trombley, and Mr. Eleazer created an amazing event at Interlachen Country Club. Thank you, K-5, for your hard work!
Sixth graders celebrated another hallowed Park Maitland tradition, India Fest, this week as well. Ms. Finwall did a splendid job preparing her students for the beautiful event put together for the students by parent volunteers headed by Ms. Sapna Majors. I am honored to introduce Taj Majors, a Super Senior 6th grader, to share his thoughts on the event in this week's highlighted "Student Voices". We look forward to sharing pictures of both India Fest and Mother's Day Tea in Thursday's Weekly Rewind.
Happy Mother's Day, enjoy some quality family time, and enjoy the stunning weather!
Very Warmly,
Davina Spillmann
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A collection of pieces heard from our Park Maitland students directly on how they experienced our events.
Please welcome 6th grader Taj M.
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On Thursday this week, the 6th grade class celebrated India Fest. Everyone was excited walking into the gym feeling like we had traveled to a new place. My classmates, whom I see every day, looked different! Everyone was dressed in colorful Indian clothes immersing us in the culture. Bollywood songs played in the gym and taking pictures, lots of kids socializing; there was excitement in the air.
We had a few guest presenters with us. First, I introduced my grandpa, Dr. Patel. He explained to us about Hinduism and shared symbols of Hinduism. Next, we had a music teacher teach us about the Indian hand drums, otherwise called the tabla. He explained what a cycle was, and everyone clapped every few beats. He beat his drum faster and faster and impressed us all. After the tabla demonstration, my grandma came on stage and dressed Mrs. Keckley in a sari. I never knew a sari was so long and that it could take so much time to get dressed. Our final presenter was a former Park Maitland parent who first performed and then taught us some Bollywood moves. The dance moves were pretty simple, and I think everyone enjoyed getting up and moving around. Finally, our grade had fun dancing to an Indian song we had learned and practiced earlier in the week in Mrs. Finwall’s class.
We left the gym for lunch outside by Jelly Fudge park. Today was not a day for turkey cheese sandwiches or peanut butter and jelly. Instead, we ate butter chicken, rice and more. It didn’t taste spicy to me, but my friends thought so.
And just like that, India Fest was over. Hot and sweaty, we changed back into our Park Maitland shirts and school shorts and went back to class.
Taj M.
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Virtual Book Fair is now open to purchase your books!
To receive credit for the purchase, don't forget to use our exclusive coupon code PARKMAITLAND.
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Congratulations to our Super Senior finalists of Park Maitland's 2021 Dreamer and Doer award: Christopher H., Liam K., Luke K., Hunter L., Sadie P., and Nabiha S. |
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Our winner for the 2021 school year is Taylor D.! Taylor wrote an inspiring essay about helping children find ways to volunteer within their community. All finalists wrote essays and interviewed with the Administration on ways to improve their communities, homes, or schools, and what inspired them to make a difference. |
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Please enjoy this week's feature from our wonderful School Counselor,
Ms. "J" Jaworski.
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SUPERSTAR TEACHER OF THE WEEK |
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Park Maitland is my home away from home. In my 16 years, I have had the joy of witnessing Q and U get married several times, so many stars shine during their class shows, and the sweetness of the Mother’s Day tea from year to year.
My friends that I have made, both tall and small, are my favorite friendships.
My greatest accomplishment and proudest moment was walking onto campus when all 3 of our children were finally students! Having Emery, Chase, and Sarah on campus with me is so fun and rewarding.
My husband, Eric, and I love the deep rooted traditions through the arts and academics that our children experience every day!
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- If parking in any of our campus locations, students must be dropped off with a parent supervision and have their temperature checked before walking into campus. No child should be left unattended to find a teacher or walk across carpool alone!
- Please make sure while driving through carpool, no cell phone usage is allowed for the safety of our children.
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Please make sure to not wait in line or park on Orange Place as this is a residential area. We want to respect our neighbors and have had several complaints regarding our parents. This is never acceptable to impede traffic on a public street, and we need it to stop. Please circle around the block if you are early.
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- Everyone must register for the event(s) by clicking the buttons in the invitation. We expect the program for each event to be no more than one hour.
- May 11th will feature performances from poets in grades K-4
- May 12th will feature performances from poets in grades 5+
- Everyone is welcome to attend whether or not you have poets in the performance.
We will send a separate email to the teacher contacts for rehearsals for both events. The rehearsals will take place on Monday, May 10th.
To learn more click here.
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You can view the latest photos around school.
The password to access is: empathy2021.
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Click HERE to access the Read to Lead page. For your convenience, you can also access the Read to Lead page through the Grade Level Pages on our website.
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to save or print next year's Park Maitland School 2021-2022 School Calendar
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Bagel King is now taking
May orders!
Please click here to have your order ready for catered lunch next week.
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GRADE LEVEL LINKS
(Please note: Teacher uppages are not updated for
the following week until Sunday at 4:00 p.m.)
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