Calendar Reminders

Friday, February 7, 2020
  • No school for students. Faculty and staff will be on site for professional development.
Wednesday, February 12, 2020
  • Walk in the Shoes: A Dyslexia Simulation. This will be held at Park Academy from 6-8pm. Please RSVP to Lucy Healey.

Thursday, February 13, 2020
  • Parent Group Meeting from 2-3pm.

Friday, February 14, 2020
  • High School Music Classes go to the Youth Music Project (YMP). Students will leave after lunch and return before 3:15pm. Two more parent volunteers are needed to drive and chaperone students. If you are interested, please email Lucy Healey or sign up here.

Monday, February 17, 2020
  • President's Day, no school.

Friday, February 21, 2020
  • Middle School Classes go to the Youth Music Project (YMP). Students will leave after lunch and return before 3:15pm. Three more parent volunteers are needed to drive and chaperone students. If you are interested, please email Lucy Healey or sign up here.

Tuesday, February 25, 2020
  • Student Appreciation Event from 2:00-4:30pm. For more information, see below. To volunteer, please see this link.

2nd Annual Park Academy Parent Group Campaign

Next week, the Park Academy Parent Group is launching their 2nd annual campaign. Their goal is to raise $6,000. If that goal is met, Park Academy will receive an additional $3,000 "match" due to a generous anonymous donation. To meet this fundraising goal, the PAPG asks that each family raises $100, but recognizes that some families may be able to contribute more or less. For other information, please visit this website . If you have any questions, please email the PAPG.

What the funds will go towards:
  • Elementary and Middle School Events
  • High School Prom
  • Teacher Appreciation Events
  • Field trips
  • New Elkay water filter system to reduce plastic waste
STUDENT APPRECIATION EVENT
Park Academy's board members are sponsoring an event to show their appreciation towards the students for their participation and hard work in the International Dyslexia Association (IDA) visit and how well they represented our school! This event will take place at Park Academy on Tuesday, February 25, 2020, from 2:00pm-4:30pm . There will be food, drinks, and other fun activities for the students.

Since many of our students rely heavily on carpool, we wanted to give ample time for you all to arrange for pickup. Students are welcome to go home at the end of the school day at 3:15pm or stay until 4:30pm. If your student is not picked up by 4:45, your student will automatically be enrolled into the aftercare program that ends at 5:30pm.

We need about 10-12 parent volunteers to help supervise different areas of the event. For more details or to sign up, please see this link .
Service Hours: Now available on Gradelink!

If you login to Gradelink using the parent login, you will see a new tab labeled "service hours." To view the amount of hours you have completed or have remaining, click on this tab. Then, in the upper right corner, switch from student to family. Please note that there are a few imperfections with this system.

There is no way to specify the amount of service hours required for a single vs. two parent household, a student that joined half way through the year, or multiple students. The default is 24 hours, but there are unique exceptions based on your situation. If you either are a single parent household or your student joined hallway through the year, I will log the other 12 hours under "not required."

If you have more than one student and you are a two parent household, please note that your hours are not completed until you reach 48 hours.

Your hours will be updated every two weeks. f you have any questions, concerns, or you notice that some service hours are missing, please contact Lucy Healey .
VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITIES
Please contact Lucy Healey if you are interested in any of these opportunities.

MUSIC
  • High School & Middle school YMP Field Trip Driver and Chaperone. If you are interested in driving for the High school, please click here. If you are interested in driving for middle school, please click here.

ART FIELD TRIP
  • Mrs. Fields needs volunteers to drive for two separate field trips. The dates are not specified, but will be determined based on who has availability from 10:15am-12:00pm on Tuesdays and Thursdays. Students will be going to George Roger's Park in February and the Rhododendron Garden in April.

EVENTS
  • Student Appreciation Event. Need 10 volunteers on February 25th from 2:00-4:30pm. Please sign up here.

MISC .
  • Interested in sharing your families' story about how Park Academy has impacted your student, writing a review on Facebook, or providing feedback for our website? Contact Liz Dove for some quick, easy volunteer hours or if you have any questions!
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