Every week, students are exploring a variety of academics, technology, and the arts. Please enjoy some of our favorite traditions and new traditions happening at Park Maitland School.
Read Across America has been celebrated by all grade levels, including our preschool.
Students of all grades celebrated Read Across America this week.

On Monday, the event kicked off with students and teachers wearing shirts with words to inspire the event.

On Tuesday, students in cattywampus outfits were spotted all over campus wearing wild, wacky or unmatched clothing.

On Wednesday, students and teachers wore a shirt depicting their favorite sports team.

On Thursday, students and teachers embraced their family's culture or their hometown.

Tomorrow is our last day celebrating Read Across America. Can't wait to see everyone in their PJ's tomorrow!
ONLINE ACADEMY
2nd Grade Wear a Shirt with Words
3rd Grade Cattywampus Day
K-5 Sports Day
4th Grade Family's Culture
Read Across America Week was a hit with the Fourth Grade Online Academy! From celebrating our favorite books to sporting our culture-inspired outfits, we were "all in!" *Note: We cannot wait for the upcoming James Ponti author visit! 
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ART
5th Grade
5th grade students in Ms. Rios's Art class created Digital Art/Aluminum Foil Sculptures.
K-5
K-5 students in Ms. Leider's art class focused on pottery throughout history. They designed coil pots to which they are adding beautiful designs! 
K-4
This week, in Ms. Leider's K-4 art classes, students learned about African masks and made their own mini masks using clay. Looking at examples, they chose features to make their masks look as authentic as possible.
PALETTE'S FOR PEACE
Thank you to Tyler Rothschild and Jake Gobel! We are now ready for grades 4, 2, 1, and K-4/K-5 Palette Pirates!
Ms. Flavhan with 2 Orange painting the USA!
Ms. Miller with 2 Yellow painting Madagascar!
Ms. Dick with 2 Purple painting Ireland!
LANGUAGE ARTS
5th Grade
Fifth grade classes are preparing for the Wax Museum event. Students are designing one-page that will be on display at the Wax Museum.
4th Grade
In Ms. Schultz's 4th grade LIT Circle groups, each group had a specific role (Super Summarizer, Clever Connector, Discussion Director, and Word Wizard). Students collaborated in groups studying the story by Kate DiCamillo "Because of Winn-Dixie" this week.
ESW
 First graders in Ms. Fondo's class learned about nonfiction text features and used these to make their own nonfiction text features project. So fun!
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