Peace • Love • Park Maitland
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We are extremely proud to bring you our updated numbers!
January 2021; 8 cases for the school year
However -- The BIG NEWS is that we have NO cases of on campus transmission of COVID-19!! This is incredible and cannot be emphasized enough that our strategies are working!
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January 25: Open Enrollment Begins
January 25, 27, 29: Senior Games
February 1: Empathy T-Shirt Day
February 4: 100th Day K-4/K-5
February 5: 100th Day 1st grade
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February 10: JFF Event
February 11: Half Day/Valentine's Day Parties
February 12 - 15: No School
February 24: Black History Month Virtual Assembly
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January 29, 2021
Dear Families,
This week, instead of the usual introduction letter, please enjoy our third and sixth grade "Student Voices".
Have a wonderful weekend!
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 3rd graders Sophie L., and Alexander L. and 6th grader Julianna R.
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For the past month, the third graders have been working hard on a biography project for Ms. Commins’s reading class. We each chose someone we would like to learn more about. I chose J.K. Rowling because I loved reading all of the Harry Potter books and she is the author. For the project, we had to read and take notes on a Who Was (Is) book about that person. Then, we had to read a second resource from a website called biography.com and take notes on that, too. Next, using our notes, we wrote a script about our person’s early life, their adult life, obstacles they faced, fun facts, etc. Finally, we decorated our biography poster. Finished! Students started presenting their posters in class on January 27. My favorite part of the project was making my poster. One fun fact I learned about J.K. Rowling is that the Weasley family is named after one of J.K. Rowling’s favorite animals, the weasel!
Sophie Lou, 3-Yellow
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I am Alexander J Lopez from 3-blue. A project all the 3rd graders have done this week is a "living biography poster," where you talk as if you are the person you learned about. Some of my classmates' picks were: Steven Spielberg, Abe Lincoln, Neil Armstrong, King Tut, and mine… William Shakespeare. I heard Stan Lee and Claude Monet (done by Kayra and Logan) were in another class. It was very fun, but the part that was most fun for me was learning the phrase "iambic pentameter"--poetry with a rhythm that has 5 beats (da-DUM da-DUM da-DUM da-DUM da-DUM)--Shakespeare's favorite style. I had an amazing time doing the project, and a fun time talking about it for the newsletter.
Alexander Lopez, 3-Blue
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The Senior games were the best part of Sixth Grade so far. Even though the games couldn’t quite look like last year, the teachers and administrators did as much as they could to make our Sixth Grade Senior Games AWESOME. This year’s sixth grade Senior Games was very competitive and playful. It was a lot of fun to be able to get 8 runs while playing Cricket for the first game on Monday. I was very sad when we did not win kickball and lost the whole Senior Games this week (2-1). Otherwise the whole week was so much fun to do!This made my week and made me and the rest of the sixth graders learn that you're not going to always win in everything and you don’t always get what you want, but it can be amazing anyway! Thank you teachers and administrators for the fun time this week!
Julianna R.
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DON'T FORGET TO RE-ENROLL! |
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Thank you to the many families who have re-enrolled. Re-enrolling now allows the school to make realistic, practical decisions for our facility, curriculum, and staffing needs for the next school year. It directly affects our ability to make next year the best year yet for your child(ren).
Please remember that your re-enrollment is not complete and your child is not registered for next year until the deposit has been paid. Deposits should be paid within 48 hours of registration, and unfortunately, deposits cannot be drafted. Please pay through check or credit card. If you have any questions, the business office will be happy to assist you.
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This week's feature from our wonderful School Counselor, Ms. "J" Jaworski, has some great tips, good reads, and has your support.
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Trinity Preparatory School's sixth annual Author Festival is on Friday, Feb. 5, 2021, and this year it is VIRTUAL! The event is FREE and open to the public. We have 44 YA, Middle Grade, and Picture Book authors scheduled to attend, including seven NY Times bestsellers. Event planners, Reba Gordon, Director of the Rich Library, and English 8 & YA Lit Teacher, Georgia Parker, have live Keynote speakers and multiple pre-recorded author panels planned for even greater flexibility for readers. Watch this page for more updates to experience all we have to offer.
Make sure to register in order to have access to the sessions. There is also an opportunity to interact with your favorite author with crowd sourced questions during the LIVE sessions!
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Important Traffic Notice
Parents please respect the Enzian and our traffic rules and do not cut through the Enzian parking lot.
This has never been allowed and we consider this very unsafe to do so.
Thank you for keeping our families safe.
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Parent volunteers needed for our Black History Month Virtual Assembly, February 24th. If you are interested in helping to plan this very special event, we'd love to hear from you! Please contact Davina Spillmann at dspillmann@parkmaitland.com |
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SUPERSTAR TEACHER OF THE WEEK |
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I have been teaching at Park Maitland for 28 years. I interviewed with, and was hired, by Mrs. Cohen herself about a year after I graduated from UCF. Although I have always taught Physical Education throughout the years, I have worked as a summertime maintenance man, a 5th-grade science substitute teacher, and a critter cottage zookeeper.
My favorite Park Maitland School memory is the chili cook-off the school hosted back in the early 2000s.
When I am not teaching here at school, I enjoy going to the beach, working in the yard, binge-watching Netflix, and attending my daughter's high school and travel softball games.
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Each week Park Maitland School will be featuring two Super Seniors. We hope everyone enjoys this opportunity to get to know our awe-inspiring 6th grade students! |
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Getting To Know Your
Super Senior:
Taj (Taji) Majors
1. # of Years at Park Maitland:
- 8 year club (started in K-4)
2. Favorite Activity:
3. Favorite Movie:
4. Favorite Subject:
5. Favorite Thing About Park Maitland:
- "The fun of making a new play every year. "
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Getting To Know Your
Super Senior:
Jadon Nissan
1. # of Years at Park Maitland:
- 4 years (started in 3rd grade)
2. Favorite Activity:
3. Favorite Movie:
- Empire Strikes Back and Star Wars
4. Favorite Subject:
- Depends on what we are learning - either math, social studies, or language
5. Favorite Thing About Park Maitland:
- "How everyone is happy and it's such a nice community."
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Our sweet Park Maitland preschool friends are creating new friendships, enjoying playtime with others, and experiencing new adventures everyday. |
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Celebrate your child by purchasing a yearbook dedication! Ads can be purchased and designed directly through Balfour's yearbook ad maker.
Please call 1-800-BALFOUR if you need any help with ads or if you are having any ordering issues.
Parents need to PURCHASE their ads by 1/29/21; but they will have until 2/14/21 to create their ads.
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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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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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Let's get social! Follow us on social Media today! |
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