Peace • Love • Park Maitland
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November 7: Admissions Open House
November 9-10: K-4 Conferences
November 10-11: Picture Day
November 11: Veteran's Day Assembly
November 11- 23: Virtual Book Fair & Holiday Shoppe
November 16-17: K-5 Conferences
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November 19: Harvest Festival
November 20: Native American Festival
November 23-27: Thanksgiving Break
December 1: Empathy T-Shirt Day
December 2: Greek Festival
December 4: Founder's Day
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Dear Parents,
By now, I know most of you have read Mrs. Moon’s heartfelt letter to our school community. I want to thank her for 13 years of unwavering confidence and support. Our school has grown and flourished under her steadfast leadership. For me, personally, she has been a leader, mentor, and a close friend. I, too, am working through my emotions upon hearing of her departure. But one thing I know for certain is that we will all work our hardest to make her proud and live up to the legacy she has built for Park Maitland School.
It has been a challenging few weeks. It would be dishonest to pretend otherwise. However, I have learned many valuable lessons. Thank you to the parents who have spoken to me during this time I have had some tough conversations as well as some wonderful and insightful ones. I appreciate each and every opportunity to listen and to get to know our parents and families. I want to understand your concerns as well as celebrate our successes. These partnerships fill me with confidence that no matter what Park Maitland will continue to thrive. Please know that I look forward to many more of these conversations as we embark on this next stage of our journey. If you have received one of my staff update letters recently, you know that I mention the idea of change many times. I know it sounds cliche, but as Heraclitus stated, “The only constant in life is change.” Truer words were never spoken. Yet, with this change, we can grow and find new opportunities as we embrace the core values and traditions of Park Maitland School.
Perhaps, the first step is to get to know more about me. I have been at Park Maitland for 16 years in the role that is now the Assistant Principal of lower school position, Dean of Faculty and Staff, and now Interim Head of School. This has been invaluable as it has offered me a glimpse into all grade levels, events, curriculums, and allowed me to be involved in scheduling, strategic planning, SEL learning, and much, much more. I invite you to see my complete bio, and I am including a few options for you here. You may click here to find my bio, or you may click here to for a welcome video and more information about me. I will also be hosting a zoom on Tuesday, November 10th from 4:30-6:00 pm. You may hop on so we can say hello, you can get to know me, or you may ask a question. The link is:https://springeducationgroup.zoom.us/j/97248756637.
Last night during a faculty meeting, I shared this quote with our teachers: “Staying positive does not mean being happy all the time. It means even on hard days, you know there are better days ahead.” I have repeated this to myself over and over again recently. I am positive that this is true, and I am positive knowing that we will have better days ahead of us. But I also positively know that we have already had AMAZING days behind us and those days WILL only get better and better!
I love my staff; I love your children, and I love Park Maitland School. Please know from the bottom of my heart that you have the biggest cheerleader you could ask for in me. I am beyond excited for this new challenge, this new opportunity--and I am beyond ready for anything.
With love,
Mrs. Spillmann
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A big thank you to Dr. Daniel Landau and family and Mrs. Amanda Chase and Koenig family for their generous Park Maitland Foundation donations toward the purchase of portable HEPA air filters for our classrooms. We appreciate their care and dedication to our school and students. If you are interested in making a donation, please visit the Foundation's website at
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IMPORTANT REMINDER:
Please be sure to check your ALMA account weekly. We encourage every family to make this part of your routine. Checking your account regularly will allow you to view any incidental charges or updates to your account and more importantly allow time if there are any adjustments that need to be made prior to the billing due date. As we are coming to the end of the month, please check now for any unpaid October fees. Monthly tuition billing, will show on the 1st of each month.
All balances are due at the beginning of the month. Due to COVID, we have allowed for a generous transition period into this school year, but beginning the month of November, a 1.5% late fee will be assessed for outstanding balances after the 10th. We appreciate your efforts to meet these expectations. Please do not hesitate to contact the Business Office with any questions and/or concerns.
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Amiee Kelly, K-4 Teacher
This is my 25th year teaching and my 15th year at Park Maitland! I absolutely LOVE teaching K4! Each day is a new adventure! I love that when I walk in the classroom and they make me feel like a rockstar!
I have so many great memories here! Way too hard to narrow them down, but one tradition I do love is when Mrs. Keckley's class has the Super Seniors write letters to their former teachers that inspired them throughout their years at Park Maitland. When I receive those letters each year it makes my heart burst with joy! I love that I get to make a difference in children's lives each and every day! It is the BEST job ever!
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Bring in Non-perishable food items and hygiene items
Item Needs: small jars of peanut butter, pack of small shelf stable milk, small containers of fruit/applesauce, healthy snacks, small and large cans of chicken, ham and tuna, Mac n cheese, and soup. Hygiene items such as toothpaste, toothbrushes, soap, shampoo, and deodorant.
NOVEMBER 2 - 19
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We have collected 410 food drive items! Click here to learn more about the food drive.
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We are so excited to be working with The Writer's Block Bookstore this year for our Virtual Book Fair!
The Book Fair will take place November 11-November 23. Mrs. Talbert will be sending a link on Wednesday morning to access the fair. If you would like to get a head start, parents can set up an account with The Writer's Block by going to https://www.writersblockbookstore.com/ go to Login, and then Create New Account. Remember the Book Fair does not start until November 11.
Please consider shopping at our Virtual Book Fair for all of your holiday shopping needs. The school will receive a 20% profit from all sales during the fair, and parents will be given a special code that can be used all year long in which the school will receive 10%. Support your local bookstore while supporting your school at the same time. It's a win-win!
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Celebrate your Super Senior by purchasing a yearbook dedication! Ads can be purchased and designed directly through Balfour's yearbook ad maker.
We are partnering with Balfour to offer an exclusive 10% discount on Full Page ads for Super Seniors! This special deal is available now until November 20th!
Please note: Ads will go on sale to all other grades on November 20th, and will be 5% off until December 31st!
Please call 1-800-BALFOUR if anyone is needing any help with their ads or having any ordering issues.
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This year we will be celebrating Veteran's Day virtually. We are excited to celebrate Veteran’s Day this year with a virtual assembly on Wednesday, November 11th.
We look forward to sharing the recording of our wonderful assembly with the school community in our newsletter on Friday, November 13th.
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Tuesday, Nov. 10th & Wednesday, Nov. 11th
Order before Picture Day on mylifetouch.com with your Picture Day ID: EVTBW6HTM
To learn more about our Picture Day Safety, please click here.
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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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Interested in seeing what's happening on campus? School event photos will be posted to our SmugMug page.
The password to access is: empathy2021.
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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:
Caitlin von Weller
1. # of Years at Park Maitland:
2. Favorite Activity:
- Tennis, swimming, reading
3. Favorite Movie:
- The Friends Movie (once it comes out)
4. Favorite Subject:
5. Favorite Thing About Park Maitland:
- "How you get to walk around
campus and change classes
every period."
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Getting To Know Your
Super Senior:
Aidan McDonnell
1. # of Years at Park Maitland:
2. Favorite Activity:
3. Favorite Movie:
4. Favorite Subject:
5. Favorite Thing About Park Maitland:
- "The teachers are really good."
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Please join us in welcoming Maya Ana Richardson. Congratulations to Sra. Richardson, Dr. Richardson, and big sister, Leila! |
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Sophia S. ribbons at her first horse show! |
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6th grade students began an experiment in Geotropism with Mrs. Petree. Be on the lookout for the conclusion to this exciting experiment! |
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6th graders in Mrs. Keckley's Language Arts class wrapping up a vocabulary unit. |
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Fifth grade students in Mrs. Lightman's Design Thinking class, are creating the Infinity cube from scratch. |
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Third graders in Mrs. Commins reading class, having a morning meeting greeting time. |
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Share Day's are the best days for these 1st graders. |
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Students all around campus enjoy outdoor activities to keep their body moving through physical education.
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K-5 students got to paint and learn all about the American Flag this week in Mrs. Sonntag Science & Social Studies class. |
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This week the letter Z came into town and K-4 students had a zany time. |
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In Ms. Carrier online class, Fourth-grade students spent a great deal of time focusing on the art of disagreeing peaceably as they debated about mandatory voting this week. |
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First graders this week had an opportunity to write letters to veterans in Mrs. Farley's online class. |
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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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