Tiger's ROAR Newsletter

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Dear College Park Families,

As part of our ongoing goal to increase reading outcomes for every student, we’re excited to share that our school — with support from the City of College Park — is taking reading to the next level!

Every student should be tracking their reading each night, both at school and at home. Depending on their grade level, students will log their reading in Beanstack or on their reading challenge document.

🌟 What’s New

We’re now using Beanstack, a fun and easy app where students can track their daily reading minutes, earn badges, and celebrate progress!

We’ve already earned our first Spark Badge, and this is only the beginning! The more minutes our students read, the more badges and recognition they’ll earn — individually and as a school.

💪 Why It Matters

Reading every day builds confidence, fluency, and comprehension — key ingredients for lifelong learning. With your partnership, we can ensure every College Park Tiger grows stronger as a reader each week.

Let’s keep reading, learning, and playing to win — together!
📚🐯✨

With Tiger Pride,

Dr. Maisha N. Otway

Principal, College Park Elementary School

November

Nov. 4 Election Day-Teacher Workday (Students Off)

Nov.5 Stem Gems Mtg

Nov. 6 Fall Picture Day(Uniform Required House polo/khaki)

Nov. 7 Technology Skate Night @ SkateTowne

Nov. 11 Schoolwide Spelling Bee

Nov.14 House Mtg

Nov. 19 Thanksgiving Luncheon

Picture Day is Nov. 6. School Uniform(House colored polo/Khaki bottom) is required.

All College Park families are invited to an exciting Technology Night at Skatetowne! The special event will introduce and help families to understand Internet safety at home and school; understand Harms and Copyright Piracy when students are researching information. Additionally, we will provide information on how to check student's progress online, all while you and your families skate around listening to great music and enjoying a night of fun. Tickets can be purchased here

Families are invited to join us for our Thanksgiving Luncheon on November 19, 2025. Tickets will be on sale starting November 1 and sales will end on November 16. We look forward to celebrating this special occasion together and sharing a wonderful meal in the spirit of gratitude.

Book Checkout Data

Hardcopy: 185

Sora: 35

Beanstack: 52 students were awarded 30 minute and 60 minutes badges.

🎉5th grader Emily White read and logged the most minutes on Beanstack with 337 minutes this week.

Emily earned all Beanstack Badges for October. Congratulations Emily!

Ms. Harmons 5th grade class has the highest student engagement on Beanstack. Congratulations Ms. Harmon.

The November Beanstack Challenge is Read Grateful.

Our school is swiftly approaching Igniter Status in Beanstack. November is a season to express gratitude for all the wonderful parts of life! Snuggle up with a book, log your reading, and earn cozy badges all month long. Each student should strive to read 120 minutes this month and unlock 3 badges.

We’re excited to invite 8–10 parents to become officially certified in Leader in Me® Parents! This half-day (4-hour) training will introduce you to the 7 Habits of Highly Effective Families and empower you to take part in future Leader in Me events and initiatives at College Park Elementary.

This opportunity is open to Pre-K through 4th grade parents who want to grow as leaders and partners in our school community. Once our parent leadership cadre is formed, we’ll finalize dates and times.

Our Leader in Me trainer, Betsy Weirda, will lead this engaging session designed to strengthen home-school connections and family leadership.

If you’re interested, please email Dr. Otway directly at otway@fultonschools.org to reserve your spot!

Together, we grow leaders—at school and at home. 🐯💛

This Week’s Leadership in Me Focus

Check out this week’s Leader in Me Article of the Week: Listen before speaking. Families play a vital role in a child’s success not just in academics, but in their growth as leaders and individuals. This week’s article highlights the importance of the home school connection and reminds us that when parents and teachers work together, students thrive.

This week’s house meeting had a special twist! Our 3–5 students were paired with a K–2 buddy from their same house to launch our House Buddy System a wonderful tradition that helps build community and connections across grade levels. These buddy pairs will stay together all year long, giving older students the chance to be positive role models while our younger learners gain new friends to look up to.

During their first meeting, buddies reviewed Princeton’s Creed, shared fun facts about one another, and enjoyed getting to know their new house partner. It was heartwarming to see so many smiles and meaningful conversations!

We’re already looking forward to next month’s buddy meeting, which will be all about literacy and the joy of reading together.

Our school was filled with joy and imagination during Story Character Day! Students came dressed as their favorite storybook characters. The day was all about celebrating literacy in joyful and engaging ways.

During lunch, students got to be detectives, listening carefully to the voices of our Mystery Readers four staff members who each read a story while keeping their identity secret. The challenge? To figure out who was behind the mystery voice! We are excited to see which class guessed their mystery reader correctly.

Adding to the fun, our amazing parent volunteers served warm apple cider and fresh popcorn while everyone enjoyed the stories. It was a wonderful day of fun, unity, and a shared love of reading!

We want every student to feel confident and ready for school each day.

If your family could use assistance with school uniforms, please don’t hesitate to reach out.

You can call us at 470-254-8040. Let us know, and we’ll do our best to provide assistance and support.

College Park Mission

Empower the whole child to become a lifelong learner to ensure that they reach their full potential academically, socially, and emotionally.

College Park Vision

Consistently provide high quality learning experiences that cultivate, nurture, and promote academic excellence

College Park Six Core Beliefs

Everyone can be a leader, Everyone has genius, Change starts with me, We lead our own learning, Develop the whole person, WE ROAR

College Park 8 Habits

1. Be proactive 2. Begin with the End in Mind 3. Put First Things First 4. Think Win-Win

5. Seek First To Understand, Then to Be Understood 6. Synergize 7. Sharpen the Saw

8. Find your voice, and inspire others to find theirs