Parkside Post
January 2026
Save The Dates
January 19 ~ No School/MLK, Jr. Day
January 26-30 ~ Literacy Week and Book Fair
January 27 ~ Family Academic Night and Student-Led Conferences between5-7pm.
Dinner will be available between 5-6pm.
Click the link below to order and use the Yearbook ID!
5th graders do NOT need to order a yearbook. Every 5th grader will be gifted a yearbook!
Yearbook ID: 14664426
Cost is $25
Our Parent Lighthouse Team is looking for volunteers to help support our students and staff! If you are interested in helping, please register as a volunteer and join us at our next meeting!
MORNING DROP OFF REMINDER
Drop off begins at 7:30. Student should not be exiting vehicles prior to that time. Please pull all the way forward when dropping off your child in the morning. This helps us get more students unloaded in a timely manner. Students should not be dropped off until you pull up and are parked at a pole. The curve at the back of the line near the bushes is NOT a drop off location. Please follow these expectations for the safety of all students and staff!
CAR SIGNS
Please make sure you have a car sign in your vehicle every day. It significantly slows down our dismissal when we have to check IDs and verify approved pick ups. If you do not have a car sign, please come to the front office and we will provide one. You can also request multiple signs if you have different people picking up your child.
Walker Procedures for Kindergarten and First Graders
The safety of our students is a top priority. All kindergarten and 1st grade students who walk home, need to be met at the walker gate by an adult who has the walker tag. Students will not be released without the proper walker tag being presented. If you forget your tag, our staff will call the front office to verify approved pick ups. The person picking up the child must have a photo ID to verify identity, if they don't have the walker tag. Students who walk home with older students, with parent permission, are permitted to leave.
Thank you for partnering with us to make Parkside a safe place for all!
Literacy & Learning
Literacy Week is January 26-30!
Math This Month
Welcome back, families! In January, students will continue building strong math foundations aligned to Florida’s B.E.S.T. Standards and measured through FAST progress monitoring. Instruction will focus on developing conceptual understanding, accuracy, and the ability to explain mathematical thinking.
Across grade levels, students will:
- Strengthen number sense and place value
- Use addition and subtraction strategies to solve real-world problems
- Represent thinking with models, drawings, and equations
- Explain why their answers make sense using math vocabulary
Upper elementary students may also work with multiplication and division, fractions, and multi-step problem solving, while primary students will focus on counting, composing/decomposing numbers, and early operations.
How Families Can Help at Home:
Encourage your child to talk through their thinking when solving problems. Ask questions like, “How do you know?” or “Can you show it another way?” These math conversations support the skills emphasized on FAST assessments.
Thank you for partnering with us to support your child’s math growth!
Science News
Coming up during the week of February 2-6, all students at Parkside will participate in our 4th annual Parkside Everglades Week. It is an entire week dedicated to learning all about the Everglades, the habitats within, the animals, and the people working to protect it. We will also continue our practice of letting students give back to the Everglades through another fundraising effort. In the past, our students have raised money to purchase a trail camera to help protect the endangered Florida Panther and a GPS tracker to help monitor the migration patterns of the Swallow-tailed Kite. This year’s animal is still a secret and will be revealed in the days to come. All of our fundraising efforts don’t just end with a check. We have formed long-lasting relationships with these organizations that continue to provide our students with valuable learning opportunities, such as images from the PSE trail cameras and data from the Kite tracking program.
During and after that week would be a great time to capitalize on your child’s interest in the plants and animals around the neighborhood and their desire to do real science. On February 13-16, the Great Backyard Bird Count will take place. This will be an opportunity for your child(ren) to get outside and participate in real citizen science. Your family's observations will help real scientists better understand global bird populations. If you would like more information about the bird count, visit www.birdcount.org.
Counselor's Corner
Welcome back and Happy New Year! I hope your family enjoyed a restful winter break. January is a great time to reset routines, reflect, and set goals for the new year. As students return to school, classroom lessons will focus on goal setting, growth mindset, and building positive habits that support both learning and well-being.
Students will learn how to set simple, age-appropriate goals, talk about steps to reach them, and practice perseverance when things feel challenging. Families can support this work at home by talking with your child about one small goal they want to work on and celebrating their efforts along the way.
Thank you for your continued partnership as we support our students this year!
Parkside Media Center
Scholastic Book Fair Coming Soon!
The Parkside Elementary School Library is excited to host our annual Scholastic Book Fair January 26–30! The Fair will be open daily from 8:30–2:30, and families are also invited to shop together during Family Academic Night on Tuesday, January 27, from 5–7 PM.
Parents can set up a Scholastic eWallet, a safe and convenient way for students to shop independently and choose books they’re excited to read. eWallets are easy for families to create and for friends and relatives to contribute to. Any unspent funds become a Scholastic eGift balance that can be used at a future Book Fair or online.
Set up your child’s eWallet and learn more at:
https://www.scholastic.com/bf/parksideelementaryschool
Student Leaders
We will continue to recognize students for exemplifying our PSE Expectations...Prepared to Learn, Show Respect to Ourselves and Others, Be Responsible...We will also be recognizing our students for modeling the 7 Habits, as part of the Leader in Me Framework. For January, we are focusing on Habit #2: Begin With the End in Mind, Habit #3: Put First Things First, and Habit #4: Think Win-Win and Habit #5: Seek First to Understand, Then to be Understood
2025-2026 Parkside Dress Code
Mrs. Johnessee
Principal
Mrs. Moore
Assistant Principal
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