Parkwood Weekly Newsletter

• March 2-23: Yearbook Sales
• March 6: American Heart Association Fundraiser Ends
• March 9: Team/Club Picture Day Please bring any club or sport uniforms that you may have at home. Please note this is an updated date.
• March 10: Rube Goldberg Competition at Northaven 5:30-7:30
• March 12: Culture Fair 5:00-7:00
• March 13: Quarter 3 House Day (Wear House Shirts), Kona Ice
• March 16-20: Spring Break
• March 23: Preschool Applications Open at 9:00 am
• March 24 and 26: IREAD Conferences
• March 25: ILEARN Practice Test
• March 25: Dual-Language Immersion Information Meeting (4:30-5:30) For any parent interested in enrolling their student into our DLI program as a kindergarten or first grade student.

Please click on the link to order a Parkwood yearbook! The PTO is also selling customized baby advertisements for fifth grade students if you are interested in being featured in the yearbook!

https://inter-state.com/YearbookEntry/0310DM

Parents/Guardians,

If you need support during an eLearning day, please email Ms. Roos (croos@gccschools.com) or Mrs. Walker (kwalker@gccschools.com).

Our registration link is now available to sign up for our kindergarten or first grade Spanish dual-language immersion. If your child is already in the program, we will automatically continue them in the program for the 2026-2027. Incoming 2026-2027 kindergarten students AND now first grade students are welcome to apply. Please see the brochure below in English/Spanish for common questions and answers. For more information, please reach out to Parkwood's office. (812) 945-2387

We appreciate all of the community's support for following our arrival and dismissal procedures. They are imperative to keeping our students and staff safe. As the weather is changing and it is darker in the mornings, we have a few friendly reminders for arrival/dismissal.

• On rainy or especially cold mornings, our car rider line typically has more cars in it due to students not walking to school. Please expect the line to be longer and arrive as close to 8:40 as possible. We will have the car rider line drop off at gym until 8:55 to help with the length.
• Please remain in cars and allow school staff to assist students out of the car. If you have a need to assist your student, you are welcome to park in the spots by the crosswalk or the cafeteria and walk them up.
• Please do not let students out in areas where they must cross the car rider line independently. Additionally, do not let students out more than two cars from school staff. This is a safety risk.
• School parking is not permitted in the gravel lot off of Lombardy Drive. This lot is for construction employees only.
• Please do not park on Spicewood Drive to walk students to the front door. This causes issues for the school buses entering the parking lot.

Thank you for making sure our students are safe!

Students in grades K-2 will be bringing their devices home nightly now. Students in grades 3-5 will bring their devices home nightly unless it was marked otherwise during registration. Please make sure that your student has a place to charge their Chromebook every night.

Replacement Prices

Chromebook Device $376

Charger $45

🚌 Nothing says school quite like getting to ride the school bus. Please visit this link to read information about GCCS transportation. Please note, students who have the same address and rode the school bus last year do not need to sign up for transportation again.

Download the My Ride K-12 application for real-time bus updates.

Please click this link to access elementary student handbooks. We have seen a rise in students bringing toys to school. Please read below to see our policy on items brought to school.

Breakfast – $2.00 / reduced price $.30. If your student is going to eat breakfast, please have them arrive to school as close to 8:40 as possible (if not a bus rider) so they may begin their academic day at 9:00.

Lunch - $3.10 / reduced price $.40

Its not too late to apply! Applications for free and reduced meals must completed each school year. Please log on to https://www.nlappscloud.com/ to see if your children qualify.

Join the PTO! Below is the schedule for the year!

• April 6 - 4:00

• April 27 - 4:00