Shark Scoop

Dear Naples Park Families,

As we near the end of the quarter, this next month promises to be a great one for both learning and fun. Regarding the learning, do you ask your Shark student each day after school “What did you learn today?” This is one question I would love for you to ask our NPE Sharks. Teachers share with them daily their learning goals, and how they can get good grades on that goal for each content area. Students knowing what they are trying to learn, as well as how they will be assessed, is a researched high yield strategy to learn rigorously and successfully. I am in awe of the teaching and learning I have seen here so far. Again, you can help with that by asking our students what they learned each and every day. We are looking forward to our Vocabulary Parade that will take place at the end of October. Please keep a look out for information in your child’s Wednesday Folder on this special event.

It is good to be at Naples Park Elementary School and together, we are Shark Strong.

Stephanie Jonas

Principal

Shark Families,

As we close out Quarter 1 on October 9, I want to take a moment to recognize the tremendous effort and progress our students have made so far this school year. We are so proud of the hard work we see each day!

📚 Quarter 1 Report Cards

Report Cards will be available in the FOCUS Parent Portal beginning October 19. For your convenience, printed copies will also be sent home with students.

Important Things to Know:

📲 Accessing Report Cards: Log into your FOCUS account and click on the Reports tab located under your student’s photo.

📝 What’s Included: Report cards reflect your child’s progress in academic subjects and may also include teacher comments related to work habits and behavior.

🎯 Why It Matters: Report cards are a great opportunity to talk with your child about their strengths, areas for growth, and goals for Quarter 2.

🤝 Let’s Partner: If you have questions or concerns about your child’s progress, please reach out to your child’s teacher. We are always happy to partner with you!

📸 Fall Picture Retakes – October 29

• Students who would like to have their picture retaken should bring their original photo package with them on retake day. Original pictures should be arriving home soon!

• Students who missed our original Picture Day on September 9 or who are new to NPE since Picture Day will also have their picture taken on October 29.

We’re proud of the hard work our Sharks are doing every day to pursue excellence. Thank you for your continued support and partnership. Let’s make October a month of momentum and meaningful growth! 🦈

Krystal Kovis
Assistant Principal

• October 9th- End of the First Quarter
• October 12th- No School- Teacher Planning Day
• October 13th- SAC Meeting 7:45 AM, Health Screenings for students in grades K, 1 and 3 (Department of Health: Hearing, Height and Weight)
• October 26th- 30th Red Ribbon Week
• October 29th- Early Release Day- Dismissal 11:50 AM
• October 29th- Fall Picture Retakes
• October 30th- Vocabulary Parade
• November 11th- Veteran's Day Ceremony
• November 17th- SAC Meeting 7:45 AM
• November 18th- PTO General Meeting 8:30 AM
• November 19th- Thanksgiving Banquet
• November 23rd-27th- No School- Thanksgiving Break

Hello, NPE Shark Families!

I am excited to continue supporting our NPE Shark family as students build confidence, practice kindness, and grow as leaders. Throughout October, we will focus on making positive choices, staying connected, and living our NPE Expectations each day.

Counselor Support

Students may receive support through:

• Classroom Social-Emotional Learning (SEL) lessons
• Small-group counseling
• Individual check-ins
• Behavior support
• Morning meetings
• Goal-setting conferences

Parents & Guardians

Thank you for partnering with us to support your child’s social-emotional growth at home and at school. If you have concerns about your child or need resources, tutoring information, community support, or schoolwide tips, please contact Ms. Facey at 239-377-7006 or faceys@collierschools.com.

Student Leadership at NPE

There are multiple opportunities for students to demonstrate leadership through kindness, inclusion, teamwork, and responsible decision-making.

October Character Focus: Cooperation, Respect, and Acceptance

Student leaders who demonstrate cooperation by working collaboratively, supporting one another, and working toward common goals, while showing respect and acceptance by valuing others’ perspectives, contributions, and differences, will be recognized throughout the month.

Ways to Build Cooperation at Home

• Complete household chores together.
• Play board games that encourage teamwork.
• Cook a meal as a family.
• Encourage siblings to work together to solve problems and reach shared goals.

FiNtastics Rewards: Students earn rewards for making positive choices across campus.

o School Store: Open Thursdays and Fridays from 7:45-8:15 a.m. in the Media Center.

Save the Date:

📅 Leader of the Month Character Trait Recognition Ceremony

October 23, 2026

🎗️ Red Ribbon Week & Community Food Drive

Theme: Make A Difference, Be a Hero, Stay Drug Free!

October 26-30, 2026

Community Partners:

A special thank you to Jets Pizza, Laces of Love, Feeding Dreams, Landmark, Summit Church, Lizzie Christmas Trees for their continued support of NPE students and families.

Food and Nutrition Resource:

Weekend Power Packs are available for all families. To sign up, please contact Ms. Facey at 239-377-7006.

Together, we can continue helping our students grow, succeed, and make October a wonderful month!

Best regards,

Suzette Facey

October Literacy Spotlight

Fall into a Great Book!

October is a wonderful time to slow down, cozy up with a good book, and help your child grow as a confident, fluent reader. At Naples Park Elementary, we are continuing to build strong reading habits and skills every day. The simple things families do at home—reading together, talking about books, and encouraging rereading—can make a powerful difference!

How Can Families Help at Home?

Build Fluency and Comprehension Through Reading Practice

Fluent readers read accurately, smoothly, and with expression. The following simple strategies can have a powerful impact on your child’s growth as a fluent reader:

1. Encourage Rereading
Reading a familiar text more than once helps children deepen their understanding, become more familiar with the structure of the text, and strengthen accuracy, vocabulary, and comprehension.

2. Model Reading
Read a portion of the text aloud to your child. Model what fluent reading sounds like by reading smoothly, clearly, and with expression. Then invite your child to read it back to you.

3. Establish a Reading Time
Set aside a consistent time for reading each day. You can occasionally set a small goal, such as finishing a story or reading a certain number of words within a set amount of time. The goal is to encourage automatic and accurate reading—not simply reading quickly.

4. Provide Variety
Encourage your child to read a variety of texts, including fiction, nonfiction, magazines, poems, and books about topics they enjoy. When children are interested in what they are reading, they are more likely to stay engaged and practice their reading skills.

5. Grow Comprehension Through Conversation

Reading together doesn't have to end when the book closes! Talking about a story helps children think more deeply about what they read.

Try using open-ended questions that encourage your child to explain their thinking:

Question Starters You Can Use With Any Book:

• What do you think…?
• How do you know…?
• What would happen if…?
• Tell me more about…
• What would you do…?
• What happened when…?

6. Don't Forget to Give Wait Time!

After asking a question, give your child 3–7 seconds to think before expecting an answer. A short pause gives children time to process the question, organize their thoughts, and develop a thoughtful response.

Remember: There doesn't always have to be one "right" answer. Encourage your child to explain their thinking and use evidence from the text.

Adapted from New Worlds Reading. (2023, Jan. 18.) Asking Open-Ended Questions.

This Month's Literacy Challenge

Pick a book. Read it. Reread it. Talk about it!

Try reading the same favorite book more than once this month. During the first read, focus on understanding the story. During the second read, notice interesting words, details, or character actions. Then talk about the book using one of the question starters above.

A few minutes of reading and conversation each day can add up to big growth!

Keep Reading. Keep Talking. Keep Growing!

Mrs. Hale, Literacy Coach

Hello Families!

As we dive into October, our shark students continue to explore and learn new math concepts daily! I love hearing all the wonderful conversations students are participating in around campus regarding math as they explain their thinking to their peers. See below for this months topic which focuses on the Base Ten System. Understanding this system is essential for building a solid math foundation. It helps students grasp place value, addition, subtraction, and even more complex operations such as multiplication and division.

This Month's Monthly Math Topic

Remember this school year by purchasing a NPE yearbook! Click the link below to pre-order our 2026-2027 yearbook.

Purchase Early and Save!!! Yearbooks purchased before 11/30/26 will be available at a discounted price!

If prompted to enter a school code, enter : 382832

https://www.buytheyearbook.com/en/yearbook

PTO General Meeting:

Our next PTO General Meeting will be held on Wednesday, November 18, at 8:30 AM.

Interested in getting involved with the PTO but unable to attend our meetings? We’d love to have you! Email us at ptonaplespark@gmail.com, and we can let you know about the many ways to get involved.

You can also follow us on our Facebook page at Naples Park Elementary PTO.

Spirit T-Shirts:

Spirit T-shirts can be ordered here:
https://www.zeffy.com/en-US/ticketing/npe-pto-shop

Exciting Upcoming Assemblies & Events:

• October 15 – Jack Hartmann for K–2nd Grade
  Educational children’s music concert, best known for his Jack Hartman Kids Music Channel on YouTube
• October 15 – Gabie Bus for 3rd–5th Grade
  Interactive STEM activities
• October 30 – Vocabulary Parade
• November 19 – Thanksgiving Banquet
• December 5 – Winter Wonderland Event

***Please email us directly if you would like to join the Thanksgiving Banquet Committee for planning, setting up and decorating the event.

🦃 Help Us Make Our NPE Thanksgiving Banquet Extra Special!

PTO is getting ready for one of our most beloved and longstanding NPE traditions — our Thanksgiving Banquet!

Each year, our students and staff are treated to a delicious Thanksgiving feast, lovingly served by our amazing parent and family volunteers. It’s a wonderful day filled with good food, school spirit, and plenty of gratitude!

We would love your help in making this year’s banquet another memorable one! We’ve created an Amazon Wish List with items needed for the event, and any contribution — big or small — is greatly appreciated.

🛒 Amazon Wish List: https://www.amazon.com/hz/wishlist/ls/HGJ1AM7K05FN?ref_=wl_share

Thank you so much for supporting NPE and helping us make our school traditions extra special. We are so grateful for our incredible NPE families!

Volunteer Reminder:

If you would like to volunteer at the school, you must apply through Collier County Public Schools (CCPS).

Please make sure you complete the Volunteer Application here:
https://www.collierschools.com/volunteer

School Doors Open: 7:45am

FREE Breakfast: 7:45am-8:15am

Bell Rings to Enter Classrooms: 8:10am

School News Show Begins: 8:20am

Students are Marked Tardy: arriving 8:25am or later

Dismissal: 2:55pm

Closed Campus

Starting Day 1 of school, we will have a closed campus for the safety and security of our school. Visitors are always welcome by appointment. Please make sure to always have your picture identification with you.

Arrival:

Doors open at 7:45am. Students are not permitted to wait outside school unaccompanied. Please remain in car line until we receive students from you. Keep a steady flow of traffic in a SINGLE line by pulling up to the next available staff member when dropping your child off. Please remain in your vehicle at all times. Students who arrive to their classroom after 8:25 will be marked tardy.

Dismissal:

Dismissal is at 2:55 pm. Car rider signs will be given to you at Meet the Teacher and/or the first day of school. We expect delays on the the first days of school and appreciate your patience. At dismissal, car rider signs are required and must be visible on visor. We will have a DOUBLE car rider line. Student's names will be called and sent to the assigned number in car line. Please remain in your vehicle as your child will be brought to you. No cell phone use at this time for safety purposes. ***If the pick up person does not have a car rider sign, they MUST have a valid Photo ID ready, as student safety is the upmost importance and we will need to verify all pick-ups.

For rainy day dismissal, walkers/bikers will be held at the front office and will need to get picked up through car line. If there is no rain but we are under red alert for weather (lightning nearby), students will still need to be picked up through car line. If the red alert is lifted within dismissal time, we will release students normally. All procedure changes regarding to rainy day dismissal will be communicated to you prior to dismissal time.

ALL changes to transportation MUST go through one of the following procedures by 2:00PM:

• Call the office with the change. A photo of the legal parent/guardian’s driver’s license/FL ID of the must be emailed to verify the caller. Email sent to: NPEDismissal@collierschools.com
• Send an email directly to: NPEDismissal@collierschools.com along with a photo of the legal parent/guardian’s driver’s license/FL ID.

Without one of these procedures in place, the child will be sent home as they normally dismiss.

Complete your child's emergency forms on-line beginning on August 6th. This is very important as we need the most current and updated information every year.

You will login to the CCPS Portal to access FOCUS to review and update your child's emergency and health information for the current school year. Directions to access forms are below and you can get to the CCPS Portal by clicking on this link: https://origin.collierschools.com/app/Portal

If you have questions or concerns, please contact the Nutrition Services Department at 239-377-0297 or NutritionServices@collierschools.com.

Below is our Title 1 PFEP (School Parental & Family Involvement Plan) as well as our school compact which will be signed by parents, students, classroom teacher and principal. 😊 We look forward to partnering with families.

Bus Schedules

• Bus schedules are now posted.
• Please visit: bus.collierschools.com.

Bus Tracker

• Download "Wheres The Bus" App to track your child's route plan and bus tracking: wheresthebus.com.

Wheres The Bus exclusively serves the K-12 school transportation industry, founded by industry pioneers who first introduced GPS bus tracking, a parent app, and route plan integrations to the pupil transportation industry.

Please review the discipline progression outlined below for non-SESIR referrals (ex. profane language, inappropriate behavior). Please note that more serious offenses classified as SESIR incidents may result in consequences that fall outside of this progression and will be addressed according to district policy and the severity of the incident. We appreciate your partnership in supporting a safe and positive learning environment for all students.

Plan ahead! It is important that students are at school, on time, every day! Every moment of learning is important to your child’s development and progress.

*Please note- If your child is absent for any reason, please call the front office at 377-7700 to let us know why your child is absent so we can properly notate that. In addition, all absences are unexcused unless a doctor’s note is provided. Per Florida Statute (1003.26(1)(b), students with 5 unexcused [or validated] absences within a calendar month, or 15 unexcused [or validated] within a 90 day period are considered truant and an attendance meeting may be scheduled with the school and district personnel.

Parents may review their children’s instructional materials at the school site. Parents may also schedule an appointment to review currently adopted instructional materials at the Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Administrative Center. Please contact Julia Lorenzo, Instructional Materials Manager at LorenzJu@collierschools.com or 377-0103.

1. All volunteers, new and returning must reapply every year.

• Apply to volunteer by clicking "Apply to Volunteer” - https://www.collierschools.com/volunteer

2. Please come to our front office to complete the registration process once school starts.

• Please bring a valid US-issued photo identification which will complete your background check
• Please visit our front office from 8:30am–10:00am or by appointment

3. If you have any questions, please contact our Volunteer Coordinator, Ms. Facey.

• Suzette Facey at faceys@collierschools.com or 377-7706

Please find below, the 2026 SACC Parent Guide which contains information about our afterschool program here on campus. Our space at this time is very limited. Please email a request for the Child Care Enrollment Application along with the grade of your child, and someone will get back to you asap if you are interested in utilizing afterschool here. An enrollment form will be sent once it’s determined your needs (according to our space of availability for your child’s grade) can be met. Our email address is NPESACC@collierschools.com. Thank you for your interest in our program!

After you submit your application:

• You will receive a confirmation email indicating that your application has been successfully submitted.
• Reminder: Approval of the application is dependent on submission of the Procare Payment Page. This MUST be completed, submitted (via email) and approved by the SACC School Office prior to your child’s application being approved.
• Once your application has been reviewed and approved, you will receive a second email notifying you of its approval.

Please note that submitting an application does not automatically guarantee enrollment. Enrollment is based on program availability and completion of all required registration steps. If you have any questions or need assistance with the enrollment process, please contact your school's SACC Site Manager. We are happy to help!

If you experience any technical difficulties while completing your child's SACC online enrollment through the CCPS Parent Portal, assistance is available.

If you are unable to log in to the CCPS Parent Portal or your child is not linked to your account, please contact the CCPS Help Desk for support:

• Email: helpdesk@collierschools.com
• Phone: (239) 377-0445

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School Board Policies 2266, 3362, and 5517 – Prohibits discrimination or harassment on the basis of race, color, religion, national origin, sex (including sexual orientation and/or gender identity), disability, or age in the provision of educational opportunities or employment opportunities and benefits. The District School Board does not discriminate on the basis of sex or disability in the education programs and activities that it operates, pursuant to the requirements of Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972.

For additional information or to report Title IX or any other discrimination/harassment concerns, contact Ms. Valerie Wenrich, Chief Human Resources Officer/ Title IX Coordinator, at (239) 377-0351, wenriv@collierschools.com or at 5775 Osceola Trail, Naples, Florida 34109.