Panther Newsletter

• November 7
• 6th, 7th, 8th grade Oshkosh Sings 2:00pm, Oshkosh North HS Field House
• November 9
• Conferences 4:00-7:00
• November 10
• 7th grade boys basketball game at South Park 3:55 - Dance Team performs!
• 8th grade boys basketball game at Vel Phillips 3:55
• November 12
• 7th grade boys basketball game at South Park 3:55 - Dance Team performs!
• 8th grade boys basketball game at Tipler 3:55
• November 16
• 7/8th grade band concert, 7pm, SPMS Gym
• November 17
• 6th grade band/orchestra concert, 7pm, SPMS Gym
• November 18
• 7th grade boys basketball game at South Park 3:55
• 8th grade boys basketball game at Traeger 3:55
• November 19
• 7th grade boys basketball game at Vel Phillips 3:55
• 8th grade boys basketball game at South Park 3:55
• November 24
• Cocoa with a cop before school
• 7th grade boys basketball game at Tipler 3:55
• 8th grade boys basketball game at South Park 3:55
• November 30
• 7th grade boys basketball game at Traeger 3:55
• 8th grade boys basketball game at South Park 3:55

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You will find updates, pictures and events taking place with our school and PTN.

Sincerely,
Gillian Pakula
South Park Middle School
Principal

Here are the key details:

• When: Monday, November 9th | 4:00 PM – 7:00 PM

• Format: In-person in the gym

• Check-in: Door 1

During PT Conferences we will also be facilitating a school safety meeting on site for students and families.

• Parent Input Session, 5:00 pm in Cafeteria

Network Photography recently added some exciting new holiday gifts and photo products to our school picture offerings, and we want to make sure families have the opportunity to check them out! Parents can use the password on their student's picture proof card to access our online store. If you need help resetting your password, please fill out this form. Web Gallery Password Request Form

An academic update provided by your South Park teachers!

We’d like to highlight some Academic and Career Planning (ACP) happenings at South Park this month. Tuesday, November 10th is the 8th grade Career Fair Expo where students have the opportunity to speak with area businesses and explore different career pathways. Thursday, November 19th there will be a Lunch and Learn where Mr. Becker, Oshkosh West Business teacher, will be coming to South Park during lunch time to show students what business career pathway opportunities are available in high school. Students in all grades continue to use a program called Xello in their Family and Consumer Education courses to explore different career pathways including welcoming Mrs. Wroblewski and Mr. Torres to speak with the 6th, 7th, and 8th grade classes about career pathways. We encourage you to sit down with your student and look through their career exploration on Xello. District opportunities for career pathways can be explored at this link and can be a great tool to walk through with your student.

How can you help them get career ready starting at home? Middle school is a career exploration time and can be a time to start to shift the accountability from the parent to the child for household responsibilities to prepare them for the workforce. The following are recommended practices to increase work skills at home:

1. Share Control Via Limited Choices

Share decision-making and work on the skill of time management. Give choices where both options are acceptable to the adult. Example: “Do you want to complete your chores now or at 4PM?”

1. Shared Problem-Solving

Improve critical thinking, adaptability, and resourcefulness. Instead of offering up how to fix a problem, encourage your child to work through the problem with you using productive struggle. Example: “What do you think you’re going to do to fix that? What have other people done to work through the problem?”

1. Setting Limits with Enforceable Statements

Teach respect for organizational boundaries and understanding professional expectations. Example: “you can play 30 minutes of video games once you show me that your homework is completed in math.”

1. Chores as Contributions to the “Business”

Work ethic, teamwork, and accountability can be taught through chores. Frame chores as something that everyone contributes towards because they are part of the team.

Last Tidbits:

Practice real-world communication skills by encouraging your child to place their own restaurant orders or write emails to teachers if they have questions. It might be uncomfortable at first, but it is a good way to start building confidence. Connect interests and hobbies to real jobs. When an interest forms in a subject, video game, or hobby, start to review the structure and opportunity that supports the hobby. For example, if your student loves baseball, review not just a career as a baseball player, but marketing, communication specialists, statisticians, and operational engineers that all contribute towards professional baseball.

Join us in congratulating Mia Jeffers for being selected to the Wisconsin Choral Directors Association All-State Middle Level Chorus in January! Mia will be working very hard to learn choral music before the event to rehearse and perform with some of the most dedicated singers in Wisconsin! Mia was nominated by our chorus teacher, Mr. Lindley, for her integrity and excellence in music. Congratulations, Mia!

We are pleased to share that parents can now access their child’s math assessment scores online. These scores will be communicated in the form of unit family letters that are published after a mid or end of the unit test. Each grade level has sent QR codes and directions home directly with students, please check backpacks! Please see contact information below if you have not received your student’s QR code.

Setting up an account is easy and takes less than 1 minute. You will need:

1. Your personal email address

2. Your child’s student ID number. This unique 7 digit number is associated with your child’s account. This number is found on your child’s school ID and it is the number they use at lunch. Have this number ready when you set up the account.

Once the account is set up, bookmark the page for easy access in the future.

4 Easy Steps

1. Scan your child’s unique QR code. Contact the math teacher for the QR code if you have not received it from your student.

2. Enter your email address

3. Enter your child’s student ID number (7 digits)

4. You will receive a follow up email to complete registration

Contact Info

6th Grade: Ms. Heinen, debbie.heinen@oshkosh.k12.wi.us

7th Grade: Ms. Dobke, carol.dobke@oshkosh.k12.wi.us

8th Grade: Mr. Meyer, mark.meyer@oshkosh.k12.wi.us

School Store Opening Dates

School Stores for each Sport will open on the dates below:

Girls' Basketball - Grades - 07, 08 - November 9, 2026

Boys' and Girls' Wrestling - Grades - 06, 07, 08 - January 4, 2027

Boys' and Girls' Track - Grades - 07, 08 - March 15, 2027

Attention parents just a reminder to please call in your student or email thomas.helbing@oshkosh.k12.wi.us or tawnya.davies@oshkosh.k12.wi.us if you are getting any type of attendance type phone calls. It is important to call in your student even if they are a few minutes late, as it does count towards their total day count of absences. Your communication is greatly appreciated.

If a student arrives at school 10 or more minutes late, a parent or guardian MUST call to excuse their child or it will be marked as an unexcused absence. The school day ends at 3:37pm. No student should be on school grounds any earlier than 7:45am as there is NO SUPERVISION until 7:45am outside. All students must be off school grounds by 3:50pm each day unless they are participating in after school sports or clubs. If your student is going to be late, absent, or needs to leave early, please call #920.424.0431 ext 2702

Parents/guardians please contact the office with any phone number & email updates so we can contact you with emergencies or when your child may be ill. Remember, students may not use their cells during school hours or they will have them taken away for the day. School Day Schedule bell rings to enter the building at 8:12am. Students must be in their seats by 8:19am.

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