Thoreau Park Family Newsletter
Week of October 5th
Dear Families,
THANK YOU for an amazing turnout for our first ever PTA Wing Ding. It was nice seeing so many of you come out to support. Special thanks to our AMAZING PTA team for planning and executing the event, as well as our staff for preparing a beautiful basket to be raffled off.
BOOK FAIR:
Book Fair time is almost here, and we need YOUR help! Please click this link to sign up to volunteer. We are hopeful that we will have enough volunteers to be able to run the Book Fair during our Trunk or Treat event on the 24th as well.
KINDERGARTEN FAMILIES:
We hope you will join us on October 23rd for Kindergarten/Senior Night at Byers Field. Please use THIS form to sign up--more information to come!
CHOIR FAMILIES:
Choir takes place on Tuesday's and Thursday's from 8:15-8:55. Please note that there will be a change in the arrival process. THIS document includes brief instructions as well as a map of where to go for arrival moving forward. The office staff cannot be responsible for supervising students before 8:15.
ALL FAMILIES:
As a reminder, we ask that during dismissal, for the safety of all students, that families do NOT park their car on W54th and exit their vehicles to try and pick up their child, or signal them to come to the main road. In addition, if you are picking up around the back of the building, please be mindful that there are areas on W51st that say "no parking" during our pick up times. The buses have been having difficulty getting back onto the road when vehicles are parked too close to the entrance/exit. Please note that on SUNDAY you will see an update regarding arrival and dismissal procedures that will go into effect on October 12th!
Our EDC program has a permit placed for access to the playground after school until 6:00pm. Moving forward, students and families will have to vacate the property at the end of the school day, as EDC's licensing does not allow for other students to be there at the same time.
Finally, one last reminder. School doors open at 8:55--students may go to breakfast or report to their morning location (Grades 1-4 gym, K Room 113) at that time. Students should NOT be left on campus without an adult before 8:55.
TRUNK OR TREAT:
Trunk or Treat flyers will be came home this week. In addition, you should have received a smaller flyer for PTA"s annual candy drive. Please feel free to send in any donations to your child's classroom teacher. Please see the PTA section of the newsletter for more details! Also, we are in need of volunteers for set up, clean up, trunks, and activities--please use THIS link to sign up.
Happy Friday!
Sincerely,
Ms. Kokely
Be a Thoreau Park Attendance HERO!
Everyday. Ready. On Time by 9:25 a.m.
Help us reach our goal to improve attendance by 5% this year! We’re celebrating our amazing students with the HERO Classroom Challenge:
Daily Paws: Earned every day a class arrives on time together.
Golden Paw: Awarded weekly to top-performing classrooms to display outside their room!
Quarterly Rewards: End-of-quarter prizes for the classes with the highest attendance records.
Arriving by 9:25 a.m. ensures your child never misses out on the fun, learning, and morning routine. Let's work together to make every day count!
Week 5 Winners:
Earning 2 Paws:
Kindergarten: Kluck and Sykora
First: Badowski
Third: Hall
Small Group: Field and Kress
Earning 1 Paw:
Second: Oleksik
Fourth: Haws and Semertsidis
Please consider joining our wonderful PTA! They do so many amazing things for our students and staff. Parents and guardians can be involved as much or as little as they wish, but we encourage everyone to become members.
Click THIS link to become a PTA member by paying online using Givebacks!
Contact PTA President, James Feils with any questions: nhlions@yahoo.com
Please see below for information on PTA's Candy Drive and upcoming Trunk or Treat event--a pizza party is up for grabs for the class who brings the most candy by the 16th!
