We strive to create an environment that helps our students to meet their highest potential.

Please read our newsletter each week to get important updates and reminders.

• March 18th - 4th grade High Tech/High Touch in house Field trip " Power of Light"
• March 20th: Family Math Night 5:30pm-7:00pm
• March 27th: Youth Museum Field Trip (Forms and money due on 3/11!!!)
• March 27th - Last PTA meeting and STEM night!
• March 28th - DONUT DAY!

On Friday afternoons, students will be participating in Compact Hour. Compact Hour is a time for 4th grade students to review ELA and Math skills while learning test taking skills to better help them prepare for the GA Milestones in April.

The students continued to learn about:

Math: Unit 5: Shapes and Lines

• Students began to learn about lines, lines of symmetry, triangles, and quadrilaterals

ELA: Finishing Wit and Wisdom Module 2: Extreme Settings:

• Students finished learning about story elements within their chapter book, Hatchet that they finished next week.
• Students finished working on narrative writing using sensory details to describe the setting

Social Studies: Causes of the Civil War

• Students began to learn about the Reconstruction after the the Civil War.

Here is what the students will be learning this week:

Math: Unit 5: Area/Perimeter

• Students will begin to learn about the area and perimeter of rectangles and squares.

ELA: Finishing Wit and Wisdom Module 2: Extreme Settings:

• Students will participate in an end of module celebration.
• Students will begin to prepare for Georgia Milestones (learning test prep strategies).

Science: Light and Sound Unit

• Students will begin to learn about light and the properties of light.

Park Street needs your help!!!!

We need volunteers for Career Day Guest Speakers

We are looking for any parent volunteers or community members who can volunteer their time to share their career choices with students in grades K-5. Guest speakers will be asked to speak to students for 20 minutes sessions. K-2 students will be outside with career vehicles (fire engine, police car, etc.), and 3-5 will be inside with students rotating to various speakers. Recommended format includes related school subjects, education, training, personal skills, typical day, child friendly games and presentations, hands on activities or visuals, etc.

Please complete the following form and return it to your child’s homeroom teacher by Monday, March 17, 2025. Please provide contact information so we can send you a confirmation regarding the schedule and format suggestions for your presentation. Please free to contact Dr. Zimmerman at 770-429-3180 extension 7017 or via email at jzimmerman@marietta-city.k12.ga.us if you have any questions.

*Please make sure that your child completes their nightly homework which includes math and reading.

*Please have your child practice their multiplication facts every day! (see the link below for skip counting songs)

*Please make sure that your child is reading every day for at least 20 minutes and talk to your child about what they had read.

*Asking your child what they learned today.

Park Street Elementary will be accepting payments online now thru this link and by the QR code below:

https://mariettaga.schoolwindow.com/estore/pse.html

Click on the link or the QR code and check out our Payment window.

Each grade level has an icon for payments for Field Trips or Events.

Payment will require a student’s first & last name, plus teacher (in a drop-down menu).

Families can set up a “Family Log-in” and use this system to pay for children’s activities in different Marietta City Schools. (For Field Trips / Yearbooks/ Events / Media Center Fines)

The link is also available on PSE website under Parent Communication Center: “Online Payments.”

Reminder: There’s a fee… min 50¢ or 3.75% for the transaction.

All students are expected to be in uniform. Fridays "Spirit Days" are the only days students should be out of uniform, on these days, students are still expected to wear Marietta/Park Street gear and be weather and school appropriate.

Reminder that all students should be wearing tennis shoes every day.

Arrival / Dismissal

Change of Transportation

If there is a change in transportation arrangements, we require notice from the parent before allowing students to be transported by anyone other than a parent. You may send in a note with your child or email parkstreet@marietta-city.org with the details of the change. We do not allow students to walk or to ride home with unauthorized people.

At dismissal time bus riders will be put on the school bus unless a parent is present for pick-up, or the parent has notified the school office of another arrangement.

Students are not permitted to change buses to ride home with friends without a note from their parent. Please make arrangements for your child before he/she comes to school. If you must make a change during the day, notify the school office staff before 2:30 p.m.

Pick-up by Car in the Afternoon

Anyone picking up a child must have his/her Panther Car Tag. If you do not have a Panther Car Tag, you may get one at Sneak-A-Peek or by coming to the front office.

Please do not park across the street and have your child designated as a “walker”.

This is extremely dangerous, and teachers on duty will stop children crossing the street

unescorted by a parent or adult. If you need to come into the building, please park in a parking space.

Tardy Drop-Off

When a student arrives late (after 8:30), an adult must sign the student in at the office.

Early Pick-Up

Please limit early pick-up of children to emergencies and appointments. If a child is out for any portion of the school day, the missed time is recorded as a tardy. A note sent in the morning will help us to have your child ready. To avoid interruptions to instruction, no student

will be released between 2:45 and 3:15. Parents will be asked to wait for the dismissal bell. Come to the office to check out a student. Please be prepared to present photo identification upon request. No student will be released to an unknown or unauthorized person.

Late Pick-Up

Students waiting to be picked up will be supervised until 3:30. After 3:30 they may be sent to the After School Program if they are pre-registered ($10 fee). Regular after school charges will apply. Many parents sign up for the program so their children can attend in case of emergency.

Attendance

When your child is absent, please remember to send in a note explaining the reason why your child was not at school.

* If you child has 3 or more unexcused absences, you will receive a phone call from your child's teacher.

*If after 5 unexcused absences, you will receive an official notice from the school.

This website is great for students to practice vocabulary. It was mentioned at the ESOL parent meeting., and students have been using it at school some. We encourage students to practice on it for 10-15 minutes a couple of times per week.