Park Bulletins
Park sends out the Park Bulletin email every Thursday. Bulletins for each division are sent, as links, to all families and Park employees and contain news and information from the school, teachers, and community. This web page is always here for you — bookmark it and check back often!
On this page: All-School, Lower School, Middle School, and Upper School news and information.
“Gingerbread” Decorating + Rock Climbing!
Sunday, December 8
If you’re looking for a fun and festive way to celebrate the holidays, then look no further! Celebrate the season when the Parents’ Association hosts a “gingerbread” house decorating event at Park. Cardboard gingerbread houses, icing, and candy will be provided for decorating. In addition to decorating gingerbread houses, families can sign up for an hour of rock climbing on our new challenge course — parents are welcome to climb, too! (Note that students must be in 1st Grade or older to climb.) This event is very much a choose-your-own-adventure experience, as families can just come for gingerbread house decorating, just rock climbing, or both!
Good Trouble: An Evening of Music & Community (A Civil Rights Trip Fundraiser)
Tuesday, November 26, 2024 • 6-10 p.m.
Zen West Café (5916 York Road Baltimore, MD 21212)
Live Music: The Park Jazz Collective with guest performances by Vivie Eteme (Park ’21) & others! Perfomances by musicians from City Neighbors High School and more! Join us!
Tickets and more information HERE!
Free Step Workshops
Park students in Grades 5-12 are invited to take part in four Step Drop-In Workshops with Coach Shanique Moore, Head Coach of Unstoppable Steppers. Join us on 12/14 and 1/11 from 2-5 p.m. in the Park Cafeteria Annex. Drop in and explore Step during any or all of the fall/winter sessions! In the spring, Park will host a four-part Step Series, culminating in a performance. All workshops are free. Register HERE.
LET US DO THAT!
Do you need your leaves raked? Maybe your garage, shed, or basement needs cleaning? Do you need help moving furniture as you prepare for the holidays? Do you need child care? Would an elderly parent benefit from a visitor? Maybe you need a pet walked or cared for? Need help gift wrapping?
LET THE UPPER SCHOOL CIVIL RIGHTS TRIP PARTICIPANTS DO IT FOR YOU! RESPOND TO THIS FORM TO TELL US WHAT YOU NEED. All proceeds fund the Civil Rights Trip!
School Pictures!
Park School portrait galleries have gone live! By now you have received a link to your child’s gallery, make-up day gallery, and sibling photos, if your children took them. You can purchase pictures via the online link (through Freed Photography). If you have not received the link, please email Freed Photography: support@freedphoto.com. School pictures are the Parents’ Association’s biggest fundraising effort, and 100% of the proceeds support PA initiatives and events! Money raised from this effort helps support community engagement events and programs, the PA Grant Fund (which typically provides $12, 000 per year to help fund student, faculty, or staff initiatives directly related to the support of Park students), and faculty and staff appreciation. Ahead of holiday gifting, please consider purchasing school pictures. Thank you for your support!
Casserole Challenge!
Looking for a way to give back this holiday – and one the kids can help with too? Join the PA as we support the JVC’s Casserole Challenge! Each Thanksgiving, hundreds of people come together through the Casserole Challenge to lend a hand to feed thousands of children and adults in Baltimore facing food insecurity. Stop by the Lieberman Building to pick up a foil pan (or 2, or 3…) and some and some simple recipe ideas and instructions! Bake and freeze your casserole, and then drop it off at Park School in the Lieberman Building (stone cottage across from the Arts Center) the morning of December 3 from 8-8:30 a.m., and the PA will deliver the casseroles to one of the drop off locations!
La Food Marketa PA Fundraiser
Wednesday, December 4, 11 a.m. – 8 p.m.
Updated time! LFM now starts serving at 11 a.m.
Help support the Parents’ Association by having a delicious meal! Treat yourself to lunch, your entire family to dinner, and your colleagues to a holiday celebration at La Food Marketa Quarry Lake on December 4 from 11 a.m. – 8 p.m. and the PA will receive 10% of the proceeds from the entire day’s sales. Dine-in only! Please mention “Park School”. Thank you for supporting the Park PA!
Winter Accessories Collection (November 11 – December 5)
Help Keep the Kids Warm – Winter Accessories Collection
The Parents’ Association is partnering with Weekend Backpacks to collect NEW hats, gloves, scarves, and socks (sizes youth small-adult). There will be two collection boxes: one at the Main Entrance to the school and one just in the vestibule at the Lower School Bus Circle.
Weekend Backpacks Packing Event,
December 5, 9-11 a.m.
Our collection drive will culminate with a parent-only community service event at the Weekend Backpacks warehouse. Volunteers will assist in packing backpacks with food items to provide meals for a student affected by food insecurity and their family over the weekend, when they don’t have the reliable access to food that they have at school during the week.
RSVP Required (up to 25 parents)
Volunteer form, also required.
Tuition Assistance for 2025-26
School and Student Services (SSS) has opened the portal for tuition assistance applications for the 2025 – 2026 school year.
Park School families who currently participate in the Tuition Assistance program should begin their 2025 – 2026 application now! The deadline for filing your application is Sunday, December 1, 2024. Your application will not be considered complete until you have uploaded 2024 pay stubs and all completed tax forms from tax year 2023 including forms 1040, W2, 1099, and Schedules A-F (if applicable).
For more information, or if you have had a change in family circumstances, please contact the Park School Tuition Assistance office by phone (410-339-4132) or email (TuitionAssistance@ParkSchool.net).
The Park School Store
New year, new SWAG! Check out all the latest BRUINS gear at the Park School Online Store! Park’s online school store offers an easy-to-navigate web page full of Park branded apparel, accessories, home decor, and other Bruins swag for all your Park spirit needs! Pick up your items on campus!
You can find a School Store pop-up at Saturday in the Park! See you there!
Parents’ Association
Swag!
Support the PA and show your Park School Spirit!
Park Magnets, Stickers & Swag
Express school spirit on your electronic device, water bottle, lunch container, or notebook with custom Park stickers offered by the Parents’ Association! They come in a variety of shapes, styles, and are durable, weatherproof, and dishwasher-safe. Each sticker is approximately 3.5″ x 3.5″. Purchase them individually or get a complete set for a discounted price!
New! Custom Park magnets offered by the Parents’ Association! They, too, come in a variety of shapes, styles, and are durable, weatherproof, and adhere to your car. Each magnet is approximately 3.5″ x 3.5″. Purchase them individually or get a complete set for a discounted price!
And don’t miss out on a limited-edition Park umbrella!
Click HERE for more information!
Lower School Announcements
Early Dismissal/Late Arrivals
For any early dismissal or late arrival updates, please email LSOffice@parkschool.net.
Please plan to come to the Lower School Bus Circle, park, and come in to sign your child in or out at the Lower School Office.
Important Dates
Tuesday, November 26 – Good Trouble: An Evening of Music & Community (A Civil Rights Trip Fundraiser)
November 27-29 – SCHOOL CLOSED for THANKSGIVING BREAK
Thursday, December 5 – All-School Band Concert
Middle School Announcements
Fall Production: Chicago (Teen Edition)
Book by Fred Ebb & Bob Fosse
Script adaptation by David Thompson
Music by John Kander
Lyrics by Fred Ebb
Based on the play by Maurine Dallas Watkins
In the Roaring Twenties, aspiring chorus girl Roxie Hart and fading vaudeville star Velma Kelly each face trial for murder. Both as cynical as they are alluring, the two women compete for the services of shady lawyer Billy Flynn, who promises to make them media celebrities and thereby win them acquittals. With its killer score and knock-’em-dead dance numbers, this deliciously lurid tale of “adultery, murder and justice as showbiz” packs some serious heat. Suitable for audiences 12+.
Tickets are $15. Preview Performance is $6. Purchase tickets HERE!
Wednesday, November 20 – 3:45 p.m. (Preview Performance)
Thursday, November 21 – 7 p.m.
Friday, November 22 – 7 p.m.
Saturday, November 23 – 2 p.m. & 7 p.m.
Lunch
The cafeteria is open from 8 a.m.-4 p.m. Here is a link to the menu. You can pay with cash, credit, debit, Apple Pay, Google Pay, or use your student ID number.
Important Dates
Wednesday, November 20-Saturday, November 23 – Fall Production: Chicago
Tuesday, November 26 – Good Trouble: An Evening of Music & Community (A Civil Rights Trip Fundraiser)
November 27-29 – SCHOOL CLOSED for THANKSGIVING BREAK
Wednesday, December 4 – 6th-8th Grade Park Connects
Thursday, December 5 – All-School Band Concert
Friday, December 6 – MIDDLE SCHOOL CLOSED for Parent Teacher Conferences
Thursday, December 12 – Middle and Upper School Choral Concert
Upper School Announcements
Fall Production: Chicago (Teen Edition)
Book by Fred Ebb & Bob Fosse
Script adaptation by David Thompson
Music by John Kander
Lyrics by Fred Ebb
Based on the play by Maurine Dallas Watkins
In the Roaring Twenties, aspiring chorus girl Roxie Hart and fading vaudeville star Velma Kelly each face trial for murder. Both as cynical as they are alluring, the two women compete for the services of shady lawyer Billy Flynn, who promises to make them media celebrities and thereby win them acquittals. With its killer score and knock-’em-dead dance numbers, this deliciously lurid tale of “adultery, murder and justice as showbiz” packs some serious heat. Suitable for audiences 12+.
Tickets are $15. Preview Performance is $6. Purchase tickets HERE!
Wednesday, November 20 – 3:45 p.m. (Preview Performance)
Thursday, November 21 – 7 p.m.
Friday, November 22 – 7 p.m.
Saturday, November 23 – 2 p.m. & 7 p.m.
Student IDs
All students are given a student ID. If you are new to Park, we will take a photo for your ID during orientation. Returning students: if you have lost your ID, please fill out this form so that we can get you a new ID. Please note: we will replace any IDs lost over the summer, but after that, there will be a $5 replacement fee for any lost ID cards during the school year. In order to not incur a charge, this form must be filled out by August 30. Any requests made after August 30 will be charged.
Lunch
The cafeteria is open from 8 a.m.-4 p.m. Here is a link to the menu. You can pay with cash, credit, debit, Apple Pay, Google Pay, or use your student ID number.
Reminders
*If you arrive after 8:30 a.m., please sign in at the US desk before going to class. If you need to leave during the day for an appointment, please have a parent email usattendance@parkschool.net and sign out at the US desk before you leave.
ATTENDANCE: If you are sick or late to school or must leave for an appointment, please have your parents contact the school at usattendance@parkschool.net or 410-339-4175. Any time you come or go from campus between 8:30 and 3:00, be sure to sign in/sign out at the Upper School front desk.
EARLY DISMISSAL: Students are not to dismiss themselves. Please have a parent email usattendance@parkschool.net or call 410-339-4175 if you need to leave early.
Important Dates
Wednesday, November 20-Saturday, November 23 – Fall Production: Chicago
Tuesday, November 26 – Good Trouble: An Evening of Music & Community (A Civil Rights Trip Fundraiser)
November 27-29 – SCHOOL CLOSED for THANKSGIVING BREAK
Tuesday, December 3 – 10th-12th Grade Parent/Guardian Advisor Conferences
Thursday, December 5 – All-School Band Concert
Thursday, December 12 – Middle and Upper School Choral Concert
Friday, December 13 – Goldsoundz
Saturday, December 14 – Latinx Dance
