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!
ALL-SCHOOL NEWS
Dr. Kennth Ginsburg – Books Available
Thank you to those who attended Dr. Ken Ginsburg’s presentation last week! We have received so much wonderful feedback from the parents who were there – and heard from so many who wish they could have been. We still have several of Dr. Ginsburg’s books for sale in the Parents’ Association office, if you are interested. Proceeds from each purchase will benefit the PA. Please email Lori at pa@parkschool.net to purchase either of his books (each is $16 and can be charged to your student’s FACTS account):
- Building Resilience in Children and Teens: Giving Kids Roots and Wings
- Congrats-You’re Having a Teen!: Strengthen Your Family and Raise a Good Person
Spring Transportation Registration
Park’s spring transportation trimester begins February 21! Coinciding with spring sports seasons and new offerings for after-school activities, this is an opportunity for our families to consider registration for Park’s bus service.
Park offers bus transportation to and from many areas in Baltimore City and County, and Howard County. The fee for this service is based on one-way or round-trip travel, and number of transported children per family.
- To review bus routes and see if there is a community stop near you — click here.
- For a schedule of fees and to register, click here.
Bingo Baskets!
Congrats to all the Bingo Basket Winners! To those who won, but do not need the basket, please bring it to the PA Office located in the Lieberman Building (stone cottage between the Arts Entrance and Kindergarten Building).
Thank you!
PARENT HAPPY HOUR at CYPRIANA – SAVE THE DATE!
Thursday, April 20, 5-7 p.m.
Please join us for a parent happy hour at Cypriana (105 W. 39th Street, located in the Broadview Apartments). Hope to see you then!
DOUGHNUT you want some Krispy Kremes?!
The PA has just launched our Krispy Kreme fundraiser, which will run through the end of March. For each dozen that is purchased, the PA will earn $8.50!
Dozens can be redeemed at ANY Krispy Kreme store in the country! (Even if you’re away for spring break, you can still support the PA wherever you see the Hot Light sign!)
Thank you for your support! Enjoy!
School Store!
Shop the school store for the coolest swag for your Bruins! We have new items in! You can shop online HERE, and then pick up your items in the Lieberman building (the stone house located in between the Kindergarten and the main building).
Need Household Help This Winter!?
The Upper School Civil Rights Trip (CRT) is raising money this winter. Students are available to rake leaves, help with yard work, and babysit! Read more about the trip HERE. And help out by getting some help for yourself! Thank you!
For CRT Fundraising and Donation questions:
Angela Balcita abalcita@parkschool.net
Traci Wright twright@parkschool.net
For CRT Babysitting Services:
Maya Moorthy mayam23@parkschool.net
Naomi Hicks naomih23@parkschool.net
For CRT Leaf Raking Services:
Tori Garbarino torig23@parkschool.net
Arielle Dunn arielled23@parkschool.net
Savannah Holmes savannahh23@parkschool.net
NexTrex Recycling!
Park School’s NexTrex collection of plastic film and packaging is up and running, with collection bins at our main entrance carpool drop-off area and just inside the Lower School bus circle entrance. At home, start your own plastic collection bag, filling it with plastic wrap, sandwich bags, dry cleaning and case overwrap, and even bubble wrap from mail packaging. If it’s clear and stretchy, clean and dry, chances are that it’s acceptable for drop-off. Volunteers at Park weigh the plastic, record the data to credit our account, and take it to Giant Food, where it’s baled and sent off to Trex to be made into benches and decking. If we manage to collect about 850 lbs. by April 2023, we could win a Trex bench for our campus. Best of all, we’ll be diverting single-use plastic from the landfill. Questions? Contact Jenni Hess in the Lower School Office at Jhess@parkschool.net.
Lower School Announcements
Keeping Campus Healthy:
Please remember to email the Lower School office and nurse@parkschool.net if your child will be absent for any health related reasons!
Reminders
Parents and families, please refrain from parking and/or waiting in the senior (upper) lot. Our student drivers are trying to park their vehicles and get to class on time. Making sure these spaces remain free for seniors helps to ensure smooth parking and drop-off process for everyone! Your cooperation is greatly appreciated!
- Don’t forget to bring snack and a water bottle each day!
- If your child won’t be in school, please let the Lower School Office know.
Important Dates
Monday, March 13-Tuesday, March 21 – SCHOOL CLOSED for SPRING BREAK
Thursday, March 23 – A Conversation with Eric Holder
Friday, April 7 – SCHOOL CLOSED – Good Friday
Monday, April 10 – SCHOOL CLOSED
Middle School Announcements
Visiting Author Esme Symes-Smith
On Monday, March 27, The Middle School Language Arts Department will host Esme Symes-Smith, author of Sir Callie and the Champions of Helston, for a day or workshops, lunch, and an assembly.
After cutting their teeth on a steady diet of fan fiction in the South-West of England, Esme Symes-Smith wandered north to Wales for their degree in Literature and Creative Writing, then promptly migrated to Missouri. Esme has been a ghostwriter, an editor, a frozen-yogurt seller, a caffeine dealer, and now wrangles preschoolers for a living.
Esme will be signing books for Middle School students in the Lower School Library after school on Monday, March 27. Please place your orders using the form below. Orders placed via this form will be charged to your Park account. Each hardcover copy costs $19.07. Note that the book price includes Maryland State sales tax.
Exploratory Learning Week
This year’s Exploratory Learning Week is March 6-9. ELW is an exciting week when students have the opportunity to spend time exploring topics and activities of interest to them that are not part of the regular Middle School curriculum. We will be offering a variety of courses that are informative, interesting, and fun such as Exploring Linguistics Through Games, Nature Photography, Dissecting, Chinese Language and Culture and many, many more.
Keeping Campus Healthy:
Please remember to email the Middle School office and nurse@parkschool.net if your child will be absent for any health related reasons!
Lunch
The cafeteria is open from 8 a.m.-4 p.m. Here is a link to the menu. You can pay with cash or use your student ID number.
Reminders
Parents and families, please refrain from parking and/or waiting in the senior (upper) lot. Our student drivers are trying to park their vehicles and get to class on time. Making sure these spaces remain free for seniors helps to ensure smooth parking and drop-off process for everyone! Your cooperation is greatly appreciated!
Important Dates
Tuesday, March 7-Thursday, March 9 – 8th Grade Production: A Simpler Time
Monday, March 13-Tuesday, March 21 – SCHOOL CLOSED for SPRING BREAK
Thursday, March 23 – A Conversation with Eric Holder
Monday, March 27 – Visiting Author Book Signing
Friday, April 7 – SCHOOL CLOSED – Good Friday
Monday, April 10 – SCHOOL CLOSED
Upper School Announcements
Keeping Campus Healthy:
Please remember to email usattendance@parkschool.net and nurse@parkschool.net if your child will be absent for any health related reasons!
Reminders
Parents and families, please refrain from parking and/or waiting in the senior (upper) lot. Our student drivers are trying to park their vehicles and get to class on time. Making sure these spaces remain free for seniors helps to ensure smooth parking and drop-off process for everyone! Your cooperation is greatly appreciated!
*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
Thursday, March 2 – 10th Grade Parent and Student Meeting
Monday, March 13-Tuesday, March 21 – SCHOOL CLOSED for SPRING BREAK
Thursday, March 23 – A Conversation with Eric Holder
Friday, March 24 – Senior Shows Reception
Friday, April 7 – SCHOOL CLOSED – Good Friday
Monday, April 10 – SCHOOL CLOSED
