A Word from the Bird

November 15: Beyond the Bell Math Night 5:30-6:30 PM

November 16: English Landing Thanksgiving Feast in the cafeteria (no parent lunch visitors)

November 16: 4th Grade Musical 7:00-8:00 PM

November 21: Epilepsy Awareness Month SPIRIT DAY - Wear purple

November 22-24: Thanksgiving Observed - NO SCHOOL

November 28: Diabetes Awareness Month SPIRIT DAY - Wear blue

December 6: Early Release Day - Dismissal at 2:10 pm

December 14: 3rd Grade Musical 7:00-8:00 PM

December 19: 5th Grade Choir Concert - Christmas in the Movies - 7:00 pm

December 20: End of 2nd Quarter

December 20: Winter Parties 2:50 - 3:50 pm

December 21 - January 2: WINTER BREAK - NO SCHOOL

January 3: Teacher Work Day - NO SCHOOL FOR STUDENTS

Ms. Rule, Axel's Gigi, visited Mrs. Correa's First Grade classroom as our Mystery Guest. She is a retired elementary teacher. She shared a true family story about a black panther and then taught us about kindness. She left us supplies to make our own class kindness book! Thanks for visiting us, we can't wait to meet our next Mystery Guest!

DO YOU SPEAK A DIFFERENT LANGUAGE?

We partner with Argo Telephonic Translation Services to help us better communicate with families that speak a language other than English. We can set up an interpreter during parent conferences in addition to using a translator during phone calls. If you, or someone you know would benefit from this service, please let your child's teacher know, or contact Dr. Doss.

Just a reminder:

• No parent lunches November 16 - EL Thanksgiving Feast for Students
• No parent lunches the week of Thanksgiving.
• No parent lunches the last few days in December before break. We reserve these weeks for special activities that we hold for students during lunch that utilize the front foyer space.

English Landing Music Room Facebook Page

Upcoming Grade Level Musical Performances: Save The Dates!

Continuing our English Landing tradition, each grade level will present a musical this year. Please mark your calendars for these performances! Doors will open at 6:30pm, and performances begin at 7:00pm.

3rd Grade: Thursday, December 14th, 2023 “How to Be a Pirate”

2nd Grade: Thursday, February 8th, 2024 “It’s a Hit”

1st Grade: Thursday, March 7th, 2024 “The Bear Went Over the Mountain”
Kindergarten: Thursday, April 11th, 2024 “The Little Red Hen”

Questions? Please contact Mrs. Carney, Music Teacher.

carneyc@parkhill.k12.mo.us

English Landing Families can reach out to Ms. Tomlin if any student/family is needing holiday assistance information or resources within the Northland. Please reach out to:

Keely Tomlin

tomlink@parkhill.k12.mo.us

816-359-6760

ELA Curriculum Connections- November

Science/ Social Studies Curriculum Connections- November

Math Curriculum Connections- November

Are you ready for some c-o-m-p-e-t-i-t-i-o-n? The District Spelling Bee is coming up on Saturday, Dec. 9th, at Park Hill High School. The competition is open to fifth through eighth-grade students. We hope you’ll encourage your student to participate! District Bee will take place in the Park Hill High School Auditorium.

The winner of the District Bee competition will move on to the Regional online qualifier, hosted by Mid-Continent Public Library in February. The top 35 qualifiers will move on to the Regional Spelling Bee in March. And the winner of the Regional Bee will travel to the Washington D.C. area to compete in the Scripps National Spelling Bee in May!

For more information, visit https://www.parkhill.k12.mo.us/families/spelling-bee or contact Amber Kahler, district spelling bee coordinator.

Please help your student(s) be successful by arriving to school on time each day. The arrival time for English Landing is 8:50am. Prior to that time, there is no adult supervision for students. Students are tardy if they arrive after 9:10am. Please contact the school office by 9:00am if your child will be absent.

Students may bring a birthday treat or favor to school to share with their classmates, as long as they come from our list of treats that contain none of the eight (8) major allergens - milk, wheat, egg, soy, peanut, tree nut, fish and shellfish.

Thank you for understanding that all classroom treats must come from this list, because we do not have the staff capacity to check for allergens that could threaten the health of some students. Please bring birthday treats ahead of time (two hours after the start of school, at the latest).

• Stickers
• Erasers
  
• Pencils
  
• Crazy straws
  
• Blow Pops
  
• Juice boxes
  
• Popcorn
  
• Smarties
  
• Dum Dum lollipops
  
• Jelly Belly
  
• Nerds
  
• Ring Pops
  
• Skittles
  
• Sour Patch Kids
  
• Starburst
  
• Swedish Fish
  
• Life Saver Gummies

See here resources from our social worker, Ms. Keely Tomlin. She has an attached copy of the confidential resource checklist, link or QR code for families to access. We do have translated copies of this resource for families if needed. Please see Ms. Tomlin for this need.

The PTA of the Park Hill School District runs a clothing center that provides free, gently used clothing and new socks and underwear to district students.

The PTA Clothing Center serves all Park Hill School District students from Kindergarten through 12th grade, and the PTA asks you to bring some proof that you are enrolled in a Park Hill school. This could be a student ID, bus pass, dated letter from a principal or social worker, class schedule or enrollment form.

Donations are welcome at the Clothing Center. Please make sure your donations are clean, in good condition and bagged in kitchen-sized bags that the volunteers can lift.

2023-2024 Park Hill PTA Clothing Center Shopping Dates

• December 5th and 19th: 10:00-12:00pm and 5:00-7:00pm
  
• January 16th and 30th: 10:00-12:00pm and 5:00-7:00pm
• February 6th and 20th: 10:00-12:00pm and 5:00-7:00pm
• March 5th and 19th: 10:00-12:00pm and 5:00-7:00pm
• April 2nd and 16th: 10:00-12:00pm and 5:00-7:00pm
• May 7th: 4:00-6:00pm

We are committed to Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and Belonging (DEIB) work in Park Hill. Please use the link below to let us know when you have a comment about DEIB in Park Hill.

Our employees are the reason we are so successful here in the Park Hill School District, and we would like to recognize them for all they do for our students.

That is why we present the Park Hill Star award once a month to a pre-K or elementary teacher, a secondary teacher and a support employee.

Nominations start in September