Park Terrace Elementary
April 6, 2022 Newsletter
Greetings Park Terrace Elementary!
I hope everyone is having a great start to the week! This week is National Library Week and it’s Library Month which a great time to highlight the importance and joy of reading. At our school we have amazing resources for our students to find new books in the library. I hear from kids all the time that library is one of their favorite times of the day. It was mine, too! If you haven’t done so already, now is a great time to head to your local library and sign up for a library card so your student can get more books to read at home or during the summer!
Today is also National Paraprofessional Appreciation Day. I truly cannot thank the paraprofessionals in our building enough for their critical role in helping our students succeed each and every day! Thank you for your amazing work.
Over this week and then later in the month we will have standardized tests like the MAP, the MCA and the CoGat. Please be sure your student is well rested to be able to do their best on these important tests. We want to see each of our student’s best work so we can know where each student is at in their learning.
Finally, please note that there is no school on Friday, April 15. Please be sure to mark your calendars and have a plan for the day.
Have a great rest of the week, Park Terrace!
Sincerely,
Mona Perkins
Principal
Learner Profiles: Learning the learner
What does Maya know about herself at age six? She likes to eat tacos. She wants to be a ballerina. Her favorite color is blue. By the end of kindergarten as she’s turning seven? She might know that she doesn’t like working in groups. She prefers a wobble chair (to help with concentration). She’s interested in animals and (it’s likely) she still likes tacos.
A learner profile documents this kind of information – a student’s strengths, interests and needs as a learner as well as who they are as a person. It grows as they do during their time at Spring Lake Park Schools and supports them to become powerful, independent and curious learners.
In kindergarten, the profile primarily helps teachers to know a student and design engaging experiences for them. As they grow, students take more ownership. By graduation, the goal is for each student to know their strengths, interests and needs so well they can navigate anything.
It's time to register for summer programs!
- Drawing Art Workshop - Cooking and Baking with Young Rembrandts (grades K-5)
- Junior Engineering with Tech Academy (grades K-3)
- Summer Archery Camp with AKA (grades 4-9)
- Elementary Engineering with Tech Academy (grades 3-6)
- Discovery Days (ages 3-5)
- Summer Trek (Learning Ventures) grades 1-7
Family Program
Taylors Falls Scenic Boat Tour: Are you looking for the perfect way to kick off Father's Day weekend? Take a trip down the majestic St. Croix River on paddlewheel boat while learning about the unique history of the area and taking in the natural beauty! After the river excursion stick around to explore the many shops, restaurants, and other attractions Taylors Falls has to offer. This is a perfect day trip for the whole family. Takes place on June 9, 2022.
Tickets available for SLPHS spring musical "Oklahoma!"
About the show
In a Western territory just after the turn of the 20th century, a high-spirited rivalry between local farmers and cowboys provides a colorful background for Curly, a charming cowboy, and Laurey, a feisty farm girl, to play out their love story. Their romantic journey, as bumpy as a surrey ride down a country road, contrasts with the comic exploits of brazen Ado Annie and hapless Will Parker in a musical adventure embracing hope, determination and the promise of a new land.
"It's going to be a pretty phenomenal show - a unique and thought-provoking take on this old chestnut." - Kevin Dutcher, SLPHS theater director
Performances:
- Friday, April 22, 7 p.m.
- Saturday, April 23, 2 p.m.
- Friday, April 29, 7 p.m.
- Saturday, April 30, 7 p.m.
- Sunday, May 1, 2 p.m.
Friday, April 15- No school
National Paraprofessional Appreciation Day
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