Worthington Park Shark Sentinel
Friday, March 25th, 2022
Dear Worthington Park Families,
Spring had finally sprung (even if Ohio temperatures continue to swing up and down!) As we turn our attention to the last portion of the year, our students and staff are excited to continue working hard and learning together.
We look forward to opening our new outdoor learning pavilion in the coming weeks and look forward to hosting community events next month including our 5th-Grade outdoor choir concert, Spring Fling, and Kindergarten 22-23 Open House!
Please take a few minutes to review the information below. We are excited to welcome all of our Sharks back on Monday for another amazing week. Go Sharks!
-Principal Garrity
(614) 450-5500
Ohio State Testing 3rd- 5th Grade
- Get a good night's rest the night before
- Eat a healthy and filling breakfast before coming to school
- Remind them to take their time
Looking for more information about the State ELA assessment? Here is a link to the Parent Resource Folder from the Ohio Department of Education!
Students will take the Math assessment and Science (5th grade only) upon returning after spring break.
Car Magnets from Worthington Park Student Council
Spring Break Reminder
Spring Panorama Survey for 3rd-5th Grader Students
We thank you and your family for being our valued partners as we work together to educate the children in our district. As you may already be aware, building our well-being and social-emotional learning skills is an important goal for our school this year and every year. Over the next few weeks, students will participate in several exercises to better understand these concepts and to reflect on how they perceive these skills in themselves.
As we have done for the last four years, we will be asking for your child to reflect on his/her own mindsets and approaches to learning via an online survey. The survey shouldn’t take more than 20 minutes to complete and will be administered during a two-week window from March 28 - April 8, 2022.
We are partnering with Panorama Education, a third-party vendor, to support us in administering these surveys. The survey content will ask students in grades 3-12 to self-reflect on School Safety, Teacher-Student Relationships, Sense of Belonging, Rigorous Expectations, and Self-Efficacy. Our students in grades 6-12 will also be asked to self-reflect on two additional topics; Diversity and Inclusion and Cultural Awareness.
Student voice matters to us, and their responses will provide invaluable insights into their experiences in how we can improve and adapt our instruction to meet their needs. If a student doesn’t feel like they have enough information to answer a question, they will be able to skip the item altogether. Worthington Park's staff will share out the specific dates for the survey with parents in the coming days!
Infinite Campus Unavailable April 11-13
Infinite Campus will be unavailable April 11-13 to transition services to Infinite Campus’ data centers. This move will help ensure Infinite Campus has minimal disruptions (outages) moving forward and will help keep our system up to date and secure.
After the move, starting April 14, the webpage link to Worthington Schools Infinite Campus will change. All of the webpage addresses on our Website and parent portals will be updated, but anyone who has bookmarked it will need to update their url. Families who use the mobile app will also need to reconnect the app to our district.
Thank you
Jeff Collett
Chief Technology Officer
Worthington Schools
Save the Date: Be Well Community Event
Special Education Parent Key Communicator
Worthington’s Special Education Key Communicator Committee strives to build positive, productive, and collaborative relationships and partnerships amongst the educators and community of families whose children receive special education and related services. We will engage in two-way communication, with the goal being to provide a circle of influence where we can share out and learn from and with each other.
The key communicator will convey information from their building to the committee, as well as information from the committee to their buildings
The Key Communicator for our building is Mrs. Jessica Dumas
Please reach out to them if you have questions or topics to discuss.
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Spring Fling Save the Date- April 29th
Don't forget to join the PTA and the PTA Facebook page for more updates!
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Important Dates to Remember
Tuesday, March 29th: OST ELA Testing Grades 3, 4, & 5
Wednesday, March 30th: OST ELA Testing Grades 3, 4, & 5
Thursday, March 31st: 2nd Grade Field Trip to TWHS's Theater
Saturday, April 9th- Sunday, April 18th: Spring Break
Saturday, April 30th: Be Well Community Event with Worthington & Dublin City Schools