APDecembercalendar 2018 COMMUNITY CENTER CALENDAR—Please see the schedule of activities at our community center for the month of December. This also includes ALL other family activities coming up. Enjoy! CODE-A-THON FRIDAY—Students learned more about computer programming as a possible future career during our annual Hour of Code event on Friday. We will post photos on our website for you to enjoy soon. Coding is such a great way for kids to ...
Positive Play, Community, 3rd Grade Show, Food Pantry, Open Enrollment, Thanksgiving
POSITIVE PLAY—Our friends at Stonehaven Dental put together a short video about Playworks at Academy Park. Here is a link to that video. Enjoy! Also attached is the November Playworks newsletter for you. https://business.facebook.com/stonehavendental/videos/276625973195146/?business_id=1614144905325121 COMMUNITY COUNCIL—Our next meeting is this week on Thursday November 15th at 4:00. We hope to see some new faces at our meeting that takes ...
Lunch Money, Respecting Neighbors, Thank You, Safety, Report Cards
CHECKS FOR LUNCH MONEY—When writing checks for lunch money for your children, please make your check out to Academy Park Elementary NOT Granite Nutrition Services. There was an error on a paper that came home at the beginning of the year. Thanks. BLOCKING DRIVEWAYS—Please don’t! Our neighbors around the school need to be able to get in and out of their driveways. Let’s all work together to follow the rules of the road when dropping off and ...
Red Ribbon, Land Trust, Family Engagement Center, and More
RED RIBBON WEEK OCT 22--25—Thanks again to our PTA for provided this great activity to remind students to stay away from harmful substances. Here are the themes for each day: Oct 22—Backward Day “You’d be backwards to use drugs” Oct 23—Hat Day “Think with your head and don’t do drugs” Oct 24—Crazy Hair Day “Don’t be crazy and use drugs” Oct 25—Spirit Day “Wear red to show your promise to not use drugs” ROAD TO SUCCESS—Our school is ...
Playworks, Fundraiser, PTA, and Halloween
Updates and reminders for Academy Park families: PLAYWORKS—Attached to the email sent to all families is the October newsletter from our Playworks Coach Andrew. Enjoy! We still need a few more $$$ to help support our program this year. Do you have an employer who might donate? Please ask and then send them to our website for more information. We are most grateful for the generous donations from several businesses thus far, including Discover ...
Thanks and a Look Ahead
SEP conferences were a great success. We have almost made our goal of 100% family attendance. Thank you for signing the commitment paper at conferences. We are a team working to achieve the best for our children. Education matters. It is the key to their future. Please look at the Smart Smiles flier sent home with children today. Sign up for this great free dental service that will come to our school on a regular basis this year as ...
Picture Day, Vision Screening, Fundraiser Delivery
Three messages for you. First, Tomorrow, October 3rd is school picture day. Thank you for sending your child ready for a photograph. Second, PTA still needs volunteers to help on October 4th with vision screening. Please consider giving a few hours starting at 8:30. Third, our school fundraiser items have been delayed. Our new fundraiser delivery day is next week Thursday October 11th. We need more adults to help us organize the items for a few ...
Employment Opportunities at Our School
We need a playground duty daily from 11:00--12:30. Pay is minimum wage. Must have a high school diploma or more. We need an instructional aide who has at least 2 years of college or can pass the Para Pro test. Pay is dependent on education and experience. Please call the school for more information. Thank you! ...
Mobile Food Pantry New Procedures
The Utah Food Bank monthly mobile food pantry begins September 26th at the end of the school day. Your oldest child at Academy Park will be issued a pink mobile food pantry pass by their teacher to collect food on behalf of the family on Mobile Food Pantry days. Parents will no longer be issued food unless they go through the line with their child. If your oldest or only child is in kindergarten or first grade, we especially invite you to visit ...
Apply for Free and Reduced Priced Lunch Now
We just had 80 families lose their eligibility for free or reduced priced meals because they did not re-apply before the deadline of September 19th. Please, if you are one of these families OR if you have not yet applied for free and reduced priced meals, go to this website to apply right away: www.myschoolapps.com Please note that our Title 1 federal funding is decided based on the number of families who qualify for free or reduced priced ...
