School News

Principal’s Message from Dr. Longberg:   We are off to a great start! Thank you to all who came to our Back to School Night on Monday. I am very happy to be your new principal. We have a fabulous faculty and staff that have worked hard to get ready for your children. We care about them and want to see them succeed in every way possible. Title 1 is a new program at our school. This is federal money that allows us to have extra resources ...

Students were all introduced to procedures and expectations at Academy Park on Day 2 of the school year. We thank all of our wonderful support faculty and staff for giving their time today to teach each class procedures for lunchroom, bathroom, hallways, recess, before/after school, and assemblies. Academy Park students and teachers ROCK! ...

All students at Academy Park are now provided with a FREE breakfast in the classroom each school day. We encourage students to arrive at their grade level doors promptly by 8:10 each morning when the first bell rings so they can get inside quickly to eat breakfast and get ready for a great learning day. Grade level doors close with the tardy bell at 8:15. Students who come after 8:15 must enter through the front doors to get a tardy slip before ...

I am very pleased to be the new principal at Academy Park. We just held a successful Back to School night where many families had a chance to eat a great meal and visit with the teachers in their classrooms. I also presented some information in the library about our new Title 1 plan for Academy Park. This year is going to be filled with wonderful new opportunities for all of us. I welcome your input and contributions as we work together to make ...

Teachers started their new school year on Wed. Aug 12th  with lots of meetings and a little bit of fun. We are all working hard to make sure classrooms are ready for your children on the first day of school.   ...

Academy Park will have grade appropriate summer work packets available for students to complete over the summer. Those students who complete and return these packets will have a reward activity in the Fall. If you are interested in receiving one of these packets, please send a note to the office requesting the packet, your child’s name and teacher, and signed by a parent. (Please send a separate note—not one written in the planner.) These notes ...

All end of year lunch money balances, negative or positive, will be carried over to next year. The only refunds issued will be to those students who we are notified will be leaving Granite District, or a parent comes in to request a refund. If your student has a negative balance, please make every effort to pay it off this year, thus allowing your student to start next year with a positive balance. Students on free and reduced lunch this year ...

Our end of year state testing is nearing completion. We hope to be completed by May 22nd. Thank you so much for your support throughout this evaluation period. Scores should be available to parents on the student portal by the end of May. Be sure to check them and reward your child for their great accomplishment. ...

Plan to attend the Academy Park dance festival May 14th at Kennedy Jr. High @ 6:30p.m. Students need to be in their seats by 6:20. Be sure to join us for our fine arts dance celebration. If possible, please have your child wear the following color shirt/blouse. (Additional items, bandanas and sashes, will be provided by the school.) 1st grade – pink or blue shirt 2nd grade – white shirt 3rd grade – green shirt 4th grade – white shirt 5th ...

Thanks to our PTA, Volunteers, and Community, the PTA Fun Run was a great success. The students had an opportunity to help PTA earn the funds to support the many great activities planned for next year. We are approaching our goal of $5000.00 and hope that by our final date next Wednesday we will meet the goal. Reward activities have been planned as follows: Mon, May 18th – Pajama Day Tue, May 19th – Sports Shirts and Hat Day Wed, May 20th – ...