The Community Connection The newsletter of Parkway School in Boone, North Carolina

October 7, 2016

Upcoming Events

Mon., Oct. 10 Board of Education Mtg @ 6pm

Tues., Oct. 11 3rd, 4th, & 5th Grade Field Trip

MS Volleyball Tournament @ WHS

PTO Mtg. @ 6pm in the Media Center

Wed., Oct. 12 Lettuce Learn Taste Test at Lunch

MS Football vs. Gamewell @ WHS @ 5pm

Thurs., Oct. 13 MS Volleyball Finals @ WHS

Fri., Oct. 14 8th Grade Field Trip

Sat., Oct. 15 PTO Parking Fundraiser at Valle Fair

Tues., Oct. 18 1st & 7th Grade Field Trips

Curriculum Night for 3rd, 4th & 5th Grades

Wed., Oct. 19 3rd Grade Field Trip

Thurs., Oct. 20 4th Grade Field Trip

Sat., Oct. 22 Patriot Pride 5K

Mon., Oct. 24 Picture Re-takes and Make-ups

Middle School Basketball Tryouts Date Change

Middle School Basketball tryouts will be held October 19, 20 and

21. Tryouts will begin immediately after school. Students in 7th

and 8th grades who wish to try out for basketball should turn in

their physical forms to Mrs. Buckner by Monday, October 10.

Athletics physicals are valid for one calendar year and must be

on file at school before students are allowed to participate in

tryouts.

Girls’ tryouts will be 2:45-4:15 each afternoon and boys’

tryouts will be 4:30-5:45. A study hall in the MS Computer Lab

will be open for the boys beginning at 2:30 if they choose to stay

after school instead of going home and then coming back for

tryouts. Girls should be picked up promptly at 4:15 and boys

should be picked up promptly at 5:45 each day.

The Day Yosef Came to School

(MS Athletics Pep Rally)

On Friday, September 30, our 3rd-8th grade students participated in a pep rally to recognize our Middle School athletes for softball, volleyball and basketball. Special guests from ASU Athletics joined us. Ila and K’Lynn, members of ASU’s Women’s Track and Field Team, and Yosef, ASU Mountaineer mascot, were our special guests for the fun event. Ila and K’Lynn talked with our students about what it takes to be an athlete at the collegiate level and stressed good study habits and grades. Yosef is a man of very few (no!) words, but he sure did show his enthusiasm by participating

in some “dance off” contests with our own mascot, Paul the Patriot, and our MS athletes. We appreciate the ASU Athletics Department’s support of our school and

our MS athletes.

Go Patriots! Go Mountaineers!

Bring a Vet to School Day

Our annual Veterans Day Celebration, Bring a Vet to

School, will be Thursday, November 10th at 8:30. The

invitation is part of this edition of The Community

Connection. Please feel free to make copies for veterans

you know and encourage them to RSVP by November

4th so that we will know how many guests to expect.

WALKERS/RUNNERS NEEDED!!!!!

Parkway School’s Student Council is hosting the 2nd annual Patriot Pride 5K on Saturday, October 22 at 9am on the beautiful Greenway in Boone. A

goal has been set for 100 participants! Please consider registering to participate. They would

appreciate you sharing information about this even in your places of work and with family members.

Money raised from the Patriot Pride 5K will support our school and food pantry, help purchase trash

cans for our playground areas and other projects of the Student Council. The registration form is

available at school and attached to this newsletter.

Help Needed!

We are looking for volunteers to help park

cars at the Valle Country Fair in Valle

Crucis on Saturday, October 15. This is a

HUGE fundraiser for the PTO and usually

brings in more than $5,000 for our school.

We need people to work in two shifts on

October 15. The first shift is from 7am-

1pm. The second shift is 12pm until 5pm-

ish. Volunteers will earn $50 for the

classroom of their choice for each shift

worked. Volunteers will help direct the cars into parking spaces

or out of the parking area. We need LOTS of volunteers to make

sure this event runs smoothly! Below is the link that will take

you to the Sign Up Genius for this event or you can get to the

link on the PTO webpage.

http://www.signupgenius.com/go/30e0d4eaaa928a6fb6-valle

Curriculum Night for 3rd Grade

Parents of 3rd grade students are invited to attend

Curriculum Night on Tuesday, October 18 in the

Media Center at 6pm. At this meeting, teachers will

explain the requirements of the NC Read to Achieve

mandate and answer any questions parents may have

about what this mandate means for their children.

Third grade parents are also invited for a pizza and

salad dinner at 5:30 in the cafeteria.

Childcare WILL NOT be provided for this event.

No PROPEL after school tutoring next week,

October 10 and 12, due to Fall Break at ASU.

Family Math Night for 4th & 5th Grades

Families with 4th and 5th grade students are

invited to join us for a Family Math Night in the

cafeteria on Tuesday, October 18. This is an

interactive event filled with fun math activities

specifically chosen for students in 4th and 5th

grades. A free pizza and salad meal will be

provided for the first 190 guests beginning at

5:30. Family Math Night activities will begin at

6:00 and last about an hour. We hope you will be

able to join us for this event.

Lettuce Learn Taste Test on October 12

Thanks to funding from High Country Local First and support from Lettuce Learn, students will have an opportunity to taste samples

of Cinnamon Roasted Butternut Squash during lunch on Wednesday, October 12. The butternut squash was grown at Springhouse

Farm in Vilas which is an organic and GAP (Good Agricultural Practices) certified farm. We’ll share more info, photos, the recipe and

the taste test results next week! Parent volunteers interested in helping with the taste test activity from 10 to 1 on October 12,

please contact Shannon Carroll, Lettuce Learn Garden Coordinator, at shannonbcarroll@outlook.com.

Second Grade Classes Read and Share Frog and Toad Stories

Second grade classes have been reading Frog and Toad stories written by

Arnold Lobel. They have participated in several activities to show their

comprehension of the stories and to share their ideas for extending those

well-loved books. This week, each second grade class has presented some

of their favorite Frog and Toad stories to other grades as plays. The plays

were complete with narrators, costumes and set designs.

Mrs. Chiarolanzio’s class presented “The Lost Button” and “A Swim” for

Mrs. Greer’s kindergarten class Thursday morning.

International Souvenirs for Sale

on Thursdays

Student Council is offering some international

souvenirs for sale on Thursday mornings. These

items are representative of Chinese culture. You may

have seen the items for sale at Fall Festival last week.

Proceeds from the sale of these items will go toward

Student Council projects.

Price List

$1 items: panda pens, panda erasers,

Chinese bookmarks

$2 items: Chinese chopsticks

$3 items: Packs of origami paper

$4 items: Chinese coin purses