celebratingour 2 0 thyear - The Parklander Magazine

SCHOOL NEWSCoral ParkElementaryUpdateBy Robyne FriedlandOn May 1, Coral Park hosted its first SunFestival. Parents and studentsfrom all over the community enjoyed carnival games, Billy the Marlinand the Marlins street team and student performances. We had vendorseducating adults and children about everything from nutrition and sunsafety to dental health and bike safety. We thank our vendors, volunteersand all participants for making SunFestival such a successful event.Our teacher appreciation week was a tremendous success. Parentscouldn’t do enough to show how much CPE teachers and staff areappreciated and loved by the Coral Park community. Thanks again forall your hard work and dedication to our children.If you are a prospective kindergarten parent and looking to join a smaller,but technologically advanced and innovative school then jot downthese dates. Kindergarten Round Up is May 5 at 8:15 a.m. and again at 6p.m. If you can’t make this date the please try to attend on May 12 6 p.m.On May 12 7 p.m. Coral Park PTA will have its last meeting of the yearand the elections for next year’s board. Please come to this meeting soyou can make your voices heard.Coral Park is partnering up once again for a yummy dinner at Buffalo’s.Come on May 20 and be served by your favorite teachers and staff.Buffalo’s gives a portion of the night’s earning back to CPE. Come outand enjoy a great evening.On May 21 Coral Park is having Career Day.This is a great opportunityfor our students to learn about many different types of careers fromour very own parents. If you would like to participate, contact thefront office.On behalf of the teachers, staff and administration we wish the studentsand parents a fun-filled and restful summer. Thanks to all for awonderful 2009-2010 school year. Keep reading all summer and wewish our 5th graders the best of luck next year and to the rest of thestudents, we look forward to seeing you in August.Heron HeightsElementaryBy Helen DowneyUpdateWhere has this year gone? As we move into May and the last few weeksof our inaugural year, please mark your calendar with a few key dates foryour diary.HHE would like to thank the many parent volunteers for their energyand commitment during a Volunteer Appreciation Breakfast at 9:15a.m. on May 12 in the cafeteria. Come join us and celebrate yoursuccess. Following breakfast, all parents are invited to a general PTAmeeting to elect the PTA officers for 2010/2011. Anyone interested inrunning for a PTA board position should contact the nominatingcommittee chair, Julie Fine, at juliesarafine@comcast.net to express aninterest and find out more.HHE’s first parent technology night is on May 12. Learn what thedistrict has to offer students using the BEEP student portal.The final Spirit Day of the year is on May 14. Let’s make this one thebiggest and the best with all students wearing their school T-shirt insupport of a great first year.Now, time to eat great food and raise money! HHE has partnered withScarfones and, on May 4, 11, 18 and 25, a portion of their profits will goto the school.May 26 is the final Waste Free Wednesday. Please pack a waste-freelunch for your children and send in juice pouches emptied and air driedfor recycling.Congratulations to our fifth-grade students! Our first Heron HeightsPromotion Ceremony is scheduled for Wednesday, June 9 at 8:30 a.m.Finally, HHE would like to thank the Parkland Chamber of Commercefor its generous donation from the Taste of Parkland event and, onceagain, recognize the effort from Adult Night, which raised thousandsof dollars enabling HHE to purchase new technology for studentK through 5.Park TrailsElementaryUpdateBy Kris DeCheneIt’s hard to believe that the school year is coming to an end. It seems likeyesterday when we were all attending our meet and greets with our teachers!In reflecting about the 2009-2010 school year, we have had a terrific yearwith a lot of fundraisers and events for our students, families and friends.The students had a busy year learning and having fun with all thedifferent events such as, Barnes & Noble Reading Night and PublixMath Night. The PTA brought the scholastic book fair to the schooltwice this year, giving children an opportunity to purchase books. To getour children involved in nutrition and fitness, the Wellness Committeeput together activities, P.A.C.K week to give them a chance to try newfruits and vegetables, as well as the Presidential Fitness testing.Field days gave the children an opportunity to run a variety of relay races.They ran against the different classes in their grade level, participating innumerous activities.The children also enjoyed watching and cheering fortheir teacher when they competed against teachers from other classes.Traci Gaynor headed up another tremendously successful Cultural ArtsNight. Whole Foods of Coral Springs participated by providing asampling station while students and parents were introduced to how musicand art go hand in hand. The children enjoyed seeing their artwork ondisplay throughout the halls thanks to our Meet the Masters volunteers.Park Trails held its annual election for officers on May 5, and we areexcited with the 2010-2011 PTA board. As always, we thank ournumerous volunteers for the hard work that helps organize and facilitateall of the fundraising and school-wide events.School starts on, Monday, Aug. 23. All of our new and returning students,along with their families can look forward to our annual “Meet and Greet”on Friday, Aug. 20. Meeting your children’s new teachers, purchasing schoolsupplies, pre-paying for lunches, getting bus information are all part of theevent. Each grade will have its own time slots for families to meet teachers.Have a safe and happy summer!80 MAY 2010