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Parkside Elementary 156 Lewis Street Rockford, MI 49341 Larry Watters, Principal 616.863.6360 616.866.2327 7:45 AM - 4:15 PM

Parkside Elementary School is proud to be recognized as a Michigan Blue Ribbon School. Parkside currently serves 303 students in kindergarten through fifth grade. The principal of Parkside is Larry Watters. There are 20 professional teachers including K-5 teachers, art, music, physical education teachers, and a reading specialist. We also have a variety of Special Services personnel, including a school social worker, gifted and talented consultant, speech and language therapist, resource room teacher, occupational and physical therapists, a behavioral interventionist, and a district nurse. Our support staff consists of a media specialist, secretaries, custodians, and paraprofessionals who work in classrooms, the computer lab, the lunchroom, and on the playground. Parkside is a family of caring professionals who make it our daily goal to make a difference in the lives of children.

Parkside is fully accredited by AdvancED, formerly the North Central Association of Schools and Colleges, and the Michigan Accreditation Program. The State of Michigan awards letter grades to all schools through the "Education Yes" program based on test scores and school improvement data. Parkside Elementary has been awarded an "A" the past seven years. We are proud of our Michigan Education Assessment Program (MEAP) scores as they are consistently above the state average in all subject areas.

Welcome to Parkside Elementary!

Larry Watters, Principal
Parkside Elementary

• Kindergarten Starting Age Waiver
• Daily Schedule
• Classroom Supply Lists
• Meijer Rewards
• PTO Website
• REF Fall Grants

• 1-All Children Exercise Simultaneously-ACES
• 3-Mileage Club Ends
• 3-Student Council-Tye Dye Day
• 10-Family Field Day
• 18-Relay For Life
• 24-NO SCHOOL
• 27-NO SCHOOL-Memorial Day
• 28-Whitecap's family Night 6:35 p.m.

JUNE

• 4-4th Grade to Chicago
• 5-Early Dismissal 12:00 p.m.
• 6-Early Dismissal 12:00 p.m.
• 7-LAST DAY-Early Dismissal 12:00 p.m.

 AUGUST

• 20-Classroom Placement Letters Go Out
• 22-Office Opens
• 27-Kindergarten Open House
• 28-Curriculum Night

Our school color is Blue

Mascot: We are the Parkside Pachyderms!