Field Day Volunteers/Reminders
Our EPIC Talent Show and Field day is 5/16 and we need your help to make it great. Please consider signing up below to run a field day station!
Also, just a friendly reminder to send in your order form and money for guest lunches by 5/7 if you would like one.
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Rockford Public Schools is teaming up with Hand 2 Hand to help raise awareness for the support needed by hungry kids in our district!
Nearly 65,000 children in West Michigan are at risk of hunger. That's roughly 834 school buses filled with kids being dropped off at home each weekend, who are at real risk of having little to no food for 68 hours!
Hand2Hand exists to eliminate that 68-hour gap so every kid has an opportunity to thrive. They do this by mobilizing schools, churches, businesses, foundations, and individuals to provide a backpack of nutritious food over the weekend and extended school breaks. Beyond physical nutrition, this food provides hope for students who are experiencing hunger. RPS wants to do our part and join volunteers across West Michigan who drive the Hand2Hand grassroots movement to eliminate child hunger ... because a hungry child hurts.
• RPS has 129 Students getting H2H assistance.
• Each Friday, H2H delivers backpacks of food to each of these Parkside students for the weekend to keep them from going hungry.
• A backpack with 2 days' worth of food is approximately $4.00.
• RPS students utilize $18,576 a year of H2H resources.
• H2H helps over 15,000 students across 280 schools and 145 churches throughout West Michigan.
HOW TO HELP: May 5th - 9th
Drop off your grade-level selected food items in the Rams Care box by the office. Boxes will be collected and sent to H2H after school on Friday, May 9th. Please provide individually wrapped, prepackaged, unopened items. These food items will be used by H2H to fill backpacks for our students in need this summer and next school year.
Kindergarten: Popcorn
1st grade: Fruit Snacks
2nd grade: Chewy Granola Bars
3rd grade: Breakfast Bars
4th grade: Instant Oatmeal
5th grade: Sweet Treats (Rice Krispies)
Walk, Bike, Roll to School is May 7th! Let's get those kiddos moving and enjoy some outdoor movement before/after school!
M-STEP testing will begin when we return from break. Students in the 3rd - 5th will take this test online. We are scheduling the test in smaller chunks (max 45 min.) to give students a better testing experience. As we get closer to the testing dates, your child’s teacher will communicate more information regarding M-STEP.
Please help us by making sure your child is in school on the testing days. We ask that appointments and days off be scheduled to avoid the dates below. Please encourage your children to do their best, as the outcome of these tests helps guide our instruction in the future. Please contact the office or your child’s teacher with questions regarding the M-STEP. Thank you for all you do to ensure student success here at Parkside!
We are kicking off reading month! Books, calendars, and bookmarks should be home today!
A few highlights next week:
- Book Exchange Begins Monday- bring one, take one!
- Reading begins Monday (Chapters 1-3)
- Wear Your Words Wednesday
- Dress like a Dr. Seuss Character Day
- K-2 will have a zoom author visit with JaNay Brown-Wood author of Miquel's Community Garden!
LET THE READING FUN BEGIN!
Saving Winslow questions:
Do you think that animals have a healing effect on people? What examples can you think of to support your opinion?
What do you do when you are missing a family member or friend?
