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**OUR OWN DRUM CHOIR is on the main stage at 2:00 PM. Celebrate solving problems peacefully. Enjoy free face painting, Chinese calligraphy, bubbles, a parade and more...
Here’s a quiz for you!
Classrooms and families function better when children know how to follow directions. Answer the following questions, check those your answer yes to see if you are teaching your child this vital skill.
- Do you make sure you have your child’s undivided attention before you try to tell her something? Do you look him in the eye and call him by name?
- Do you name the...
MAY 2012
VOLUME 2, ISSUE 9
COME TO THE SCHOLASTIC BOOK FAIR MAY 11-18
The spring Scholastic Book Fair will take place beginning Friday, May 11, and run through Friday, May 18, in the school library. The book fair will open at the beginning of the school day and run until 4:00 p.m.
Lunch With a Loved One will take place on Tuesday and Wednesday, May 15 & 16,...
3RD – 5TH GRADE CLASSES PERFORM THEIR SPRING CONCERT
April 27th, 2012
In the Parkwood-Upjohn gymnasium at 2:00 P.M.
The students will present a movie of the wonderful book “Juice Box Bully” by Bob Sornson and Maria Dismondy and illustrated by Kim Shaw.
Carol Steiner, Principal
Phone: 269-337-0720
Music Performance
I. Old Business
a. Library Report – Maureen Cartmill -
Johnathan Rand is coming to Parkwood for grades 3-5 on May 1st at 2:30pm. There have been book order forms sent out. Every book that is ordered will be signed.
Brainstormers will be here Friday, May 7th , 1:15 for 4&5th & 2:15 K-3. They will pick some stories, that our students have written, to act out.
b. Urgent...
Parkwood-Upjohn News
Kalamazoo Public Schools
Carol Steiner, Principal
Phone: 269-337-0720
April 11, 2012
Something new for conference time. We are offering a children's "book swap". Before you have your conference you may bring in up to 10 gently used children's books and drop them off in the gym. You will receive a slip with your book total. After your conference...
Words-The Best Brain Food
Babies’ brains start with zero words and must absorb thousands of words as they grow through elementary school. Words that seem simple now, like add or subtract, were once hard new vocabulary words. Children need to learn the meaning of all those new words, too. Starting with mama and doggy you were your child’s first teacher. Your children look up to you so you are still their most important teacher. Take advantage of your time together to have...
CONGRATULATIONS!
Congratulations to all students who will meet their reading goal this marking period. We were very pleased with the participation of students and teachers during March is Reading Month. Congratulations to all students who earned a book for their home collection by participating in Button Day, Read a T-Shirt Day, and Brand Spanking New Word Day. Reading raffle winners will be announced when students return to school...
Nonfiction Day, on March 13, was a hit with students and families alike. Our object was correctly identified as a meteorite on loan from Eric Schreur the director of the Kalamazoo Valley Museum's Planetarium. A prized possession, it was obtained from the Barringer Meteor Crater just outside of Winslow, Arizona. The blackened sheen of the meteor was created by the extreme heat generated on it's surface as it passed through our atmosphere at high rates of speed. It's...
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