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How Are They Smart?
Teaching Students The Way They Learn
Sophmore Henry Doss paints a mural during class at Park Academy. Photo Credit Verne Uyetake/Lake Oswego Review
 | By Rebecca Randall
The Lake Oswego Review, Apr
1, 2010
Park Academy's small, creative setting helps
students struggling with language acquisition discover their giftedness.
New students at Park Academy,
a private school on the Marylhurst University campus, can be easy to
pick out. Their hood is down over their face. Their posture is slouched
over. Their negative attitude toward school is easy to spot. But their transformation has yet to begin. Read More... |
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Piper Park, Founder
Scott Howard, Chairman
Gary Maffei, Treasurer
Robert Campo
William A Furman
Harry A Merlo |
P.O. Box 34
Marylhurst, Oregon 97036
503.697.6213
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Letter from the Director
It's hard to believe the school year is almost over! We've seen such amazing transformation this year in some of our students and we're so excited about the direction the school is taking and we are so grateful to the many people who have contributed to helping make this a pivotal year for our school. Our amazing faculty, generous donors, and hard working parents continue to delight and surprise me!
Gratefully,
Dr. Paula Kinney
School Director
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Calendar Reminders
4-15 Professional
Development - No school
4-16 Teacher
Work Day - No school
4-20 Plants
delivered - pick up after school
4-26 Professional
Development - No school
4-30 Parent
Conferences - No School
5-3 &
4 Parent Conferences - No School
5-5 Theatre
Show - 7:00 pm
5-31 Memorial Day - No School
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May After-School Enrichment
Opportunity
FIELD GAMES!!! FREE
May's e nrichment classes will be
free. We have decided to offer Field Games on Wednesdays in May. Rainy Days we will go inside for board games. A minimum of 2 parent volunteers will be
needed for each Wednesday game day.
Also in May,
we will host an all school ice cream
social the last Wednesday of the month. We will need lots of volunteers for this celebration as well.
Volunteer to help with these events by contacting Anne Gray annesteing@comcast.net.
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Partnership with Amy Roloff Charity Foundation
100 Backpacks of FUN for Haitian Refugee Children
On January 12, 2010 a magnitude 7.0 earthquake struck just outside of Port-au-Prince, the capital city of Haiti. It is currently believed that more than 230,000 people were killed as a direct result of the earthquake and over one million are displaced, making Haiti the largest refugee camp in the world. Haiti's population of orphans was over 400,000 prior to the quake; one can only imagine how many
vulnerabl e children there are now.
Amy Roloff | Park Academy is partnering with
The Amy Roloff Charity Foundation to bring some joy to refugee children. Students will be collecting donations to fill 100 Backpacks of FUN. Students recently enjoyed a surprise visit by two special guests. Amy Roloff
from
Little People, Big World came and visited our school to tell us about
her
foundation and how she is trying to help kids around the world - and
specifically in Haiti, and Dondi Kathman, who has just
returned from Haiti, shared about the conditions there. Students engaged in a lively brainstorming session about items that could be useful to donate. Those ideas are being discussed by the foundation and we will soon have a final list of items families can donate. We hope you will participate in helping our students help kids be kids! More information will follow. Visit www.amyroloffcharityfoundation.orgto watch a short video about Haiti. Cash donations can be given through the Website. More
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COLORS - An Original Production - Open to the Public
Written and Performed by Park Academy Theatre Class
The theatre class will be presenting
an original production, written by students. The show explores the
characters of
a variety of colors. Each student wrote and will perform a monologue
based on a
color. Every color has music that accompanies it, and students have also
chosen
the tunes that match their character. Come and meet Lime Green, Pink,
Brown,
and a variety of interesting characters.
May 5
7:00pm
Baxter Hall on the Marylhurst Campus
Admission is FREE.
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Park Academy Awarded $20,000 Music Lab Funding
Formal Announcement at Ten Grands Event
On Saturday, April 3, Park Academy Founder, Piper Park and Program Director Bill Westphal attended the spectacular Ten
Grands musical event at the Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall. Piper and Bill stepped onto the hauntingly beautiful set of Ten Grands and formally acknowledged a $20,000 donation for Park Academy's Music Lab. The S nowman Foundation donated $10,000, matched by the Joyce Furman Charitable Foundation donation of $10,000. Dr. Keith Cheng contributed the final $1,000 to make the budget for this new project.
Because of this generous gift, students at Park Academy will soon be learning MIDI
Technology.The goal of the
Music Program at Park Academy is to prepare music students
to be knowledgeable and proficient in performance and music technology through
the use of "music instrument digital
interface." MIDI is a technology that makes creating, playing, or just
learning about music easier and more rewarding. In order to allow for more creativity and innovation, students will
even be able to design their own digital musical instruments.The MIDI Music Technology Lab will also have state-of-the art software that allows students to access their learning at their own
pace. Instructors will have the ability to customize student needs
without compromising the classroom performance experience. The skills learned through the Music Lab and MIDI Technology will serve students well as they progress to higher education and jobs.
The new Music Lab should be in place by the beginning of the next school year!
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Park Academy provides a college preparatory education to students with diverse learning challenges. Specializing in Dyslexia since 2005.
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