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Community
Beach Park School Newsletter
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Important Dates
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Above: Noor completing the United States puzzle map
Monday, January 20 - Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Day
School Closed
Wednesday, January 29, 7pm - Auction Planning Meeting
Carmen & Gil Gonzalez's home
4519 W North B Street
Monday, February 17 - Staff Planning Day, School Closed
Wednesday, February 19 - Moving Up Meetings (See Office
Notes below)
Tuesday, February 25 - Friday, February 28 -
Standardized Testing - New Dates
(See Office Notes below)
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Students in Lower Elementary at work
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Beach Park Website
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Auction Planning
Kick-off
"Wonders of India"
is the theme
for Beach Park School's
13th Annual Spring Auction being held on Saturday, April 5th at St. Mary's Hall.
This is our big party of the year, as well as our major fundraiser. Last year, we raised $44,500 in support of the school.
Come get involved in the planning at the first auction meeting on Wednesday, January 29, at
7 pm at the home of Carmen & Gil Gonzalez, 4519 North B Street.
Please RSVP to admin@beachparkschool.org if you will attend.
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Primary
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Presley concentrating on the complex bead chain pyramid
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It's been a cold week for all of our Florida children.
Our classes have continued to enjoy our winter themed works. We have been push pinning snowflakes, counting snowflakes, cutting snowflakes, tracing snowflakes, and more. We have been learning about arctic animals and the parts of the snowman as well. In the morning and after play time we have been focusing on learning to hang our coats independently and care of self. Remember to label coats and all belongings with your child's name!
This week we have introduced our new cultural study unit. We are going to be learning about Australia and Aboriginal culture. The children have been really curious about these indigenous people and the way they live. They are also very excited to learn more about the interesting animals of Australia. We look forward to sharing more about our unit as we progress.
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Lower Elementary
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Jayen paints his dragon at the Art Studio
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Brrrrr! It's cold outside! But that doesn't keep the Lower Elementary down. We have been busy, busy, busy. The children started their semester with yoga on Tuesday. Miss Shana will being working with the children every week for six weeks. We will be focusing on breathing and relaxing and learning how to calm ourselves. We will also continue our studies at the Hubert Art Center one day a week.
This week we focused on Reverend Martin Luther King, Jr. We read the book, The Life of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. by Walter Dean Myers. The children are always amazed that not long ago, blacks and whites could not even sit in the same section of a bus. We discussed segregation and how that would feel today. The children had great questions and observations to share. It always makes me so proud when I hear our young students talk about equality and justice. They have a far greater understanding of the subject than one might think.
Our studies of Ancient China lead us to talk about the Sons of Heaven. The Ancient Chinese people called their emperors "Sons of Heaven," because they believed the leaders were chosen by the gods. Emperors had many wives and many children. When an emperor died, his eldest son usually became emperor. Some Chinese dynasties lasted for hundreds of years. Emperors were China's supreme political, military and religious leaders.
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Upper Elementary
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Upper Elementary & Middle School have found a new favorite game - crossover dodge ball
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We continued reading "The Story of the World" and learned about Phoenician traders, the first Library of Nineveh, Nebuchadnezzar and the Hanging Gardens of Babylon. Next, we'll begin the study of Ancient Greece by learning about life in early Crete.
We have begun studying Aesop's fables and learning to write a fable with a moral. Some students have also been writing Haiku poetry.
On Tuesday, we began a Yoga class for PE. The students used their bodies to create various animal dances. Then, they had a "Free dance" period followed by a calming and relaxing ending to the class.
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Middle School
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This week Middle School had their first Fed Ex day on Friday. Fed Ex is a three hour period in which you start and complete a project of your choice.
Middle school started their next P.E. unit, yoga, which is very exciting. The 8th graders had a math test on Thursday, and all of Middle School had a year book meeting, where we worked on the year book write ups.
This week has been full of new and exciting events.
by Julia Parrino and Andrew Like
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Spanish
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LOWER ELEMENTARY: It was a week of emotions related vocabulary and also weather expressions. We acted out how to show emotions such as, "I am sad, happy, tired, sleepy" etc. We also practiced and demonstrated how to be cold, hot, wet, snowed on, and being in a tornado, hurricane and cyclone! It was a super active week and we wrapped up with drawings about the lessons.
UPPER ELEMENTARY: Our unit for the week was Sports. We listed 20 different sports in Spanish, used the vocabulary in complete oral sentences and wrote a few words about our favorite sport and why we like it. As a class project each student designed and cut a jersey out of cardboard to represent his or her team and a logo with a short description. I know Super Bowl is a week away!
MIDDLE SCHOOL: We literally had a "fantastic" week! Our topic was fairy tales, their elements, key words and characters. Some of the stories we explored were "The Little Mermaid", "Sleeping Beauty", "Snow White", "Puss and Boots", "Little Red Riding Hood", and "Aladdin", among others. Each student then wrote an original short fairy tale and shared it with the rest of the class. What a way to l  earn a foreign language!
TRIVIA FACT: Boa constrictors have no fangs, no venom, but are very effective killers. Suspended from branches in Central and South American forests, they ambush unsuspecting animals that become their prey. Boa constrictors give birth to live young that are fully developed and ready to go within minutes.
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Office Notes
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Re-Enrollment
Next week you will receive your re-enrollment message inviting you to reserve your child's space for the next academic year. You will have until February 21st to re-enroll with the assurance that there will be a space for your child in 2014-2015. A response and tuition deposit will be requested. Watch for your re-enrollment message.
Information for Parents: Moving Up Meetings
For students who are in the third year of their class (Kindergarten, 3rd Year in Lower Elementary and 6th Year in Upper Elementary), the next year will bring a change in classroom and teachers.
On Wednesday, February 19th, "Moving Up" meetings will be held simultaneously in the evening to inform parents about the goals and curriculum of their child's next class. Although of greatest interest to parents of children who will be moving up in the following year, these meetings are open for interested parents of any age child.
Please mark your calendar now and plan to attend. Child care will be provided.
Girl Scout Cookies
Two order forms await you in the office for Girl Scout cookies - one for the Daisy Troop comprised of BPS students and one from Middle Schooler and longtime Girl Scout, Erin Melvin. Stop in and make sure you get your favorite Girl Scout cookies when they are distributed in a few weeks.
Standardized Testing
The annual Standardized Testing is for students in 3rd grade and up. The school calendar originally showed February 4-7 as the testing dates. The testing is being rescheduled for February 25-28.
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4200 W. North A Street · Tampa, FL 33609 · Ph: 813-289-3747 · Fax: 813-286-7307
admin@beachparkschool.org
Beach Park School does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, gender, religion, disability, sexual orientation, age, national or ethnic origin.
 
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