THE CHARACTER THEME FOR SEPTEMBER IS CITIZENSHIP
"A nation, as a society, forms a moral person, and every member of it is personally responsible for his society."
-- Thomas Jefferson, Founding Father and third U.S. president (1743-1826)
Do your share to make your school and community better
- Cooperate
- Get involved in community affairs
- Stay informed; vote
- Be a good neighbor
- Obey laws and rules
- Respect authority
- Protect the environment
Citizenship: Purple - as in the regal purple representing the state
BACK TO SCHOOL NIGHT
Thank you for attending Back to School Night. Parkmead is lucky to have such amazing parent support and involvement.
CALIFORNIA COMMON CORE STATE STANDARDS
One of our two goals this year as a staff is to begin to implement the new California Common Core State Standards. We are focusing on three major shifts from the previous standards:
- Informational Text: deeply engage students in Informational Text (non-fiction)
- Text Dependent Questions: having students answer and ask questions that require evidence from the text(s) being read.
- Text Complexity: working with students text that is complex in its syntax, vocabulary and/or themes. This is called Text Complexity
On September 18th from 7:00 to 8:00 (after the PTO/PTA joint meeting) we will have a California Common Core State Standards parent education night at Parkmead. This will be a District night that will include parents from Walnut Heights and Indian Valley.
TRAFFIC - Volunteers Needed
Our amazing parent traffic volunteers help keep traffic moving and our students safe. We need volunteers for Tuesday and Thursday mornings from 7:55-8:15. Email Ron Harrison (rharry33@yahoo.com) if you are interested in helping.
Azalea Circle Drop-Off and Pick-up
- No Parking in staff spots and handicapped (with out an appropriate placard)
- No Parking around the circle
- Drop-off = PCS K ONLY (Rooms 1, 2 and 25)
- Pick-up = PALS I, II, and III and PCS Rooms 4 and 5
Newell Drop-off and Pick-up
- Stay in car
- No Parking in staff spots and handicapped (with out an appropriate placard)
- No Parking in drop-off and pick-up areas (7:55-8:30 and 2:05-2:50)
- Drop-off = PCS 1st-5th (including 1st from Room 25), PALS I, II, and III
- Pick-up = PCS 1st-5th, PALS and Room 25 K
ADDITIONAL CLASSROOM OPENING TODAY
Due to large enrollment in kindergarten and first grade we opened a new kindergarten/first grade combination class in Room 25. This allowed us to bring any students redirected to other schools back to Parkmead. We were also able to bring the class sizes down in both kindergarten and first grade. Stacey Freeman, a former K/1 teacher and current Walnut Creek School District instructional coach, will be teaching the class until we can hire a teacher. We are so excited to have this new classroom at Parkmead. Thank you to all the staff members who worked hard to make Room 25 ready and inviting!
DATE CHANGE
The room parent meeting is moved from Monday, 9/9 to 8:30 to Thursday, 9/12 at 8:30.
We moved this date because of PICTURE DAY ON 9/9!
Chris Reddam - Parkmead Principal
