We have some new faces at Park Elementary School for the 2011-12 school year.  We would like to welcome Miss Lindsee Brice and Michelle Hartman to the second grade team.  We welcome Mrs. Sarah Sumsion and Mrs. Aprel Mendenhall to our sixth grade team.  We hope they will be happy here at Park School.  We are glad they are here and know that they will add strength to our faculty.

The month of May brough out sprinters, long jumpers and long distance runners as the Spanish Fork City Recreation Department sponsored the annual Hershey Track Meet.  The majority of the Park Elementary School students from grades 3-6 participated in this event.  The weather went from cold, to cold and damp, to beautiful depending on what day your grade level was assigned.  Despite the weather conditions all who participated tried their best and had fun.  Congratulations to all who won!  (Pictures are from the 4th grade meet)

Mrs. Shauna Hatch recieved the Outstanding Classified Employee of the Year for Park School.  On May 16, 2011 Craig Harvey of Horace Mann presented Mrs. Hatch with a certificate and some goodies representing how the staff at Park School feels about this great lady.  Mrs. Hatch was originally hired as a Title I technician and now she is also an office assistant secretary. Mrs. Hatch is one of the nicest people here at Park School.  She is a breath of fresh air.  She is always positive, understanding and willing to lend a listening ear.  Mrs.

The Fourth Grade students at Park visited the Alf Engen Ski Museum and Olympic Park just outside Park City on April 22, 2011.  We learned more about the importance of snow to the economy of Utah and the importance of the snow pack to our water supply for the residents of Utah.  We learned that after the silver mines closed in Park City the snow became white gold, by bringing in tourists that wanted to ski.  The students got to see where athletes practice aerial ski jumps in the summer by going off ramps into a swimming pool.  We went to the top of the bobsled run and had