Picture Day is a week away. We will be holding our Fall Picture Day on Wednesday, September 19th! Look for more information in your child's backpack on Monday. If you have any questions, please call the school 801-798-4045.

Congratulations to Mrs. Hoffman's 5th Grade class for being our lunchroom winner of the week! Mrs. Hoffman's class showed excellent behavior in the lunchroom last week! Way to go, Leaders!

New this year to Park is the Parent Lighthouse Team. Our purpose is to help parents learn and implement the habits into their homes. Every month we come up with a challenge or activity for students and parents that goes along with the habit that we are working on. For the month of September, we are challenging students to work on Habit 8, Find Your Voice. Our team has recently set up a blog and a YouTube news channel. Each month kids will have the opportunity to apply to be on the Lighthouse News.

Our kindergarten classes had a great first day of school! They went on a scavenger hunt to find the Gingerbread Man. They got clues from a lot of different helpers around the school before they finally found him. This was a really fun way for our new kindergarten students to get a tour of the school and learn different rules and procedures as they searched for their missing cookies. 

We are so excited for our annual W.I.G assembly here at Park Elementary! W.I.G. stands for Wildly Important Goals, and at Park Elementary we have some big goals set for this school year. 

Reading Goal: To have 90% of our students reading at grade level and 100% of our students to make 1 years growth in reading. 

Golden Panther Paws: To have 90% of our students receive at least one Golden Panther Paw this year. 

Attendance Goal: To have 93% of our students on time to school each day.

Our winners for the great lunchroom behavior last week were Ms. Poulson's 3rd Grade class. They were so excited to be the first winners of this school year, and get to sit at the decorated tables. Keep up the great behavior Ms. Poulson's class!

Hi Park Parents!

Because of the fires in the area, we are paying close attention to the air quality. Here is a link that you can click on to find out about our Recess Guidelines regarding air quality. 

http://health.utah.gov/asthma/pdfs/airquality/recessguidance.pdf

Also, you can click on Air Quality at the top of the page to check the air quality in our area.

Thanks!

Do you have a child with special needs?  Does your child have an IEP that you may have questions about or need help with?  If so, please see the attached flyer for free services provided by Heidi Whittaker, a Utah Parent Center Consultant.

Mrs. Hanks will be teaching a resource class this year at Park! We are so excited to have her and welcome her as a Park Panther!

Here is a little about Mrs. Hanks in her own words: