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PARKSIDE ELEMENTARY

MAY 2015

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1 3RD GRADE FIELD TRIP 5TH GRADE POOL PARTY

4-8 MAP TESTING TEACHER APPRECIATION WEEK

5 4TH GRADE FIELD TRIP

8 PACING FOR PARKSIDE

11-15 MAP TESTING GRANDPARENTS/GRANDFRIENDS WK

12 CHORAL ASSEMBLY – 2:30 P.M. ART AND CHORAL FESTIVAL 7:30 P.M.

13-15 SCHOLASTIC BOOK FAIR – BOGO (5/14 EVENING 6:00-8:00 P.M.)

13 YOUNG AUTHOR WINNERS @ NMS 10:00 A.M.

PTL MEETING – 6:30 P.M.

14 MATH 24 COMPETITION @ SERVICE CENTER - 12:00 PM

15 5TH GRADE FIELD TRIP

19 DISTRICT ‘B’ BAND CONCERT @ 7:00 P.M. – SVHS

20 SCHOOL BOARD STUDY SESSION - 7:30 P.M.

21 DISTRICT ‘A’ BAND CONCERT @ 7:00 P.M. SVHS

22 1:15 P.M. EARLY DISMISSAL ELEMENTARY IN-SERVICE

25 MEMORIAL DAY – NO SCHOOL

26 FIELD DAY

27 ‘A’ & ‘B’ BAND ASSEMBLY

SCHOOL BOARD MEETING - 7:30 P.M.

28 GRADE 5 – NMS

29 READING CELEBRATION – 2:30 P.M.

May Calendar

Dear Parents,

Congratulations to our students, teachers and parents on

the recent academic honors that have been awarded to

numerous Parkside Elementary students. Top honors were

awarded to several Parkside Elementary students in

various writing contests that were held throughout

Delaware County. A top honor blue ribbon was also

awarded to the Parkside Elementary Reading Olympics

Team at the Delaware County Reading Olympics

Competition. Kudos to Parkside Elementary students and

staff on exceptional performances!

May is action packed and will kick off with Teacher

Appreciation Week. Additionally this month we celebrate

grandparents and grand friends by inviting them to spend

time at school with their grandchildren - please see the

schedule posted on the Parkside Elementary School

webpage for specific visiting days and hours. The choral

and art festival will also take place this month along with

band concerts, Pacing for Parkside, the book fair, field day

and the reading celebration. This could be the busiest

month yet, so please be sure to check the calendar for

dates and times of each event.

I invite everyone to step out and enjoy the arts this month

at the Parkside Choral and Art Festival that will happen at

Parkside Elementary - songs will fill the air and student

artwork will adorn the halls. The Penn-Delco Elementary

A and B Bands are also scheduled to perform at Sun Valley

High School; this is sure to be an enjoyable evening of

music. The arts are alive and well in Penn-Delco!

Best,

Teresa Ford

Principal

Congratulations Blue Ribbon Readers Congratulations to the Parkside Elementary Reading Olympics Team on earning a blue ribbon at the

Delaware County Reading Olympics Competition held April 27 at Springton Lake Middle School. The

elementary division of the competition included teams of students from schools throughout Delaware

County with each elementary team participating in three rounds of competition. The Reading Olympics

Team was required to read a list of 45 books; students and coaches read the books independently and then

met on Thursday mornings throughout the year to discuss the books and prepare for the competition.

2015 Parkside Elementary Reading Olympics Team Coaches: Mrs. Craley, Mr. Washinko, Mr. Bennett, Mr. Leight

Team: Sammy Dykes, Layla Fagone, Jamira Glynn, Alyssa Hansel, Reaksa Hun,

Andrew Kmett, Mackenzie Lorenski, Gelsey Maina, Kimberly Oxendine,

Allison Walters, Kimora Williams and Emily Woznicki

Congratulations to the students, coaches and teachers of this blue ribbon team!

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Congratulations Winning Writers

Parkside Elementary School recently had 10 winning writers who were awarded top honors in various

writing contests held throughout Delaware County. Parkside Elementary students received top honors in

the following writing contests: Delaware County Young Authors, Delaware County Young Poets,

Aston General Federation of Women’s Club Literature Contest and the American Legion Americanism

Essay Contest. The Delaware County Young Authors and the Delaware County Young Poets winners were

selected from schools across Delaware County. The Aston General Federation of Women’s Club and the

American Legion Essay Contest winners were selected from all public and private schools located within

district boundaries. This is quite an accomplishment for our young writers!

Congratulations to our winning writers and their teachers!

Young Authors Winners Julieta DiIorio – Mr. Bushnell

Jaden Comisiak – Mrs. Irving

Ava Royer – Mrs. Clark

Sophia Coleman – Ms. Cullen

Young Poets Winner Ariana Spence – Mrs. Irving

Aston GFW Winners Sydney Anderson – Ms. Cullen

Kira Buddenhagen – Ms. Cobb

Sophia Coleman – Ms. Cullen

Jenna Owens – Ms. Cobb

American Legion Winner Andrew Kmett – Mrs. Ross

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PSSA FUN Thank you to the Parkside PTL for providing so many fun opportunities for our students throughout the PSSA

testing window. Everything kicked off with a pep rally where students and teachers performed entertaining

skits. Each day of the testing window breakfast was served and drawing prizes were provided by the

Parkside PTL. Thank you to parent volunteers who came in early to cook breakfast and serve our children.

Thank you to the Parkside PTL and parent volunteers for supporting our students!

Lessons in Safety Parkside Elementary was visited by AAA Mid Atlantic’s Foundation for Safety and Education to teach kindergarten through second grade students about the importance of traffic safety. A robot named “Otto the Auto” facilitated safety lessons on wearing seat belts, sitting in the back seat, safe places to play, how to cross the street, bike safety, etc.; Otto is a 3ft. tall remote controlled talking car. The students loved interacting with Otto and learned very important lessons about traffic safety.

Thank you to AAA Mid-Atlantic and Mrs. Danielle Clark for coordinating this safety assembly!

Peter’s Picks for Character

As part of an ongoing positive behavior program at Parkside Elementary, Core Essential character

traits are introduced to students each month at Parkside Elementary during school wide

classroom meetings. The purpose of Core Essentials and other positive behavior initiatives at

Parkside is to ensure a positive school climate for all. The students listed below were selected by

Peter for exhibiting the Core Essential trait of PEACE throughout the previous month. Thank you

to our guidance counselor, Ms. Talbot, for this and other positive behavior projects at Parkside

Elementary.

Marrah Lonnquist ~ Hayden Dougherty

Bria Barrett ~ Aiden Marley

Vincent Carbonara ~ Camiya Mercer-Bristow

Andrew Ricketti ~ Isabella Tinnin

Sean Cummings ~ Ava Hart

Daniyah Neal ~ Breon Barrett

Ava McKnight ~ Jeremy Palmore

John Murphy ~ Sarah Lillis ~ Mia Davis

Ralph DelVacchio ~ Emily Swallow

Lucas Rowley ~ Dahki Neal

Alaina Cummings ~ Maya Harris

Jacob D’Andreamatteo ~ Rachel Reeves

Evan Richardson ~ Layla Fagone

Ray Fitzgerald ~ Julia Parkes

Connor Timmons ~ Kimora Williams

Matt King ~ Jacob Cummings ~ Noah Mason

Hannah Wissinger ~ Leeana Hunt

Gary Kind ~ Kyle Wuebber

Symere Smith-Carter ~ Savanna Hackett

This month Peter will be on the prowl for students exhibiting HONESTY!

Reading Counts The Reading Counts program is a tool used to support independent reading at Parkside Elementary that

allows students to self-select books of interest on their independent reading level and monitor progress.

The amount of independent reading a child does has a direct correlation to vocabulary growth, reading

comprehension, verbal fluency, content knowledge and higher levels of achievement. Independent

reading happens daily at school and is assigned nightly. Reinforcement of reading at home will help to

increase your child’s achievement levels.

Victoria Adeniyi 2,986,527

Alaina Cummings 2,813,160

Rhyuhn Green 1,725,171

Samuel Dykes 1,594,185

Gelsey Maina 1,579,698

Jamira Glynn 1,514,013

Andrew Kmett 1,473,589

Nathan Preston 1,330,396

Sarah Shanahan 1,325,244

Alyssa Hansel 1,202,165

Kimberly Oxendine 1,155,129

Emily Woznicki 1,128,466

Layla Fagone 993,912

Relm Spencer 980,322

Allison Walters 889,847

Nathaniel Sweigart 840,900

Ikon Jones 767,976

Emily Bartholf 744,744

Maya Harris 663,423

Sophia Coleman 658,400

Connor Timmons 626,751

Abigail Doyle 556,592

Thomas Hayden 540,450

John O'Donnell 530,953

Emma Wood 530,690

Roman Glikman 523,860

Dorothy Farrell 517,511

Lacie Gilpin 504,647

Braden Kmett 491,049

Sonia Sok 487,466

Rylee Mrozowski 479,907

Oliver Preston 477,668

Reading Counts at Parkside Elementary!

Peyton Woznicki 466,204

Amelia Schrader 462,492

James Guy 457,221

Michelenea Caruso-Drennen 439,431

Patrick Brees 435,228

Justin Wassel 433,191

Juliette Cummings 419,056

Jonathan Sandoval 418,873

Sophia Lukes 414,195

Emily Swallow 410,208

Joshua Hines 390,148

Elise Butler 387,885

Hayden Brownhill 372,727

Cierra Fornwalt 366,691

Reaksa Hun 359,559

MacKenzie Lorenski 357,676

Gianna Maina 357,524

Ava Schrader 342,145

Emiliana Voloshinov 317,776

Rachel Reeves 287,317

Jeremy Palmore 285,214

Theodore Podberesky 269,849

Lucas Rowley 265,619

Peter Davis 265,019

Emily Laird 261,947

Sarah Powers 261,231

Kimora Williams 246,579

Kira Buddenhagen 238,954

Jaden Dorsey 237,732

Dorian Melrath 233,227

Gary Kind 229,182

Jacob Putt 227,421

Helen Adeniyi 212,124

Jacob D'Andreamatteo 210,361

Todd Harper 209,168

Rachel Murphy 204,170

CONGRATULATIONS

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