Valerie Cordero

Cub Scout Pack 17 invites boys and girls, Kindergarten through 4th grade, to learn about what it means to be a Scout.  If you are interested, contact Cubmaster Michael Friddell at michael.dr@friddell.net or 615-330-8677

Mrs. Calverley has created several how-to videos to help parents with Schoology. Check them out!

How-To Videos on Weebly

At-Home Yoga & Craft Kits – Since students will be at home and parents might need extended working hours, Habitat Yoga created 2 different series to keep kids occupied, having fun, and learning — 1) Yoga + My 5 Senses for PreK-3rd Grade and 2) Yoga + the Galaxy for Kind-4th Grade.

Each series comes with 5 recorded yoga classes that each student can do at home (via Youtube) and 5 craft projects with a video of a teacher leading them through the instructions. The craft kit includes everything the student will need for all of these activities (except for a few basics, like scissors and coloring utensils). All of these yoga + craft classes can be done on their own time and at their own pace, whenever families need a more structured entertaining activity!
These kits are priced at $150 per student, which includes all supplies and 10 activities (45 mins each)
http://www.habitatyoga.com/athome-yoga-craft-kits

Sylvan Park Elementary Hybrid Chess Club Registration

Option #1 – Meals 

Currently Nutrition Services is serving breakfast and lunch at ALL schools and at bus stops. For information on CEP and non-CEP schools go here. Additional information including bus route information can be found here

Option #2 – Food boxes 

Families can pick-up food boxes from sites found in the Meals tab at this link.  (middle of the page)

Option #3 – Text Feeds to 797979 for other food distribution sites in Nashville

Our school sign has been vandalized multiple times over the past few months. Ms. Goetz has asked for our help so that she can continue to put messages to our community on the sign. PTO received several quotes for locking Vandal Covers but they are cost-prohibitive at this time. If anyone in our community has connections to a commercial sign company or experience with security camera options and installation, please contact the PTO at PTO.spark@gmail.com. 

Curbside pick-up of instructional materials is today, Tuesday (8/18). These resources are critical to your child’s curriculum. K-4 will be receiving workbooks that go along with the virtual curriculum, a stack of paper math manipulatives, AND the first weeks of school forms to be completed. K-2 will also receive books that supplement their learning sessions. Please be sure to come by Sylvan Park Tuesday to get your materials. 

To help control the flow, K-2 will pick up in the back parking lot and 3rd-4th grades will pick up at the front of the school. Last names A-M will come from 3-4pm. Last names N-Z will come between 4-5pm. We look forward to seeing you!

Join Sylvan Park staff and PTO for Virtual Open House Tuesday at 6pm! We will begin all together with introductory remarks from Ms. Goetz and PTO, then break out into grade-level meetings. Use the hyperlinked agenda sent by Ms. Goetz and posted to https://sylvanparkpdc.weebly.com/ to access the meeting.

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Did you know that TennCare Kids and CoverKids physical checkups are FREE? These checkups keep children healthy and can prevent illness or disability.  For these reasons, they are very important!

Children should visit their dentist every 6 months. If your child is enrolled in TennCare Kids or CoverKids, dental checkups are also free.

Visit tenncareconnect.tn.gov to apply online or call 1-855-259-0701 to apply by phone.

Telehealth is available for our students!  Well Child is the district-approved vendor who normally offers well exams every year in schools.  Due to COVID-19, they have recently expanded their services to include in-home virtual visits.  Additionally, Well Child is now able to send electronic prescriptions when needed for treatment of minor and acute illnesses.  Well Child Telehealth may be used for:

• Annual well exams
• Minor/acute illness or medical care.

See the flyers below for more information.

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Download the Well Child Telehealth Flyer.

Download the Well Child Telehealth Fact Sheet.

Use the Sylvan Park Weebly site to find weekly schedules for all grade levels, contact information for teachers and staff, a helpful tutorial for logging into Clever and Schoology, and information on school meals. This will be a helpful site for parents and students to bookmark.

https://sylvanparkpdc.weebly.com/

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Thanks to all the Panthers and Panther parents for posting photos from the first day of school!

Are you looking for information about meals? Click this link to read about picking up meals at the school, paying with MySchoolBucks, pick up times (11:30am-12:30pm for elementary school families), and free and reduced lunch forms: https://www.mnps.org/playbook-meals.

What can I expect this first week of school? Your teacher will be contacting you to get to know you better. Whether it be whole class or 1:1 sessions, keep an eye out for communication from your homeroom teacher.

Additionally, schedules are posted in the Playbook for students to engage in optional, nonacademic activities during the first week of school. Students can participate if they are not otherwise engaged in a conflicting school-based activity at the same time. Schedules are in the ‘First Few Weeks of School’ section of the Parent Playbook here: https://www.mnps.org/first-weeks-of-school-elem

Show your panther pride this Tuesday, August 4^th on social media! Post a back to school picture of your student in their panther gear. You can tag Sylvan Park PTO on Facebook and Instagram and use the hashtag #sylvanparkbacktoschool2020.

We can’t wait to see all the familiar faces from our school community!