Sylvan Park Paideia Elementary School

The Sylvan Park PTO is hosting our annual Valentine’s Day Candy Grams fundraiser. All proceeds will be donated to teachers for classroom use.
Candy Grams are $1. There is no limit to how many you may buy for friends. They will be handed out on Valentine’s Day. 

There are 3 ways you can purchase Candy Grams:
1. Your homeroom teacher will send home a sheet of Candy Grams in early February with instructions if you’d like to fill them out at home and return the sheet and money to your teacher. 

2. We will email all parents a copy of the Candy Grams printable with instructions. Just print, fill out, and return them with money to your teacher.

3. Candy Grams will also be collected out front of school on Thursday February 9th and Friday February 10th. The 10th will be the last day to purchase.

Payment will be accepted via cash, check made out to Sylvan Park PTO, or Paypal. You can also pay by credit card in person on 2/9 or 2/10 in front of the school.

We’d love for you to help us with a Restart/Refresh January Stock the Lounge.  We hope you will consider helping support our teachers in this way.  Please sign up here!

Find out more about West End Middle School and tour the building on Wednesday, January 25 from 5:30-6:30 p.m.

Wishing everyone a happy and healthy start to 2023!

Our spring clubs include:

Chess Club: contact nashvillechess@gmail.com for registration information

Nature Explorers: Thursdays, March 23-May 18 from dismissal to 5pm for grades 3-5

Registration: https://www.nashvillenatureexplorers.com/sylvan-park-after-school-program

Nashville Soccer United: Meeting on Thursdays; visit www.clubhenry.com for more info

Ukulele Club: meets on Tuesdays, register at www.nashvillesprouts.com

Tennis Club: Wednesdays beginning March 1, register at www.rallycatstennis.com

Marathon Kids starts January 31^st and has a few spots left on Tuesday’s Roster.  Please contact spmarathonkids@gmail.com to sign up. 

This club is designed to encourage a passion for running with additional tips and training by volunteer coaches and parent volunteers.

Share your Panther Pride with incoming families! We are in need of tour guides to give school tours to prospective families. These tours are SUPER important, giving interested families helpful insight into what makes our school a terrific place to be, and gets these families excited to join (and therefore strengthen) our community.

Tours typically happen Tuesdays at 9am. 1 hour time commitment per tour. Training will be provided. Contact Ruth Butler, ruthabutler@gmail.com, for more information. Most of our previous tour guide families have moved onto middle school – please consider helping if you are able!

We are kicking off the second semester with our third school-wide seminar!  All students will participate in a seminar using the book What the Road Said by Cleo Wade between January 9th-20th.  During this seminar, students will discuss the ideas and values of leadership, grace, compassion, adaptability, and perseverance.  Our post-seminar writing activity will ask students to give advice on how they would handle different circumstances and questions expressed in the book.  Ask your child about this exciting and engaging learning experience. 

Lost and Found items will be set up by the PNA pickup this week and by the cafeteria during today’s parent lunch. All items that are outside on the playground will remain outside, as they are very wet. Please look through all Lost and Found areas for anything your child may be missing – whatever is left after this Friday will be donated or thrown away.

We hope everyone has a great holiday! The PTO newsletter will be back on Tuesday, January 10th.

We will announce offerings and registration for our 2023 After School Clubs after winter break. Please be on the lookout for more information in January!

Here are the thankful hands that the students created after our November School Wide Paideia Seminar which emphasized the values of kindness, strength, acceptance, and compassion. The hands are “thankful for your kindness” hands and the students wrote out people who they are thankful for. 

12/16 is the last school day of the semester and is a half day for students. PNA is open for before care but not after care. We will see everyone again on January 9th!

All Sylvan Park families are welcome to join the 3rd Grade Performance on Thursday, December 15th. This event will be in lieu of the holiday singalongs the school has done in the past. 

On December 10 , MNPS will host a hiring event for the newly created Safety Ambassador positions who will be assigned to district elementary schools. Safety Ambassadors will directly support the safety of students and staff as well as assist with safety drills.

Compensation will start at $18.58/hour. The event will be held from 9:00 a.m. through noon at the MNPS Wellness Center, located at 2694 Fessey Court. Please share with your parent organizations, community partners and others.