Sylvan Park Paideia Elementary School

Register at  https://mnps.schoolcashonline.com/ to pay for your children’s school activity fees online.

We made it! $64,000! Yes, that’s up from our letter in student folders! We have so much to be proud of and we can’t say thanks enough to this community, both here in Nashville and extended, for helping us meet this goal. We are so excited to spoil our teachers, bring some incredible experiences to our Panthers, and make sure each and every student has an incredible rest of the year.

Peek at the sponsors on the back of the Fun Run t-shirts and on the magnets and go support them. And again, to all of you, thank you.

Keep an eye out for a special edition Fun Run newsletter coming soon! And give your kids a big high five from the Fun Run crew. They rocked it!

Our Scholastic Book Fair is this week, November 14-18. We are looking for a few more volunteers each morning to help kids shop, as well as volunteers to assist with clean up. Please sign up to help here.

Decorate a fake pumpkin as any character from a book and bring it to the library for display!

If you would like to purchase an extra Fun Run t-shirt, sizes for adults and children are available on the Spirit Wear website until the end of October.

Thank you to Sylvan Park neighbor, Indro de Bock of eXpRealty, and his business partner, Jenn Otto, for hosting a fun community event at Richland Park! Attendees brought school supplies benefitting Sylvan Park Elementary and Park Avenue Elementary.

If you or someone you know has moderate technical experience and is willing to help, please reach out to emily.cutler@gmail.com. Thank you for your consideration!

There will be no PTO newsletter over Fall Break. We’ll see you back at school on Monday, October 17 and our newsletter will be back in your inbox on Tuesday, October 18. Have a great fall break, Panthers!

Save the Date for Trunk or Treat in the school parking lot on Thursday, October 27th from 5:30-7:00 (note the time change!). We need your help to make this event a success! Please send in 1-2 large bags of candy to your child’s teacher as soon as you are able. This event is for our entire school community – siblings included – and we go through a lot of candy. Please also consider signing up here to help with set up, clean up, or crowd control. Thanks so much for your help!

Calling all 5th grade parents! Join us in the library on Tuesday, 10/25 at 8:15am for coffee and conversation to learn more about West End Middle School from their principal, Mr. Stephens.

We know, we know, this is the 500th post about donating to the Fun Run. But this is it – the final countdown! For those of you who donated already, thank you! For those of you who donated a second time, thank you! For those of you who reached out to family and friends, thank you! And if you haven’t, now’s the time!  From the hardship fund to learning experiences to getting teachers the things they need to creating an environment where our students do their best work – this funding makes all the difference. We sure do love our community and appreciate anything you can do.  Every dollar counts! Go Panthers!

Let’s finish our Fun Run Campaign strong – we’ve only got a little over one week to go! Among other things, your dollars will assist other Panthers through our hardship fund, so let’s help each other out! Individual donations last week ranged from $5 to $1000 and every one of your donations helps contribute to our community.  If you haven’t donated yet, click here.  EVERY. DOLLAR. MATTERS.  We’re already getting excited about some experiences we can bring to our Sylvan park Panthers and if you have ideas on educational opportunities we could bring to Sylvan Park, please email pto.spark.fundraising@gmail.com

Please meet at the front of the school at 7:45a.m. next Wednesday, October 5 for light refreshments!

• Walkers follow normal drop off
• Car riders are encouraged to park a few blocks away and walk in the front entrance
• Bus riders will be dropped off around the corner and walked in by Coach Scott

Happy Spirit Week, Panthers! Post your pictures of your Panther in their Spirit Week Attire and give us a shout out! #SPSpiritWeek

Monday: Character Day

Tuesday: Wacky Tacky Day

Wednesday: Community Helper Day

Thursday: Fun Run!

Friday: No School

If you’d like to cheer on your student at the Fun Run on Thursday, October 6th, please sign in at the back playground. Have some extra time to help with set up, clean up, handing out popsicles, or cheering on kids for another grade?  Email pto.spark.fundraising@gmail.com for the time that you’d be willing to help volunteer! Students will run during their related arts times listed below:

K: 12:30-1:30

1st: 10:00-11:00

2nd: 11:00-12:00

3rd: 9:00-10:00

4th: 1:45-2:45

5th: 1:45-2:45