Sylvan Park Paideia Elementary School

Join Ms. Goetz at her quarterly check-in via Zoom this Friday, September 9 from 8:15-8:45 a.m. Find the Zoom link at sylvanparkschool.org or click here.

Sign up here to bring something fun to stock the lounge for our teachers and staff. Items can be dropped off at the front office on Thursday, September 8. Thanks for helping us show our incredible Sylvan Park staff how much we appreciate them!

Donate to our Fun Run today! The class with the most money raised this week will get a popsicle party – woohoo!

Registration for after school clubs is open through the end of today. If you haven’t already, be sure to check out the special clubs edition newsletter from Friday or scroll down our website feed a bit at sylvanparkschool.org to find out more about our club offerings and how to register.

The Ukulele Sprouts Club introduces all of the fundamentals of the playing of stringed instruments using the best kids’ instrument ever – the ukulele!
In Ukulele Sprouts we use original songs that were created on the uke to add essential motor skills seamlessly, one by one. We teach by ear which we believe is the most natural way to learn music, so there is no practice book necessary – all you need is your ukulele! ++ We design the classes to move quickly from one exercise to the next so students remain engaged while building skills, and we have them playing multiple chords and songs in a matter of weeks!This class is an effortless way to become musically fluent in a short amount of time, and your kiddos will be able to continue on ukulele or move over to guitar, fiddle, or bass or banjo with ease.

Appropriate for beginners ages 5-10++ – Promo code for 10% off of a Kala brand Ukulele provided after registration!
Ukulele Club meets on Tuesdays from 3pm-4pm. Register here: https://nashvillesprouts.com/products/fall2022sylvanpark

This club will lead children outside, to explore Richland Creek Greenway, the surrounding woods, and creek! Teachers will meet children at school, and the club will walk together over to the greenway. Parents will pick up at the Greenway Trailhead at 5pm, or teachers will walk children who are staying in after care back to school. Register here:

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

Sign up for Rally Cats Tennis Club at https://rallycatstennis.com/sylvan-park-rally-cats-club/

Girl Scout Troop 672 is a multi-level troop: Daisies (K-1), Brownies (2-3), Juniors (4-5). Our all-troop meetings will be on the first Thursday of each school month from 6:00p-7:30p, plus several additional opportunities for activities, trips and break-out grade level meetings each semester. And of course, as our yearly big fundraiser for all our fun, we sell everyone’s favorite COOKIES! Cost for participation in the 2022-23 school year is $90 ($25 Girl Scouts of Middle TN registration, $25 troop snack fee, $40 uniform). Interested families can email us at sylvanparkgirlscouts672@gmail.com and we will respond with the registration link and be happy to answer any additional questions.

Open House is TONIGHT, August 23. Parents/ guardians will report directly to the classroom. We will host two sessions, 6p-6:30p and 6:35p-7:05p. Both sessions will be the same so families with more than one child or more than one teacher can meet each teacher (if you have more than 2 children at SP or more then 2 teachers- 5th grade- please make arrangements with the teacher to get the information that you need).

Open House is intended for parents, not students. We WILL have childcare for potty-trained children age 3 and older (just bring your child to the gym) during Open House so that you can focus on the information being shared. Please sign up here for child care so that we can make appropriate plan.

Calling all grandparents and special caregivers! Join us Thursday, September 1st to celebrate your student(s) in front of the school. The event will start at 7:30am and the PTO will provide light refreshments. We hope to see you there!

Thank you for helping us welcome back our teachers with a snack bar! It was a great first week and we appreciate all our wonderful teachers, staff, and parents!

Are you looking for a rewarding way to be involved at Sylvan Park? The PTO needs a Home
Room Parent (HRP) for each classroom. HRPs, a tradition at Sylvan Park, serve as a liaison between teachers, parents, and the PTO board. Please consider volunteering for this most rewarding role for your child’s classroom this year! Email Blair Gunn at blair.r.gunn@gmail.com if interested.

We are so grateful for the parents and students who rolled up their sleeves for Parent Work Days this past weekend and helped get our classrooms looking fabulous!