Deer Park Elementary PTA

📚✨ Calling Our Community for Support! ✨📚

Due to budget cuts this year, our school will unfortunately be unable to provide the Sunshine State Readers for classrooms next year. These books are such an important part of our students’ learning and reading joy, and we’re hoping our amazing community can help us bridge this gap!

We’re looking for individuals, families, or businesses who would be willing to sponsor a classroom or a reading pod by helping purchase these books. Every contribution—big or small—makes a meaningful difference for our students.
If you’ve ever wanted to directly impact young readers and support education, this is a wonderful opportunity to get involved! 💙📖

Who can help sponsor a class or pod? Please reach out or comment below—we would love to partner with you!

Let’s come together and keep the love of reading strong for our students! 💫

📚✨ Help Our Deer Park Bucks Keep Reading Strong! ✨📚
At Deer Park Elementary, we have always been focused on strong foundations—because we know that reading is fundamental to student success. One of the ways we support this is by purchasing Sunshine State Young Readers Award (SSYRA) books each year for our students.
✅ We provide each intermediate classroom with a SSS set (one per 3–5 classroom)
✅ We provide each primary pod with a set (shared across the team)
Note: In our primary grades, these books are often used as class read-a-louds, as some titles are above students’ independent reading levels—ensuring all students can experience rich, engaging texts.
💡 Why this matters: Reading common books across classrooms allows us to:
Build a shared, schoolwide reading culture
Engage students in meaningful, standards-aligned discussions
Strengthen comprehension, vocabulary, and critical thinking skills
Increase student engagement with high-interest texts
Create excitement and connection around reading across grade levels
🎉 Incentive Alert:
Intermediate students who read all 15 SSYRA books are invited to a special end-of-year celebration party
Primary classes that read all 15 SSYRA books together will earn a fun ice cream party during their lunch time! 🍦
💰 This year, we are reaching out to our community for support for this supplemental program that we do as a school.
We are seeking businesses, partners, and individuals who would like to help sponsor our students’ access to books.
💵 Sponsorship Opportunities:
Sponsor all SSYRA books for the whole school: $1,970.56
Sponsor one intermediate classroom set: $143.35 (10 sets needed)
Sponsor one primary pod set: $179.02 (3 sets needed)
🌟 All sponsors will be recognized!
Your name (or business) will be displayed on the book baskets in each classroom, and we will proudly share your support with our Deer Park community, so everyone knows who is investing in our students.
📖 How to Help:
Contact school administration, OR
Purchase directly through Rycor
Every contribution—big or small—helps us continue building strong readers and a strong future for our Deer Park Bucks. Next year, our schools’ theme will be camping theme with the slogan “Learning is an Adventure.” We want to ensure that reading is the easiest and most exciting way to take an adventure, so please help us by supporting our students!🦌💙

It is almost time for our last day of Kona Ice here at Deer Park Elementary School. Please make sure you pre-order, there will be no day of orders allowed.

🍧🍧🍧🍧 Mark your calendars May 20th is the day!!!!

🌈🍧 Final Kona Ice Day of the Year! 🍧🌈

Don’t miss your last chance to enjoy Kona Ice before the school year ends! 🎉

📅 Wednesday, 5/20
🕚 Order deadline: 11:00 PM on 5/19

Be sure to place your order ahead of time so your student can enjoy a cool treat with their friends! ☀️💙 Orders/cash cannot be accepted the day of the event.

👉 Don’t wait—get your order in today!

📣 Show Your Spirit (and Save!)

Now’s the perfect time to snag some awesome spiritwear at great prices!
✔️ Be ready for next year
✔️ Surprise a teacher with a thoughtful end‑of‑year gift
✔️ Support your school in style

🛍️ Shop this week while the deals are hot!

http://www.deerparkschoolspiritwear.com/

🎉 Giveaway Winners! 🎉

Congratulations to our lucky winners—we hope you enjoy your baskets and have an amazing summer! ☀️🧺

A heartfelt thank you to our incredible staff for everything you do each day to make Deer Park such a wonderful place to learn, grow, and have fun.

We appreciate you more than words can say! 💙

💙 Staff Appreciation Week Thank You! 💙

A huge thank you to everyone who helped make our Staff Appreciation celebration so special!

Special shoutouts to:

✨ Pit Boss Bar-B-Q & Pub for donating gift certificates for our Dinner and a Movie giveaway

✨Cotee River Massage and Skincare for the generous spa basket, including a gift certificate for a free massage!

✨ Cub Scouts - The Great Pack 7 for donating many of the snacks for our Friday breakfast cart

✨ Travelin' Tom's Coffee of New Port Richey for coming early in the morning and serving up delicious coffee and beverages with quick and friendly service!

✨Chicken Salad Chick for being up extra early to make a delicious lunch for our staff

And thank you to all the amazing parents and families who contributed to the baskets and breakfast as well!

We truly could not have made this happen without your generosity and support. 💐

Deer Park Families------Don't miss the final visit from Kona Ice this school year......... Must pre pay- NO PURCHASES DAY OF ALLOWED......use QR code below to prepay. Lets make this the best day ever!!!!!!

Hey DPES Families- we have a great night planned on May 16th at BayCare Ballpark located on Old Coachman Rd.

Please see the attached Threshers Baseball flier for the upcoming game night on Saturday, May 16th. Tickets are $20/person- 4 & under free but must pay by using QR code on flier by Monday, May 11. Tickets can be picked up at the West Ticket Office Window #2.

It's a good deal with all you can eat/drink (non-alcoholic) included from 5:30-8 p.m.!!

Star Wars Night with post game Fireworks 🎆🎆🎆.

Hope to see you all there!!!

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