Parkmead PALS

PALS school year ends with the always-fun Marsh Creek Picnic!

Congratulations to the PALS Class of 2018! Best of luck wherever your future takes you!

5th Grade PALS Family Celebration Night
There are still a few open volunteer spots for this Wednesday's fifth grade family celebration. This is a great way to pay it forward and see what's in store for when your child is ending 5th grade. Please sign up to help the night of or bring food to the event:
https://www.signupgenius.com/go/60b0a4fa9ae2bab9-5thgrade
Please deliver your dish by 5:30 to the teacher's lounge. Thank you!

Date: 06/06/2018 (Wed.)
Time: 6:00pm - 8:00pm PDT

Please join us as we honor and thank Claudia for her twenty-three years of teaching with PALS. We would like to observe this important event with a school celebration. The PALS teachers will provide beverages. We ask that you bring finger foods or a plate of cookies to share.

If you have a photo of your child or a special memory with Claudia, please bring it so that you can add it to a special memory book for her commemorating our sense of community which has been so special.

Come to PALS Parents Night!
A goal of our program is to create a sense of community in and outside of the classroom. PALS Parents Night is a quarterly gathering to keep parents up to date on PALS information and to create a social event for parents only.

When: Thursday, May 17th, 7 p.m. - 9 p.m.
Where: Parkmead MPR, then Corners Tavern (http://cornerstavern.com/)

There are still spaces available in parent auction parties:
5th Grade Pool Celebration for PCS and PALS.
Dewing Park Swim Club. June 8, 3-6pm.
Parkmead's DJ Dad Alfred Lagaya spinning tunes! Pork sliders, tropical fruit, Hawaiian fried rice, island punch, fun games, and swimming! $25 fundraiser for Parkmead Elementary.
Purchase tickets here:

Parkmead on the Silver Screen 2018 Catalog Parkmead Elementary School of Walnut Creek 2018 Auction Site

Please join us Tuesday, May 8th at 7 pm for our last Parent-Teacher Group meeting of the year. Our agenda will include voting for the new Executive Board for the 2018-2019 school year. Thank you to our current Executive Board for a year of hard work, and thank you to all the parents below that have stepped up to serve our school next year. For anyone else who is interested in joining, nominations will also be accepted from the floor at the meeting.

Reminder: PALS Scrapbook pages are due this Friday!

PALS Scrapbook
Submissions due Friday, May 4

It's time to add the PALS scrapbook to your list of things to do! Creating this scrapbook-style page for (or with) your child should not take too long! Download instructions from the PALS website: https://www.parkmeadpals.org/minutes-resources

There is still time to order a PALS scrapbook - check your email instructions on how to order, if you did not order one at Welcome Back Day.

Email all questions and page submissions to: [email protected]

PALS Scrapbook
Submissions due Friday, May 4

It's time to add the PALS scrapbook to your list of things to do! Creating this scrapbook-style page for (or with) your child should not take too long! Download instructions from the PALS website: https://www.parkmeadpals.org/minutes-resources

There is still time to order a PALS scrapbook - check your email instructions on how to order, if you did not order one at Welcome Back Day.

Email all questions and page submissions to: [email protected]

Join us for a special PARENT NIGHT WORKSHOP with Soul Shoppe this Tuesday, March 27 from 6:30-8:00 pm in the MPR.

Want to know what you can do if your kids get teased or bullied? Have you ever wondered how to help your kids communicate effectively instead of taking their feelings out on their siblings or you, or how to stop challenging behaviors before they start? Soul Shoppe is here to help!
Sign up at the link below:
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/soul-shoppe-parent-night-tickets-44347993041
There will also be a movie night for kids whose parents are attending the Soul Shoppe workshop:
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/movie-night-for-students-whose-parents-are-at-soul-shoppe-tickets-44348186620

Soul Shoppe Parent Night Come join our Soul Shoppe Team to learn the powerful strategies we use at school and implement them with your student at home. ~Sponsored by PERC

Only 24 hours left to bid in the Online Auction! There are still spaces left in parent parties & memberships your family may already be buying, like Dewing Park, WC Little League, and WCSC. Or Fund-A-Need w/a $50 donation to transform the science lab into a collaborative Maker Space for STEM projects!
Bidding ends Sunday at 8pm.
http://parkmeadauction.com

The Parkmead Yearbook Committee is pulling together all photos for the PALS classroom pages, as well as MAGIC, international dance, and PALS Outdoor Ed. So send in your awesome photos - we need those banana slug pics!

Also please send Camp Panther, PEP, and Keyspot pics too. Deadline is April 1st!

Please see images for directions on uploading to Pictavo. Any issues please contact Becky Shank, (email: bpshankATyahoo.com)

www.pictavocommunity.com is the site for uploading your photos. There are folders for each of the school events, as well as individual classrooms. Please be specific when uploading the photos and don't throw them all in one folder.