Greetings Bobcat Families! Our Bobcat Leaders are well on their way to making Quarter 1 a huge success! Today we had our first school wide Buddy Classroom Day for the school year! Students in all grade levels partnered with various classrooms on campus to meet their buddies for the school year. If you are ever looking for a conversation starter with your child, be sure to ask about their buddy classroom experience.

Next week is a busy week for us at Eden Park. Please consider joining us for our first SAC (School Advisory Council) meeting of the school year on September 19th @ 7:30 am in the media center. We will be discussing school data, our school wide goals and initiatives, as well as exciting events we hope to have on our campus throughout this school year.

Finally, we can’t wait to see our Bobcat families at our Curriculum Night on Tuesday, September 19th, from 5:30 – 7:00 pm. Every family that attends our event will receive a ticket for the opportunity to win a variety of raffle prizes! Additionally, all students who attend Curriculum Night will meet their Leadership Wildly Important Goal.

Thank you for supporting your child’s education. If you have any concerns or questions, please reach out to your child’s teacher to schedule an in-person meeting or phone conference. I look forward to seeing you at our Curriculum Night.

Thank you,

Mrs. Anderson

Welcome back, Bobcat Families! My name is Mrs. Combes (Bynum) and I am your new Eden Park Elementary School Counselor.

I can’t thank you enough for the warm welcome as we opened the 2023-2024 school year. I feel very fortunate to be a part of the Eden Park Immokalee community and love to see the kindness and positivity from all of our students.

Getting back to school can be filled with many emotions, excitement, happiness and even anxiety. It’s natural for kids to feel nervous in the first quarter of the school year. Validate their feelings and keep positive. I encourage you to talk to your children about seeing old friends, making new friends, and establishing a strong relationship with their teachers.

I look forward to celebrating positive behavior with our students this year. As students make positive choices, they can receive both individual and class rewards. These rewards include Bobcat Bucks, Bobcat of the Month Award, recognition on the compliment board, Positive Referrals, and participation in the quarterly positive behavior celebrations.

I look forward to seeing you soon and getting to know all of you throughout the school year.

Your School Counselor,

Mrs. Combes (Bynum)

9/22/23- 3rd Grade Field Trip to the Artis

9/25/23 No school for students and teachers

9/26/23- No school for students. Professional Development Day for teachers.

Eden Park Elementary is a Leader in Me school. We learn and use the 7 Habits throughout the day and in our lives.

The goal is to teach ourselves to think before we decide what to do. We can focus on not reacting to other’s behavior, planning ahead, and thinking about the right thing to do using proactive language

The last full week of classes in September is recognized in public schools as Celebrate Freedom Week.

From September 27th - September 29th we would love to see our EPE family dressed in Red, White, and Blue- while still in school uniform.

WHEN

TUESDAY, October 17, 7:30AM

WHERE

3650 WESTCLOX STREET

IMMOKALEE, FL

MORE INFORMATION

Join us in the media center to help make important decisions for our school’s improvement and increased student achievement.

In collaboration with Benison Center, we are excited to enter all community members who attend our SAC meeting into a raffle drawing. We look forward to seeing who will walk out of the meeting with a prize.

The September 19th agenda can be found on our school website under About Us- School Advisory Council (SAC)

Emergency Forms/Procedures for completion: Immediate attention needed. Please complete your child’s Emergency Card information online in the parent portal. Paper copies will be sent home this week as well. New for this year: parents must complete the media center acknowledgement form in order for their child to check out books from the media center. All papers will be returned to your child’s teacher.

https://www.collierschools.com/cms/lib/FL01903251/Centricity/domain/880/tutorials/students/EmergencyInformationFormProcedures_PARENTS.pdf

https://www.collierschools.com/cms/lib/FL01903251/Centricity/domain/880/tutorials/students/EmergencyInformationFormProcedures_PARENTS-SPANISH.pdf

https://www.collierschools.com/cms/lib/FL01903251/Centricity/domain/880/tutorials/students/EmergencyInformationFormProcedures_PARENTS-CREOLE.pdf

All students will be issued and are required to wear a school ID and lanyard while at school. This is part of our school dress code. Students will use badges to sign on to their bus, check out library books, and go through the lunch line. Lost badges may be replaced in the front office for $2.00 cash.

School Board Policies 2266, 3362, and 5517 – Prohibits discrimination or harassment on the basis of race, color, religion, national origin, sex (including sexual orientation and/or gender identity), disability, or age in the provision of educational opportunities or employment opportunities and benefits. The District School Board does not discriminate on the basis of sex or disability in the education programs and activities that it operates, pursuant to the requirements of Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972.

For additional information or to report Title IX or any other discrimination/harassment concerns, contact Ms. Valerie Wenrich, Chief Human Resources Officer/ Title IX Coordinator, at (239) 377-0351, wenriv@collierschools.com or at 5775 Osceola Trail, Naples, Florida 34109.