Colonial Park Weekly News

Dear Colonial Park Families -

It is hard to believe we are one week away from February vacation! Just a reminder, Friday, February 16, is an Early Release Day for all Stoneham Public School students. Our preschool students will be dismissed at 11:40, and students in grades K-4 will be dismissed at 12:00. All Stoneham Public Schools will be closed Monday, February 19 through Friday, February 23 for February vacation.

Valentine's Day is coming up on Wednesday, February 14, and many of our classrooms will participate in a Valentine exchange. Please do not attach food or candy to your child's valentines. Non-food items are definitely fine to provide; however, there is a district-wide policy regarding food being provided or shared with other children. Thank you in advance!

Parent Teacher Conferences for Term 2 will be held on Wednesday, March 6 from 4:00 to 7:00pm and Thursday, March 7 from 1:00 to 4:00pm, and report cards/progress reports will be sent home on Monday, March 4. Teachers will be sending a sign-up schedule for families on Monday, February 26, and parents and guardians will have the option of selecting a virtual or in-person conference.

There will be no Weekly News sent out next Sunday, and our next edition will be on Sunday, February 25. I hope everyone has a wonderful week and a fun, restful February vacation!

Best,

Rosa Flynn

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*Special Joint PTO Meeting -- On Tuesday, February 13 at 6:30 pm, Mr. Ljungberg, Stoneham Schools Superintendent, will meet with the PTOs of Colonial Park, South and Robin Hood. The goals of this meeting are:

1. Clarify the budget situation/review the budget request for SPS and review what needs to happen in order to balance the FY25 budget

2. Explain the methodology and timeline for making reductions

3. Listen to input, feedback, and concerns

4. Answer questions

This meeting will be held at Stoneham Central Middle School Media Center.

*Stoneham Elementary PTOs Family Skate: February 22 from 2:00 - 2:50 pm - Join families from all three Stoneham elementary schools for a fun afternoon of ice skating at Flynn Rink in Medford! Please register as soon as possible; the PTOs have rented the big rink, which can accommodate up to 150 skaters.

***This is NOT a drop off event.*** $5 for one skater or $10 for a family to skate

Registration and payment is required by Thursday 2/15, please fill out the Google form: Skating Google Form (Pay by Venmo @SouthSchoolPTO, cash or check made out to South School PTO sent in to any school)

Skate rentals are $5 per pair at Flynn Rink and are not covered by your registration.

*Trivia Night - The Colonial Park and South School PTOs are hosting an ADULT ONLY Trivia Night on Sunday, 3/3 at Lord Hobo Brewing Company, 5 Draper Street in Woburn from 6:00-10:00 pm. Trivia begins at 6:30pm.

Tickets are $15 each. Food and beverages (including non-beer and non-alcohol options) will be available for purchase. No outside food/drink is allowed. We're looking forward to a fun night of trivia and raffles!

To save your spot for this fun event, please fill out this form. Payment can be sent into school (please note on your payment that it’s for Trivia Night), or submitted through Venmo.

*Colonial Park’s Pizza Chef (New Dates)! Our 4th Annual Pizza Challenge is back in partnership with Pizza Mia! Do you have the best pizza idea? We can't wait to read about your delicious pizza creation!

Fill out this form to enter your pizza creation into our contest! This form will be open until the end of the day, February 20. Voting will begin on February 21 and end on February 26. The winner will be announced on February 27, and will get their very own pizza made by Pizza Mia on February 29! The winner will receive a free pizza (their creation) courtesy of PTO.

Attached please find a message from Mrs. Lapery outlining guidelines to help with deciding when your child should take a day to rest at home. Please reach out to Mrs. Lapery at klapery@stonehamschools.org or 279-3865 with any questions.

Attendance and Illness

Third and fourth grade families, I wanted to share this year's MCAS dates for both Math and English Language Arts. Our students in grades 3 and 4 will be testing on the following days:

ELA

Grade 4: Monday, April 8 and Wednesday, April 10

Grade 3: Tuesday, April 9 and Thursday, April 11

Math

Grade 4: Monday, May 13 and Wednesday, May 15

Grade 3: Tuesday, May 14 and Thursday, May 16