Dear Naples Park Families,
The 2024/2025 school year at Naples Park Elementary School is off to a great start. I want to personally thank the community for a few things as the school Principal. First, thank you for having our Shark Students so ready for school. The students are back, working hard, happy, and modeling great leadership. Second, kudos to our students, staff, and the community for the hard work and effort on the Florida Standardized Assessments last year. We had amazing accomplishments, and all involved should be very proud of it. Thirdly, thank you for the amazing support you continue to show our school and staff. It is so great to work alongside such support.
Our theme this year, Naples Park Superheroes, will help our students and staff continue to work towards our goals. We plan to have a lot of fun as we dig deep into our academics, while building positive relationships.
As you all already know, and now I know it too, it is good to be a Naples Park Shark.
Stephanie Jonas
Principal
Hello Amazing Families,
We will begin our first round of state testing (PM1) this week and testing will take place over the next few weeks. Students will be participating in the FAST State Assessment. Naples Park Elementary will observe a closed campus on state testing days. Visitors and volunteers will not be able to visit on these dates. This includes visiting your child for lunch. Thank you in advance for your cooperation and understanding.
Dates for Closed Campus: September 10th, 11th, 24th & 25th
Testing Schedule
September 10th- KG, 1st and 2nd Grade FAST Math
September 11th- 3rd, 4th and 5th Grade FAST Math
September 24th- KG, 1st and 2nd Grade FAST Reading
September 25th- 3rd, 4th and 5th Grade FAST Reading
On Testing Days:
1. Make sure your child is on time for school. They should be well rested and have eaten a good breakfast or arrive with time to eat breakfast at school. Testing starts promptly at 8:30am.
2. If your child is feeling ill, please keep him/her home.
3. It is important that all students be at school all day. Please avoid doctors appointments and picking up your child early on these days.
Below, you will find the testing parent letter that was sent home last week in your child's blue folder.
Thank you and as always, please reach out if you have any questions.
Mrs. Summers
377-7702
- September 10th- SAC Meeting at 7:45am
- September 10th - KG- 2nd PM1 Math Testing
- September 11th- 3rd-5th PM1 Math Testing
- September 16th- Fall Picture Day
- September 16th- 20th- Fall Book Fair
- September 17th- Parent Curriculum Night (PK-2nd is 4:30-5:15pm, Title I Information is 5:15-5:45pm in Cafe & 3rd-5th is 5:45-6:30pm)
- September 18th- Early Release Day- Dismissal at 11:50am
- September 24th- KG-2nd PM1 Reading Testing
- September 25th- 3rd-5th PM1 Reading Testing
- October 1st- PTO Meeting 5:30pm
- Picture Day is on Monday, September 16th.
- Students should dress their best wearing school appropriate clothing along with closed toe shoes.
- Picture day order forms were sent home last week. You can also order online at leonards.com/photoprepay. Access code is C662753.
- Spirit shirts are still available for $15.00.
- Please order online by September 30th.
- https://my.cheddarup.com/c/naples-park-elementary-school-spirit-shirts-copy/items?cart
You will login to the CCPS Portal to access FOCUS to review and update your child's emergency and health information for the current school year. Directions to access forms are below and you can get to the CCPS Portal by clicking on this link: https://origin.collierschools.com/app/Portal
IT HAS BEEN A PLEASURE GETTING TO KNOW OUR NEW SHARKS AND WELCOMING BACK OUR TALLER SHARKS!
IF YOU HAVE NOT COMPLETED YOUR LUNCH APPLICATION PLEASE APPLY ASAP!
Go to https://www.myschoolapps.com/Home/PickDistrict.
Please take the time to complete this application even if you do not think your family will qualify. The number of applications completed helps NPE, regardless of the number of families who qualify.
LUNCH IS NOW $2.50 UNLESS APPROVED FOR FREE LUNCH. My School Bucks allows you to place funds in your child's school lunch account.
Please use the link below to sign up.
https://www.myschoolbucks.com/ver2/getmain?requestAction=home
TAKE THE STRESS OUT OF YOUR MORNING!
The Shark Café offers a no cost breakfast to every student from 7:45-8:15am
We offer hot items (pancakes – egg sandwich – French toast) along with assorted cereal, muffins, pop tarts, cereal bars, fruit and milk.
Sept 24th we will celebrate Hispanic Heritage Month! Join us for lunch that offers tamales, black beans and rice, plantains, & fresh maiz rustido.
SNACKS ARE AVAILABLE FOR 2ND – 5TH GRADERS
COOKIE .50 – 1.00
CHIPS .50 -1.50
ICECREAM 1.00 – 1.75
Hello Families!
We’re off to a fantastic start this school year, and it’s been wonderful getting to meet so many of our Shark students over the past few weeks! I have seen so many of our sharks engaging in math with excitement and curiosity throughout our campus. It’s been great to see students developing their skills and growing more confident with numbers over the first weeks of the school year.
As we continue our journey, I wanted to share a few ways you can support your child with math at home. In the Monthly Shark Scoop, I will add attach a letter that will explain the current month's focus, and give you some activity ideas you could do to extend your child's learning. The activities range for students in all grade levels K-5 and support foundational skills that students need to build a deep understanding of Math.
Mr. Masiello's Math Problem of the month:
K-2 Problem:
Denise had 18 pieces of fruit. She gave 11 pieces to her friends and 2 pieces to her sister. How many pieces of fruit does she have left?
3-5 Problem:
A fruit stand sells packages containing 1 peach, 1 pear, 1 apple, 1 banana, and 1 mango each. One week they sold a total of 395 pieces of fruit. How many packages did they sell?
This Month's Monthly Math Topic:
My Name is Mrs. Ruben and I have the privilege to serve our students and parents of Naples Park Elementary school. I have been an Elementary school counselor in Collier County schools for many years.
How can I help our NPE Students? I am here to support you and your child in all aspects of learning. I am excited to teach our students leadership skills, Life skills and how to manage those BIG emotions. We will teach our monthly charter traits and our shark expectations. We will also learn and practice the 7 habits of Leader in Me.
We will be celebrating our students with Fintastics, the school store and our Shark Leader of the Month and give students daily leadership responsibilities to ensure lifelong learners.
Plan ahead! It is important that students are at school, on time, every day! Every moment of learning is important to your child’s development and progress.
*Please note- If your child is absent for any reason, please call the front office at 377-7700 to let us know why your child is absent so we can properly notate that. In addition, all absences are unexcused unless a doctor’s note is provided. Per Florida Statute (1003.26(1)(b), students with 5 unexcused [or validated] absences within a calendar month, or 15 unexcused [or validated] within a 90 day period are considered truant and an attendance meeting may be scheduled with the school and district personnel.
- We had our first PTO General Meeting on Tuesday 9/3, thank you to all who participated in person or virtually! Our primary objective as a Parent Teacher Organization (PTO) is to provide our school with programs and resources that will enrich and maximize the education of every child while supporting the teachers and overall benefiting the school. We plan EPIC family events, fill classroom needs, assist with the cost of field trips, and support our superhero teachers and students. It’s a great way to get involved with your child’s school! Our meetings are held the first Tuesday of the month at 5:30 in the Naples Park Media Center and we also offer a virtual option. If you can’t make our meetings, you can still help out. For more information on the PTO: Follow our Facebook page, send us an e-mail (ptonaplespark@gmail.com), or checkout our website.
- Spirit Shirts/School T-shirts: Every year Naples Park Elementary has school spirit shirts for sale ($15). You can order shirts here. Order Forms were also sent home at the beginning of the year, if you prefer to pay that way. If you need an order form please call the front office. Please make sure to fill out all information on the form so we can get the shirts your child.
- Business Banners: Naples Park Elementary School PTO (NPE PTO) is excited to bring back the Business Friends Banner Sponsorships! To assist in all we do, we are selling banners that will be proudly displayed along the fence entering the school. Your contribution will allow you to promote your business while making a difference in the lives of the students and staff. As we are a non-profit organization all purchases are tax deductible. If interested, more information can be found here. Sponsor Level Logo should be emailed to ptonaplespark@gmail.com (must be in JPEG format). Logos need to be received no later than Friday, September 27, 2024.
- REMINDER: To volunteer at the school, you must reapply through Collier County Public Schools (CCPS) website. Please make sure you fill out the VOLUNTEER APPLICATION.
1. All volunteers, new and returning must reapply every year.
- Apply to volunteer by clicking "Apply to Volunteer” - https://www.collierschools.com/volunteer
2. Please come to our front office to complete the registration process once school starts.
- Please bring a valid US-issued photo identification which will complete your background check
- Please visit our front office from 8:30am–10:00am or by appointment
3. If you have any questions, please contact our Volunteer Coordinator, Mrs. Serrano.
- Laura Serrano- serral1@collierschools.com, 377-7710
Naples Park Elementary
Location: 685 111th Ave N, Naples, FL 34108
Phone: 239-377-7700
Twitter: @NPESharks
Facebook: Naples Park Elementary
