Colonial Park Weekly News

Dear Colonial Park Families -

The countdown is on...five days until December break! We are excited for our Pajama Day/Food Drive on Friday, December 20!

What a wonderful Winter Concert we had to celebrate the season! Thank you to Mrs. Kuhn and our performers for working so hard preparing for the show, and thank you to all our Colonial Park families for joining us. I truly believe that was our biggest crowd ever, and I am grateful for so many people that stayed until the end to enjoy the entire concert. Special thanks to Liz Benbow for filming the concert and providing us with the link!

Colonial Park Winter Concert

I know I say this often, but I am so grateful for the generosity of this community. Immediately after Ms. Faughnan reached out regarding items still available on our Giving Tree, our families responded! Our Project 351 Food Drive is going well already, and we still have our Pajama Day collection. We've also filled our Coats for Kids box and our Socks for Seniors box multiple times. Thank you so much for supporting us each and every time we ask.

It's a good time of year to remind everyone of our Arrival procedure. Please take a moment to read our Arrival Reminders included in this week's edition.

I would like to wish everyone a very joyous holiday and a restful vacation week with your family. AS a reminder, all Stoneham Public Schools will be closed Monday, December 23 through Friday, January 3. We will welcome our students back on Monday, January 6. Enjoy the time together!

Best,

Rosa Flynn

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*School Committee and Select Board Meetings

Thank you to everyone who attended or viewed the Tri-Board and School Committee meetings this week. If you have not yet had the chance please check out Stoneham TV to watch: https://www.stonehamtv.org/ondemand?fbclid=IwY2xjawHJRYFleHRuA2FlbQIxMAABHWozeamMG_I-DxHKjmGFSDCV8ZmCqVQfZMEPV8LsV-Cl6KakBRyBGm9inw_aem_2mwzdABz58zMapj9WOjxHg

THIS TUESDAY 12/17 7pm SELECT BOARD MEETING -TOWN HALL. Please consider attending this upcoming Select Board meeting. There will be room for Public Comment, but all are welcome and encouraged to attend even if you are just there to take in information.

There is a public hearing on January 9th where you will be able to voice your concerns and share public comments, we strongly encourage anyone who is able to attend to show up in person, but they have mentioned there will be a hybrid option. The more voices to support our school the better! More information to come soon.

*Box Tops for Education

Our Fall Leaderboard earned 500 Box Tops for our school! First Grade made the biggest leap in earnings, going from 11 to 151! Keep up the good work! The impact of completing the monthly challenges was very noticeable in helping earnings.

Second Grade was the highest earner with 262 Box Tops! Second Graders will receive Colonial Park themed items this week.

• Box Tops has a monthly challenge that doubles you earnings if you reach your goal, just click “Accept Challenge”

• Bonus Offers this month: buy 2 get 4 on Old El Paso shells and Lucky Charms, buy 3 get 6 on Progresso soup, buy 4 get 8 on Annies.

Use this referral code to sign up and remember to scan those receipts! https://btfe.smart.link/c2jjdifkw?referral_code=OTB65U72

*Would you like to be part of Goldie’s Group? -- Goldie’s Group is an important part of our Colonial Park community. Throughout the year, PTO has a number of volunteer opportunities and we need the help of our community to get things done! Whether you have an hour to spare once a year or once a week, we would love your help! Do what you can, when you can. Tasks may include helping out in a classroom, photocopying papers, helping at an event, setting up for an enrichment activity, and more! As opportunities come up, we’ll send an email with what we need help with, you email us back if you can help. It’s as easy as that! Click here to sign up!

Let's kick-off our Winter Break with our Annual Pajama Day on Thursday, December 20! All staff and students are invited to wear a favorite pair of pajamas on the last day before vacation, and we are encouraging everyone to bring an item for our Project 351 Food Drive. Please note, December 20 is a full day.

Project 351 Food Drive

Preschool

In order to keep our students safe, our families need to follow the expectations for arrival.

1. If you arrive prior to 8:35, please park in the parking lot not along the curb or in the surrounding neighborhood. You may park along the curb after 8:35, since K-4 arrival is over.

2. Do not under any circumstances make a three-point turn. Please drive through and exit appropriately.

3. Please drive slowly on school property.

If a family member that does not receive the weekly newsletter drops your child off at school, please explain the procedure to them.

K-4 Families

Please take a moment to carefully read the information below.

1. If there is indoor Morning Arrival, there will be a flag displayed outside of Door 8 and at the main entrance. Indoor Arrival begins at 8:15.
2. For morning drop-off, please stay in the right lane and pull forward as far as possible before letting students out of the car. The left lane should only be used if you are parking in the parking lot or exiting.
3. Please do not pull in front of vehicles stopped to let students out. Please wait until you have the opportunity to pull forward.

We appreciate everyone's patience during morning drop-off.