Colonial Park Weekly News

Dear Colonial Park Families -

Welcome to December! We are looking forward to seeing our Colonial Park families at conferences this week, on Tuesday, December 5, from 4:00 to 7:00, and Wednesday, December 6, from 1:00 to 4:00. Be on the lookout for Report Cards and Progress Reports which will be sent home with your child tomorrow.

While classroom teachers have shared sign-ups for their conferences, our specialists and special education teachers are also available during our conference times. Please feel free to drop by and meet with any of our staff members on Tuesday evening or Wednesday afternoon.

We have some important dates coming up this month!

1. Early Release Days - All Stoneham elementary schools have three Early Release Days in December. For each, preschool students are dismissed at 11:40, and our students in Grades K-4 are dismissed at 12:00. The dates are:

• Tuesday, December 5
• Wednesday, December 6
• Friday, December 15

visit the Book Fair on Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday, and it will be open during

conferences as well.

3. Winter Concert - Our Winter Concert will be on Tuesday, December 12 at 9:00am.

Immediately following the concert, our PTO will be providing refreshments in the

cafeteria until 10:30am. We hope you can join us!

4. December Break - Our last day of school before December break is Thursday, December

21. We will return on Tuesday, January 2.

Attached please find the December Lunch Menu, as well as a flyer for a holiday helper night for parents and guardians, hosted by SHS student leaders, on Dec.12th from 5-8 p.m. in the high school library.

Finally, a huge thank you to Mrs. P, Tiffany Dennen and all the PTO volunteers who made Colonial Park's first ever Cookies and Canvas Family Paint Night such a success. It looked like it was so much fun, and I'm sorry I had to miss it! What an adorable fox everyone painted!

I hope everyone has a wonderful week!

Best,

Rosa Flynn

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Elementary December Lunch Menus

Holiday Helper Night

Preschool families please see the attached letter from Nurse Lapery regarding upcoming preschool screenings.

Preschool Vision Screenings

Since many of you will be visiting us this week, I wanted to make you aware of several opportunities available to give back to our community.

1. Giving Tree 2023 - Once again, we are sponsoring a Giving Tree Program to support our families and Casa Myrna, Boston's largest provider of services to survivors of domestic violence. Attached please find the link if you would like to participate. All gifts must be returned by Friday, December 15. Please return gifts unwrapped with the code clearly written on a piece of paper taped to the gift.

   Giving Tree 2023
   

2. "Socks for Seniors" drive is collecting warm socks (funny holiday styles and traditional tube socks) for seniors in need, shut-ins, nursing home residents and elderly housing residents. There is a drop-off box in our lobby.
   

3. Coats for Kids and Families Drive - Colonial Park is excited to be part of Coats for Kids again this year! If you have coats (in good condition) that your family has outgrown, please consider dropping them off in the bin in the school lobby. Coats will be professionally cleaned by Anton’s Dry Cleaners and distributed to kids and families in need. All sizes are welcome (infant through adults).

Thank you in advance for your generosity!

*Book Fair -- Are your kids looking for new books? Are your friends and family asking about holiday wish lists? Our Fantastic Book Fair will start next week, Monday, December 4, through Thursday December 7, in our school lobby as well as online at https://fantasticbookfairs.com/pages/Colonial. The Book Fair will also be open during Conference times on Tuesday and Wednesday.

Volunteers needed! If you’d like to help with the book fair, please use this link to signup.

Students will visit during the school day -- be sure to send in cash or check if you’d like your student to purchase books during the class visit! Some of our classroom teachers have also set up a wish list through the website. Please use this link to search for your teacher’s list: https://fantasticbookfairs.com/apps/giftregistry/find.

We will be kicking off our December break with a school-wide Pajama Day on Thursday, December 21. All staff and students are invited to wear their coziest pjs to celebrate our last day before vacation!