The Community Connection The newsletter of Parkway School in Boone, North Carolina January 26, 2018 January Patriot Lunch Congratulations to the students and staff members pictured for demonstrating our January character trait of the month -Perseverance! Students Lillyanna A., Wyatt T., Maddie ZS., Poppy S., Noelle B., Will R., Isaac T., Jeffrey E., Maggie S., Ted B., Theresa C., Lily H., Kinsley B., Kurt B., Charlie G., Hunter T., Elia E., Charlotte C., Gracie S., Jose V., Anya T., Amber C., Andrea S., Ariana L. Staff members Mrs. Moody and Mr. Beisheim. Upcoming Events Need for Reading Tutors Our Parkway reading program has a need for reading tutors for second grade students. Training will be provided and all plans are prepared for you. The only requirements are a love for children and reading. This is a wonderful opportunity to impact the life of a child through a one-on-one relationship and see terrific progress in reading. The training will be on Wednesday, January 31st at 8:00 a.m. at Parkway School. The tutoring session will run Monday, February 5 through Wednesday, May 9 from 8:00 8:50 A.M. If you are interested, please email or call Mrs. Campbell at campbells@wataugaschools.org or 264-3032. Mon. Jan. 29 MS Propel Begins Mon. Jan. 29-Feb. 2 ACCESS Testing Mon. Jan. 29 MS Basketball SemiFinals @ WHS 4:00 Wed. Jan. 31 World s Finest Chocolate Sale Kick Off Celebration Thurs. Feb. 1 World s Finest Chocolate $1 Bar sale begins Thurs. Feb. 1 MS Basketball Finals WHS @ 5:30 Hat Day Kindergarten Field Trip 8th Grade Field Trip Tue. Feb. 13 6th Grade Field Trip
Shooting Stars and Parkway s Spring Showcase Auditions!!! Please pick up permission forms outside of the music room if you are interested in auditioning for either Shooting Stars, Parkway s Spring Showcase or both! Permission forms are due February 20th. Auditions will be held during the school day on Thursday, February 22nd. Congratulations Mrs. Elliott!! The Digital Scales: To weigh or not to weigh project was fully funded! Thank you to all the donors! New School Bus Driver Training Class February 19th-21st Watauga County Agricultural Conference Center 252 Poplar Grove Road Call Jeff Lyons The Transportation Director for more details @ 264-6391. Orientation News!! Orientation for the 2018-2019 kindergarten class will be held on April 26th & 27th this year. Children who will be five years old by August 31, 2018, are eligible for enrollment and should be registered to attend orientation on April 26th or 27th. Beginning March 1st, Parents/Guardians may stop by the office and pick up a registration packet. Students will be registered for orientation once a completed packet has been turn in to Mrs. Jones. Current kindergarten students WILL NOT attend school on April 26th and April 27th. Please help us get the word out in our community. Watauga High School Class of 2022 WinterFest Date Change!!! Tuesday, February, 20th 2018 3:00-6:30 p.m. Watauga High School Join 8th graders from other Watauga middle schools for a fun afternoon experiencing Watauga High School! Performance by the Pioneer Playmakers - Games & Activities - Free Snacks -Meet new friends! Students will travel to WHS with teachers, counselors, and administrators from their K-8 school via bus. A secure location will be provided for students to leave personal belongings. Parents and students are expected to attend a registration information meeting from 5:30-6:30 p.m. in the WHS Auditorium. Parents must check out their student between 5:15-5:30 in the main entrance hallway near the auditorium prior to attending the meeting at 5:30 in the auditorium.
Parkway School World s Finest $1 Chocolate Bar Sale!!! February 1st February 16th This chocolate sale will raise needed funds for tools that benefit our students. Earn Prizes!!! Free Lanyard and Shark or Sea Creature for every box sold! Cash Box For every box you sell your name will be entered into a drawing to come to the cash box for a chance to win $50!! 5 winners PER GRADE!!! Look for permission forms in your child s folder beginning January 31st! Only 34 more days until Spring 2018!!! Parkway Proud!!! Wednesday, January 24th was National Compliment Day! Some of our 3rd and 5th graders shared compliments about our fantastic school via video! Follow the link to our Flipgrid to check out this great student work! https://flipgrid.com/607a08
Watauga Middle School Baseball Middle school baseball tryouts are tentatively set to begin Feb. 15 at Hardin Park. All players wishing to tryout must have a completed physical within the past 395 days and a completed concussion form. Both forms are located on the middle school athletics page. You can find the middle school athletics page by visiting the Hardin Park School website and click the parent tab and you will see middle school athletics. While tryouts begin in February, players are encouraged to begin throwing before that date to start getting arms back into throwing shape. Practices for the season will run approximately 3:30-5:00/5:30 Mon-Fri along with some Saturdays. As with previous years, there will be fundraising involved with the team to assist with offsetting the cost of the program. This fundraising will begin immediately following the team being chosen. Before anyone goes out and purchases cleats, I plan to have the same cleat the high school is ordering available in a team store. That information will be released after the team is chosen. If you have any questions before tryouts begin, feel free to contact me at Cove Creek School by phone or email. Thank you, Brian Vannoy Watauga Middle School Baseball (828)297-2781 vannoyb@wataugaschools.org
Watauga Warriors Basketball Middle School Travel Team Tryouts When: Saturday, February 3, 2018 9:00-11:00 am Where: Watauga High School Who: Middle school girls (6 th -8 th grade) Cost: $325 (fee covers cost of uniform, shooting shirt, tournament fees, equipment, & coach s pay) Additional Opportunities: *Clinics: From February-March, we will offer Sunday skills clinics to all interested players, 3 rd -8 th grade. Cost will be $10 for each season. If the player is a part of a Warriors travel team that fee will be included in the travel team cost. * High School Tryouts: High school tryouts will be held near the end of the season. We will send out information via email to registered players and post the information online at www.wataugawarriors.com. *Please contact us at wataugawarriors16@gmail.com with any questions.