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June 18, 2021

Attn. Grade 5 Families - Welcome soon-to-be JFK School Community Members! We hope this message finds you and your family doing well! Full Letter Is Posted Here: https://img1.wsimg.com/blobby/go/339c24af-cdbd-40da-9f01-4abe43c26aae/downloads/JFK%20Grade%206%20Welcome%20Letter.pdf?ver=1624028049660

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June 10, 2021

Dear Parkman Families,

The PTO is looking to fill some Board positions. We understand it's a big responsibility  but, without a PTO our children, teachers and the school lose out on a lot. We, the PTO, have many duties. 

Some of the things we do are:

• Fund Field Trips

• Host 2 Book Fairs

• Host a Holiday Shoppe

• Put on the Welcome Back Picnic

• Has a table at Family Day to give families information and allow children to play  games

• Put on the Monster Mash

• Put on a Special Person Dance 

• Provide 2 lunches to our teachers and  staff 

• Purchase classroom books 

• Set up and runs MANY fundraisers for  the PTO to use funds school-wide and for the 5th grade committee 

• Purchase items requested by our administration  and teachers

• Hoping to renew the year subscription for classrooms.

This year we held many fundraisers, with  the money we raised we bought indoor recess equipment, provided cleaning supplies to each classroom at the beginning of the year, along with a Welcome Back lunch for teachers, we bought each student a tee shirt to commemorate the year, we gave each student  a Valentine, we bought a year subscription service for the school which provides each classroom teaching materials, we gave the teachers each $50 in Scholastic Dollars to help provide books for their classrooms, with the restrictions because of the pandemic  we held 2 virtual on-line Book Fairs, set up a luncheon for the entire staff during Teacher Appreciation Week, we provided Nurse Nancy with 24 water bottles for her drink more water campaign, we provided the funding for our 3rd grade virtual field trip with  Goodspeed Musicals and the 4th grade field trip with Riverside Reptiles. The PTO also provided the book, Restart to the school during our 1 Book 3 Schools event. We purchased the book during the 2019-2020 school year and were able to use it this year. None  of this would be possible without our Board.

This next upcoming year we need to fill some important spots on our Board. We need a  Secretary, a Book Fair Chair, a Fundraising Chair, and incoming 5th grade parents to assist with our next 5th grade committee. We will also need parent volunteers to help work events (hoping restrictions are lifted and we can have events). Without our PTO  and parent volunteers our kids and school will not have access to any events, field trips or the fun things we try to do. The teachers would lose so much too.

Please consider coming forward and volunteering. Our goal is to try and make these formative  years in school fun and memorable for our kids. If you are interested in a Board position or would like to help out in anyway please contact us via email at EHparkmanPTO@gmail.com .

Thank you!

Parkman PTO 

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June 4, 2021

Hello Parkman Families,

The Parkman newsletter can be access online by clicking here 

or it can be downloaded by clicking here.  

Have a wonderful weekend.

Irene Roman, Principal

...and...

Join us in celebrating student work at this year’s Virtual Arts Festival.

LINK: Virtual Arts Festival 2021
Festival includes:

• Original student artwork spanning K-12
• Film and Animation Festival
• 5th Annual Empty Bowls Community Fundraiser
• EHS Senior Showcase

-- Andrew Baris

Visual Arts Teacher

John F. Kennedy Middle School

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May 28, 2021

Hello Parkman Families, 

We FINALLY received the Garden Bags from the Cookbook and Garden Bag fundraiser. We are scheduling a pick up of these items on Wednesday June 2nd from 3-6 PM at 14 Burnham St. We have our last PTO meeting beginning at 6, if you cannot make your pickup between 3-6 please contact me at EHparkmanPTO@gmail.com so I can make arrangements for a more convenient pickup time.

Thank you all so much for your patience as we waited for these items to arrive. 

Sincerely ~

Brigitte DeMaine 

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May 24, 2021

Good afternoon Parkman Families,

We hope this newsletter finds you well! As with everything else this year, school closing procedures are going to look a little different than they have in the past. Please read the following information carefully so that your family can plan ahead. The Parkman newsletter can be accessed online by clicking here  or it can be downloaded by clicking here. 

Have a wonderful day.

Irene Roman, Principal

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April 30, 2021

Hello again Parkman Families,

You can access the Parkman Newsletter with REVISED DATES online by clicking here or it can be downloaded by clicking here. 

Have a great weekend!