Welcome to
Edison Park Creative & Expressive Arts School!
Sherri Wipf, Principal
239-334-6232
Teamwork Makes the Dream Works
December 2020
“We are like a Snowflake all different in our own beautiful way.”
~Unknown
Welcome to the last newsletter of 2020!!! Yippee!! All classrooms are working diligently to meet goals for their students. I want to encourage all students to read every day since reading is an essential skill in our daily lives. I also want to encourage parents to work with their child on basic math facts (addition, subtraction, multiplication and division) as this will assist them as they move into more complex mathematical problems during the school year.
Thank you to all the families which helped our PTA obtain their Move-A-Thon goal of over $12,000!!!! It was an amazing fun day! Thank you to our wonderful PTA for all the nice prizes for the students, classrooms and staff! Next year will be even better!
Our first Annual Turkey Trot was a big hit, too! Thank you to Coach Short and his helpers to make it a fun run for all students. Local businesses were able to make donations for the top 3 places for each grade level which made a nice surprise for families.
The holiday time is a special time for family and friends. I hope you will take time to celebrate the holidays in a safe way. I am honored and thankful to be part of the Edison Park family and I look forward to wonderful 2021 school year with you and your children!
Happy Holiday,
Ms. S. Wipf
Principal
Happy Holidays!!! Join in for some holiday fun!
Dec 7—Wear your favorite holiday sweater
Dec 8—Wear your favorite holiday socks
Dec 9—Grinch Day—Wear Green
Dec 10—Create a holiday Covid mask
Dec 11—Wear your favorite plaid
Dec 14—Wear your ugly sweater!
Dec 15—Wear your holiday accessories: jewelry, garland, etc
Dec 16—Holiday vacation—Wear your Hawaiian shirt
Dec 17—Holiday Best—Pictures with Santa and/or The Grinch
Dec 18—Polar Express PJ Day!!
Spirit Days At Dunkin Donuts
December 8th!!
When you visit DD @ 2475 Cleveland Ave. on the second Tuesday of every month and show your DD “blast” on your phone $1 will be donated back to the school! (Blast is a picture of this ad!) |
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Tues., Dec. 8 Interim Q2
Thurs., Dec 17 Pictures w/Santa and/or The Grinch
Mon., Dec. 21—Mon., Jan. 4 Winter Break
Tues., January 5 First Day Back For Students
Tues., January 12 PDQ Spirit Night
Mon., January 18 No School (Martin Luther King Day)
Fri., January 29 Early Dismissal (End of Qtr. 2)
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We are looking forward to spending the last few weeks of 2020 together and can’t wait for all of the fun holiday activities and memories we will make with our friends.
For our culture unit, we will travel around the world to learn about different cultures and their special holiday traditions. In math, we are finishing up our multiplication unit and excited to begin learning division! “My favorite part about multiplication were all the challenges and tricky problems that we solved. We made it more fun by playing games while learning.” -Lynden P. This month we will continue to work on reading comprehension and strategies in ELA and focus on poetry before the New Year. Over the holiday break, we encourage you to give the gift of reading by listening to or reading with your child. Our third graders recommend two of their favorite read alouds, The Great Spruce by John Duvall, a fun story about a boy and his love for his special tree and The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane by Kate DiCamillo, a heartwarming story that teaches the importance of love. |
“UPCOMING EVENTS” Our 3rd grade Holiday Book Exchange will be Friday, December 18th. We would love to have all books brought in by Thursday, December 17th so they can be quarantined, leveled, wrapped, and ready to go home with another 3rd grader before break! Please see your child’s planner for more details.
Special 3rd grade shout outs:
Mrs. Nustad’s Class: Quinn F- Becoming a 500,000 word reader
Mrs. Henderson’s Class: Jett S- Mastering multiplication facts to x10
Mrs. Bullock’s Class: Brodey M- Meeting goals after returning F2F
WELCOME NEW STAFF MEMBERS:
Edison Park welcomes Rebecca Luther-Walker as our new Speech Language Pathologist! Rebecca has recently relocated to Florida from Connecticut. She is in her 5th year as a speech-therapist. She received her Bachelor’s degree in Human Services and Rehabilitation Studies from Assumption college and received a Masters in Speech-Language Pathology from Molloy College in NY. Welcome Rebecca!
We would also like to welcome Haley Turner as our new clerk typist. Haley and her husband have two children that attend Edison Park and is the Move A Thon coordinator for PTA. Welcome Haley! We know you will love it here!
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3rd, 4th, and 5th grade classes are working hard on producing Edison Park’s first ever Holiday Movie! This movie has been created by our students!! We can’t wait for our families to experience the first every EPCEA movie created, produced, directed ,and performed by our Arts Team and Students! |
Dear Parents,
We have several students that do not have headphones. Please remember to send in headphones with your child. This was on our school supply list for 2020-2021. We also take NEW donations if you have extras!
Thank you!!
PDQ Spirit Night January 12th
Thank you for your support! |
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Additional Endorsements
The following certified teachers are in the process of adding an ESOL endorsement to their teaching certificate: P. Erick-son, C. Henderson, G. Keller, B. Montella,K. Nustad, L. Pennington, V. Zientek. In addition, the following are in the process of adding Professional Teaching Certificate to their teaching certificate: S. Jahn and V. Zientek.
The School Board of Lee County, Florida
Mary Fischer, District 1 (Chair) - Debbie Jordan, District 4 (Vice Chair) - Melisa W. Giovannelli, District 2 – Chris N. Patricca, District 3 - Gwynetta S. Gittens, District 5 - Betsy Vaughn, District 6 - Cathleen O'Daniel Morgan, District 7
Dr. Gregory K. Adkins
Superintendent
www.leeschools.net
The School Board of Lee County, Florida, prohibits discrimination on the basis of age, color, disability, gender, national origin, marital status, religion, or sexual orientation.