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March 2018

Veterans Park Academy for the Arts Pride Newsletter

The School Board of Lee County, Florida: Mary Fischer, District 1, Chairman; Jane E. Kuckel, PhD, District 6, Vice Chairman; Melisa W. Giovannelli, District 2; Chris N. Patricca, District 3; Steven K. Teuber, District 4; Pamela H. LaRiviere, District 5; Cathleen O’Daniel Morgan, District 7, Gregory K. Adkins, Ed. D., Superintendent.

Our Mission: At Veterans Park Academy for the Arts we strive to provide every student an avenue to

success through academics, creative and expressive arts, and athletics.

March 5-9 - Lion King Spirit Week

March 6 - 1st Grade Movie Day

From 2:15 pm to 3:30 pm

March 8 - Elementary Honor Choir at South

High School From 8:00 to 9:00 am

All County Jazz Band Concert

at N. Fort Myers Academy of the

Arts From 7:00 - 8:00 pm

March 9 - The Lion King Show

at Riverdale High School

From 6:30 to 9:00 pm

March 13-15 - 2nd Grade Q3 AR Celebration

at the Sprinkler Park

March 13 - Spirit Hat Day

March 15 Elementary Field Day

From 7:30 am to 2:00 pm

Ignite meeting at 2:15 pm

March 16 - Elementary Field Day

From 7:30 am to 2:00 pm

March 29– SAC Meeting at 6:30 pm

All County Orchestra Concert

At Cypress Lake High School

From 7:00 to 9:00 pm

Mrs. Laura Stanford

Principal

Veterans Park Academy for the Arts

SAC Meeting

Thursday, March 29th, 2018

Time: 6:30

Dear Parents and Families,

It’s hard to believe that Spring is here already! The 4th quarter will be upon us soon,

and I want to take a moment to review safety and security procedures with you, in

advance of our end-of-the-year celebrations:

Please make sure that your emergency cards are up-to-date and on file in the of-

fice. Any adult who picks up your child from school must be listed on the emergency card. Parents, you may

update pick-up information in either office, in person, any time you wish.

Please be ready to show your government issued photo identification when visiting your elementary child

during lunch. Also, we will only release students from school to parents with identification, or to individuals

listed on the emergency card with proper identification. Thank you for your continued cooperation as we

work to keep our students safe!

A friendly reminder that students who are dropped off before 7:25 am are not supervised. Supervision for

students begins at 7:25. For your child’s safety, please drop off your children at 7:25 or later. Thank you.

Ignite club will meet on Thursday,

March 15 in room 4-101 after school. Parents are welcome to attend.

Donations of individually wrapped snacks and cases of water will be greatly

appreciated

Ticket Price $10 per person For more ticket information please visit either the elementary or the middle

school front office

Attention Parents/Guardians

Effective January 11, 2011, the School

District has implemented a policy regard-

ing early sign-outs.

Per Policy 4.16 (3) (e) (1). NO STUDENT

shall be released within the FINAL THIR-

TY (30) MINUTES of the school day unless

the principal/designee determines it is an

emergency.

No student will be allowed for early re-

lease after 1:40 pm without administrative

approval.

Thank you!

Veterans Park Academy for the Arts received a grade of “C” for the 17-18 school year. Florida State Statute 1012.42, recognizes that teachers at times must be assigned duties in a class outside the field in which the teacher is certified. The following teachers at Veterans Park Academy for the Arts are certified, but may be assigned one or more classes outside their areas of certifications and are required to take appropriate steps

to comply with the statutory regulation.

The following teachers are out of field but engaged in training to add the endorsement, English to Speakers of Other Languages (ESOL), to their certificates:

Demetria Battle, Tana Compton, Lauren English, Mary Hacker, Pauline Jackson, Julie Johnson, Cindy Michaels, Natalie Mikkelson, Sonya Mikolajski, Iracema Naranjo, Amanda Neff, Sally Nemerovsky-Kopko, Jennifer Parr, Ashlyn Althouse, Lauren Forbis,

Emily Hart, Dana Markowski, Kassandra Pardo, Cathleen Prudek

The following teachers are out of field but engaged in training to add the endorsement, Reading, to their certificates: Laura Cannizzaro, Laurel Rosas and Chelsea Garbe

March and April

Practices March 6, 7, 8 and 13 Practices for Finals March 27, 28, 29 and April 3rd Meet March 14 at Riverdale High School Finals - Championship April 4 at Ft. Myers H.S. - Boys April 5 at Ft. Myers H.S. - Girls

Veterans Park Pride Track and Field Schedule 2018

VPAA Lion King Spirit Week

Monday March 5th- 9th, 2018

Day Theme Dress-Up

Monday March 5th CIRCLE OF

LIFE

Wear a Printed Shirt (Animal printed, patters, safari, shapes,

designs, etc.)

Tuesday March 6th LION KING

SPIRIT DAY

Crazy Socks

Wednesday March

7th

LION KING ANIMAL

MANE DAY

Wild Hair

Thursday March 8th HAKUNA MATATA (No Worries)

Wear Pajamas

(No slippers, dress code appro-

priate)

Friday March 9th VPAA

Pride Day

Lion King School T-Shirt or

VPAA School T-shirt

THE TIME IS NOW!!!!

Quantities Limited! If you were planning on buying a year-

book – don’t wait. Yearbooks are $35 for Middle

School and $20 for an Elementary yearbook. Send a check

(made out to VPAA) to Mr. Dengler or buy it online at Jos-

tens.com. The Yearbooks will be here the last week of

April!!! What are you waiting for???

Middle School Elementary School

Elementary Field Day

Thursday, March 15

KG – 3rd

Friday, March 16

4th, 5th, ESE

Save the Date!

Spring Fling is April 20th More information coming soon.

*Please refer to the flier that went home with your child for specific details and guidelines*