This week Ryan Park partnered with FIST to collect canned food items for Project Help. Our students donated 1366 items this week!! Thank you to all of our families for your support!! Also a huge thank you to Mrs. Woodcox, Mrs. Bermes and our student council for sorting, organizing and counting the donations. Finally congratulations to Ms. North's class who won the classroom competition by donating 180 items!!
📢 Calling all parents of elementary-aged parents! 📢
Join us at our "Raising Strong Readers" monthly webinar. We'll share quick ways to support your reader.
📅 1st Online Meeting, 10/29, 5:30-6:15 PM
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Ryan Park Families,
Next week is spirit week at Ryan Park. Each day students and staff will be dressing up to support different causes . These include Red Ribbon Week, Zones of Regulation, Bullying Prevention and College Go! On Friday we will have our annual fall parties and costume parade. Students are encouraged to wear orange and black to school. Please send costumes with your students in a separate bag and they will change into them in the afternoon for the costume parade. Please see the attached flyer for more details.
Also, picture retakes will be on Monday 10/28. Please have your student bring in their previous pictures in order to have retakes on Monday. We will also take pictures for any new students and staff at Ryan Park. Picture forms were sent home with all students earlier this week. The attached image provides instruction for ordering pictures online.
Have a great weekend!!
Miss Hartman’s Kindergarten students were asked: What do you want to be when you grow up? We couldn’t take 21 field trips to visit each profession, but we could send our Flat Kindergarteners out into the world to get a firsthand experience.
A huge thank you to Angola Police Department, Angola Fire Department, Cameron Hospital, and the many other professionals from Angola and beyond that opened their doors to us so we could learn all about jobs and helpers in our community!!
Check out some highlights below or click the link to view the slideshow of our in depth adventures!
https://bit.ly/3YB0lh3
Miss Kobelak's 5th grade class made dioramas based on precolonial Native American tribes. The students did an excellent job being creative and demonstrating teamwork!
The commitment to supporting students never stops with our educators! This evening, many elementary teachers came after school for a study group to strengthen understanding around phonics and decoding. #APride
The USDOE requires a period of public comment on our district's Paraprofessional Requirements Waiver. The waiver allows us to expand the qualified candidate pool when hiring paraprofessionals.
If you want to provide input on our waiver request, please click the link below and answer the questions by November 8, 2024. Thank you for your input!
https://forms.gle/qMiCCEehbhu3xoWu5
Got burning questions about parenting, relationships, or your child's well-being?
Join us tonight for Ask a Therapist Live with our renowned family therapist, Dr. Kevin Skinner. Participants anonymously submit questions to receive thoughtful, personalized answers.
Wednesday, October 23; 8pm Eastern / 5pm Pacific
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Join us for a Raising Strong Readers Monthly Virtual Webinar Series to learn more about supporting your elementary-aged students in reading.
The first meeting is October 29, 2024, from 5:30 PM to 6:15 PM.
Register here: bit.ly/MSDSCRaisingReaders
First Graders at Ryan Park finished their first science unit, called "Dig In!" Students learned about how an animal's external features can help them survive.
Sign up for Ryan Park Elementary’s Science Fair!! Any student in first, second, third, fourth or fifth grade can register! The office has the registration papers. The entry form will be due October 11. Please turn the completed form into the classroom teacher. Note: Please make sure the form is filled out with a science question not a demonstration.
Congratulations to our September Rhino's Way prize winners. Thank you for showing the Rhino's Way everyday!!
1st Grade students celebrated Apple Day on 9/26! Students learned about Johnny Appleseed, the apply life-cycle, and enjoyed yummy applesauce! Happy 250th Birthday Johnny Appleseed!
Check out the new Parent Guidance resources to help parents support their students:
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1a1oOhuzOnx0bJJdhHPN-XspSl8gvJjKx/edit?usp=sharing&ouid=111394733720010056561&rtpof=true&sd=true
Check out our October calendar of Mental Health series webinars: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1a1oOhuzOnx0bJJdhHPN-XspSl8gvJjKx/edit?usp=sharing&ouid=111394733720010056561&rtpof=true&sd=true.
1st grade students at Ryan Park are learning addition within 20. Students collaborated in teams to practice their skills in an activity-based exploration today!
Miss Kobelak's 5th grade students visited Mrs. Witherspoon's 1st grade students for their first Classroom Buddies meeting of the school year! The 5th graders got to listen to and help the 1st graders read from their books. We are looking forward to doing more activities together in the future!
Next week is Homecoming for Angola High School. Ryan Park is hosting a spirit week next week to support the AHS Football Team. Please see the link below for the dress up days at Ryan Park . Go Hornets!!
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1PsHnBjVTHwTv4q6mIP0wWQ6U-RiHGBunmyCrhHYEq0Q/edit?usp=sharing
Ryan Park hosted VIP Breakfasts this week. Special adults were invited to the school to have breakfast, visit the book fair, and see the student's classrooms. The Trine Football team helped out by being the VIP for students who could not have someone attend the event.
MSD of SC is CANCELLED due to fog! Classes will switch to e-learning for the day. Students check your google classroom for assignments. Assignments will be posted by 10 am. Teachers will be available to answer questions from 10 to 3. Thank you
At Ryan Park we had our annual K-2 VIP Breakfast and Book Fair. Thank you to all of our Ryan Park families that attended today. We also want to extend a huge thank you to our PTO for all their work setting up the event and to the Trine University Softball Team for sending players to hang out with our students.
