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Please check out our Calendar Page to see what's for lunch, Fun Fridays for the month, and special events coming up at AmPark!
 2 More Days for AMPARK’S POPTOBER FUNDRAISER! - Fundraiser ends October 16th! Dear AmPark Families, Join us in kicking off the 2022-2023 school year with our third annual virtual fundraiser. Double Good is a popular fundraiser, that offers fresh gourmet popcorn in a variety of delicious flavors and the best part is, it’s 100% contactless. AmPark will keep 50% of the total proceeds and the popcorn ships directly to the buyer anywhere in the U.S. Last year we had 36 pop-up stores which generated $11,798.50 for our school. This much needed money helps with funding things like WITS, special programming and more! In order to achieve this goal again, we need all families to participate!! THIS IS ONLY A 4-DAY FUNDRAISER, which begins on October 12, 2022, at 5:00 PM and runs until October 16, 2022, at 5:00 PM. Before the fundraiser begins: 1. Download the free Double Good app for Apple or Android. 2. Enter our Event Code: JRRLKZ in the app. 3. Create your personalized Pop-Up Store. 4. Begin selling by sharing your link with family, friends and co-workers via email, text or social media. You can even ask them to forward your link on to others. The more, the merrier. If you choose not to create a store, you can help the school by sharing any of the store links to family & friends and encourage them to buy popcorn from one of our existing stores or you can even donate bags of popcorn to first responders! This year, the prizes for the top three sellers have increased! 1st place: $150 gift card, 2nd place: $100.00 gift card and 3rd place: $50.00 gift card. If anyone has any questions, please feel free to reach out via email to amparkpaparents@gmail.com. Regards, Ampark Parents Association – VP of Fundraising Jaime Benjamin
 AMPARK’S POPTOBER FUNDRAISER!! Dear AmPark Families, Join us in kicking off the 2022-2023 school year with our third annual virtual fundraiser. Double Good is a popular fundraiser, that offers fresh gourmet popcorn in a variety of delicious flavors and the best part is, it’s 100% contactless. AmPark will keep 50% of the total proceeds and the popcorn ships directly to the buyer anywhere in the U.S. Last year we had 36 pop-up stores which generated $11,798.50 for our school. This much needed money helps with funding things like WITS, special programming and more! In order to achieve this goal again, we need all families to participate!! THIS IS ONLY A 4-DAY FUNDRAISER, which begins on October 12, 2022, at 5:00 PM and runs until October 16, 2022, at 5:00 PM. Before the fundraiser begins: 1. Download the free Double Good app for Apple or Android. 2. Enter our Event Code: JRRLKZ in the app. 3. Create your personalized Pop-Up Store. 4. Begin selling by sharing your link with family, friends and co-workers via email, text or social media. You can even ask them to forward your link on to others. The more, the merrier. If you choose not to create a store, you can help the school by sharing any of the store links to family & friends and encourage them to buy popcorn from one of our existing stores or you can even donate bags of popcorn to first responders! This year, the prizes for the top three sellers have increased! 1st place: $150 gift card, 2nd place: $100.00 gift card and 3rd place: $50.00 gift card. If anyone has any questions, please feel free to reach out via email to amparkpaparents@gmail.com. Regards, Ampark Parents Association – VP of Fundraising Jaime Benjamin The AmPark Pumpkin Blaze & March of Dimes, March for Babies Costume Parade on Monday, October 31st!
The AmPark Pumpkin Blaze & March of Dimes, March for Babies Costume Parade is back on Monday, October 31st!
 October 2022 Dear Parent, Please join the fight for the health of all moms and babies by supporting your child’s participation in March of Dimes’ WonderWalk fundraising event. For decades, schools conducted WonderWalk in person with a group mini walk around school grounds, often on Halloween. The past 2 years we included a virtual option to fundraise and remains open to create fundraising options for families. It is a fun way for children to get involved, learn the spirit of volunteerism and helping others. We invite you to join the child’s school’s WonderWalk team on the March for Babies online school fundraising page at www.marchforbabies.org/team/Ampark Begin by clicking JOIN and create your child’s online fundraising page under the school’s team, shown above. You and your child can use that page to fundraise. Your family is encouraged to start fundraising as soon as today and you can continue through November 30th. For over 80 years, dating back to the pioneering of a life-saving vaccine for polio, March of Dimes has always risen to face daunting challenges. By joining WonderWalk you are supporting March of Dimes’ efforts to end preventable maternal death and morbidity, premature birth and increase health equity. You are stepping up during this public health crisis, at a time when it is still urgently needed. Thanks to volunteers like you, March of Dimes can develop new programs and resources to help families during the COVID-19 crisis and beyond. In addition to the school fundraiser event this fall, some fun virtual fundraising ideas families can try at home with parental supervision include:
Thank you for stepping up during this challenging time, and most especially for your support and generosity, which helps March of Dimes end preventable premature birth and infant and maternal mortality. The cause for nearly half of all premature births is unknown. It can happen to any family. Sincerely, Ellen Sanfilippo March of Dimes Director Donor Development AmPark's October Calendar Please check it out on the Calendar Page for updates with Zoom Links to virtual events!  What's for lunch?  AmPark Picture Days Are Coming! Please reach out to Elvira and Bonnie if you would like to volunteer to help on Picture Day.
  September, 2022 Dear AmPark Families, The AmPark Library is open!
  Dear AmPark Community, It is with great pleasure that I write this letter to you as the incoming Interim Acting Principal at AmPark Neighborhood School. It is truly an honor, blessing, and privilege to become a part of the AmPark family and community. For the last 6 months, I have had many interactions with the faculty, students, and parents, and I can already tell that it is a unique and special place that I am incredibly excited to become a part of. I come to you with 27 years of experience working with the Department of Education; however, I come from a family of educators, so I have been around this profession all my life. I spent the last 4 years as an Assistant Principal and am eager to take on this role with your continued partnership. These past few weeks, I spent most of my time working with the Superintendent’s office to ensure a smooth transition. I will get to know the building and our community better, and familiarize myself with the unique needs of our school. I believe wholeheartedly that every student deserves a quality education and that only happens when the school and families work together for the best interests of our children. With that in mind, I will be calling on all our faculty, staff, and parents to work as a singular unit so we can best serve our children. I am truly honored to be given this opportunity and look forward to immersing myself completely in our school and in our community. I believe my main responsibility is to ensure the safety and security of our staff and students and to put our teachers in the best possible position to succeed, as they will in turn put our children in the best possible position to thrive. I look forward to the coming year with anticipation for your student’s success. Our mission this school year is to educate young minds, innovate students to reach their creative potential, collaborate with all stakeholders to ensure success, and celebrate the achievements of our future generation. I look forward to meeting all of you and please do not hesitate to contact me with any questions, concerns, or ideas you would like to share. In partnership, Meena Lildharrie Principal, IA
 Welcome Back Owls! What a joy it has been to welcome you all back to AmPark this week and to see everyone's faces together for the first time in so long. Reintroducing the use of our community spaces, namely the cafeteria, has been a pleasure as it has allowed us to reconnect in a way that we have not done since the pandemic began. We hope that your children have come home excited from meeting their teachers and friends, both old and new and that this short week has been a happy introduction to a great year ahead. Walking Trip Permission Slips Thank you to all of you who have returned your child's Walking Trip Permission Slips. In order for our children to go out and enjoy our treasured Classic Park, all of them must have these walking slips returned. Even if your child does not go to Classic Park for recess, there will undoubtedly be fall leaf explorations and Wonder Walks on the horizon that these slips will be needed for. Thanks again to everyone who returned them and please do so on Monday if you have not already.
 The Roads to Success After School Program will begin next week!
If you are interested in enrolling your child in the Roads to Success after-school program (RTS) registration is available online at www.roadstosuccess.org (Registration Link (QR Code): https://www.hisawyer.com/roads-to-success/schedules/activity-set/374868 |
