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Park Avenue Front OfficePrincipal: Mrs. Fisher Secretary: Mrs. Williams Secretary: Mrs. Lowe Park Avenue School Hours for 2011-2012 School YearStudents: Monday 8:00 a.m. - 1:30 p.m. Tuesday-Friday 8:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m.
A Teacher’s Advice for Struggling Studentsby Patti Ghezzi
Look at your child’s learning style. I am a visual learner, so I graph and color-code everything. Other kids learn by doing or learn by listening. See how your child learns best and find ways for him to be successful. Think beyond paper and pencils. If your child learns by being hands-on, he might like to make a creature out of geometric shapes. This appeals to the kids who love fantasy. Help kids find their niche. Many kids love learning games, which can be found on the Internet. Also, take advantage of all the resources available at the school. How would you suggest a parent help a child who says she feels dumb compared with other kids in the class? Be positive with your child and provide opportunities for your child to be successful. Talk to your child and find out why she feels this way. Get to the heart of the matter. It may be a lack of test-taking skills. Set realistic progress goals together. When the goal is achieved, do something special together to celebrate the accomplishment. On the flip side, how can parents light a fire under the child who is very bright but just doesn’t seem to care about grades?Set a high expectation and model it at home. There is no one-size-fits-all approach, but it might be helpful to work on time-management skills. Set time parameters. Set a goal to reach during that time. If your child meets the goal, give him a choice of what activity he wants to do. Some kids want Mom or Dad to sit next to them and help with every step of their homework. How can parents encourage homework independence?During homework time, check in with your child. Some kids need more oversight than others. Use a timer to help your child stay focused. Help your child break a task into manageable chunks. Tell your child she needs to work for 30 minutes and then she can have a five-minute break for a snack or some activity she enjoys, though not video games. There is no such thing as five minutes on a video game! For projects, help your child create a timeline so all the work isn’t left until the night before. When a child has a hard time with homework assignments, at what point should the parent talk to the teacher?When it becomes a consistent problem, we need to work together as a team. We need to find out the cause of the problem. Does he not understand the concepts? Is the class too fast-paced? Or is he misunderstanding the assignments? Maybe an intervention strategy is called for. Maybe the child needs one-on-one time with the teacher or a tutor. I would rather the parent go ahead and speak up when the problem first surfaces. There are so many ways to communicate with teachers these days, including email and parent-teacher conferences. Park Ave. School
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Lunch MenuDates to RememberHello Families! THIS IS AN EXTREMELY BUSY TIME OF YEAR. Please read all correspondence from your child’s classroom teacher. They will provide you with essential information about fieldtrips and other special activities taking place in their individual classrooms.Here are just a few school wide events and...Very Important Dates to Remember:· Thursday, May 3 Park Avenue Fun Run: Fourth Grade = 9:00 a.m. Fifth Grade = 10:00 a.m. · Week of May 7: Teacher Appreciation Week. Please consider helping your child write a special card thanking their teachers for all of their efforts this year! Park Avenue teachers are outstanding! · Wednesday, May 9: School Advisory Council 3:15-3:45 p.m. in the library · Wednesday, May 16: Fifth Grade Talent Show 6:30 p.m. in the Park cafeteria. · Wednesday, May 23: Fifth Grade Track and Field Day at Koogler Middle School · Thursday, May 24: LAST DAY OF SCHOOL! NO lunch, students dismiss at 11:00 a.m. Awards Ceremony 8:30-10:30 a.m. Report Cards Sent Home! THANKS FOR A GREAT YEAR! Health Office
From the Health Office... Hello from the health office. The weather is warming, pollen is flying, bees are buzzing, and many are beginning to countdown until the start of summer break. As the weather warms, please take into consideration a few things as children go outside to play. · Safety, safety, safety. Make sure your little ones are wearing the proper safety equipment for the activity. It is now a law in the state of NM that any child under the age of 18 must have a helmet on while riding a bike, skateboard, roller skates, etc. · Sunscreen, sunscreen, sunscreen. Not only are sunburns painful, they may lead to skin problems down the road. · Hydration, hydration, hydration. Little (as well as big) bodies need water to survive. Due to our desert like summers with low humidity, we lose a great deal of water through breathing and evaporation (not sweating) through our skin in addition to any visible sweating. If your child has a temperature over 100.0 degrees, he/she will need to stay home until the temperature is gone for 24 hours WITHOUT a fever-reducing medication like Tylenol or Motrin (Ibuprofen). The health office staff will not give Tylenol to any student with a temperature over 100 degrees or above unless the school nurse deems it necessary when a parent cannot be contacted. Reminder… If your child needs to take ANY medication (other than those listed on the health form completed at the time of registration), the health office requires a medication authorization form to be completed. If the medication is over the counter and used for less than 5 days (such as ibuprofen, eye drops (non-prescription), etc.), parents will need to sign the medication authorization form. If the medication is a prescription (or an over-the-counter used for 5 or more days), the prescribing doctor will ALSO need to complete and sign the medication authorization form. If you send your student to school with a medication, and we do not have a completed medication authorization form on file, the health office WILL NOT be administering the medication until the form is complete. It is the parents’ responsibility to have the physician/NP/PA complete the form before the medication is brought in to the health office. For your convenience, there are two ways to obtain the medication authorization form. The first is to stop by the health office and pick up a copy. The second is to go to the McCoy website at http://www.prideatpark.com and click on “News from the Health Office”. I have uploaded the form to my page as well as my webpage, which you can access through the “Staff” portion of the site. All medication that is kept in the health office must be in the original container and stay in the health office. If you noted that your child has an allergy on the health questionnaire completed at registration, we will need a doctor’s order if there needs to be a change to their food choices or if they are to receive any emergency medication (example would be an EpiPen) at school. Those forms are available in the health office. Thank you for helping keep school safe and healthy, Terri McCartney, RN |
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507 South Park Avenue,
Aztec,
New Mexico 87410
334-9469 Phone | 599-4336 Fax |
1118 West Aztec Blvd,
Aztec,
New Mexico 87410
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