Parkland School District - Grades K-12 Allentown, PA

Looking for a way to recognize a teacher, bus driver, principal, cafeteria worker or other special Parkland staff member during the holidays?

The Parkland School District Education Foundation is offering staff tribute cards as one gift idea.
In return for your tax deductible donation, you will receive a student-designed holiday card that can be personalized with a note and then delivered to a Parkland staff person on behalf of your family.
Your gift will help support the Foundation’s Celebrate Innovation Grant Program where staff can apply for grants designed to enhance instruction or improve our community. Read about how last year’s Celebrate Innovation Program inspired 43 meaningful projects in the Foundation’s Annual Report .  At year end, the Foundation gave more than $70,000 to Parkland schools in support of excellence and innovation.
Holiday Cards can be ordered online at www.parklandsd.org/foundation or by mailing in payment and the form, which can be found at this link:  http://www.parklandsd.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/Holiday-Ask-2012.pdf.
Also available now are Foundation Discount Cards, supported by many businesses in the Parkland community.  Cards are just $5 and also make great gifts! 
Thanks to generous hearts like yours, the Foundation is grateful to be able to support innovative ideas, especially during these most turbulent financial times. 

Springhouse Students Win Red Ribbon Week Poster Contest

Three Springhouse Middle School students were the winners of the school’s Red Ribbon week poster contest that promotes a safe and drug-free life:

First place – Jessica Homa,  Second place - Kirandip Kaur, Third place - Na’Kayla Powell

Congratulations!

Students and Teachers at Parkland Give Back

 The following collections have begun to help neighbors who have been impacted by Hurricane Sandy  recover:

• The Parkland High School Red Cross Club, led by PHS math teacher Kayla Lower, is collecting items November 14 – 30 in the PHS lobby so that students in the club can put together comfort kids.  Comfort Kit items must be new and unused and travel size and include:  shampoo and conditioner, tissues, wash cloths, body wash, combs, toothbrushes, toothpaste and deodorant.
• Abby Rutch-7^th Grade Learning Support Teacher at Springhouse Middle School led a collection in her school to collect supplies for Union Beach/Keyport, NJ residents who lost everything in the recent storm.  Goodyear donated the use of 19 box trucks in order for the items to be transported to New Jersey’s FEMA site tomorrow.
• A Kernsville Elementary School family who lost their home during the storm will receive Kernsville Change for a Cause receipts and the school’s PTO is also making a donation.  Clothing was also collected to help meet some of the family’s immediate needs.
• Fogelsville Elementary School collected socks for those in need and held a crazy sock day today to celebrate their collection.
• Springhouse, Orefield and Kratzer schools will be collecting money during dress down day to benefit Hurricane victims next Friday.
• Cetronia art teachers had students create cards for the electricians who have been working above and beyond.  The school is also planning a supplies collection for the coming month.
• Starting Wednesday, November 14 till Wednesday, November 21, the Ironton Student Council will be collecting items for the victims of Hurricane Sandy in Staten Island.
• Parkway Manor Student Council and PTO are asking Staff and students to contibute a dollar or more in exchange for a Sand Dollar to place on their Sand Castle. All proceeds will go to the Red Cross. Sale starts November 16th.

   

School Board Director Roberta Marcus Wins Advocacy Award

The Pennsylvania School Boards Association (PSBA) awarded Roberta M. Marcus, Master School Board Director, with the second Timothy M. Allwein Advocacy Award at the PASA-PSBA School Leadership Conference in Hershey, Oct. 17.

The award was established in 2011 by PSBA in honor of Tim Allwein, the association’s former assistant executive director for Governmental and Member Relations who passed away unexpectedly. It is presented annually to an individual school director or entire school board to recognize outstanding leadership in legislative advocacy efforts on behalf of public education and students that are consistent with the positions in PSBA’s Legislative Platform.

Roberta Marcus was selected to receive the award as a result of her many volunteer hours devoted to raising awareness of key legislative issues on the local, state and federal levels. Her command and knowledge of these issues was described as “prolific.” Marcus’ ability to articulate them to stakeholders of diverse backgrounds makes her a “strong and effective advocate.”

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Athletic Advertising Fee Schedule

On Tuesday, October 16, 2012, the Parkland Board of School Directors approved an advertising fee schedule that will include opportunities for businesses to advertise  at football, basketball and soccer games.  A-frame shaped ads will be printed on Coroplast ® and measure 32×96” in all three venues.  Ads range from $500 – $2000 depending on the sport and have the potential to bring in $32,000 annually if all 22 banner spaces are sold.

Parkland will receive 100% of the revenue and vendors will be responsible for making the signs and delivering them to Parkland.  The sign production is estimated to cost approximately $330.

For more information about Parkland’s facilities advertising policy, click here:

For ground banner opportunities at all fields along with pictures of what the banners look like, click here.

Anyone interested in advertising should call the Office of Community Relations & Development at 610-351-5630.