Parkland Weekly Update – December 7, 2016



 

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Parkland News Network Team created this video about giving holiday thanks for our staff!

Click here to view the video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gK24OZEW3n8

Coming Events

Now – Dec 13, Parkland Education Foundation Holiday Chocolate Staff Tribute. Order a box of chocolates and have your personal message be delivered to your favorite Parkland staff member! More info: http://www.parklandsd.org/foundation/

Dec 1 – Dec 13, PHS Spanish Club Toys for Tots Drive. Students can make a donation to help less fortunate children in our community with a new, unwrapped toy.

Toys (and monetary donations) should be dropped off in room D123.

Dec 1 – Dec 15, Club Med Street Medicine Donation Drive. Students are collecting gauze, wraps and Band-Aids to aid Lehigh Valley Health Network’s Street Medicine Program, which brings free health care and medication to homeless people at Lehigh Valley soup kitchens, shelters, and homeless encampments. More info: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GtKP0RasNcA. Donations can be sent to PHS in Room C243.

Dec 8, Annual Holiday Senior Citizens Dinner at PHS, 5:30 PM. A longtime tradition, 400 Parkland Senior Citizens will enjoy a complimentary dinner served by student clubs and then be treated to a holiday concert by PHS students.

Dec 8, Minute to Win It Competition, PHS Gym, 7 PM.

Dec. 8, Hour of Code at Fogelsville Elementary School, 9:50 – 10:35 AM. Join 5th graders for Hour of Code activities as they celebration Computers in Education Week!

Dec 11, PHS Chorale Annual Holiday Concert at Neffs United Church of Christ, 7 PM. This favored concert is free to the public and is a terrific way to get into the spirit of the season.

Dec 16, Lady Trojans Basketball Youth Night. Youth basketball players wearing their game jerseys will be admitted to the game free of charge and receive a ticket for a free hot dog. Half-time competitions for youth at both JV and Varsity games. Autograph session with this year’s varsity team after the game! Raffle: 1st Prize- 39” Vizio Smart TV, 2nd Prize- Powerbeats 2 Wireless Headphones, 3rd Prize- Fitbit Activity and Sleep Tracker. Click here for flyer.

Join us for a holiday concert – there is one almost every night beginning November 29th. Click here for our concert calendar.

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Class of 2017 is selling yard signs to congratulate seniors. Signs will be printed

on both sides and come with the yard posts (see photo above of the sign graphic). They will be available in May 2017. You will be emailed when signs are ready to be picked up at the HS. Each sign is $22. Signs are vinyl, 24” x 18”, and come with yard posts. Checks should be

made payable to PHS Class of 2017. Forms can be submitted online at the following

address https://goo.gl/forms/76RHRQSyr2vdVwbg2. Checks can be mailed to the

PHS, 2700 N. Cedar Crest Blvd., Allentown PA 18104, Attention Class of 2017. Questions can be sent to the Class Advisor at: goldsteinm@parklandsd.org.

 

Information Provided By:
Nicole Mehta McGalla
Director, Community Relations & Development
Parkland School District
1210 Springhouse Rd.
Allentown, PA 18104
http://www.parklandsd.org/
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