{"id":50264,"date":"2017-10-27T19:45:37","date_gmt":"2017-10-27T23:45:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/?p=50264"},"modified":"2018-04-26T22:24:46","modified_gmt":"2018-04-27T02:24:46","slug":"parkland-weekly-update-october-27-2017","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/?p=50264","title":{"rendered":"Parkland Weekly Update &#8211; October 27, 2017"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"theme-subtitle\"><\/h2>\n<div id=\"w-3545718276\" class=\"widget widget-image var-image-standard\">\n<div class=\"pagegrid\">\n<div class=\"six columns alpha omega\">\n<div class=\"wrapper\">\n<div class=\"framed-image-container no-drag\" data-clicktarget=\"#\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"framed-image\" src=\"https:\/\/s.smore.com\/u\/thumbs\/thumb-97063de1cf9fdb292d1412aa4384ba58.jpg\" alt=\"Big image\" \/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"clear\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"w-3967284694\" class=\"widget widget-text-paragraph var-paragraph-standard\">\n<div class=\"pagegrid\">\n<div class=\"row\">\n<div class=\"six columns alpha omega\">\n<div class=\"content\">\n<h2 class=\"theme-p-title theme-color3\" data-target=\"title\" data-clicktarget=\"#\">Coming Events<\/h2>\n<div class=\"theme-p theme-color-4\" data-target=\"content\">\n<p><strong>October 27, Cetronia&#8217;s Fourth Grade Halloween Parade at Arden Courts, 10 AM<\/strong>Students will be taking a community outreach field trip to Arden Courts on Hamilton Blvd. to parade in costumes throughout the facility and spread Halloween cheer to the residents.<\/p>\n<p><strong>October 27 &#8211; Halloween Parades at all Elementary Schools, 2:15 PM<br \/>\nTRICK OR TREAT NIGHT IN ALL THREE TOWNSHIPS THAT COMPRISE PARKLAND SCHOOL DISTRICT<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>October 27 &#8211; The President\u2019s Own Marine Band<\/strong><em>,<\/em><strong> Parkland High School, 7:30 PM.<\/strong> This free performance is SOLD OUT.<\/p>\n<p><strong>October 27, Pink Out at the PHS Football Game vs. Emmaus, 7 PM.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>This is the last home regular season game! A percentage of the proceeds will benefit a Parkland Family who has been battling Breast Cancer.<\/p>\n<p><strong>October 28, 29, OMS and SMS Fall Plays.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>OMS will do the <em>Legend of Sleepy Hollow<\/em> and SMS will perform<em> Camp Paradise <\/em><\/p>\n<p>October 28 &#8211; OMS play is at 2 PM, SMS play at 2 PM and 7 PM<\/p>\n<p>October 29 &#8211; OMS play is at 2 PM<\/p>\n<p>All tickets are $5 at the respective school auditorium doors.<\/p>\n<p><strong>October 29, Key Club 5k For the Kids in support of Four Diamonds<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.parklandsd.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/5k-Oct-29.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" data-id=\"l-6129135599\">http:\/\/www.parklandsd.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/5k-Oct-29.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Parkland High School Key Club would like to invite you to participate in its first ever 5k For the Kids! This Halloween-themed Run\/Walk will be taking place on Sunday, October 29th at PHS. We&#8217;ll kick off the day with half-mile kids run at 8:30 AM followed by the 5k at 9 AM. We will be awarding prizes to our top finishers and for the best costumes! Advanced registration prices include a free t-shirt and are as follows: Adult- $20, student- $15, child- $10. You can also sign up as a 3-person relay team at the discounted price of $40. Proceeds from the event will benefit the Four Diamonds Fund which strives to conquer pediatric cancer by aiding families affected by the disease through research and financial aid.<\/p>\n<p><strong>November 4, Applebee&#8217;s Breakfast, 8-10 AM<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The OMS PTO is hosting a Pancake Breakfast at Applebee\u2019s on Cedar Crest Blvd (near Target), to support ARP and other school needs! Tickets are $8 for adults and $5 for under 12 \u2013 CASH only please. A Bake Sale will be available as well for afternoon treats!<\/p>\n<p><strong>November 7 &#8211; <\/strong><strong>Zumba in the PHS Gym, 3:10 PM. <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Spanish Club will host a Zumba fundraiser for a fun hour of exercise. No previous Zumba experience required! Just bring your sneakers and $3! All money collected that day will go to Global Giving, an organization that provides hurricane relief to the people of Puerto Rico.<\/p>\n<p><strong>November 8 &#8211; Dine out at Applebee&#8217;s on Cedar Crest to support the PHS Post Prom Party! <\/strong>Show your <a href=\"http:\/\/www.rosegroupdining.com\/ni\/dd.asp?dd=znu8vi\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" data-id=\"l-4685052907\">flyer!<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>November 16, Community Advisory Council, Admin Center, 7 PM.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The public is cordially invited to attend the Community Advisory Council Meeting on \u201cTechnology: Providing Laptops to Students\u201d which will be presented by Samantha Edwards, JR Renna, and Tracy Smith.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Now &#8211; November 30 &#8211; Orefield and Springhouse Middle School Annual &#8220;COATS FOR KIDS&#8221; <\/strong><strong>winter wear drive. D<\/strong>onations will directly benefit struggling Parkland\/Lehigh Valley families! Drop off your gently used or new donations to the lobby at Orefield Middle School or Springhouse Middle School.<\/p>\n<p>Donation items needed:<br \/>\n<strong>* COATS<\/strong><strong>(ALL SIZES infant through adult) <\/strong><strong><br \/>\n* SNOW PANTS<br \/>\n* HATS<br \/>\n* GLOVES<br \/>\n* SCARVES<br \/>\n* WARM WINTER HOODIES\/SWEATSHIRTS<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.psba.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/Handout-Constitutional-Amendment.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" data-id=\"l-9324849286\">Ballot Question Information for Nov 7<\/a>: Proposed Constitutional Amendment on Property Taxes<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"clear\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"w-6963607672\" class=\"widget widget-image var-image-standard\">\n<div class=\"pagegrid\">\n<div class=\"six columns alpha omega\">\n<div class=\"wrapper\">\n<div class=\"framed-image-container no-drag\" data-clicktarget=\"#\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"framed-image\" src=\"https:\/\/s.smore.com\/u\/thumbs\/thumb-6c61fcd4bb74a638d076abea34fe09ea.jpg\" alt=\"Big image\" \/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"clear\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"w-6114698897\" class=\"widget widget-image var-image-standard\">\n<div class=\"pagegrid\">\n<div class=\"six columns alpha omega\">\n<div class=\"wrapper\">\n<div class=\"framed-image-container no-drag\" data-clicktarget=\"#\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"framed-image\" src=\"https:\/\/s.smore.com\/u\/thumbs\/thumb-4a96d73a51d79377c007634a1340c207.jpg\" alt=\"Big image\" \/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"clear\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"w-9772096060\" class=\"widget widget-image var-image-standard\">\n<div class=\"pagegrid\">\n<div class=\"six columns alpha omega\">\n<div class=\"wrapper\">\n<div class=\"framed-image-container no-drag\" data-clicktarget=\"#\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"framed-image\" src=\"https:\/\/s.smore.com\/u\/thumbs\/thumb-1c83aee8ae57cadf59fdb0d66c8941ff.png\" alt=\"Big image\" \/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<h2 data-target=\"title1\" data-clicktarget=\"#\" data-empty-if-target=\"url1\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/park1.jpg\" data-rel=\"lightbox-image-0\" data-rl_title=\"\" data-rl_caption=\"\" title=\"\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-50267\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/park1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/park1.jpg 640w, https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/park1-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/h2>\n<div>\n<h2 class=\"theme-p-title theme-color3\" data-target=\"title1\" data-clicktarget=\"#\" data-empty-if-target=\"url1\">Congrats to the students who had their art on display for the Celebration of Student Art in the Admin Center Art Gallery sponsored by the Parkland Foundation!<\/h2>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"gallery-items no-mobile\"><\/div>\n<div><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/park-2.jpg\" data-rel=\"lightbox-image-1\" data-rl_title=\"\" data-rl_caption=\"\" title=\"\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-50266\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/park-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/park-2.jpg 640w, https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/park-2-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<h2>Thank you student musicians for making the ambiance wonderful!<\/h2>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/park-3.jpg\" data-rel=\"lightbox-image-2\" data-rl_title=\"\" data-rl_caption=\"\" title=\"\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-50265\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/park-3.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/park-3.jpg 640w, https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/park-3-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<h2>All of the artwork was inspiring!<\/h2>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><b>Information Provided By:<br \/>\n<\/b> Nicole McGalla<br \/>\nDirector, Community Relations &amp; Development<br \/>\nParkland School District<br \/>\n1210 Springhouse Rd.<br \/>\nAllentown, PA 18104<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.parklandsd.org\/\"><span style=\"color: #0066cc;\">http:\/\/www.parklandsd.org\/<\/span><\/a><br \/>\nTwitter:\u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ParklandSchools\"><span style=\"color: #0066cc;\">@ParklandSchools<\/span><\/a><br \/>\nFacebook:\u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/PSDistrict\/\"><span style=\"color: #0066cc;\">Parkland School District<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; Coming Events October 27, Cetronia&#8217;s Fourth Grade Halloween Parade at Arden Courts, 10 AMStudents will be taking a community outreach field trip to Arden Courts on Hamilton Blvd. to &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/?p=50264\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Parkland Weekly Update &#8211; October 27, 2017<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":24335,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[69,5719,482],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-50264","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-in-the-valley","category-parkland","category-press-release-2"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"acf":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Parkland.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/50264"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=50264"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/50264\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/24335"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=50264"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=50264"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=50264"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}