Dear Evans Park Families,

Thank you for supporting our Pick A Reading Partner (PARP) program this year. PARP is designed to foster the love of books through reading at home, individually or with others. Over three weeks, the students will discover how reading does not take us on adventures in a book, it can connect our community. This year’s PARP theme, Reading in the Real World, encourages the kids to discover the power of reading to communicate, connect people, and open a world of adventure.

See below for details and CALENDAR regarding the program.

Each classroom teacher will be sharing a sign-up sheet to have a partner in reading come to Evans Park and read to your child’s class. We ask that our reading partners and guests be adults, or age-appropriate student accompanied by an adult outside of their school hours. All volunteers must sign-up with their classroom teacher and share which wonderful book they will read to the class!

Dates: Friday, January 23rd through Friday, February 13th.   

PARP Spirit Activities

• KICK-OFF Friday, January 23rd: PARP Kicks off with the Pearl River local library presenting to each grade level about reading in the community and how books can build connections.

• Evans Park Book Fair - February 4th & 5th - We welcome families to join us on February 4th in the evening for our annual book fair. Classes will visit during school hours.

• Postcard Writing - All students will have the opportunity to write their own postcard to a friend or family member showing how our words can travel to build community. 

Spirit Week Activities Leading Up to Rockland Reading

• Monday, February 9th: READING ROCKS!: Dress like a reading rock star

• Tuesday, February 10th: TACKY WACKY! Reading is cool even in out tackiest outfits!

• Wednesday, February 11th: READ MY CLOTHES - Words are what I’m wearing

• Thursday, February 12th: BOOKS BRING US TOGETHER - Wear white/red for Valentine’s day

• Friday, February 13th: Pajama Day - Rockland Read-In and Pajama Day.   As PARP comes to a close, students will be invited to wear pajamas to school, bring lots of extra books and participate in some extra reading time for fun with their classmates.

We appreciate your support of PARP this year. If you have ANY questions, please reach out to our PTA or the Evans Park main office.

Best,

Joseph Avdek, Principal

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Evans Park PTA