 The Amity Weekly Minute:
February 2, 2020
What's New?
Weekly Photos
Feature Grade: 6th Grade
The sixth graders have been reading about Martin Luther King, Jr and discussing how one person helped to change the world. The students wrote how people are not always treated fairly today and how they can make a difference at Amity and in their community. It only takes one person to begin a change!
Amity Yearbooks
Order forms for Amity Yearbooks came home on Friday. You can order your child's yearbook using the form, or online HERE. Yearbooks are $15.00 each with orders due March 9th. Yearbooks will be printed and sent home near the end of the school year.
STEAM Night Parent Planning Team- Volunteers Needed
We are putting together a Parent Planning Team for Amity's STEAM Night, which will take place on May 7th.
If you are interested in helping plan for our Science Technology Engineering Art and Math Night, inventory materials, prep experiment boxes, solicit prizes and recruit volunteers, this is your group!
We will be meeting about 4 times starting the week of February 24th to May 7th. Days and times TBD. If interested contact Cheryl Walsh at walsh.c@dpccsd.org.
Congratulations Cub Scouts Pack 791 Weblo Den
 During the 2nd Quarter, members of the Cub Scouts Pack 791 4th grade Weblo Den studied hard and each achieved Honor Roll or High Honors recognition. Congratulations to Edie Harris, Riley Miller, Finn Borer, Nolan Hedges, and Jesse Sulcer!
If you have a student success story you'd like to share, click the link below. We want to tell your story. Simply fill out the following form, and you might be featured on the Deer Park website, social media pages or this newsletter!
Now Accepting Celebrate Excellence Nominations
It's that time of year again where we get to celebrate our wonderful staff. Each year we participate in the Celebrate Excellence event where we ask for nominations for our outstanding educators.
You can submit a hard copy by completing and printing a form HERE. Copies of the form will also be available at all district buildings (Amity, Jr./Sr. High School, and Holmes Building).
Completed nomination forms must be submitted to Jennie Cunningham at the Board Office at 8688 Donna Lane by Friday, March 6, 2020.
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Looking Ahead
Please mark these important dates on your calendar:
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PTO Father/Daughter Dance: Feb. 7 (Details below)
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Presidents' Day | NO SCHOOL: Feb. 17
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Teacher PD Day | NO SCHOOL: Feb. 18
In Case You Missed It!
Reminder for Fall 2020 Deer Park Preschool Parents
Deer Park residents with students who turn 4 before August 1, 2020, are eligible to attend Deer Park preschool in the 2020-21 school year.
Classes will run four days per week (Monday through Thursday) with a morning and afternoon session. Each session will include up to 14 students.
Father/Daughter Dance
The Deer Park PTO is sponsoring the annual Father/Daughter dance for Amity girls in kindergarten through 6th grade. Girls are welcome to be escorted by dad, grandpa, uncle or other adult male. The dance will take place on Friday, February 7 from 7-9 p.m. in the Amity gymnasium. Please print and submit the attached flyer to attend!
Girls Scouts Spring Break Day Camp
Letter From Deer Park Nurses Regarding Illness
The health and safety of the students at Amity is of the utmost importance. As we are now in the midst of cold and flu season I would like to share some reminders to keep your child healthy and learning, and to prevent the spread of disease to others. Please click the following link to read several guidelines to follow when deciding if your child should stay home or come to school.
STEAM Night Correction
STEAM Night will be held on Thursday, May 7th from 5:30-7:00. Our 1st graders will be performing that night. Please disregard the January date listed on the printed Deer Park calendar which was sent home at the beginning of the school year.
Lunch Calendar Correction
The lunch calendar sent home includes a pair of inaccuracies for the month of February. The calendar says there are half days on the 7th and 13th, which are not correct. They are full days of school.
The coney menu on Feb. 7 is correct.
The menu on Thursday, Feb. 13 is:
Big Daddy Pizza
Romaine Salad
Carrots with dip
Assorted fruit
The menu is online for more nutritional details. Please contact the Board Office with any questions.
Late Start/Snow Day Procedures
With the weather getting colder and colder each week, we wanted to take a moment to inform parents that the Deer Park website includes a full list of procedures for our snow day/weather delay decisions. You can read the full details by clicking the link below. The following is information concerning how the delayed opening will
be implemented:
- Once the decision has been made to close schools or delay the opening, the Superintendent will activate our Call-Command Communication System, update via Facebook and Twitter (@DeerParkSchools and @DeerParkSuper), our district website, send out an email, and contact local television stations. It is strongly suggested that parents subscribe to the text/email notification systems now offered by the major Cincinnati news stations in order to receive school closing information as soon as it is entered into the system.
- All parents will receive an automated phone call indicating that school has either been cancelled or will open using a delayed start.
- Under a delayed start, all schools will open for operations exactly two hours later than their normal schedule. Students that walk to school, drive, or receive rides to school should plan on arriving two hours later unless directed otherwise for special programs.
- Under a delayed start, all schools will offer its regularly planned lunch.
- Under a delayed start, all schools will dismiss at the usual time.
- Under a delayed start, there will be no morning programs, including breakfast.
Notes & Reminders
Lost and Found
The lost and found is filling up with student items. If your child is missing something, please have them check the lost and found that is located off the cafeteria.
Deer Park Schools Looking for Substitutes
Deer Park Schools is looking for substitute teachers at both Deer Park Jr./Sr. High School and Amity Elementary.
If you are interested in becoming a Substitute Teacher for us please apply here. We are partnered with Hamilton County Educational Service Center for this service. They are located at 11083 Hamilton Avenue, Cincinnati, OH 45231.
Please log on the Hamilton County Educational Service Center's website. Once on the site please follow the directions on that page to complete and submit the forms.
Hiring Aids, Food Service, and Secretary Substitutes
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