Ms. Halls third grade scientists tried their hands at paleontology this week! They excavated chocolate chips and compared their experience to that of a paleontologist carefully removing fossils from rocks.
🍂🐾 It’s PAWtumn at City Park! 🐾🍂
On Friday, October 31, students will hit the CATwalk during Specials for our Fall Fashion Show! 🎉
Students are welcome to wear costumes, fun outfits, hats, or accessories as they strut across the stage for a round of APPAWSE. (Please remember: no weapons, no masks, no frightening/scary costumes, and face paint must allow students to be identifiable.)
We’ll also celebrate our October PAWSitive Panthers 🎖—parents of honorees will receive a special invitation!
Plus, don’t miss our PAWtumn Pumpkin Patch Fundraiser! 🎃
Book-character pumpkins decorated by 4th & 5th grade art classes will be on display. Students can “vote” for their favorite with coins or cash. The pumpkin with the most votes will be declared the winner, along with a special Principal’s Pick of the Patch!
It’s going to be a day full of fashion, fun, and PAWtumn spirit! 🐾✨
On Friday, October 31, students will hit the CATwalk during Specials for our Fall Fashion Show! 🎉
Students are welcome to wear costumes, fun outfits, hats, or accessories as they strut across the stage for a round of APPAWSE. (Please remember: no weapons, no masks, no frightening/scary costumes, and face paint must allow students to be identifiable.)
We’ll also celebrate our October PAWSitive Panthers 🎖—parents of honorees will receive a special invitation!
Plus, don’t miss our PAWtumn Pumpkin Patch Fundraiser! 🎃
Book-character pumpkins decorated by 4th & 5th grade art classes will be on display. Students can “vote” for their favorite with coins or cash. The pumpkin with the most votes will be declared the winner, along with a special Principal’s Pick of the Patch!
It’s going to be a day full of fashion, fun, and PAWtumn spirit! 🐾✨
October is National Principals Month!
Each October, schools across the country celebrate National Principals Month to honor the hard work and dedication of principals. Principals guide our schools, support teachers and staff, and most importantly, help students grow and succeed.
At City Park Elementary, we are so thankful for our principal, Ms. Rhyne! Her leadership, encouragement, and care for our students and families make City Park a wonderful place to learn. This month, we celebrate and thank Ms. Rhyne for everything she does for our school community.
Each October, schools across the country celebrate National Principals Month to honor the hard work and dedication of principals. Principals guide our schools, support teachers and staff, and most importantly, help students grow and succeed.
At City Park Elementary, we are so thankful for our principal, Ms. Rhyne! Her leadership, encouragement, and care for our students and families make City Park a wonderful place to learn. This month, we celebrate and thank Ms. Rhyne for everything she does for our school community.
The official Dot Day may have passed already, but the creativity is still flowing in Mr. D's art classes. Students have created dots manually using spin machines and virtually using the Quiver app!
In honor of Hispanic Heritage Month, Mrs. Argueta's class enjoyed a visit from some family members of a classmate! The students got to participate in the making of tortillas which resulted in delicious tacos! PAWS loves when multiple generations of a family can come together right here on the 405 Block!
Our student council did a great job this morning at their first meeting! We had several cases of water donated to our school, and they put their muscles together to help get them moved and organized. We also brainstormed a potential fundraising activity to promote kindness in our school. We can't wait to see what all this great group of student leaders comes up with this school year!
PAWS is bananas over his new library station! He is using the word game Bananagrams to encourage students to collaboratively build words. He introduced it this week through our PAWSitive Panther Character Trait for October...KINDNESS!
Mrs. Roper's kindergarten math students represented sides and vertices in a fun way this week!
Calling All Veterans!
City Park Elementary will be honoring our heroes with a Veterans Day Assembly on Tuesday, November 11 at 1:00 PM, and we would love to highlight those connected to our Panther family.
If you are a former City Park student who is currently serving or has served in the military, or if you are a parent, guardian, or family member of a current student or staff member who has served, we invite you to be part of this special tribute.
📸 You can participate by sending in:
A photo of yourself in uniform
OR a short video introducing yourself to our students
For more details, please reach out to Mrs. Hannah Talley at hannah.talley@dalton.k12.ga.us
Let’s make this a meaningful celebration for our students as we honor the bravery and sacrifice of our veterans! ❤️💙
City Park Elementary will be honoring our heroes with a Veterans Day Assembly on Tuesday, November 11 at 1:00 PM, and we would love to highlight those connected to our Panther family.
If you are a former City Park student who is currently serving or has served in the military, or if you are a parent, guardian, or family member of a current student or staff member who has served, we invite you to be part of this special tribute.
📸 You can participate by sending in:
A photo of yourself in uniform
OR a short video introducing yourself to our students
For more details, please reach out to Mrs. Hannah Talley at hannah.talley@dalton.k12.ga.us
Let’s make this a meaningful celebration for our students as we honor the bravery and sacrifice of our veterans! ❤️💙
Fall Picture Day is Monday, October 6!
Second graders completed their first project based learning assignment this week. Students had to research places in a community, form an opinion on which one they deemed the “best”, and write a persuasive paragraph trying to convince their reader to think the same. Mrs. Kitchen’s class put their tech skills to the test and used Canva to create and display their work. We also want to give a shout out to Dalton State College for sending in a video to help us with our research!
PAWS' October Lunch Menu is here!
Responsibility: Taking Care of Our Devices
This month, we are focusing on the character trait of responsibility—and that includes how we care for and use our school devices!
Students can show responsibility by:
carrying their devices carefully with two hands
keeping food and drinks away from them
charging them at home
bringing them to school everyday
using them only for learning.
By being careful and following expectations, students help keep devices working well for everyone.
This month, we are focusing on the character trait of responsibility—and that includes how we care for and use our school devices!
Students can show responsibility by:
carrying their devices carefully with two hands
keeping food and drinks away from them
charging them at home
bringing them to school everyday
using them only for learning.
By being careful and following expectations, students help keep devices working well for everyone.
City Park Drama Club is excited to announce that this year’s school play production of Imagine a Dragon will be open to all students in grades 1 through 5!
Rehearsals will begin on Monday, September 29, 2025, from 7:30-8:00 in the Chorus Room.
Students will go to breakfast after rehearsal. Auditions for specific roles will take place once students have learned the songs.
Please look for more information to come.
Rehearsals will begin on Monday, September 29, 2025, from 7:30-8:00 in the Chorus Room.
Students will go to breakfast after rehearsal. Auditions for specific roles will take place once students have learned the songs.
Please look for more information to come.
Mrs. Gray's kindergarten scientists explored motion last week! They used a "crane" to test pushes and pulls, figuring out how much force was needed to knock down a wall without knocking down the houses.
Students in drama class have been learning about Hispanic Heritage Month with Ms. Vasquez. They learned what Hispanic Heritage Month is and why it is celebrated. Students then had time to research their own culture so they could create an informative presentation about it. Their presentations will include information about food, dance, art, and demographics.
PAWS gets super excited when students transfer their learning! These kindergartners visited the library earlier this week as part of their project based inquiry. During their regular library visit, PAWS found them exploring the artifacts they had learned about previously! They love the fossils we received earlier this year from a grant funded by the Paleontology Association of Georgia and the Toomey Foundation.
Students in Mrs. Ash's and Mrs. Chlebisch’s ELA classes presented their Savvas Week 6 project: a travel brochure.
PAWS is always on the lookout for students who make PAWSitive choices! This group of students visited our book vending machine today as a reward for being positive upstanders in our school community!
