Sunday Thought 1-31-2016

Cheers!  
Here's to a new
week, and enjoying 
it with great company.

She Takes My Breath Away

"Dear to the heart we'll always be.

Friends from the start, my sister and me."

#BeKindToOneAnother

Today is our 100th day of school!  

"That means lots of ways

to care.  We give hugs

and help others every day."  

                                                          ~Mrs. Lyles' Class

Join us here on Thursdays for 

#BeKindToOneAnother 

Special Delivery

Welcoming a brother

is meeting your 

"forever" friend.

Wish You'd Been There......

Testing the Ice

                           ~By Sharon Robinson

Monday we read a story about dad and

baseball player, Jackie Robinson.  His children

were unaware he was unable to swim.  Yet Jackie

reluctantly summoned the courage to "test" the ice when

they longed to lace up their ice skates one winter day.

Robinson summoned his courage on the field
 as well, at a time when black players were
 not allowed into major league baseball. 

Great discussion, I wish you could
have shared  it all with us on Monday.......

"Why couldn't he play?  That's silly?"  ~Andrew

"Black players couldn't sleep in hotels?

What kind of country was it, anyway?"

                                                 ~Corbin

"I guess Jackie just had to show them."  ~J.J.

"He didn't tell his kids he couldn't swim

That way they would be fearless."  ~Sydney

"If I had been a hotel owner,

Jackie would have been able to stay!"  ~Alivia

"No one should treat someone badly

because their skin color is different

than yours.  It's not right."  ~Kamron

#Priceless

Sunday Thought 1-24-2016

#BeKindToOneAnother 1-21-2016

 We read "Testing the Ice" about

Jackie Robinson's days

playing baseball and being a dad.

"Segregation is wrong.  It made 

things hard for many people."

                                                  ~Mrs. McClure's Class

Join us here on Thursdays for 

#BeKindToOneAnother 

stories @ Parkside.

Wisdom is Wisdom

"Treat people how 
you want to be treated."
                                           ~Avery

"Why would kids have to drink from

a different drinking fountain or go

to the back of the bus?"   

                                          ~Abby

"The people who ran the
Underground Railroad were so brave!"

                                          ~Austin

It's silly to be unkind to someone

with a different skin color."

                                       ~Daniel

  

"Our friends are our friends
no matter what color their skin is."
                                    ~Seth

Sunday Thought 1-17-2016

Want a way to make an important
difference in Lawrence County? 

Click the link below to learn more:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=youtu.be&v=Ct6mTk9cr6k&app=desktop

"If you're out grocery shopping this week,
please pick up some kid-friendly snacks,
breakfasts & non-perishable meals. 


Why?

The Lawrenceville High School FCA
and BETA kids are holding a drive during
the rest of January collecting goods
for Fishes & Loaves, a new local charity
 that'll provide weekend meals for
Lawrence County children.  Please check
 out the list below, and thank you."  

                                                                 ~Parkside Parent

Fishes and Loaves

Breakfast

Cereal Bars   

Individual Boxes or Bowls of Cereal  

Pop Tarts

Lunch and Dinner: 
Individual Size Pop-top or 
Individual Size Microwaveable Bowls of:
Spaghetti and Meatballs
Spaghetti O's
Spaghetti O's and Meatballs
Rice and Chicken
Beefaroni
Ravioli
ABC's and 123's
Chili
Mac and Cheese
Vienna Sausages
Peanutbutter (16 oz. jars)
Pop-top Cans of Ready-to-eat Soup

Snacks
Individual Packages of Apple Sauce
Granola Bars
Individual Packages of Pudding
Fruit Snacks and or Fruit Leathers
Raisins

Food items will also be collected at
the Lawrenceville/RedHill boys
basketball game on Tuesday
February 9th @ Red Hill High 
School located in Bridgeport, Illinois.

Our admission to the game that night
is FREE- because it's "Pack the Place,"
sponsored by People's State Bank.

BIG thanks to the folks @
the Sumner Attendance Center who
started working to make this happen
 in Lawrence County on behalf
of children, this past fall!

Distribution of backpacks 
begins in February 2016.

Win-Win Situation

"Winning the "Super Bowl" of cattle


shows in Bronco country is really great!"

                                                                   ~Mrs. McClure

Congratulations to Four Corners Farm.  

"I liked the sub but missed my teacher!" ~Evan 

Winter

"Winter ice and snow makes the 

world look like it is covered with frosting!"

                                                               ~Aiyanna

 

Put Me In Coach

"Basketball isn't just 

something you play for fun.  

It is something that you feel."

 

Keep Calm and Cast On

Happiness is knitting!

 

Sunday Thought 1-3-2016

 

 

Developing a 

"Growth Mindset"

is where we're headed! 

 

And So We Begin