Congratulations to all the fantastic CP student artists who displayed work the Community Park Art Show! The art show premiered on June 8 and was very well attended. Congratulations to Ms. Shea for her expert curation and to her many students who created beautiful drawings, ceramics, and other works of art.

PPS has been working with the Center for Applied Linguistics on a program review of the Dual Language Immersion program at Community Park and Princeton Middle School.

Thank you to the many parents and students who have participated in focus groups this week. The Dual Language Immersion program has been in existence for seven years at Community Park and provides students with the opportunity to learn daily in two languages, Spanish and English.

PPS has been working with the Center for Applied Linguistics and Lisa Tabaku, Director, Global Languages & Culture, on a program review of the Dual Language Immersion program at Community Park.Thank you to the many parents and students who have participated in focus groups this week. More than 75 parents have participated in focus groups. In addition, there have been two focus groups with students at Community Party as well as two focus groups with students at the Princeton Middle School.

Inspired by the artist Paul Klee, third grade students used a combination of water and bleeding tissue paper to add color to their linear self-portraits.Ms. Shea and Mrs. Marmo, the school psychologist then engaged students in a discussion about positive character traits and read the book "The World Needs Who You Were Made to Be."

In celebration of World Kindness Day, CP initiated a "Kindness Rocks" school-wide project, in which all students painted a rock to display in various locations outside of CP in hopes of spreading cheer and positivity. All rocks and supplies were generously donated by the CP PTO. 

Last week, the School Psychologist, Mrs. Marmo partnered with Ms. Shea, the Art teacher, to conduct lessons in all the kindergarten and first grade classes during Art to discuss feelings / coping skills and create “worry stones” made from clay.

PPS en conjunto con el Departamento de Salud de Princeton están patrocinando dos campañas de vacunación que ofrecerán vacunas gratuitas de 4 a 8 pm el martes 30 de noviembre y el martes 21 de diciembre. Se realizará en el edificio Suzanne Patterson en 45 Stockton Street, ubicado frente a Monument Hall donde anteriormente se encontraba el Senior Resource Center.

Next week (October 4th-8th) along with many elementary schools in NJ, we will be celebrating Respect Week with another Spirit Week and Upstander Challenge!

Welcome back to school! Let’s partner to make this a safe and wonderful year for everyone. We will do all that we can to keep our CP community safe. Help us to do that by sharing information with your children and talking with them about what to expect. Teachers will send classroom specific information.

Are you looking for after school care for your child in one of the PPS elementary schools? PPS has partnered with the YMCA to provide after school programs at Community Park, Johnson Park, Littlebrook and Riverside.

Spirit Week:

Monday 6/14: Wear bright or neon colors

Tuesday 6/15: Wear your favorite sports team attire

Wednesday 6/16: Wear tie-dye

Thursday 6/17: Wear your favorite pajamas

Friday 6/18: Wear your CP T-shirt of school colors (blue & white)!

Monday, January 18 -- Schools Closed, M.L. King Jr. Holiday

Tuesday, January 19 -- Cohort A Day​*, follow Tuesday hybrid schedule

Wednesday, January 20 -- In-Person A Cohort A Day, follow Monday hybrid schedule

Thursday, January 21st -- Cohort B Day​*, follow Thursday hybrid schedule

Friday, January 22nd -- Cohort B Day, follow Friday hybrid schedule

Community Park will have its Virtual Back to School Night on September 17. Here's a preview of the schedule: