Through intentional recruitment and collaboration with the vocal music teacher, admin, and counselors, Park Middle School has seen huge growth in its band program during the past three school years! While this is great news, we are currently needing to borrow a large amount of instruments from other schools to meet the needs of our students. Our goal is to give as many students the opportunity to learn an instrument as possible by keeping instrument rentals easily accessible and affordable. Having instruments that are in good playing condition is imperative to the success of our students. Providing students with high quality instruments also helps build a culture of respect, confidence, and ownership in instrument care.

While Park Middle School is lucky to have many clarinets in our inventory, we are currently borrowing ten clarinets from other schools after borrowing seven in the 2025-2026 school year. The amount requested will be used to purchase 10 clarinets to add to Park’s inventory in addition to covering the cost of repairs to instruments currently in our inventory. We are hoping to raise $4,500 plus cost reimbursement for these instruments. 

Fredstrom elementary will be hosting our first Family Literacy Night on March 25! This event is designed to bring families together around a central theme to explore connections amongst literacy, art, music, math, and science. The evening will be focused on the book Don't Trust Fish by Neil Sharpson. Families will have the opportunity to circulate amongst a variety of interactive stations that connect to the book including: viewing a recorded read aloud of the book by the author, designing your own fish with adaptations in art, exploring various animal classification groups from multiple community organizations, developing fact vs. opinion understandings from the book as comprehension, matching numbers while engaging in a game of Go Fish!, as well as others. As part of the evening, we would like to give each family a copy of Don't Trust Fish to take home, as well as a new pack of Go Fish! playing cards. The remainder of the budget will be spent on bags to collect materials from community tables. We are excited for this family event to highlight the connections of literacy, math, science, art, and music while also providing a space for families to interact with each other. 

As a Title 1 building, we are seeking ways to support additional opportunities students may not have on their own.  Pearson's Pumpkin Patch is one of these opportunities for first grade.  Our families have donated for the entrance fees and we are now seeking $500 plus cost reimbursement for busing.  We look forward to continuing this tradition with our families as our children embrace these experiences!  Due to seasonal timelines, this is needed in October.