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We are so excited to welcome author Rachel Smalley to City Park Elementary! She is the author of TUFTED: The Stitch & Story of Catherine Evans Whitener (illustrated by Katie Hickey).
Who: Grades 3–5
When: October 28
Where: City Park Elementary
Every student in grades 3–5 will hear the author speak and get their very own copy of the book to take home!

📅 Saturday, October 24, 2026
🕙 10:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m.
📍 Mack Gaston Community Center, 218 N Fredrick St, Dalton, GA 30721
💲 Free!
Questions? Call 706-934-3823.

🐾🚒🚑🚓🚌 BIG DREAMS START HERE! 🐾❤️🖤
Get ready, Panthers! City Park Elementary is gearing up for our Careers on Wheels Day on Friday, October 30! 🚛🚜
Our students will have the opportunity to explore exciting careers, meet real-life community heroes, and get an up-close look at the vehicles they use to do their jobs! From fire trucks and ambulances to school buses and utility trucks, our Panthers will discover that there are endless PAWSibilities for their futures! 🐾
👷♀️👩🚒👮♂️ DRESS UP ALERT! Students are encouraged to come dressed as their favorite career! Whether they dream of becoming a firefighter, veterinarian, police officer, construction worker, or something entirely different, we can't wait to see their big dreams come to life! (School/district dress code applies.)
🍦 SPECIAL TREAT! Bruster's Real Ice Cream will also be on campus! Students may purchase ice cream for $5 CASH ONLY!
📅 Friday, October 30
We can't wait for a day filled with curiosity, exploration, and inspiration!
❤️🖤 At City Park, the future is full of endless PAWSibilities! 🐾



📸 Picture Retake Day is coming, Panthers! 📸
If you missed our first Picture Day, here is your chance for Picture Retakes!
📅 Tuesday, October 27
📸 Say cheese, Panthers!

We are bursting with PANTHER PRIDE as we celebrate our talented City Park students whose artwork earned awards at the North Georgia Fair! 🐾❤️🖤
These young artists let their creativity shine, and their hard work, imagination, and artistic talents were recognized! 🌟🖌️
👏 Please join us in giving a BIG round of a-PAWS to our award-winning Panthers! We are so proud of you for sharing your creativity with our community and representing City Park so well!
Gianna Sanchez
Narely Flores
Alyani Acosta
Kimberly Curry
Nicole Garica Fernandez
Kylie Gray
Bella Merecedes Pena
Mildre Nolasco Ramirez
Amelia Reyes
Kevin Trejo
Opal Vaughn
Sarahi Velazquez
Salvador Villafuerte
Benton Woodard
Jenny Baustista Reynoso
Toccoa Lawson
Katherine Morales Simon
Arleigh Phillips
Alessandro Raguay Duarte
Narely Flores Zuniga
❤️🖤 Endless PAWSibilities! 🐾🎨
Get ready to cheer on our team at the District Soccer Tournament!
Bring your family, wear your school colors, and let's show our Panther Pride!
What: District Soccer Tournament
When: Thursday, October 29 Kickoff Time: 3:45 PM
Where: Heritage Soccer Complex (located right behind Park Creek School) Pack your lawn chairs, bring your big cheering voices, and let’s make some noise for our Panthers! See you on the field! 🐾⚽


👉 Donate to Books on the Block: The 405 Book Project:
https://shop.scholastic.com/viewCampaign?lang=en_US...
When one of our students is recognized as a PAWSitive Panther, they receive something extra special—a token for our book vending machine!
That token means they get to choose a brand-new book of their very own to take home and KEEP.
That’s where our community comes in!
Donations to Books on the Block: The 405 Book Project help us purchase the books that keep our vending machine stocked and ready to celebrate our Panthers.
🐾 $5, $10, $20—it all adds up to more books in the hands of City Park kids!
Can’t donate right now? Sharing this post helps, too!
Help us keep the 405 stocked with stories and our PAWSitive Panthers reading!


At City Park, kindness isn't just something we talk about—it's something we DO! ❤️🐾
On this Unity Day, we're celebrating one of the many ways our Panthers put kindness into action through our Helping Hands Ending Hunger program!
Since August 2019, our amazing City Park students have helped rescue and redistribute an incredible 90,255 POUNDS of food! 🎉
Through this meaningful program, our Panthers are learning that even the smallest acts of kindness can make a BIG difference. By rescuing uneaten school food, they are helping fight childhood hunger, reducing food waste, and making sure food reaches families who need it.
🧡 Unity means standing together.
❤️ Kindness means caring for others.
🐾 Helping Hands Ending Hunger is what happens when we put BOTH into action!
We are so proud of our Panthers for showing that kindness doesn't have to be a grand gesture. Sometimes, it's as simple as saving food, lending a helping hand, and looking out for one another.
At City Park, PAWS make a difference—one kind act at a time! ❤️🖤

📸 Picture Retake Day is coming, Panthers! 📸
If you missed our first Picture Day, here is your chance for Picture Retakes!
📅 Tuesday, October 27
📸 Say cheese, Panthers!

Wednesday, October 21 is an early release day. All elementary schools will dismiss at 12:15.
Please remember that there is no ASP on Early Release Day!

🧡 Wear Orange for Unity Day! 🧡
What: Wear an orange shirt or outfit to show kindness, acceptance, and inclusion for National Bullying Prevention Month!
When: Wednesday, October 21; 9:00 AM
Where: PAWS and Applause Pep Session
Our Student Council will be selling ORANGE items for $1 to help us prepare for this important day!


Don't miss your chance to capture all the PAWSome memories from the 2026–2027 school year! ❤️🖤
Our City Park yearbooks are available for just $25.00! From classroom fun to special events, friendships, and unforgettable moments, you'll want to keep these memories forever! 📸✨
📖 Three Easy Ways to Order:
❤️ Send $25 cash or check (payable to City Park Elem.) to school.
🖤 Scan the QR code on the Lifetouch envelope.
❤️ Order online at ybpay.lifetouch.com using Yearbook ID: 15516427.
🐾 Don't miss out on a year full of Endless PAWSibilities! Order your City Park yearbook today!


Get ready to explore, learn, dream, and grow! Our students will get to meet real people with real jobs right here at school:
Firefighter🚒 Police Officer🚔Paramedic 🚑 Bus Driver🚌 Garbage Collector🚛 Construction Worker🚜
Mail Carrier 📬 Veterinarian 🐶🐱
Event Details
Date : Friday, October 30
Location: City Park Elementary School
Special Treat: Bruster's ice cream will be available to purchase for $5! 🍦
Dress Up: Dress up as your favorite career! 🧑🚒👮♀️👷♂️
Ask questions, be curious, and learn about exciting new jobs. Endless PAWSibilities start here! 🐾

Wednesday, October 21 is an early release day. All elementary schools will dismiss at 12:15.
Please remember that there is no ASP on Early Release Day!

Our K–3 Panthers are ready to FALL into reading with the Amira Fall Reading Challenge! 🍂🐾
From October 19 through November 20, our classrooms will be working together to grow their very own pumpkin patches! 🌱🎃
Here's how it works:
📖 Each week, our goal is for at least 80% of students in each classroom to complete 20 or more minutes of high-quality reading practice with Amira.
🎃 Every time a class meets its weekly goal, they earn a pumpkin to add to their digital pumpkin patch!
🌟 Classes that collect all FOUR pumpkins will earn a special classroom celebration!
🍁 We even have a bonus harvest week to help classrooms complete their patches!
We'll be updating our City Park Pumpkin Patch as the challenge progresses, so be sure to watch our Panthers' reading success GROW! 🌱
Let's see how many pumpkins our Panthers can harvest! 🎃🎃🎃🎃
❤️🖤 At City Park, we make GREAT GAINS—one reading minute at a time!

Two fun ways to show your Panther spirit are now available for PRE-ORDER through October 19!
👕 CITY PARK T-SHIRTS — $20 EACH
Choose from:
• Student Shirt — Building My Legacy with the graduation year based on the student’s grade level
• Parent Shirt — Proud Parent of a City Park Panther
🐾 BUILD-A-PAWS PANTHERS
Create your very own City Park Panther! Each kit includes stuffing, a small red heart, and a red-and-white shirt.
• 8-inch Panther — $25
• 16-inch Panther — $30
📄 Flyers were sent home with students yesterday with ordering information.
⏰ Don’t miss out! All pre-orders are due by October 19.
Grab a Panther, a shirt—or both—and show off that City Park Panther Pride! 🐾❤️🖤




🐾 Calling All Veterans & Active-Duty Service Members! ❤️🤍💙
City Park Elementary is making plans for a very special Veterans Day Assembly, and we would be honored to have the veterans and active-duty service members in our City Park families and community join us!
❤️ Wednesday, November 11
⏰ 9:30 a.m.
📍 Harmon Practice Field — across from the National Guard Armory
This year, our Panthers will leave the 405 and gather together outdoors for a special community celebration of the men and women who have served—and continue to serve—our country. Our program will include the Pledge of Allegiance, our City Park Glee Club, patriotic music, a whole-school singalong, and a special recognition of our veterans.
Veterans and active-duty service members, please make plans to join us! We want our students to see that those who serve our country aren't just people they read about in books—they are members of their own families, school, and community.
🪑 Guests, please bring a lawn chair for seating.
Please help us spread the word by sharing this post with a veteran or active-duty service member who might like to join our Panthers for this special morning.
🐾 Thank you for your service. We can't wait to honor you! ❤️🤍💙

https://daltonpublicschoolsga.edurooms.com/newsletters/city-park-school/newsletters/the-panther-press-183649
🧡 Wear Orange for Unity Day! 🧡
What: Wear an orange shirt or outfit to show kindness, acceptance, and inclusion for National Bullying Prevention Month!
When: Wednesday, October 21; 9:00 AM
Where: PAWS and Applause Pep Session
Our Student Council will be selling ORANGE items to help us be ready for this important day!

