{"id":53012,"date":"2017-11-18T17:00:00","date_gmt":"2017-11-18T22:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/?p=53012"},"modified":"2018-04-26T22:23:41","modified_gmt":"2018-04-27T02:23:41","slug":"parkland-weekly-update-november-17-2017","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thevalleyledger.com\/?p=53012","title":{"rendered":"Parkland Weekly Update &#8211; November 17, 2017"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span class=\"autofit\" data-autofit-done=\"true\"><span style=\"font-size: xx-large;\">Parkland Weekly Update<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<h2 class=\"theme-subtitle\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span class=\"autofit\" data-target=\"subtitle\" data-autofit-done=\"true\">November 17, 2017<\/span><\/h2>\n<div id=\"w-0637845808\" class=\"widget widget-image var-image-standard\">\n<div class=\"pagegrid\">\n<div class=\"six columns alpha omega\">\n<div class=\"wrapper\">\n<div class=\"framed-image-container no-drag\" data-clicktarget=\"#\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"framed-image\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/s.smore.com\/u\/thumbs\/thumb-09ac6e97b9448be0f8f1b6da478a43b0.jpg?w=474&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Big image\" \/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"clear\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"w-5675016101\" class=\"widget widget-text-small-title var-small-title-standard\">\n<div class=\"content align-center\" data-clicktarget=\"http:\/\/ow.ly\/dN4q30gjrQT\">\n<h2 class=\"theme-small-title theme-color1 webfont\" data-target=\"title\" data-clicktarget=\"http:\/\/ow.ly\/dN4q30gjrQT\">Alumni nominations for the Distinguished Wall of Honor are due at the end of the this month. Who will you nominate?<\/h2>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"w-3967284694\" class=\"widget widget-text-paragraph var-paragraph-standard\">\n<div class=\"pagegrid\">\n<div class=\"row\">\n<div class=\"six columns alpha omega\">\n<div class=\"content\">\n<h2 class=\"theme-p-title theme-color3\" data-target=\"title\" data-clicktarget=\"#\">Coming Events<\/h2>\n<div class=\"theme-p theme-color-4\" data-target=\"content\">\n<p><strong>November 17, Parkland Football Playoff Game vs. Freedom at Northampton, 7 PM. <\/strong>Tickets are $6 at the door.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Nov 20 -22 EARLY DISMISSAL SCHEDULE for PARENT\/TEACHER Conferences<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Nov 20 &#8211; 22 &#8211; Elementary Schools Dismiss at 1:45 PM<br \/>\nNov 21 and 22 &#8211; Middle Schools Dismiss at 1 PM<\/p>\n<p>Nov 22 &#8211; PHS Dismisses at 1 PM<\/p>\n<p><strong>November 20, Parkland High School MiniTHON DINE TO DONATE at PJ Whelehan&#8217;s on Broadway and Tighlman, all day long. <\/strong> Just tell your server that you are there to support PHS MiniTHON!<\/p>\n<p><strong>November 23 &#8211; 27 SCHOOLS CLOSED FOR THANKSGIVING BREAK<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>November 27 &#8211; Athletic Department Parent Meeting, Grades 6-11, PHS Auditorium, 7 PM. T<\/strong>his meeting will serve as a review of policies and procedures that must be followed for students to take part in interscholastic sports in 7-12th grades. Additional information is available at the PHS Athletic Office (610) 351-5640.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Now &#8211; November 30 &#8211; Orefield and Springhouse Middle School Annual &#8220;COATS FOR KIDS&#8221; <\/strong><strong>winter wear drive. <\/strong>Donations will directly benefit struggling Parkland\/Lehigh Valley families! Drop off your gently used or new donations to the lobby at Orefield Middle School or Springhouse Middle School.<\/p>\n<p>Donation items needed:<br \/>\n<strong>* COATS<\/strong><strong>(ALL SIZES infant through adult) <\/strong><strong><br \/>\n* SNOW PANTS<br \/>\n* HATS<br \/>\n* GLOVES<br \/>\n* SCARVES<br \/>\n* WARM WINTER HOODIES\/SWEATSHIRTS<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Register now for PHS Dance Team&#8217;s Hip Hop Dance Clinic for students in grades K-8. <\/strong>It will occur Jan 6th from 1-4 PM in the PHS Auxiliary Gym.<\/p>\n<p><strong>More info:<a href=\"http:\/\/www.parklandsd.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/hip-hop-dance-clinic.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" data-id=\"l-0800700774\"> http:\/\/www.parklandsd.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/hip-hop-dance-clinic.pdf<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Register now for the Children&#8217;s Theatre Workshop on Jan 6 and 7. It is a Moana-themed workshop that includes an introduction to theatre arts for students in grades K-5. More info: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.parklandsd.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/Moana_form.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" data-id=\"l-8368226171\">http:\/\/www.parklandsd.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/Moana_form.pdf<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"clear\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"w-5870580238\" class=\"widget widget-image var-image-standard\">\n<div class=\"pagegrid\">\n<div class=\"six columns alpha omega\">\n<div class=\"wrapper\">\n<div class=\"framed-image-container no-drag\" data-clicktarget=\"#\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"framed-image\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/s.smore.com\/u\/thumbs\/thumb-c443f5b500f0a0ce51007c12ae14a280.jpg?w=474&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Big image\" \/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"clear\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"w-0531733700\" class=\"widget widget-image var-image-standard\">\n<div class=\"pagegrid\">\n<div class=\"six columns alpha omega\">\n<div class=\"wrapper\">\n<div class=\"framed-image-container no-drag\" data-clicktarget=\"#\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"framed-image\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/s.smore.com\/u\/thumbs\/thumb-a2b90ff0cf74f28f369fbd9eaf58b71d.jpg?w=474&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Big image\" \/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"clear\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"w-9762866186\" class=\"widget widget-text-small-title var-small-title-standard\">\n<div class=\"content align-center\" data-clicktarget=\"#\">\n<h2 class=\"theme-small-title theme-color1 webfont\" data-target=\"title\" data-clicktarget=\"#\">Drop Off New or Gently Used Outerwear at SMS and OMS in November!<\/h2>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><b>Information Provided By:<br \/>\n<\/b> Nicole McGalla<br \/>\nDirector, Community Relations &amp; Development<br \/>\nParkland School District<br \/>\n1210 Springhouse Rd.<br \/>\nAllentown, PA 18104<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.parklandsd.org\/\"><span style=\"color: #0066cc;\">http:\/\/www.parklandsd.org\/<\/span><\/a><br \/>\nTwitter:\u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ParklandSchools\"><span style=\"color: #0066cc;\">@ParklandSchools<\/span><\/a><br \/>\nFacebook:\u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/PSDistrict\/\"><span style=\"color: #0066cc;\">Parkland School District<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Parkland Weekly Update November 17, 2017 Alumni nominations for the Distinguished Wall of Honor are due at the end of the this month. Who will you nominate? Coming Events November 17, Parkland Football Playoff Game vs. Freedom at Northampton, 7 PM. Tickets are $6 at the door. Nov 20 -22 EARLY DISMISSAL SCHEDULE for PARENT\/TEACHER &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/thevalleyledger.com\/?p=53012\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Parkland Weekly Update &#8211; November 17, 2017<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":24335,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"{title}\n\n{excerpt}\n\n{url}","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"_wpas_customize_per_network":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[69,5719,482],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-53012","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-in-the-valley","category-parkland","category-press-release-2"],"acf":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thevalleyledger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Parkland.jpg?fit=672%2C372&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/53012","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=53012"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/53012\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/24335"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=53012"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=53012"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=53012"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}