Exciting News! 🚒🏃‍♂️

We are thrilled to announce a fantastic new partnership between Deer Park Elementary and Pasco Fire Rescue Station 30! Our local firefighters recently joined us for the Color Run and had a blast with our students. We’re excited to continue this collaboration with more fun activities planned for the future.

We’re working on putting together a program where the firefighters will join our PE classes for team sports like flag football, kickball, and basketball. This initiative aims to boost variety the physical fitness training for our firefighters and increase community engagement with our students and provide positive roles models.

Stay tuned for more updates on this exciting partnership. Together, we’re making a positive impact on our community and fostering strong connections. Thank you, Pasco Fire Rescue, for your dedication and enthusiasm!

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May 5th to May 9th is Teacher and Staff Appreciation Week! Show your appreciation for your teacher and staff members who impact our students each and every day! Show your thanks through cards, gifts, or anything creative. For help on what teachers and staff love, here are their “Staff Favorites”!

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Physical Exam Opportunities in June and July.  By appointment only.  Some are low cost or free. Different location options available.

See this flyer from Pasco County’s Florida Health for more details.

Mother’s Day Wooden Rose Sale! Perfect gift for mothers, fathers, grandmothers, grandfathers and teachers/staff. Sales will take place in the media center before school, see this flyer for more details.

Dates of sale- May 6th to May 9th (or until sold out).

Each rose is $3, offered in various colors.

Tickets for the Threshers Spirit night are now available for purchase! The game is May 16th from 5:30 – 8 PM and includes all you can eat and drink! This will be a great way to celebrate the end of the school year together!

Please see this flyer for more details. $5 of each ticket sold will be donated to the PTA! You can purchase your tickets at the PTA store online or fill out the bottom portion of the flyer and send it and a cash or check payment to school with your student. Link to the online store is here.

The Sunshine State Young Readers Award (SSYRA) Program is a statewide reading motivational program for students in grades 3 through 8. The purpose of the SSYRA Program is to encourage students to read independently for pleasure and to read books that are on, above, and below their reading level in order to improve their reading fluency. Sunshine State books are selected for their wide appeal, literary value, varied genres, curriculum connections, and/or multicultural representation. There are 15 books in total. The Sunshine State 2024-25 Books are listed here. If your child/ren is in grades Kindergarten through 2nd, and would like to read the Sunshine State Jr. books, you can find that list here.

Once students in grades 3rd, 4th, and 5th grade finish any of the books listed above, they can take that books test to test their comprehension. If the student passes with a 70% or higher (there are 10 questions on the test, the test is on paper), they will earn that books brag tag (a small book cover illustrated dog tag). If a student finishes all 15 Sunshine State books, they will be invited to the Sunshine State Celebration on May 7th after school until 4pm! See this flyer for details or contact Ms. Emmaline in the media center.