Destination Imagination
Last Saturday, the Destination Imagination team from the Middle School at Parkside won second place in the southern New Hampshire regional tournament! Teams in first, second, and third places qualified to move on to the state tournament in two weeks with schools from all over the state. The team is composed of 7 students from fifth and sixth grade. They worked for over two months to solve an engineering challenge, building a roller coaster in the shape of an alligator.
Destination Imagination is a competition where students have the freedom to grow and collaborate without boundaries. Participants choose from several different challenges rooted in STEAM (science, technology, engineering, arts and mathematics) topics that inspire unique
solutions through the use of the creative process.
Good luck to our Parkside team, the Underdogs!
Cell Phone Reminder
Students’ usage of their cell phones is a distraction from their education and is a disruption to our learning environment. The expectation at Parkside is that when a student enters the building, their phone, headphones and other electronic devices are to be turned off and put away. They will not be allowed out on desks or tables.
We need the support of families with this policy. Families please do not text or call your student’s cell phone during the school day. If there is a message you need to get to your student, you can call the school and speak to someone in the office. If a student needs to make an emergency call they may use the phone in the classroom or have a pass to use the phone in the office.
Spring Sports
Family ID for 2023 Spring Sports Registration is now open. Spring Sports tryouts for high school begin on March 20, 2023; Middle School Track and Field on April 3. 2023(Depending on weather). All athletes must have a current physical (dated within one year of play) on file with their home school. This spring middle school students can participate in soccer, softball, baseball, flag football, wrestling and track and field.
Football
Manchester West Head Football Coach Andrew Provencher and staff will be visiting during the lunches on Tuesday, March 21st. They will be providing information for 8th graders interested in participating in freshman football at West and 5th, 6th and 7th graders looking to participate on the Parkside flag football team and/or register for youth tackle football. Flag football practices will begin in April. For additional information or to connect with Coach Provencher, feel free to email him at andrew.provencher@gmail.com.
Middle School at Parkside
Principal: Scott Szuksta sszuksta@mansd.org, Phone Ext: 11
Assistant Principal: Nicole Chartier nchartier@mansd.org, Phone Ext: 10
Assistant Principal for Special Services: Jennifer Harrises jharrises@mansd.org, Phone Ext: 9
Special Education Coordinator: Joanne DeBello jdebello@mansd.org, Phone Ext: 2134
75 Parkside Avenue, Manchester, NH, USAParkside@mansd.org603-624-6356parkside.mansd.org