{"id":29333,"date":"2025-11-20T10:34:04","date_gmt":"2025-11-20T16:34:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.moundsparkacademy.org\/news\/?p=29333"},"modified":"2025-11-20T10:34:33","modified_gmt":"2025-11-20T16:34:33","slug":"parents-association-news-and-events-november-20-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.moundsparkacademy.org\/news\/2025\/11\/20\/parents-association-news-and-events-november-20-2025\/","title":{"rendered":"Parents Association News And Events November 20, 2025"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-29330 alignright img-responsive\" src=\"https:\/\/nclhx5yj.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/PAWP-2.png\" alt=\"A MPA P.E. teacher and Lower School student playing basketball. \" width=\"400\" height=\"267\" \/>There\u2019s \u201csnow\u201d place like the library! Please join us for \u201cstories in the snow\u201d at MPA\u2019s annual book festival on Monday, December 8-Friday, December 12, in the Martin Lenz Harrison Library!<\/p>\n<p>To help us celebrate the long-standing Book Festival tradition, the Scholastic Book Fair is coming to our school! This is a great opportunity to build your child\u2019s home library with new books they\u2019ll dive into again and again. <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.moundsparkacademy.org\/news\/2025\/11\/14\/celebrate-stories-in-the-snow-at-the-mpa-book-festival\/\">Learn more by clicking here!<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.signupgenius.com\/go\/20F084DACA622A5FB6-60358442-book#\/\">Sign Up To Volunteer<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>In order to make this event a success, we need volunteers to staff the browsing times for each of the grades, various times during the week when it is open for perusing &amp; purchasing, and during some special after school events.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/forms.office.com\/pages\/responsepage.aspx?id=WhF0RhAElEGqKJ0Oc6hq2LXAKRaRyhNNk_ybymlTG4tUREFFNkxMMDBaMlFTWFpRSlhHV1gyNVFCSS4u&amp;route=shorturl\">RSVP By Monday, November 24, For Special Events<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Join us for one\u2014or both\u2014of our joyful, book-loving events celebrating the book festival. Each is designed to bring our community together in the spirit of creativity, connection, and winter cheer.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Wednesday, December 10: After-School Story and Craft, 3-4 PM, Family Commons<\/li>\n<li>Thursday, December 11: Parent Gift-Making Night, 6:30-8:30 PM, Makerspace<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Upcoming Events<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Monday, December 1: Community Wide Parents Association Meeting, 8-9 AM, Martin Lenz Harrison Library, <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/forms\/d\/e\/1FAIpQLSe8WSK47v0H8_HtqjsknespuqwTCtndYssoWBW-aEAF_0JXYg\/viewform\">RSVP and Submit A Question &gt;<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li>Tuesday, December 9: Middle School Quarterly Coffee, 8-9 AM, PCR<\/li>\n<li>Friday, December 12: Upper School Quarterly Coffee, 8-9:30 AM, PCR<\/li>\n<li>Thursday, December 18: PA Book Club with Dr. Brogdon, 6-7:30 PM, Martin Lenz Harrison Library, <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/forms\/d\/e\/1FAIpQLSeP3yPlypdrIwAyeYpn0LatZ_Sr0xZgAXsUQTKxjt2P2J4AhA\/viewform\">RSVP here &gt;<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>There\u2019s \u201csnow\u201d place like the library! Please join us for \u201cstories in the snow\u201d at MPA\u2019s annual book festival on Monday, December 8-Friday, December 12, in the Martin Lenz Harrison Library! To help us celebrate the long-standing Book Festival tradition, the Scholastic Book Fair is coming to our school! 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