BoxTops for Education and Bugs

Please bring in Boxtops for Education labels. Be sure to clearly mark your donation with your name and KEEP COLLECTING boxtops because we really need to step it up if we want Kristen to eat a bug!!!

We are just over halfway to our goal of raising $8,000.

Remember: $8,000 means Kristen will be eating a bug!

What kind of a bug do you think she will eat??? Do you have a suggestion?

Parkview Book Drive

To celebrate reading and recycling in our community the Parkview Library Media Center is hosting a Book Drive.

We need your help! Donate K-8 appropriate books you no longer need to the PCS library media center by May 25th.

During the last 2 weeks of school - after returning library materials – students may select a book from the book drive to keep from the donations. Remaining donated books will be used to support reading in the Parkview community.

Talk to Laura in the Library if you have questions.

Go to http://www.pcslibsummer.blogspot.com/ for more summer reading fun.

Parkview's School Forest is currently highlighted on the
Minnesota Department of Natural Resources' web site.
Check it Out!

Safe Schools Parent Survey

Greetings, 623 Parents! We are very interested in your perspectives on issues facing our youth and the resources for available for parents in our communities. Please take this anonymous, confidential, and short (5-10 minute) survey and tell us your thoughts.

The Suburban Ramsey Family Collaborative (SRFC) will use the results of this survey to plan and support activities with community partners that make our schools and communities safer and more responsive to the needs of families. The survey is available in Spanish, Hmong, and Somali.

AND - all those completing the survey will be entered into a drawing for one of four $100 gift cards to Barnes and Noble.

Just go to the district main page, www.isd623.org, and find the link to the survey or click on the link below to take the survey:

http://www.theimprovegroup.com/surveys/parent.htm

If you have questions about the survey, please contact Rebecca Stewart at the Improve Group at 651-315-8917 or beckys@theimprovegroup.com Thanks so much!

Upcoming Events

May
3-18 - MAP Testing Gr 2-8
20 - Gerten’s Plant Sale Pick up 2:00 pm - 4:00 pm
24 - PEACE Assembly at 9:30 am, Lunch at 10:45 and Field Day K-8 in pm
24 - Spirit Day - School Spirit - Black and Silver/Grey
25 - No School K-12 Teacher Workshop
26 - Shavou'ot Begins at Sundown
27 - Shavou'ot
28 - Memorial Day - NO ACTIVITIES
28 - No School - Staff & Students K-12 (Memorial Day Holiday)
28 - Shavou'ot Ends
29 - All Library Books Due Today!
29-June 1 - PEACE: “E” Environment Week-Making responsible choices to conserve earth’s resources and protect our planet.

PCS PTSA Direct Appeal

Please give online at:
http://givemn.razoo.com/story/Parkview-Center-School-Ptsa-2011-2012-Direct-Appeal

OR by check or pledge:
http://www.isd623.org/pcs/parent/documents/PCSPTSADirectAppealLetter%20Form.pdf

Thanks, as always, for your support!

Parkview Center School is a Roseville K-8 school of choice valuing innovation, high achievement, and cultural competency

As an innovative school pursuing high achievement, PCS staff is committed to:

• Challenging ourselves to achieve the highest academic standards using current research and data in addition to piloting new programs
• Developing professional learning communities to improve student achievement
• Implementing multiple instructional strategies to meet the needs of our diverse learners
• Connecting students within classrooms, across grade levels and throughout the school to further develop a supportive learning community
• Developing meaningful student/teacher relationships to maximize student potential
• Implementing a K-6 exploratory Spanish language and culture program and a grade 7-8 Spanish language program

We are committed to ensuring an equitable and respectful experience for every student, family, and staff member regardless of: gender, home or first language, ability, race, age, socioeconomic status, religion, sexual orientation, national origin.

As citizens of the world, the Parkview community will:

• Welcome all families within our diverse community and beyond our district boundaries
• Respect the voices of all students, staff and parents
• Embrace the PEACE Program by promoting and encouraging Peace, Equity, Action, Community, and the Environment through our Environmental Education Program

• Parents and community members add tremendous value to the overall Parkview school program
• Volunteers provide support for classroom learning, special events, and field trips; and for projects at all levels
• We encourage student involvement in the community and community involvement in our school

Parkview has been designated by the US Department of Education as a 2010 Blue Ribbon School in the category of High Performance. We are one of only 304 public schools awarded Blue Ribbon status in 2010. Read More...

"Parkview is a 2010 Blue Ribbon School"