Flexible Fridays: Begins Tomorrow
In recognition of the added stress on students, teachers and parents, all 19 District 196 elementary schools are implementing “Flexible Fridays” beginning May 8 and every Friday through the rest of the school year. Students and families have the option to use these days to catch up on earlier assignments or participate in fun online enrichment activities provided by the district. Attendance will be taken, but no new assignments will be given on these days.
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Bridge to School: Registration Due Tomorrow
This program is for children who are enrolled to begin kindergarten in District 196 this September. Classes are held August 17-20 at all district elementary schools. Bridge to School is designed for children to ease transition into kindergarten. Students will become familiar with their new school environment, teaching staff, classmates and routines of the day. Parents are encouraged to join their child on August 17 for the first hour and a half for interaction and an information session on successfully parenting your kindergartner. Placements are made until capacity is reached. Waitlists will be created as space is limited. Registration is open now and closes on May 8.
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SACC Registration: Waitlist Only
The YMCA / District 196 SACC program provides care for Parkview students before and/or after school. This program has filled for the 2020-2021 school year, but you may join the waitlist.
[Link to register. | Link to brochure with details.]
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Self-care Routines
At Parkview, we practice CARES as part of the Responsive Classroom school-wide model. Cooperation, Assertion, Responsibility, Empathy and Self-control are all concepts our students practice throughout the year. Responsive Classroom recently shared some tips for supporting students with self-care routines. They suggest the following questions to encourage and support our children each day with building a self-care practice:
- Who will I connect with today?
- When will I get in nature today?
- How will I move my body today?
- What am I grateful for today?
- How will I be creative today?
Some helpful academic reflection questions might be:
- When were you most focused today?
- When did you notice you needed a break?
- When did you persevere?
- How did you do it?
Another new resource to share is a series of new videos released by "1000 Petals/Moving Mindfully." Get Ready to Learn, Improve Your Focus, and Slow Down for Sleep are the three sequences provided in the link below.
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PTO Corner
Online PTO meeting: May 12
The May PTO meeting will be held via Zoom at 7:00pm next Tuesday, May 12th. In this meeting, we will present a preliminary budget for the 2020-2021 school year as well as elect officers for the next school year. If you would like to attend the meeting, please fill out the link so we may e-mail you the log on information. https://forms.gle/eiJS8xFUSV1vZkCA8
Connect with Your PTO
Please use your favorite media to connect with us:
Facebook - Parkview Elementary PTO
E-mail - parkviewelempto@gmail.com
Website - www.parkviewpto.com
We REALLY Need Your Help
It's hard to think about next year already, but PTO needs your help. Elections for next year are held during the May PTO meeting, and we will have positions that need volunteers. There will be open Executive Board positions and a number of committee positions available. We will especially need a volunteer(s) to step up and help run our Parkview Fun Run next fall. This fun run is the main fundraiser each year, and the money raised will fund the majority of the PTO budget.
 The prospect of coordinating the fun run on your own may be daunting. Here is a layout of what needs to be completed for a successful run:
T-shirt coordination: Work with the t-shirt vendor on design for the year. Gain approval of design by PTO board members and Parkview Principal. Determine quantity of shirt order by size utilizing Boosterthon’s shirt estimator program. (start in early-mid August)
Fun Run Marketing: Communicate with parents utilizing Boosterthon created marketing materials. Post to Facebook Run information and marketing items to generate interest and the fund raising link for the run. Highlight t-shirt sponsors on Facebook at regular intervals. (mid-September through October)
Sponsorships: Work to get sponsorships from area businesses to help offset the cost of t-shirts. Solicit / call on / mail request to businesses for sponsorships. Submit info in the Parkview Thursday email asking parents for business sponsorship ideas. (June through August)
Booster team liaison: Work with the Booster team on items they need such as Fun Run time by grade and other. Be the liaison between Booster and the school staff for needed items. Be present the day of the run for any help Booster needs as well as answering parent questions the day of the run. (August through October)
Please sign up via the signup genius link, or email parkviewelempto@gmail.com with questions.
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Plans for Next School Year
As we plan for the next school year, it is very important we know if students will not be returning to Parkview in the fall. If your family will be moving before the end of the summer, or if your child will be attending a different school, we urge you to inform the office as soon as possible so our class lists will accurately reflect our enrollment.
If you have a fifth grade student and are not planning on sending them to Scott Highlands Middle School, please contact us with the new school information.
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