Parkview Times December 2015

December 2015

Dear Parkview Families,

The holiday season is upon us! The students have

been actively involved in academic and social learn-

ing for a trimester. It is hard to believe that we are

entering the second trimester of the school year.

New this year for our elementary families, report

cards for the first trimester will be electronically

available on Infinite Campus. Please be sure to log

on to Infinite Campus starting on December 4th to

view your student’s progress from the first trimester!

A few highlights from last month include Title 1 Family

Reading Night for our K-1 students, a respectful

Veteran’s Day Assembly with the Chippewa Falls

Patriotic Council, and an ALL School Celebration that

included celebrating our students for good behavior

and some fun team building games! We are thankful

for the experiences and opportunities that we have

available to us at school.

At Parkview, we are always striving to be our BEST

and improve everyday. In the spring of 2015 a survey

went out to all families in our school. Families an-

swered 17 questions about how they felt about our

school and our district. Thank you for caring enough

to complete the survey. The goal of the survey was to

determine how you feel about our school so that we

can be more effective in our planning and future

decision making. I am pleased to present the results

of the parent satisfaction survey.

Parent Satisfaction Survey Feedback 2014-2015

*Scores at or above 4.3 are scores we strive to maintain*

We also administered a Student Satisfaction Survey.

This survey was a 14 question survey given to stu-

dents in 2nd through 5th grade in the spring of 2015.

Here are the results: Student Satisfaction Survey Feedback

2014-2015

*Scores at or above 4.3 are scores we strive to maintain*

Continued... - M I S S I O N S T A T E M E N T -

Question Top 3 Scores

The school is well maintained. 4.39/5.00

The school provides a safe environment for my child to learn.

4.30/5.00

My child’s learning is a high priority at this 4.28/5.00

Question Bottom 3

The principal at this school is approachable and reachable

3.70/5.00

The principal at this school is an effective leader. 3.615.00

I receive positive phone calls, notes, or emails about my child from the school.

3.24/5.00

Question Top 3 Scores

My principal is a good leader. 4.75/5.00

I enjoy art, music, and PE. 4.72/5.00

My teacher cares about me. 4.68/5.00

Question Bottom 3 Scores

Learning is fun at my school. 3.99/5.00

I like going to my school each day. 3.97/5.00

Students show respect for each other at school.

3.81/5.00

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…..Principal Letter continued from page 1

The feedback we received has helped us to develop

action steps for this school year and beyond.

As always, if you have questions or concerns

please contact me at 715-720-3750 or

olsonml@chipfalls.org. I am committed to helping

our school be the very best for our students, fami-

lies, and staff members.

The holiday season is a wonderful time to reflect

upon the year and all the good that we have en-

countered throughout the year. I am so thankful for

our students, staff and families that call Parkview

their neighborhood school. Thank you for your

continued support given to our school throughout

the year. Your support helps to make us who we

are!

Best wishes for a wonderful holiday season and a

healthy 2016!

Yours in Parkview PRIDE,

Melissa Olson

Principal

Calendar -December 4-

Report Cards Available View on Infinite Campus Parent Portal

-December 15-

Mrs. Markgren’s & Mrs. Broeren’s Class Volleyball Tournament Southview Elementary

9:00 am

-December 18- Mrs. Elbert’s & Mrs. Lea’s Class

Volleyball Tournament Hillcrest Elementary

9:00 am

-December 23-

Holiday Sing 8:45 am

Early Release

-December 23- Classes Dismiss at 12:00 pm

-December 24 thru January 2- No School

Winter Break

Looking Ahead -January 21- Early Release

Classes Dismiss at 12:00 pm

-January 22-

No School

Come celebrate the Holidays with your student(s) at

the Parkview Holiday Sing-Along on December 23rd.

Everyone will gather in the gym at 8:45 am. to sing

some fun holiday tunes together. This is not a perfor-

mance, it’s an opportunity to share some holiday spirit.

After the program, students will return to class for the

remainder of the day. This is an Early Release day

and students will dismiss at 12:00 pm

We hope to see you there!

Holiday Sing

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5th Grade

Volleyball Tournament

The Physical Education Department would like to invite

the 5th Grade Parents to the 2015 Volleyball tournament.

Mrs. Broeren and Mrs. Markgren’s classes will be com-

peting at Southview Elementary on Tuesday, December

15th. Mrs. Elbert and Mrs. Lea’s classes will be compet-

ing at Hillcrest Elementary on Friday, December 18th.

Tournaments begin at 9:00 am and will be completed at

approximately 12:30 pm.

In case of snow days, the tournament dates will be

moved to Wednesday, December 16th for Mrs. Broeren

and Mrs. Markgren and Monday, December 21st for Mrs.

Elbert and Mrs. Lea.

Humane Association

Drive

The 3rd Grade students and teachers will be collecting

donations for Chippewa County Humane Association

from Tuesday, December 1st to Wednesday, December

16th. Rather than exchanging classroom gifts or receiv-

ing teacher gifts, they will be asking for items or monetary

donations for the Humane Association.

These are a few items from their Wish List:

Purina Dog Food (green bag)

Purina Cat Food (blue bag)

Purina Kitten Food (yellow bag)

Any Brand Canned Dog or Cat Food

Iams Kitten Canned Food

Kitten Milk Replacer

Dog Treats

Dog Toys

Cat Toys

Laundry Soap

2x2 Tie Cat Beds

Dish Soap

Trash Bags

Permanent Markers

Manilla Folders

Note Books

Bleach

6th Grade

Orientation

Night

The Chippewa Falls Middle School

will hold two 6th grade orientation

nights in February. February 1st will

be for 5th grade families who will be

having their first child attend Chippe-

wa Falls Middle School. February

2nd will be for 5th grade families who

are not new to the middle school and

have had an older sibling attend pre-

viously.

Both events will run from 6:00-8:00

pm and will be held in the middle

school auditorium.

The events of orientation include:

· An introduction to the school and

transition process

· An explanation from music teacher

of different performance options

· Sign up for 6th grade classes

· A self-guided tour hosted by WEB

Leaders

The student registration fee for the

16/17 school is $44

The staff of the middle school is look-

ing forward to seeing all 5th grade

families at orientation.

Sue Kern, Principal

Chippewa Falls Middle School

715-726-2400

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Start the conversation on setting and reaching savings goals with your child. You can prepare your child for their future by asking them to choose something to save for. First, encourage them to choose a small short-term goal, and work up to larger long-term goals. After they choose what to save for, have your child draw a picture of it. Help them write words to describe their goal and how they will feel when they reach it. These things create a visual image and make it feel real. Next, have your child write down how much it will cost, how much they have saved already, and how much they still need to save. Break the to-tal into small amounts to save weekly and cele-brate each small step in the right direction! Help your child celebrate the excitement and feeling of success that comes with reaching their goal!

RCU School $ense wants to help your child create the habit of saving each week for life. Your Parkview RCU School $ense is open on Mon-day at lunch to help your child get excited about saving and helping

their school. Remember that RCU donates $250 to Parkview for every 500 deposits made. We encourage kids to save any amount. Pennies, nickels, dimes and quarters all add up to quite a bit when your child saves each week. As a special incentive, we will be having a Double-Stamp Day on November 2. Savers will receive 2 stamps on their Super Saver cards, instead of one, helping them earn prizes more quickly! If you want to know how to start saving at school with RCU School $ense, please contact me, Amanda Farnham at: amanda.farnham@rcu.org

What Are You Saving For?

Winter Playground

Happy Holidays to all of

our Parkview friends and

families!

During the month of

December, students of all

grade levels are given the chance to participate

in small groups regarding a variety of topics.

The small group setting provides students a

safe and caring environment where they can

share their thoughts and feelings with peers.

Classroom counseling lessons will resume in

January.

If you have any questions or concerns in the

meantime, please feel free to contact

Mr. Grimes (K-2) or Mrs. Petersen (3-5) for

assistance.

Counselor’s Corner As we prepare for winter, students should keep these additional playground expectations in mind:

Be Respectful: Respect others’ snow creations

Be Responsible:

Wear boots and snow pants to play off the black-top.

Be Safe:

Use snow safely. Snowball throwing is not allowed.

Parents, please take some time in the evening or morning to make sure that you student has the proper winter attire. Warm coats, snow pants, boots, hats and gloves/mittens are essential in the winter weather. Make sure you student is ready to be outside when he/she leaves the house in the morning. Also, be sure that they have tennis shoes in their backpack for the rest of the day. Thank you!

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Important Messages

Early Release

December 23rd

Classes Dismiss at

12:00pm

Please be sure that your student’s teacher is aware of how your child will

be getting home that day.

Will they be using their normal mode of transportation, or will you be making a

different arrangement?

Penny War

The 4th and 5th grade Junior Girl Scout Troop is having a Spirit of

Christmas Penny War from Monday, November 30th to

Friday, December 4th.

Proceeds go to the “Spirit of Christmas: which provides

gifts for families in need.

Bring Your Pennies!

Please have your child check the

Lost and Found

As the weather gets colder lost mittens, gloves, hats and coats start to appear!

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With the upcoming break and

increased time that children will

spend with family and friends,

this is a good time to remind par-

ents and guardians about the risk

of head lice.

Head lice are found worldwide. In the United

States infestations of head lice are most com-

monly noted among preschool and elementary

school age children and their household mem-

bers. Adult head lice move by crawling, they

do not jump or fly. Head lice feed on human

blood several times a day and live close to the

human scalp where it is warm. Head lice are

not known to spread any disease.

Head lice are spread by having direct contact

with a person who has adult live lice in their

hair. Most common methods of spreading in-

clude: sharing towels, bed linens, combs,

brushes, hats, scarves, coats with a person

who has head lice. Personal hygiene or clean-

liness has nothing to do with getting head lice.

The following actions are recommended to pre-

vent the spread of head lice at school and

home:

Store each student’s hats, coats, jackets in

separate lockers or cubbies if possible.

Hats should be placed inside your child’s

coat sleeve.

Teach students not to share clothing, tow-

els, hats, scarves, helmets, combs, hair

clips, head bands, or other personal groom-

ing articles.

For longer hair, braid your child’s hair or

have it pulled back in a pony-tail.

If your child does contact head lice, please call

and notify the school. Chippewa Falls Unified

School District follows the recommendations of

the Center for Disease Control, the American

Academy of Pediatrics, and the National Asso-

ciation of School Nurses for its management of

head lice with a “no-live” lice policy. After stu-

dents have been treated and no live lice re-

main, the student can return to school. To pre-

vent re-infestation, all nits will need to be re-

moved manually. Our health office staff will

work with you and check your child for one

month to help identify any further issues with

head lice.

Below are myths and facts regarding head lice.

For any further information, please contact your

school’s health office.

Nurse Julie and Nurse Kerrie

News From the Nurse

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Head Lice Myths and Facts

MYTH

FACT It’s easy to get head lice. Lice are spread by head-to-head contact and are

much harder to get than a cold, the flu, ear infec-tions, pink eye, strep throat, or impetigo.

Avoiding lice is important, as they are dirty and spread disease

Lice do not spread any known disease, nor are they impacted by hygiene.

Head lice are very sturdy creatures and can survive many days off a human head in furni-ture, linens, or clothing.

Head lice need a blood meal every few hours in addition to the warmth and humidity of the human scalp to survive. When off the human body, in op-timal conditions, they cannot survive for more than 24 to 36 hours.

Nits (lice eggs) can fall off a person’s head, hatch and cause another person to get lice.

Nits are glued to the hair shaft by a cement-like substance and are very hard to remove. When a nymph is hatched, it must quickly have the warmth and food source of a head to survive.

Cutting a person’s hair will prevent head lice infestations.

The length of a person’s hair does not prevent head lice infestations.

You can get head lice from sitting at a desk next to someone who is infested with head lice.

Head lice are spread through direct head-to-head contact. The lice do not hop, jump, or fly, so sitting near someone with head lice does not increase the risk of getting the lice.

Lice are commonly spread throughout school. Transmissions in school are rare. It is more com-mon to get head lice from family members, over-night guests, and playmates who spend a lot of time together

Lice are commonly spread through hats, hel-mets, and headphones.

Although the spreading of lice through hats, hel-mets, or headphones is possible, it is rare. It is more common for transmission to occur from pil-lows, hairbrushes, or bedding. Transmission pri-marily occurs through head-to-head contact.

School and child-care facilities should screen all children for head lice, so everyone can be treated and the spread of head lice will be pre-vented.

Having regularly scheduled mass screenings does not reduce the incidence of head lice.

“No-nit” policies reduce the risk of head lice in schools and child-care facilities.

Research shows “no-nit” policies do not decrease the number of cases of head lice. They do de-crease the risk of incorrect diagnosis of head lice, the number of days children are out of school, and negative social stigma associated with head lice. They also may hinder academic performance.

You can get lice from your dog or other pets. Head lice are specific to humans. You can get hu-man lice only from other humans. You cannot give your pet lice.

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Online Report Card Instructions

First Trimester Report Cards

The elementary schools have gone with electronic report cards. Please follow the instructions below to access your child’s first trimester report card, starting on Friday, December 4th. If you have not set up your parent portal in Infinite Campus, please do so before Friday. If you need help setting up your Parent Portal, call Brandon at the help desk at 715-726-2413.

First trimester report cards will be available to parents via the Infinite Campus parent portal on Friday, December 4th.

To locate your child’s report card, follow the steps below:

1. Go to our district website at chipfalls.org and click on the Infinite Campus logo at the top of the screen.

2. Log into Infinite Campus using your parent portal account.

3. Select your student to view.

4. Select Reports and then the appropriate grade level report card.

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What’s Happening @ Your Library Media Center

4th Grade Battle of the Books is done! Our top point earner was Team #4 from Mrs. Peter-

son’s class at Parkview with 163 points! Our second place team was Mrs. Nayes Team #4 from Jim

Falls with 139 points! Congratulations to all the 4th graders on reading some good books that you

might not have picked out for yourself otherwise.

Statewide Battle of the Books has begun. Students in grades 4+5 are gathering

during lunch recess at least once a week with Mrs. Totzke. If you are interested in

knowing when we meet have your student show you by clicking on the ‘attendance’

form on the website. Teams earn points by coming to meetings, writing practice ques-

tions, using Moodle for practice and of course - battling to see who knows the 20 books the best!

Keep on reading!

What is a Makerspace? Officially the term makerspace means a “creative, do it yourself spaces

where people can gather to create, invent, and learn”. Throughout the year, at both Parkview and

Jim Falls, students will have opportunities to learn through creating. Specifically we have sets of

things like: Story Starter Legos, Marbleworks, OgoBildPod, Zoob, Ozmo, MakeyMakey, Snap Cir-

cuits, Ozobot, Cubelet, Probot, Beebot, ego Robotics, and Sphero. Many of these types of kits are

available from local retailers or online and would make great presents - educational and fun!

Have you read? Snowflake Bentley by Jacqueline Briggs Martin.

It’s a book about the first man to photograph a snowflake.

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Nutrition from the Kitchen

Family breakfast: Keep on your family’s regular eating schedule. Don’t let the holidays be an excuse to skip breakfast, as it only leads to feeling starved for dinner. Family time: Holidays allow for extra time to put the busy sched-ules on hold and plan time togeth-er. Home cooking: Holidays are a time to bring out your favorite recipes and be reminded how enjoyable cooking can be. Practice food safety: With food often being prepared ahead of time for the holidays to take to various parties, make sure to remember basic food safety. Avoid bacteria growth on food by cooking and storing foods properly. Practice hand washing and teach kids to wash their hands before and after eating and touching foods as well. Cooking with kids: The holidays are an excellent time to bring kids into the kitchen and let them help.

They are often curious to see the special prepara-tions for the holidays.

Family activities: The holidays are the perfect time for a family team game such as softball, kickball or other activities that get the whole family off of the couch. Practice portion control: Holidays do not have to focus around over-indulgence. Instead, use the oppor-tunity to practice, and teach kids, about estimating portion sizes and choosing the healthier options. Avoid Stress: Holidays do not have to create stress. Plan ahead and remember the main reasons

holidays are important is for families to be together practicing their special traditions.

Be happy: Enjoy the kids and teach them to enjoy special family moments. The moments come and go by quickly, but the memories last a lifetime.

Key Ingredients to Healthy Holidays for the Entire Family

Parkview PBIS

Welcome back from Thanksgiving break!

We ended the month of November with an

awesome all-school celebration. All classrooms

completed the “Fill Your Bucket” challenge and

had the opportunity to come to the gym to play

games. Some students even received a special

award! These students were chosen by their

classroom teacher for continuously showing

excellent Parkview Pride behaviors--way to go!

We also had a special guest at the celebration:

Parkview now has it’s own mascot--a Parkview

Pride Lion!

As we continue into the month of December,

please remind your child to show behaviors

that are safe, respectful, and responsible.

December usually comes with lots of excite-

ment, and it’s important to remember that we

still need to be responsible for our learning.

That means completing our homework on time,

remembering to pack our winter weather gear

(hats, mittens, snow pants, and boots), and not

distracting others during our learning time in

class. Finally, Happy Holidays to you and your

family from the Parkview Pride team!

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Veteran’s Day Scrapbook

Gathered Around the Flag

Veterans of Honor

Celebrating Together

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Parkview has a TV located on the west wall by the display cases in Central Park. It is used for announcements of upcoming events and general information for the school. The screen changes continually throughout the day showing each event many times. We

allow you the opportunity to place an “ad” for your child that will run on Wednesdays. This is used as a fundraiser for the PTO. The ad will cost $5.00 and will include a picture of your child (after the pictures are taken if they are in kindergarten or new to Parkview), their

first name and a short message from you!

The PTO funds many things for Parkview including playground equipment and toys, field trips and sound systems for the classroom teachers so the money will be used for your chil-

dren at Parkview in some way.

If you would like to place an ad fill out the form on the bottom half of this flyer and send it, with $5.00, to the Parkview office at least two days before the ad will appear.

Thank you, Parkview PTO. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -

ONE DAY ADVERTISEMENT FOR YOUR CHILD ON TV IN CENTRAL PARK

Child’s full name________________________________ Teacher__________________ Grade______ Occasion (please circle one) Birthday Good Job Congratulations Nice Work Message (10-12 words) _________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________ From ____________________________________________Date you want the ad to run_____________

Return this slip with $5.00 to the Parkview office 2-3 days before the ad will be run.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY!

GOOD JOB!

NICE WORK!

CONGRATULATIONS! YOUR AD HERE

PARKVIEW TV ADS

***Students have really enjoyed this so far. They love to see their name and picture on the TV. ***

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Chippewa Falls Area Unified School District Academic Standards

- English/Language Arts – Common Core State Standards – CCSS ELA

- Mathematics – Common Core State Standards – CCSS Math

- Social Studies – Wisconsin Academic Standards-Social Studies – WI

- Science – Wisconsin Academic Standards- Science – WI

- Career/Technical Education – Wi Common Career and Technical Education Standards- CTE - WI

- Physical Education –WI Phy Ed/Health Standards- Phy Ed - WI - Art – National Visual Art Standards- Art - NVAS

- Music – Wisconsin Standards are currently being aligned to new national standards- Music - NAME

- BB4C – Wisconsin Model Early Learning Standards - WI - Early Learning Standards