October 24, 2008

Hello Parkview Parent!

We have a very exciting week coming up this next week! Sunday will be Parent-Teacher Conferences. You should have received the schedule this week and noted the time when you and your child are scheduled to meet with the teacher. Please contact your child’s teacher if you will not be able to keep the appointment. We hope that you will be pleased with the progress that your child is making. This is a good time to talk about your concerns and strategies for improving your child’s education. We are a team and we work best when we are on the same page.
Please help us with the following items:
· Fill out a short questionnaire to help us with the latest Valuegenesis. The teachers will have them for you at the Parent-Teacher Conference.
· Sign up to support your child’s class with the Fall Festival. If everyone helps out, it will make the load easier for all of us and everyone will enjoy the activities more.
· Select your most requested recipes to put into a Parkview Cookbook to raise money for playground equipment. Please submit at least to our office. Our students will type them and organize them.
· Tell your friends and family about the Fall Festival. This is always a lot of fun! There is still time to add booths. All but our youngest students will be singing for the first time publicly! Bring money for the pie auction and for great food and fun activities!
· SELL APPLES!
· Check out the Scholastic Book Fair in the classroom off of the library! It will be there all week, ending the night of Fall Festival.
I can’t believe that we are at the end of October! This Friday we are making plans to celebrate Reformation Day. October 31st is when Martin Luther courageously nailed the 95 thesis to the Wittenburg church door. We are planning some interesting activities which we hope will help the students understand the importance of the Protestant Reformation and to trust the Bible so that they won’t be led astray.
Have a wonderful Sabbath! Pray for us as we work with your children!

Karen Murcia

Parkview News October 17

October 17,2008

Hello Parents!  

I hope that you are reading this note online or picking it up in the office!  Olympic Day was a lot of fun!  There were some surprises, especially in the races.  Take time to look at the photos on the website.  I hope that this will become an annual event.  Please remember that this next week is Parent-Teacher Conferences.  If you would like to meet with a teacher about your child’s grade at different time, that will be fine, but we want to stress that EVERYONE needs to have a conference with their child’s teacher.  I will not be available in the afternoon on Sunday.  This will also be a good time to confirm what you will be able to do for our Fall Festival on November 1 from 6:00-9:00 pm.  This is a major fundraiser and the students will be singing that night for the first time publicly.  If we have enough people volunteering at the booths, we can trade off so that everyone has an opportunity to take part in the activities.  Be there and bring your friends and family.  

Have you offered apples to your friends?  Our fruit sales will end shortly and we want to encourage you to sale as many as possible.  Our Worthy Students are depending on you!   Some of you have sent back the extra Fundraiser books but have not sent back the money that was earned with the books!  Please remember that each book sold for 20.00.  We have to send in the money!  

Have a wonderful Sabbath!

Karen Murcia