Park Village Elementary News

Valentine's Day Parties

Wed, 01 Feb 2012 00:00:00 GMT

It's almost time for the 2nd Park Village class party, Valentine's Day! Please be on the look-out for a note from your child's teacher as to what you can help with or bring to the party. Please make sure any food item is store-bought.

Bus Rider of the Month Program

Mon, 30 Jan 2012 00:00:00 GMT

Park Village Elementary is pleased to announce the collaboration with the JISD transportation bus drivers who serve Park Village in rolling out the Bus Rider of the Month Program. Each bus driver selects the student who they feel has exemplified outstanding behavior on the bus for each month. The students are recognized with certificates and tokens of appreciation from the drivers. The drivers have begun using incentives supplied by the campus to promote better behavior and bus safety. The program was spear-headed by our campus Positive Behavior Intervention Support (PBIS) committee.

Below are the Bus Riders of the Month for December:

Hershay Tobin

Korina Garcia

Travis Johnson

Joseph Dunaway

Makayla Dawson

Da'mylah Miller

Zander Williams

PTO Valentine Shoppe

Mon, 30 Jan 2012 00:00:00 GMT

PTO will be having a Valentine Shoppe the of week February 6 - 10. Students can make purchases on the stage in the cafeteria.

Items are priced from ten cents and up, majority of the items will cost between .75 to $3.00.
Highest price items are $13.00.

Pre-K Awards Night

Fri, 27 Jan 2012 00:00:00 GMT

Wednesday night, Jan. 25 was our Pre-K Awards night. Awards were given for "Perfect Attendance" and "Reading Log" for the 1st, 2nd, and 3rd 6 Weeks. Way to go Pre-K!

K-5 Awards Night has a Special Guest!

Fri, 27 Jan 2012 00:00:00 GMT

Kinder-5th Grade students recieved awards Hollywood style for "Perfect Attendance", "Reading Log", "AB Honor Roll", "A Honor Roll", and "Top Dog". These awards were given for the 1st, 2nd, and 3rd 6 weeks grading periods. They were also treated with a visit from a San Antonio celebrity, the Spurs Coyote! It was a wonderful night for the students, we are very proud of all of you!

Park Village Staff Volleyball Team Takes 3rd Place!

Tue, 24 Jan 2012 00:00:00 GMT

The Park Village staff volleyball team was able to bump, set, and spike their way to 3rd place! They placed amongst 11 Judson ISD elementary schools playing in Saturday's tournament. Way to go team!

Top Row L-R: Rebecca Fox, Nicole Taguinod, Jeremiah Brunney, Celina Rubio, Isaac Zertuche

Bottom Row L-R: Sandra Bueno, Kevin Hans, Suzanne Ramirez, Amy Frost

STAAR Night Informs 5th Grade Parents

Wed, 18 Jan 2012 00:00:00 GMT

On January 17th, Park Village hosted our first STAAR Parent Night for the families of 5th grade students. Parents were shown information released by TEA and shown strategies for additional work at home.

We are very excited about our next STAAR night for 3rd and 4th grade families!

Diversity Night on March 8!

Wed, 18 Jan 2012 00:00:00 GMT

Park Village is proud to present our community with a show celebrating the diverse cultures in our school. The program will be presented by some of our talented students the evening of March 8 in the cafeteria. We hope to see you there!

Awards Night!

Wed, 11 Jan 2012 00:00:00 GMT

Park Village will be hosting our Awards Night for Pre-K on Jan. 25 and Kindergarten-5th grade will be on Jan. 26 at 6pm in the cafeteria. Both events will begin at 6pm. We look forward to seeing you there!

STAAR 5th Grade Parent Night

Tue, 03 Jan 2012 00:00:00 GMT

Mark your calendar for Tuesday, January 17 for our special STAAR 5th Grade Parent Night! Learn about the NEW state assessment and methods to use at home to support your 5th grader's education. We will present examples of released items from T.E.A. and discuss the expectations for your 5th grader to be promoted to 6th grade. We will begin at 6:30 in our cafeteria. Your attendance is highly recommended!

Park Village wins 2nd Place for National Night Out!

Fri, 28 Oct 2011 00:00:00 GMT

On October 4, we threw our first ever campus National Night Out with great success! We had wonderful attendance and fun was had by all. We were honored to be presented with 2nd place for San Antonio! Congratulations also goes out to our entire state of Texas for winning best overall state N.N.O. in the country!

Park Village and Elolf Elementary Team Up

Tue, 16 Aug 2011 00:00:00 GMT

Park Village and Elolf Elementary team up to train for the new Success For All reading program this school year. Teachers were put in the students shoes to learn hands on techniques to increase the reading levels at both schools. The teachers and staff are very excited to implement the new reading program and can't wait for the first day of school.

PVE Registration Information

Tue, 26 Jul 2011 00:00:00 GMT

Registration Information
New Student Registration: July 27, 2011/8am-7pm and July 28-August 18/8am-12pm
Currently Enrolled Students: Aug 3, 2011/8am-12pm and every Wednesday from 8am-12pm

End of the Year Surveys

Wed, 18 May 2011 00:00:00 GMT

Please select the appropriate link and complete our survey.

Science Fair May 24th - 26th! Look at past projects!

Tue, 10 May 2011 00:00:00 GMT

The following pictures are some exmaples of past science fair projects.

Fiesta Awards Night!

Tue, 03 May 2011 00:00:00 GMT

Park Village Elementary celebrated our honor roll, perfect attendance, and "Top Dog" students Fiesta style! Complete with music and dancing, it was a fun-filled night to honor our hard working kids. Way to go!

Winter Break begins December 20 through January 3, 2011

Sat, 18 Dec 2010 00:00:00 GMT

Have a safe and enjoyable holiday break. Students return January 4, 2011.

Transportation Eases With New Student Drop Off/Pick Up Area

Mon, 06 Sep 2010 00:00:00 GMT

As construction nears end at Park Village, new stricter drop off and pick up procedures will be followed to ensure our students safety. To ease the length of time it takes to dismiss all 675 students, we will now release car riders and bus riders simultaneously. The gate to the car rider area will open at 2:30 after Pre-K and HeadStart students arrive in the main building cafeteria. This will allow for their increased safety when walking from the annex to the main building.

If children are identified as walkers, yet they leave the front of the building in a vehicle, we will no longer dismiss those students to the front of the building. We need your support to ensure all students are safe. When parents are parking in the front of the building or on side streets to circumvent the dismissal procedures, our students walking home are at risk. Walkers are the last to be released at approximately 2:40. Thank you for your continued support and assistance in ensuring our dismissal and drop off procedures are followed.

Lunch Schedule 2010-2011

Mon, 06 Sep 2010 00:00:00 GMT

LUNCH SCHEDULE

2010-2011

2^nd grade 10:20 � 10:50

1^st grade 10:45 � 11:15

Kinder 11:10 � 11:40

4^th grade 11:40 � 12:10

3^rdgrade 12:05 � 12:35

Pre-K Lunch 12:00 - 12:00 (annex)

5^th grade 12:30 � 1:00

Students return to school August 23, 2010

Sat, 07 Aug 2010 00:00:00 GMT

Currently, you will notice construction around Park Village Elementary. We are excited about the improvements being made. We will soon have a new faculty parking lot located in the front of the building as well as a new car loop in the back of the building. Most construction expected to be complete before school begins.

Park Village Teachers travel to Dallas for Reading First Conference

Sat, 07 Aug 2010 00:00:00 GMT

Meeting of Campus Site Based Decision Making Committee

Fri, 21 May 2010 00:00:00 GMT

A meeting of the CSBDMC will be held on Wednesday, May 26, 2010, beginning at 5:00 p.m. in the Library at Park Village Elementary School.

The subjects to be discussed or considered, or upon which recommendations may be taken are listed below:

Meeting called to order

Roll Call and Introductions

Discussion Items/Reports

Update on TAKS results
Campus Budget and Title I Supplement
Professional Development for 2010-2011
D.A.T.E.

Questions and Answers

Adjournment

Park Village Distinguished Educators 2009-2010

Tue, 02 Feb 2010 00:00:00 GMT

Each year campuses throughout the district nominate and vote for Distinguished Educators to include Teacher of the Year and First Year Teacher Honoree. This year PVE could also honor a professional from the Support Staff. These three distinguished Educators will be honored February 2 at 7:00 p.m. at the PAC.

CONGRATULATIONS

PVE Teacher of the Year - Mrs. Savina Martinez, 4th Grade Teacher

PVE First Year Teacher Honoree - Mr. Isaac Zertuche, P.E. Teacher/Coach

PVE Support Staff Honoree - Ms. Meosha Hawkins, Parent/Community liaison

Join us at the PAC Tuesday, February 2nd at 7:00 p.m. as Park Village Elementary honors our 2009-2010 Distinguished Educators!

Park Village Elementary Receives TEA Gold Performance Awards

Sat, 23 Jan 2010 00:00:00 GMT

We are pleased to announce Park Village Elementary 3rd, 4th, and 5th graders rose to new heights last year as assessed by TEA. The campus received 2 Gold Performance Awards for the first time. The awards are in the areas of math and science. PVE was awarded a Commended Performance in Science and a Comparable Improvement in Mathematics. Way to go students. Keep up the excellent work. Thank you parents for your support in the accomplishments realized.

Principal Newsletter, January 2010

Sat, 23 Jan 2010 00:00:00 GMT

Park village elementary school

Marsha Bellinger, Principal

Joey Martinez, Assistant Principal

Michelle LaRue, Academic Dean

Dear Parents/Guardians: January 19, 2010

It is hard to believe the first semester is coming to a close! As the holidays are behind us, we hope that each student and family enjoyed the time off from school and had a safe and blessed holiday season. We are approaching the busiest time of the school year with much excitement. Our faculty and staff continue to rise to new heights as they work diligently to provide your children the best possible elementary education. As you know, we began the year with many new teachers and I am proud to say they have opened their hearts to your children. The quality of education they are providing each day surpasses my hopes and high expectations! Recently, we had a change in leadership and I want to welcome Mr. Joey Martinez, our new Assistant Principal. Mr. Martinez comes from the JISD Secondary Alternative School where he served as Assistant Principal for the past 3 � years. We are excited to have Mr. Martinez and his wealth of experiences assisting with discipline.

Further, as you may or may not know, our long-time campus Librarian, Ms. Eddy Lou Peterson, is retiring after many dedicated years serving Park Village Elementary families and community. We wish Ms. Peterson many happy years of retirement. We are confident she will be visible here and there as her love for Park Village will always remain. We are currently searching for the right person to fill her shoes.

We want to thank the many families who supported the various events during the first semester. The Multi-Cultural Fair by far was a smashing success thanks to the many parents who helped set-up, cook, and decorate the gym prior to the event. The increased turnout was tremendous! We especially want to acknowledge and thank our Native American and Hawaiian families for the added cultural experiences they shared. Students and families are still talking about the event. The variety of booths displaying different cultures helped our students to expand their knowledge and awareness of other cultures within our society. We would be remiss to not mention the crowds of teachers, students and families cutting loose on the gym floor-turned dance floor. It was so much fun!!!

Our 2^nd Nine-Week Awards assembly will be held Thursday, January 28, 2010 at 6:00 p.m. as we continue recognizing our students for their outstanding academic achievement, attendance, and super citizenship with evening awards celebrations. Mark your calendars as we roll out the red carpet for our young academy award honorees. We encourage parents and students to dress up for this event.

Our faculty and staff truly value the support we receive from parents/guardians. As we continue on the road to higher academic standards at PVE, we need your assistance with attendance. We continue to see a high number of students absent from school. Each day a student is absent, tardy, or leaves early, they miss an abundance of new information presented by the teacher(s) which is not recoverable. The interactions, discussion and successes that are experienced each day are impossible to recover with make-up work. Our attendance rate currently sits at 95.3%, the lowest in JISD. We currently have over 50 students who have missed 6-9 days of school thus far this year. That equates to almost two weeks of school. Please help us turn this pattern around. We have many staff members making daily calls home checking on absent students. If you have an appointment, please bring your child in afterwards on the same day with a doctor�s note and they will be counted present. We are happy to say our tardies are improving. Please know, if your child reaches 12 tardies, there will be a court case filed, likewise, if a child reaches 10 unexcused absences, a court case will be filed. Excused absences are those with doctor�s notes. Please see the handbook for other acceptable reasons to miss school. Handwritten notes are not automatically excused.

As we make plans for the second semester, we expect to have several new parent involvement opportunities. Our fabulous new Parent and Community Liaison, Ms. Hawkins, is organizing new parenting sessions, volunteer training classes each Thursday morning at 8:00a.m., as well as the upcoming Mobil Dental Lab. The Mobil Dental Lab will visit Park Village in late February and will provide free dental exams and treatment to our students with parent permission. More information will be coming soon.

On a final note, the Texas Education Agency (TEA) released the final Academic Excellence Indicator System (AEIS) report for the 2008-2009 school year. While PVE remains on the TEA Technical Assistant Team (TAT) list, your students increased academic performance earned the school 2 Gold Performance Awards. We received a Gold Performance Award in Science for Commended Performance and a Gold Award in Mathematics for Comparable Improvement. This would not have been possible without the support of parents and guardians. With your students� continued hard work and the perseverance of our outstanding teachers, we will ultimately reach the highest standards we are aiming for. Thank you for your support in this area. The TEA School Report Card will be sent home with report cards on January 25, 2010.

As the staff and administration at PVE �Refine our Focus�, I am confident with the support of parents, and the focus on academic rigor and increased expectations for student interventions Park Village Elementary students will exceed expectations. Please know as we continue to analyze benchmark data, some restructuring of classrooms will occur of portions of the day in 3^rd, 4^th, and 5^th grades. This means we will regroup student for content specific instruction in an effort to provide intense instruction in areas of weakness as well as strengths. We appreciate your support with this instructional regrouping.

Thank you for allowing us the privilege to serve you and your children. We look forward to a busy and fruitful remainder of the school year at Park Village as we ROAR TO EXEMPLARY. For comments, concerns or compliments, please call the school office at 653-1822 or contact me at mbellinger@judsonisd.org. I would be happy to meet with you.

Sincerely,

Marsha Bellinger

Principal, Park Village Elementary

Roaring to Exemplary

PVE Girls Volleyball Team upsets undefeated Converse!

Sun, 15 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT

Park Village 4th & 5th grade girls joined the district volleyball league this year. The 5th grade girls played against the 5th grade Converse team and defeated them. It was Converse's first loss in 2 years! The 4th grade girls also played against undefeated Converse and won both matches. Thanks to Coach Z and all of his hard work with the girls. We are very proud of the girls and all of their dedication and team work! Go Bulldogs!

Coach Z introduces 4th & 5th grade boys to Flag Football!

Sun, 15 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT

Coach Z began an intramural 4th & 5th grade flag football league at Park Village this year. Each grade was placed on 4 teams. The 4th grade teams are Vikings, Longhorns, Krazy Monkeys, & Bulldogs. The 5th grade teams are Saints, Undefeated Kings, Underdawgs and PV All Stars. The boys played on the new football field located behind the school gym. The league has been a huge success for the boys. Check the Park Village calendar for game dates & times and come out and support our boys!

Red Ribbon Stay Drug Free Week Begins

Sat, 24 Oct 2009 00:00:00 GMT

Monday

Wear Red Day

Students and Staff wear red shirts to kick off Red Ribbon Week.

Students will receive Paws-itively Drug Free Bracelets.

Being Drug Free comes in Cans (I Can, You Can, We Can)

Students and Staff can bring can good items to school to help kick off our Food Drive.

Tuesday

Drugs Turn You Inside Out

Students are allowed to wear their clothes inside out to school.

Students will receive a Paws-itively Drug Free pencil.

Wednesday

Shade out Drugs

Students are allowed to wear shades to school.

I�m a Jeanius, I�m Drug Free

Teachers are allowed to wear jeans in recognition of Red Ribbon Week.

Students will receive Paws-itively Drug Free Ribbons.

Thursday

Join the Fight Against Drugs

Students and Staff can wear camouflage attire to school.

Friday

Be a Hero, Stay Drug Free

Students can dress up in their favorite superhero costume.

PVE Annual Multicultural Fair

Sat, 24 Oct 2009 00:00:00 GMT

Friday, November 6th, 2009

Park Village will host its annual Multicultural Fair November 6, 2009 beginning at 5:30p.m. Come out and join the fun. We will have a variety of booths representing different countries and cultures. If you are interested in participating, please call the school office. Meosha Hawkins, school Parent and Community Liaison and Loreen Edwards, PVE TAG teacher are points of contact. We hope to see you there!

1st Nine Weeks Student Academic Awards Night

Sat, 24 Oct 2009 00:00:00 GMT

Student Awards Night

1st Nine-Weeks

Monday, November 2, 2009

6:00p.m. to 8:00p.m. in school cafeteria. If your child is being honored, they will bring home an invitation this week. Please make plans to attend. The event will prove to be rewarding.

Park Village Elementary Lunch Schedule 2009-2010

Wed, 30 Sep 2009 00:00:00 GMT

Pre-K a.m. 7:30-8:00(Breakfast)

Kinder 10:15 - 10:45

2^nd grade 10:40 - 11:10

1^st grade 11:15 - 11:45

3^rd grade 11:30 - 12:00

Pre-K p.m. 12:10 - 12:40 (Lunch)

4^th grade 11:45 - 12:15

5^th grade 12:20 - 12:50

PVE TAKS Parent Night

Wed, 30 Sep 2009 00:00:00 GMT

Park Village Elementary will host a TAKS Parent Night for 3rd, 4th and 5th grade parents October 8, 2009. Parents will be able to hear campus goals, information and TAKS important instructional information.