February 4, 2016
In This Issue

 From Your      Proud Principal... 

Dear Park Spanish
Immersion School Families:
 
We hope you have had a GREAT week.  Thanks for your patience due to the inclement weather earlier this week.  As always, student safety is our top priority.  It is very important that students have proper winter clothing...and that it's labeled.  Thank you for your help.
 
Our second graders had fun at The Works Museum yesterday, and our third graders are looking forward to Spanish Day at the Minnesota Zoo next Tuesday. Our kindergartners are also scheduled for a great day at Westwood Nature Center on Wednesday.  Thanks to all the parent chaperones!!
 
We hope that you will join us for the PTO sponsored Family Fun and Fitness Night next Tuesday (February 9th) at 6:30 pm in our gymnasium.  It is always a fun night. Please wear comfortable clothing (please also bring dry shoes!). See below for more information.  We hope that you'll join us!!  
 
Semester progress reports will be sent home in backpacks tomorrow.  Students with two households will receive the second copy in the mail.  Please review the information, and we encourage you to contact your child's teachers with any questions you might have.  These progress reports are one of many ways that we work to share information, and we appreciate your collaboration.
 
Have a great week, and keep in reading!
Warm regards,
Dr. Corey Maslowski
Calendar

February   
9, 10, 11
PTO Scholastic
Book Fair
Media Center

3-8:00pm
9
PTO Family, Fun &
Fitness - gymnasium
6:30pm
11
PTO 'Special Person' Day
Media Center
6-8:00pm

12
NO SCHOOL-
Professional Development

15
NO SCHOOL-
Presidents' Day

17
RESIDENT Kindergarten
Application for
Enrollment 2016-2017
DEADLINE-To District Offices

4:00pm
18
Steering Committee
4:05pm
18
PASS Meeting
(Partnership for Academically
Successful Students)
media ctr

6:30-
8:00pm
 
19-20
PSI Drama Club
performance
Lenox Community Center

7:00pm
27
PTO Carnival
Park Yogurt
Fund Raiser

1-10:00pm
29
PTO Carnival
Pizza Luc�
Fund Raiser
11am-
9:00pm
March      
1-4
PTO Carnival
Spirit Week:
  Tues. SCHOOL ASSEMBLY
  Wed. PAJAMA DAY
  Thu. BACKWARDS DAY
  Fri.   PARK PRIDE DAY 
Assembly  at 2:20pm
5
PTO Carnival
4-8:00pm
14-16
ACCESS Testing
English language
proficiency assessment for
ELL Students 
LaRevistadePSI             
PSI Call For Entries...             
3rd Edition La Revista de PSI                 

Submission deadline is February 25th. (No late entries
accepted).

It's time to celebrate student creativity with our 3rd
collection of original K-5 Spanish and English writing
in our own published book!

All entries must be submitted through Google Docs in
digital form.  Teachers should proof your child's Spanish
submissions, and can assist students in submitting through
Google docs.

Click HERE for more information!  
HomeandSchool                  
Math & Science Connection
Intermediate Edition

With Math + Science Connection (Intermediate Edition)
parents are given ways to support school efforts and help
their child(ren) succeed. They'll get tips and activities on,
multiplication and division, fractions, decimals, and equivalency,
perimeter, area, and volume, patterns and relationships, properties
of 2-D and 3-D shapes, operations with whole numbers, decimals,
and fractions, mathematical reasoning, ecosystems, natural
resources, solving engineering problems, force, motion, and energy...
and much more!

Click HERE for this week's Math & Science Connection Intermediate Edition! 
ImmersionInfoNight           
PSI Kindergarten Enrollment           
2016-2017                   

Do you have a child ready to start kindergarten next
fall?  SLP residents were mailed applications on Jan. 8th.
It is your responsibility to request an application if you
did not receive one in the mail. Completed applications
should be returned to the district offices at 6425 West 33rd Street,
NOT to PSI. 

Please note, sibling preference will be considered only if you  
turn in your application by the deadline of February 17, 2016,  
and you meet the criteria as listed in the PSI Admissions Policy (#545)

Click HERE for a 'Getting Ready For Kindergarten' timeline
for 2016-17!

Click HERE for an information sheet regarding kindergarten
enrollment for the 2016-2017 school year. 
 PTOBookFair                                          
PTO:  Book Fair Volunteers NEEDED
February 9th, 10th, and 11th

Volunteers are needed for our Scholastic Book Fair next week.
No experience needed, and kids are welcome. Volunteers are
eligible to attend the Scholastic Warehouse book sale in the
spring where books are 50% off. Thanks!

Click HERE to sign up electronically for a shift.     
PTOFamFunFit                   
PTO:  Family, Fun & Fitness                    
February 9 from 6:30-8:00pm - PSI Gymnasium    

On Tuesday, February 9th - Bring the whole family to enjoy a night
of gym games!  Bring dry shoes (no wet boots/shoes on the gym floor),
and your own water bottle. An adult must accompany students to this event. 
Families will meet in the gym where P.E. teacher, Sr. Watkins, and P.E. Assistant,
Sra. Huss will lead the group in a variety of high energy games!
If fast paced isn't your thing, then head downstairs to the activity room (room #17) where
yoga instructor, Megan Thompson, will lead a series of four, 10 minute yoga
demonstrations geared towards elementary age children.
There will be a healthy snack provided at the end of the night.
Hope to see everyone there!
PTOCarnivalPrizeStore                                          
PTO:  Carnival Prize Store Donations
NEW this year - Prize Store at the Carnival

This year we will have a prize store at the Carnival where kids can
turn in tokens from games and receive a prize!
If you have any gently used (or new) toys or games that you'd be
willing to donate, please drop them into labeled containers in the
hall outside of the gym - these will be picked up daily.

Prize store donation ideas:
- Games
- Dvds
- Stuffed animals
- Art supplies
- Coloring books
- Stickers
- Books
PTOCarnival                 
PTO:  9th Annual Carnival                      
March 6th from 4-8:00 pm      
         
The Ninth Annual PSI Family Carnival Fundraiser is right
around the corner! The PTO Carnival is an annual PTO
family fun event and silent auction to raise proceeds for
the Amity Program as well as build community within PSI.
This year, Carnival will be held on Saturday, March 5th.
Students brought home an invitation home in their
backpacks this week with additional details.

To ensure the success of this event, we need a lot
of volunteers. Most shifts are only 1 to 1 1/4 hours.
Older siblings and PSI alumni are strongly encouraged
to volunteer as well!

Please click HERE to the sign up for Carnival Volunteers
 
CommEd   SLP Comm Ed logo
St. Louis Park Community Education
Youth Enrichment League

 

The mission of St. Louis Park Community Education is to enhance the quality of life through lifelong learning and empowerment of people.

St. Louis Park Community Education is a department of St. Louis Park Public Schools. We support lifelong learning at every level, with programs for infants through senior citizens.

For more information about SLP Community Education go to: https://slp.thatscommunityed.com     
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Did You Know...?
Of the 10 largest high school gymnasiums in America,  
nine are in Indiana!