Parkwood Elementary School

Students in SSD teacher Kelsey Magee’s class at Parkwood Elementary School are working on a science unit and learning about the life cycle of flowers. Today, ex...ecutive secretary Veronica White joined her friends and helped them put soil and seeds in pots they painted themselves. They also went outside and placed Penny White Jump-Ups in the pot at the front of the school. Full photo gallery: http://bit.ly/PWgardening See more

Members of the Spongey Books from Parkwood Elementary School raised their arms in celebration when the final points totals were posted and they realized they wo...n this year’s district-wide Mark Twain Book Battle. They narrowly defeated two teams from Rose Acres that tied for second place and it took three tie-breaker questions to determine the final standings. Another team from Parkwood finished in fourth. The Book Battle is an annual trivia-type competition hosted by Pattonville's school library technology specialists. During the event, teams of students compete on their knowledge of a predesignated list of books. For the elementary contest, participating students read from among the 12 books nominated by the Missouri Association of School Librarians for the Mark Twain Readers Award. Parkwood’s library technology specialist Dawn Kasper-Bamberger and Rose Acres library technology specialist Nicole Mikel hosted the competition over Zoom from their libraries with in-person team members working with Villemade students. The questions and scoreboard were shown on a large screen at each school. All answers to each of the three questions in eight rounds was a specific author and title of books on the 2020-2021 Mark Twain Readers Award nominee list. Read more and view a full slideshow: http://bit.ly/psdBookBattle21

Happy April! Please see below for Pattonville's Healing the Cove sessions. The two sessions this month focus on children and families. More information can also be found at https://sites.google.com//pattonv/healing-the-cove-series

Congratulations to the 2020-2021 building-level Teacher of the Year (TOY) and Support Staff of the Year (SSOY) honorees. These staff members were nominated by s...tudents, parents and co-workers and chosen as the honoree from their building by their fellow staff members. They are: Pattonville Early Childhood Marjorie Justice (TOY) and Laura Wick (SSOY) Bridgeway Elementary School Keri Gleason (TOY) and Kara Crismon (SSOY) Drummond Elementary Brenda Kelch (TOY) and Lynn Becker (SSOY) Parkwood Elementary School Chip Ianiri (TOY) and Brandy Fowler (SSOY) Rose Acres Elementary Amy Frost (TOY) and Tina Sandheinrich (SSOY) Willow Brook Elementary Kristen Gartland (TOY) and Jesica Misuraca (SSOY) Remington Traditional Danica Johnson (TOY) and Abby Reckamp (SSOY) Holman Middle School Scott Wagner (TOY) and Lisa Roth (SSOY) Pattonville Heights Middle School Kelly Strobel (TOY) and Joe Groceman (SSOY) Pattonville High School Eleanor Taylor (TOY) and Lisa Foust (SSOY) District Services Steven Pikes (SSOY) These staff members will have the chance to advance in the district-level process and will be recognized in May.

The Healing the Cove Committee is offering a session with Mike Flynn and providing parents, guardians, and caregivers the tools to help their students become more successful in online learning. Please use this link to register http://bit.ly/healingthecove, or scan the QR code.

Pattonville continues to offer free curbside meal pickup for Pattonville students once a week. Families can pick up meals from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. and from 5 to 6... p.m. on Mondays at Pattonville High School (except for days when school is closed due to holidays, breaks or winter weather). For Jan. 11, food services will provide 10 days worth of food (10 breakfasts and 10 lunches). There will be no meals offered on Jan. 18 due to the Martin Luther King Jr. Day federal holiday. Normal meal service will resume on Jan. 25. Read more: http://bit.ly/psdmeals21 See more

The Healing the Cove committee is excited about our January sessions. Our sessions are focused on helping to get organized financially, helping children with anxiety, and most importantly, helping to cope during COVID for school staff. We hope that you take a look and register for any session that you might find helpful. Be Well!!! Healing the Cove Committee

October is National Principals Month and we are so thankful for our campus leaders! Take a look at this principal profile of Ms. Melissa Yount-Ott, principal at Parkwood Elementary School.

Parkwood Elementary School’s annual Panther Paws to Lend a Helping Hand Collection was its largest ever, helping 58 families. Staff signed up to purchase gifts ...and more than $300 was donated to the program. Staff members also raised $380 by giving $20 to wear jeans for the entire month and second grade teacher Greg Stoltz gave his winnings from the school’s The Biggest Loser competition to the fund. We combined donations from Helping Hands, Pattonville Gives and the Pattonville Fire Protection District toy drive in order to help 58 families, principal Ms. Melissa Yount-Ott said. We combined all the efforts together to meet the needs of every family that requested holiday or winter assistance for students in the form of clothing, toys/gifts, and books. Special thanks goes to Parkwood Student Council members for creating this year’s holiday card, the parent involvement committee sponsored by Kelley Chestnut and Elle Irons, and the social committee sponsored by Kristen Buescher and Audrey Masek.

Parkwood's PTA received many awards for the 2019-2020 school year. They include: Bronze Medal Membership Award -- 20% membership increase over previous year Honor Roll -- Matched or increased membership over previous year by March 1st President's Membership Award -- Matched or increased membership over previous year by October 31st... Business Partnership Award -- 20% increase over previous year of business memberships Congratulations Parkwood PTA!

In-person and Villemade students at Parkwood Elementary School recently completed a collaborative mural that was inspired by Kelsey Montague Art and installed n...ear the front lobby of the school. Students can interact with it and have their picture taken. We were inspired by Kelsey Montague who is an internationally-known street artist who creates interactive art, art teacher Ms. Janel MacLean said. She has artwork all over the world, and third grade teacher Ms. Brittany Flachs recently took a photo in front of the one in Nashville which features a pair of wings. Her art just brings people into the middle of it and we wanted to do something like that here, MacLean said. The theme of Montague’s Nashville piece is #WhatLiftsYou. We decided one way to lift up our school and bring everybody together when some of us are apart is art, MacLean said. She had all of her students contribute to the mural regardless of their learning choice. Students in the art room used watercolors and online students did it on SeeSaw and made digital versions that we were able to print, she said. Because all of Kelsey’s work is done using paint pens, I bought the same kind of paint pens she uses so the kids could use those, too.

FOOD SERVICES LOCATION CHANGE: Pattonville School District is providing free meals to all children 18 and under and will continue as more students return to in-...person learning. Starting Oct. 12, the curbside meal pick-up site will relocate to Pattonville High School under the bridge. Pick-up times are Mondays and Wednesdays from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. and 4 to 6 p.m. Read More: http://bit.ly/PickUpMovesToPHS See more

Families - CHECK OUT this opportunity for families to help you support your child with virtual learning. IT IS TONIGHT - Oct 8, 2020 06:30 PM... Join Zoom and ISTE, the International Society for Technology in Education, for a two-part Back-to-School webinar series designed for families and caregivers. You will learn important tips and best practices from education experts for supporting children in remote and blended learning environments this school year. For more information and to register, visit https://zoom.us//r/4716009758276/WN_guVNXjLeRGO5iL304P6oAA.