An academic bilingual community fostering global citizenship
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UPCOMING
- March 17 - June 4: Schools Remain Closed Under Executive Order from Governor Tim Walz
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5-7-20
Dear Park Spanish Immersion Elementary School Community:
I hope this finds you and your family healthy and well. At this time, I am so grateful for our amazing students, families, and staff members. While these last few weeks have challenged each of us in different ways, I am so proud of how our entire community continues to keep our children at the center of our decisions. Thank you for being a part of our school.
Next week, our teachers will be working in their classrooms to prepare them for the summer. Please note that on the days indicated below, teachers will not be responding as quickly to e-mail and will not be delivering new content or leading small groups so that they can focus on the tasks of closing down the classroom.
- Monday, May 11: K and Grade 4
- Tuesday, May 12: Grades 1 and 3
- Wednesday, May 13: Grades 2 and 5
- Thursday, May 14: Specialists, Special Education
- Friday, May 15: Intervention, Special Education
As a part of this process, our staff members will be gathering student materials and placing them in boxes with students' names on them. Our intention is to limit the amount of times that families need to come to school. A more detailed schedule will follow, but between June 2nd and 4th, we will ask each family to drive to the bus loading area on the north side of our school once. Staying in their cars, families will turn in things like school books, materials, and library books. At the same time, a staff member will bring out the box containing the children's materials that were left in school, as well as yearbooks, important papers, etc. Lost and Found will be located at the "Kiss and Ride" during those days, also.
Watch for an e-mail tomorrow regarding how our classroom teachers will be sharing information during the last week of school.
As always, please let me know if I can be of assistance. Please call 952-928-6558, or e-mail me at
maslowski.corey@slpschools.org
. I will also be available on Friday morning for Coffee with Corey from 7:15-8:00 a.m. at
this
link if you'd like to connect.
Sincerely,
Corey
PS- If you haven't yet, please click below to complete the following district surveys:
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Read-Aloud Books (Chapter AND Picture Books in English & Spanish)
PSI Guest Readers
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Thanks to many publishers, we are able to post read-aloud books during the school closure. We have compiled many of the books that our staff members have read to PSI students during the past 6 weeks. So far there are three chapter books (2 English, 1 Spanish) and multiple picture books. Click
HERE
to see the many read-aloud books.
In addition...Guest Readers this week:
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The Grade 4 Student Leadership Team
Recycled Art Project
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The Grade 4 Student Leadership Team invited students/families to make art out of recycled trash/materials. Click
HERE for new photos added to the recycled art folder.
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The annual PSI Art Fair will be VIRTUAL this year! Art pieces must be original work by the student. Click
HERE
for submission details. Digital photo submissions are due
HERE
by Wednesday, May 20. .
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From RFE (Resources for Educators):
Home & School Connection
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Children who do community service with their parents learn compassion and are more likely to volunteer as adults. To find opportunities, search online, ask neighbors, or call libraries and community centers. Or strike out on your own. Examples: Pick up litter at the park. Donate outgrown books. Click
HERE to link to this week's Home & School Connection.
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Minnesota Association for Children's Mental Health:
Children's Mental Health Awareness Day - TODAY, May 7
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As part of Mental Health Month and in recognition of Children's Mental Health Awareness Day, we've (Minnesota Association for Children's Mental Health) compiled some resources, news articles and other information in an effort to further support you in your work with children and families. Click
HERE
for a list of resources designed to help families and professionals support both their own mental health as well as the mental health of the children in their care as the COVID-19 pandemic unfolds.
As a reminder, we are available to provide support
with basic needs, social and emotional help, and community resources. Please reach out by completing
this form
or emailing one of us. We will follow up with you and/or your student.
Jennifer Gregor, School Social Worker
Anne Moore, School Counselor
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COVID-19 Family Fund Donations
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Many of you have reached out about how you might support kids and families with critical financial needs during this time of uncertainty and change. We thank you for demonstrating what a strong community we have here at PSI! To help streamline efforts and reduce burden on PSI staff, donations may be made for the COVID-19 PSI Family Fund through the
PTO PayPal account
. Sra Gregor will then facilitate the purchase and distribution of the funds through gift cards.
Thank you in advance for your generosity! Stay well, be safe and feel proud to be a PSI family.
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We Want To Hear From YOU!
Family Distance Learning Survey
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SLP Parents & Guardians: We would love to hear from you and get feedback about our current distance learning plan. Our hope is to collect your feedback and use it to reflect on our current distance learning instruction and to plan for future distance learning experiences. This survey is anonymous and will take less than 5 minutes to complete:
Family Distance Learning Survey
The Family Distance Learning
Survey will be
open until May 8th
. We encourage all of our families to take the survey. I also want to thank our students in the Superintendent Advisory group and SOAR for helping in the creation of this survey.
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Support Friends of the Arts (FoTA)
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As we all remain at a distance from one another, we continue to find meaning through arts and shared creative experience. We continue to live this mission, building community through the arts in St. Louis Park, but like so many individuals, businesses, and nonprofits out there, we are feeling the financial implications of the coronavirus. Cancelled events and uncertainty about the future have left us with gaps in sponsorships and program fees.
We're grateful to GiveMN for hosting the #GiveAtHomeMN campaign, and we appreciate any financial contribution you're able to provide to help us emerge from this pandemic as strong as ever. We'll continue to build community through the arts through whatever challenges we face, and we look forward to gathering in person again when we're able to do so safely. We'll get through this together! Thank you for your support. Click
HERE
to donate.
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Kindness Resources - From the Random Acts of Kindness Foundation
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We need to distance ourselves, but that doesn’t mean we can’t help each other. During difficult times, we often see the most beautiful acts of kindness. If you’re home and looking for things to do to keep busy, click
HERE
for a list of resources/activities to help! We will get through this sooner if we take care of ourselves and each other (without risking contagion). Kindness is a powerful tool. Let’s use it.
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Dr. Corey Maslowski, Principal
Follow me on Twitter @PSIPrincipal
Park Spanish Immersion Elementary School
9400 Cedar Lake Road
St. Louis Park, MN 55426
School Hours: 8:25 a.m. - 2:55 p.m.
School Office Hours: 7:45 am - 4:00 pm
PSI Main Office: 952-928-6555
24Hr-Attendance: 952-928-6570
Health Office: 952-928-6554
PSI Fax: 952-928-6556
School Nutrition: 952-928-6567
St. Louis Park Public Schools Transportation Department (Bus) 612-437-4719
St. Louis
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