Panther Digest

Prairie View Families,

March is here, and we are just a few short weeks away from spring break! As we move through this month, we continue to focus on teamwork, perseverance, and growth—both in and out of the classroom. Our students and staff are working hard, and I’m proud of the positive energy and commitment to learning that fills our school each day.

Let’s finish this stretch strong and enjoy all that March has to offer. Warmer days are ahead!

Best,
Val Vos
Principal, Prairie View Elementary

Order your yearbook for the 2024/2025 school year! Link below.

Deadline to order a yearbook is March 17, 2025

Link to Prairie View Elementary 2024/2025 Yearbook Order

The focus of our PBIS initiative for the month of February was Honesty. Students also participated in a school wide kindness challenge. It was wonderful to see students going above and beyond to spread kindness at PVES. Thank you to the PTO for setting up our display case for the Paw Ticket Cart. If you have any interest in donating prizes to the cart, please click on the following link: https://a.co/e8tQxe7

The state of Wisconsin will be again participating in the Forward Exam this year. This is a summative assessment designed to gauge how well students are doing in relation to the Wisconsin Academic Standards.

Please refer to the dates below regarding when testing is taking place at PVES. It is important that students are present on testing dates. Your cooperation is appreciated to avoid scheduling vacations or appointments on these days.

Testing Dates

Grade 4: Tuesday, March 18 - Thursday, March 20

Grades 3-6: Monday, April 7 - Friday, April 11

If your child’s transportation plans change, please send a written note to the office. To ensure the appropriate staff receive the message—especially in the event of staff absences—please do not send transportation or attendance requests through Seesaw or email. This helps us ensure a smooth and safe dismissal for all students.

Thank you for your cooperation!

Each spring, in preparation for the following school year, teachers divide their classes into instructional groups designed to promote the most effective learning environment possible. These groups are based upon the teacher observation, current test results, curriculum grouping, student ability factors, the ratio of boys and girls, the individual ages of the students, other behavior and social concerns, and exceptional educational needs.

Please list any justifiable educational needs that you would like us to take into consideration when placing your child. Please take time to describe a classroom environment you feel would benefit your child academically, socially, or emotionally.

Careful consideration will be given to the makeup of the classroom as a whole in order to create a culture conducive to learning. We ask that discussions regarding teachers held in the public setting be avoided. These conversations may lead to misrepresentations, generalizations, and misinformation.

Please note that parent input is just one aspect of determining student placement. This form will be reviewed by the principal and current staff.

Completing this form does not automatically place your child in a particular classroom, but will be a factor in the decision.

To be considered, this form must be completed by Monday, March 31, 2025.

Elementary schools are accepting intra-district transfer requests. Intra-district transfers are requests for a district resident student to attend a Mukwonago Area School District elementary school outside his or her attendance area.

Parents desiring a transfer for their son or daughter must complete a form and submit to the building principal of their current home school. Home school principals will notify the requested school of transfer papers. Transportation to attend a school outside of the home area is the responsibility of the parent.

Students who are already attending a school as an intra-district transfer do not need to re-apply; however, new family members would need to do so. If there are more requests than seats, students will be selected on a lottery basis. See School Board Policy IEB for the full set of criteria governing intra-district transfers.

Please see below for opportunities for 3rd, 4th and 5th grade students to sign up for band and orchestra for the 2025-2026 school year. Click on the links to learn more about upcoming fitting nights!

Band (4th and 5th Grade Students)

Informational Letter for NEW Band Students

New Band Student Sign Up Form

5th Grade Return to Band Form (Current Band Students Only)

Orchestra (3rd, 4th, and 5th Grade Students)

Informational Letter and Enrollment Form for NEW Orchestra Students

4th & 5th Grade Return to Orchestra Form (Current Orchestra Students Only)

Band and Orchestra enrollment is due prior to spring break. The MASD Band and Orchestra teachers look forward to a great year of music making with you!

MFAB's 24 Hour Musical Fundraiser will bring you a musical performance from script to stage in one day. On Saturday, March 15, watch as our middle and high school students test their creativity and endurance to bring you an unforgettable show experience like no other. When purchasing your ticket, you have the opportunity to choose the show you would like to see as well as cast extra votes. Stay tuned for more twists and turns as this project unfolds.

Complete description and more information can be found here

Tickets are available on the PAC online ticket site at https://gfpac.booktix.com/

Sign up to be part of the Cast, Crew, Pit or Volunteer https://musical.mukwonagofineartsboosters.com/participate

Do you have concerns about your child’s development?

The Mukwonago Area School District will conduct preschool screening for children between the ages of 3-5 years old, or children not attending 5 year old kindergarten. If you have concerns about your child's development, you are encouraged to register. If the child is not an MASD resident, they must be in an MASD school aged program. District staff will screen your child in the areas of cognitive development, personal/social skills, fine motor (small muscle), gross motor (large muscle), adaptive, speech/language, hearing, and vision.This screening is NOT 4K or 5K kindergarten screening. There is no cost, and takes approximately 45 minutes.

March 10, 2025 from 2:30 p.m. -5:30 p.m.

Brooklife Church (857 S Rochester St, Mukwonago)

To schedule a required appointment, please contact Gina Berka at 262.363.6300 x24201, or by email at berkagi@masd.k12.wi.us.

4th-6th grade students have the opportunity to sign up for the MASD Reading Rumble! This is an optional reading trivia competition that takes place in MAY 2025. Students will form teams of 2-4 students at their grade level, create a team name, and divide up the reading of 10 chapter books chosen by a district committee. If students want to participate, they will need to have a permission slip signed. They will have check-ins throughout the next few months until the School Rumble in May, where they will gather in a bracket-style competition to see which teams are the fastest and most accurate in remembering details from the books.

In addition, the top team at each school will compete at the District Rumble on May 21 at the PAC. If you want more information, please email Mrs. Mack at mackan@masd.k12.wi.us or Mrs. Barton at bartome@masd.k12.wi.us Thank you and happy reading!

We’re excited to share that the Mukwonago Community Library has added a Dyslexia Support Kit to its collection! This kit, available in the Thingery Jr., includes tools designed to support young readers, such as an IrisPen Reader, Focus Finger highlighter wand, reading guide strips, colored visual stress overlays, and two helpful books: Learn to Read for Kids with Dyslexia and Dyslexia Workbook for Kids. These resources can provide extra support for children with dyslexia as they build their reading skills. Stop by the library to check it out!

Are you ready for a summer of STEM excitement? Sign up for Camp Invention!

We sure are! And we can't wait to see you there! Camp Invention will be held at Rolling Hills Elementary School in Mukwonago, July 21-25. Incoming 1st-6th grade campers have fun collaborating with friends, thinking creatively and inventing their own solutions to real-world challenges.

Use this limited time code to register for a summer filled with BRAND-NEW experiences that inspire creativity, boost confidence and bring tons of hands-on STEM fun.

Use code SUMMER25 now to instantly get $25 off!

Signing up siblings? Use SIBLING30 to save $60 on two registrations or SIBLING40 to save $120-plus on three or more.

Click here to register today!

Check out our 2025 MASD Summer Adventures Course Catalog or the MASD Summer School webpage for all the details!

Registration Details: Priority registration opens at 8 a.m. on Monday, March 10, and closes at 4 p.m. on Wednesday, March 12. Priority summer school registration is by lottery, not first-come, first-served.

Registration will reopen on March 20 after students who registered during priority registration have been scheduled. Course availability may be limited after March 20.

This year's offerings:

MASD Summer Adventures (Students Currently in 4K - Grade 8):

Summer Adventures is the popular, traditional four-week summer school program.

June 23-26 (M-Th), June 30-July 3 (M-Th), July 7-10 (M-Th), July 14-17 (M-Th)

MASD Summer Camps:

Choose from a variety of additional week-long and multi week programs throughout the summer.

E3: Explore Eagleville's Environment (Students Currently in 4K - Grade 5)

Choice of morning or afternoon sessions, June 16-19 (M-Th)

Indian Athletic Performance (Students Currently in Grades 8-11)

June 16 - July 24 (M-Th)

Mukwonago Summer Musical (Students Currently in Grades 4-12)

June 23-July 17 (See catalog for details)

Summer Marching Band (Students Currently in Grades 7-11)

Dates vary, see catalog for details.

Choir Camp (Students Currently in Grades 4-11)

July 21-25 (M-F)

All Sports Academy (Students Currently in 5K - Grade 3)

July 28-31 (M-Th)

Summer Orchestra Camp (Students Currently in Grades 6-11)

August 4-8 (M-F)

Jump Start Band & Orchestra Lessons (Students Currently in Grades 3-5)

August 11-15 (M-F)

For more information - including how to register beginning at 8:00 a.m. on Monday, March 10 - check out our 2025 MASD Summer Adventures Course Catalog or the MASD Summer School webpage.

If you have questions about MASD Summer Adventures, use our Inquiry Form and a staff member will respond as quickly as possible.

A great to learn more about Prairie View, connect with parents and get involved is to attend a PTO meeting. The goal of the PTO is to support students and teachers as well as build a strong "school-family-community" connection.

Join us for the next PTO meeting on March10th.

Meeting starts at 7:00 p.m. and is located in the Prairie View Library.

Click HERE to learn more about the PVES PTO, upcoming events, meetings and ways to get involved.

3/5 Grades 3 & 4 Daytime Music, Band, Orchestra Concert, PVES Gym, 9:40 a.m. - 10:40 a.m.

3/10 PTO Meeting, PVES Library, 7:00 p.m.

3/11 Orchestra Informational Meeting, RHES, 6:00 p.m.

3/12 Orchestra Informational Meeting, CES, 6:00 p.m.

3/8 MASD Choir Fest, PVMS, 9:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m.

3/17 Grades 1-6 Reports Cards Posted @ 3:30 p.m.

3/19 Grades 5 & 6, Bowling Field Trip, 12:15-3:15 p.m.

3/20 Grades 1 & 2 Music Concert, PVES Gym, 6:30 p.m.

3/24-3/28 Spring Break, No School

3/31 Return from Spring Break

3/31 Forward Exam Testing Begins

The 2025-26 school calendar was approved by the school board on January 13.

Please feel free to reach out to the office staff with any questions or concerns:

Mrs. Valerie Vos, Principal

262-392-6310, ext. 26500

vosva@masd.k12.wi.us

Mrs. Ann Dudek, Administrative Assistant

262-392-6310, ext. 26501

dudekan@masd.k12.wi.us

Mrs. Tara Rice, Clerk

262-392-6310, ext. 26502

riceta@masd.k12.wi.us

Mrs. Cindy Fendryk, Health Assistant

262-392-6310, ext. 26503

fendrci@masd.k12.wi.us