PV Bobcat Bulletin

Hello Prairie View Families!

Welcome back to Semester 2 of our 24-25 school year! I hope that everyone had a great and reaxing break to spend time with family and friends. It is crazy to think that we are already to this point, but here we are! Semester 2 has a lot of exciting things coming our way for our students and staff. In January, we will quickly have our ILEARN Checkpoint #2 testing window come up, so we are looking forward to seeing the growth our students have made since Checkpoint 1. We will have a few days off here and there that are built in, but will always be ready for the impromptu snow day! The e-learning schedule is posted below. Or staff will be engaging in PD throughout this semester to polish our practices to give our students the best we can. Girls basketball will be starting soon as well so we look forward to another great season there! Reports cards are coming home today, 1/7/25, so make sure you check your students belongings to find those. As always, if you have any questions, please reach out to any staff member and we will do what we can to get you answers.

GO BOBCATS!!

Sincerely,

Mr. Kris Staats

Principal

Prairie View Elementary

krisstaats@npusc.k12.in.us

• January 13th - PTO Meeting 3:30 pm

• January 17th - Mobile Dentist @ PV

• January 20th - NO SCHOOL - MLK Day

• January 23rd - Girls Bball Game @ Olive

• January 27th - 31st - ILEARN Checkpoint #2 (Grades 3-4-5)

• January 30th - Girls Bball Game @ PV

Please see the below informaiton from Dr. White, NPUSC Superintendent, regarding a public meeting and updates on the school safety committee recommendations.

NPUSC Families and Staff,

This email is a follow up communication to the NPUSC community regarding the final recommendations of the broad-based safety committee that met this past semester.

The committee studied the possibility of weapon detection systems to be implemented at NPUSC schools. This was studied after Fall 2024 survey data revealed interest in the approach from both parents/guardians and staff.

The attached document includes a full summary of the committee's work and findings. The committee decided unanimously on December 11th to NOT recommend going forward with weapon detection system implementation in NPUSC Schools. The attached document details a full explanation behind the committee's work and final recommendations.

NPUSC community members are invited to a public input session at the New Prairie High School auditorium on January 14, 2025, at 6 pm central time. The NPUSC School Board will receive more information about committee recommendations and hear public input.

Safety Committee Recommendation Statement.pdf

Please contact my office if you have any questions, thank you.

Paul White, Ph.D.

NPUSC Superintendent

Mr. Kris Staats - Principal - krisstaats@npusc.k12.in.us

Mrs. Jane Bealor - Secretary/Treasurer - jbealor@npusc.k12.in.us

Mrs. Julie Abbott - Secretary - juabbott@npusc.k12.in.us

574-654-7258

Fax: 219-778-9237

6434 E. 700 N.

Rolling Prairie, IN 46371

School Hours

8:20 am - Breakfast

8:30 am Start Time

8:40 am Tardy Bell (Class Starts)

3:10pm End of School Day

Prairie View operates on Central Standard Time (CST)

Please see the below schedule for our E-Learning schedule if there are snow days where e-learning is used.

PV E-Learning Schedule

REMINDER:

The first two snow days will NOT be e-learning. Those are regular snow days that will be made up at another time.

Our 3rd snow day and those days that follow WILL become e-learning days. According to Indiana public education expectations, teachers must zoom with our students on these days for two and a half hours for attendance to count.

With the cold weather here to stay, please make sure that your students are coming to school prepared for recess with hats, gloves, coats, and snow gear if there is snow on the ground. Students who do not have snow gear will need to stay on the black top area of the playground while outside.

On Fridays school starts later that usual. This is part of our PLC process where teacher have collaborative time to work together to improve our practices and be as best as we can for our students.

Students may be dropped off as early as 8:20 am on theses days.

Late Start Friday

9:05 am - Breakfast

9:15 am - Start Time

3:10 pm - End of Day

2 hr delays

Important to keep ALL contacts updated with the office.

Families will be notified by school messenger and will be on the local news.

Schools starts at 10:30 am

No Early Drop Off

No Breakfast Served

Early Release

Important to keep ALL contacts updated with the office

Families will be notified by school messenger and will be on the local news.

Students will go to the location designated on their enrollment forms.

School Cancellations

Important to keep ALL contacts updated with the office.

Families will be notified by school messenger and will be on the local news.

Students have E-Learning

NPUSC values professional development and our Professional learning community culture. During late start Fridays, teachers met to learn to grow together. At Prairie View, the teachers spend time answering and planning for the following questions together in their teams:

1. What do we want students to learn? (Essential standards)

2. How do we know they’ve learned it? (Common assessment development, scoring and analyzing

3. What do we do if they didn’t learn it? (remediation planning and RTI blocks)

4. What do we do if they do learn? (enrichment and RTI blocks)

In addition, we spend time learning together about new and innovative methods to become the best teaching staff we can be. Thank you for the continued support to allow teachers to grow and learn and be the best they can be for our students!

• Remember to get your background checks in for the year. Background checks must be turned in at LEAST 7 school days in advance to ensure you can participate in whatever activity you were hoping to join us for. Click here to fill yours out today!

We are excited to announce that the New Prairie United School Corporation has recently partnered with SmartSocial.com for its on-demand resources for parents and students. SmartSocial covers a wide range of digital and social media topics that we feel are relevant to our students. We have purchased parent memberships for every parent in our district to give you access to these resources and help you learn how to navigate the negative (and positive) parts of social media with your students.

CLICK HERE to sign up.