Panther Digest

Happy New Year, Prairie View Families!

I hope you all had a restful and joyful winter break, filled with time spent with loved ones. As we welcome 2025, I am excited for all the opportunities and activities the new year will bring at Prairie View!

Please note that there will be no school on January 13th and January 24th. Also, don’t forget that Thursday, January 23rd will be a 2-hour early release day.

I look forward to a wonderful year ahead with our students and families. Here's to a fantastic start to 2025!

Warm regards,

Val Vos
Principal, Prairie View Elementary School

1/2 School Resumes

1/6 PTO Meeting 7:00 p.m.

1/8 Grades 5 & 6 Rehearsal, MHS PAC, 9:00-11:00 a.m.

1/8 Grades 5 & 6 Evening Concert, MHS PAC, 6:30 p.m.

1/9 Grades 5 & 6 Daytime Concert, PVES, 8:50 a.m.

1/9 4K Parent Night, MHS PAC, 6:30 - 7:30 p.m.

1/13 NO SCHOOL

1/14 Drama Club Cast Party, Library, 3:35-4:30 p.m.

1/23 EARLY RELEASE @ 1:30

1/24 NO SCHOOL

1/30 PVMS Course Information NIght, 5:30-7:30 p.m.

If you are need of child care on January 23rd due to early release or No School days, please contact the Mukwonago YMCA Registrar at registrar@gwcymca.org

Early Release and No School days are separate registrations from YBASE and a separate fee. Early Release days are held in PVES gym and No school days also called Schools Out Fun Day are at the Mukwonago YMCA.Schools Out Fun Day is from 7:00 a.m - 6:00 p.m.

There is a limit to how many kids are accepted, on a 1st come 1st serve basis. The option of signing up was on the initial registration form at the beginning of the school year. Some families may have registered already, if in doubt please check with the YMCA Registrar. The day of and drop ins are not accepted.

Early Release Dates:

• Thursday, January 23, 2025
• Thursday, February 13, 2025
• Thursday, April 17, 2025

Link to the YMCA website

As part of Wisconsin's early literacy law, Act 20, districts are required to offer families of students in Kindergarten through Grade 3 who require additional literacy support a family literacy history survey. Due to the tight timelines we have to collect this information, we are offering this brief 5-question survey to all of our K-3 families at this time.

For all families with students in K-3, click here to access the survey. Families with multiple students in K-3 should fill it out for each child. Please complete the survey by January 22.

Vision and hearing screens will take place at your child’s school in February. First graders will receive both vision and hearing screenings, and kindergarten, third and fifth graders will receive vision screening.

Your child will receive a copy of the screening results. The form will indicate if no further evaluation is needed or if follow up is recommended with a Physician, Optometrist, or Audiologist for further evaluation. Results will be documented in your child’s school health record and available to parent/guardian upon request.

If you have a child in second, fourth, and sixth grade, and feel they would benefit from a vision or hearing screen at this time, please contact your child’s school health assistant to request a vision or hearing screen for your child. If you would prefer not to have your child screened at this time, please contact your child’s school health assistant.

Hearing screening will be done on Thursday, February 20th at Prairie View Elementary.

On Thursday, January 9, at 6:30 pm, the Mukwonago Area School District will host a 4K Parent Night at the Greenwald Foundation Performing Arts Center at Mukwonago High School. This is an informational presentation for families with incoming 4K students or families wanting more information about enrolling their child in 4K. This presentation will include information on our 4K sites, daily expectations, and goals of our 4K program.

In addition, after our presentation, families will have the opportunity to talk with staff from our 4K sites. Enrollment for the 2024-25 school year will begin on February 3, 2025.

For more information, visit our 4K webpage.

The Mukwonago Area School District is accepting applications for early entrance to

Kindergarten through March 1, 2025. Early entrance evaluations will be conducted for children

who are not 5 years old by September 1, 2025, but will be 5 years old by October 1, 2025. The

child must meet criteria set by the district in the areas of social, emotional, academic, and

intellectual levels. More information can be found on the district website (Board Policy 5112).

Parents must request an application stating the child’s name, date of birth, parent name,

address, phone number and email address BY MARCH 1, 2025 to: The Mukwonago Area School

District-Student Services Department at 385 E Veterans Way, Mukwonago WI 53149, or via

email to berkagi@masd.k12.wi.us.

Winter days are at hand, and we ask parents to see that their children are dressed as warmly as possible prior to their leaving for school. This includes a warm coat, hat, gloves or mittens, and boots. If a child will be leaving the blacktop area at recess when there is snow on the ground, snow pants and boots are required. Please remember to label all winter dress items with your child’s name. Additionally, we recommend that parents pack extra socks, gloves &/or mittens in your child’s backpack for the winter months.

Students will be going outside unless air temperature or wind chill drop below 0.

**PLEASE NOTE** All students are expected to participate in our scheduled recesses. Students will only be allowed to stay in from outdoor recess with a signed, medical excuse from their doctor.

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 November was empathy. As we transition into the winter months, students will be revisiting and reviewing expectations for recess, as well as guidelines for snow-related activities. This review will help ensure that all students continue to demonstrate respect, responsibility, and safety during these colder months.

• Have you ever thought about teaching in a classroom?
• Do you want to earn some extra money?
• Do you enjoy working with students?

It is now easier than ever to become a substitute teacher. A three-year short-term sub license is available for applicants who hold an associate degree or higher from an accredited college or university and who have successfully completed an approved substitute training program, but has not completed a state-approved educator preparation program.

Once an educator holds a current three-year short-term substitute license, they may short-term substitute at any Wisconsin school district that employs them.

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 January 6th.

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.

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