PV Bobcat Bulletin
OCTOBER 2024 - 2025
Principal's Update
Hello Prairie View Families!
Fall is officially here!! The great work by our students and staff continue to happen each day! We have our first group of students who earned the September Student of the Month and Bobcat Best awards. Congratulations to all who were chosen by their teachers! As October starts, so do some fun activities as well as state testing checkpoints. Students in grades 3,4,5 will be taking the ILEARN Checkpoint 1 Pilot assessment later this month. Class holiday parties will happen at the end of the month, and our annual PTO Pumpkin night will be on the 23rd! Be on the lookout for information to come out regarding RSVPs. Fall Break is also mixed in there as well for some nice relaxing days off to be with family and Friends on the 18th and 21st. As always, if you have any questions or concerns regarding your students here at PV, please reach out to any staff member and we will get you where you need to be for answers!
Sincerely,
Mr. Kris Staats
Principal
Prairie View Elementary
Important Upcoming Dates
October 3rd - Staley the Bear Anti-Bullying Presentation @ 9:00 am
October 3rd - PTO Rise N' Roll Fundraiser Due
October 10th - Hearing Screening (1st grade and 4th grade)
October 15th & 16th - PT Conferences 4:00 pm - 7:30 pm
October 18th & 21st - FALL BREAK - NO SCHOOL
October 22nd - 25th - ILEARN Checkpoint 1 Practice Tests
October 23rd - PTO Pumpkin Night Event 6pm - 7pm @ PV
October 28th - Nov. 1st - ILEARN Checkpoint 1 Window
October 30th - PV Picture Retakes
Parent Teacher Conferences
Click the picture below for access to the links
Prairie View Office Information
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
Daily School Hours
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)
Late Start Fridays
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
Other School Time Information
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
September Bobcat Best Award Winners
September Students of the Month
NPUSC - Model Professional Learning Community District
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:
What do we want students to learn? (Essential standards)
How do we know they’ve learned it? (Common assessment development, scoring and analyzing
What do we do if they didn’t learn it? (remediation planning and RTI blocks)
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!
Smart Social Digital Resources
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.