Kansas State Assessments have begun for 3rd, 4th, and 5th Grade!

Bowling for our Little Stars:

Saturday, April 17^th. 

  All proceeds from Bowling for our Little Stars

support the PSE Teacher Grant Program. 

Make a "strike" and show your support. 

Information is also available at the

Bowling for our Little Stars! webpage at

  http://www.bluevalleyk12.org/education/

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Mayor Peggy Dunn reads a proclamation for our morning broadcast on Read Across America Day.

Congratulations to Sue Rassette , Kindergarten teacher, for being chosen as Teacher of the Year by the staff of Prairie Star!!!

Check the Weekly Howl link to see Mrs. Farthing's news about:

• Summer Exploration classes
• Blue Valley budget update meetings
• Self Defense classes being offered

The 3rd pawprint deadline is approaching quickly. This is not a flexible deadline; it must be made by every student wanting to receive the WOLF READING AWARD. The date is Friday, March 5, 2010. Twenty-one books (21) must be read and correctly recorded by this date to go on with the WOLF READING PROGRAM. Students on the modified plan need to have 12 books read and recorded by this date. Students reaching this goal will then continue reading 4 more books by Thursday, April 1, 2010 to complete the program. Happy reading!

On April 16, we will be having a traditional Kindergarten Round-Up session where children are invited to spend an hour in our kindergarten classrooms while parents complete the necessary paperwork and enrollment forms. Two sessions will be offered: 9:30-11:00 or 1:00-2:30. (There will be no school for current kindergarten students across the district on this day in order to allow classrooms to be visited by incoming kindergarten students.)

Our staff technology committee met this week and shared several needed items for our building. If you happen to have an extra computer mouse or power cord adapter that is compatible with DELL computers, we'd love to take it off your hands. Please feel free to send in any mice (the computer kind--he he!) or power cord adapters to the school office. Thanks!

Thank you to the PSE community for your efforts in selling the BVEF Major Saver Cards.  Our students sold a total of 1,403 cards.  The BVEF donates a portion of the profits directly to the school's PTO.  So…get ready for this…our PTO received a check for $3,507 to use to support the education of the students at PSE! Additionally, the BVEF will use the other profits to help provide grant awards across the district.  We have received several of these grants at Prairie Star Elementary over the past few years.

The Blue Valley district office is working to keep families informed about current health issues in the schools.  Please check the page listed on the left side menu, titled "Important Health Bulletins", to keep up to date on health and safety in Blue Valley.

The Blue Valley School District may be calling you for a current email address. The district announced to parents earlier this year that in fall 2010, parents will no longer have voicemail. Parts and service for the district's current system will not be available in the future. As a result, the district is undergoing efforts to transition to email. Because of this change the district will be calling all parents or guardians whose email address is not currently listed in the district's student information system. These calls will be made during the month of March.  In April, the district will send out a test message to all email addresses in the system to test for email address errors. Follow-up calls will then be made to parents whose email address was kicked-back. If you have questions about the district departing from voice mail or the transition to email, visit the district Web site at www.bluevalleyk12.org and click on Hot Topics. Questions can also be addressed by contacting the Communications Department at 913-239-4043.

All Early Release Days are on a Tuesday. Students are dismissed at 2:00 PM.

August 25th 

September 15th and 29th

October 13th

 November 3rd and November 17th 

December 1st and January 12th

February 9th and 23rd

April 6th and 20th

 May 4th

Students should arrive no sooner than 8:15 AM, when teachers are available for supervision.  At dismissal time, students should not take out or use electronics (cell phones, MP3 players, games) until they are in their cars or on the bus.  Eliminating these distractions will make the dismissal process much smoother, faster and safer.