E.J.Timms, author of The Big Red Bike, visits with Mr. Gowans' 4th Grade class after they had finished reading his book. Timms even brought the actual Schwinn Mark II Phantom bicycle from his award winning book. The book, The Big Red Bike, is a warm recollection of being nine years old in a time when bike-riding, bottle-collecting, and jumping into ponds were enjoyed all summer with one’s best friends. Timms book has won the IPPY Book of the Year Award as well as the Moonbeem Childrens Award.

Park View held their annual Third Grade Spelling Bee. We would like to congratulate our winners. Hannah Eddington took 1st place, Madison Drake 2nd, Ammon Begay 3rd, and Stuart Charles 4th. The 22 Finalists that competed in the spelling bee were; Katy Hinton, Anna Turner, Zoe Mellen, Fallon Nickelsen, Lylah Beaudry, Braxton Hall, Jaxon Bahr, Sydney Jensen, Abby Malloy, Stuart Charles, Danielle Wilkinson, Jennifer Wilde, Chase Johansen, Arllie Taylor, Madison Carroll, Evan Nielson, Rachel Faust, Ammon Begay, Hannah Eddington, Ashton Eaves, Madison Drake, and Kya Heimuli.

Students of the month of April were honored in an assembly on April 5, 2011. These students have displayed exceptional behavior in their pursuit of excellence.

Kindergarten: Caulyn Wilde, Keeley Robinson, Emma Chapman, Hank Brandford, Evelyn Cervantes, Brooklyn Cox, Blake Burraston, America Espino, Lia Wengert, Joey Dickerson, Mackenzie Brundage, Jonathon Gonzalez, Mason Young, Skylar Marshall. First Grade: Collin Johnson, Syrus Butts, Claire Maloy, Alec Eaves, Attilyn Seely, Hailey Peay, Kohen Losee, Kyler Ewell, Aleah Seely.

Students at Park View Elementary participated in the annual reading contest. This year the contest was all about Reading Around the World. Students were each given a passport to fill with facts about different continents as well as to keep track of books read about or from different continents. Each week students reported on their reading goal which was then converted to miles and used to move them around the world. During the month, students who met the weekly reading goal were eligible to win prizes.

Sixth grade students celebrated Pi Day (March 14 = 3.14) by learning about pi and circumference, reading books about pi, making pi jewelry, and having a pi memeorization contest. Afterwards, students used their knowledge to measure pies, split them evenly, and then eat them. Who knew math could be so yummy?

The third grade students at Park View have been learning about simple machines.  As a celebration of what they learned, each student made their own simple machine to display at the Simple Machine Fair for parents and students to observe.  The student's creativity and ability to apply what they learned was very impressive.  The machines were all different shapes and sizes, but they all were able to scientifically do work using one or a combination of the six simple machines.  Some projects were useful, while others were just made for fun; they ranged from catapults, to dog feeders, to home m