On Saturday, September 24, Park View friends gathered for their annual Storytelling Festival. This year’s theme was “Rock and Read.” Students were treated to exciting activities such as face painting, hayrides, karaoke, photo booth, the bounce house and of course, the famous Flusher. Each class was responsible for creating a basket representing their favorite book. Students gathered items to donate to their basket, which was then auctioned off to the highest bidder.

“Do you have homework tonight?” is a question parents often ask their children. “Will you help me?” often follows.

Park View Teachers wanted to assist parents in supporting their children and give them tools to create a positive experience as they do assigned homework. Homework Night was held on September 8, 2011 to accomplish this goal.

Nothing is more electrifying than the first day of school. This held true for the kindergarten students at Park View Elementary as Mrs. Reynolds helped make these bright-eyed scholars’ first day a special one by literally rolling out the red carpet and greeting them one by one as they crossed over the threshold of learning.

Kindergarten teachers, Mrs. Toelupe and Mrs. Thomas, provided a wonderful day of enriching activities that helped them forget about missing mom and dad at home.

Park View Elementary has four new teachers added to the faculty. Rebecca Millet grew up in Salt Lake, graduated from UVU and will join the second grade team. She has two beautiful children, Ethan, age nine and Saige age six. As well as being trained as a teacher, she is an experienced massage therapist. Gemma Pittman will also work with the second graders. She grew up in England, however, came to the states when she was fifteen years old. She graduated from UVU and loves quilting and making exotic cupcakes.

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.