Throughout the months of September and October, the students at Park View were tapping into their creative sides and preparing artifacts for the Reflections Contest. The Theme this year was “Diversity Means” and was held under the direction of Angela Larsen, Emy Porter and the PTA. Many excellent entries were provided by the students. An assembly was held in November to honor the students who participated, and to reveal the winners. Here are the winners in each category:

Visual Arts: 

Students of the Month at Park View were honored at an assembly December 2, 2011. The assembly began with a presentation by the sixth grade class. The theme was Kindness. In preparation for the assembly, the sixth grade classes took part in a writing contest in which they were to write an essay about what kindness means to them. Each class picked their favorite essay to present at the assembly. The essays chosen were written by Cambrielle Fitzwater, Cooper Brundage and Paisley Finch. Megan described kindness as courteous, responsible, respectful, and compassionate.

In November Park View's fourth grade students visited the Utah State Capital. The students prepared for the field trip by writing bills, voting for the best bills in class, and then presenting these bills to our principal, Mrs. Reynolds. Some of the bills were passed, some were vetoed, and others were sent back for revision.

The fifth grade students at Park View have been studying the lives of famous Americans to prepare for the annual Park View Wax Museum held on November 15, 2011. Each student was responsible to write a report, prepare a poster, and dress up as their chosen American.

The Park View Student Council had the opportunity to attend a conference on leadership at BYU November 3. At the conference council members heard from outstanding motivational speakers, including John Bytheway. Students rotated through a series of sessions where they participated in team building activities, and learned about reaching goals, networking, and positive leadership. Students were also privileged to learn about false perceptions, responsibility and freedom, as magician Brad Barton represented these things visually through magic tricks.

Park View 'Students of the Month Assembly' was held on November 4. Fourth grade students, directed by Mr. Gowans, Mrs. Ewell and Mrs. Blackham reminded the students to be honest. They presented a video showing examples of being dishonest and then doing the right thing by being honest. They reminded us that be best policy is honesty. They sang a song entitled, “Honesty.”

The students of Park View Elementary are no different than any other student in the country, They love Halloween!  They showed their excitement in dressing up and participating in the annual Halloween Parade held on October 31.  Please enjoy the pictures of our ghouls, goblins, monsters, angels and just plain unique personalities of the students of Park View.  You've gotta love 'em.

Park View Elementary students were honored at an assembly this past week for outstanding character, academic performance, and attitude. The third grade students presented a skit reminding the school about the importance of using good manners. The audience was able to participate when the third-graders held up signs saying “boo!” or “cheer” during their skit. The students of the month are listed below:

Kindergarten: Braxton Bills, Mataya Bowen, Elle McClellan, Trevor Wilkinson, Riley Peay, McKay Swenson, Hayden Bingham, Irie McClellan, Lauren Wilson, Haley Manning

Last week Park View Elementary celebrated Red Ribbon Week. Each class decorated their door with clever ways to stay away from drugs.The students and teachers loved dressing up for the different themes each day that reminded them not to do drugs.