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April 2001

• Students in grades 2-5 completed achievement testing using the computer based MAP testing in reading, language arts, and mathematics. Results of this testing will be reviewed by the students' teachers and the principal. Parent reports will be sent home for each individual student who completed the test before the end of the school year.
  
  
• Construction for the new addition to Prairie View will begin in the fall 2002. Plans for the addition were reviewed with the faculty, posted in the building, and finalized by a district level committee. The new addition will address school overcrowding due to our ever-increasing student enrollment.
  
  
• Prairie View will be instituting a new student recognition program called, "Prairie View Pride Patrol". A group of volunteer faculty members will make regular weekend visits to our "Pride of Prairie View" students recognizing them for academic achievement and citizenship. Students will receive a special recognition certificate for their hard work and perseverance. The "Pride Patrol" will begin with its first recognition the end of April. Stay tuned for updates on the Patrol.
  
  
• Students completed an eight-week reading goal by reading over 4000 Accelerated Reader books and passing the comprehension tests for each book. Students in kindergarten through fifth grade participate in reaching this goal. There was a school wide celebration for goal achievement led by Mrs. Lanich, principal of Prairie View Elementary.
  
  
• Prairie View students participated in a school-wide Service Learning Project by supporting the local Muscular Dystrophy Program. First grade students raised the most money with this organization and integrated the fundraising activities in their mathematics program. The school raised $500, which will be used to send disabled children to a special summer activity camp.
  
  
• Prairie View will be completing the first year of Extended Day Programming for identified students in second through fifth grade. The program consisted of tutoring and the use of learning games and activities to improve individual student achievement in reading and mathematics.
  
  
• Prairie View Elementary fourth grade students will be presenting their "Travel Agency" based upon an integrated unit on the study of the regions of the United States. The fourth grade students will be presenting the travel agency to Prairie View third grade and fifth grade students. These presentations are a culmination of a six-week study of the regions.
  
  
• Prairie View's Extended Learning students will be participating in an international food fair as a culminating activity in their study of communities and cultures.
  
  
• The fourth grade leadership team will be meeting with students from Prairie Heights Elementary to share their leadership journals and portfolios. Their work is the result of their participation for the past year and a half in leadership training using the Total Quality Learning process. Students have learned Total Quality tools and have implemented these tools for problem solving and planning at home and at school.