Announcements

School picture retakes will be Oct. 29th. The photo company Lifetouch took our student’s fall pictures and returned the prints you ordered to us. All pictures have been given to the students to take home. If you are unsatisfied with the picture, please have your child return it to school and give to the photographer. If your child was absent the day of pictures, they will be getting their picture taken for our yearbook and their CUME folders.

With many families joining conferences remotely, we would like to make sure every family has access to the brochure made available at Parkview on conference nights. The brochure explains our process for reporting student progress in 6^th and 7^th grade.

In a couple weeks, you’ll be able to view your child’s progress on each of the standards that have been assessed thus far using the Infinite Campus parent portal. You can access this by clicking this link or downloading the app to your mobile device. More information will coming to help you interpret your child’s digital report card.

The following Parkview Band Students have been selected  as members of the 2021 South Central Iowa Bandmasters Association District Middle School Honor Band.  The festival returns this year on Tuesday, November 2 at Ankeny Centennial High School.  Students will spend the afternoon rehearsing with peers from around Central Iowa and will present an evening concert.  We are so excited and proud of these students for their recognition!

2021 SCIBA Ross Leeper (White) Honor Band

Flute – Alivia Wilson

Bass Clarinet – Teagan Rauser

2021 SCIBA Gerry Kinney (Red) Honor Band

Clarinet – Alexandra Sheesley

Trumpet – Claire Chan

Baritone – Austin Albaugh

Our Parkview teachers would love your support to fuel them through their upcoming nights of conferences. Please consider signing up to bring snacks, soup, soft drinks, or Hy-Vee gift cards using this link: https://m.signupgenius.com/#!/showSignUp/10c0f4ea4ad23aaf5c70-ptconference

You or your child can deliver donations to main office on or before Tuesday, October 12.

Thank you for your help and support! It is greatly appreciated.

The local program, Iowa Mission of Mercy (IMOM) is holding free dental clinics in the metro area. If you have students, families, or staff that would benefit from free dental care, please share this information with them.  All patients seeking treatment at an IMOM local clinic need to schedule an appointment directly with the clinic.

IMOM Local clinics in your area include:

• Wednesday, October 6: 7:00 AM – 3:00 PM @ 4444 Northwest 128^th St, Urbandale, IA 50323 (515.278.4366)
• Friday, October 8: 7:45 AM- 3:00 PM @ 3830 Ingersoll Ave, Des Moines, IA 50312 (515.274.5151)
• Friday, October 22: 7:30 AM – 3:00 PM @ Waveland Family Dental – 4232 University Ave, Des Moines, IA 50311 – (515.277.4461)
• Friday, October 22: 8:00 AM – 5:00 PM @ Apex Dental – 725 S 51^st St, West Des Moines, IA 50265 (515.224.1618)
• Monday, October 25: 8:00 AM – 4:00 PM  @ West Lakes Family Dentistry – 6800 Lake Dr, Ste 290, West Des Moines, IA 50266 (515.225.2424)

For more information about IMOM Local clinics, please visit their website , or contact 515.331.2298.

Parkview’s music department are selling t-shirts. The shirts are $12 and can only be ordered online.  They have extended the ordering timeline to October 1st.  AFTER Oct. 1st there will be a $20 late fee.  To order, please  click here.

Ala Carte service will not be available during lunch the week of Sept. 27th at Parkview. Students will still have the hot lunch options as well as milk services as usual.  Sorry for the inconvenience.

Parent-Teacher conferences are fast are coming in October.  Here is a brief description of how conferences work.  Enjoy your weekend.

The updated Return to Learn Plan that was approved on Tuesday, September 21, 2021, was neither an endorsement nor an admonishment of masks. The approved plan enables the district to follow the federal order and to avoid violating federal civil rights and disability laws.

Changes in the approved Return to Learn Plan are highlighted below:

• The approved changes will take effect September 23, 2021, and will remain in effect through December 21, 2021, unless there are changes to the current law or further action by the board.

• A new plan will be presented for the beginning of the 2022 calendar year.

• Masks will be required for individuals age 2 and older, indoors on ACSD property during the compulsory school day. This includes students, teachers, staff, visitors, and volunteers.

• Masks will not be required when outdoors on ACSD property.

• Exemptions from last year will carry forward, and new exemption requests can be made by filling out the exemption form. Please note: The statement on the form, “A person granted a medical or religious exemption may be excluded from in-person school and school activities during a COVID-19 infection outbreak” means that having a mask exemption does not prevent a student from being told to stay home from school if they test positive for COVID. More information can be found on Iowa Department of Public Health’s website.

• We will work collaboratively with families to make sure we are balancing the health, safety, and educational needs of all students in a classroom.

• Our tracking and notification of potential COVID-19 exposure will be updated to meet the new plan. Communication about what to expect will be sent in the next couple of days from your student’s home school building.

• By Wednesday, September 29, lunch seating for grades 6-12, will implement a process so communication-related to potential exposure can be more precise.

Find the full plan with more detailed information on the Return to Learn section of the district website.

Mr. Wichman (Prairie Ridge 6^th and 7^th grade principal) and I want to share a mutual – brief – conversation with you regarding yesterday’s board decision regarding masking in Ankeny Schools.

Here is our video

Here is the link we referred to regarding masking exemption.