October NWSLTR 2009 .pub - Parkway

CHECK OUT PARKWAY’S CURRICULUM
GUIDE FOR PARENTS
Parents who want to better understand what their children are
learning in classrooms can find answers in Parkway’s
Curriculum Guide for Parents. The curriculum guide is easy
to access on the Parkway Web site (www.pkwy.k12.mo.us)
under the blue Curriculum tab at the top.
For every subject and grade level, one can find:
course descriptions, expectations, goals and objectives;
which Missouri standards are addressed;
“essential questions” and vocabulary words;
course texts and resources used; and
a description of each instructional topic/unit.
Parents should feel free to discuss this information with their
children and classroom teachers throughout the year.
For more information, please contact your child’s teacher,
your building administrator or Kathy Blackmore, Executive
Director of Curriculum and Development, at (314) 415-5090.
KUDOS TO CHORAL DIRECTOR
Congratulations to Mr. Jonathan Owen, PSH choir director,
who received the St. Louis Suburban District Outstanding
Choral Director Award from the Missouri Choral Director's
Association during the summer convention held in Jefferson
City. Each year, choral directors select one director from
their district who they feel represents a standard of
excellence in the choral art.
SUPPORT PSH WITH PURCHASES
FROM OFFICE DEPOT
Next time you are shopping at any Office Depot location,
mention South High or give them the school’s ID number -
70056859. South will receive credits equal to 5% of
qualifying purchases. Thanks!
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October 2009
Your PSH Library will be celebrating Teen Read Week October 18-24 th. Come to the
library to participate in the Once Upon a Time contest where you can guess what a PSH staff
member was reading when they were younger, or match a baby picture and book title with
the name of a PSH teacher or staff member. Prizes will be awarded. Hilarity is
complimentary.
Teen Read Week is an national literacy initiative of the Young Adult Library Services
Association (YALSA), a division of the American Library Association.
Teen Read Week 2009 will be celebrated at thousands of public and school libraries, classrooms, and bookstores across the
country. Although teens realize the importance of reading, they have a huge menu of activities to choose from when deciding
how to spend their free time, and reading often gets lost in the shuffle. Reading skills get rusty when they are not used. The
National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) reports that over the last 20 years there have been only modest gains in
reading achievement, and although there are many active literacy campaigns, very few efforts focus on teenagers.
-YALSA, What is Teen Read Week?
Read for the fun of it!
NATIONAL ACHIEVEMENT SEMI-FINALIST
Congratulations to Brian Lunceford who earned a PSAT
score which qualified him as a semi-finalist in the 2010
National Achievement Scholarship Program, an academic
competition for Black American high school students.
Way to go, Brian!
NATIONAL MERIT SEMI-FINALISTS
Best wishes to Spencer Dingman, Taylor Maxwell, Diane
Shen, and Paula Vaught whose PSAT scores have earned
them the opportunity to compete in the National Merit
Scholarship competition.
Best of luck to all of these students as they enter the next
round of competition!
FBLA NEWS
The Future Business Leaders of America (FBLA) held their
first meeting on September 4th. They are looking forward
to an exciting year! Any student who is currently in a
Business class or has taken a Business class may join. Our
new officers are:
Brian Lunceford, President
Allie Finnegan and Jennifer Scanlon, Vice Presidents
Tricia Jackson, Reporter
Maggie Gonzales, Secretary
John Barnabee, Jessica Crause, and Zach Greco,
Historians
Any students that are interested in joining FBLA should see
any of our new officers or Mrs. Shanfeld in the Business
Department.