February 13, 2025

Dear Park Spanish Immersion Elementary School Community:

¡Hola, familias de PSI!

We hope that the week is going well for you and your families. We are looking forward to meeting with families at our “Connect Times” this evening and tomorrow. Together, we will look at students’ growth and make plans for the last part of the year.

As a reminder, we will not have classes tomorrow or Monday (Presidents’ Day). We are excited to welcome our students back to school on Tuesday, February 18.  

Take care, and thanks for sharing your children with us!

In partnership,

Corey Maslowski, Principal

Megan Paulis de Rangel, Assistant Principal

In this section, we are featuring some of our amazing PSI Staff so the community can get to know every adult in the building as we work together to support each student at PSI!

This week we want to highlight two PSI staff members. Sr. Davis and Sra. Brummel-Culver work in our music department. Sr. Davis teaches music class and Sra. Brummel-Culver teaches band here at PSI! We are so happy to have them here!

February A-E Day Calendar

Sharing Culture

Based on community feedback, we are adding a new section to La Prensa, Compartiendo Cultura (sharing culture). This section will highlight the many ways that we help students bring to life our SLP public schools’ vision statement, in becoming their best selves as globally minded contributors to society. 

In this issue, we want to highlight National African American Parent Involvement Day (NAAPID), which we celebrated on Monday. Black families and students were invited for donuts, coffee and connection, thank you to those who participated!

School District News

Strategic Plan: Thank You for Sharing Your Perspectives!

We are appreciative of each family and community member that took part in the strategic planning community engagement session on January 27. It was helpful to hear about your experience and the information gathered is crucial for us to build a strong, actionable strategic plan for the district. Throughout the session, there were some questions about outcomes. Please find more information on the District Data Dashboard and in the School Continuous Improvement Plans (CIP).

PTO News

Health and Fitness Bingo

Thanks for the great participation with January’s Health and Fitness Bingo.  We had over 100 sheets returned.  Way to go PSI! Congratulations to Kai Seisler for winning the skating passes!

PTO In Person Meeting: Save the Date!

When: Tuesday February 25th, 6:00-7:30 pm, snacks and childcare provided!

Please watch for more details to follow. To register for childcare, please click here.

Order your PSI Yearbook Today!  

The 2024-25 edition of the PSI Yearbook is on sale now! Order online at https://ybpay.lifetouch.com/ (yearbook ID code is 3271925). Cost is $16.75/book. Order deadline is April 19th, with yearbooks delivered towards the end of the school year. Do it now before you forget!

**We apologize that the pricing was off on the link last week - it is fixed now and you will be refunded for the orders that were mispriced.

February Connect Time Staff Meals

Please sign up to help provide meals to our teachers and staff during February Family Connect Times, scheduled for February 13 and 14! Catered main dishes will be provided both days and need to be supplemented with sides, beverages and desserts. Please bring all items to the PSI main office by the times listed in the signup. Thank you for your generosity!

Click here to sign up!

Application to Host an Amity for the 2025-2026 School Year Now Open!  

Each year, PSI typically welcomes Amity Interns from Spanish speaking countries who assist our teachers in the K-5 classrooms. These interns are either pursuing or have recently completed a college degree with an education focus, and are between the ages of 20-30 years old.  Amity interns live with PSI host families for one semester, allowing both an opportunity for greater language learning and cultural exchange.  Please consider hosting an Amity Intern this spring.  A unique and wonderful experience that can benefit your entire family.  Plus, it's a great way to give back to the students, staff and entire community.  Want more info?  Contact us at psiamity@gmail.com, we are happy to answer any questions or meet up to talk about it.

Ready to sign up?  Go to psiparents.ptboard.com, click "Amity Interns" to find the Host Family application.  Fill yours out today! 

Not able to host, but interested in supporting the Amity program in another way?  We also solicit volunteers to be a Cousin Family.

The Cousin Family is an extension of the host family and supports both the intern and their host family throughout the intern’s stay. This is most successfully achieved when the cousin family takes the initiative to reach out and communicate frequently with both parties. This effort allows families to build lasting connections with one another and brings a sense of community to the intern. The more involved the cousin family is with the intern, the greater the opportunity is for language learning, cultural exchange and lasting relationships for all.

Go to psiparents.ptboard.com, click "Amity Interns" to find more information about the Cousin Family role along with the Cousin application.  Fill yours out today!

Thanks for considering these amazing opportunities!

Your Amity Coordinator Team,

Steve Kalpin

Darlene Kuykendall

Kelly Marinello

Kevin Russell