January 19, 2023

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UPCOMING...


Please find the Specialist Teacher Rotation Schedule HERE.


  • Jan. 23-27: MN Paraprofessionals Recognition Week
  • Jan. 27: NO SCHOOL - Grading/Marking Day
  • Feb. 2: Incoming 6th Grade Info Night (virtual) with Middle School staff, 6:30-8:00 pm
  • Feb. 3: NO SCHOOL - Professional Development
  • THURSDAY, Feb. 9: PTO Math Night with Mathnasium, gymnasium, from 6-7:30 pm
From the Principal

January 19, 2023


Dear Park Spanish Immersion Elementary School Community:


I hope that you are having a good week. My heart was filled with joy on Tuesday evening at our PTO-sponsored Imagination and Inventors' Fair! Our kids demonstrated their brilliance and passion in so many cool ways. Thank you to everyone involved for making it a great night for our community! See here for some photos. 


Our Amity interns switched homes this weekend! Thank you to the first semester's host families, as well as our new host families. Our interns will switch grade levels in a few weeks. Our Amity intern program continues to thrive thanks to the generosity of host families, cousin families, coordinators, and many volunteers. Our teachers and staff members also serve as great mentors.  


Next week, January 23-29 has been designated as Minnesota Paraprofessionals Recognition Week. Please join me in thanking our amazing paraprofessionals who help to make our school a kind, caring, supportive learning environment. Mil gracias, and please see below for more information.


Have a great week, keep reading, and thank you for sharing your children with us.


Sincerely,


Corey

PSI News

PSI Career-A-Palooza - Presenters Needed! 

Wednesday, March 15 - Time: 7:30 am -1:30 pm


We are looking for volunteers for our upcoming Career-A-Palooza in March. Presenters will be asked to share about their career at stations that our Kindergarten-5th grade students will visit. 


Click here for more information and to sign up. Contact Anne Moore, PSI School Counselor, at moore.anne@slpschools.org or 952-928-6560 with questions. 

School District News

We’re Improving Weather-Related Notifications



St. Louis Park Public Schools is making sure families receive weather-related announcements in a more timely manner with these improvements:


  • Weather-related announcements will be prioritized in our notification system, which will significantly speed up the time it takes for families to receive calls.


  • Our system will now call up to two contact numbers listed for each student. Previously the default was to only contact one unless otherwise designated. 


  • We now have a solution in place to mitigate the issue of SLP emails going to spam.


  • Families can now receive communications in their preferred language, such as Somali and Spanish. If we are unable to record a multilingual call, the family receives the phone message in English and the email in the preferred language.


  • In addition to local news outlets airing school closings/delays, we are expanding our media partners to include KMNV La Raza Radio and other language-specific news agencies. 


In the coming months, we will begin the process of enabling text message notifications.

Want to receive District emails and phone recordings in Spanish or Somali?


Families can now receive district-level communications (emails and phone recordings) in a preferred language such as Spanish or Somali. If you wish to update your language preferences, please contact our front office staff and ask that the preferred guardian language be updated in the student information system (PowerSchool). This will ensure you receive district-level communications such as closures and emergencies in your preferred messages. Whenever possible, we will do our best to ensure SLP phone recordings go out in your preferred language.

K-8 Lacrosse Clinic - March 3 - 6:00-8:00 pm


Enjoy 2 hours of lacrosse practice, drills, techniques, and game play with SLPHS Girls Lacrosse coaches and players! Each player will gain more knowledge and understanding of the sort with one-on-one coaching. Equipment can be provided if needed. Just bring a mouth guard and water. NO EXPERIENCE NEEDED!


This clinic is a fundraiser for the HS team to help fund youth coaches and end-of-season scholarships for players to play during the off season.


Click HERE for more information. Please direct questions to: ksauter1@vt.edu

PTO News

Order your PSI Yearbook Today!


The 2022-23 edition of the PSI Yearbook is on sale now! Order online at https://ybpay.lifetouch.com/ (yearbook ID code is 3271923). Cost is $15/book. Order deadline is March 31, with yearbooks delivered towards the end of the school year. Do it now before you forget!

THANK YOU to PSI Amity Host Families! 


Please help us extend a heartfelt thank you to the wonderful host families who graciously opened their homes to our 8 PSI Amity Interns this past Fall Semester.   Thank you to the following families: 


Kevin and Sarah Russell 

Lisa and Jesse Valley

Naomi Richman 

Rachel and Brian Jacobsen

Lisa Stein

Laurie Swabey and Andrew Keith 

Kelly and Andrew Marinello 

Aaron and Cassie Williams-Boll   


Our children benefit each day from the assistance of these interns in our PSI classrooms which is not possible without the help of these families.   If you are interested in becoming a host family this coming Fall 2023, please email psiamity@gmail.com.

Community News

St. Louis Park Library:

Kindergarten Open House - January 31 - 3:00-6:00 pm



Hennepin County Library invites all St. Louis Park kindergarten students, and their families, to attend an

open house at our St. Louis Park location to learn about early learning programs and available resources. Click HERE for more information.






Dr. Corey Maslowski, Principal
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Park Spanish Immersion Elementary School
9400 Cedar Lake Road
St. Louis Park, MN 55426 
 
School Hours: 7:45 am - 2:15 pm
School Office Hours: 7:00 am - 3:30 pm

PSI Main Office: 952-928-6555
24Hr-Attendance: 952-928-6570
Health Office: 952-928-6554
PSI Fax: 952-928-6556
School Nutrition: 952-928-6567
SLP Family Tech Help: Call 952-928-6056 or by email to: familytechhelp@slpschools.org
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