Weekly Update

Parents,

We enjoyed seeing many of you at the PTO meeting and Service Learning Showcase on Tuesday. During the event, we cut the ribbons on our new sensory wall (the "Eagle Pathway") and the Little Free Library (one of our family's service learning projects). We also began 2 drives aligned with our family projects.

1. We will hold a canned goods drive for the Parkway Food Pantry
2. We will also sponsor a fundraising drive for the wildlife rescue center.

There are flyers about the supply drives below. There is also information including links to the presentations from each family below. If you have time, please take a look at the presentations from each of our multi-age families.

Have a great weekend.

Katie & Chris

Project: Little Free Library

Families: Evans/Igna, Kuhn/Allison & Mastroianni/ Sharma

Canva Presentation

Project: Donation Drive For Veterans

Families: Kovis/ McClanahan/Sample, Gravino/Husmann & McNealy/Walker

Presentation

Project: Food Drive for Food Pantry

Families: Edele/Mr. Sam, Wolf/Andrews & Becherer/Zenser

Video

Flyer

Project: Raise Awareness about keeping oceans clean

Families: Golden/Schweitzer, Sarandos/Galina & Koerner/Duncan

Presentation

Project: Raise awareness about endangered animals

Families: Hieger/Reed, Bernstein/Rothrock & Lindsay/Standefer

Presentation

Project: Raise awareness about and supply drive for animal shelters

Families: Bates/Diggs, Clark/Frasca & Nash/Naum

Video

Project: Clean up Grounds

Families: Riege/Sebaugh & Garrett/Schroeder

Poster

Project: Enhance Natural Trail

Families: Cooley/Zoellner, & Powell/Brookman

Presentation

Project: Race for a Cause Event

Families: Maxey/Ryan & McGuire/Keenhast

Presentation

Project: Snacks and service for teachers

Families: Gilhaus/Ellis & Hayes/Bihr

Presentation

We do have a limited number of yearbooks available. If you forgot to order one, please email Angie Reed at areed1@parkwayschools.net to reserve one of the copies. The cost is $17.

We will not be issuing bus passes on the last day of school. If students are riding a bus on the 29th of May, they must ride their own bus; they will not be allowed to ride with someone else. Thank you for your help with this.

Dear Parents/Guardians,

I wanted to let you know that School Health Services protocol now requires that all medication housed in the school health office must be picked up by parents or guardians by the last day of school, May 29th. In order to ensure the safe return of medication to parents, no medication will be sent home with students in backpacks or on the bus/school transportation. If your student has written authorization on file with the school nurse to self-carry emergency medication, he/she may transport that medication home. If your student will be attending a summer school site other than his/her home school, please obtain a copy of the signed physician medication authorization form and action plans from your school nurse. You will need to bring your student’s medication and the authorization form(s) to the summer school nurse at the beginning of summer school. New medication authorization forms and action plans for asthma, diabetes, seizures and allergies can be found on the Parkway web site at https://www.parkwayschools.net/Page/1384. Every student who needs medication at school is required by school board policy to provide new signed authorization forms annually. Thank you so much for helping us keep all students healthy and safe at school. Please let me know if you have any questions.

Sincerely,

Leslie Rothrock

School Nurse

Field Day will be May 23rd. Please see below for basic information. More information will be sent home as the date approaches.

Friday, May 23 - Field Day

Monday, May 26 - Memorial Day - No School

Tuesday, May 27 - Fifth Grade Ice Cream Social

Wednesday, May 28 - Oak Brook PTO Fundraiser at Ballwin Sno-Cone 4-8 pm (mention Oak Brook when you purchase)

Thursday, May 29 - Last Day of School - School dismisses at 11:35

Discover new adventures every week, including sports activities, creative arts, S.T.E.A.M. projects, life skills, a weekly field trip and more! Full-day camps are available for ten weeks at multiple Parkway locations.

• Students Grades 1 to 5
• Monday through Friday
• Offered weekly June 2 through August 8

Convenient locations for your family!

• Barretts Elementary
• Bellerive Elementary

Enroll for SummerLink at prcommunityed.org.

Do you or someone you know have a student starting kindergarten next year?

Kindergarten registration is available online for the 2025-26 school year. If you do not have internet access or need assistance completing the online application, please call the Parkway Enrollment Hotline at (314) 415-9900.

More information about kindergarten registration can be found here.

Please feel free to contact us via email. We will get back to you as quickly as possible.

Mrs. Terbrock - kterbrock@parkwayschools.net

Dr. Shirley - cshirley@parkwayschools.net

Email: cshirley@parkwayschools.net
Website: https://www.parkwayschools.net/Domain/19
Location: 510 Big Bend Road, Ballwin, MO, USA
Phone: 314.415.6551
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