Pike Valley Schools
News from the District Office
Governor Parkinson's Recommendations for FY11
If you had an opportunity to hear Governor Parkinson’s State of the State address you quickly realized how much he cares for our youth today and their future. The Governor has said that he will veto any more cuts to education, but it will be up to our legislators to vote in his recommendations that will benefit our school and other programs.....Read More
Standard of Excellence Awards
The Kansas Department of Education has announced the annual Standard of Excellence Awards, based on student performance on the spring 2009 state assessments. Pike Valley Schools garnered a total of 10 Standards of Excellence in the 2008-09 school year.
As AYP targets rise and school funding continues to shrink, districts find themselves facing a growing challenge in trying to address the needs of all students. Each year schools are required to reach proficiency rates to meet Annual Yearly Progress (AYP) set under the federal No Child Left Behind (NCLB) Act. For 2008-09, 76.7% of students in the district had to test proficient in reading and 70.5% of students had to test proficient in math in order to make AYP. Pike Valley had 94.4% of students reach proficient in reading and 93.7% reach proficient in math. All schools are expected to reach 100% proficiency in reading and math by 2014 under current NCLB requirements.
Congratulations teachers and students on a job well done!
Laptops for start of 2009 school year at Pike Valley High School
This past September, Pike Valley administration, along with Pike Valley’s technology director, John Neal, sat down and brainstormed the possibilities of this initiative happening. After visits to other schools already in the program, gathering staff input, board member input, and site council input, we were able to put a plan in place to get the program approved. . . .read more
Detailed Look at the Laptop Policy
For Your Information
The Kansas Department of Health and Environment has established a website which contains information on the Swine flu as well as a toll free number and e-mail addresses for general information about Swine flu and lab/clinician questions.
Website: www.swinefluks.org
Toll Free Telephone Number: 1-877-427-7317
E-Mail Address -- General inquiries: swinefluinfo@kdheks.gov
E-Mail Address -- Lab/Clinicians: epihotline@kdheks.gov
We hope this information will be of assistance to you.
Smoky Hill Service Center
Our educational service center, Smoky Hill, has teamed up with Computer Solutions and Microsoft to offer parents and students discounted software. Hundreds of dollars can be saved with this program. By clicking on . . read more
LCNCK Update
Sponsoring District USD #333 Concordia and Cooperating Districts USD # 108 Washington County, USD #109 Republic County, USD #224 Clifton/Clyde and USD #426 Pike Valley have adopted and implemented policies. . . read more