Park Lane Elementary

In March, Park Lane Elementary students will have an opportunity to get fit with a new club for students.  Once a week students will be invited to participate in the Principal Fitness Club.  Ms. Passchier will be teaching kids about exercise and it's effects on the human body.  Students will also be learning about different careers that they could choose in the future that center around health and fitness.  This club supports us in our vision as an Aurora LIGHTS school.

Our families are also getting fit at Park Lane through our Family Literacy Program.  They have recently started doing pilates together. 

Watch for upcoming details on this club!

Park Lane Elementary was selected to receive two technology grants that total to $50,000!  This is a great gift to our school.  At Park Lane, we believe that we need to prepare our students to compete in a global economy.  To do this, it is important that they have access to the latest technology.  With this grant, we will be able to do that.  Some of the items that will be funded with this grant are interactive white board, netbook, Apple i Touches, digital cameras and much more!

Welcome Back Park Lane Students and Families!

We are very excited for the 2009-2010 school year!  Park Lane had many great celebrations last year, and we are looking forward to many more this year.  This year the theme for our school year is "writing the prescption for student achievement."  As an Aurora LIGHTS school, we are helping our students to see the possibilities in the health sciences field.  As a staff, we have engaged in conversations around how our work as teachers is very similar to the work of doctors.  How will we write the prescription for student achievement?  We will do so by:

• Engaging students in learning
• Diagnosing students strengths and opportunities for growth using our assessment information
• Prescribing effective supports and interventions
• Individualizing our instruction
• Reevaluating our instruction and changing our course of action if we are not getting the desired results
• Collaborating with other teachers and specialists
• Continuing to learn and use research based instructional strategies

We have high expectations for our students and will work hard to make every student that walks through our doors successful.

We are proud to be your community school and thank you for entrusting your children with us!

This summer, Food Service will be available fro breakfast and lunch at Park Lane.  The Dates are May 26th to June 25th.

Here is all of the information:  Summer Food Service

In a school or neighborhood crisis, the Aurora Police Department or school administrators may place a school in lockdown to ensure the safety of our staff and students. Below are brief descriptions of lockdown levels.

Lockdown Levels

RED: SEVERE RISK
APS LEVEL THREE LOCKDOWN
• All interior and exterior doors will be locked and closed
• Exterior and interior window coverings are in the closed position
• Parking lots and site driveways/entry ways are barricaded (by cones) or closed (by gates) to prohibit access to the building
• Interior lights are turned off
• Students and staff are in the ‘duck and cover’ position

ORANGE: HIGH RISK
APS LEVEL TWO LOCKDOWN
• All interior and exterior doors will be locked and closed
• Exterior window coverings are in the closed position
• Parking lots and site driveways/entry ways are barricaded (by cones) or closed (by gates) to prohibit access if appropriate
• Restrict building access to essential staff only

YELLOW: POTENTIAL RISK
APS LEVEL ONE LOCKDOWN
• All exterior doors will be locked and closed
• High traffic doors must be monitored by staff members to allow building access to students, staff and appropriate visitors to the building
• All interior doors will be locked and either open or closed to the hallways
• Interior doors which are not classroom doors are locked and closed

GREEN: LOW RISK LEVEL
APS LEVEL ONE LOCKDOWN
• All exterior doors will be locked and closed
• All interior doors will be locked and either open or closed to the hallways
• Interior doors which are not classroom doors are locked and closed

Anytime an APS site is in lockdown, no one – not even parents – will be allowed into the building, nor will any students be released. Please know that this is done to ensure student safety.