Peter Howell Elementary School

06/02/2026

Be sure to set up your ParentSquare account today. We will be communicating everything from our welcome letter, which informs you of your child’s teacher for the 2026-2027 school year, to weekly newsletters from teachers.

05/22/2026

Yesterday, our Kinder students had small celebrations in their classrooms to celebrate completing their Kindergarten year and moving into 1st Grade! 🎉 The celebration was made complete with families, pictures from the year, certificates, learning what each child wants to be when they grow up (we have a lot of future teachers! 📚✏️🍎), and a sprinkle of 1st Grade dust for each student!

We can't wait to welcome you all back in August and continue this learning journey together! Have a great summer!

05/22/2026

Last week, students in grades 2-5 had their Career Day! Volunteers came in and shared all about their careers; how to acquire them, how to be successful in them, and some of the challenges they face. They brought in videos, art, samples, robots, uniforms, and other interactive pieces they knew would help engage students.

The many careers represented and learned about were firefighter, mining engineer, engineer works at Raytheon, software engineer, ceramics artist, U Of A police officer and her therapy dog, nail artist, paralegal, musician, and YouTuber and crossing guard.

A huge thank you to all the volunteers, and Ms. Bednar who make career day a fun-filled and inspiring learning day for our campus!

05/21/2026

05/19/2026

Today was our final assembly for the 2025-2026 school year and we celebrated many accomplishments!

We honored our newest Ben's Bell recipients; they'll have the privilege of nominating the first recipient for our 2026-2027 school year!

We also recognized our weekly winners who "Soar with 4" in learning spaces beyond their classroom. Our 5th Graders really chose to end their time at Peter Howell showing us the kind of role models they are; both Ms. Patterson's and Ms. Sartori's classes won Library Leaders and Glowing Gardeners last week! Our Legendary Lunchers were our Kindergarten classes and our Playground Prodigies were our 4th (soon to be 5th) grade classes! Thank you for demonstrating how to "Soar with 4!" in all spaces.

We also heard from our 5th Graders about their Legacy Project. In order to leave their mark on our school, they have decided to build a habitat for a rescued desert tortoise! Their love of creatures helped drive their decision to give us another animal to care for here at Howell.

We also recognized our final i-Ready winners for the year! Based on their last diagnostic, we chose students at each grade level that showed the most Reading Growth, the most Math Growth, the highest Reading Achievement, and the highest Math achievement. Congratulations on all your hard work, Hawks!

Finally, we celebrated our Sportsmanship Award! Our winner participated in multiple athletic seasons. Each coach said he not only challenged himself to always improve, but he also cheered on his teammates, handled both wins and losses with humbleness and dignity, and helped encourage teams to come together. He exemplifies sportsmanship and is a model student athlete for all! Congratulations! 🎉

Another wonderful year of learning, growth, and celebrations at Howell! 💙💛

05/18/2026

Just taking time to celebrate our amazing our 2026 OMA Jamboree; it was a resounding success! Our event took place, Friday, May 8th, but we're still thinking about it! We have such pride in being an OMA Gold school. Our Jamboree is the culmination of the hard work and dedication of many throughout the entire school year.

Ms. Kolmer- our Arts Integration Specialist, the Jamboree Committee, our OMA artists, classroom teachers, and volunteer parents work tirelessly to organize an event that showcases each grade level's focus, displays their visual arts, and brings us together to celebrate as a community.

In addition to our opera, instrumental, dance, and theatrical performances, we display the visual art pieces students have created throughout the year, have an interactive art creating experience with Ms. Howard, and bring in food trucks for our families to enjoy.

The success of our highly celebrated OMA program is built from the dedication of all those deeply involved, as well as tax credit donations. Our OMA Program is funded significantly by tax credit. Please consider giving a tax credit donation or sharing the opportunity to others you know to donate to our school. Every donation, large or small, creates an opportunity for our students to delve deeper into the arts!

Again, thank you to all of those involved in a celebratory night that honors our learning!

05/16/2026

Fifth Grade’s Legacy Project is underway. Thank you to the three 5th graders and their families for coming in on Saturday to provide additional help. Fifth grade students reached out to local hardware stores in an effort to get donated materials, but they are still in need of a lot of supplies. Check out their attached letter, and if you’re able to donate anything, or even gift cards, so materials can be purchased, our students would be forever grateful!

05/11/2026

We kicked off the week with our Monday Morning Assembly.

First, we recognized our weekly winners. Our Library Leaders were Mrs. Jolly's Kindergarten class. Our Glowing Gardeners were BOTH Ms. Patterson's and Ms. Sartori's 5th grade classes. 1st Grade once again were our Playground Prodigies and 4th Grade were our Legendary Lunchers! Thanks for setting great examples during our last month of school!

Next we celebrated our Hawks of the Month. Each teacher selected one to two students that have been "Soaring with 4" and showing growth in class.

Finally, we ended by recognizing our two new Ben's Bell recipients. Ms. Chacon and our 2nd grade recipient will both nominate new people next week.

Let's Soar with 4 all week long!

05/10/2026

We had an amazing Teacher & Staff Appreciation Week! All week long we were treated to lunches, a decorated staff lounge stocked with snacks & beverages, popcorn, teacher survival kits, a coffee cart and pastries from supportive parents, The Masons, Pantano Christian Church, and Galaxy Theaters.

In addition to parents organizing our sidewalk chalk art featured earlier this week, they also hosted a card making session for students to write notes of appreciation before school.

Thank you to everyone who supports us all at Peter Howell Elementary! We feel appreciated often, but especially on weeks like this when many give even more of their time & efforts. We love our community!