THE PANTHER'S POST

There is no doubt that art and writing play a significant role in all of our lives, whether we realize it or not. With more and more students participating in writing and art competitions and an increased effort to enhance literacy school-wide, we have decided to form our school’s first literary journal, Katib (كاتب - writer) blog, in which works produced by middle and high school will be published. But that’s not all! Similar to other national and international writing and a

نشأت مدرسة بليزنت فيو على أسس تربوية إسلامية حيث أنها وإضافة للتعليم تتبنى منهجا تربويا اسلاميا، فمن أهداف المدرسة ترسيخ القيم والمبادئ الاسلامية في عقول الطلاب. مدرسة بليزنت ڤيو ليست فقط مجرد مدرسة بل هي مجتمع إسلامي مصغر، إذ أنها مساحة لتعلم وممارسة العديد من الشعائر الدينية في بلد ـ الولايات المتحدة- يواجه فيه المسلمون تحديات ثقافية وذلك بسبب تنوع الأديان والعادات والتقاليد. ولعلّ تخصيص أوقات لأداء الصلوات من أهمّ ما تعمل به المدرسة، حيث يسمح للطلاب الذهاب إلى أماكن ا

بعد دراسة متأنية وبعد الأخذ في الاعتبار العديد من تدابير السلامة، بدأت مدرسة بلزنت فيو تقديم برنامج تعليمي اختياري وجاهي داخل المدرسة. ففي منتصف شهر فبراير الماضي أتاحت المدرسة لجميع طلاب المرحلة الابتدائية خيار الانتظام داخل المدرسة. وهذا البرنامج قد بدأ فعليا في الأول من مارس حيث تبدأ الحصص من الساعة الثامنة صباحًا وتنتهي عند الواحدة ظهرا.واختار ما مجموعه ثلاثة وثمانون طالبًا الالتحاق بالبرنامج في المقابل فضّل 99 طالبًا الاستمرار في برنامج التعلم عن بُعد. اعتمدت المدرسة

Photos above are of Neeymet Ahmed and Teanir Yusuf. American Muslim Icon is a series of annual competitions that usually takes place in Chicago. The competition includes Athan, Art, Math, Quran, Nasheed, and Speech. Students can participate in any or all of the competitions. This year was the third annual competition. Since it took place virtually this year, two of our PVS students were able to participate. A total of 13 states participated in this year’s competition with ove

Alhamdulilah, our Journalism Club has been up and running since the start of this school year. Usually, when we think of Journalism, we think of writing. However, The Journalism Club is an avenue for students to demonstrate their creative writing and artwork to the school audience, and InshaAllah to the greater Memphis community. Most of the time, students and parents are up-to-date with PVS's accomplishments, awards, and updates, which is an essential facet of our school. Th

Tell me about yourself. When did you come to PVS? What are your hobbies and interests? I joined PVS during my last year of middle school. My hobbies are playing soccer and video games. How has COVID-19 impacted your senior year? COVID-19 has made my life very different because I'm not a person who really likes staying home. So unfortunately, during the quarantine, I couldn't do anything with my friends. What is the worst and best thing about being a senior? The worst thing ab

Tell me about yourself. When did you come to PVS? What are your hobbies and interests? I came to PVS when I was in 11th Grade. I don’t have a lot of hobbies, but one of my favorite things to do is take pictures. How has COVID-19 impacted your senior year? It stressed me out knowing that I’m going to spend my last year in high school online, but I needed to adapt to it because of everything going on around the world. What is the worst and best thing about being a senior? The b

With virtual schooling, field trips have to take on a new form. Teachers have found alternatives for students to have fun while learning via Zoom. Ms. Shazia Hangora, the science lab teacher, organized a virtual field trip for 2nd grade in January. The Pink Palace hosted a virtual field trip and all students had to do was participate in class. The field trip had different activities in chemistry and science. The sessions were 45 minutes long and included worksheets and demos

On March 2, 2021, the National History Day (NHD) West Tennessee Regional Winners were announced, and once again Pleasant View School students from 6th-12th grade excelled in every category. Pleasant View School took home first place in 7 of 16 different categories across the senior and junior divisions, and placed in 12 categories overall with 20 winning projects out of a total of 48 1st-3rd place winners. 1st and 2nd place winners in each category advance to the NHD State L

For the second consecutive year, on February 13, 2021, the PVS Criminal Justice Advocacy Group attended the annual Advocacy Camp organized by the University of Memphis Law School. Last year, students from the Criminal Justice group attended the camp at the Humphrey Law School campus and had a great experience learning about diversity, individual rights, and approaches to civil cases. Students from the Criminal Justice Group were excited for the opportunity to attend the camp