Dear PVES Families,

Happy summer! Thank you and congratulations to all on being part of such an outstanding year at PVES! Our students learned and grew so much, and we are all ready to rest, relax, and enjoy some special times with family and friends. Please be sure to register your K-3 students for our Summer Boost Camp (mornings of August 11-13) if you are interested. We will be busy getting ready for the new school year over the next two months, and September will be here before we know it!

We finished the year with much celebration at the elementary school. Our fourth graders were honored in our Moving Up Ceremony on Wednesday, and they made us so proud. Thank you to our PTA volunteers who added so many extra touches to this celebration. We wish this fourth-grade class continued success in the middle school!

Our fourth-grade classes were able to take a quick trip to the middle school last week to take a tour of the building. A fifth grade guidance counselor also visited the fourth-grade classrooms to answer student questions about next year. Our students are ready and excited about next year!

Our students in grades K-3 were able to attend wonderful water safety lessons (on dry land) this past week. Thank you so much to “Wings Over Water” for providing these important lessons to our students – we are so appreciative! Please know that Wings Over Water is located in Somers (80 US-6, Suite 520 C, Baldwin Place, NY 10505). Their phone number is 914-233-0747. They offer a fun, interactive program for students where they learn and review the water safety rules and practice dry land swim lessons.

Congratulations to our New Horizons K-2 class on the wonderful show they performed for their families last week! Thank you to Mrs. Gina Giampietro and her teaching assistants for supporting our wonderful students with this terrific performance. The audience loved it!

Our wonderful year ended with our 4^th Grade Walk of Applause to the buses on Friday, followed by our retirees and teachers changing buildings, etc. This Walk can be viewed on our website, along with the 4^th Grade Moving Up Ceremony. Thank you to Mr. Alex Gofman for his help with this.

We encourage all our students to take part in our PVES Summer Reading Challenge, and we thank all our sponsors for their support. Please be sure your child is reading each day, and practicing math facts throughout the summer. Let’s keep those skills strong!

Wishing you a happy and healthy summer. I am honored to be the Principal of this amazing school, and I can’t wait to see you all in September!

Warmly,
Dr. Margaret Podesta
Principal