Author: Margaret Podesta

Dear PVES Families, And summer has arrived!  I want to thank you all so very much for all of your support and cooperation during this unique time in our schools.  Over the past few months, we have worked together as a learning community, modeled creativity and resilience for the children, and used our problem-solving skills and…

Dear PVES Families, Happy Father’s Day to our wonderful PVES dads!  We hope you have enjoyed a wonderful day with your loved ones, and that you know how much you are appreciated in your children’s lives.  Thank you for supporting your children through this school year. It certainly has been eventful! Congratulations to our fourth graders who…

Dear PVES Families, I am thrilled to begin this Weekly Word with some double big news! Congratulations to our Assistant Principal, Mr. Tom Chickery, and his wife Kristina, on the birth of their twins this past week, a boy and a girl, Mia Anne and Joseph Thomas! Mia and Joey join their 1 ½ year-old sister…

Dear PVES Families, As we wrap up the month of May, I want to thank you all for the wonderful home/school supports you are providing for your children.  I know that many of you are in touch with your child’s teachers on a regular basis, and the children continue to amaze us with their creativity and…

Dear PVES Families, As we remember our fallen soldiers this weekend, I would like to wish you a safe and relaxing Memorial Day Weekend.  This is such an important holiday in our nation, and many of our students have participated in learning activities this week that emphasize the meaning of Memorial Day.  Along with this, this…

Dear PVES, I hope that this note finds you all healthy and happy on this beautiful Saturday!  We thank you for your wonderful efforts in working with your children on their distance learning assignments.  You are all doing an amazing job, and although this is so challenging, your children will probably never forget this extended learning…