{"id":11659,"date":"2023-09-01T08:57:48","date_gmt":"2023-09-01T12:57:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pvcsd.org\/?p=11659"},"modified":"2023-09-01T08:57:48","modified_gmt":"2023-09-01T12:57:48","slug":"september-1-2023","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pvcsd.org\/index.php\/hs\/high-school-letter\/september-1-2023\/","title":{"rendered":"September 1, 2023"},"content":{"rendered":"<p dir=\"ltr\">Dear Putnam Valley Families,<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">We are roaring back to school!\u00a0 We hope you had a wonderful summer, enjoyed family and friends, and have some incredible adventures and memories to share.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"text-align: center;\">We are having a staggered start for the first day of school.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Freshmen and Freshmen<\/strong> only, will be in school on <strong>Tuesday, September 5th.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>All grades<\/strong> will start our normal class schedule <strong>Wednesday, September 6th.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><strong><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">Tuesday, Sept. 5th:<\/span> <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">Only<\/span> Grade 9<\/strong> will have a full school day.\u00a0 (Grades 10, 11, &amp; 12 stay home!)<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">The 9th grade will go through a series of workshops on the first day to help acquaint them with expectations, their classes, and the high school building.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/lh3.googleusercontent.com\/Tro3q_sWci0xkBqdu2Uoo8Lh8pgvLVrsBY3Qrh9hR3lYCNb0VsrDvx88nbMbLXrvnA2Z80QAZS98LGwKJN8AEvnYECSwHmJ2CKL0DLEud_l0iLt0YtcUNjWbEQsyCncG0NuvHIiCJyOg5DXkOxkusDM\" width=\"504\" height=\"627\" \/><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><strong><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">The first full day of classes for everyone is<\/span> <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">Wednesday, Sept. 6th!<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">For the first time in six years, we have no changes to our bell schedule!!!!!<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/lh4.googleusercontent.com\/PK1wjB-KP73wScXsR52fohFFky-WEsQNsOooleBIEgAh2p48p2J60P5d2mj69Tdrw7HUxQ59QqoIbcN1WIueL8HxhCFRmxRT53H6tdLh8p2UgpY3mMe8zXQTdJ1tHn2_ylz9yJjjMYlF4wSa60En2pU\" width=\"624\" height=\"483\" \/><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><strong>Other important information:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><strong>On Friday, August 25th,<\/strong> student schedules will be released by<strong> 11:00 am!<\/strong> Please have your child click on and review their full-year schedule. If there are any questions, please contact your child\u2019s Guidance Counselor.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">**As a reminder, students <strong>can only drop classes by replacing the class<\/strong> with another choice.\u00a0 We want you to take advantage of the many opportunities we offer. The first day to drop a class after school begins is <strong>September 22, 2023.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><strong><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">THE STUDENT LAPTOP AGREEMENT FORM AND SIGN-OFF ARE LOCATED ON THE <span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/pvcsd.org\/index.php\/hs\/\">HIGH SCHOOL WEBPAGE<\/a><\/span> AND MUST BE COMPLETED BEFORE YOUR CHILD RETURNS TO SCHOOL!\u00a0<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">We are trying to expedite the laptop distribution process and need your help.\u00a0 Please read the Student Handbook and Code of Conduct carefully and complete the Computer Use forms.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"http:\/\/pvcsd.org\/index.php\/hs\/student-parent-resources\/student-handbook-laptop-agreement\/\">Student Handbook &amp; Laptop Agreement Forms<\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li dir=\"ltr\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\">All students will receive a locker this year. Students may log in to PowerSchool to see their locker number and combination.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li dir=\"ltr\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\">Please contact the District Office if you do not want your child\u2019s picture released to the media.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li dir=\"ltr\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\"><strong>Picture Day is Monday, October 2, 2023<\/strong> &#8211; Everyone should take a picture and if you want to purchase a copy, please fill out the picture form you will receive from Legacy Studios.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li dir=\"ltr\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\"><strong>Back-to-School Night:<\/strong> October 5th, 6:00 pm.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">We want to welcome our new staff to the high school and are excited about their<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">positive energy, dedication, and professionalism.\u00a0 They are going to bring new, dynamic perspectives to our building.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><strong>Kim MacNeil\u00a0 \u00a0<\/strong>Office Assistant<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><strong>Christina Bizzarro\u00a0 \u00a0<\/strong>Special Education<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><strong>Alyssa Cohen\u00a0 \u00a0<\/strong>Psychologist<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><strong>Kat Westervelt\u00a0 \u00a0<\/strong>Science Research<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><strong>Brad Grogan Returns!<\/strong>\u00a0 Special Education<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Enjoy the final days of summer, and we will see everyone after Labor Day!<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Sincerely,<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Matt Mello<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Principal<br \/>\nPutnam Valley High School<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dear Putnam Valley Families, We are roaring back to school!\u00a0 We hope you had a wonderful summer, enjoyed family and friends, and have some incredible adventures and memories to share. We are having a staggered start for the first day of school. Freshmen and Freshmen only, will be in school on Tuesday, September 5th. All&hellip; <a class=\"continue\" href=\"https:\/\/pvcsd.org\/index.php\/hs\/high-school-letter\/september-1-2023\/\">Continue Reading<span> September 1, 2023<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":12,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[33],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-11659","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-high-school-letter","clearfix"],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pvcsd.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11659","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pvcsd.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pvcsd.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pvcsd.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/12"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pvcsd.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11659"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/pvcsd.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11659\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11660,"href":"https:\/\/pvcsd.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11659\/revisions\/11660"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pvcsd.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11659"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pvcsd.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11659"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pvcsd.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11659"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}