{"id":15002,"date":"2024-08-02T11:46:52","date_gmt":"2024-08-02T15:46:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pvcsd.org\/?p=15002"},"modified":"2024-08-06T08:51:53","modified_gmt":"2024-08-06T12:51:53","slug":"august-2024","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pvcsd.org\/index.php\/ms\/middle-school-letter\/august-2024\/","title":{"rendered":"August 2024"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-15004\" src=\"https:\/\/pvcsd.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/unnamed.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"260\" height=\"246\" \/>Dear PVMS Families,<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">I hope you have been able to get away and relax this summer!\u00a0 It has been extremely warm lately with pop up storms weekly.\u00a0 August is already here and although there are many days of summer break left, we wanted to update you on some plans for our 2024-2025 school year.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Our upcoming year will be filled with International Baccalaureate Middle Years Programme work on behalf of our administrators and teachers as we look to become authorized midyear.\u00a0 This is a framework for learning that all students will be immersed in over time.\u00a0 Our professional development is integral and we will continue to be focussed on this work that will positively impact our students.\u00a0 Student of the Month nominations have focussed around our IB Learner Profile attributes in addition to other criteria. <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Our work is woven into instruction and the profile aims to develop learners who are:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Inquirers<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Knowledgeable<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Thinkers<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Communicators<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Principled<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Open-minded<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Caring<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Risk-takers<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Balanced<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Reflective\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Please visit our <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/pvcsd.org\/index.php\/ms\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">PVMS Website<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> to see important updates, images of our school year, and our monthly newsletter.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">If you want to know what\u2019s happening at PVMS each day, check our <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/sites.google.com\/pvcsd.org\/pvmsdailyannouncements\/home\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Daily Announcements Website<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> to get up to date information on upcoming events, club and sports schedules and cancellations.\u00a0 Sports cancellations will be updated but please remember that this could happen late in the day so check often.\u00a0 Please bookmark this site on your devices.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Before school and after school club offerings and dates will be posted in September.\u00a0 You can find this information on our <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/pvcsd.org\/index.php\/ms\/student-parent-resouces\/clubs\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">club page on our PVMS Website.<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>The first day of our upcoming school year will be Tuesday, September 3rd, 2024 for our 5th and 6th graders. All students will be welcomed back on Wednesday, September 4th.<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0 This staggered start will enable our 5th and 6th graders to get settled in with an orientation and fewer students in the building to start their first day with activities.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">New students in 7th and 8th grade will have the opportunity to come to a locker opening session b<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">etween 12:30 &#8211; 2:30 PM on Tuesday, September 3rd.\u00a0 Please watch the following <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/Ap8DjjLCaSQ\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">video<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> that will help assist your child with opening their locker.\u00a0 Our 7th and 8th grade teachers will assist with locker opening during this time as well. Parents must drop off their children and wait in our parking lot and pick up their children when they are finished getting acclimated to the locker opening process.\u00a0 A friendly reminder that students should not share lockers, combinations, or tamper with locker mechanisms. Personal belongings should not be shared amongst students.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Important news for incoming 5th grade and new parents<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> &#8211; We will have our <\/span><b>5th grade and new student(s) parent\/guardian orientation<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> at 8:00 AM on Tuesday, September 3rd. Parents and guardians will be welcomed into our dining hall where we will speak about becoming acclimated to our school.\u00a0 Please take note that 5th and 6th grade students will come in at regular time on this day and will not be a part of the parent\/guardian orientation.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">School will be in session daily from 7:48 AM until 2:36 PM.\u00a0 We open our doors at 7:30 AM unless students come in early for 7:00 AM clubs.\u00a0 <\/span><b>Our first two days of school, September 3rd and 4th will be A days.<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0 This will enable all students to start consistently.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<table class=\"aligncenter\" style=\"border-color: #ededed;\" border=\"1\" cellpadding=\"3\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 86px; vertical-align: top; text-align: center;\">\n<p><strong>Monday 9\/2\/24<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Labor Day<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">School Closed<\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 214px; vertical-align: top; text-align: center;\"><strong>Tuesday 9\/3\/24<br \/>\nA Day<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Opening Day for 5th &amp; 6th Grade\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">5th Grade &amp; New Student &#8211; Parent\/Guardian Orientation &#8211; 8:00AM<\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 227px; vertical-align: top; text-align: center;\"><strong>Wednesday 9\/4\/24<br \/>\nA Day<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><b>All students<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> back in session (5th, 6th, 7th, 8th) &#8211; Opening Day for 7th &amp; 8th Grade<\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 199px; vertical-align: top; text-align: center;\"><strong>Thursday 9\/5\/24<br \/>\nB Day<\/strong><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 181px; vertical-align: top; text-align: center;\"><strong>Friday 9\/6\/24<br \/>\nC Day<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><b>Students in grades 6 and 7 will notice that they have new lockers this year.<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0 We took this opportunity to place a large majority of 6th graders upstairs closest to their core classes.\u00a0 Our 7th graders will be together in one hallway while our 8th graders will be together in another hallway thus creating a sense of community amongst their grade level.\u00a0 These changes will be reflected in PowerSchool.\u00a0 Please note that most 8th graders will have the same lockers as they had last year unless we found the opportunity to spread them out for increased space or there was a request for changes.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">If you are <\/span><b>dropping off your child during the school year<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, as opposed to using bus transportation, please use the crosswalk area as the drop off point. This is a monitored area where students can safely cross the driveway and avoid moving bus traffic.\u00a0 Those adults dropping off students must use the traffic lane closest to our high school and middle school.\u00a0 Dropping off students by driving through the middle of our parking lots creates dangerous conditions.\u00a0 If getting here is a challenge then please leave a few minutes earlier.\u00a0 We want to ensure everyone is safe and on time.\u00a0 Please do not drop your child off prior to 7:30 AM unless they are attending a before school club that starts at 7:00 AM.\u00a0 We will have more information regarding clubs in September.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Encore Classes<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">5<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">th<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> &#8211;\u00a0 Art,\u00a0 Creative Writing, General Music, Social &amp; Emotional Learning (SEL), Technology, <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0Textiles and Design<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">6<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">th<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> &#8211;\u00a0 Art, Creative Writing, Health, Social &amp; Emotional Learning (SEL), Technology, Textiles<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and Design<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">7<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">th<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> &#8211;\u00a0 Art and Technology<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">8<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">th<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> &#8211;\u00a0 Art and Health<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Key Details<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Please be sure to visit our <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/pvcsd.org\/index.php\/ms\/student-parent-resouces\/middle-school-supply-lists\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">PVMS Back To School Supply List<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> page. This will help to prepare your children for the upcoming year.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Summer Reading &#8211; We have a number of suggestions for summer reading.\u00a0 <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/sites.google.com\/pvcsd.org\/pvms-summer-reading\/home\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Please take a look at our Summer Reading Website<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> if you have not had the opportunity to do so. Reading helps bring the world alive and this is a great opportunity to gain knowledge.\u00a0 It is never too late to read a great book!\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Regarding Schedules<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Your PowerSchool account will be available for you to view your <\/span><b>new class schedule<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> on <\/span><b>Monday, August 26th at 9:00AM.<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0 A few simple clicks on our website will give you access to everything you need to know about the opening of the 2024-2025 school year.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Please take a moment to read the information below\u2026 many of your questions may be answered.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">1) If you have questions regarding logging into PowerSchool, or creating a parent account, please visit\u00a0<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/sites.google.com\/pvcsd.org\/pvcsd-parent\/powerschool\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">https:\/\/sites.google.com\/pvcsd.org\/pvcsd-parent\/powerschool<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.\u00a0 If you still have questions, please email Mrs. Sherwood at\u00a0<\/span><a href=\"mailto:lsherwood@pvcsd.org\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">lsherwood@pvcsd.org<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. Students have their own login to Powerschool.\u00a0 New students will receive this information at school from their teachers or they can reach out to Mrs. Sherwood in the Technology Office.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">2) <\/span><b>Academic Study<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> is a period when students will receive additional academic support and enrichment.\u00a0 Students may receive AIS services, band lessons, Research Lab, and\/or speech or OT\/PT services during this time.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">3) If you have other questions regarding your schedule, please email our School Counselor, Ms. Ortiz at\u00a0<\/span><a href=\"mailto:mortiz@pvcsd.org\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">mortiz@pvcsd.org<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">*Please take a moment this summer to log into the Parent Portal of PowerSchool.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0\u00a0Please review the 4 tabs listed below with emphasis on the Demographic Change tab.<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Grades &amp; Attendance<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">: This tab provides you with the student\u2019s grades and attendance throughout the year.\u00a0 You will also see your locker number and locker combination here.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Transportation Info: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This tab provides you with your bus number and any additional transportation needs.\u00a0 A link to the bus route schedule is also provided on this page. You can reach the transportation department at 845-528-8900 with any bus concerns.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Demographic Change: PLEASE review <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">for outdated contact information. We need this information to be current and correct for parental correspondences and in case of an emergency. At the bottom Demographics Change page, click the checkbox next to the name of the student to confirm you want to make the changes and then click SUBMIT. Your submission will be reviewed and then updated.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Schedule List<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">: This tab will provide a printable copy of your child\u2019s schedule. Please note, our schedules run on a six-day rotation cycle.\u00a0 A, B, C, D, E, F days will appear on your schedule.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">On a final note, to comply with NYSED Regulations, this school year our building will be performing a number of state mandated fire drills as well as lockdown drills. These drills help to ensure that our students and staff know how to respond in the event of an emergency.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Enjoy the month of August and the time you have together with your family.\u00a0 We look forward to seeing you soon.\u00a0 <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">If you have questions, please feel free to contact the Main Office at 845-528-8101.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Sincerely,<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Travis W. 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