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Dear PVMS Families,<\/p>\nDear PVMS Families,<\/p>\n
Welcome to the second half of our school year and the start of the third quarter as it truly feels like February is upon us.\u00a0 There have been a number of winters in recent years where we have had mild temperatures and little snowfall until February but this feels like one of those winters from many years ago where temperatures don\u2019t rise above freezing, we have a foot of snow, and we finally have ice on our lakes.\u00a0 Please ensure that your children are bundled up and dressing appropriately for their bus stop and in the case that they may be stuck outside for a long period of time.\u00a0 I am hopeful that your children can truly enjoy winter by getting outside for some fresh air and ice fishing, skating, skiing, snowmobiling, sledding, or making a snowman.<\/p>\n
Our students have just concluded taking their winter iReady benchmark assessments.\u00a0 We will review this data and use it to drive instruction and provide support in those areas identified for growth.\u00a0 We use this adaptive assessment to track progress and provide support for those students in need. Please keep encouraging your students to do their best with these opportunities to apply themselves and show off what they have been learning.\u00a0 As a reminder, we will send home paper copies of these results at the end of June.<\/p>\n
A survey went home recently asking if families would like paper copies of report cards for the second quarter.\u00a0 Please do your best to respond if you haven\u2019t done so already.\u00a0 As we enter the third quarter, take the time to check Powerschool and see that your children are completing their assignments.\u00a0 Students should check Powerschool and Google Classroom nightly in order to be productive and to excel academically.\u00a0 Our teachers have been extremely flexible and we are hopeful that everyone is engaged in work completion and mastery of our standards.\u00a0 The third quarter has historically proven to be one of the most challenging times of the year to be motivated coming out of the winter months.\u00a0 Please partner with us in order to ensure our students continue to do their best.\u00a0 It is imperative that systems and schedules be established with regard to executive functioning in order to stay organized during this extremely busy time of year.<\/p>\n
The midpoint of the school year is a nice opportunity to schedule a meeting with your child\u2019s teachers.\u00a0 This helps to raise awareness around expectations, what is going well, and what can be improved upon.\u00a0 Please contact your child\u2019s grade level teacher or team leader to schedule a time to meet as I would encourage all families to do so at least one time throughout the school year.<\/p>\n
Grade 5 \u2013 Dorothy Nadell – dnadell@pvcsd.org<\/p>\n
Grade 6 \u2013 Lee Ann Johnson – ljohnson@pvcsd.org<\/p>\n
Grade 7 \u2013 Kim Thyrre – kthyrre@pvcsd.org<\/p>\n
Grade 8 \u2013 Priscilla Lutz – plutz@pvcsd.org<\/p>\n
Student’s second quarter report card grades<\/b> will be available on Powerschool beginning Friday, February 6, 2026.<\/p>\n
If you’d like to receive a paper copy of your child’s report card for the second quarter, please complete the form<\/a> attached.<\/p>\n *Please note, if you do not fill out the attached Opt In Form, you will not receive a paper copy of your child’s report card for the second quarter.<\/p>\n Thank you for partnering with us.\u00a0 Please be on the lookout for these in your mailboxes or check on PowerSchool and contact your child\u2019s teacher(s) if you have any questions.<\/p>\n We have a PTA Hot Chocolate Event<\/b> on Thursday, February 12th during lunch periods.\u00a0 Thank you to all of our volunteers from the PTA that help make this event successful and bring warmth to our students.<\/p>\n Our Student vs Staff Volleyball Game<\/b> is scheduled for Friday, February 13th.\u00a0 This is one of those events that our eighth graders wait their entire middle school career to participate in and it is evident in their school spirit and preparation.\u00a0 We look forward to this spirited event year after year.<\/p>\n Winter Recess<\/b> will take place from February 16th through February 20th.\u00a0 Students will not have school on these days.\u00a0 Classes will resume on Monday, February 23rd.<\/p>\n With winter in full force and the possibility of snowfall upon us at any time, please make sure that students have a plan if we were to dismiss early.\u00a0 We want to ensure all students have a place to go and\/or a key to a house.\u00a0 This will help reduce the anxiety that an early dismissal brings.\u00a0 In addition, our delay schedules can be found on our website.<\/p>\n As always, we partner to give children the best experience possible.\u00a0 We look forward to a great start to the second half of our school year.<\/p>\n Sincerely,<\/p>\n Travis W. McCarty<\/p>\n Principal<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Dear PVMS Families, Welcome to the second half of our school year and the start of the third quarter as it truly feels like February is upon us.\u00a0 There have been a number of winters in recent years where we have had mild temperatures and little snowfall until February but this feels like one of… Continue Reading February 2026<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"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":[51],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-18518","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-middle-school-letter","clearfix"],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pvcsd.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18518","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\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pvcsd.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=18518"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/pvcsd.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18518\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":18520,"href":"https:\/\/pvcsd.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18518\/revisions\/18520"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pvcsd.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18518"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pvcsd.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=18518"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pvcsd.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=18518"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}