Dear PVMS Families,<\/p>\n
Welcome to February and the midpoint of the school year.\u00a0 We have a month full of activities and learning planned for your children.\u00a0 Please take the opportunity to speak with your children and partner with us regarding digital citizenship and the proper use of technology as we continue to encourage students to make good choices.<\/p>\n
Challenge of Social Media and Gaming<\/strong> In addition, we have seen an upsurge of students who are on games, watching videos, and on websites that are not educationally appropriate while using school issued laptops.\u00a0 Our laptops are tools for education and these are a privilege.\u00a0 We ask that you review the\u00a0code of conduct<\/a>\u00a0with your children so that everyone knows what is appropriate.\u00a0 Our children use laptops as devices for the classroom only and students will lose the privilege if they make poor choices.<\/p>\n Building Relationships at Lunch and Recess<\/strong> Report Cards<\/strong> Benchmark assessments<\/strong> Staff vs. Student Volleyball Games<\/strong> Mark Your Calendar!<\/strong> Encore four will begin on February 23rd for fifth and sixth graders.\u00a0 Please review their schedule to ensure that they go to their correct locations.<\/p>\n Please mark your calendar<\/em>, as there will be a\u00a0PVMS Curriculum Night<\/strong>\u00a0on February 27th, from 6:00 \u2013 7:00 p.m.\u00a0 We will have more information to follow regarding the agenda.<\/p>\n As always, we partner to give children the best experience possible.\u00a0 We look forward to a fantastic February full of good choices!<\/p>\n Sincerely,<\/p>\n Mr. McCarty<\/p>\n Principal<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Dear PVMS Families, Welcome to February and the midpoint of the school year.\u00a0 We have a month full of activities and learning planned for your children.\u00a0 Please take the opportunity to speak with your children and partner with us regarding digital citizenship and the proper use of technology as we continue to encourage students to… Continue Reading February 2018<\/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-3836","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\/3836","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=3836"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/pvcsd.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3836\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3840,"href":"https:\/\/pvcsd.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3836\/revisions\/3840"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pvcsd.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3836"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pvcsd.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3836"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pvcsd.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3836"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\nAs a community we have been faced with great challenges in how our children are communicating with one another over social media.\u00a0 Students use snap chat, house party, Facebook, and group chats to communicate in various ways.\u00a0 Many students have used language, shared images, and sent videos that question the integrity of their character.\u00a0 We are asking that you partner with us to oversee the usage of these technologies and ensure that children are being responsible.\u00a0 Please oversee the technology that your children use and remind your children that their actions are a reflection of their character and pose consequences if inappropriate.<\/p>\n
\nOur lunch and recess groups have switched for the year.\u00a0 The 7th and 8th grade have been given the choice of lunch and recess partners, and the 5th and 6th graders have swapped their times.\u00a0 Ask your children about these changes to see how it is going.<\/p>\n
\nOn Friday, February 2nd we will be sending home paper copies of report cards that will provide information for the first and second quarters of the school year.\u00a0 Please be on the look out for these and contact your child’s teacher if you have any questions.<\/p>\n
\nThe second round of iReady Benchmark Assessments will take place on February 6th and 7th.\u00a0 Please make sure that your children have ear buds or headphones and an independent book to read.\u00a0 These results help teachers to inform instruction and provide feedback for classroom use.<\/p>\n
\nAn abbreviated class schedule will be implemented on Friday, February 16th for our annual student versus staff volleyball games.\u00a0 This is a great event where our 8th grade students as well as our girl’s volleyball team compete against staff members.\u00a0 This is an event for building relationships with healthy competition.<\/u><\/p>\n
\nWinter Recess will take place February 19th and 20th.\u00a0 Students will not have school on these days.<\/p>\n