{"id":4113,"date":"2018-05-02T08:38:40","date_gmt":"2018-05-02T12:38:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/testweb.pvcsd.org\/?p=4113"},"modified":"2018-05-02T08:38:40","modified_gmt":"2018-05-02T12:38:40","slug":"may-2018","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pvcsd.org\/index.php\/ms\/middle-school-letter\/may-2018\/","title":{"rendered":"May 2018"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Dear PVMS Families,<\/p>\n<p>The month of May has arrived with the sight of flowers and warmer weather.\u00a0 You will see our students have many opportunities to blossom as well.\u00a0\u00a0 Please join us in finishing strong these last two months of school.\u00a0 Children will be busy with activities outside of school, but this reminds us to stay on schedule and grow academically.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Events \u2013 Congratulations to All Involved<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Our musical, \u201cThe Wiz,\u201d was unbelievable.\u00a0 There was an array of students that came together for this production.\u00a0 The children on stage embodied their roles and became those characters.\u00a0 Thank you to the Stage and Scenery Crew, who did all the behind the scene work for the show and of course our actors.\u00a0 It was truly amazing to see staff, students, and families support this show.<\/p>\n<p>Congratulations to our thirty new members of the PVMS National Junior Honor Society.\u00a0 These students exemplify: Scholarship, Leadership, Service, Character, and Citizenship.\u00a0 We look forward to hearing about their future goals and accomplishments.<\/p>\n<p><strong>End of Year Details<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>We will have full school days for the remainder of the school year with the exception of Thursday, June 14<sup>th<\/sup> when the 7<sup>th<\/sup> and 8<sup>th<\/sup> graders will take the Earth Science Regents and local science exams in the morning from 7:36 \u2013 11:00 and then be bussed home.\u00a0 Our 5<sup>th<\/sup> and 6<sup>th<\/sup> graders will arrive around 10:45 and be bussed home at 2:34.\u00a0 We are providing you with this information now so that you may make arrangements if needed.\u00a0 A bus schedule will be provided to help plan and prepare for the later time pick up on those dates.<\/p>\n<p>In addition, our last day of school will be on Friday, June 22<sup>nd<\/sup> and this will be a half-day for students.\u00a0 Busses will dismiss from the Middle School around 11:00.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Mark Your Calendar \u2013 We are Busy!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong>Wednesday, May 2<sup>nd<\/sup> \u2013 NYS Math Assessments<\/p>\n<p>Thursday, May 3<sup>rd<\/sup> \u2013 NYS Math Assessments<\/p>\n<p>Tuesday, May 8<sup>th<\/sup> \u2013 5<sup>th<\/sup> and 6<sup>th<\/sup> Grade Chorus Concert\u00a0 &#8211; 7:00 p.m. H.S. PAC<\/p>\n<p>Wednesday, May 9<sup>th<\/sup> \u2013 7<sup>th<\/sup> and 8<sup>th<\/sup> Grade Chorus Concert\u00a0 &#8211; 7:00 p.m. H.S. PAC<\/p>\n<p>Thursday, May 10<sup>th<\/sup> \u2013 6<sup>th<\/sup> grade field trip &#8211; Medieval Times<\/p>\n<p>Thursday, May 10<sup>th<\/sup> \u2013 Pot Luck Dinner \u2013 6:00 \u2013 8:00 P.M. \u2013 PVMS Dining Hall \u2013<\/p>\n<p>An adult must accompany students to the dinner.<\/p>\n<p>Tuesday, May 15<sup>th<\/sup> \u2013 5<sup>th<\/sup> and 6<sup>th<\/sup> Grade Band Concert\u00a0 &#8211; 7:00 p.m. H.S. PAC<\/p>\n<p>Wednesday, May 16<sup>th<\/sup> \u2013 7<sup>th<\/sup> and 8<sup>th<\/sup> Grade Band Concert\u00a0 &#8211; 7:00 p.m. H.S. PAC<\/p>\n<p>Friday, May 18<sup>th<\/sup> \u2013 Midpoint of the 4<sup>th<\/sup> Quarter \u2013 Please check PowerSchool on<\/p>\n<p>Thursday, May 24<sup>th<\/sup> for updated grades and comments.\u00a0 Contact your child\u2019s teacher if you have any concerns.<\/p>\n<p>Monday, May 21<sup>st<\/sup> \u2013 ELA iReady diagnostic Round 3 \u2013 Students should come prepared with ear buds\/headphones and an independent reading book.<\/p>\n<p>Tuesday, May 22<sup>nd<\/sup> \u2013 Math iReady diagnostic Round 3 \u2013 Students should come prepared with ear buds\/headphones, pencils and an independent reading book.<\/p>\n<p>Monday, May 28<sup>th<\/sup> \u2013 No School \u2013 Memorial Day<\/p>\n<p>Wednesday, May 30<sup>th<\/sup> \u2013 5<sup>th<\/sup> grade field trip \u2013 Hayden Planetarium &amp; Museum of<\/p>\n<p>Natural History<\/p>\n<p>As you can see, we have many events and happenings this month.\u00a0 Please continue to partner with us in keeping our children academically focused.\u00a0 Reach out to the Middle School if you have any questions.<\/p>\n<p>Thank you,<\/p>\n<p>Travis W. McCarty<\/p>\n<p>Principal<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dear PVMS Families, The month of May has arrived with the sight of flowers and warmer weather.\u00a0 You will see our students have many opportunities to blossom as well.\u00a0\u00a0 Please join us in finishing strong these last two months of school.\u00a0 Children will be busy with activities outside of school, but this reminds us to&hellip; <a class=\"continue\" href=\"https:\/\/pvcsd.org\/index.php\/ms\/middle-school-letter\/may-2018\/\">Continue Reading<span> May 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-4113","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\/4113","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=4113"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/pvcsd.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4113\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4114,"href":"https:\/\/pvcsd.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4113\/revisions\/4114"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pvcsd.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4113"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pvcsd.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4113"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pvcsd.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4113"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}