{"id":6357,"date":"2019-04-30T13:00:37","date_gmt":"2019-04-30T17:00:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pvcsd.org\/?p=6357"},"modified":"2019-04-30T13:02:10","modified_gmt":"2019-04-30T17:02:10","slug":"may-2019","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pvcsd.org\/index.php\/ms\/middle-school-letter\/may-2019\/","title":{"rendered":"May 2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Dear PVMS Families,<\/p>\n<p>Our April showers have brought May flowers and your children have just started the beginning of the fourth quarter. 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, \u201cInto the Woods,\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 from Cinderella to the Big Bad Wolf.\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 and actresses.\u00a0 It was truly amazing to see staff, students, and families support this show.\u00a0 We have gifted students who will be moving on to the high school next year to continue the foundation of a very rich and talented community.<\/p>\n<p>Congratulations to our twenty-six 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.\u00a0 They will be volunteering their time at our Family Math Night on May 16<sup>th<\/sup>.\u00a0 This is just one of the many opportunities and ways that these students have given back to our community.<\/p>\n<p><strong>End of Year Details<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Please be on the lookout for a detailed end of the year schedule coming soon.\u00a0 Some important dates to remember is that our Algebra I regents exam will be administered on Wednesday, June 19<sup>th<\/sup> at 11:15AM and our Earth Science regents exam will be administered on Thursday, June 20<sup>th<\/sup> at 11:15AM.\u00a0 We will have our 8<sup>th<\/sup> grade Moving Up Ceremony on Tuesday, June 25<sup>th<\/sup> at 5:00PM in the HS PAC.\u00a0 Our last day of school will be on Wednesday, June 26<sup>th<\/sup> and this will be a full day of class trips for our students.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Mark Your Calendar <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Friday, May 3<sup>rd<\/sup> \u00a0\u2013 Grades and Comments for the 3<sup>rd<\/sup> quarter will be posted.\u00a0 Please check Power School and always contact your child\u2019s teacher with any questions or concerns.<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong>Thursday, May 2<sup>nd<\/sup> \u2013 NYS Math Assessments &#8211; Students should come prepared with pencils and independent reading books.<\/p>\n<p>Friday, May 3<sup>rd<\/sup> \u2013 NYS Math Assessments &#8211; Students should come prepared with pencils and independent reading books.<\/p>\n<p>Monday, May 6<sup>th<\/sup> \u2013 <strong>7<sup>th<\/sup> and 8<sup>th<\/sup> Grade Chorus Concert<\/strong>\u00a0 &#8211; 7:00PM H.S. PAC<\/p>\n<p>Wednesday, May 8<sup>th<\/sup> \u2013 <strong>5<sup>th<\/sup> and 6<sup>th<\/sup> Grade Chorus Concert<\/strong>\u00a0 &#8211; 7:00PM H.S. PAC<\/p>\n<p>Wednesday, May 8<sup>th<\/sup> \u2013 Friday, May 10<sup>th<\/sup> &#8211; 8th<strong> Grade Trip to Washington D.C.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Monday, May 13<sup>th<\/sup> \u2013 Wednesday, May 15<sup>th<\/sup> \u2013 <strong>Buy One Get One Free Book Fair<\/strong> during Lunch Periods.\u00a0 We will also have evening sessions from 5:00 \u2013 6:30PM in the PVMS Dining Hall Tuesday, May 14<sup>th<\/sup> and Wednesday, May 15<sup>th<\/sup>.<\/p>\n<p>Monday, May 13<sup>th<\/sup> \u2013 Tuesday, May 14<sup>th<\/sup>\u00a0 \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 14<sup>th<\/sup> \u2013 <strong>5<sup>th<\/sup> and 6<sup>th<\/sup> Grade Band Concert<\/strong>\u00a0 &#8211; 7:00PM H.S. PAC<\/p>\n<p>Wednesday, May 15<sup>th<\/sup> \u2013 <strong>7<sup>th<\/sup> and 8<sup>th<\/sup> Grade Band Concert<\/strong>\u00a0 &#8211; 7:00PM H.S. PAC<\/p>\n<p>Wednesday, May 15<sup>th<\/sup> \u2013 5<sup>th<\/sup> grade field trip \u2013 SUNY Purchase<\/p>\n<p>Wednesday, May 15<sup>th<\/sup> \u2013 Thursday, May 16<sup>th<\/sup>\u00a0 \u2013 Math iReady diagnostic Round 3 \u2013 Students should come prepared with ear buds\/headphones, pencils and an independent reading book.<\/p>\n<p>Thursday, May 16<sup>th<\/sup> \u2013 <strong>Family Math Night<\/strong> \u2013 6:30 \u2013 8:30PM.<\/p>\n<p>Friday, May 17<sup>th<\/sup> \u2013 6<sup>th<\/sup> grade field trip &#8211; Medieval Times<\/p>\n<p>Tuesday, May 21<sup>st<\/sup> \u2013 <strong>School Budget Vote<\/strong> \u2013 6:00AM \u2013 9:00PM PVES<\/p>\n<p>Wednesday, May 22<sup>nd<\/sup> \u2013 <strong>4<sup>th<\/sup> Grade Parent Night<\/strong> for incoming students to PVMS \u2013 7:00PM PVMS Dining Hall<\/p>\n<p>Friday, May 24<sup>th<\/sup> &#8211; Monday, May 27<sup>th<\/sup> \u2013 No School \u2013 <strong>Memorial Day<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Friday, May 31<sup>st<\/sup>\u00a0 \u2013 Midpoint of the 4<sup>th<\/sup> Quarter \u2013 Please check Power School on<\/p>\n<p>Thursday, June 6<sup>th<\/sup> for updated grades and comments.\u00a0 Contact your child\u2019s teacher if you have any concerns.<\/p>\n<p>As you can see, we have many events and happenings this month on all grade levels. \u00a0Please continue to partner with us in keeping our children academically focused and reach out to the Middle School if you have any questions.<\/p>\n<p>Thank you,<\/p>\n<p>Travis W. McCarty<br \/>\nPrincipal<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dear PVMS Families, Our April showers have brought May flowers and your children have just started the beginning of the fourth quarter. 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. Events&hellip; <a class=\"continue\" href=\"https:\/\/pvcsd.org\/index.php\/ms\/middle-school-letter\/may-2019\/\">Continue Reading<span> May 2019<\/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-6357","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\/6357","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=6357"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/pvcsd.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6357\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6360,"href":"https:\/\/pvcsd.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6357\/revisions\/6360"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pvcsd.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6357"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pvcsd.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6357"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pvcsd.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6357"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}