{"id":7551,"date":"2020-04-03T14:02:40","date_gmt":"2020-04-03T18:02:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pvcsd.org\/?p=7551"},"modified":"2020-04-13T18:00:32","modified_gmt":"2020-04-13T22:00:32","slug":"april-3-2020","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pvcsd.org\/index.php\/es\/es-letter\/april-3-2020\/","title":{"rendered":"April 3, 2020"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Dear PVES Families,<\/p>\n<p>Happy PV Pride Day!\u00a0 It\u2019s the first Friday of a new month, and many of us are wearing our blue and white colors today to show off our school pride today!\u00a0 Please see the attachment showing the lyrics to our wonderful PVES Pride Song. Maybe your children can sing it for you!<\/p>\n<p>I am hoping that you are all still feeling healthy and managing the \u201cnew normal\u201d in your homes. Please know that our teachers are working very hard to provide quality distance learning for your students, with feedback and attention to student engagement and connection.\u00a0 We know that this is a confusing, disappointing time for them. We also know that this can be scary and stressful.\u00a0 Please let us know if you are concerned about your child.\u00a0 Structuring the day with a varied schedule helps, along with limiting video games, and spending time reading together, playing board games, and playing outside as a family.\u00a0 Please see this wonderful resource organized by our clinical staff, which contains many links and articles that families may find helpful.\u00a0 If you have any questions, please reach out to Mrs. Kilduff, Mrs. O\u2019Connell, or Mrs. Sullivan.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/sites.google.com\/pvcsd.org\/pvesstudentservices\/home\">https:\/\/sites.google.com\/pvcsd.org\/pvesstudentservices\/home<\/a><\/p>\n<p>In the weekly notices, you will also see a yearbook notice from our PTA.\u00a0 Please check it carefully.\u00a0 I thank the PTA for their extra efforts to bring our school community together during these extended closures.\u00a0 We have a very strong school community, and we look forward to better days!<\/p>\n<p>Thank you for helping to guide your elementary students with distance learning.\u00a0 Please do not be overwhelmed by the assignments.\u00a0 Our main goal is to keep the students connected to learning opportunities and to their classrooms, while supporting the main concepts of the curriculum.\u00a0 If you are finding that every day is stressful with the schoolwork, please reach out to me or to your child\u2019s teachers for support and guidance.\u00a0 We want them to keep learning, but we hope that the days are happy and positive.\u00a0 That is so important right now.<\/p>\n<p>We are awaiting any updates with our school calendar.\u00a0 In the meantime, please know that our April (invite-only) parent conferences will be cancelled, but you are welcome to check in with any of your child\u2019s teachers at any time with questions or concerns.\u00a0 Our teachers will be in contact with you when needed as well.\u00a0 We will not be distributing the brief Progress Reports this April.\u00a0 However, our teachers continue to collect data and base instruction on your children\u2019s learning needs.<\/p>\n<p>I hope that you all enjoy the week ahead.\u00a0 Our faculty has provided wonderfully creative and engaging learning activities for you to enjoy with your child throughout the week.\u00a0 Please stay home, stay safe, and enjoy your beautiful children.\u00a0 We miss them so much!<\/p>\n<p>Warmly,<br \/>\nMs. Podesta<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dear PVES Families, Happy PV Pride Day!\u00a0 It\u2019s the first Friday of a new month, and many of us are wearing our blue and white colors today to show off our school pride today!\u00a0 Please see the attachment showing the lyrics to our wonderful PVES Pride Song. Maybe your children can sing it for you!&hellip; <a class=\"continue\" href=\"https:\/\/pvcsd.org\/index.php\/es\/es-letter\/april-3-2020\/\">Continue Reading<span> April 3, 2020<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"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":[55],"tags":[86],"class_list":["post-7551","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-es-letter","tag-covid19","clearfix"],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pvcsd.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7551","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\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pvcsd.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7551"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/pvcsd.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7551\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7554,"href":"https:\/\/pvcsd.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7551\/revisions\/7554"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pvcsd.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7551"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pvcsd.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7551"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pvcsd.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7551"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}