Dear PVES Families,<\/p>\n
Happy Saturday!\u00a0 Many of us are waking up to a little snow on the ground on this sunny day in May, and that just seems to fit right in with this strange time in which we are living.\u00a0 It\u2019s nice to see the sun though, and I hope that you all enjoy a relaxing and healthy weekend ahead.\u00a0 We at PVES are missing our students so very<\/strong><\/em> much, and we do hope that you are all staying well and settling even more into productive, calm, and pleasant learning days.\u00a0 We know how hard you are all working, and we thank you for your efforts!<\/p>\n As we look ahead to next year, we are all hoping to return to normalcy.\u00a0 There are still many questions about what school in September will look like, but as of now, we are moving ahead with planning as usual.\u00a0 In the Weekly Notices attachment today, you will find the Student Information Sheet that all parents with students currently in grades Kindergarten through Grade 3 are welcome to complete.\u00a0 This information will help us with student placement in classes for next year.\u00a0 If you would like to fill out this sheet about your child, please do so and email it back to me by May 29th<\/sup>.\u00a0 My email is mpodesta@pvcsd.org<\/a>.\u00a0 As always, we ask that you do not make specific teacher requests. Teacher positions have not yet been finalized for next year. Thank you!<\/p>\n This past week, we celebrated some very hard-working and caring people in our lives.\u00a0 I would like to again express my gratitude for and admiration of our teaching staff during this week of Teacher Appreciation. Our PVES teachers are providing lessons and opportunities to meet via Google Meets and live chats in order to connect with our students, and lessons continue to provide new information and support.\u00a0 Thank you to the entire staff for learning so much so quickly as they continue to provide meaningful instruction.\u00a0 And on Wednesday, May 6th<\/sup>, we celebrated Nurse\u2019s Day! Thank you to our caring school nurse, Mrs. Hill, for all she does to keep us all safe and healthy!<\/p>\n As you may know, two of our longtime teachers, Mr. and Mrs. Sperling, will be retiring at the end of this year.\u00a0 In honor of their final Teacher Appreciation Week, many members of the PV community assembled to surprise them with an overwhelming drive-by tribute this past week.\u00a0 Please take a look at this video of the event<\/a> that was created by their daughter Sarah.\u00a0 What a celebration this was for these devoted and talented teachers!\u00a0 We wish Deb and Scott a long and healthy retirement together, and we thank them for their many years at PVES!<\/p>\n And, tomorrow is another very special day!\u00a0 Happy Mother\u2019s Day to all of you wonderful moms out there who are working harder than you ever have to provide love, stability, and even home instructional support to your young ones.\u00a0 As poet Linda Wooten wrote, \u201cBeing a mother is learning about strengths you didn\u2019t know you had, and dealing with fears you didn\u2019t know existed.\u201d\u00a0 Thank you, mothers and grandmothers, for all of the strength you are finding within yourselves right now, and for loving your children in the way that you do.\u00a0 May you enjoy a special day of love and relaxation. You deserve it!<\/p>\n As the weeks move forward, we will be in touch with specific plans for retrieving personal items from the school building and any virtual events to help us celebrate the end of the school year.\u00a0 In the meantime, please reach out if you have questions or concerns. Thank you for doing the best you can with the distance learning, and for staying in touch with your children\u2019s teachers on a regular basis.\u00a0 We make a strong team together, and the children know that!<\/p>\n Have a happy and healthy week ahead!<\/p>\n Warmly,<\/p>\n Dr. Margaret Podesta<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Dear PVES Families, Happy Saturday!\u00a0 Many of us are waking up to a little snow on the ground on this sunny day in May, and that just seems to fit right in with this strange time in which we are living.\u00a0 It\u2019s nice to see the sun though, and I hope that you all enjoy… Continue Reading Weekly Word – May 9, 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-7730","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\/7730","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=7730"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/pvcsd.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7730\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7731,"href":"https:\/\/pvcsd.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7730\/revisions\/7731"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pvcsd.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7730"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pvcsd.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7730"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pvcsd.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7730"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}