Tiger Tuesday News

September 6th, 2022



Student Pick-Up - ID’S ARE REQUIRED! 

A very important reminder that identification is REQUIRED in order to pick up a student from school. This is an essential safety protocol to ensure that your students are only released to a parent/guardian or approved contact whose identity we are able to verify. Please be kind and respectful to our front office team that upholds this important policy.



Student Pick-Up & Drop-off 

We are soooo excited that we have been able to cut pick-up time by 5 minutes in the afternoon! Our staff has started parking in a different parking lot and this has freed up space for waiting families. We are hopeful that this has alleviated some of your traffic stresses. A few important reminders:

Pull forward as far as possible!
Do NOT park/stop in the crosswalks! 
Be kind and respectful to our teaching staff that is supporting with traffic and help keeping your students safe!


This Week’s Athletic Events

Join us to cheer on the Tigers this week at Volleyball and Football

Volleyball:

Tuesday 9/6 vs. Quist (A Team @ home)
Thursday 9/8 vs. Vikan (B Team @ home)
Football

Wednesday 9/7 AT Vikan


Sources of Strength

We are in the process of collecting our student leaders for this exciting program.  Students who applied or were nominated by teachers will be notified tomorrow during Tiger Time.  We will be hosting our peer leader training all day on September 14th. Students who wish to participate in this training will need to fill out a permission slip. These slips will be given to them tomorrow during advisory and will need to be returned by Friday. We will be providing lunch this day for the students as they participate in this fun interactive training around the sources of strength and how to promote them at PVMS. If you have any questions, please reach out to your grade level counselor.  



Upcoming Field Trip Opportunities for 8th grade

Mark your calendars!  All 8th grade students will be attending Finance Park this year in October.  The upstairs pod will attend on October 5th and the downstairs pod will attend on October 6th.  We will need 10 parent volunteers per day for this trip and would love your involvement!  Email Mnelson@sd27j.net if you are interested in volunteering.  8th grade will also be attending the Adams County Career Expo on November 10th.  Both of these trips will help to promote the career readiness learning of our 8th grade students.  More details to come!



BOARD GAMES NEEDED!!!

If you are cleaning out your closets and come across any old board games or card games or puzzles please consider donating them to the PVMS counseling office.  This year we are building social skills through games in our small groups and advisory classes.  If you have a donation, please contact Melissa Nelson Mnelson@sd27j.net



Athletics Fees Update

This is a reminder that all school fees and sports fees must be paid for athletes to participate in sports. This includes current fees and past due fees. 

Please also note that Athletic fees for the 22-23 school year are $150 not $125. We are so sorry about this miscommunication. If you need to set up a plan to pay this additional $25 please let our front office know.

If you qualify for Free or Reduced lunch you also receive reduced fees. Directions for that application can be found here. 



8th Grade Continuation Requirements Reminder

As discussed at our required back-to-school parent meetings, there are requirements for 8th graders to participate in end-of-year celebrations including, but not limited to the Continuation Ceremony & Elitches Field Trip

Students must:

Have passing grades in all classes
Have all school fees paid
Have NO drug, alcohol or weapons offenses for the 22-23 school year.


DC Trip

Attention 8th Grade Parents: If you are interested in your student going on the Washington DC/Philadelphia trip over spring break there will be a parent meeting at Stuart Middle School on September 7th at 6:00 pm. If you have any questions please contact Kim Johnston at kjohnston@sd27j.net. 



COVID Positive Case Reporting & Isolation for Students

As much as we hate to admit it, COVID is still a thing! If your student tests positive, you need to fill out the Student COVID Reporting Form, this is also linked on the 27J COVID page. 

Students or parents need to report their absence per usual to their school, and should follow these instructions to help determine their isolation period (also on our the 27J website). 



Orchestra Academy

Please check out this important message from a community member about the Orchestra Academy:

My name is Lisa Badal and this is my 5th year running a Monday program called the Orchestra Academy. Since 27J does not currently have any orchestra programs during the school day, I started the Orchestra Academy in an effort to give kids the chance to play string instruments, but also in the hopes of growing it to the point that the schools would have justification to add orchestra into their daily curriculum.

We are starting a new semester on September 12th, and I would love your help in spreading the word! I have attached the flyer to this email and I have made this video introducing each of the instruments we teach and with a little bit of information about the program: https://youtu.be/[zT0SBdTKj3M]

I have also had a lot of fun visiting several schools in the previous years, which I would love to do again! I bring all 4 instruments (violin, viola, cello, and bass) to your school and I talk a little bit about the program, introduce the instruments, and then students can have a chance to try out playing the instruments. Even if none of your students sign up for the Orchestra Academy, this has always been a really cool experience for the students, since it's not every day you get to play a cello!

We have 3 levels of orchestras — Beginning, Intermediate, and Advanced — and last year we had a total of 80 students registered. This year, I'm not planning on doing a separate recruiting trip in January, since I'm hoping to just keep students in the Beginning Orchestra for a full year (this is different from the past).



Student Fees

A reminder that student fees for the 2022-23 have been added to your student accounts. The district Fee Schedule can be found here. 

Per district policy, students that participate in athletics are required to have all student fees, not just athletic fees.



Lunch

School breakfast and lunch are sadly no longer free for all students. The federal program that paid for these meals the last two years has ended and so students are now required to pay the following costs: 

Breakfast- $2.25
Lunch- $3.75
Please encourage your student(s) to eat during the school day, this is an important part of taking care of themselves.

In order to receive free or reduced meals (as well as reduced fees) please make sure to complete the annual Free & Reduced Lunch application. Directions can be found here.




Important Documents for the 2022-23 School Year

Bell Schedule

Supply List

Student Handbook

Staff Contact List