Pleasant Valley Staff Newsletter
Week of May 18, 2020
Our mission is to empower and inspire a community of lifelong learners and leaders.
Hello Everyone,
After hearing many teachers' voices, we have decided to hold an End of the Year Reverse Parade for ALL of our learners on May 29th at 1:00 pm. Thank you to those of you who have advocated for our learners to have some sort of celebration and school year closure. We love our Stars and are excited to go above and beyond for them. We hope you can make it! This event will be an additional event to our 4th Grade Clap Out on May 28th at 5:00 pm but the same format!
Below are some of the positive feedback we have received from parents! You have done a fantastic job of learning and adapting the ways, you plan and reach your learners. I feel so fortunate to work with our outstanding PV team. I know this doesn't capture everything that you have done above and beyond, but I thought it important to share it with all of you!
Your Very Proud Principal,
Stephanie
Positive Feedback from Our PV Parents & Guardians through this Distance Learning Phase!
Both Coach Borowske and Coach Canzurlo stopped by our house during spring break to say hello and drop off cookies :) They are the BEST!
Thank you for everything the PV family is doing!
We would like to thank the staff at PV you all have been amazing through this tough time and we are very grateful for all you do. Keep up the good work.
Thank you to EVERYONE at PV for being so wonderful over the past seven years. I can't believe our elementary experience is coming to a close. Everyone has been so AMAZING!
We are very grateful for the wonderful staff at PV and all your hard work. Thank you!
Thank you for your hard work. We appreciate it!!!
Teachers have been excellent at communicating and helping when needed.
You guys are amazing and keep up the good work
Felix is really missing his friends and teachers. He has been enjoying his weekly Zoom meetings. Thank you for all you’re doing!
Mrs. Pennington is beyond helpful and encouraging and the amount of work assigned is great.
Thank you so much to the PV staff for all that you are doing. We are so thankful to have such a caring, supportive school!
We miss our PV family and are very thankful for all the work you are doing keeping us informed and for distance learning. A big thank you all!
We are so grateful for the way everyone in this district has handled this crazy situation. With every email, phone call, and Zoom meeting, we know that our girls are top priority. Thank you to everyone for the hard work and flexibility that has been put into getting online learning up and running. Ainsley and Maddox miss everyone and hope to see you all again soon!
The teacher is keeping us informed
We are grateful for the support of PV staff .. very concerned and we appreciate all of you
keep up the great work
We appreciate the weekly letters and open communication. Thank you to the staff for continuing to provide lesson plans.
The teachers have been absolutely wonderful! We appreciate everything they do. Coach Borosh is amazing with her zoom calls and the kids love them and the kahoots. Coach Wilber Aiden loves the videos of you reading the stories. And we appreciate both of you resounding so quickly. Coach Pennington you just had a baby and you still make sure you zoom meeting with the kids once a week, you guys make the work easy to turn in and engaging. Coach Youngmann we just love you! You have been part of our family since Aiden was in kindergarten. And I don’t know how you do it some days with the zoom meets and everyone talking at once but you do a great job. You stay in contact with us and check on the kids often. And I can’t leave out our specials teachers, the art teachers always respond back to my emails with encouraging words for the kids, as well as the gym teachers they love when we send the pictures and the kids love when they send them encouraging words back.
We miss you all! I hope you and your families are all healthy and happy and managing through all this. Focus on your family too!!! :-)
So far everyone and thing is good. Mrs.Ryan has helped a lot.
Miss you all
We're doing ok! Of course Joseph misses school.. ALOT! but we have sort of a schedule and he is getting all of his work done. We have some frustrating moments but we take a break. Jeremy and I are both still working full time so that makes time a struggle but we're managing. Thank you for asking!
I really appreciate all of the information, messages, education tools. Its been a great help. I'm so thankful for all the work Coach Woodworth has been putting towards the kids.. online classes and staying in touch. It really means a lot! I don't feel left out to dry or anything like that. I'm all about my son not skipping a beat through these hard times and I feel he's in a good spot as of right now. Miss you all, hope everyone is healthy and Thank you!
The teachers have been phenomenal! Coach Neff and Coach Gorey are running like a fine tuned machine. You would think they’ve done this before.
I think as the bumps get worked out, this is getting easier. The extra Chromebook for my 2nd header and using Google classroom has been helpful. The teachers have been amazing.
But thank you soooo much for allowing us to have ChromeBooks to use at home. This has been a huge help!
I am very pleased at how the first grade STEM teachers have handled DL. Everything is available in one place on an easy to navigate website. Our teachers have been very responsive to emails. Our teacher has even offered to submit encore class work for us if it is easier to send everything into one place instead of emailing individual teachers. She has also offered her time for individual/small group teaching. Shout out to Coach Woodworth! Thank you for all your hard work. We appreciate her and everyone in the PCSD who is working hard to help keep our children learning and engaged.
You’re doing an awesome job!! Thanks to all the teachers for their help and support! Everyone has been doing a great job. The teachers are great but it is a lot for the parents. We have Gorey and Neff as our teachers and I can say they have gone way above and beyond for our kids!! PV teachers are doing awesome!!!!! son is on an IEP and they are busting butts to make sure he gets the help! you guys are doing great!!!!!
Teachers have done a wonderful job keeping the students learning through this unexpected time. They are always available when help is needed. We are thankful!
Coach Gibson does Zoom with 2nd grade and it's been working wonderfully.
All the teachers have been fabulous. Coach Neff, Gorey, Canzurlo, Borowski and Gibson have been very helpful and responsive. Appreciate all that they have done.
Everything has been easy to follow. I am so thankful for you all and your efforts!
If I could nominate the best teacher ever, it would be Coach Feeney! I'm so glad my son had her this year and I'm so sad it ended so abruptly. Thank you all again!
Request for Student Check-in
This procedures has been RESET FOR THE MONTH OF MAY
This Form is for Teachers -this includes Encore and Related Service Only:
If you have a student who you have not been able to engage during this Distance Learning Phase or a student/family you have concerns about and would like Administration or our Home Liaison to reach out to the family, please complete the following Google Form.
Criteria for a request of support should be two attempts (email, phone, Class Apps, etc.) to the family by the classroom teacher. Please allow 24- 48 hours between each contact to the student/ family. AGAIN THIS STARTS AGAIN FOR THE MONTH OF MAY! If a child will be receiving an "F" for Fail or is not engaged at all, we need to know and hold that parent accountable and make sure our learners are safe. We are on your team! We need you to communicate these concerns with us through this form, so we have all attempts documented!
Looking ahead....
5.18 M Distance Learning Plans on our Week of 5.18.2020 Pleasant Valley Elementary Distance Learning-Building Instruction Plan due @ 9:30 am
5.18 M Distance Learning Plan goes live to parents @ 10:00 am
5.18 M Parent Hard Copy Request via Google Form opens @ 9:00 am & closes at 5.12 @ 9:00 am
5.18-5.21 M- Th 9:30-10:45 am Office Hours-Gen, Title, Spec Ed Teachers & Home Liaisons
5.18-5.21 M-Th 10:45-11:00 am Office Hours- Encore
5.18-5.21 M-Th 10:30-11:45 am Office Hours-Related Service
5.19 T Parent Paper Request via Google Form closes @ 9:00 am
5.19 T Print Shop Hard Copy Submission due by teachers @ 5:00 pm
5.21 Th Parent Hard Copy pick up @ 12-2:00 pm
5.26-5.29 Building Open for Teachers 9-3:00 pm *Till 5:00 on 5.28
5.28 4th Grade Clap-out Parade @ 5:00 staff arrive at 4:30 pm- for parking purposes
5.29 PV Stars End of the Year Reverse Parade @ 1:00 pm staff arrive at 12:30 pm- for parking
purposes
6.1-6.3 PD details to TBA
6.1 All Student Work Due
6.2 End of the Quarter Grade Entry
6.4 Voluntary Staff Meeting @ 10:00 am
New Important Internal Links
DIS will continue to do our best to support students who have devices at home. We have introduced a less confusing support address which is TechHelp@parmacityschools.org, any student that needs assistance from DIS should be directed to that address.
PCSD 2019-20 Distance Learning Plan (internal use only)
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1KK3GcfXWgbZiOQT9FiKtBHV-LWUo9Fo-pGYviOfioFs/edit
PV 2019-20 Distance Learning Folder (internal use only)
https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1vnODI5OQhVFM15EbT8f17lUXc03cdemx
PV Distance Learning Q&A March 31st-April 30th (internal use only)
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1W_WrvvQ0s35bR6HgbbVWd30qKy4klswCHmY2BkWQ4BI/edit#gid=0
PV Intervention Specialist/Related Service Support (Internal use only)
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1qVs0vC3EKdkyYvpj2SemVdOwnzcxSnLVs1NdRyAuYqw/edit?ts=5e8363e1
Newslea:
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Gifted Resources on Google Drive
Gifted Google Classroom Code: dbvbde3
If you need gifted assistance, feel free to reach out to Tiffany Buchanan at buchanant@parmacityschools.org
From Ohio Ed Updates
Remote Learning Resource Guide
A new Remote Learning Resource Guide is available to assist parents, families, caregivers and educators as they navigate the world of remote learning during Ohio’s ordered school-building closure.
Important Links
Gifted Teacher Resources
https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1tUNcwuIouYPYgcC9F_-0nz2wVZqfkKt9
Elementary Curriculum Folder
https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/0ACq1KerGN8VWUk9PVA
Learning Walks PD Opportunity Form
ELA K-5 Curriculum Maps
https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1u36HP8Gl_yYmUQysdu8iT_ib0mzYMfvU
Cleveland Natural History Museum Resource Center
https://cmnherc.myturn.com/library/
Anticipatory Sets Ideas/Resources
https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1vmTu7I3B1TLWvBOCPLCvLFSKDU5ShNyM
Data Day
https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1XO7mZo9ZOZkHci3l8SkqOuygFH_NKrEK
TBT Folder
https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/122w2faMIEQJJfBVfFnxL2SnoWKjckCVl
OTES DWSGM Vocabulary Resource
https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1969aCuEFTU8q53O6_RUFJLrOP9xct8HP
Student Leadership Selection Spreadsheet
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1CqkaQT20mqkpc-6cdKhuQKgBBJJ5As7yFe7fH8lWGa0/edit?usp=sharing
Committees and CICO
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1_GRbqaYoWy-If0vsFHm3LOV-0m4xMTVWtxIiJbj_BJk/edit#gid=0
7 Habits Resource
https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/0B-2I1VrA_LvhNXoyQkZvUWJvWlE?usp=sharing
Brain Pop with BrainPOP Jr. & EL support!
username: pvstars
password: pvstars#1
Our Why Staff Recognition Form
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScAoh6vwEW9nR-hynGovYRn4C8gkEORFmBMdvmRfXgMJBMagA/viewform
Gifted Resources
https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/0B0cHEDgUpSmRRkZSYnhwMVlQOUk
Title I Informational PPT
https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1VRLtcW-uPhj5YyIkeAQhk0iK-TSzWc_6
Electronic Referral PPT
https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1Q6f3DIfcEWj1H_d3yDtot2ChsyOLJZ9C35Oqa_YYRNc/edit?usp=sharing