• Review your child's grades on ParentVUE. For more information on accessing ParentVUE please see the following instructions or log-in information.
• If your child has no grade or a "0" for any assignments, have your child speak to his/her teacher asap to make-up assignments, if able or necessary.
• Review your child's Google Classroom pages with them. Your child can log on to their Google Classroom pages and show you completed assignments. Please note, students may submit a Google Classroom assignment without completing it. If your child received a "0" on an assignment and Google Classroom is indicating that it is submitted, it was submitted without it being complete.
• If you have any additional questions please email your child's teacher or team directly.

PV West students may celebrate the spirit of Halloween on Monday, October 31st by choosing to come to school in costume. Costumes are not required but if worn, all costumes must comply with each of the following guidelines below.

Our annual fall book fair will run from Monday, October 31, until Monday, November 7, 2022. Online shopping will extend to November 13th. The theme of this year’s fair is “Books Bring Us Together.” We look forward to students finding amazing new books to share with friends and family!

All students will visit the book fair with one of their core classes. Thanks to the generosity of our wonderful MSW Home and School Association, one student from each visiting class will be eligible to win a book at the fair! Parents/guardians may shop at the book fair during the school day.

We encourage parents and guardians to set up an eWallet account for their students. Please go to the book fair homepage for details. https://www.scholastic.com/bf/pvmsw1

We will be rounding to the nearest nickel for all cash sales at the book fair. Rounding proceeds will be used to purchase new books for our MSW Library collection. Cash, credit cards, Scholastic eWallet, and checks, made payable to PVMSW, will gladly be accepted at the live book fair. Don’t forget to SHOP the book fair ONLINE for a wider selection! Visit the book fair homepage to shop any time from October 31, through November 13, 2022. https://www.scholastic.com/bf/pvmsw1

Thank you for your support! We look forward to seeing you at the fair!

Parent drop-off will begin taking place at 7:25am each morning. Please do not drop your child off before 7:25am. Parent pick-up will occur at 2:30pm each afternoon.

When parents come to drop-off or pick-up their children from school please proceed past the first lot (bus lot) and to the second lot. This lot is our parent drop-off/pick-up lot as well as our staff parking lot. When dropping off or picking up your children please form a line along the curb as you pull into the lot. This is illustrated as the green line in the diagram below. Those arriving earlier can wrap around the curb past the entrance of the building to allow for more cars to pull into the lot.

Please refrain from bypassing the pick-up line and pulling into the parking lot to pick-up your children. This presents some significant safety concerns as it will require students to walk through the parent pick-up line into traffic. This can also be a safety concern for our staff leaving or driving to other buildings at the end of the school day.

Please refer to the diagram below for an illustration of the procedure. Thank you for your understanding.

Victim Services Center of Montgomery Country will be presenting a couple lessons to our 7th grade students called Sexual Harassment: Respecting Boundaries, which includes online harassment. The goal is to help students recognize the personal, physical, verbal and virtual boundaries of others. They will talk about ways to respond, seeking help and how to help a friend if you know someone is either harassing others or being harassed. The presentations will take place on Monday November 7th and Wednesday November 9th.

For more information about Victim Services presentations for schools please go to https://www.victimservicescenter.org/for-schools or view the What's Up at West October Parent Information Night presentation above.

During the presentation students will be asked to complete pre and post survey. To view the surveys please see below:

Pre-survey before the presentation session 1

https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/preBB23

Post-survey after the presentation session 2

https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/postBB23

If you have any additional questions or would like to opt your child out of the presentations and/or surveys please email Mr. Creeden at rcreeden@pvsd.org.

Laurel House located in Montgomery County will be presenting a couple lessons to our 8th grade students called Healthy Relationships. The presentations will discuss all types of relationships (dating, “talking”, hanging out, friendships, etc.), identify healthy/ unhealthy/ abusive relationships through realistic case scenarios, identify warning signs and barriers to leaving through a group scenario, and practice what to say to a friend who may be in an abusive relationship.

The presentations will take place for one team of 8th grade students on Monday 11/7 and Wednesday 11/9 and for the other team of students on Thursday 11/10 and Friday 11/11.

For more information about Laurel House presentations for schools please go to https://laurel-house.org/about/our-programs/prevention-education/.

If you have any additional questions or would like to opt your child out of the presentations please email Mr. Creeden at rcreeden@pvsd.org.

• 4:00pm Departure (outside main office) - Monday through Thursday
• 5:00pm Departure (outside gym entrance) - Monday through Thursday

PV Power Packs is a weekend food program for students experiencing food insecurity. Bags of food, including 2 breakfast items, 2 lunch items, 2 snacks, and 2 fruits, are sent home with students prior to every weekend. There is no financial information required to participate in this program and students pick up their bags from their counselor or designated person every week.

Sign up for your child(ren) to receive a Power Packs bag by filling out this form: 2022-23 Power Packs or by emailing PowerPacks@pvsd.org.

If you would like to make a donation to Power Packs, please do so by sending a check to the District Office at 3 Iron Bridge Dr. Collegeville made out to PVSD and note Power Packs in the memo line or donate through PayPal. For PayPal the email to send a donation is donations@pvsd.org. Thank you for your support!

If you would like to volunteer at any events that Home and School may have in the Spring, please email pvmswesths@gmail.com

At our recent home football games, administration has observed the need for greater oversight of our elementary and middle school students. For the remainder of the football season, these students must be accompanied by an adult to gain entry into the game. Student safety is our highest priority and we appreciate your support.

Important Winter Sports Dates

Winter sports registration must occur by NOVEMBER 7.

First day of Middle School Wrestling is NOVEMBER 18.

First day of Middle School Basketball is NOVEMBER 28.

Registration for winter sports must occur by November 8. This can be done at http://www.planeths.com. In addition to registering, student-athletes must have a PIAA physical examination done by a doctor and the proper paperwork completed by the doctor. In order to count for the 2022-2023 school year, the physical must occur June 1 or later. The form is found on www.planeths.com when you register. If you played a fall sport, you only need to complete and submit section 8.

Girl's Soccer

Unsung athletes of the week: Ayla Moyer with a goal and assist to Brianna Young to score a goal. Diya Nair, Sarah Hartey, Kiana Leconte, and Isabella Moyer played great defense against Upper Perk. The team had a great game getting the ball up the field and communicating on the field.

Upcoming Schedule

Monday October 31st - Home vs. Arcola Intermediate School (3:45)

Football

Upcoming Schedule

Tuesday November 1st - Home vs. Arcola Intermediate School (3:45)

Boys Soccer

Unsung athletes of the week: Ryan Chalmers, Jay Ailinger, and Wyatt Engle.

Upcoming Schedule

No Upcoming Events

Field Hockey

Unsung athletes of the week: It was a complete team effort throughout the week. The team played well as a unit and regardless of the results, supported each other on and off the field, showing great team spirit.

Upcoming Schedule

Monday October 31st - Away vs. Phoenixville Area Middle School (3:45)

Wednesday November 2nd - Home vs. Arcola Intermediate School (3:45)

Cross Country

Unsung athletes of the week: Luke Snyder for working hard for his highest place finish of the season.

Upcoming Schedule

No upcoming events

Be a Part of the Conversation equips families and communities in Pennsylvania with skills and resources to understand substance use, addiction, and related health issues. We provide community programs, foster supportive connections, highlight lived experiences, and challenge stigma.

We are a collaboration of community leaders, clinicians, students, school district representatives, and families who believe that having meaningful, inclusive conversations about substance use and addiction will support individuals and their families in their efforts to develop healthy coping skills and access support whenever there is a need. Learn more about us. See the link below for a number of programs that Be a Part of the Conversation offers.

Social media is known as an “Interactive Technology”, and despite the ever-changing platform names and popularity, it is the main form of communication for young people between ages 10 and 19. Interactive technology is constantly evolving to be more attractive, user friendly and

harder to “live without.” This webinar will explore how various forms of social media and video games from Tik Tok to Snap Chat to YouTube, affect both psychological and social development, as well as how it impacts the overall wellness of adolescent age youth. Discussions will include exploring the benefits (pros) of using these platforms, such as feeling less isolated or discovering new ways to be creative, as well as the negatives, such as cyber-bullying, sexting, glorification/advertising of substance use, as well as misinformation. Correlations will be explored between excessive technology use; the brain and how chronic use of interactive technology may be priming the developing adolescent brain for future substance use disorders.

Register for this free event below to learn more.

Parents/Guardians put money in their student(s) accounts electronically in SchoolCafe or by sending cash or checks in with their students. For more information about SchoolCafe please go to https://www.pvsd.org/departments/food-service/school-cafe-information/. If you are sending funds in with your students, please note the students’ names and account number on the envelope and ask them to give the envelope to their cashier in the cafeteria.

Upon entering the serving area, students make their selections and enter their 6 digit Student ID number on the pin pad or scanner. Our staff will be happy to help them become more comfortable with the system.

988 has been designated as the new three-digit dialing code that will route callers to the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline (now known as the 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline), and is now active across the United States.

When people call, text, or chat 988, they will be connected to trained counselors that are part of the existing Lifeline network. These trained counselors will listen, understand how their problems are affecting them, provide support, and connect them to resources if necessary. Please see below for more information.

The previous Lifeline phone number (1-800-273-8255) will always remain available to people in emotional distress or suicidal crisis.

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Monday October 31st - Friday November 11th - Scholastic Book Fair @ West

Tuesday November 1st - Homework Club at 2:30 in Library

Thursday November 3rd - Homework Club at 2:30 in Library

Friday November 4th - End of Marking Period 1

For more details on the 22/23 school year go to the 22/23 Instructional Calendar