PV West Home & School Spring Spirit Wear Sale is now OPEN!

Orders must be placed by March 19th. Delivery of items will be approximately 3 weeks after the sale closes.

A portion of each sale benefits the West Home & School.

Link to sale: https://pvwest23.itemorder.com/shop/home/

Please contact Jodi Lieb (jodilieb@verizon.net) with any questions.

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

We are grateful to the parents who attended our Middle School Principal Roundtable last Wednesday Night. After you review the presentation as well as the research reports; please provide us with your feedback through this survey.

https://forms.gle/MPxuxWfDYYSWyFZo6

Middle level administration is considering the following changes.

• Wearing ID Badges throughout the day.

• Blocking all Chromebook apps and extensions unless pre-approved by the District Office to prevent students from getting around our filter with a 3rd party extension.

• All backpacks are placed in student lockers to limit what students carry throughout the day.

• All cell phones to be placed in lockers throughout the day.

Mark your calendars! 8th Graders at PV East and West will be traveling to Washington, DC on Monday, May 15th. This will be an extended day, departing 6:15 AM and returning by 8:45PM on coach buses. We will be looking for some interested parents to chaperone. Parent chaperones will need to have all of their clearances. More information regarding cost, itinerary, as well as sign up will be coming in the near future.

Join us for a night of luck and fun as PVMS West's Operation HELP hosts our very first Charity Bingo Night! We will have ten rounds of Bingo with great prizes. We will also have dozens of baskets to be raffled off and great food available for purchase. Save the date... Charity Bingo Night will be held in West's cafeteria on Friday, May 26th. Come at 5:30 to secure your bingo boards, food, and tickets for the basket raffles. Games will begin promptly at 6:00! Baskets will be created from donations by West students and staff and proceeds will be used to help some of the oldest members of our community. We will be helping to plant a butterfly garden in the courtyard of Greenfield Active Senior Center in Schwenksville! If you have any questions or would like to help or contribute, please reach out to Danielle Emers or Andrea Nehila!

Homework Club takes place next Tuesday and Thursday afternoon from 2:30 - 3:45pm in the West library. Homework Club will provide a quiet, comfortable, and supportive setting for students to complete school work and become better organized. Students will receive assistance and support when needed. School resources will also be provided for all students in attendance. There is no sign-up required. If students are attending they can report directly to the Library after school on Tuesdays and Thursdays.

After-school activity transportation is available at Middle School West. Transportation is available to any student participating in an after-school activity such as athletics, music practice, or student clubs.

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

For each day students intend to take either the 4:00pm or 5:30pm activity bus, they are asked to inform the school district and bus company for routing purposes using the electronic form provided. The form links are below and also available to students via the PV LaunchPad - Classlink. Students must submit their information each morning by 10:00 am if they intend to ride the afternoon activity bus that day.

• MSW - https://forms.gle/xGSV1Ry1euTJTQsx8

Zenon Janicki (PV graduate) is working with our community to create meal boxes (which will feed a family of 6) for Spring Break. Pick up will be on Wednesday, April 5 from 11AM-1PM at the High School near the cafeteria/bus loop. (There is a place on the sign up form for individuals to indicate if they need to have their box delivered.) Registration will close on Friday 3/31. Please see the form below to register for your Spring Break Meal Boxes.

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.

Learn more about Power Packs at https://www.pvsd.org/families/pv-power-packs/ and follow us on Facebook @PVPowerPacks.

IMPORTANT DATES FOR SPRING SPORTS

Spring sports registration must occur by FEBRUARY 21.

First day of Middle School Sports is MARCH 13.

If the spring sports season will be the first sport of participation at PV this school year: Registration for spring sports must occur by February 21. 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 2023 school year, the physical must occur June 1, 2022 or later. The form is found on www.planeths.com when you register.

If the spring sports season is your second or third sport season this school year: Complete section 8 Spring Recertification at http://www.planeths.com by February 21. If there has been a change to your health history or an injury since completing your last physical, an additional section 9 form is required as well. This does require a clearance from a doctor.

Parents of 6th grade students, please know that you are required to submit a physical form for your child during this school year. In addition, if your child receives any immunizations, please submit those as well. Prior to the start of 7th grade, your child will need to receive the Tdap and Meningitis vaccinations, so now is a good time to get those immunizations!

Parents of 7th grade students are required to submit a dental form for your child.

The school physician and the school dentist will be at Middle School West in the Spring of 2023, and your child will be seen by them if the proper form is not handed in prior.

So many of you have told us your concerns about TikTok. We hear you. We have concerns too. But we’ve also found many positive uses for TikTok and heard from students who feel the same.

We want to help you get on the same page as your child and find ways to help your family use TikTok in a safe way that doesn’t damage your child's digital reputation.

This month we talked about TikTok with students and experts. The results were eye-opening.

It’s not too late to watch the replay. Select the link below for the replay.

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.

If your child will be absent or missing any class time, please send an email (from the email you have listed in our new SIS system) to:

MSWAttendance@pvsd.org

This will count as your call-out AND parent excuse. Please indicate in your email the date of absence, student’s grade and the reason for the absence. An absence is considered unexcused when the child’s school has not received an email or written parent note providing an acceptable reason for the absence, within a 3-day period.

You may also call our attendance line at: 1 (484) 977-7210, option 1. If you do this, you would still need to submit an email with the above information in order for it to be excused.

Any medical notes or Dr.'s notes should be placed in the Attendance Box, right outside the Guidance Department.

If you have any questions at all, please contact Lori Tropea at ltropea@pvsd.org or you may call her at x3540.

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.

Our students can submit an anonymous tip through the Safe2Say Program. Tips are typically related to a variety of challenges our students experience or witness, such as bullying, harassment, disrespectful language, safety concerns, etc. When a tip is received, the State (who runs Safe2Say) immediately follows up with building administrators.

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.

Want to find out what’s going on in the PV Community? Visit here for flyers about upcoming events in and around our area!

To submit an event for posting, please send a PDF version of your flyer to webmaster@pvsd.org for review.

Please note that Community Bulletin Board items may contain links to websites of organizations outside Perkiomen Valley School District. Items are posted to this bulletin board as a free service to the community, and should not be interpreted as being sponsored or endorsed by the district.

Monday March 13th - Spring Sports Begin; PVSD School Board Business Meeting @ 7pm in PVHS Library

Tuesday March 14th - PVSD Educational Equity Task Force @ 7pm in MSE Library; Homework Club @ 2:30pm in LGI 123

Wednesday March 15th - Half-Day for Students (Teacher In-Service)

Thursday March 16th - Homework Club @ 2:30pm in LGI 123

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