FYI / Informational Items
Week of October 28th
Important Dates for the Week of October 28th
- October 29- Lockdown Drill with UPPD
- 2:00pm
- October 30 - End of 1st Marking Period
- October 30 - Principal PLC Meetings
- According to schedule and room assignments
- October 30 - October Student of the Month Due on the Google Doc
- Link to the Google Doc is below
- October 31 - ACT 80 Day
- October 31 - PGMS Staff Halloween Costume contest
Rescheduled Principal PLC Meetings - Now October 30th
The October 24th scheduled Principal PLC meetings have been changed to October 30th.
We will abide by the same times scheduled and room assignments, my apologies for the change and any inconvenience it causes.
We will keep the same agenda.
October 31st ACT 80 Day
- 12:50 - 1:00: Dismissal / Busses
- 1:15 - 2:15: Halloween Judging Contest
- Mrs. McCurley will provide the details on how the judging will take place
- 2:15: PGMS Staff Meet in Auditorium (Announce Winners of Halloween Contest)
- 2:30 - 3:15 - Complete Kadem MyVoice Survey (2nd Time or 1st Time)
Thursday, Oct 31, 2019, 01:00 PM
Pottsgrove Middle School, North Hanover Street, Pottstown, PA, USA
*** NOTE on October 31st : All Staff Should have the Kadem MyVoice Survey Completed for the 2nd or 1st time before leaving for the day. ****
Looking Ahead to the Week of November 4th......
- November 4 - PGMS Leadership Team Meeting
- 7:15am PGMS Library
- agenda link is below
- November 5 - No School (Staff Inservice Day)
- November 6 - Winter Sports Informational Meeting
- Period 9 in PGMS Auditorium
- November 8 - Selected Grade 8 Students -Penn State Berks Tour-
Pottsgrove Middle School Staff Profile: Mrs. Connie Prince our School Nurse
Position at PGMS : School Nurse
How many years have you been in education/at PGMS : 10 years
What is the best part of your job: Interacting with students and staff
What would you be doing if you were not in education; why *
Work in public health- enables me to interact with all age groups.
List three interesting facts about yourself that other may not know *
1. I love spending time with my grandchildren.
2. I traveled to Oregon and California this past summer.
3. I love reading- this is the best way to learn new things!!
Pottsgrove Middle School Staff Profile: Mrs. Debra MacIlvain, Computer Technology Teacher
Position at PGMS : Computer Technology Teacher
How many years have you been in education/at PGMS: 12
What is the best part of your job:
Working with the students, seeing them learn and getting to know their minds, and their hearts.
What would you be doing if you were not in education:
If I was not in education I probably would be a social worker. I enjoy working with people and helping others.
List three interesting facts about yourself that other may not know:
1. I did not get my degree in education until I was older and it took me 8 years.
2. I am an arm-wrestling champion.
3. I use to deliver newspapers when I was a teenager to earn money.
~ Please see the timeline for processing Quarter 1 Grades ~
- Wednesday, October 30
Last day of Quarter 1
- Tuesday, November 5
Grades will be stored at 8:00 a.m. Please complete the grade change google doc for any grade that you change in your gradebook after 8:00 a.m.
Please keep in mind the following:
- The due date of the assignment determines in which quarter the grade will fall. Please be sure all assignment dates are between 8/26 and 10/30.
- Please manually override the percent of all Q1 grades under 55% to reflect a 55%. Double click on the grade and select the score inspector. Check the manual override button and change the percent to 55 - Do not change the grade.
- All assignments should have a grade if they are to be factored into the Q1 grade. Assignments with missing grades will have no (negative or positive) impact on the grade.
- Please remember to enter any grades for students who transferred into your class or moved from one class to another.
- Here is the link to the grade change google doc. https://docs.google.com/a/pgsd.org/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSefEI9ty8R9znyVrPXSLQKmfNUr4V_UNLH0yjVH7FKSv7AZ0Q/viewform
- Any grade changes made after 8:00 am on November 5th for quarter 1 must be entered in your gradebook and in the google form. I do not need to know the assignment grade, only how it affects the Q1 grade.
- Please remember students have 2 weeks after the end of marking period to resolve any incompletes. Please do a manual override if their grade is incomplete by changing the grade to "I" and leaving the percent as is.
- Also, please refer to my email about assigning a pass/fail grades scale to certain students whose IEP dictates this.
Upcoming Parent- Teacher Conferences Information 2019
The link for PT conferences is live... (The Link is Below)
- The link will be sent to parents today at 10:00am
- The last message to parents will go out on 11/19 and the link will be shut off 11/22 for you to plan accordingly for conferences
Please discuss this information with your team and if you have any questions, please see Mr. Boyer or Mr. Kirby.