FYI / Informational Items
Week of October 7th
Important Dates for the Week of October 7th
- October 7 - PGMS Leadership Team Meeting
- 7:15am PGMS Library
- Agenda Link Shared on Google
- October 7 - Dr. Harney Speak to PGMS Staff
- 2:50 - 3:15 in the auditorium
- Topic: Employee Assistance Program
- October 7 - Special Education Department Meeting
- Period 9
- October 8 - Fire Drill at 2:00pm
- Please stay in the parking lot areas, do not go into the field areas
- October 9 - PGMS Staff 7:15am Meeting
- Auditorium
- Agenda attached below
October 7 - Dr. Harney Speak to PGMS Staff
- 2:50 - 3:15 in the auditorium
- Topic: Employee Assistance Program
Please report to the auditorium immediately after escorting your students to the busses, do not report to your PM duty. Please sit in the front middle section, Dr. Harney will be discussing with all staff the Employee Assistance Program in PGSD.
Monday, Oct 7, 2019, 03:00 PM
Pottsgrove Middle School, North Hanover Street, Pottstown, PA, USA
Looking Ahead to the Week of October 14......
- October 14 - No School
- October 15 - MAP #1 PLC Review with Coaches, Vorhis and Ramage
- 7th 10:17 Room 313
- 8th 8:35 Room 201
- 6th will be on on Oct 23 at 1:30 in Room 105
- October 16 - Waddell and Reed Financial Advisors at PGMS
- will be available in Faculty Dining Room from 11:00 - 1:00 to discuss staff that are interested in 403(B)
- October 17 - PGMS PTA Meeting
- 7:00 in the MS Library
- October 18 - ALL SLO's Due
- hand-in hard copy to Corie
- October 18 - Stephanie Grace Assembly
- 1:30 Grades 6 - 8
- we will call grade levels (please do not just arrive)
- see informational flyer below
October 15 - MAP #1 PLC Review with Coaches, Vorhis and Ramage
- 7th Grade at 10:17am Room 313
- 8th Grade at 8:35am Room 201
- 6th Grade will be on on October 23 at 1:30 in Room 105
** Please bring your laptop to the session ***
Tuesday, Oct 15, 2019, 08:30 AM
Pottsgrove Middle School, North Hanover Street, Pottstown, PA, USA
PGMS PTA Meeting - October 17
Thursday, Oct 17, 2019, 07:00 PM
Pottsgrove Middle School, North Hanover Street, Pottstown, PA, USA
RSVPs are enabled for this event.
PSSA State Averages Released
PDE released state averages for the PSSA. We updated our performance document. It is color-coded in two ways.
- The 18-19 column is color-coded green to reflect PGSD performance at or above the state average or yellow to indicate performance below the state average.
- The grade column on the far left is shaded blue to indicate a grade level achieving its best performance since the PSSA shifted to the PA Core Standards in 2014-2015.
(Please see the attached document below that is now current from the one I shared at the 9/26 Principal PLC meetings)
Targeted Students 2019 -2020
From MAP #1 Data - 2019 PSSA Scores
Teacher Observations / Classroom Performance
Please meet with your team and identify your targeted students in ELA and MATH on the Google Link below - Mr. Kirby and Mr. Boyer will compared your list to our list. We want to identify what we/you would consider as "bubble students". Bubble students are the students that are just barely Proficient or just barely not Proficient.
Due: October 22 for Review and Comparison by each team
AWESOME -- Progress on the MS Plow for Penn-Dot's " Paint the Plow Program"
Pottsgrove Middle School Halloween Costume Contest - DO NOT MISS OUT ON THE FUN!!!
Pottsgrove Middle School will be having a Costume Contest for ALL Staff
TIME TO GET YOUR COSTUME ON!
Thursday, October 31st the Middle School will be having a Costume Contest!
Spend Halloween dressed up! Teachers can compete individually or in a group. (Group size can be 2-6 teachers). Participants must register by October 15th by clicking on the link below.
All Costumes will be judged based on the following categories
- Best Overall
- Most Creative
- Funniest Costume
- TEACHERS THAT WIN WILL BE ALLOWED TO LEAVE AT 3PM ON THURSDAY, OCTOBER 31ST!
Participants must register by October 15th by clicking on the link below.