FYI / Informational Items
Week of September 2
Important Dates for the Week of September 2nd
- September 3 - ALL cafeteria seating charts due to Mrs. Rhoads
Looking Ahead to the Week of September 9
- September 9 - Grade 6 PAYS Survey administration
- In all 6th Grade Science Classes
- September 9 - PGMS Pictures Day
- In all Social Studies Classes
- September 9 - Special Ed Department Meeting
- Period 9
- September 11 - PGMS PTA Meeting
- 7:00pm - 8:00pm
PAYS Survey - This is the letter sent to all of our 6th and 8th Grade Families
Please review the letter and let Mr. Boyer or Mr. Kirby know if you have any OPT OUT students?
If you have any OPT OUT students, they must turn in a handwritten note to their homeroom teacher before the administration date. The procedures are in the letter for parents to follow.
- Grade 6 - September 9
- Grade 8 - September 20
PGMS PTA Meeting - September 11
(The 1st meeting of the year is usually the most well attended by our PTA Families)
Wednesday, Sep 11, 2019, 07:00 PM
Pottsgrove Middle School, North Hanover Street, Pottstown, PA, USA
RSVPs are enabled for this event.
" Do you RECOGNIZE THE FACES in this bulletin board?"
Answer: Mr. Refinger, Mr. Liebel and Ms. Diegelman (All Master chefs!!)
Electronic Excuse Notes
Please be aware and discuss this with your students, I have sent the guidelines home to parents on August 26th...
"This is an excerpt from the message sent to parents on August 26th"
New for the 2019-2020 school year, Pottsgrove School District is now accepting electronic excuse notes. To excuse your student via email, please send a note along with; the date, student’s first and last name, student’s grade and reason of absence to MSAbsent@pgsd.org within 3 school days of the absence.
NOTE:
Emails sent to teachers, guidance counselors and administrators email addresses will not be accepted as an excuse note. As a courtesy, teachers, guidance counselors and administrators may forward the email one time to the appropriate attendance line. This courtesy will not be extended past October 1, 2019.
Updated PGMS Master Calendar (Midterm and Final Exam Dates - Added)
Student of the Month a Pottsgrove Middle School
Link to the Google Doc is below.....
- First due date September 30th
~ Thank-YOU to Mrs. Parker for continuing to organize this for the Middle School ~
New / Updated Staff Bulletin Board 2019 - 2020
New Location - 1st Floor Office
Please hand- in a new picture of yourself, your family, your summer vacation, you doing something fun or unique -------> anything about you and/or your family!
Please hand-in a hard copy to Mr. Boyer, Mr. Kirby or Mrs. Eaton by September 20th!!!
Special Education Resource Room Guidelines (Room 107)
The resource room is open from 8:15-2:15 every day and is staffed by Special Education Aides. The purpose of the resource room is to support special education students in taking tests and quizzes and/or working on projects and assignments.
Please adhere to the following guidelines when sending students to the resource room
- Teachers MUST call prior to sending students to make sure the room is open and that an aide is present.
- Send students with a pass
- Students will sign in and out of the resource room with their name, time and sending teacher.
- It is not a time out room. It is only used for instructional purposes.
- If a student is disruptive and/or talking during testing, the aide working the room has the right to call the sending teacher and make that student return to class. How the sending teacher wants to handle the disruptive behavior and what happens next is their responsibility.
*Please note: there may be times when an aide is absent and there is no coverage for that time slot. Unfortunately, the room will be closed during that time. It is extremely important that you call first before sending students
- the aids schedule for monitoring the room is attached below-
Looking Further Ahead......into ......September and October
September 16 - Leadership Team Meeting Agenda (Link Below)
MAP #1 Testing and Staff SLO's
MAP Testing Dates at PGMS
- September 19 (ELA)
- September 20 (MATH)
- September 23 (Make-Up Day)
- We will be using our PSSA testing schedule on all MAP testing days.
- * ENCORE assignments for MAP Testing days are attached below *-
SLO'S ------> ALL SLO's will be due on or before October 18th - Please hand-in a Hard Copy
" Did you know.....?"
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Ms. Diegelman is a florist?