TODAY is the last day for customized yearbooks!! Reserve your copy at www.jostensyearbooks.com.

Celebrate your student's journey with a yearbook ad! Create and purchase online by 1/31/23 (Graphic says 11/30 - DEADLINE EXTENDED TO 1/31!!)

jostensadservice.com/student

YEARBOOKS ON SALE NOW!

Are you interested in giving a K.I.C.K. to Valentine's Day!? Then K.I.C.K Club has an event for you! Join us after school on Wednesday, February 1st for a Valentine’s Day card-making event. This event is open to everyone and will count as community service hours for Key Club and NHS. The cards will be donated to a local nursing home, soup kitchen, and also to first-responders. We hope to see you for K.I.C.K's card-making event on Wednesday, February 1st after school in Room 16!

1. Attention students: Course selection meetings begin in February. Please begin to think about your classes for next year. Discuss options with your teachers and parents. All students will meet with his/her counselor in February.

2. If you are interested in attending Western Montgomery Career and Technology Center for the FIRST year, you MUST apply on WMCTC's website. If you have any questions, please contact Mrs. Ebert.

3. Juniors, please reach out to Mrs. Crowell to schedule your junior meeting with your counselor.

Pottsgrove will be hosting SAT School Day on Wednesday, March 22nd. Students can be registered by making a payment through myschoolbucks.com. The cost is $60.00 (or $8.00 if you qualify for the free and reduced lunch program). The deadline to register is Friday, February 10th.

In addition, Pottsgrove will be offering an SAT Bootcamp in preparation for the test. For more information, click the following link: SAT Bootcamp

Please email Mrs. Childs at lchilds@pgsd.org if you have question

The financial aid process can be daunting for students and parents. Included in this newsletter is a presentation to read through for the information and steps for understanding and working through the financial aid process for college. Click on the link below to access:

https://mail.google.com/mail/u/0?ui=2&ik=5262ef93de&attid=0.1&permmsgid=msg-f:1748207970654017410&th=1842e1e30c56d782&view=att&disp=inline.

Two important resources for students and parents are:

*Scholarship Bulletin - available on the PGHS webpage, the guidance webpage and in Naviance - scholarship links and information for 22-23

*PHEAA website - www.pheaa.org

PA Student Aid Guide

Please contact your student's guidance counselor for any questions regarding the information on financial aid.

Pottsgrove's German American Partnership Program is excited to announce

our next German exchange!

Our German sister school is visiting Pottsgrove this spring, from March 18th – April 2nd.

We are searching for host families to complete the adventure for these German exchange students!

All interested students are encouraged to apply!

You do not need to speak German, as they are all fluent in English.

Come on out to our informational meeting on Wednesday, January 25th, at 5:30pm in LGI 308!

Or email Frau Gundrum at ggundrum@pgsd.org for more information!

Just a reminder from our school nurse that proof of an 11th physical exam is needed for our juniors. The physical exam must be signed by a doctor and dated within one year of entering 11th grade. Anyone not turning in a private physical exam will be scheduled for a physical exam with the school doctor on January 24 or January 31, 2023.

JANUARY:

1/31/2023 7:30 AM - 2:00 PM High School School Physicals

FEBRUARY:

2/7/2023 5:30 PM - 7:00 PM Operations/ Facilities Committee Meeting

2/7/2023 7:00 PM - 9:00 PM School Board Meeting

2/8/2023 Early Dismissal

2/8/2023 6:30 PM - 7:30 PM Athletic Booster Club Meeting

2/14/2023 6:00 PM - 8:00 PM Curriculum, Integration, & Technology Committee Meeting

2/20/2023 SNOW MAKE-UP DAY - Early Dismissal

2/21/2023 6:00 PM - 7:00 PM Policy Committee Meeting

2/21/2023 7:00 PM - 9:00 PM School Board Meeting

2/27/2023 7:30 PM - 8:30 PM HS PTSA Meeting

Please check out the fresh articles on Pottsgrove High School's student online newspaper, The Falcon. These include student highlights, fall and winter sports recaps, and much more! The Falcon is written, edited, and designed by the Pottsgrove journalism students. Click the image above to take a look!!

All seniors must have a signed transcript release form on file. Please turn the signed form into Mrs. Crowell in the guidance office. In addition, please encourage your student to sign up for the senior meeting by stopping in the guidance office or emailing their counselor directly.

PGHS Students are assigned to guidance counselors based on last name. Please see the alphabetic breakdown to find which counselor to contact for your student, should you need to do so.

A-E: Mrs. Jill Bossler jbossler@pgsd.org

F-Le: Mr. Stephen Kincaid skincaid@pgsd.org

Li-Ror: Mrs. Kyra Ebert kebert@pgsd.org

Ros-Z: Mrs. Lisa Childs lchilds@pgsd.org