May 2019 PGMS Newsletter
Version 1:8 Students and Staff in Action
Important Dates - Updates - Informational Items
Important Dates in the Month of May at Pottsgrove Middle School
- May 3 - Assembly: Motivational Speaker Mr. Ron James
- May 6 - MS/HS Orchestra Concert 7:00pm @PGHS
- May 6-8 - Grade 8 World Language Final Exams
- May 7 - MS Band Concert 7:00pm
- May 8 - Grade 5 Orientation at Middle School
- May 9 - SWPBIS Reading Phillies Trip
- May 13 - MS Choral and Handbells Concert 7:00pm
- May 13-15 - Keystone Testing (Testing Block 8:15 -10:00)
- May 15 - Grade 8 MATH Final Exams
- May 17 - PGMS PTA 5th, 6th, 7th Grade Dance at the MS
- May 17 - Grade 8 Social Studies Final Exam
- May 20 - Grade 8 ELA Final Exam
- May 20 - Special Olympics Event at Souderton High School
- May 21 - In-Service Day (No School for Students)
- May 22 - Falcon Fun Day/Grove Games at the MS
- May 23 - Grade 8 Science Final Exam
- May 24 - Spring Sports/Extra Curricular Pep Rally (1:30-2:45)
- May 28 - North End Pool Trip
- NJHS, Student Coalition, Student of the Month and Student Government
- May 29 - Grade 6 Awards Ceremony 8:30am
- May 29-30 - Grade 8 Visits PGHS Orientation
- May 31 - PGMS PTA Grade 8 Semi-Formal Event (7:30pm -10:00pm)
RSVP to Attend the - May 24 - Spring Sports/Extra Curricular Pep Rally (1:30-2:45)
Friday, May 24, 2019, 01:30 PM
Pottsgrove Middle School, North Hanover Street, Pottstown, PA, USA
RSVPs are enabled for this event.
Upcoming Award Ceremonies for Grades 6th - 8th at PGMS
All Ceremonies Start at 8:30am
Grade 6 - May 29
Grade 7 - June 3
Grade 8 - June 5
Please enter the building via the main entrance or the bridge entrance - we will have an abbreviated sign-in process for parents and guardians.
Grade 8 : May 31st PGMS PTA Sponsored Semi- Formal Information
Please review the Important Information in the letter attached!
Signed contract is due back to homeroom teachers by May 15
Time: 7:30 - 10:00 (doors will close at 7:45pm)
Drop-off and pick-up: Bridge Entrance of MS
Students are not permitted to walk home from the event
May 21st Event - Hosted by the Pottsgrove Village (sign-up using the link below)
End of the Year Pool Trips Information
Leave Approx. 9:45am - Return to PGMS 2:30pm
Grade 6 - June 3
Grade 7 - June 5
Grade 8- June 4
Notes:
- Wear bathing suit to school or bring in a bag to change at the pool. Girls must wear a one-piece suit or a tankini that covers the midsection completely. No part of their midsection should be showing. If you do not have the appropriate attire, you may wear a t-shirt over another bathing suit (the t-shirt should be worn while in and outside of the pool).
- Bring clothes to change into at the end of the day; they may not ride the bus home in wet clothing.
- Bring a beach towel
- Bring lunch and snacks (if your child receives free or reduced lunch, a school lunch may be ordered before the trip).
- Bring water in a labeled water bottle.
- Students may bring a book to read.
- Students may not bring electronics, pool toys, or sports equipment. This includes cell phones- these must be left at school in the locker or at home.
More information will be sent to parents as we get closer to the trips - please contact your child's team leader with questions and concerns.
Sunscreen Information
Non-Aerosol Topical Sunscreen Use Parent/Guardian Form
If you would have questions, please contact the school nurse at the middle school.
Check- Out the Tower Gardens and How the Produce is Served in our Salad Bars at Lunch!!
Pottsgrove Football Camps in June 2019 (See Flyer/Brochure )
Fun in our new after-school clubs for our 6th - 8th graders....(just a few)
STEAM EXPO - 2019 Pottsgrove School District
DESCRIPTION:
This 5k race will start and finish in the Pottsgrove High School Athletic Stadium. The course will be run on campus as well as the surrounding neighborhood. Course will be on grass as well as pavement. **New this year - The 5k will be a color run! Color Runners are doused from head to toe in a different colored powder. Participants wear white at the starting line and finish the race plastered in color. The race benefits the Pottsgrove Education Foundation and the Pottsgrove Middle School Student Government.