FYI / Informational Items
Week of December 9
Important Dates for the Week of December 9th
- December 10 - ASPIRE Financial 403B
- Representatives will be in the faculty dining room from 11:00 - 1:00
- December 10 - Western Center Presentations Grade 8
- 8:30 - 9:15 in the PGMS Auditorium
- December 10 - *(CHANGE)* PGMS PTA Meeting
- 7:00 - 8:00 in the PGMS Library
** The Western Center will be here now on December 10th NOT December 12 for our 8th graders **
PGMS PTA Meeting - December 10th
** - the meeting was changed from December 11th to December 10th - **
Tuesday, Dec 10, 2019, 07:00 PM
Pottsgrove Middle School, North Hanover Street, Pottstown, PA, USA
RSVPs are enabled for this event.
~ PGMS Music Programs ~
- December 11 - MS / HS Orchestra concert
-7:00 at the Middle School
- December 12 - MS / HS Band Concert
-7:00 at the Middle School
- December 17 - Middle School Chorus - Handbells Concert
-7:00 at the Middle School
Message from our Guidance Department ~ Cristina, Stephen, Karen, Helena & Gloria
Our annual Holiday Giving tree is up and decorated!
Please stop by the faculty dining room before you leave for the Thanksgiving break, or anytime in coming weeks to pick out an ornament.
What to do with your ornament:
1. Please select an ornament/gift that you want to purchase.
2. Place the wrapped gift (unless specified) with ornament taped on the outside under the tree.
3. That's it! The Guidance Department will coordinate with the families for pick up or drop off of gifts.
Don't like to shop? You may make a monetary or gift card donation. Gloria Hicks is collecting the $. She will also hold any purchased gift cards.
All gifts and money are due Monday December 16th, 2018 to Guidance staff.
BONUS move: Donate $10 cash by Monday December 6th and feel free to dress down the weeks of December 9th and 16th!
The families listed below were selected for the Giving Tree program. Please keep this information confidential.
Most of these student’s parents/guardians are partnering with us out of trust and to help surprise their kids!
- Family A/Candy Cane Ornaments: Faith Derstine and family
- Family B/Christmas Ball Ornaments: Would like to remain Anonymous (unwrapped gifts for this family)
- Family C/Bell Ornaments: Would like to remain Anonymous
- Family D/Tree Ornaments: TBD
- Family E/Snowman Ornaments:TBD
December 2019 PGMS Newsletter
Dismissal at 2:50
2. Moving forward at dismissal, please wait in your classroom for your grade level dismissal call. Waiting in the hallways only promotes problems and students starting to wander – if you cannot hear the dismissal calls, please let us know and we will call your classroom.
Looking Ahead to the Week of December 16.....
- December 16 - Auditorium Loading and Exiting Practice
- Period 9 (We will call each grade Level)
- December 17 - PGMS Staff Holiday Luncheon
- 11:00am - 1:00pm
- Menu Below
- December 18 - 7:15am Meeting in the Auditorium
- Agenda will be in 12/16 FYI
- December 18 - Grade 8 Physical Science Mid-Terms
- December 19 - Principal PLC
- Agenda Items will be in 12/16 FYI
- December 19 - December Student of the Month Due on the Google Doc
- December 20 - Jingle Bowl
- 8:30am - 10:15am
- December 20 - 1/2 Day
- 11:15 Dismissal
- Breakfast is served, lunch is NOT
- 11:15 schedule is attached below
PGMS Staff Profile: Alyson Trout, Music Teacher & Chorus Director
Position at PGMS
Music Teacher & Chorus Director
How many years have you been in education/at PGMS
8 years in education, 1st year at PGMS
What is the best part of your job
I love making music with my students!
What would you be doing if you were not in education; why
Arts Administration - specifically, I'd love to work behind the scenes with a professional ensemble/orchestra. I couldn't imagine doing something that didn't involve music and the arts!
List three interesting facts about yourself that other may not know
1. I have two children - Cara (2) and Ryan (2 months)
2. I have visited 6 countries outside the USA
3. My first instrument was piano, and I started taking lessons when I was 4 years old.
PGMS PTA Sponsored Dinner on November 25
Please consider sending a THANK YOU email to Mrs. Parker and Mrs. Spadt for organizing the dinner and thank-you to all the staff that participated and attended the dinner!
Melissa Spadt:
Holly Parker:
Reminder to everyone submitting timesheets
Leadership Team Meeting Agenda for January 6th
Please add items to the agenda that you would like discussed and if you would not be present at the meeting, please review the item with your team leader/department chair to present at the meeting.
- See Link below to the Agenda-
Updated PDE82-1 Evaluations
All of our professional staff's PDE82-1 evaluations have been updated with our current SPP score (70.8) and with each staff members - PVAAS teacher specific data.
Note:
- not all professional staff received a PVAAS score .. the staff that have, we have added that number to your evaluation. We will be scheduling individual meetings with staff, that received a PVAAS score, to review your data and your 3 year composite score that appears on your PDE82-1 evaluation.
- please look for an invite, for the date and time of your individual PVAAS meeting
- all final evaluation numbers as they relate to the scoring scale, have changed due to the addition of our SPP score. (and with some the teacher specific PVAAS data)
- ** you will need to look on your MLP page to review your updated evaluation **