Pleasant Valley Middle School

The Bears Times

Volume 4 Issue 3 Spring 2017

2017 JESTER FUN 5k RUN was a great Success!

$3025 Raised for Four Diamonds Mini-THON

The first, TO BE ANNUAL, Jester Family 5K Fun Run was beyond expectations. With

over 200 participants, over 2 dozen volunteers, local business sponsorships and a

beautiful April Day, the MS and HS campuses were alive with color, music, and fun.

“So much work went into this day behind the scenes; plotting out the course, color sta-

tions, water stations, etc. Having a smooth registration system, the organization of

our Crockpot Corral and of course having everything ready to go for our partici-

pants was carefully designed,” stated Mrs. Dekmar. “It could never have happened

without our volunteers.” Local businesses also stepped up to sponsor the Color Sta-

tions and help offset the costs of running an event like this. Thank you to Dekmar-

Trades, MHK Attorneys, Pocono Pizza Kits, West End Printing and Awards, West End

Happenings, Kinsleys, Weis, Spinellis and Juiced. Without their support, our final do-

nation would have been substantially lower. Also, a special thanks goes out to the

West End Ambulance and our PVSD Security who volunteered their time to be at our

event. MARK YOUR CALENDARS FOR SUNDAY OCTOBER 8, 2017 for Jester Run

II. More fun, more color and more opportunities to help us all fight childhood can-

cers. It is always FOR THE KIDS!

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BEFORE

AFTER

POWDER PUFF START

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PVMS 2016-17 OLYMPIANS!!

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PVMS PROUD!!!

On May 11, 2017 the en-

tire PVMS faculty, staff

and students lined our

hallways to applaud and

cheer our Olympians on

their way to the Special

Olympics. Signs lined the

hallway and lobby as our

Band played our athletes

out to their bus.

What a great morning!

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PVMS and PVHS 2017-18 ELECTIONS

The 2016-17 school may be coming to an end, but planning for the continued success of the

PVMS SGA for next year is in full swing.

8th to 9th grade Elections

Thursday, April 20: Distribute and explain 8th to 9th grade Election Applications, Poster Pro-

tocols and Video Campaign Speeches

Thursday April 27: Applications due/references checked (Friday April 28)

May 1: Letters of Acceptance/Poster Expectations and Restrictions are given to students.

May 5: Posters submitted and displayed

May 8-12: Campaign videos created.

May 16-17: Videos and voting takes place during American History Class

8th grade only

7th to 8th grade Elections

Tuesday, May 2: Distribute and explain 7th to 8th grade Election Applications, Poster Proto-

cols and Video Campaign Speeches

Tuesday May 9: Applications due/references checked (Wednesday May 10)

May 12: Letters of Acceptance/Poster Expectations and Restrictions are given to students.

May19: Posters submitted and displayed

May 22-26: Campaign videos created.

May 30-31: Videos and voting takes place during American History Class

7th Grade Only

2017 PASC Summer Leadership Camps

Members of our present PVMS Student Government Association will be attending the 2017

PASC Summer Leadership Camp in Reading July 23-27. It is a great step in building strong

SGAs not only at the Middle School but bridging to the HS for our leaders to meet/share,

brainstorm and build leadership skills with other officers from Middles Schools across the Com-

monwealth. All attending certainly make all of us PV Proud.

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On May 10 and 12 the 6th grade teams visited the Middle School for a tour of the

school and displays of our PVMS Clubs. SGA, NJHS and Newspaper Staff as-

sisted as Tour guides, and/or Club information table staff:

NJHS: Makayla Sprague, Kyle Dela Cruz, Jonathan Feldman, Jordan Kiley, Isa-

bella Keyes, Larissa Mulligan, and Gianna Santana

SGA: Tyler Moore, Dylan Vlasek, Madison Jackson, Lauren Smeraldo, Victoriya

Georgieva, Aidan Coyle, Gianna Moreo, Kyli Ramsay, Hannah Stanhope, and Mi-

randa Meek

Newspaper: Jaxon Havens, Emma Barrett and Tyler Mann

PVMS Club Members Welcome 6th grade to the Middle School

The Middle School Musical, Pirates of Penzance, was per-formed on May 5th at 7:00 and May 6th at 2:00 and 7:00. The play ran about an hour and 15 minutes in length with one intermission. The cast and crew are listed below. 7th grade: Olivia Altman Mia Hernandez Kaitlyn Lampke Colleen Pellington Kendyl Ramsey 8th grade: Edweana Alexis Xander Baldwin Nathan Bozeman Samantha Brooks Miranda Chiong Jeanna DiAngelis Hannah Havansky Madison Jackson Jozef Janek

Spring Musical 2017 Pirates of Penzance

Mrs. Cerbone: From Class to Class

Mrs. Cerbone is a substitute teacher for the Pleasant

Valley Middle School. She loves teaching “because I

belong in this community, and I’ve always loved

PV.” Mrs. Cerbone has children in the district and

she volunteered at the Pleasant Valley Elementary

School before becoming a substitute. Mrs. Cerbone is

very enthusiastic about her job and she loves to teach

many different subjects including Physical Educa-

tion, Art, Math, Language Arts, and World Lan-

guages. One interesting thing about Mrs. Cerbone is

that Chinese is actually her first language, but she

speaks and teaches in English with ease. This is actu-

ally very admirable, as she is constantly ready to

teach any type of class in a language that she did not

grow up learning primarily, which is no simple feat.

She stated that her favorite thing about teaching is,

“The students! And learning from seeing the students

work. I see so many positive things here.”

She is constantly showing an interest in the students’

futures in the classroom; keeping the room in control

while allowing the students to simultaneously do

work and have an enjoyable time learning.

As Mrs. Cerbone teaches, she maintains a sunny dis-

position and passion for educating many different

students. So even though she is constantly going

from class to class, her work and help is anything but

temporary.

-Jaxon Havens

Mr. Detweiler

ENRICHING Instruction

Mr. Detweiler is one of the PVMS

Enrichment Teachers, but has taught

many other subjects and at other many

schools. He has taught at Nazareth,

Pen Argyl, Bangor, Lehigh Valley

Charter School for the Arts as well as

being a Professor at Northampton

Community College. This is his fifth

year as a teacher and second year

teaching at Pleasant Valley. He cer-

tainly has a knack for Science previ-

ously having taught: Anatomy and

Physiology, Biology, Environmental

Science, Earth Science, Life Science

and Ecology. He enjoys his position as

a Gifted Teacher. “The best part of

teaching is getting to show students all

kinds of new information they have

never see before.”

-Jeanna DiAngelis

SUMMER READING For 7th graders

going to 8th grade

Mrs. Lucas, Mrs. Bori, and Mrs. Dekmar presented the

expectations for Chains by Laurie Halse Anderson to

every seventh grade homeroom during the week of

May 8. All work was explained and modeled. Addi-

tional Chains packets

will be uploaded to the

PVMS Web page and

extra hard copies are

available in the PVMS

Main Office Mon-

Thursday during the

Summer.

Completed packets are

due to your child’s 8th

grade Reading teacher

no later than Tuesday

following Labor Day.

SUMMER READING For 8th graders going to 9th grade

All 8th graders were given a tutorial by the MS librarian, Mrs. BonLore, on how to navigate the PVHS Pathfind-

er with the 300 book titles. Each 8th grade student is expected to read 2 novels and complete handwritten

double entry logs for each novel. The expected Double Entry Logs are provided on the HS Pathfinder to copy

and complete in accordance to the HS Expectations. Both novels’ Double Entry Journals are due the first day of

school. Those 8th grade students accepted into the Grade 9 Honors class have separate expectations also

found on the PVHS Pathfinder.

SUMMER READING For 6th

graders going to 7th grade

All 6th graders will have an opportunity to borrow

a Hatchet novel from the PVI library for their

Summer Reading. Information on the Loan Policy

will be discussed by Mrs. Stone, PVI librarian.

The Hatchet packet

will be distributed

to all 6th graders in

May and the packet

will be also be up-

loaded to both the

PVMS and PVI web

page. Hard copies

will be available in

the PVMS Main

Office Mon-Thurs

during the Summer.

Completed packets

are due to your child’s 8th grade Reading teacher

no later than Tuesday following Labor Day.

This year’s fundraiser for Pocono Wildlife Rehabilitation and Education Center was a great

success. PVMS students raised almost $500! The three top homerooms were treated to a live

animal presentation that featured reptiles, birds, and mammals.

The PVMS Ecology Club is grateful to Kathy and Eric Uhler for donating their time to bring

some of their “patients" here. We are fortunate to be able to help out this essential organiza-

tion.

Students and families are invited to attend the Center’s 2017 Open House on June 17th and

18th, at 361 Cherry Drive, Stroudsburg, PA 18360.

PVMS ECOLOGY CLUB Sponsored

COINS FOR CRITTERS 2017

Students from Mr.

West, Miss Yacovelli

and Mrs Hinton’s

classes won an as-

sembly presented by

the Pocono Wildlife

Rehabilitation and

Education Center.

These homerooms

raised the most mon-

ey in our Coins for

Critters collection.

BTW no students

were “sprayed” dur-

ing the presentation!

Reading Olympics Outcome

Mrs. Fields works hard to take care of her

many responsibilities as an Assistant Principal

on a daily basis. She explained, “I just like to be

a help wherever I'm needed.” Mrs. Fields can

find herself attending to anything from student

discipline to preparing the school for the PSSAs,

helping lunch monitors, the PTO as well as

working with teachers. She truly hopes that her

daily work positively impacts the students. Janu-

ary 12th marked the beginning of her 6th year in

this position at the middle school.

Mrs. Fields has previously worked as a

Reading Specialist at PVI and Chestnut Hill for

about 7 years. After that she went back to the

classroom in New York but despised the tough

commute so she returned to PV as a Reading

Specialist in the High School. She explained that

no part of her job is really unpleasant; just that

having to deal with students who misbehave can

be a little discouraging. Overall, Mrs. Fields

feels that PVMS is a comfortable place; she es-

pecially enjoys the warmth and sincerity in the

positive atmosphere here.

When she was in school her favorite sub-

ject was history. She enjoyed learning about the

formation of the government and the history of

the country, but believes that all subjects are

equally important. She appreciates every single

staff member as they all have a clear purpose in

preparing PV students for their lives later on.

Next year, schedules at PVMS will be

changing. There will be a new 10th period to

improve efficiency and prevent confusion. She

believes that it will benefit the students drasti-

cally. She genuinely supports the new schedule

for the upcoming school year and has great hope

for the future of this school.

-Tyler Mann

On March 28th, the PV Mid-

dle School’s Reading Olympics

team went to Easton High School

to compete. All their hard work

throughout the year was put to the

test. There were three rounds; each

consisting of twenty questions per

team. The team stole some ques-

tions and got some wrong; but

overall had a great performance.

Ariella Biney was the unani-

mously chosen spokesperson for

the team. She had committed to

reading all forty-five books, only a

few books shy of the total listed ti-

tles! She led the team with grace.

The team answered fifty-one

out of sixty questions correctly, but

unfortunately did not place. How-

ever, they represented our school

with the utmost sportsmanship and

respect. Great job to everyone who

participated. They made everyone

PV PROUD! -Emma Barrett

Ms. Fields

PVMS Assistant Principal

The PVMS Woodwind Ensemble

At PVMS, there are a va-

riety of after school activities

that give the students a chance

to show off their talents or

skills. One of these chances is

the Woodwind Ensemble. Prac-

tices are after school on Thurs-

days run by Mrs. Michaels. The

Ensemble of about 13 student-

performers hone their musical

skills and get a chance to con-

duct some of the songs. They

review the forms used for con-

ducting music with different

time signatures. The songs they performed this year were Promenade, Summertime, Over the

Rainbow, and Hedwig’s Theme. The students practiced these songs and excitedly performed

them at PV’s Academic Fair on Monday, April 24th at the High School.

This activity is not necessarily “new” as it did exist a few years ago, but there was a hiatus.

Restarted and energized, the club is full of music-loving students. Mrs. Michaels loves advis-

ing the club, “It’s cool to work with students that I’ve known since I taught them in the ele-

mentary school. I also love seeing the growth as student conductors.” A cornucopia of wood-

wind instruments are used; from flutes to alto and tenor saxophones to clarinets and bass clari-

nets; the opportunities for playing a variety of instruments is plentiful. The Pleasant Valley

Middle School Woodwind Ensemble provides an awesome opportunity for our district musi-

cians.

-Jaxon Havens

THE PVMS Jazz Band

Mr. DeVivo is the advisor of

the MS Jazz Band. Students

participate in after school les-

sons, as well as lessons set dur-

ing the school day. The mem-

bers of the 2016-17 Jazz Band

learned a variety of fun,

“jazzy” songs on the alto saxo-

phone, tenor saxophones, per-

cussion, trombone, baritone,

baritone saxophone, and per-

cussion.

The score this year included Basie-Callie the Blues, It Don’t Mean A

Thing (If It Ain’t Got That Swing), The Flintstones Theme, and Louie

Louie featuring drum solos in The Flintstones Theme and in Basie-Cally

the Blues. Two tenor saxophone players each had solos. One member of

the jazz band stated, “I love getting to work with bluesy-types of songs.

They have interesting rhythms and challenging notes that I’m not used to.

I enjoy the challenge found in this type of music.” The students work on

getting used to new key and time signatures, and they make advance-

ments on their overall skills as musicians. This year they performed at the

Pleasant Valley Academic Fair on Monday, April 24th at PVHS and rep-

resented the middle school with PV pride!

-Jaxon Havens

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Voices From the Halls:

8th grade- “What are some of your fears and aspirations concerning going in-

to the high school?”

Aurora Cruci: Some of my fears for my high school experience are definitely obtaining the

requisite grades to be eligible for my ideal colleges. I am also fearful that I will bite off more

than I can chew while choosing my classes and then not be able to succeed or perform to

the best of my ability. I don’t have many social fears; I am just mainly nervous about my

schoolwork.

Jack Kaye: I fear I won’t know where to go and get lost in the high school. Also, I fear that

I will be very stressed out, as high school classes are a step above middle school classes. One

of my aspirations is achieving a strong GPA that will make me a contender for the top five in

the class of 2021. Another aspiration is joining clubs and playing varsity sports for a quality

college resume.

Jaxon Havens: I don’t have any fears. I am very excited to go into the challenging classes I

plan to take and I am ready to hone my skills as a hardworking student in all of my subjects.

In addition to this, I aspire to achieve a high class rank and participate in after-school activ-

ities there such as the Spelling Bee, Debate Club, and the wonderful theatrical productions

put on by the Mulligans.

Miranda Chiong: What I fear in high school is that I won’t be good enough to get into the

college that I would like to be accepted to. I have many aspirations for my high school expe-

rience, for instance I would like to do my best so that I will get accepted into my dream

school and maybe get a scholarship. I also would like to take honors and AP classes in high

school and get into the National Honor Society.

Madison Jackson: I believe that my two main fears about high school are that I will lose the

connection to my best friend and that I’ll not make these 4 years the best for my education.

My aspirations are to do well enough to get into Penn State and find out who I am.

Hannah Stanhope: I have a few fears as I go into the high school next year. I’m worried

about little things like getting lost or being late for a class. Mostly, I am excited for the new

chapter in my life. In high school, I will be able to choose different classes that I enjoy and I

want to eventually take Honors and AP courses. As very new school year, I will strive to do

my best and make new friends.

Abby Dowling: One fear I have for high school is what will happen to my grades if I fall be-

hind in any subject I might not be able to catch up.

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Leilani Chung: I have quite a lot of aspirations for high school. I hope to see many of my

friends in high school and I also see it as an opportunity to make new friends. I can’t wait

to be in a new place and to try my hardest with a fresh start. With these hopes I also have a

few fears and worries. I am worried about the workload of the high school with so many

upperclassmen. I am also worried about having to start over, having to relearn names and

the layout of the school.

Roee Polinger: Being honest, I fear that

maybe my best might not be good enough

for high school while at the same time I

want to accomplish my plan to succeed in

life and become successful in the area or

field I desire to dedicate my time to.

Olivia Karas: A fear that I have for high

school is the first day of classes. You don’t

know what to expect the first day. Will I

have nice teachers? Will I know people in

my classes? Am I going to succeed? On

the other hand, some aspirations I have

for high school are that my teachers will

be passionate about teaching. I also hope

that I will do great in high school and get

into a great college.

Hannah Havansky: My aspirations for High School are to make new friends and meet new

people. I plan on joining a lot of clubs that will give me the chance to talk to people I might

not have talked to otherwise. I also hope that they help me get more experienced and help

lead me to the correct path for myself. I’m most afraid of getting lost of failing a class. I

plan on taking the harder classes next year like Honors English or AP History, and the last

thing I’d want is to fail one of those classes.

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On March 28th,

Pleasant Valley

Middle School’s

“lionhearts of lin-

guistics” performed

beautifully in the

Russell B. Hughes Spelling Bee Competition.

At 7:00 at the Pleasant Valley High School,

Middle-school students, Emma Barrett and

Jaxon Havens, competed with 3 other compet-

itors from PV and about 20 from other school

districts. Emma Barrett and Jaxon Havens

spelled valiantly, placing 8th and 5th. Jaxon

Havens stated, “I got through cadenza, begon-

ia, and etymology, and I just can’t believe I

got out on the word strudel! But overall, it

was a lot of fun and I hope I get to do this

when I’m in the high school.” Prizes awarded

were varying sums of money, depending on

how one placed. With sharp senses and practi-

cal minds, the two PVMS spellers’ perfor-

mance made everyone PV Proud!

-Jaxon Havens

Spelling Bee Recap

The Bear Times staff work tire-lessly all year preparing, in-terviewing, writing, editing and revising the three news-papers of each year. Bringing the PVMS news to the internet adds a lot of expectation for these 7th and 8th grade stu-dents to present the best of the MS in a timely, organized and professional manner. Their efforts have been recog-nized and complimented.

2016-17 Bears Time Staff

Jaxon Havens, Editor Emma Barrett, Assistant Editor

Greta Smith Jeanna DiAngelis

Tyler Mann Peyton Moskiewicz

Elliot Nagy

Congratulations to our 2017-18 Editor

Tyler Mann

Presenting Our Bears Times Staff

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News from the Pleasant

Valley Middle School

Main Office

Absentee Notes

All students who are absent must provide an ab-

sence note to the school within three days of the

absence. All work missed is expected to be com-

pleted in a timely fashion. If your child will be out

for an extended time, please call the main office

and work will be requested for your child from

his/her teachers. All absence issues should be di-

rected to the PVMS Attendance Secretary.

Activity Days On Activity Day Fridays, the class schedule is modified to allow students to participate in an “in-school” club of their choosing at the end of the regular school day. Students were given a list of different teacher-supported activities ranging from Aerobics to Guitar Club to a Walking or Running to a Comic Book Club and everything in between. Students were registered in one of their top 3 choices for the first semester. A new registration list was distributed in January with the Spring semester Activity Day choices.

DRESS CODE REMINDERS

Students must be in compliance with The PVSD Dress Code.

Please review the District Policy for policy specifics. Some

“Seasonal” reminders:

Shoes must have a back strap. No clogs. Sneakers must be

predominantly one dress code compliant color.

Skirts and shorts, in school approved colors, must be to the

knee. Skirts with tights must still be at the expected length.

Tights must be school approved colors.

NO HOODIES. If sweatshirts are worn inside classrooms,

they must be removed and placed in locker when that

class is over.

Colored Oxford/polo shirts are to be worn in school ap-

proved colors.

SCHOOL CALENDAR EVENTS

May 29 No School/Memorial Day

May 30 7th grade Field Day

May 31 8th grade Field Day

June 5 8th grades Academic Awards

Assembly:

June 7 8th grade Move Up Picnic

June 8 Last Day/ Early Dismissal

Marywood Math Competition RESULTS

On May 22nd, Pleasant Valley’s proud “Mathletes”

will travel to Marywood University to compete in

the annual Marywood Math Competition. Mr.West

and Mrs.Scott will accompany the students to the

competition. The students worked very hard getting

ready to compete in this regional competition.

Many steps lie within the selection process. To

start: seven students from each grade with the best

Math PSSA scores are chosen to be member of the

team. In the case of matching PSSA scores CDT

scores are looked at and the higher score is chosen.

If one student is unable to go or does not hand in the

paperwork on time the student with the next highest

score is chosen. The team is made up of a total of

14 students.

At the competition there are 3 main rounds.

The students are divided up and placed in groups

with students from other schools, and the three

round competition begins. There is a round where

students compete in the group with students from

other schools. They work together to answer ques-

tions and openly discuss what their strengths are

what questions should go to whom. Next is an indi-

vidual round. Students work by themselves with

around the same amount of questions but more

time. During the final team round occurs, team

members sit in a row and each student gets a differ-

ent question. The answer to the first person’s ques-

tion gets plugged into the next person’s question

and so on. This goes on until the answer reaches

final person. This last round is very difficult be-

cause one wrong answer within the aisle could

mean a time set back so bad that it could cause a

complete loss.

Our PVMS team are well prepared for the

journey. Aurora Cruci, an 8th grader on the team,

stated, “My favorite thing about math is that nothing

is metaphorical or inferred. Everything is black and

white and there’s always a reason for why a formula

works or something of that sort.” Another competitor,

Jaxon Havens explained, “I’m very excited. It was so

fun last year and I can’t wait to see how everyone

does!” Last year, Cody Coman, a then seventh grad-

er, did amazing and placed 3rd overall! In addition to

Cassidy Schiller did fantastic and earned 2nd place

overall.

Every student going is very excited and PV is rooting

for their success!

Competitors:

Cody Coman (8th)

Aurora Cruci (8th)

Jaxon Havens (8th)

Jack Kaye (8th)

Evan Knaak (8th)

Madison O’Neill (8th)

Cassidy Schiller (8th)

Zachary Dooner (7th)

Scott Duch (7th)

Jacob Gethen (7th)

Amanda Hayes (7th)

Daelynn Klinger (7th)

Ava Sinisko (7th)

Ian Wolff (7th)

-Jaxon Havens

FAREWELL PERSPECTIVE I will be leaving our fantastic MS newspa-

per staff at the end of this year as I am go-

ing into PVHS next year. It is on a somber

note that I leave, for I have made so many

great memories in this club. Our school’s

Newspaper Club gives everyone a chance

to see what journalism is like. There is a

warm atmosphere created by all of those

who are involved; a sense of vellichor that

really shows dedication and passion for lit-

erature.

When I first joined in 7th grade I took

two articles in the first paper, but as the

year went on not only did I step out of my

comfort zone by taking more work, but my

writing improved immensely. I performed

well in my English classes in the middle

school, and I can thank this experience for

those good grades. One can really improve

in something through practice and writing

is no different. By taking on responsibility,

going to meetings, writing articles, inter-

viewing PVMS Staff and other students, ed-

iting the works of others, and seeing all the

small mistakes and learning from them

helped me to become both a better writer,

and a hardworking student.

Throughout our meetings on Tuesdays, the en-

tire Newspaper Staff works together to bring

the paper together. When everyone does their

part, it comes together in such beauteous and

inspiring ways. It shows the writers that they

can make change through their words and

nothing filled me with more pride than seeing

the newspaper on the school’s website or hear-

ing a classmate tell me they read some of my

articles and they thought they were good.

I aspire to spread the truth and I believe the

truth is one of the most important things in this

world. We do this all to inform everyone of the

facts so they know what’s happening. A world

without a way to spread information and truth

is a world of chaos and by being in this club

over these years, I have a basic understanding

of the importance of journalism and journal-

istic standards.

In closing, although I am sad to be leaving

the Newspaper Staff and PVMS, I have

learned so much from this experience and I

will continue to develop my skills as a writer.

From the bottom of my heart, I thank the

newspaper staff and our advisor Mrs.Dekmar

for overseeing the club’s activities for both of

the years I’ve been here. Now, as I leave the

middle school, I look back on my time here

and I smile at all of the memories. And I really

appreciate this club and the way we have done

work as a team because it has helped to steer

me in the “write” direction.

-Jaxon Havens

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May there always be work for your hands to do

May your purse always hold a coin or two;

May the sun always shine on your windowpane;

May a rainbow be certain to follow each rain;

May the hand of a friend always be near you;

May God fill your heart with gladness to cheer you.

-An Irish Blessing

Farewell and Best Wishes to our PVMS retiree: our own

Mrs. Colleen Kelsey.

After 25 years of dedicated service to the community, teachers, staff and changing

Administrations, Mrs. Kelsey has been the steadfast constant at our MS.

God Speed and God Bless.

2017-18 Schedule Change

The 2017-18 Middle School year is going to be one of change. Plans are in

place to create a 10 period schedule next year with only (2) 30 minute lunches.

When a grade is not in lunch, they will have their W.I.N period which will also only be

30 minutes long. Ms. Fields expresses confidence in this change as it is meant to be

a fix for problems that we have with our current schedule. Band and Chorus will take

place during the new 10th period, so everyone can benefit for uninterrupted W.I.N. in-

struction. The new added period gives students a chance to work on homework or

projects, have time to make-up work from absences as well as use the support of

Open Library, Math Lab and ELA Lab. Overall, the 2017-18 school year schedule will

offer some excellent opportunities for all students and address some concerns that

have occurred this year.

- Tyler Mann

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