Pleasant Valley Elementary School February 2014 Newsletter
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PPlleeaassaanntt VVaalllleeyy EElleemmeennttaarryy SScchhooooll FFeebbrruuaarryy 22001144 NNeewwsslleetttteerr Mr. Pomposello Mr. Krebs Ms. Rudawski Assistant to the Principal Principal Dean of Students Be sure to look for the PVE Newsletter and other pertinent school information on the Pleasant Valley School District web site at www.pvbears.org. To access the School Board Meeting Agenda, go to www.pvbears.org, click on “Our District,” click on “Board of Education,” and click on “Tentative Board Meeting Agenda.” Pleasant Valley School District can be reached at 570-402-1000 MISSION STATEMENT The mission of the Pleasant Valley Elementary School is to inspire all students toward physical, intellectual, emotional, and social growth as lifelong learners. Collecting tabs for the Ronald McDonald House Ready, Set Read Now! Many families travel far from home to get Ready, Set Read Now! is for any students who treatment for their seriously ill or injured children. will be entering Kindergarten in the 2014-2015 school The treatment may last a day, a month, or even year. Please call Donna Jackiewicz at 570-402-1000, longer. It’s a long time to be away from home or to ext. 4010, to pre-register your child(ren). Once divide a family. registered, you will receive invitations to the RSRN Ronald McDonald Houses offer families a way sessions. Ready, Set Read Now! is held from 5:30- to stay together in close proximity to a treatment 7:30 PM at Pleasant Valley Elementary School. The hospital and to be comfortable and cared for during remaining dates are: their stay. Simply put, families are Tuesday, March 11, 2014, and stronger when they are together, Wednesday, April 23, 2014 and having families nearby helps in the healing process. By staying Memory Book Sale at a Ronald McDonald House, The Memory Book Committee will soon be parents can better communicate selling PVE Memory Books. Information will be sent with their child’s medical team home with your student sometime in March and keep up with complicated concerning the price and schedule for distribution. treatment plans when needed. Please remember NO CASH WILL BE ACCEPTED. Please consider saving your can tabs (such as soda, pull tabs from tuna fish cans, fruit cans, etc.) for this worthwhile cause. These tabs will be given to the Ronald McDonald House. Collection bins will be available in the main office for your child/children to place the tabs in. Early Dismissal Procedures Due to Inclement Weather In the event of an early dismissal, AM Kindergarten students will be held at the school and dismissed with the students in grades 1-3. There will be NO PM Kindergarten. Students in grades 1-3 will be sent home on the bus they normally take home from school. Morning Kindergarten students will be sent home on the same bus they come to school on. Depending on the time of the dismissal, lunch may be served to students. AM Kindergarten students will be provided with some form of extra snack or lunch on these days. Every attempt will be made by the school to contact parents of AM Kindergarten students in the event of an early dismissal. PM Kindergarten parents and ALL parents are encouraged to listen to the radio, or watch the major television stations on inclement days. Where to Find School Session Information If the weather seems questionable, please tune your radio or television to one of the stations listed below to find out about early dismissals or cancellations: Television Radio WBRE-TV Channel 28 WLEV-FM 100.7 WAEB-FM B104.1, AM 790 WYOU-TV Channel 22 WZZO-FM 95.1 WARM AM 590 WNEP-TV Channel 16 WYNX-AM 1160 WCTO-FM 96.1 WFMZ-TV Channel 69 WEST-AM 1400 WXKW-1470 WHCY-FM 106.3 WKAP-1320 AM WVPO-AM 840 WSBG-FM 93.5 WSGD-FM 94.3 WPMR-FM 107.9 WCDL-AM 1440 Oldies-FM 99.9 Information on Cancellations and Delays: First and foremost, please do not call the school if you suspect school may be delayed or closed. Information is printed in this newsletter with directions to get all the snow updates. If you do not have access to any of these radio or television stations, you can call (570) 402-1000, and a recorded message will have the latest updates as they affect our school district. Weather Related Cancellations Early Dismissal – All after school events and activities will be cancelled. No School - All school events and activities will be cancelled. K-3 Schedule for One-hour Delay Classes will begin one hour later with no real disruption to the day. Specials will begin at 10:42 AM (beginning of period 3). Lunch and the Kindergarten day will otherwise go as normal. Breakfast IS served when school is delayed for one hour. K-3 Schedule for Two-hour Delay Classes will begin two hours later. Breakfast is NOT served when school is delayed for two hours. Specials begin at 11:19 AM (beginning of period 4). Kindergarten will follow the modified schedule as described below. Modified Kindergarten Schedule We provide a modified Kindergarten schedule that will yield shorter sessions, but allow for no loss of the AM classes. In the event the school district implements a two-hour delay, we will operate under the following time schedule. Please note this schedule and post it in a prominent place in your home. Kindergarten Two-hour Delay AM pickup time two hours beyond normal time PM pickup time one hour beyond normal time AM buses arrive ~ 11:07 AM PM buses arrive ~ 1:35 PM AM classes begin ~ 11:19 AM PM classes begin ~ 1:47 PM AM dismissal ~ 1:30 PM PM dismissal ~ 3:47 PM (one hour later than normal) PTO Basket Auction and Family Fun Day beads to wear throughout the school day for The PTO Basket the entire week! All proceeds will stay in Auction and Family Fun Day is Monroe County to benefit our local residents being held Saturday, through programs and research. No donation is February 8, 2014 at too small or too large. PVI. (The snow date is We are hoping to show our PVE Saturday, February 15). This POWER to STOMP out Cancer! Auction benefits the student field trips, assemblies, and activities A Message from the Nurse About Head Lice at PVE, Polk, and PVI. Come out and enjoy Heads are examined this fun-filled PTO event. (head checks) for the There will be lots of games, crafts and presence of lice on all food. We will hold our annual Basket Auction as students twice a year, well. Doors open at 10:00 AM. A sheet of September and January. tickets costs $7 for 25 chances. Also 50/50 Throughout the school year raffle will be offered as well as big ticket items classrooms are randomly Flat Screen TV and 4 Park Hopper passes to checked. Disney World. Lice are found by inspecting the scalp Baskets will be drawn at 2:00 PM. You and hair closely with adequate light. Head lice must be present to win. If you would like to are a small wingless insect about the size of a make donations please feel free to contact sesame seed and vary in color from tan to anyone from the PVE PTO at grey/white. Lice live on the human scalp and [email protected] feed exclusively on human blood. The presence of small nits (eggs) which are found firmly glued PVE POWER Relay for Life Team Beads to the hair and cannot be simply picked off Fundraiser - Show your support for the PVE along with a itchy scalp are signs that your child POWER- Relay for Life team! head lice. The PVE POWER – Relay The treatment consists of treating the for Life Team will be hosting a child’s hair with a special shampoo or cream bead fundraiser to show your rinse, combing the hair with a fine tooth metal support for our team. All comb to remove the nits, and manually removing students and staff will have the opportunity to any nits that the comb did not remove. All participate in our Relay for Life Team’s efforts family members must be checked and those by making a donation for a set of PURPLE found to have evidence of lice must also be BEADS! treated. The students will be able to buy and In addition to treating the person, the wear their beads for the entire week of environment must also be treated. February 10 – 14, 2014! Simply make a donation All sheets, blankets, pillows and personal to the PVE POWER Team and receive a set of clothing worn within the past (5) days must be washed in hot water. Those articles that may Smith Gymnasium of Pleasant Valley High not be washed or dry-cleaned (i.e. stuffed School. A Night of Unity is a FREE event that animals and toys) must be placed in a sealed celebrates the diversity of our community. It plastic bag and stored for two weeks. All includes art, music, food, performances, and upholstered furniture must be vacuumed. All displays that promote an understanding of the combs, brushes and other devices used for hair many cultures that make up the Pleasant Valley care must be washed with soap and hot water. School District. During the past twelve years If you find your child has head lice, this night has been an enjoyable and please contact the school nurse. Children must enlightening experience for all involved. Many be checked by the nurse after a home months of preparation and hard work by treatment has been done.