Principal’s Hello
Hello, Golden Eagle families!
This will be my final “News From the Nest” message to you of the 2022-23 school year. I can’t believe I just typed those words. It seems like only yesterday that I interviewed for this position, met our teachers and staff, and welcomed our 6th graders into the building on the first day of school.
We’ve learned a lot this year, which is a great thing because learning is our core business. Among other things, we learned that our students were deeply affected by two years of school closures and social distancing. To address this, we focused on three key areas this year: rebuilding our systems, rebuilding our community, and rekindling the student experience. Here are some tangible highlights to illustrate these themes:
—We tightened our discipline systems, leaning heavily on a 4-to-1 positive-to-negative behavior feedback ratio, created a student behavior/intervention database, and built a Tier 2 (moderate) behavior and academic support team as well as a Tier 3 (critical) support team. These teams made tangible gains for all focal students.
—We debated and collaboratively developed school-wide policies. Because these policies represent a plurality of voices, they continue to hold strong, and we continue to enforce them every moment of every day. Many of these policies have been adopted by peer schools and the central office as models for effective middle-level behavior management.
—We brought back dances, field trips, assemblies, back to school nights, open houses, family nights, principal coffees, promotions, field days, and spirit weeks. These make for more work, but they are 100% worth the effort. The more we can open our doors to you, the more we function as a coherent learning community. Expect even more of this next year.
There’s more to share, but for the sake of brevity, I’ll stop here. Thank you for your partnership. If you’re moving on, I wish you the best, and I hope we’ve made good memories for you and your child. If you’re coming back next year, have an amazing summer, and we’ll see you in September for another adventure.
Let’s continue our good work together–for the sake of our children.
Sean
Don’t Forget to Pick UP Medication
Please remember to pick up your child’s medication from school by Friday, June 16th or they will be properly disposed of. Schools are not allowed to retain medication for students over the summer. Parents need to come into the attendance office to pick up medication. It is against school policy to send medication home with students. Every year we try very hard to ensure student medications get picked up, but every year we end up throwing out valuable prescriptions…including inhalers.
Call for End of Year Event Volunteers
We are still in need of a few volunteers for next weeks activities. Here is the Sign-up link for more info, dates and times. Your time is greatly appreciated. Thanks in advance!
Final Spirit Week of the Year
- Monday, 6/12: Adam Sandler Day
- Tuesday, 6/13: 80’s Day
- Wednesday, 6/14: Sparrow Blue (all shades of blue…our Sparrow Enzo’s favorite color)
- Thursday, 6/15: Beach Day (no bathing suits or bikinis)
- Friday, 6/16: Golden Eagle Day (wear PCMS swag or gold, black, silver, white)
Last Reminder to Check Lost & Found
All students should check lost and found for misplaced belongings all next week. Please note that ALL remaining items will be donated to local charities at the end of the day on June 16.
Athletic Director Position Available
If you are interested in applying for PCMS Athletic Director it will be open on the district website on Monday, June 12.
Calendar
- June 14 | Full day of School for PCMS Students | 8:50 AM – 3:45 PM
- June 15 | Leaving the Nest | 8th Grade Promotion & Reception | 6:00 – 7:15 PM | PCMS Gym
- June 16 | Last Day of School |Early Release at 2:15 PM | 8th Grade Optional
- June 16 | Lost and Found Donated to Local Charity
Helpful Links