Category Archives: News from the Nest

Principal’s Hello Dear Golden Eagle families, We welcomed more than 600 students through our doors this week to start our 2023-24 school year. Amazing! It’s such a great feeling to get this big, beautiful building full of student laughter again. … Continue reading →

Principal’s Hello Welcome to the last weekend of summer! We just finished an amazing launch week with our teachers and staff here at PCMS. To top it off, our 8th grade WEB leaders did their final training before welcoming our … Continue reading →

Principal’s Hello Hello, PCMS Families! This is our last weekend of summer before our teachers come back next week! I’m excited for you to meet a few new people who will be teaching at PCMS this year (and hopefully for … Continue reading →

Principal’s Hello Hello, Pacific Crest Middle School community! I’m excited to be reaching out to you all for the first time this 2023-24 school year. My name is Sean Keating, and I am the principal here at PCMS. I taught … Continue reading →

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 … Continue reading →

Principal’s Hello Hello, Golden Eagle families! It’s a BUSY time in the nest! We have summer weather (and energetic behavior), a district-wide shortage of subs, end-of-year planning, and hiring–all happening at the same time! This, of course, is to be … Continue reading →

Principal’s Hello Hello, Golden Eagle Families! Yesterday we hosted hundreds of students and family members at our 5th Grade Family Night. It was a success: people learned a lot, students lowered their anxiety, and excitement has grown for the new … Continue reading →

Principal’s Hello! Hello, Golden Eagle Families! I hope you had an awesome week. It was another fun week in The Nest. Students toured downtown art galleries, tested water samples at Mirror Pond, and continued to power through our state tests. … Continue reading →

Principal’s Hello! Hey, Golden Eagle families! I hope you’re enjoying this beautiful weather! We’ve had a nice week here at PCMS. Our Pacific Crest Community Organization helped us serve delicious coffee, snacks, and meals throughout this past week in celebration … Continue reading →

Principal’s Hello! Hello, PCMS families! Many of you have already met her before, but here’s a formal introduction to Julie Ketsdever, our new community secretary. Welcome, Julie! She has a lot of experience in the district, and we are lucky … Continue reading →