Page County Public Schools

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Activities Update for Thursday: All PCPS events and activities are cancelled or postponed on Thursday, Dec. 22, 2022 due to the potential impacts of weather moving through the area. Make-up dates will be shared as soon as possible.

Two Page County community organizations to receive fresh ground beef, from The Farm Ministry.

Schedule - Friday, Dec. 16, 2022 All PCPS schools will open on a two-hour delay on Friday, December 16, 2022. Please plan to arrive at your bus stop two hours later than you normally would. Breakfast and lunch will be served at school. Additionally, please be aware that PCPS staff will continue to monitor conditions and power situations tonight and early into tomorrow morning. If conditions deteriorate to the point where it is unsafe to put our buses, student drivers, or staff on the roads, or there are significant power outages, we may have to cancel school. This decision would be made as early as possible in the morning and communicated to everyone. If you do not receive updated communication from PCPS in the morning, then we will proceed with a two-hour delay. All 11- and 12-month employees and food service employees will be contacted by their immediate supervisor with additional information. All other staff will follow the two-hour delay schedule. We thank everyone for their continued patience and flexibility as we continue to make decisions that have everyone’s safety as the primary concern and consider conditions across all of Page County. Thank you and stay safe!

Thursday Activities: All after-school and evening activities are cancelled for today, Thursday, December 15, 2022. Make-up dates for events and activities that can be rescheduled will be shared as soon as possible. No decision has been made regarding school tomorrow, Friday, December 16. PCPS is monitoring conditions and power situations and will notify staff and families as early as possible. We hope that everyone is safe and well.

Updated Information: All PCPS schools and offices will be closed on Thursday, December 15, 2022 due to forecasted inclement weather. This will not be a remote learning day. A decision about after-school events and activities on Thursday will be made by noon tomorrow and communicated to staff and families.

Correction. School and offices will be closed on Thursday, December 15,2022, not December 14th. Please accept our apologies.

IMPORTANT WEATHER RELATED ANNOUNCEMENT: Due to forecasted inclement weather all PCPS schools and offices will be closed on Thursday, December 14, 2022. This will not be a remote learning day. A decision about all afternoon and evening events and activities on Thursday will be made shortly.

Please read this letter with information related t the potential for inclement weather this week: https://5il.co/1lz6i

It's that time of year again when we begin to prepare for the possibilities of inclement weather. If you have not yet downloaded the PCPS App, we encourage you do so. For instructions on how to download, please go to https://5il.co/1lv04 . School closings/delays/early dismissals will be sent via Push Notification, Text Message, Posted to Facebook Pages, and to Live Feeds on all school web pages. School closings/delays/early dismissals will also be broadcasted by: Radio stations: 102.5 WUSQ, 95.3 WZRV the River, and the Harrisonburg Radio Group. TV Stations: WHSV- TV 3, WUSA- TV-9, and WNBC- TV-4 Every effort will be made to make a decision by 8 p.m. the night before or by 5 a.m. the day of. Please do not message the PCPS Facebook page asking if there will be school. Announcements will be made immediately once a decision has been made. Thank you, and please share.

Please read this important letter about talking with your child about the dangers of vaping and other drugs: https://5il.co/1ltrr

This is a busy, busy time of year within our schools! There are so many wonderful things going on. Please be sure to check out the PCPS Facebook page as well as the individual school pages for all the latest happenings!

This is a reminder that tonight, Thursday, December 8, 2022, is the regularly scheduled school board meeting. The meeting will be held at the Page County School Board Office Meeting Room, at 6:30 p.m. and may be viewed LIVE on our YouTube Channel. Comments are due by 4 p.m. Thank you. Agenda: https://go.boarddocs.com/vsba/pcss/Board.nsf/Public Comments: https://forms.gle/LMMxHZ625Ci87n8f8 View LIVE: https://www.youtube.com/c/PageCountySchools/live

Updated PCPS winter concert schedule.

Please see the attached schedule of the Winter Concerts taking place throughout our school division. We hope to see you there. Please share.

Congratulations to Page County High School for once again being selected as one of the Wise Blue Star Schools for the 2021-2022 school year. To receive this award, a school must have an 80% pass rate on the Financial Literacy Certification Test with at least half of the students on grade level OR a minimum of 10% school enrollment. A special congratulations to those responsible for PCHS's continued success, Alexis Mathias, Jonathan Davidson, and Sheila McKay. What a great accomplishment!

Mark your calendars for Wesley Brown's Night Before Christmas event.

IMPORTANT BUS ROUTE INFORMATION Notice to parents in the Shenandoah Area - Bus 10 will be approximately 30 minutes late this afternoon. We apologize for this inconvenience and thank you for your patience.

Congratulations to Mrs. Bobbi Comer, of Page County High School, for being selected as the Association for Career and Technical Education Teacher of the Year 2022. PCPS is lucky to have you!

Additional Information : Students in the Egypt Bend and Fort Valley Area will ride Bus 49. Drop-off time will be approximately 30 minutes later than normal.