Page County Middle School

Reminder to blended and remote students to bring earbuds or headphones and your school issued, fully charged Chromebook for the Lexia PowerUp reading assessment next week. Blended students will test in class. See the schedule below for remote students testing on Monday, November 16 at the school. Testing will take approximately 1 hour. 6th grade A Day students-- 8:45 a.m. 6th grade B Day students-- 10:45 a.m. 7th grade A&B Day students-- 12:45 p.m. 8th grade A&B Day students-- 2:45 p.m. Please call the school at 540-652-3400 if you are unable to bring your child at the scheduled assessment time.

Congratulations Page County Middle School 8th Grade Class. In this building, you have made it to the top!!! We will once again be featuring your baby pictures in the PCMS 2020-2021 Yearbook. Submissions are due by Dec. 11th, 2020 Please complete the information on your 8th Grade child and then upload the baby picture to the Yearbook Photo Post link at then end of this form. Be sure to label the baby photo with your child's first and last name. https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfJu24RpUGer2g1hDwnHku2pNSIdiM_lcRbOSwfjoHdCNRIgg/viewform If you have any questions please email me at: shirleyw@pagecounty.k12.va.us

PCPS Students & Parents, Please be aware that the remote learning materials you receive during the middle of November may look as though there is additional work, however, this is because teachers are combining work due to the Thanksgiving break. No Remote Learning is expected on the 25th, 26th, or 27th of November. Please enjoy the Thanksgiving holiday with your families. Thank you.

Veteran's Day is a time when we can reflect and give special thanks to those who served in our Armed Forces to protect our freedoms. We would like to thank all veterans and give special recognition to Page County Middle School veterans Vickie Blankenship, Dinky Conley, Sean Purnell and Tracy Stratton. In celebration of Veteran's Day, our students made posters and a video that may be accessed through the link below. https://drive.google.com/file/d/13MK-15Vgyv1yvG9kohtmiSHE_N3a2CJF/view?usp=sharing

On Friday, November 6, 2020, PCPS librarians Jennifer Bracken, Tammy Rhinehart, and Carrie Campbell, participated in the virtual VAASL Annual Fall Conference. PCHS Jennifer Bracken was sworn in as the Regional Director-Elect for the Shenandoah Region. Congratulations.

This week is National School Psychologist Week. We, at Page County Public Schools, would like to give a big shout out to our school psychologists, Jonathan Lineburg, Cindy McHaney, and our virtual psychologist, Brittany Gill, who go far beyond the call of duty to help our students shine. This week, we honor you !

This is a reminder that tonight, Monday, November 9, 2020, is the regularly scheduled school board meeting. The meeting will be held at 6:30 p.m. at Central Office. Anyone wishing to make comments for the meeting should submit them no later than 4 p.m. today. Comments must be directly related to agenda items. The meeting may be viewed LIVE on YouTube. Meeting Agenda: https://go.boarddocs.com/vsba/pcss/Board.nsf/Public Comments Form: https://forms.gle/hqVuuLsoArwKgDRx9 View Live: https://www.youtube.com/c/PageCountySchools/live

Congratulations to the PCMS Yearbook Cover Winners and top contenders! What a creative and talented group of students we have at Page Middle! Front Cover Winner: Elizabeth Sager-Spitler - 8th Grade Back Cover Winner: Reagan Rodriguez - 8th Grade Top Cover Contenders: Jenesis Gregory - 8th Grade Emma Knott - 8th Grade Lexi Petefish - 8th Grade Sierra Bolyard - 7th Grade Emma Dean - 7th Grade Jason Campbell - 6th Grade Grayson Crannell - 6th Grade Drake Pettit - 6th Grade Chloe Price - 6th Grade

Please be sure to check backpacks this weekend! Starting Today, every child that attends Page County Public Schools, that is an in-person learner, will be sent home with a bag of food for the weekend. For A Day students meals will be sent on Tuesdays, and for B Day students this will be on Friday. Students that attend 4 days a week will also get meals on Fridays. Remote learners and children 18 and under that are NOT enrolled in PCPS may access the weekend meals during Friday meal pick-ups. Please see the nutritional services news letter for more important information about this program. https://5il.co/mtq0 Thank you, and please share.

As required by the VDOE this message is to be sent annually to inform parents. “The Department of Education shall annually prepare and distribute to local school boards packets of information describing the educational and other services available through the Virginia School for the Deaf and the Blind, the Virginia Department for the Deaf and Hard-of-Hearing, and the Virginia Department for the Blind and Vision Impaired to students who are identified as hearing impaired or visually impaired. Local school boards shall annually post this information on the school division's web site and inform the parents of those students who are identified as hearing impaired or visually impaired of its availability. School boards shall ensure that packets of such information are available in an accessible format for review by parents who do not have Internet access.” With the attached link, you will find guidance documents and resources available at the Virginia Department of Education (VDOE) website for Sensory Disabilities http://www.doe.virginia.gov/special_ed/disabilities/sensory_disabilities/index.shtml

Dear Parents, Since this school year has us in this blended format, the yearbook advisors wanted to reach out to you to help provide photos of your child’s learning at home for the school yearbook. Please remember that photos need to be school appropriate and show learning in progress. Also, if your child didn’t get their portrait taken, you may submit a close up photo to be used in the yearbook. You can access the yearbook photo drop at the link below. Thank you in advance for your support of the school yearbook and your child’s education! Yearbook Advisors Shirley Weakley & Colleen Shamburg Tanya Miller - PCMS Principal www.ssiyearbooks.com/110356pcms/home3/PhotoPost.jsp

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Parent-Teacher Conferences will be held on Thursday, November 5th from 12:00 - 7:00 p.m. Please call the office at 540-652-3400 to schedule a conference with your child's teachers. Conferences may be held in-person or virtually upon parent/guardian request.

This is a reminder that tonight, Monday, October 26, 2020, is the regularly scheduled school board meeting. The meeting will be held at 6:30 p.m. at the school board office. Anyone wishing to make comments for the meeting should submit them no later than 4 p.m. today. Comments must be directly related to agenda items. The meeting may be viewed LIVE on YouTube. Meeting Agenda: https://go.boarddocs.com/vsba/pcss/Board.nsf/Public Comments: https://forms.gle/LG7wSALsErsmJv4u8 View Live: https://www.youtube.com/c/PageCountySchools/live Please share.

Red Ribbon Week is October 26-30. You may participate in school and from home! See the flier for details.

PLEASE CLICK ON THE LINKS INCLUDED TO ACCESS VERY IMPORTANT CHANGES AND UPDATES TO THE SCHOOL CALENDAR FOR THE 2020-2021 SCHOOL YEAR. PLEASE SHARE. https://5il.co/md8a --MESSAGE https://5il.co/ihjy --UPDATED CALENDAR

Wednesday, October 21st is Unity Day (United Against Bullying) . We would like for all students , teachers, and staff members to participate in this event. Since we are not in school on Wednesdays, we will participate with Blended Students (Prek-2) participating on Tuesday, October 20th A Day Students wear Orange on Tuesday, October 20th. B Day students wear orange on Thursday, October 22nd. Remote students, we want you to participate too. Show us your Unity by taking a picture of yourself wearing orange and email it to trunyan@pagecounty.k12.va.us. Please share.

Join us and wear orange for Unity Day!