Pleasant View Pronghorns Post

SEPTEMBER

10 Last day for Spirit Wear

14 PTA Meeting (4:30 in the cafeteria or on Teams)

15 LATE START (No Student before 9:05)

22 LATE START (No Student before 9:05)

22-23 Broken Yolk Nights (More information to come)

24 Last day for PTA Membership Drive

29 LATE START (No Student before 9:05)

Student Picture Day

OCTOBER

4 Collaboration Day- NO School for Students

5 Kiss the Pig Penny Wars Begins

6 LATE START (No Student before 9:05)

National Walk to School Day (Details to come)

12 Kiss the Pig Penny Wars Ends

13 LATE START (No Student before 9:05)

Farmstead Night (Details to come)

20 LATE START (No Student before 9:05)

• No school for Preschool or AM/PM Kindergarten
• Parent/Teacher Conferences (4:30-8:30 by appt only)

21 No school for students

• Parent/ Teacher Conferences (8:00-8:00 by appt only)

22 No School for all students.

25 Red Ribbon Week Begins

27 LATE START (No Student before 9:05)

29 Halloween Celebrations

NOVEMBER

3 LATE START (No Student before 9:05)

• Picture Retakes (11:00-1:15)

4 Tin Roof Taco Restaurant Night (Details to come)

10 LATE START (No Student before 9:05)

13 Turkey Tot (Details to come)

17 LATE START (No Student before 9:05)

November 22-26 Thanksgiving Break

DECEMBER

1 LATE START (No Student before 9:05)

3 Collaboration Day- NO School for Students

December 20-31 Winter Holiday Break

Our 1st PTA meeting will be on Tuesday, September 14th, at 4:30. Location to be determined. Everyone is welcome to come. If you haven't had a chance to join the PTA, you can sign up here - https://pleasantviewelementarypta.square.site. Mrs. Robertson's class is in the lead in our membership drive contest.

Also, meeting minutes from the last general meeting have been posted on the PTA Board in the front entry.

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It is getting so much better! THANK YOU!

Just a few reminders:

*IF a change is needed, please contact the front office by phone BEFORE 3:00 to ensure we have time to get messages to classrooms. If a change is not communicated to the classroom teacher or to the front office prior to 3:00, your child will remain in the agreed upon location.

PICK UP LOOP:

Please place a clearly printed paper in the passenger side of the windshield with the names and grades of your children. We also ask that you pull up to the first available cone where we will load your children curbside only. We know you may see your child close by, but please pull forward.

Also, in the mornings, please pull forward as far as you can to unload students. We appreciate keeping that line moving. Students should be ready to go immediately upon your curbside stop.

FRONT PLANTERS:

Thank you for helping us by moving toward the front doors. Your children will be exiting out those main doors to meet you. Please do not gather on the sidewalk near the crosswalk.

Please remember that parent parking is in the EAST lot only. We have been asked by ACHD, homeowners, and our busses to make sure parents are not driving into this lot for pick up and drop off.

CAMPUS EXITS:

Thank you so much for waiting for your students at those exit points. We have also instructed all siblings to meet at those locations before walking or riding home.

Again, we appreciate the help you have all given in supporting our campus with the process and limiting the congestions in one central location. We also thank you for helping to keep the walkways clear.

We love your furry friends but ask that you please keep them off campus during the school hours, including pick up and drop off. (Refer to the Elementary Student Handbook)

If you bring your dogs after hours, please help clean up after them. Our staff and students appreciate it!

All visitors are required to sign in at the office and obtain a visitor's sticker. This included parents who are visiting the school grounds. Closed Campus Policy

However, due to the concerns with COVID, there will be no visitors to the classrooms or for lunch or recesses. Parents are welcome to come to the office to bring students to school following an appointment to check them in or to check them out early. When teachers are ready and comfortable, they will schedule volunteers. Volunteers are required to wear a mask.

If there is a reason for you to be in the building or on the grounds, you will need to check in with the office. The district uses the Raptor System for all visitors. If you have already entered your information into the Raptor System in past years, please feel free to scan your Driver's License to receive your visitors pass. If you have not completed this process, you will need to see the front office for support the first time you visit.

Thank you for your help with keeping our students safe.

Water fountains in the classroom and halls have been turned shut down. The WATER BOTTLE FILLERS are operating. Students will be encouraged to fill their water bottle and keep in the classroom.

Please send a water bottle with your child's FIRST and LAST name. These will be sent home daily for cleaning. (We have very few water bottles available for students who forget. Donations accepted.)

If you are not receiving text messages from the school, please check your PowerSchool account, as many of you have opted out of text. We use this for bus issues, emergencies, and for quick reminders.

PVE buses will be running late each day. We are hearing that they will arrive at PVE at about 4:30-4:45 for the next week. If you would like to pick up your child, we encourage you wait until about 4:07 to get here. We will have your child in the bus loop unless you make arrangement with your child's teacher for the next week or two.

Cascade Transportation is hoping to work out the concerns quickly so our students can get home timely. Thank you for working with PVE on this issue.

Students MUST bring their school issued iPad or laptop home for charging each night and return their item to school each day. These are used in the classroom for assessments, and for trainings for TEAMS and other MS products.

There have been many questions about birthdays and birthday treats. At PVE, we love celebrating our students but will ask that you follow the plan we have set.

• NO FOOD will be distributed. Due to the National Health Policy, COVID, allergies, and other health issues, we will not be accepting food items (Please know we will turn those away if they do come to the building.)
• Pencils and erasers are always needed, used, and loved by students
• Think about donating a book or game in your child's honor to the classroom this year
• Reverse the birthday celebration and have the student recognize their peers with notes of thanks

Our teachers will make your child feel special on their day. And for those students who have summer birthdays, we will also recognize them. Your child's teacher will share how that will happen in their room.

Thank you for supporting this policy at PVE!

Part of my responsibility is to connect families with resources when there is a need. If you are a family in need of assistance, please reach out to the school counselor. My email address is maddox.shirlynn@westada.org.

Please note the following opportunities for you if you are needing assistance:

• The Assistance League of Boise is currently helping those in need receive a new winter coat and a few back to school clothes items.
• The Idaho Foodbank is providing weekend food bags for students in need of additional food for the weekend.

Sincerely,

Shirlynn Maddox

Website: https://www.westada.org/domain/9837
Location: 4600 W Gondola Dr, Meridian, ID, USA
Phone: (208) 350-4490

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