PBMS Family Bulletin
September 19, 2024
PBMS Vision
PBMS strives to be a place where students want to come to school, parents want to send their children and staff want to come to work.
Message from the Principal
Tomorrow, we finish our first grading period (P1) of the 24-25 school year. You can check your child's grades in PowerSchool under the P1 column next Thursday when grades are finalized. A paper copy and an email of the report will be sent home by Monday, September 30. If your child is at-risk of failing one or more classes, you will be invited to a parent conference by your child's counselor. The conferences are scheduled for Thursday, October 10 from 3:00-5:30pm.
Before and after school tutoring started on Monday. Students can get specific help from teachers or just a quiet space to complete homework. Check this flyer for details. TUTORING No sign-ups needed, students can just show up.
Club rush is tomorrow and most clubs start next week. Click on the tutoring link above to see the preliminary schedule.
FOPBSS Annual Giving Campaign: Every year, our parent/teacher organization provides funds to benefit our students with teacher classroom grants, sports equipment and programing such as IB, Mandarin Immersion, Art and Music. The funds are made possible through fundraisers and the Annual Giving Campaign. This year, the goal is $30K or $15/ student. It's easy to donate a one time amount or a monthly pledge. ANY amount makes a difference. Please click on the FLYER for the link to donate.
Attendance: There is a strong link between attendance and school success. In addition, schools only receive funding when students are AT school. PBMS wants to do better and set goals to improve our attendance this year. We have 2 benchmarks:
Average Daily Attendance: students that are present on a daily basis. PBMS is ranked 11th out of 24 middle schools with a rate of 93.96%. Our goal for 24-25 is 95% which would put us in 5th place. To help with this goal, please be sure to report all absences to the school.
Chronically Absent: when a student misses 10% or more of the school days they are enrolled in during a school year. Last year, 15% of our students were chronically absent. We would like to decrease that number to 10%. Please reach out to your child's counselor if you would like help with this.
Safety Drills: PBMS cycles through different safety drills to prepare staff & students in the event of an emergency. In August, we practiced a Fire Drill. Next Friday, September 27 at 9:00am we will practice a Lock Down Drill. Prior to the drill, we will share the process and what to do in different situations because a lock down is used any time it is safer to keep students inside. The key is for students to remain calm, quiet and listen to the adults providing directions.
Take Care,
~Ms. Meng
🌊 Go Waves!🌊
Upcoming Events
- End of 1st Grading Period - Friday, September 20
- School Choice Window Open 9/23-11/4
- P1 Progress Reports ready to view in PowerSchool - Friday 9/27
- PB Palooza - Sunday, September 29 from 3:00-6:00pm at the San Diego Mission Bay Boat & Ski Club FLYER
Things to Know
PBMS News LINKS - WEEK 6
- PBMS News for Monday 9/16/24
- PBMS News Admin Update for Tuesday 9/17/24
- 6th grade: ozs6cel
- 7th grade: uwco5tp
- 8th grade: jxubxcu
- Community Service: Don't Trash Mission Beach and the Mission Beach Town Council are hosting our annual September Beach Cleanup in conjunction with Coastal Cleanup Day on Saturday, September 21st from 8 AM to 12 PM at Belmont Park. These beach cleanups have been a fantastic opportunity for our local youth to not only get involved with cleaning up and giving back to our community but also to gather the needed community service hours that are required at the middle school and high school levels. We happily provide certification of the hours served during this event. Buckets, grabbers and gloves are always provided at our beach cleanups! FLYER
LCFF Forms: Let's get to 100% completion of the LCFF form. We now have 85% submitted and will begin individual phone calls. The federal and state governments provide extra funding for students who may have additional needs. The allocation is determined by data collected in the LCFF form. This year, we funded a 3rd counselor! You can find access to the form in PowerSchool Parent Portal - but NOT using the APP (Sorry). Here is a link for more information LCFF FORM You can also reach out to Ms. Agejas at magejaschicharro@sandi.net for help. Thank you!
SDUSD & PBMS Important Information
- Facts for Parents
- Uniform Complaint Procedure (English, Spanish, Tagalog, Vietnamese)
- PBMS Parent & Family Engagement Policy
- SDUSD Parent & Family Engagement Policy - SPANISH
- PBMS School Parent Compact
- School Accountability Report Card Latest version 2022-2023
- Back to School Night Presentations
- PBMS Title 1 Presentation
- SDUSD Sexual Health Education Curriculum Preview Access
Main Office
Hello PBMS Families! Welcome to the new school year. Below is a list of Front Office contacts with assigned duties. Please feel free to contact any one of us or stop by the Main Office if you have any questions, concerns, or just to say hello.
Alma Nelson - Administrative Assistant - anelson@sandi.net
Administrative Contact 🌊Transportation 🌊 Volunteers 🌊 Substitutes
Rentals/Events 🌊 School Calendar
Pilar Agejas - Financial Clerk - magejaschicharro@sandi.net
Uniforms and School Merchandise 🌊 6th Grade Camp
Sally Kaufman - Library Tech - skaufman@sandi.net
Chrome Books 🌊 Library 🌊 Garden club
Lauren Myers - School Clerk II - lmyers1@sandi.net
Attendance 🌊 Enrollments 🌊 Choice 🌊 Student Independent Study Contracts
Sven Bailey - sbailey@sandi.net
PowerSchool Parent Portal 🌊 Student Records
Mary Gantz - School Nurse - mgantz@sandi.net
Anna Arellano - Health Tech - aarellano3@sandi.net
First Aid 🌊 Student Medications 🌊 Immunizations 🌊 Nursing Documentation
FOPBSS
Connect with other PBMS parents via FOPBSS!
Be part of the PBMS/MBHS parent community! Friends of Pacific Beach Secondary Schools (FOPBSS) is the parent-teacher organization for PBMS and MBHS. Come to our next meeting on Wednesday, October 11, at 6:00 PM at the PBMS Media Center. Learn more about us and sign up for our weekly e-blast here: https://fopbss.org/2024-25/
Sign up for the FOPBSS newsletter today!
Contact Us
Email: kmeng@sandi.net
Website: https://pbmiddle.sandiegounified.org/
Location: 4676 Ingraham Street, San Diego, CA, USA
Phone: 858-221-5600