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.
The school district will be mailing home letters to students who are considered chronically absent or nearly chronic every 6 weeks this year.
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
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