The Panther Pulse

Dear Families,

First, a big congratulations to seventh grader, Julia Andersen, who is this year's Pershing Middle School Spelling Bee Champion! We are so proud of Julia and look forward to her representing our school at the district level competition later this year.

I also wanted to remind families of the importance of getting your children to school on time. I know the weather was not ideal last week, but we have been seeing a noticeable uptick in the number of student arriving late to first period. School starts at 8:00 AM, the first bell rings at 7:55 AM. We recommend having your child arrive at school no later than 7:55 AM. When children arrive late to first period it creates significant disruptions to their learning and to the overall learning environment for other students already in class. Please help us by making every effort to get your child to school by 7:55 AM daily and if your child walks to school reminding them of the importance of being on time!

And finally, we were so excited to welcome our future Panthers, as the fifth graders from Benchley, Dailard, Gage, and Green elementary schools and their familes came to tour the campus. We had a packed house both days and were so appreciate that our Dailard and Green families even braved some pretty wild weather on Monday to visit the campus! Our student ambassadors and the entire student body and staff enjoyed showing off our campus and classroom to our future Panthers! I have some great pictures below.

Sincerely,

Melanie Kray

SEM 1 HONOR ROLL AND PRINCIPAL'S HONOR ROLL RECOGNITION EVENTS

We will be inviting families to attend grade level recognition events to honor students who qualify for Honor Roll (GPA 3.50-3.79 or higher) or Princpal's Honor Roll (3.8 GPA or higher) based on their semester 1 final grades. Families who's child(ren) meet the critieria to attend these recognition events will receive an email with more detailed information.

• 8th Grade Recognition Night: Feb 1 @6:00 PM in the auditorium
• 7th Grade Recognition Assembly: Feb 2 @8:00 AM in the auditorium
• 6th Grade Recognition Assembly: Feb 2 @2:00 PM in the auditorium

Your family will receive an email on Monday, January 29 inviting you to the event if your child meets the honor roll or principal's honor roll criteria.

SAVE THE DATE: ICAC ENCORE PARENT PRESENTATION ON FEB 15

Pershing MIddle School in collaboration with the Pershing Foundation has invited our local law enforcement to come back for an encore of their Internet Crimes Against Children Presentation for any family in the Henry Cluster. The presentation will be held at 9:00 AM on February 15. We are seeing a significant uptick in social media use among children in middle school and even elementary school. Law enforcement provides some incredibly useful info for parents about the the things to watch out for as well and resources to help parents help their children navigate phones, social media, and the digital age we know live in .

PERSHING SELECTED FOR NAEP TESTING

Pershing Middle will participate in the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) on Thursday, February 15, 2024. NAEP is the largest nationally representative and continuing assessment of what students know and can do in various subjects. NAEP is administered by the National Center for Education Statistics, within the U.S. Department of Education. NAEP is different from our state assessments because it is a common measure of achievement across the country. The results are released as The Nation's Report Card, which provides information about student achievement to educators, parents/guardians, policymakers, and the public. One hundred of our 8th graders will be randomly selected to take the NAEP. If your 8th grader is one of the students randomly slected for testing you will be receiving an email notificiation this week. If you do not receive an email notification about NAEP your child has not been randomly selected.

SPORTS PHOTOS FOR THE YEARBOOK

Yearbook needs your help. We are including the Pershing sports teams in the yearbook but we need pictures. If you happen to have any pictures that we can use, please sent them our way. We have plenty of track pictures. We are still in need of both girls and boys basketball as well as the new sports that are starting, soccer and volleyball. You can email your photos to sruckle@sandi.net. Any photos you have will be helpful. Thanks in advance for your help and support.

It was another great week for our Pershing MSA teams.

Congrats to our Girls' Soccer Team they are 3-1 after a 2-0 run this weekend defeating Millenial Tech and Bethune 12-0 in both games. Our Boys' Soccer team ended the weekend 1-0 with a strong win over Millenial Tech and their 2nd game postponed due to rain.

Our girl's volleyball team stands at #2 in the overall middle school rankings with two victories this weekend against Roosevelt and Millenial Tech. Our Boys Volleyball team came up short against Marston but rebounded with a strong win against Willson.

Also, families the yearbook is in need of photos for our Fall (Track & Basketball) and Winter (Soccer & Volleyball) athletes competing. If you have any photos you'd be willing to share please email them to our yearbook advisor Ms. Siri Ruckle at sruckle@sandi.net

Pay for Camp via PayPal (preferred option)

Please be sure to also register your 6th Grader first using the 'Register for Camp' button above. When asked for +Important please add student here, please be sure to include your student's name. Please see below for additional payment options

PAY WITH PAYPAL

Payment by Check

Make check payable to "Pershing Middle School Foundation" for $350. Include Student Name and ID # or English teacher in check memo. Please have student return to English teacher or Main Office by October 20, 2024. Send check in envelope with:

1. Student Name

2. English Teacher Name

3. Student ID

4. Parent Phone # and/or email address

Payment by Cash

Include $350. Please have PARENT bring to the Main Office by October 20, 2024. Bring cash in envelope with:

1. Student Name

2. English Teacher Name

3. Student ID

4. Parent Phone # and/or email address

Multiple Payments

You can also make MULTIPLE payments by cash, check or PayPal. When you register, please include planned payment dates, amounts, and mode of payment (as long as the total amount is $350, you can pay in 2 or 3 or more payments)! Note: In order to pay monthly between now and payment due date (Feb 1), you would need to pay 4 payments of $87.50 (Oct, Nov, Dec, Jan).

If you have any questions please do not hesitate to reach out to:

6th Grade Camp Coordinator | Erika Ohnesorgen | erikarenae28@gmail.com

We are fortunate to have a very active parent community and an engaged foundation that works tirelessly to ensure our school has the funds it needs to allow our students to have enriching academic experiences beyond the typical program.

Email: pershingfoundation@outlook.com

Website: https://pershingmiddleschoolfoundation.org/

Facebook: https://facebook.com/pershingpanthers

• Jan 23: SSC 3PM
  
• Feb 16: NO SCHOOL - President's Day Holiday
• Feb 19: NO SCHOOL - President's Day Holiday
• Mar 1: P3 Grading Window Closes
• Mar 25-29: CAST 8th Grade Science Testing
• April 1-5: Spring Break
• April 8-12: Sixth Grade Camp (Group 1)
• April 19: P4 Grading Window Closes
• May 6-17: School-wide Testings CAASPP English & Math

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Interested in volunteering on campus?

Contact our Community Assistant Ms. Johana Moreno at jmorenoperez@sandi.net

Email: mkray@sandi.net
Website: https://pershing.sandiegounified.org/
Location: 8204 San Carlos Drive, San Diego, CA, USA
Phone: (619) 352-3550
Twitter: @melanie_kray