First Edition

Welcome to the first edition of the Powdersville Progress. As I mentioned in our faculty meeting, this is one of the major ways in which we hope to communicate weekly to our faculty and staff. Please get in the habit of reading the blog when shared with you, by Thursday each week, so you can be kept up-to-date.

Take a moment to add your word for the year to our padlet wall. I know we added our words to answer garden, but padlet seemed like a great choice so you could tell us the "why" behind the word you chose.

First of all, a very special "thank you" to everyone. Your ability to handle anything thrown your way and do what is best for our students, all 604 of them, is simply amazing. You are all to be commended for our positive start to the school year. I would like to again welcome all of our new friends to the Powdersville family. We hope you feel welcome and already a part of us! As I was standing out in the car line Wednesday morning, I watched as our non-homeroom teachers were once again greeting our students and helping to direct parents. Thanks to those individuals who just jumped in and made things work!

Speaking of the car line, duty seems to be going well. We have abandoned our original plan in the morning and will be opening up our overflow lot to parents. We are working on organizing some patrols to help us in the morning. Our main goal to to safely unload as many students out of as many cars as possible at a time. In the afternoon, it is imperative that our students are seated quietly and know their car rider numbers. Please also encourage your students to pay attention once they get outside on the sidewalk and carefully follow the directions of the adults on duty. Things will improve in the morning and afternoon if we follow the plan of action and get better at our "duty" each day.

As most of you now know, we have postponed iPad deployment for all grade levels until Wednesday, August 26th. Between now and then, we need your help in communicating to parents of all third grade students and/or new students to PVES that iTunes accounts must be set up. Apple emails have been sent several times and we also provided what the username (email) and password (district password) should be when setting up the account. If they have questions, point them in the direction of Mrs. Fowler who will be working with Mrs. Preisig and the office staff to assist parents. Remember, our 4th and 5th grade students who were here last year already have an account created.

Finally, thank you for your patience we you learn our new schedule. Make sure to adhere to the lunch and recess times given for your class. We know the cafeteria is packed and we have asked about adding another table or two. Also, don't let the addition of new content scare you. You are great at being a teacher. Period. A teacher of any subject. Work together and add your individual touch to your lessons. Let the standards guide you and don't be afraid to fail! Mrs. Tollison and I are so proud of you all.

Moore's Musings:
Don't forget that WTLP will be provided on Mondays only and will set the tone for our week at PVES. Mrs. Thomas and Ms. Jordan have some great ideas in store for us! Every other day, you are expected to say the Pledge of Allegiance, recite our school pledge, and provide a moment of silence.

Remember...

• Faculty meeting on Tuesday, August 25th to discuss iPad deployment. 
• Boy Scouts will here on Tuesday, August 25th at 1:45 to speak to our boys in the MP Room. 
• Math teachers meet with Mrs. Tollison during planning in PD Room on Thursday, August 27th.
• Technology PD with Mrs. Preisig will be during planning on Tuesday, September 1st. 
• ALiCE update/training during faculty meeting on Tuesday, September 8th.
• Guidance update and "training" with Ms. Lee during our faculty meeting on Tuesday, September 22nd. 
• Always check the shared calendar as many dates have been added of which you will want to be aware. 

And for reading this blog until the end...

And, more importantly, because you are the most dedicated faculty and staff in the world...

Friday, August 21st is a blue jean day. If you have your plans together for next week, you are free to leave at 3:05 P.M. Sorry to those of you on Friday duty as I am sure we will still be in the car line, but you can leave as soon as that is finished. :0)

Love you all!

Mr. Moore