Whatever It Takes

I wanted to take a moment to thank you all for the way you welcomed me back from maternity leave. You all have been so kind and thoughtful. My first day back as many of you can imagine was filled with mixed emotions as I left my sweet baby. Some folks have asked if I am glad to be back. My response is yes! Working with such a wonderful group of people who love and care for one another is such a blessing. It was so special to see students' smiling faces as they greeted me with "Mrs. Tollison, you're back!" All of this makes my job so great and it is why I love coming to work every day. Yes, it is difficult to leave my precious baby girl and I do not put her down once I get home. However, I am blessed to work with such a special group of people. So thank you for being you! 

The theme this week is whatever it takes. Mr. Moore and I would like to thank you for stepping up and going above and beyond. This time of testing can be full of stress and anxiety for both teachers and students. There is also a great need for flexibility. You all have handled all of this very well. No matter how much preparation or planning we do as an office staff things still come up and adjustments must be made. You have embraced those adjustments and made this week a success by doing whatever it takes. Below are some people we wanted to recognize.  

Doing Whatever It Takes During Duty

Friday's car duty included a lightening strike and torrential down pour. All of our folks outside were soaked from head to toe. This included Mrs. Putnam who was willing to cover for Mrs. Martin, Ms. Rita, Mr. Moore, and Mrs. Clary. Thank you all for doing whatever it takes including withstanding the terrible weather to ensure that our students remained safe during dismissal. (Note: Mrs. Clary was calling numbers and was completely soaked due to a hole in her umbrella. She is not pictured below but definitely left Friday afternoon drenched.)   

Mrs. Putnam doing chain duty for Mrs. Martin

Mr. Moore walks a student to the car

Mrs. Rita bundled in her raincoat and doing chain duty 

As most of you know that Coach Thompson's mother has been in the hospital. Many of you have asked about her and sent messages of encouragement to him. On Tuesday he needed someone to cover his morning duty at the crosswalk and Mrs. Fulbright answered the call. She was willing to cover his duty, but Mrs. Clary decided to help Mrs. Fulbright. Mrs. Clary realized that Mrs. Fulbright needed to prepare for homeroom on a testing day and volunteered to do duty instead. 

It is this kind of care and concern for one another that makes PVES such a special place to work. We all care about one another and are willing to do whatever it takes to help our colleagues. 

Mrs. Clary smiles and greets our students at the crosswalk

PVES Students' Perfect Performance

Annie was a hit for sure! The students did an excellent job and we had a packed crowd for the performance. Thank you to so many of our teachers for coming out to support Mrs. Turner and our talented students. A special thank you to Mrs. Turner for all her hard work and planning to make this night such a huge success. We also wanted to thank Mrs. Golden and her student teacher for stepping up to assist Mrs. Turner as well. Below are a few pictures from the evening. 

Early Act First Knight
Ms. Lee sent out an email about EAFK for the fourth nine weeks. The words for this nine weeks include friendliness and service. Due to testing Ms. Lee will work on recording a lesson for you to share with your students. Please continue to go over these words with your students. Our final EAFK ceremony will be held on May 17th.

Testing Update
Thank you to everyone for doing such a great job during testing. Things have been very smooth with check in and check out. We had to adjust lunch times and you all handled it beautifully. We will be wrapping up our final SC Ready testing session with Math for third and fourth grade on Thursday. Fifth grade will finish SC Ready ELA Session 2 on Friday. They will finish with math next week. Thank you for continuing to closely monitor and supervise your students in the hallways for the remainder of this week and the next. Remember that PASS Testing will be two days (May 11th-12th) for fourth and fifth graders. Look for a related arts schedule and more details in the upcoming blogs. 

Sweet Treats for a Great Week

As a way to celebrate our awesome teachers, we would like to offer you an opportunity to eat lunch in the PD Room on Friday and wear your blue jeans. You will adhere to your regular lunch time, but enjoy the peace and quiet away from the cafeteria. Someone will meet your class in the hallway near the computer lab and escort them to the cafeteria. We will then deliver your class to you from the cafeteria at the same location when your lunch is over. 

While you are responsible for providing your own lunch this day, the office is providing some sweet treats. We will have a variety of desserts ready for you in the PD Room to enjoy. Included in this assortment of goodies are a few treats from Brick Street Cafe. 

We have the best faculty and staff! We want you to know how proud we are of you and our school!

Tollison Tidings:

• Remember we have the Bookfair with us this week and next. Students will be able to visit when they go to related arts in the library instead of computer lab. 
• Jessica Preisig will be holding her Tech PD on May 3rd in the PD Room. Bring your iPad and come ready to have FUN! 
• We will have a faculty meeting on Tuesday, May 17th.

Mark Your Calendar:

There are too many events and activities to list. Please, please check our shared calendar for events. Ask Mr. Moore or Mrs. Tollison if you need clarification.

This time of year most of us make the endless "to-do lists." Instead of a video this week I am leaving you with this....

PVES Staff: You are awesome and doing great work! Thank you for doing whatever it takes.