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Board Update—June 2008
Elementary School
Submitted by: William Lombardo
Awards
Assemblies
Our end of the year awards assemblies have been scheduled
for Monday, June 9th and Tuesday, June the 10th.
Our
school believes strongly in recognizing positive achievements
and efforts.
Awards Assemblies Scheduled For June 9th
• Grade 1 @ 9:15 a.m.
• Grade 2 @ 10:00 a.m.
• Grade 3 @ 11:00 a.m.
Awards Assemblies Scheduled For June 10th
• Grade 4 @ 9:15 a.m.
• Grade 5 @ 10:45 a.m.
Congratulations to all the students who will receive Student
of the Month Awards, Spelling Bee Trophies, Excellent Conduct
Rewards, Art Awards, Music Awards, Straight A’s, and
Perfect Attendance Awards. Keep up the hard work.
READING
STREET INITIAL INSERVICE
On June 11, teachers in grades K-5 will learn about the
new reading program, Reading Street, from Pearson that will
be implemented in the 2008-2009 school year. The goal of
the in-service is to provide an overview of Reading Street’s
lesson structure and program components by Scott Foresman.
Included in the in-service will be a close look at the lesson
plans for whole and small group instruction and where and
how the program components can best be used. Several of
the components have a relationship to helping students as
they think about the PSSA. Another part of the in-service
for each grade will be to understand the assessment and
progress monitoring that will help all students move forward.
When finished, the teachers should leave with a clearer
understanding of Reading Street which will help them as
they implement the program in the next school year. Follow-up
in-service will be scheduled for the fall after teachers
have had an opportunity to work with the program.
Nesquehoning
Woman's Club Donates to PVES
The Panther Valley Elementary School would like to take
this opportunity to give thanks to the Nesquehoning Woman's
Club for helping to beautify the entrance of our school.
Maureen Novy, President of the Nesquehoning Woman's Club
presented Panther Valley Elementary School with high quality
custom logo mats for the entrance of our school. The custom
school mats display a vibrant PV imprinted on one, and our
Panther Valley paw prints on the others. Nesquehoning Woman's
Club is a social and community service organization committed
to making Panther Valley a better place to live through
supporting worthy local organizations with community projects.
PVES is grateful to have the support of this wonderful and
hardworking group that shares our philosophy of helping
the students and families of the Panther Valley area.
Students' Artwork on Display
The
following elementary art students recently had their artwork
exhibited at the Health Fair that was held at the Panther
Valley Middle School:
Grade
1: Sarah Zabroski and Beatrice Petschauer
Grade
2: Christina Dacey and Kaitlin Giles
Grade
3: Jocilyn Steigerwalt, Jenny Lin, Abigail Haas, Delana
Nalesnik,
and Dominique Becker
Grade
4: Gabrielle Virno, Lyric Larkin, Kelsey Van Horn, Alexandra
Kennedy, Bilal Gillani, Molly Kate Campbell, Alissa Cruz,
Jamey Mikovich,
Huntre Keip, and Ryan Taras
Grade
5: Kylie Smith, Gena Mitchell, Rornardo Flores, Amy Corby,
Rian Shubeck
Alyssa Bartelt, Samantha Goodhile, Zack Gulla, Allyson Kusko
Jeremi Covell, Dan Curran, and Taylor Vance
Memorial
Day Presentation
On Thursday
May 25, and Friday May 26, a memorial day Program was presented
to the students and staff of the Panther Valley Elementary
School. The program was presented by Mrs. Collevechio’s
Fifth grade class and under the supervision of Mrs. Collevechio
and Mrs. Hoffer. A presentation of what the colors of the
flag mean was read followed by the singing of “America”.
The traditional reading of In Flanders’s Field and
The Gettysburg Address were read and songs were sung. The
final part of the program was the most solemn, with the
playing of “Taps”. Other songs in the program
included, “God Bless America”, “God Bless
the U.S.A.”, and “All American Me and You”.
The class also presented the program to the residents of
the Hometown Nursing Center on Friday morning and gave the
residents small American Flags.
2008 Elementary Talent Show
The Elementary Talent Show was presented on Thursday and
Friday June 5 & 6 to the student, staff and parents
of the participants. This years’ talent show featured
many acts from the Motown era. Fourth and fifth grade students
presented the program under the guidance of Mrs. Hoffer.
This year, twenty-seven acts were presented ranging from
singers, dancers, student skits, and jump roping skills
to the delight of all. Adam Nevenglosky announced the acts
and two Fifth grade boys, Michael Weng and Chris Weber were
stage hands.
A fun and fantastic show was prepared by all!!!
