High Lites Jan19

posted Jan 25, 2019, 4:38 AM by Cynthia Moss

Good afternoon,

ManuFest is an opportunity for our students to participate on a field trip on Tuesday, March 12th to the convention center in Oaks, PA from 9-11AM (busses leaving by 8:15AM) to learn more about exciting career opportunities. Here is a link for more information. If your child is interested in attending, please have them complete the google survey that they should have received by email on their pvsd.org account. (We will complete the official ManuFest registration for all of the PVHS students that will attend based on that google survey. Students will also need to submit an educational field trip form.)

Program planning is now in process for next year. The guide can be found on the HS website under academics or by clicking on this link. Program Planning guide 19-20. You can click on any topic in the table of contents and you will be taken to the corresponding section of the guide. Teachers are entering their recommendations into the system until February 9th.

Please familiarize yourself with the timeline we will be following for the program planning process. Please note that all and any changes to requests must be submitted to your student’s counselor no later than June 28th. Schedule changes will not be honored after this time.

January 17-February 9	Teachers input their recommendations into the HAC for next year’s courses.
February 11-28	Students and parents can access the course request section of HAC to pick core classes and electives and make changes.
March 1- April 5	Counselors review the requests and meet with students
April 8	Course Verification letters given to students to bring home.
April 12	Verification letters are due (signed by parents and any changes noted on this form)
June 28	Last day for parents to initiate any changes to requested courses. Courses will not be changed after this date and schedules will not be changed.

The North Montco Technical Career Center will be holding an open house on February 14th 5:30-7:30 for any student and parent interested in hearing about the great programming they have. Please see the attached file for more information.

Senior Parents!

Senior Dues are due by February 1st. $25 Cash, Check (made payable to PVHS Class of 2019), or pay on HAC
Mandatory Senior Trip parent and student meeting is Thursday January 31st at 7pm in our cafeteria. Please plan on at least one parent attending. Important information will be shared and you will get to meet your child’s chaperone.
Seniors were all send a survey in December to sign up for the Senior Walk. Please encourage your student to access this survey today to ensure they are able to attend the school of their choice for the Senior Walk in June. Senior Walk Survey

Seniors had an assembly on Thursday, January 17th to cover topics related to our Career Study program. The information covered has been updated online (minus the assembly videos which are from last year). If you wanted to get a jump start, here is a link to that information. The paperwork is available outside of room 237. Seniors are encouraged to check their PVSD email regularly for information about Graduation Projects and Career Study.

Graduation Project presentations are scheduled for 4/17/19. Seniors will be scheduled to present their projects only once they have handed in all of their paperwork (which was due in December). Non-senior students that want to present their projects this year need to hand in all of their paperwork to Mrs. Colucci in room 237 by 1/31/19. Students who have questions are encouraged to contact Mrs. Colucci (pcolucci@pvsd.org).

Upcoming Events

January 25th	End of the 2nd marking period
January 31st	Senior trip mandatory meeting 7pm Cafeteria
February 1st	Report cards available on HAC at noon Senior Dues final deadline
February 6th	HS Select Ensemble Concert 7:30pm Aud
February 11th	HAC open to request next year’s courses
February 12th	11:30 Dismissal for students, no lunches served
February 14th	NMTCC Open House- see attachment
February 18th	No school
February 21st	8th grade parent night
February 28th	Course request portal in HAC closes

As always, if you have any questions about anything in this email or about any of our procedures, please contact either myself or any of the house principals. Our handbook is also a great resource for you. Handbooks

Quick links:

Program Planning guide 19-20

Handbooks

Daily announcements

Educational Trip Form

Working Paper Application

District Instructional Calendar

Senior year timeline