PATRIOT PRESS
Here's what's inside this week:
- Late start Wednesdays May 7th, 14th, 21st, 28th
- Upcoming events, dates/times
- Principals' greeting
- Volunteer Appreciation Night & PTA Gen Meeting: 5/27 (RSVP for dinner), Award nominations due 5/12
- PV PTA Chipotle fundraiser night May 13th, 4-8 pm Salmon Creek location
- PHS Cheer Tryouts - for interested 8th grade students
- Prairie Football parent/player meeting. Incoming freshmen through 12th grade
- ASB Color Walk/Run event May 23rd, check in 5 pm start 5:30 pm
- 8th Grade Celebration details and donation request
- Smarter Balanced testing dates
- Book fair at PVP May 12th - 16th, (Thurs. 5/15 5-6:30 pm middle school invited)
- Boundary exceptions for 2025-26 school year - online now
- New FirstView bus app launching in May
- Yearbooks last call, first come first serve $20
Community Education summer camps expand to five days a week
Prairie football boosters K-8 Youth Football Camp
Looking for something to do? Community Events page
- Track & field practice info. and meet schedule
- Notes from the Nurse - end-of-year med pickup, updating emergency forms etc
- Counselor's Corner
- Positive Behavior Interventions and Supports (PBIS) information
- Online accessibility
- Enroll now for kindergarten next fall
- Enrollment open for many of BGPS's alternative learning experience programs
- Student resources - district webpage
- Report incidents anonymously with Vector Solutions reporting system
- PTA - information
- Family Resource Center information
- May Menu
- Calendars, meal info., BGPS information links, contact info, hours, handbooks etc.
May 12th Last day to submit Recognition Award nominations to PV PTA
May 17th Hazel Dell Parade of Bands
May 13th & 15th SBA testing ELA first 2.5 hours of the day
May 16th Tradeswomen Career Fair field trip
May 20th & 22nd SBA math testing first 2.5 hours of the day
May 23rd ASB Color Run check in 5pm start time 5:30pm
May 27th WCAS testing (5th & 8th grade only) 8:10 - 10:40 am
May 27th PTA volunteer appreciation dinner and general meeting, dinner at 6pm meeting at 7pm
May 30th 8th grade band Seattle field trip
May 30th Dream Team field trip
May 31st PV PTA Carnival 11-3
June 2nd Summer band concert 7pm
June 3rd PVM BBQ at lunch times
June 4th Jr. Rose Parade, band and color guard students
June 6th 8th grade end of year field trip
June 9th 8th Grade Celebration & certificate presentation ceremony
Please RSVP at link below if you will be taking part in the Volunteer Appreciation Dinner
Volunteer Appreciation Night and PTA General Meeting: May 27
Come together for a night of appreciation and celebration on May 27th. Enjoy dinner, awards, and the opportunity to connect with fellow volunteers. Free childcare will be provided by Right At School, so you can relax and enjoy the evening. The event will start at 6:00 pm with dinner and awards, followed by the general meeting. Don't miss out on this chance to show our gratitude for all your hard work and dedication throughout the year. See you there! Please RSVP using this Google Form.
Call for Award Nominations: Due May 12
Every year the Pleasant Valley PTA presents awards to 4 individuals in recognition of their service to the PV community. Recipients receive a certificate and pin, and a contribution is made in their name to the Washington State PTA Scholarship Program that benefits students.
Nominations are open to the entire Pleasant Valley community. Help us in recognizing outstanding individuals for their contributions, by nominating them! Nomination forms are coming home with students soon, and can also be found by clicking Here.
New FirstView bus app launching this month First Student, the district’s student transportation provider, has launched a new version of their FirstView bus tracking app. Please be aware that the older FirstView app will be disabled after mid-May. The updated app will allow parents and guardians to securely monitor their child‘s daily trips, view near real-time bus locations, view updates or delay notifications and set up family members or caregivers to also receive trip alerts, plus much more. Please be aware that the code to access the parent side of the app is changing. It will be K1Q0K for the updated app.
More details are available on the district website.
We are down to just above 30 yearbooks remaining to sell, so if you wish to purchase one, bring cash or check to the school office as soon as possible. We are reserving copies on a first come first serve basis. Yearbooks are $20 this year. They will be handed out the last couple days of school in June.
Greetings from Pleasant Valley Nursing Team.
Please make arrangements to pick up any medications your child may have left over at school after the final day of student attendance.
Medication can be picked up by an adult through the health room during normal school business hours by June18th, 2025. Any leftover medications still in the health room at the end of the school year will be stored in a locked cabinet until 3pm on June 26, 2025. Medications that remain at school after that time shall be destroyed.
End of the year paperwork (medication at school, emergency action plan, asthma questionnaire, and life threatening health condition forms), to include paperwork to be signed/completed for the following school year 2025-26, was e-mailed to parents/guardians May 13, 2025. All paperwork is to be updated every school year. Instructions were provided in the email. If you need a hard copy of any forms, please contact your school's nurse's office. (PVM call 360-885-5500)
Thank you for allowing us to meet your child's health care needs while at Pleasant Valley Middle School!
Annual Update of forms in Family Access
Please be sure to complete the 2025/26 Annual Update in your Family Access account when it becomes available in August. This is how contact info, health info, emergency contacts etc are updated each year. Health information in the computer this year WILL NOT pull through to next year; health information must be re-entered EVERY year, or there will not be a record of your student's medical information in our system.
WA immunization requirements
Life threatening health condition/allergy
If your student has a life threatening medical condition/allergy, we must have updated health information each year as well as medication at school forms for any rescue medications that need to be kept at the nurse's office at school. Parents and nurses work together to create an Emergency Action Plan (EAP) for what to do for your child in the case of a medical emergency. Please contact our nurses if your student has a life threatening medical condition/allergy and you have not already alerted the school and had an EAP created. Students and parents will need to meet with nurses before a student may self-carry any rescue medications.
Office Phone: 360-885-5500
salisbury.janel@battlegroundps.org
davis.diane@battlegroundps.org
Health and safety resources
See health and safety resources from the Washington state Dept. of Health.
Updating contact and health information
Parents/guardians please make sure you are updating the School Health Form in Skyward each year so that we have correct and current information regarding your child/ren (complete the "Update" in Skyward Family Access. Update opens August 1st each year to update school forms.). Skyward does not pull information forward each school year. There are many School Health Forms that have not been updated for 2-4 years. We need current information and this is how we most often know if your child has a Life threatening health condition. We want to keep your child/ren safe while at school and we can't do our job if we do not have correct and updated information.
Thank you for your time in this important matter.
From your School Nurse Janel Salisbury, BSN, RN & Building Nurse Diane Davis, LPN
Staying healthy
Clark County Public Health recommends that people take the following actions to prevent colds, flu and other respiratory illnesses, including COVID-19.
- Stay home if running a fever or experiencing other symptoms of illness. See our guidelines for keeping children home from school for more information.
- Wash hands often with soap and water for at least 20 seconds. When soap and water are not available, use an alcohol-based hand sanitizer that contains at least 60 percent alcohol.
- Avoid touching your eyes, nose or mouth with unwashed hands.
- Cover coughs and sneezes. Use a tissue, then throw the tissue in the trash and wash your hands.
- Clean and disinfect objects and surfaces that are frequently touched.
If you need to email our nurses:
salisbury.janel@battlegroundps.org
davis.diane@battlegroundps.org
School office 360-885-5500
Additional information:
Care Solace: Your link to mental health support
May is Mental Health Awareness Month. Battle Ground Public Schools has partnered with Care Solace, a complimentary and confidential care coordination service that can help students and/or their immediate family members quickly find mental health or substance use treatment options matched to their needs, regardless of insurance or circumstance. If you would like to use Care Solace to help you find a provider:
Call 888-515-0595 (available 24/7/365 in any language).
Visit www.caresolace.com/battlegroundps and either search on your own or select “Book appointment” for assistance by video chat, email or phone.
Russian, Ukrainian and Spanish translation and interpretation services
Услуги по устному и письменному переводу на русский и украинский языки 360-885-5433
Servicios de Traducción e Interpretación en Español 360-885-5431
Report, don’t repost
If you see or hear of a possible threat, please report it to law enforcement directly and/or to school staff. This is the best and most helpful action because it begins an investigation and helps to limit the potential for misinformation to spread.
Reposting or sharing a threat on social media in an attempt to warn others spreads the threat farther from its original source and may cause unnecessary alarm and fear.
You can report bullying, intimidation, harassment, threats and safety concerns using our anonymous reporting system. Emergencies should always be reported to 911.
Pleasant Valley PTA supports students and teachers at Pleasant Valley by providing programs, activities, and events that help them grow socially and academically. We work closely with school administrators and teachers to determine the needs of our schools and advocate for our students.
We all care about our students. Some of us just don’t know how we can make a difference or don’t have the time to volunteer because of other obligations. Pleasant Valley PTA and Washington State PTA can be your voice and can help make a difference in the lives of ALL our students. As a large organized body we can impact decisions at the National and State levels that affect our students at Pleasant Valley.
By joining Pleasant Valley PTA and exercising your right to vote, you have a voice in your students education. Become a member and stay connected with important issues and information about our school.
What Membership is:
Support for students & staff
Our legislative voice! (Membership count affects our number of votes at Convention & Legislative Assembly)
Funding for student programs & activties
What Membership is NOT:
A commitment to volunteer. The PTA will never require your participation in fundraising or volunteering.
What your Membership includes:
Access to resources
Discounts from State and National PTA
- NEW PTA WEBSITE: PleasantValleyPTA.org,
- Sign up here to receive info on upcoming events and volunteer opportunities: https://pleasantvalleypta.org/volunteer
PLEASANT VALLEY MIDDLE SCHOOL
Office: 360-885-5500
Fax: 360-885-5510
Absence reporting: 360-885-5512
District office switchboard: 360-885-5300
Principal: Austin Brothers
Asst. Principal: Erin Thompson
Mailing address:
PO Box 200
Battle Ground, WA 98604
Email: info.pvm@battlegroundps.org
Website: https://pvm.battlegroundps.org/
Location: 14320 NE 50th Avenue, Vancouver, WA 98686 Mail to: Pleasant Valley Middle, PO Box 200, Battle Ground, WA 98604
Phone: 360-885-5500
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/PVMiddle/
