I hope that you are all safe after that incredible storm on Wednesday night. It is heartbreaking to see all of the devastation this storm has caused in our area. As a school and a district we will be looking for ways to support our students and families. Please do not hesitate to reach out to us if you need anything. Our administrators, counselor and social worker will try to point you in the right direction.

Montgomery County has a comprehensive webpage for residents who need support in order to recover from Hurricane Ida:

https://www.montcopa.org/3878/Hurricane-Ida

Just a reminder there is no school Sept. 6th and Sept. 7th. We are looking forward to seeing everyone on Wednesday Sept. 8th. Stay safe this weekend.

Dr. Moss

PV Power Packs is a weekend food program for students experiencing food insecurity. Bags of food, including 2 breakfast items, 2 lunch items, 2 snacks, and 2 fruits, are sent home with students prior to every weekend. There is no financial information required to participate in this program and students pick up their bags from their counselor or designated person every week.

We will begin distributing Power Packs on 9/10. You can sign up for your student to receive a Power Packs bag by filling out this form: Power Packs Sign Up

If you have any questions, email Sarah at powerpacks@pvsd.org.

Underclass pictures will take place Sept 8 and 9th during the student's English class. Grade 9 and 10 will get their pictures taken on Sept 8th and Grade 11 on Sept 9th.

Students who attend the NMTCC full-time should report to the auditorium either morning at 7:30am.

Place your order before picture day on mylifetouch.com and use the picture day ID EVTHZZ8T3

Students in grades 9 and 10 will be eating lunch in the Aux gym while our juniors and seniors will eat lunch in the cafeteria. Each location will have serving lines. While eating lunch, students will be seated at least 3 feet apart at lunch tables in both locations. In order to accomplish this we ask that students do not move chairs to other tables. There are dots on the tables in the main cafeteria to designate where students should sit. We have tables for 4, 5, 7 and 11 students in the main cafeteria. The Aux gym's tables all seat 5 students. Please remind students to follow the instructions of the adults while in the cafeteria.

We will be asking students to commit to a table and a seat Wednesday in order for us to maintain seating charts for contact tracing purposes.

As was the case last year, there is no charge for students for a complete lunch. A la carte items are available for purchase.

Senior Information

Pennsylvania’s new School Vaccination Requirements took effect August, 2017. Students are required to comply with the PA immunization law or they are at risk for exclusion from school.

Grade 12 students are required to receive:

1 or 2 doses of Meningococcal Vaccine

• If your student received their first dose of Meningococcal Vaccine at 11 – 15 years of age, then a second dose is required at age 16 or entry into 12th grade.
• If your student received their first dose of Meningococcal Vaccine at 16 years of age or older, that shall count as the 12th grade dose.

If your senior has not received the required booster meningococcal vaccine, he/she is at risk of school exclusion if not received by 9/8/21. Please submit to Mrs. Torrence @ atorrence@pvsd.org.

School Health Requirement for Juniors

Verification of a health exam/ physical is a state requirement for entry into 11th grade. This may be completed up to 1 year prior to the start of the school year (7/1/20). If you have received communication that this is needed for your Junior, please submit to Mrs. Cron @ kcron@pvsd.org.

*Please note, a booster dose of the meningitis vaccine is recommended at age 16 years and required for senior year. Please submit documentation when received to Mrs. Cron @ kcron@pvsd.org.

School Health Requirement for Sophomores

Verification of a health exam/ physical is a state requirement for entry into 11th grade. This may be completed up to 1 year prior to the start of the school year (7/1/21). Please submit to Mrs. Torrence @ atorrence@pvsd.org.

*Sports physicals, driver's license physicals, and immunization summaries from well checks are acceptable forms of verification.

There are no school Health Requirements for Freshman

If your student requires medication (including OTC) throughout the school day please complete the required health forms on the district website and/or reach out to Mrs. Torrence (atorrence@pvsd.org) or Mrs. Cron (kcron@pvsd.org) with any questions or concerns.

Beginning Sept 1, we will follow a normal bell schedule. Students will report directly to their period 1 class.

The permit must be displayed on the passenger side front windshield and students must park in the assigned space beginning with the first day of school. Only students with valid permits are to park on campus. All other cars will be stickered and towed at the owner’s expense.

Parking Permits at the high school student parking lots are sold out at this time. Please complete the google form “Student Parking Waiting List” if you would like to be placed on the waiting list to be assigned a permanent parking spot once one becomes available. Please contact kgeorge@pvsd.org with any questions. Please remember that if you have been issued a permit, it must be displayed in the vehicle on the right passenger side lower right corner of the windshield. Thank you.

Waiting List Google Form Link:

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1Svk82d8tlywiom5Hi_eEePSA656lmYa-1HCrdJ0t55E/edit

Senior privilege begins September 21st. Seniors who have a period 1 or a period 10 study hall on their schedule can apply for senior privilege. Applications will be available in study hall. Students may not come in late or leave early until they receive their senior privilege pass from the main office.

The 2021-22 Health and Safety Plan includes the following updates:

• when in our schools, all staff and students are required to wear masks indoors; (We recommend students carry an extra mask in their bag in case it breaks.)

• students are required to wear masks while riding on buses (in accordance with the CDC order);

• physical/social distancing of 3’ is recommended;

• while eating lunch, students in grades 1-6 will be situated 6’ apart to the greatest extent possible;

• masks remain optional when students are outdoors (for example, during physical education classes, recess, learning activities, etc.)

To learn more about PVSD's updated Health & Safety plan, along with other COVID information, please go to https://www.pvsd.org/covid-information/.

Online verification opened today! So far, over 700 families have completed the process. Please take a moment to verify your child(ren)’s information. We ask that you complete verification prior to the first day of school, Monday, August 30.

To complete online verification:

• Login to ParentVUE

• At the prompt, choose the dropdown and select ANNUAL VERIFICATION (NOT new enrollment)

• If you are not automatically prompted to complete the online verification process, choose Online Verification from the top menu items.

• Follow the prompts on the screen to complete the verification process (the process will need to be completed for each child you have enrolled in the PV School District). For assistance, refer to the directions within each section.

• When finished with all steps, select Submit

If you need assistance please reach out to helpdesk@pvsd.org.

MASKS/FACE COVERINGS

• All students, staff and visitors are required to wear a mask/face covering when inside any of the District’s buildings. Cloth masks and double layered gaiters are acceptable face coverings. Please see the CDC’s Your Guide to Masks for additional information.

• Mask breaks will be provided on a regular basis at all levels.

• Teachers will provide brief mask breaks during class that will not extend more than 5 minutes. While students participate in mask breaks, they should be seated at their desks and physically distanced 3’ or more from classmates in grades 7-12 and 6’ to the greatest extent feasible in kindergarten - grade 6 (the recommended distance is greater for this age group, when not wearing masks, due to their inability to be vaccinated).

• When students are outside for physical education, learning activities, or recess, masks are optional.

• When students are eating snacks or drinking water, their masks can be removed. The time period for removal should be less than 5 minutes. While students participate in mask breaks, they should be seated at their desks and physically distanced 3’ or more from classmates in grades 7-12 and 6’ to the greatest extent feasible in kindergarten - grade 6 (the recommended distance is greater for this age group, when not wearing masks, due to their inability to be vaccinated).

• During lunch, after students have moved through the lunch line and are seated at their assigned table seat, they may remove their mask to eat. When finished eating, students should once again wear their mask.

• Mask/Face covering exemption requests require completion of the Student Mask Exemption Form. Exemption requests require a medical or mental health professional’s signature and should be submitted to your child’s school nurse for review and approval. In the event there are questions, the building administrator will participate in the review process.

• Mask exemption forms can be submitted electronically or in print to the school nurse. The email address of your child’s school nurse is available on the website, Staff Directory.

• Students with an IEP or 504 requesting a mask/face covering exemption should reach out to their case manager. These requests will be reviewed by the IEP or 504 team, respectively.

• All students, coaches, advisors, chaperones, and drivers are required to wear a mask/face covering while riding a school bus (drivers are not required to wear a face covering when alone on the bus).

This year the parent drop-off and pick up will occur in the student parking lot and in the faculty parking lot. Please drop off your student between 7:20-7:40 am.

Student Lot Drop Off

In order to avoid traffic delays, we are asking that you enter campus from Wartman Road and proceed towards Gravel Pike to the student parking lot. There will be no left hand turns from High School Drive into the parking lot.Turn right off of High School Drive to enter the lot and then immediately bear to the right to proceed to the steps by the gymnasium. Students may exit the cars at the bottom of the steps.

After dropping off the student cars must turn left and proceed around the lot and will exit on Trappe Road. (There is some construction on Trappe Road, so you will need to proceed to Gravel Pike)

Agents will be in the lot to assist with traffic patterns.

Faculty Lot Drop-Off

If you enter campus from Kagey Road, please use the faculty parking lot to drop off your student. You can also turn right onto Campus Drive if you enter from Wartman Road, however you will need to make a left turn into the parking lot. Agents and staff are in the drop-off areas. to assist.

Drop-Off after 8am

If you are dropping off a student after the school day begins you may drop them off in main office circle as the student will need to enter the building through these doors.

We ask for your patience and cooperation as we try to get over 1000 cars in addition to all of the buses onto campus in a very short period of time.

The first day of school for both the North Montco Technical Career Center and PVHS is August 30th.

AM TECH STUDENT INFORMATION:

Each morning, beginning on August 30th, the students scheduled for AM Tech will need to report to the bus circle by the cafeteria by 7:45AM and board one of the busses to the tech school. Those students will then be brought back to the high school so that they can attend their period 4 or period 4/5 class. Due to the distance that our students must travel it is feasible that the students will not be back at PVHS for the start of period 4 and will be a couple of minutes late. We have attempted to schedule as many of the morning tech school students as possible into the 4th period lunch so that they do not miss class time but that is not always possible. Our teachers are aware of the time discrepancy with the tech school and will not make the students late if they are coming into a period 4/5 class rather than lunch.

PM TECH STUDENT INFORMATION:

Students who attend the tech school in the afternoon will report to the bus circle at 11:45am to board a bus to the tech school. The majority of PM tech students will be in lunch at that time, but there might be a handful who will need to leave their period 5/6 class at 11:45 early to board the bus. After tech ends, a bus will bring the students who drove to school back to the high school and will take those who did not drive directly home.

NMTCC Schedules

PVHS and NMTCC have similar schedules, however there are some differences that you need to be aware of. There are four days in which the tech school is scheduled to have school and PV is closed, one day in which PV has school and the tech school does not and 4 days where PV has a half day. Please see below for the specifics for each type of day. Additionally, if we have any 2 hour delays, we do not send our AM tech students to the tech school.

At this time, these are the days in which the PV schedule differs from the NMTCC:

PV is open but the Tech school is closed: February 18

PV is closed but the Tech school is open: Oct 11, Nov 22 and Nov 23 and Dec 23

PV half days: October 20, January 26, February 16 and March 9

Please see below for more detailed information regarding these days.

If you have questions about bussing, you can call STA at 610-489-9110.

(PVHS in, NMTCC out) February 18

PVHS is in session, but students will not report to NMTCC.

• Students are expected to attend PV.

• AM tech students who have a ride to school may arrive at PV at 10:30 AM and sign in at the main office. They will proceed to period 4 or 4/5.

• AM students who take a bus to school will report to the cafeteria for attendance at 7:50am and will remain in study hall until their period 4 or ⅘ class.

• PM tech students will be dismissed at noon from their period 6 class. Busses will be at the bus loop at noon to transport the PM tech students home after period 6.

(PVHS out, NMTCC in) Oct 11, Nov 22 and Nov 23 and Dec 23

Transportation is provided for both AM and PM technical students to attend their session at NMTCC. Since there is no school at PVHS a bus will pick up our NMTCC students at their respective bus stops. Please check with your tech bus driver to find out more information.

August 30 ( First day of school at NMTCC)

AM tech students: report to the bus circle no later than 7:45AM. Teachers will assist the students find their proper bus to the tech school. Students will arrive back at PVHS at approximately 10:35 AM and will go to their period 4 class.

PM tech students: Attend their scheduled classes here at PV in the morning. Those students who have a period 5/6 course are report to the bus circle at the conclusion of that course while those who have period 6 lunch are to report to the bus circle after eating their lunch, but no later than 11:52 AM, where busses will take the students to NMTCC.

(PV Half Days, No PM tech) October 20, January 26, February 16 and March 9

AM tech students will attend the tech school as they normally do. We will not have PM tech. Students may leave after period 6 if they have transportation, but must sign out in the main office. PM tech students who do not have transportation should attend study halls for periods 7-10.

2 hour delays:

We do not send our students to the tech school for the morning session. AM tech students may go to study hall until their first scheduled PV class or may come to school late, similar to the PV IN TECH OUT schedule.

For more information about the tech school please go to their website https://www.nmtcc.org/

Working Papers can be issued if a student between the ages of 14 to 18 is applying for a job and working papers have not yet been issued. Working papers are required by the State of Pennsylvania until a student is 18 years old. Please send kgeorge@pvsd.org an e-mail for the instructions and procedures that has been established by the State of Pennsylvania.

September 9th Meet the Teacher Night 7pm

September 16th No School

Email: cmoss@pvsd.org
Website: https://sites.google.com/a/pvsd.org/perkiomen-valley-high-school/
Location: 509 Gravel Pike, Collegeville, PA, USA
Phone: (610) 489-1230
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/PerkValleyHS/
Twitter: @PerkValleyHS