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- 6th Grade Cheer/Step/Dance PracticePWCS News
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Coping with Crises – Talking with Children about the News April 19th, 2013
In helping our students deal with the crisis of the unfortunate events in our nation, please refer to the following resources as you talk with your children. Please contact your school’s counselor if you feel your child would benefit from further help and support during this difficult time. Resources.
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SACC Summer Camp Registration Now Available Online April 15th, 2013
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A Pool for PWCS? Facts and Fiction April 3rd, 2013
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Parents and Students -- Need to Change Your Email Address or Web Password? September 24th, 2012
Read more.
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Concussion Online Training Now Available for Parents and Students July 19th, 2012
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Mandatory Driver Education Sessions for Students and Parents August 23rd, 2012
View information details and the schedule of meetings on the Driver Ed Web page.
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A Matter of Life and Death August 31st, 2012
August 31, 2012
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Parents, Keep in Touch with Student Progress through Parent Portal August 28th, 2012
Read more.
Porter's 1st annual Chef's Club is sending three of its best to the May 30th CHEF'S CLUB SHOWDOWN. The county's top middle school chefs will be competing for the title of 2013 Chef Club Showdown Champ. The event will be televised on June 5, 2013 on the PWCS-TV channel.
GOOD LUCK! to Porter's Team Awesome:
Sammi Dawkins ~ Payton Marshall ~ Haile Mokrzycki
Porter SCA is sponsoring the SHOE BOX PROJECT. Flyers went home last week. This fundraiser helps those in need; the shoe box allows them carry all of the items they may need.
We are asking for donations of shoe boxes filled with travel size objects, such as: toothbrush, toothpaste, travel size hair comb/brush, etc. Please, no food, medicine or opened items.
You can even decorate your box if you like! Just don't secure the top to the bottom, for security issues.
We'll be collecting through May 31st.
Thank you!
Mark your calendars!
Check out what's happening at Porter!Click on the link below for the latest edition of the Porter Patriot Press.
May Patriot Press
Parent/Guardians are required to complete 10 hours a year per child attending Porter. All hours must be completed by the last day of school, June 18, 2013.
If you have not completed your hours, here are several suggestions as to how you can do that:
- Attend a PTA Meeting...we have 2 meetings left, May 14 and June 4
- Work with cafeteria hostess...any day between 10:30am - 1:30pm
- Assist with the Day of the Arts (prepping before event and helping with the event)...email chutimagreen@aol.com if you want to help
- Work the front desk...email lewandpo@pwcs.edu or tluchomb@pwcs.edu to sign up
- Work in the library...email banksdl@pwcs.edu if you are interested
- Help with upcoming Field Days...email Mrs. Misencik misencks@pwcs.edu or Mrs. Yeatts yeattsdj@pwcs.edu
- Help with end of the year picnics...contact your child's teacher for information
- Donate case of water for classroom
- Donate a food item for the Day of the Arts presenters...email fostersimeon@gmail.com
CONGRATULATIONS! to the “Battle of the Books” Team that WON their final competition at Pennington Traditional School this past Friday, April 19th. They competed against 11 other teams in Faquier, Culpeper, Loudon and Prince William Counties.
This is the first win for Porter! Way to go girls!
Team members were:
Kate Arnold
Tayah Frye
Keaghan Gray
Rachel Harvey
Malia Haskovec
Lindsey Hatton
Emma Ross
The spring 2013 SOL TESTING CALENDAR has been set.
The teachers and students are working diligently to get prepared!
Click HERE for the grade level testing dates.
PORTER ACCOLADES!!
Porter ranked in top 25 in Northern Virginia!
The current online Northern Virginia Living Magazine (northernvirginiamag.com) has named 14 Prince William County elementary schools among the top 25 percent in Northern Virginia. The ranking is based on SOL tests, teacher credentials, safety records, programs and awards, and the percentage of students who receive free or reduced-price lunch. The PWCS elementary schools are Alvey, Antietam, Bennett, Cedar Point, Henderson, Lake Ridge, Marshall, Mountain View, Old Bridge, Pattie, PORTER TRADITIONAL, Rosa Parks, Springwoods, and Westridge.
Click on the link below to see the rest of the article!
http://www.northernvirginiamag.com/best-elementary-schools-public/
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Porter receives Virgina Board of Education award!
AND….Porter Traditional and Mountain View Elementary School were named yesterday as recipients of the VIRGINIA BOARD OF EDUCATION EXCELLENCE AWARD in the annual Virginia Index of Performance (VIP) Awards program. The schools are among 51 in the state that have met all state and federal accountability benchmarks for at least two consecutive years and made significant progress toward goals for increased student achievement and expanded educational opportunities set by the Board.
We hope you enjoy the video and the funny twist!
GREAT NEWS!
Porter has been recognized once again as a Virginia SCHOOL TO WATCH!
The Virginia Middle School Association identifies high performing middle schools. The VMSA must recognize three things in a high-performing middle-grades school to designate it as a Virginia SCHOOL TO WATCH:
- They are academically excellent–these schools challenge all students to use their minds well.
- They are developmentally responsive – these schools are sensitive to the unique developmental challenges of early adolescence.
- They are socially equitable–these schools are democratic and fair, providing every student with high-quality teachers, resources, and supports.
December 19, 2012
January 23, 2013
March 20, 2013
May 29, 2013
All meetings will start at 6:00pm.
StopWalkTalk.org is the National Bully Reporting System. When an individual wants to report bullying, they simply visit www.StopWalkTalk.org and file a report.
StopWalkTalk.org can be accessed from any location, computer or smart phone! Students, staff, parents, and members of the community will never be without a voice!
When a report is filed, email alerts are instantly sent to the appropriate individuals. Report bullying here: www.StopWalkTalk.org.
Stay Informed—Sign up for E-News Email and Text Alerts and Find PWCS on Facebook
Do you get news alerts about your school or your children’s schools? How about the School Division? One of the best ways to be informed about what’s happening at your school and the School Division, especially in emergencies, is to sign up for PWCS E-News. This is never more important than when a safety-related issue occurs that requires an advisory such as “secure-the-building.”
PWCS E-News is a Web-based, online service that provides timely and up-to-date information about the ongoing activities of the School Division. Subscribers can choose to receive a variety of information such as emergency announcements and school closing announcements, news from individual schools, or a daily digest email of School Division news, and much more. Messages can be sent to your home email address.
To register online, visit the PWCS Web site and click on the “PWCS E-News” icon. Then select “Sign up now.” Additionally, as part of the School Division’s ongoing commitment to communicate effectively with all audiences, the Office of Communications Services maintains “official” PWCS Facebook, Twitter, and YouTube social networking Web sites. Check them out if you haven’t already. Some sites are filtered on the PWCS network, but you are encouraged to “sign up” and view them from home:
• Facebook: www.facebook.com/PWCSNews
• Twitter: twitter.com/pwcsnews
• YouTube: www.youtube.com/user/PWCSchools
Is your student getting home a different way from school today or in the future? PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE, send in a written note (not an email or phone call) to the classroom teacher so that he/she will be informed of the change in transportation. This way the classroom teacher can remind the student at the end of the day.
We do not want to call down and interrupt the classrooms at the end of the day. Too many disruptions disturbs the teachers' instruction.
Thank you for your assistance with this!
Looking for a regulation or policy governing PWCS….all Policies and Regulations governing Prince William County Public Schools may be accessed online at www.pwcs.edu. Click on the link 'Policy and Regulations' at the left of the page.
