Thursday, January 2

• First day back to school

Tuesday, January 7

• District Transition Mtg for 8th Grade Parents of Students Receiving Spec. Ed. Services (HH LGI) 9 am

Wednesday, January 8

• 8th Grade (Walk-Zone/Choice Area) students to Visit LM (LM Aud) 10 a.m.   
• CSE General Meeting, 7:30 pm @ Acad Bldg 

Thursday, January 9

• District Transition Meeting for All Parents of 8th Grade Students who will be Attending either LM or HH (HH Aud) 7 pm
• 8th Grade Students to visit HH (HH Aud) 10 am

Friday, January 10

• Family Spaghetti Dinner at WV (rescheduled for Friday, Feb 21st)  

Tuesday, January 14

• ISC Presents: Leadership Training Opportunity (see details below)

Friday, January 17

• Early Dismissal at 11:55 am, No Lunch Served
• MLK Afternoon of Service  

Monday, January 20 (Martin Luther King Day) 

• All Schools Closed
• Administration Offices Closed

Saturday, January 25

• Schuykill Valley Area Band Rehearsal at Great Valley MS

Tuesday, January 28

• Schuykill Valley Area Band Rehearsal at Great Valley MS

Thursday, January 30

• Schuykill Valley Area Band Rehearsal at Great Valley MS

Friday, January 31

• Schuykill Valley Area Band Concert at Great Valley MS 8 pm

Throughout the month of December, you and your children will be invited to help our leadership team gain a greater understanding of the culture/climate of our school by completing a Comprehensive School Climate Inventory. More information about the survey will be forwarded via USPS mail. The information collected through the survey will be used to help our school assess needs in our efforts to continually augment our school program. Participation in the survey is completely confidential and voluntary; no individual is required to fill out the survey. The survey will take about 20 minutes to complete.  The  survey will close on Monday 1/6 at 3:00.  Parents/guardians may complete the parent survey by clicking on the following link: http://www.schoolclimate.net?l=e&t=p&v=4&c=1132021

 

Thank you in advance for your cooperation!

 

Christopher Hall

We have various school events that need volunteers.  Please go to www.SignUpGenius.Com to signup to help.

You are cordially invited to join us as POV students read their original poetry and enjoy jazzy music, coffee, tea, hot cocoa and desserts galore at the POV Poetry Cafe!

POV Poetry Cafe
Tuesday, January 7, 2014
Welsh Valley Cafeteria

First Act: Students arrive 6pm, Cafe runs from 6:15 - 7:15pm
            Students in period 2, 3 and part of 4 (Ask your child)

Second Act: Students arrive 7:15pm, Cafe runs 7:30 - 8:30pm
            Students in period 5, 8, and part of 4 (Ask your child)

Please have your student wear all black!
We kindly request you bring a dessert that feeds 20 and/or bottled water.
This is a REQUIRED event for all POV students.
Please email Ms. Schwartz with any questions:  schward@lmsd.org
We are looking forward to seeing you there!

We are pleased to recognize our Dragon Pride Commendation award winners. The following students were recognized by our staff for demonstrating Random Acts of Kindness or Contributing to the Welsh Valley Community. We encourage all students to do the right thing for the sake of it being the right thing to do.  We want to recognize students for good deeds, sometimes with a smile or thank you, other times with a commendation.  But our overall goal is for our staff with the commendation program is to acknowledge students for doing the right thing in the most genuine sense.  The Character and Citizenship Committee and WVMS faculty would like to thank these students for helping make Welsh Valley a better place.

Congratulations to the following students for receiving a "DRAGON PRIDE" commendation for the week of December 9th: 

Winter sports include Boys & Girls 7th and 8th grade basketball and Boys wrestling.

Please review the Transportation Policy for home and away games and practices. Please contact Megan Kiczek, athletic director, if you have further questions.  

 

DigitalSports.com Guide   

 

Athletic Director:  Megan Kiczek   KiczekM@lmsd.org  

 

Link to WV Athletics

 

We cordially invite all alumni 18 and older to our Alumni & Community Reception on Tuesday, February 11 from 7:30-9:30pm. Take a tour of the school, view the premier of our commemorative video, and connect with neighbors and alumni. We hope you can celebrate this momentous occasion with us! Heavy hors d'oeuvres, "mocktails," and birthday cake will be served!  Buy tickets online to get advance pricing.
Click here to buy tickets online.

The newsletter will be published 4-5 times each year and includes parenting tips, news items pertaining to youth, and community events for youth and/or their families. Link to the coalition website.

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