DIgital Safety Presentations

Last week students from 7th and 8th grade presented information to the 5th and 6th graders about Digital Citizenship.  The older students were fabulous presenters and the younger students loved learning from the students.

Friday, September 16th, 2016

Progress Reports:  September 16th and September 30th

7/8 “Sustainability” Team Field Trip:  On Wednesday, September 21st,  the 7/8 “Sustainability” Team will be going to Shelburne Farms.  Buses will leave PAML at 8:30am and return at 5:00pm that afternoon.  Please arrange to pick up your student when they return to PAML at 5:00pm.

Meadow Farms Fundraising is in Full Swing!  PAML’s annual fundraising program is happening now!  Please have the packets with the money they have raised to their homeroom teacher no later than Friday, October 14th.  **You can also order online at www.meadowfarms.com

Scholastic Book Fair:  The Scholastic Book Fair will be held in the school library September 27th-30th, 8:00am-4:00pm, and also during PAML Open House on September 29th, 5:30-7:00pm.  Before you visit the Book Fair, be sure to download the Book Fairs app to help you find the right books for your child.  For more information, visit scholastic.com/apps/bookfairs.  If you are unable to attend the Book Fair in person, we invite you to visit our online Book Fair at scholastic.com/fair.  Our online Fair is available from September 22nd to October 5th.  Remember, all purchases benefit our school!  

SAVE THE DATE!  PAML Open House will be on Thursday evening, September 29th, 5:30-7:00pm.  Visit your students’ classrooms and chat with faculty and local community businesses in the gymnasium.  Parent portal information will also be available in the PAML Lobby.

Progress Reports:  Friday, September 30th

Act 46 Self-Evaluation Process Begins:  Over the summer, the State Board of Education published draft rules for school districts seeking an alternative to merging under Act 46.  This week, the Elmore-Morristown and Stowe school boards met to begin the self-evaluation process required for an “alternative governance structure,” and, in our case, two separate school districts operating collaboratively under the umbrella of the Lamoille South Supervisory Union (LSSU).  This process will continue for months to come and, as always, the meetings are open to the public.  The LSSU Board will continue the self-evaluation process at their next meeting on November 30, 2016.  Elmore-Morristown and LSSU minutes and agendas can be found on the new Elmore-Morristown District website at:  https://sites.google.com/a/lssuvt.org/emuu/school-board

Thursday, September 8th, 2016

PAML Picture Day:  Tuesday, September 13th.  Picture envelopes were sent home with students earlier this week.  Each student MUST return their completed picture envelope whether you wish to have their photo taken or not as all students will have their photo taken for their school I.D. card.

PAmazing Race:  8th graders will participate and compete against each other outside on the PA grounds to outplay, outwit, and outlast each other on Thursday, September 15th, from 10:00am-2:00pm.  Let’s see who wins this year’s coveted “PAmazing Race 2016” title!

Meadow Farms Fundraising Kick-Off:  Thursday, September 15th

SAVE THE DATE!  PAML Open House will be on Thursday evening, September 29th, 5:30-7:00pm.  Visit your students’ classrooms and chat with faculty and local community businesses in the gymnasium.  Parent portal information will also be available in the PAML Lobby.

PAML e-Registration Help

Electronic Registration Help: On Thursday, September 1, 2016 John Meyer and Karen Weeks will be available to help you with e-registration from 3:00PM - 6:00PM. This is an easier way to "fill out the forms" for your child or children. It is especially helpful when you have more than one child in the school district. We'll have devices set up and will help with your password to the portal.  Come on in, we'll be there to help!!

Tuesday, August 30, 2016

7/8 Gold & Green Teams will be going on a field trip to Lake Elmore on Thursday, September 1st to participate in team building skills.  Students and teachers will depart PAML at 10:30am and return at 2:40pm.

Of Note:  Graffiti was found in the bathroom near the Library at PAML/PAHS.  We reviewed the situation and determined there was not a need to disrupt the learning environment nor the overwhelmingly positive opening to school.  However, any disrespect toward our facilities and learning environment is a serious matter.  If you have any information about graffiti on the bathroom walls, please notify your principal or other trusted school employee.  Thank you.

No School on Friday, September 2nd and Monday, September 5th in observance of Labor Day.

PAML Picture Day:  Tuesday, September 13th.

Meadow Farms Fundraising Kick-Off:  Thursday, September 15th

School Registration Reminder

Our new E-Registration portal is now available!  This post is a follow-up to a letter and an email you should have received. If you have already completed your Parent Portal Single-Sign-On and E-Registration, THANK YOU!

If you have not created your Parent Portal Single Sign-On account and completed E-Registration, please continue reading.

For those who prefer to fill out the forms via paper, traditional printed "summer packets" can still be mailed home upon request or picked up at the school office. Please call your school to make your request.

E-Registration is accessed through the PowerSchool Parent Portal HERE. If you need your parent username and password, please call your school, email support at lssutech@lssuvt.org or contact Melissa Gillen at 802-888-4541 x5559.  For additional instruction on how to create a Parent Portal Single Sign-On account, please click HERE.

E-Registration will allow parents and guardians to update their student's demographic information, electronically sign parent permissions, and view documents and forms via the PowerSchool Parent Portal. We are certain that you will find this to be a more convenient and faster way to update your family’s information with the school.

Lamoille South Supervisory Union is committed to improving communication with families. We are implementing this system to provide a more accurate, flexible, and cost effective approach to collecting and updating student information. We also hope parents will find this system a more convenient and faster way to communicate with schools.

PAML - 2016-17 Here We Come

PAML Office

We are busy here at PAML getting everything in order for school to start on Monday, August 29, 2016 for an exciting new school year.  The building is shaping up thanks to the hard work of the facilities department and the classrooms are coming together due to hours teachers are putting in before Inservice begins this Monday.

Yesterday a letter was mailed to all of our families with information pertaining to the forms process this year.  Most of the forms are now accessible via your PowerSchool Account.  The letter explains all of this to you, especially if you don't have an account set up yet.  This will make things easier for you, we hope, as you'll be able to enter information for one child, and then if it's the same for another student, you can just accept it, rather than filling it out multiple times.  Additionally, from here on out, you'll be able to review and accept, rather than having to complete the information each year.  And if changes occur during the year, you can just update!  If you don't have access to a device to do this, and you want paper copies, just call Linny or Megan at 888-1401.  OR - come to the Drop In Hours for e-registration Support on Tuesday, Aug. 23, 2016 from 4:00 - 7:30! We'll have computers available and I'll be here along with John Meyer, our District Technology Director and we'll help you get set up.

I hope you are as excited about the upcoming school year as I am!  We see so much growth in Middle Level and the students are so much fun to be around during these years of their lives!  Please be in touch if you have questions.

Science!