PTSC Update: This Friday! PTSC Virtual Inclement Weather Make-Up Day!

This Friday!  PTSC Virtual Inclement Weather Make-Up Day!

As a reminder, this Friday is our Virtual Inclement Weather Make-Up Day.  Here are some things which I hope you will find helpful as we head toward Friday:

• Teachers will be posting their materials on Schoology, our Learning Management System (LMS) no later than 9 am on Friday morning.
• Teachers are available during school hours to assist students.  If your child has a question, remind them to message their teacher!  (Which school hours?  The hours of the building your child attends.)
• Building administrators are also available during school hours to assist students and parents.  The first place to go to get a question answered is always the teacher.  If you still need help, contact your administrator.
• While each student has an iPad, one can access Schoology online via a smart phone or a computer as well.
• If you have a device issue or an internet issue, do not panic.  Please contact your child’s teacher or administrator immediately and they will work with you to resolve the issue.
• It is the student’s responsibility to complete all work and submit it.  If a student does not complete and submit work, the student will be marked as an unexcused absence.  If your child is sick and cannot participate, please contact your school administrator.  As with any absence, your child is still responsible for the work missed.

Now let’s just hope that this current impending ice turns out to be just rain tonight!  Wouldn’t that be great!  Fingers crossed!

 

PTSC Standouts

Last week was School Counselor Week!  If you get a chance, thank your child’s school counselor for all that they do.  We have amazing folks at PTSC who truly care about the students, and making sure they are successful.  Our School Counselors are a huge part of making that happen and we are so thankful for all they do!

Do you have a standout to include in this section?  Email PTSC standouts to Dr. Schmidt at stacey.schmidt@ptsc.k12.in.us to make sure your standout is included.  She counts on you to send her updates all can celebrate PTSC student accomplishments!

Important Dates:

• • Approved 2018-2019 Calendar
  • 2019-2020 Calendar
  • February 15:  Virtual, Online Make-up Day
  • February 18:  President’s Day–No School
  • February 27:  BGHS/BGMS Online Day
  • March 14:  Early Learning Night at PLE from 4:30-6:00 pm  Each month we have an “Early Learning Time” where families are invited to come in for fun learning activities at our school. These learning times have themed activities for you to work on as a family.  Please come, meet the teachers, and see our school!  Please enter through the front “F” doors of Porter Lakes Elementary.
  • March 15:  End of Quarter 3
  • March 18:  Apple Controls for Parents–6:30 PM at BGMS  Come and learn all about what you can do through iOS and the controls Apple gives to parents to monitor and shape what kids do on devices!  This is going to be an awesome opportunity for all PTSC parents to learn more about the capabilities available!
  • March 20:  BGHS/BGMS Online Day
  • March 25-29:  Spring Break–No School
  • April 11:  Early Learning Night at PLE from 4:30-6:00 pm  Each month we have an “Early Learning Time” where families are invited to come in for fun learning activities at our school. These learning times have themed activities for you to work on as a family.  Please come, meet the teachers, and see our school!  Please enter through the front “F” doors of Porter Lakes Elementary.
  • April 17:  BGHS/BGMS Online Day
  • April 19:  Make-up Day (No School or make-up day if needed)
  • April 22:  Make-up Day (No School or make-up day if needed)
  • May 27:  Memorial Day–No School
  • May 29:  Last Student Day
  • May 31:  BGHS Graduation

• Things to Know/Do:

  • Now hiring substitute teachers! Please contact Linda Dusek at the administration building if you are interested in substitute teaching and she will help you start the application process and discuss qualifications.
  • Do your friends and neighbors know how to find our weekly updates? Even if your neighbors don’t have kids in school tell them about our weekly updates so they can hear the great news of what happens at PTSC!
  • Every Wednesday is a 30-minute delayed start. If we have a 2-hour delay, students will arrive at school 2 hours after the regular start time for the building.

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PTSC Update: Indiana Graduation Pathways

Indiana Graduation Pathways

As you have read in previous updates, the Indiana Graduation requirements are changing.  I am going to keep talking about this because what it takes to get a diploma is about to look very different and parents need to stay informed!  Here is a graphic put out by the Indiana Department of Education to attempt to capture the changes.  You can find more resources online through the Indiana Department of Education and through Indiana State Board of Education (scroll to the bottom of the page).  Boone Grove High School has used and will use the Indiana Graduation Pathways as a way to help students meet graduation requirements.  As we move closer to the implementation, more information will be coming!

And for a bonus this week, here is a video that the Indiana Department of Education put out about the shift in state assessments that is fast approaching this spring.

PTSC Standouts

Congratulations to Jacelyn Benkovich who received her CPR/lifesaving certification this weekend!

Have you checked out the latest awards happening at BGHS and BGMS?  Students of the week are being handed out and it is so great to see our kids celebrated for the awesome things that are happening each week!  Way to go!

Did you know Mrs. Dombrowski at BGMS has an after school coding club?  I love the ways we are supporting our students, student interest, and teaching skills that will be useful in college and careers!  Way to go, Mrs. Dombrowski!

There’s nothing like the PCC Tournament, even if we don’t land in the championship.  Great job to our fans who came out to support our teams and made our cheering blocks festive.  Great job to our basketball teams, our cheerleaders, and our dance team!

Do you have a standout to include in this section?  Email PTSC standouts to Dr. Schmidt at stacey.schmidt@ptsc.k12.in.us to make sure your standout is included.  She counts on you to send her updates all can celebrate PTSC student accomplishments!

Important Dates:

• • Approved 2018-2019 Calendar
  • 2019-2020 Calendar
  • Now through January 31:  Take the Speak Up Survey!
  • January 23:  BGHS/BGMS Online Day
  • February 15:  Virtual, Online Make-up Day
  • February 18:  President’s Day–No School
  • February 27:  BGHS/BGMS Online Day
  • March 15:  End of Quarter 3
  • March 20:  BGHS/BGMS Online Day
  • March 25-29:  Spring Break–No School
  • April 17:  BGHS/BGMS Online Day
  • April 19:  Make-up Day (No School or make-up day if needed)
  • April 22:  Make-up Day (No School or make-up day if needed)
  • May 27:  Memorial Day–No School
  • May 29:  Last Student Day
  • May 31:  BGHS Graduation

• Things to Know/Do:

  • Now hiring substitute teachers! Please contact Linda Dusek at the administration building if you are interested in substitute teaching and she will help you start the application process and discuss qualifications.
  • Do your friends and neighbors know how to find our weekly updates? Even if your neighbors don’t have kids in school tell them about our weekly updates so they can hear the great news of what happens at PTSC!
  • Every Wednesday is a 30-minute delayed start. If we have a 2-hour delay, students will arrive at school 2 hours after the regular start time for the building.

PTSC Update: 2018-2019 Speak Up Survey–Deadline is January 31

2018-2019 Speak Up Survey–Deadline is January 31

Each year PTSC parents and teachers are invited to participate in the annual Speak Up Survey.  This survey helps gather information for the PTSC, but also gathers data for the state and national levels as well.  It takes about 20 minutes to complete.  I have provided a short bit of information directly from the Speak Up website below to provide more information for you about the survey.  There will be a link below if you’d like to dig in even more!

“Speak Up is the research tool districts use to learn what students, educators, parents and the community have to say about education issues.

The Speak Up Research Project for Digital Learning, a national initiative of Project Tomorrow, is both a national research project and a free service to schools and districts everywhere. Since fall 2003, Speak Up has helped education leaders include the voices of their stakeholders in annual and long-term planning. More than 5 million participants have made Speak Up the largest collection of authentic, unfiltered stakeholder input on education, technology, schools of the future, science and math instruction, professional development and career exploration. National-level reports inform policymakers at all levels.”  (Taken directly from https://tomorrow.org/speakup/about_SU.html)

If you’d like to learn even more about the history, methodology, development of questions, or data from the survey, you can research more here.  We think it’s important for everyone to have a voice, and here’s another chance for you to do so!

 

 

 

PTSC Standouts

 

I had the pleasure of being served by Eric Cheek at Culvers the weekend.  He was so professional, polite, kind and was excelling in his position.  He even wished my boys a happy birthday!  Thanks for representing Boone Grove High School so well out in the work force!

Do you have a standout to include in this section?  Email PTSC standouts to Dr. Schmidt at stacey.schmidt@ptsc.k12.in.us to make sure your standout is included.  She counts on you to send her updates all can celebrate PTSC student accomplishments!

Important Dates:

• • Approved 2018-2019 Calendar
  • 2019-2020 Calendar
  • January 7:  Classes Resume
  • January 8:  School Safety Panel Discussion and Special Presentation–all are invited
  • January 23:  BGHS/BGMS Online Day
  • February 15:  Virtual, Online Make-up Day
  • February 18:  President’s Day–No School
  • February 27:  BGHS/BGMS Online Day
  • March 15:  End of Quarter 3
  • March 20:  BGHS/BGMS Online Day
  • March 25-29:  Spring Break–No School
  • April 17:  BGHS/BGMS Online Day
  • April 19:  Make-up Day (No School or make-up day if needed)
  • April 22:  Make-up Day (No School or make-up day if needed)
  • May 27:  Memorial Day–No School
  • May 29:  Last Student Day
  • May 31:  BGHS Graduation

• Things to Know/Do:

  • Now hiring substitute teachers! Please contact Linda Dusek at the administration building if you are interested in substitute teaching and she will help you start the application process and discuss qualifications.
  • Do your friends and neighbors know how to find our weekly updates? Even if your neighbors don’t have kids in school tell them about our weekly updates so they can hear the great news of what happens at PTSC!
  • Every Wednesday is a 30-minute delayed start. If we have a 2-hour delay, students will arrive at school 2 hours after the regular start time for the building.

PTSC Update: School Safety Panel Discussion and Special Presentation

School Safety Panel Discussion and Special Presentation

Come out Tuesday night to Portage High School East Auditorium to hear a special presentation on addiction prevention and also see our very own Mr. Ben Parrish as part of a school safety discussion panel!

 

PTSC Standouts

I received this great nomination for a PTSC standout from parent, Angela Sinkiewicz.  “I would like to nominate the NJHS group for consideration in the Standout section of Getting Schooled…The students worked at raising money (bake sale, etc.)to support the Angel Tree.  Many of the students then met on a Saturday, along with their teacher, to shop for two selected tags from the tree…NJHS also took part in the Veterans Day program and raised $600 for Wounded Warriors with the sale of Family Express donuts.  Family Express donated a portion of the donuts.”  NJHS sponsor, Mrs. Garcia, added, “We had a bake sale during a basketball game in December and raised over $300 to buy gifts for 2 kids on the PTSC angel tree.  We met at Target and spent a couple of hours shopping and the kids took the gifts home and wrapped them.  And for Veterans Day…we managed to collect $600…and we donated that to the Wounded Warrior Project.”  She also added, “My goal is make the kids think outside of the walls of BGMS a bit and look for ways to help others.  This year I have an awesome group that has great ideas and a fantastic willingness to help others.”  Fantastic work!  We are so proud of how all at BGMS have supported our community and the shining example they are to all of us!  Way to go!

Congratulations to Mrs. Swan on receiving the Lilly Endowment 2019 Teacher Creativity Fellowship!  This is a huge honor and well-deserved!

We received great news on BGHS graduate, Jennifer (Sliwa) Makalusky.  Jennifer was elected to the Indiana Basketball Hall of Fame as a member of the 25th Silver anniversary team.  The ceremony will be at the Indiana Basketball Hall of Fame on April 27th, 2019.  Great news!

Do you have a standout to include in this section?  Email PTSC standouts to Dr. Schmidt at stacey.schmidt@ptsc.k12.in.us to make sure your standout is included.  She counts on you to send her updates all can celebrate PTSC student accomplishments!

Important Dates:

• • Approved 2018-2019 Calendar
  • January 7:  Classes Resume
  • January 8:  School Safety Panel Discussion and Special Presentation–all are invited
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  • January 23:  BGHS/BGMS Online Day
  • February 15:  Virtual, Online Make-up Day
  • February 18:  President’s Day–No School
  • February 27:  BGHS/BGMS Online Day
  • March 15:  End of Quarter 3
  • March 20:  BGHS/BGMS Online Day
  • March 25-29:  Spring Break–No School
  • April 17:  BGHS/BGMS Online Day
  • April 19:  Make-up Day (No School or make-up day if needed)
  • April 22:  Make-up Day (No School or make-up day if needed)
  • May 27:  Memorial Day–No School
  • May 29:  Last Student Day
  • May 31:  BGHS Graduation

• Things to Know/Do:

  • Now hiring substitute teachers! Please contact Linda Dusek at the administration building if you are interested in substitute teaching and she will help you start the application process and discuss qualifications.
  • Do your friends and neighbors know how to find our weekly updates? Even if your neighbors don’t have kids in school tell them about our weekly updates so they can hear the great news of what happens at PTSC!
  • Every Wednesday is a 30-minute delayed start. If we have a 2-hour delay, students will arrive at school 2 hours after the regular start time for the building.