Prairie Grove Middle School

Dear 2019-2020 PGMS families, I am very sorry to inform you that there has been a mishap on lockers and the contents. A few weeks ago, we discovered that both 5th and 6th lockers had been cleared out and the contents were removed from campus. As with everything else that happens, we watched video and found a night-time employee of our contracted cleaning company emptying them all out and removing the contents from the building. We immediately contacted the company and they began efforts to retrieve all contents. Unfortunately, it has come to no avail. The night-time janitor took it upon herself to do this. She is no longer employed by the company and has not returned efforts to contact her. I understand the frustration that this can cause, as I too lost “stuff” in my son’s locker. Any family, who chooses, can come to the PGMS office and write a statement to the police department concerning contents of their locker, if they would want to proceed any further. Apologetically, Shayne Taylor PGMS Principal

We have uploaded a PGMS flyer detailing the difference between on-site and virtual learning for 20-21. It can be found on our website in the documents section of the Middle School page.

Virtual Kiddie Camp - Aug 3rd-6th @ 11AM-12 each day. On Aug 7th, there will be a drive thru spirit line from 11-12 to pick up t-shirts and spirit sticks. Cost is $25. Click Here to register: https://www.jotform.com/build/202015993799164#preview

** The supply list for 5th and 6th graders for the upcoming year will be: paper, pencils, binder/zip up binder(something to keep up with things) and earbuds. Hopefully, you already have most of these items. If we see a need for other minimal supplies, we may send that out at a later date. Our goal is to minimize your need to spend money at this time. Art may have a small list of supplies needed for class sent at a later date. If you are not able to get this, we will try our best to accommodate you. Go Tigers!

Today (July 16th) at 10AM the district network will being down for maintenance. During this time, phones will not be available. If you have any questions or issues, please email the appropriate buildings. Thanks!

Survey for Parent Intent of Student Participation in Prairie Grove School District 2020-2021 https://forms.gle/Bg1aGbBtj1NG7XSu5

Prairie Grove Schools 2019-2020 Digital Fine Arts Festival https://youtu.be/23toP8Ck-uU

* PGMS material drop off is from 8-3 on those days.

We will be taking up AMI packets, library books and checked out teacher’s books Tuesday 5/26 - Thursday 5/28. We are not taking Chromebooks up at this time. We will send out more information about Chromebooks at a later date. Please do not turn a Chromebook into the tubs. Tubs will be located outside of the Middle School office under the awning. Please practice social distancing and while dropping off the materials.

Pre-K Registration Reminder: Click here for more information, https://5il.co/f42w.

The Prairie Grove School District is asking you to partner with us and complete a short survey of your opinion on how we are doing during this time away from school. Your responses will assist us on what we can improve on with the content and delivery of your child's instruction. The survey will no longer take responses after 4 p.m. on Thursday, April 30th. https://forms.gle/o6Q1CtwCwjbWoKsE9

Reminder: We will be handing out Chromebooks this morning from 9-10:30 in front of the MS office.

We will be taking grades for the 4th nine weeks. However, it will be based on mastery of skills. This means that your student will be allowed to retake it if they fail an assignment. Students need to give their best effort to show mastery of the skills teachers assign. This is uncharted water for all of us, yet we are tasked with continuing our school year through digital learning. Work with your teachers more closely than ever before. You can email them and they will respond. We want you to succeed. Check your email and Google Classroom daily. I know it feels like school is out, but it is not. There is no reason to stress about the work, you can do it and we are here to help you. We will get through this together. Email or call Mr. Taylor with any questions or concerns.

If you are having trouble with the Chromebook staying connected to your WiFi, this is from tech. Reconnect it and it should update a new setting to override the auto connect.

There are two more Chromebook pick up times available. Today at 4:30 and Friday at 9 am. Pick up will be in front of the MS office.

We are able to distribute for round one and round two chromebooks today at the middle school cafeteria between 9-12 or 1-3.

MS Chromebooks for those who already responded with a need will be available for pick up under the cafeteria awning between 9-12 and 1-3 pm on Monday April 6th. (There will be a second run of availability for those who did not report a need earlier coming soon.) This will be a drive up process and will not require getting out of your vehicle. Parents will sign a check-out form and receive a Chromebook through the vehicle window. If you pull up and no one is waiting outside, please call 479-846-4220 for assistance. If this timeframe does not work for you, email Mr. Taylor (shayne.taylor@pgtigers.org) to set an appointment to pick it up.

Parents and students of the Prairie Grove School District, Due to the closure of schools from COVID-19, the district will be in contact with those students who requested, per survey this previous week, a time and place to pick up and borrow a district Chromebook starting Monday, April 6th. These Chromebooks are the property of PGSD and are provided for the exclusive use of the students and staff. These devices will be monitored and filtered according to the school district policy. For more information, please contact your building office.

The yearbook online order option has been extended until April 15. You can order online at yearbookforever.com and search for Prairie Grove School. There will be an additional fee for using your debit/credit card. Order forms have been sent out, if you want to mail an order in, it needs to be postmarked by April 15. These can be mailed to PGHS Yearbook Attn: Mandy Bartholomew 500 Cole Drive Prairie Grove, AR 72753 If you need an order form or have any questions you can email yearbook@pgtigers.org.

Here is our grading policy for the fourth quarter.