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PLEASANT GROVE JUNIOR HIGH
April 2015
pleasantgrove.alpineschools.org
Principal’s Message—8th Grade Completion & Skyward Tool
through email. Follow these
steps to set up these regular
emails:
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Parents and Students,
Let me take this opportunity
to share information with you
on two important items.
First, I wanted to r emind,
or possibly communicate for
the first time, the rationale
behind 8th Grade Completion. It is important that all of
our 7th and 8th grade students truly believe that 7th
and 8th grade grades matter.
We understand that credits do
not count towards high
school graduation until 9th
grade. However, the skills
and habits that 7th and 8th
graders develop, as they work
during these two years, are
absolutely critical. Those
students who decide they will
“turn it on” once 9th grade
begins often find themselves
overwhelmed quickly because of a lack of executive
skills that they should have
developed during their 7th
and 8th grade years.
It is because of this that we
hold a very symbolic graduation from 8th grade that we
have called 8th Grade Completion. By walking across
that stage and receiving their
certificate of completion,
both the parents and the student can be supremely confident that they are prepared
with the skills to be successful in high school and to ultimately graduate with every
option available to them as
far as their future is concerned. We hope that every
child who qualifies for the
certificate will attend the
ceremony and the dance and
party that follows on May
27th.
Second, I find it impor tant
to share with you a great tool
that is available through Skyward that gives you daily,
weekly, or monthly updates
on your child’s grades
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Go to the Skyward login
page and enter your
username and password.
If you do not have this,
please contact the front
office and they can send
this information to you.
Go to the Skyward login
page and enter your
username and password.
On the Home Page, click
on "my account" at the
top right area of your
screen.
Read through all of the
options and click on the
ones you would like to
have.
I highly recommend this option because you don’t have
to remember to logon to Skyward on a regular basis to be
in tune with where your child
is in each class.
Sincerely,
Mr. Brian Jolley, Principal
Important Dates:
APR 27-MAY21—SAGE TESTING
APR 29-30—ALPINE DAYS
APR 30—PRODUCTION SHOWCASE,
7PM
MAY 5—FCCLA AWARDS GALA, 6PM
MAY 7—ORCHESTRA CONCERT, 7PM
MAY 4-11—STUDENT ART SHOW AT
DOTERRA, RECEPTION ON MAY 6, 5:306:30.
MAY 13—BALLROOM DANCE RECITAL,
6PM
MAY 14—BAND CONCERT, 6:30PM BEG
BANDS, 7:30PM ADV BANDS
MAY 15—AP GEOGRAPHY TEST
MAY 19—BEGINNING CHOIRS CONCERT, 6PM
MAY19—INT. & ADV. CHOIRS CONCERT, 7:30PM
MAY 20—INT. & ADV. CHOIRS CONCERT, 7:30PM
MAY 25—MEMORIAL DAY, NO SCHOOL
MAY 26—7TH GRADE AWARDS &
ACTIVITY
MAY 26—9TH GRADE AWARDS
MAY 27—9TH GRADE LAGOON DAY
MAY 27—8TH GRADE COMPLETION
CEREMONY 6PM PGHS GYM, 8TH
COMPLETION PARTY 7:30-9:30PM PGJR
MAY 28—YEARBOOK DAY
MAY 29—LAST DAY OF SCHOOL
MAY 30—ALPINE SCHOOL DISTRICT
FAMILY 5K FUN RUN, 9AM
April 2015
Counseling Corner
The counselors, along with
the PALs, had a great time
preparing 6th graders to
attend PGJH. The 6th graders who have registered are
brimming with excitement for
PGJH. We look forward to
these brand new enthusiastic
students.
you are not certain your 8th
grader should attend the
completion ceremony, please
contact his or her counselor.
Last year the completion
ceremony was filled with
happy parents, siblings,
grandparents, and teachers.
So mark your calendars.
Congratulations to the new
2015-2016 PALs-Peer Advocacy Leaders. We’d like
to express our appreciation
to our 9th grade PALs who
served our school well. We
had a fun breakfast to honor
these amazing 9th grade
PALs.
9th grade students who have
failed any quarter of credit
this school year, need to
make up credit before entering the doors of PGHS. If
your 9th grade student
needs to make-up graduation credit note the following
options.
As always, we enjoyed our
field trip to CLAS Ropes
Course with our counseling
groups as well as our PALs.
CLAS Ropes Course is a
unique series of team building exercises nestled in a
park-like setting along the
Provo River. Through handson challenges and experiences the students internalize
concepts like problem solving, leadership, communication, conflict resolution, group
cooperation, trust, teamwork
and self-confidence.
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East Shore High School:
http://
www.eastshorehs.com
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BYU Independent Study:
http://ce.byu.edu/is/
site
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Electronic High School:
http://
www.schools.utah.gov/
ehs/default.htm
Your student’s counselor is
always happy to help.
Please contact his or her
counselor for questions or
concerns. Counselors are
listed according to student’s
corresponding last names.
(801) 610-8147
IF YOU WANT TO LEARN
MORE ABOUT THE
REGENT SCHOLARSHIP,
GO TO
A-D
Mr. Guinn
HIGHEREDUTAH.ORG/
E-K
Mrs. Bule
REGENTSSCHOLARSHIP.
L-R
Mrs. Packer
IT’S NEVER TOO EARLY
S-Z
Mrs. Sorensen
TO BECOME COLLEGE
Summer SchoolExtended Year SchoolMountain View or Lehi
High School: (see PGJH
Counselor)
AND CAREER READY.
Parents, we would like to
honor all 8th grade students
who have earned a Completion Certificate. The Completion Ceremony will be held
at Pleasant Grove High
School’s boys gymnasium on
Wednesday, May 27, 2015
from 6:00-7:00 pm. All relatives are invited to attend. A
celebration party for students will follow the ceremony at Pleasant Grove Junior
High from 7:30-9:30 pm. If
Peer Advisory Leaders 2014-2015
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April 2015
News From the Finance Office
School Fees
Yearbook
9th Grade Lagoon Day
If you have not paid your
student's school fees, please
pay now at
myschoolfees.com or at the
Finance Office.
Get your Yearbook before May15. The cost will
go up from $30 to $35 on
the 15th. You can purchase one online at
myschoolfees.com or at
the Finance Office.
9th Grade Lagoon Day will
be on Wednesday, May 27.
The cost will be $35. You can
pay online
at myschoolfees.com or at the
Finance Office beginning May
1st. You must have a Permission Slip completed and
signed in order to board the
bus. The Permission Slip is
attached to this email and is
also available at the Finance
Office.
School fees must be paid in
order to go to 9th Grade
Lagoon Day or to purchase
a yearbook. A fee waiver is
available to those who qualify. The fee waiver can be
found online at alpinedistrict.org, or can be picked up
at the Finance Office. Please call the Finance
Office if you have any questions. Phone: 801-6108146.
School fees must be paid
in order to purchase a
Yearbook.
School fees must be paid in
order to go to 9th Grade Lagoon Day.
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We have a great school
thanks to the parents, teachers, administration, and most
importantly the students! Thanks for your continued support.
On Board Party
We have had some great On Board Assemblies this
year: Comedy Sportz, Green Man Group, and Chinese
Acrobat Group. To qualify for On Board parties,
students must meet the following requirements for the
previous term: No tardies, no unexcused absences, no
“D’s” nor “F’s” and must have 5 “O’s” without any “U’s”
nor “N’s”. And the student must have a 3.7 GPA or
higher. Many thanks to Mrs. Young for hosting this event!
Students, do all that you can to qualify. You’ll be glad
you did!
Viking Club
To qualify for Viking Club Students must have no D’s or
F’s and must have five O’s without any U’s or N’s for the
previous quarter. The student will be given a Viking
Club Card beginning 2nd Quarter that they can redeem
on Mondays outside the lunch room. The student must
have the card with them to receive the prize. If the
student misplaces the card they are done for the rest of
that quarter. Remember to bring your Viking Card on
Mondays!
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April 2015
Getting Students College & Career Ready at PGJH
We are wrapping up a wonderful year in Career and
Technical Education. The CTE
Team has pushed forward
this year with opening up
many new opportunities for
students to learn and polish
career skills, gain leadership
experience, and organize
service opportunities for
group participation that will
build resumes and applications for college and careers
in their future. With three
student organizations now
available for students to join
in our school, there are many
more leadership positions
available to them as well as
great activities to strengthen
friendships, network for their
future, and gain experiences
to enhance college and career readiness.
We have three great Career
and Technical Student Organizations (CTSO) that
have strong chapters at our
school now. Get your student
involved in one of these
chapters starting next year!
It really is the best place for
them to learn these important leadership skills for
their future success.
Family, Career and Community Leaders of America
(FCCLA) has had a strong
chapter here at PGJH for 8
years. This year we have
had 68 members, 16 Region
STAR Event Competitors, 13
State STAR Event Competitors, and 5 National Qualifiers in Competitive Events.
We even had 5 participate
in the National Cluster Meeting in Salt Lake City in November where 4 competed
in Skills Demonstration
Events. Gabie Labrum took
1st place in Impromptu
Speaking. We have had
huge success this year in our
activities and projects including helping 75 angels receive Christmas gifts this
year through Angel Tree.
We also sponsored the first
Jr. Viking Leadership Academy which provided quality
training and experience
taught by district, state, and
national leaders.
We have a great legacy of
leadership for FCCLA here
at PGJH with starting strong
leaders that then continue on
to state and national positions after starting in our
chapter. We have had 9
former members of our
chapter serve as state officers and one national officer.
We start them strong to continue on to great future opportunities!
Future Business Leaders of
America (FBLA) started a
chapter this year. They have
had 20 members, 10 competed at state, and 4 qualified for Nationals. We did a
Teddy bear service project
where we collected Teddy
bears from any students at
the school. We contributed 8
large bags, over 1,000 Teddy bears, to the women's
shelters in the area through
the Bank of American Fork.
We went on three field trips
to REAL Salt Lake Soccer
stadium, InKredibles T-shirt
printing business, and the
Adobe campus in American
Fork. We are having our
closing social with the high
school FBLA on May 1, and
May 9 is our FBLA Lagoon
Day with the other
chapters in the state.
This has been a great
jumpstart year for
FBLA.
Technology Student
Association (TSA) also
started a chapter this
year. They have had
20 members with 8
participating in the
State Competition.
They completed many
different projects
throughout the year,
including the Canned
Food Drive for CTE
Month in February
where we collected
1,077 cans to donate
to the local food bank.
FBLA Teddy Bear Service Project
We encourage every student
to get involved with these
wonderful leadership opportunities. We look forward to
seeing your student in one of
these great organizations next
year! Thank you for your support!
TSA Canned Food Drive
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April 2015
PLEASANT GROVE JUNIOR HIGH
810 N 100 E
Pleasant Grove, UT 84062
Phone: 801-610-8146
E-mail: [email protected]
Pleasant Grove Junior High Mission Statement
We empower students through quality teaching to become lifelong learners, responsible citizens, and effective communicators
Belief Statements
 All students can learn at high levels
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Relationships built on respect matter
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We work collaboratively with students and parents to promote high levels of learning for
all students
A high-quality teacher with a collaborative team is essential to high levels of learning
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We provide a safe environment for students
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Students need high and consistent expectations
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We utilize best practices that help students be active participants in their learning
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School Community Council News
This school year is coming to
an end. The council has reviewed and proposed some
new programs to help our
students and teachers to get
the best benefits from our
Trust Land dollars. We will
be receiving an additional
3% in funding due to changes
in a bill this last session. For
information on what we do as
a council and the discussion
we have you can read the
minutes from our school website.
PGJHS SCC has great, passionate, engaged and committed parents and staff who
just wants to do our parts to
keep our school the best
school in Utah.
I personally want to thank
everyone I have worked with
the last 3 years both on the
SCC and PTSA. We have
amazing people and my hat
goes off to each and everyone of them. I will be moving
on to the high school next
year with my last and youngest child. It has been a pleasure and honor to work with
our Principal, the staff and
PTSA. Thank you for electing
me and giving me the opportunity to chair this wonderful
group of people! If you want
to run for next years SCC
openings please contact the
school office.
—Jennifer Baptista
SCC Chair