Pleasant Valley Junior High Back-to-School Center

Dear Spartan Family,

I hope that you are enjoying your summer with some much-needed rest and relaxation after a very challenging school year.  As I have reflected on this past year, we experienced some major hurdles due to the pandemic, but together we rose to the challenges presented with perseverance, flexibility, and creativity.  With your support and encouragement, we were able to provide a quality learning environment for students both virtually and in person.  

As we prepare for this year’s educational journey, I want to welcome all new students and families to Pleasant Valley Junior High.  We are excited to add our incoming 7th Grade students as a Spartan Family, but also welcome new students who will be joining us from different cities, states, and countries throughout the world, some as far as Germany, Japan, and Nigeria.  This year’s theme Together We Will highlights our ongoing mission to provide challenging educational opportunities along with making each student feel supported and valued.  Together We Will innovate, collaborate, connect and support each other to make this another great school year.  I thank you for your continued partnership and support and am excited to see everyone for the first day of school on Monday, August 23rd!

Michael Peakin
Principal

August 2:   PVCSD releases COVID-19 protocols for the 2021-22 school year
August 13: New Student Welcome Reception 8:00-9:00am
August 13: Student Schedules Available in Student Portal  
August 13: Back to School Day 9:00 am - 5:00 pm
August 17: Building Open for Self Guided Tours 3:30-6:00 pm
August 18: Building Open for Self Guided Tours 3:30-6:00 pm
August 19: Building Open for Self Guided Tours 3:30-6:00 pm
August 23: First Day of School
September 2:  Early Dismissal 12:55
September 6: No School, Labor Day

Here’s the bell schedule for PVJH. Here’s a map of the building.

Infinite Campus Parent Portal opens to access homeroom teacher assignments on August 13, 2021.  To access the parent portal, please follow the following guides:

Infinite Campus Getting Started Guide
Navigating the Portal Video

Pleasant Valley has updated its Family Return to Learn FAQ for the 2021-22 school year.  Please read through this new site and direct any questions to your building principal or to pvweb@pleasval.org.

 

 

Students entering the 7th grade are required to have one dose of the Meningococcal vaccine if born on or after September 15, 2004.  There will be no grace period allowed, if your child does not meet the state requirements they will not be allowed to start school on August 23rd. If your student has a medical exemption; a new medical exemption to include the Meningococcal vaccine is required. YOU MUST PROVIDE THIS INFORMATION TO YOUR CHILD’S SCHOOL AS SOON AS POSSIBLE!

To sign up for a fall sport at the Junior High, you need to sign up with Family ID. Click here for instructions. You also need to provide an updated physical every year.  We will no longer be collecting paper physicals; you must upload them to Family ID.

Fall Sports

If your student is riding the bus, you will learn your bus assignment through the parent portal on August 13.  Bus assignments could change up to the night before school starts, so check back often! Click here for a reminder of the expectations we have for our exceptional bus riders.

Click here for a 2021-22 PJVH supply list.

Want to know what’s for lunch today?  Click here for breakfast and lunch menus. You can also download an app to keep track of it all on your phone.  Plus, the site lets you look at the nutritional values of every item on our healthy menus, which makes it easy to feel good about what we’re serving your kids!

Federal funds will allow us to provide free breakfast and lunch to ALL STUDENTS through the end of 2021. A la carte items will still be charged at normal prices. You may make a deposit into your student's lunch account at any time by sending cash or check to their building.  You can also add money via credit card to your student’s food service account online through RevTrak. Communications for low food service balances will be sent to the parent/guardian email address that the school has on file. Click here for a reminder about our meal charge policy, including how much students can charge and when you'll be alerted for having a negative balance.

Free and Reduced Application:   If your family qualifies for free and reduced meal service, we ask that you please fill out the following application.  While meals are free to all students through the end of 2021, this application gives you access to other services you may need during the school year.  Without filling out this form, you will not be able to apply for additional services, like PEBT cards.

To begin your online free and reduced application, please log into your Parent Portal Account here. If you do not have an account please call our Administration Center at 563-332-5550. Please note that Free and Reduced application must be accessed from the Portal website link above; it is not available through the Portal Mobile App.

• Once logged in, click the link for “Applications/Forms” on the left
• Select “Click to start meal benefit application”
• After your application has been processed you will receive a notification in your parent portal inbox.
• If you are unable to complete the online application please click here. 

If you have questions about our Food Service Program, please contact Food Service Director, Andrea Mahler, at 563-332-5550 or mahlerandrea@pleasval.org. 

Join us in welcoming new faculty and staff to the PVJH Family:

Valerie Barsness, Math
Isabel Conner, Language Arts
Lori Faidley, Food Service
Daniel Kleinheinz, Band
Cassidy Maxwell, Educational Aide
Patricia Reeser, School Counselor
Kairee Schurke, Food Service
Veronica Sheckler, Food Service
Audrey Wiese, Science

Run with Carl is back!  Funds raised from the ½ mile, 1 mile, 5k and 5 mile race benefit the Pleasant Valley Educational Foundation’s scholarship program!  This year the PVEF will award more than 120 scholarships to graduating seniors!  Run with Carl and support our seniors!  Sign up for this Labor Day event here!

PV wants to keep you in the know! Pleasant Valley schools send out #SpartanNation weekly email with important dates, events, and community opportunities for your family. Make sure you check your inboxes every Friday afternoon, so you don’t miss a thing! To assure that your email provider will not block email communications, please add this email address to your safe senders list: enews@pleasval.org. Pleasant Valley will not give email lists to anyone outside of the district. If you do not have access to email, information is available in the school office.

Information you give us during registration automatically signs you up for emails, texts and phone calls. If you’d like to add or change that information, please click here to manage your preferences. 

Click here to follow us on facebook or twitter.

Follow PVJH on Twitter: @PVJH_Spartans

If you have any questions, contact our Director of Communications, Beth Marsoun, at marsounbeth@pleasval.org.