Petersburg Elementary School

Dear Parents, Grandparents, and Guardians: This year we will be presenting our Petersburg Elementary School's Grandparent's Day program on Friday, October 6th, 2023. The Kindergarten, First, and Second grade classes will be performing @ 9:00 in the morning. Our Third, Fourth, and Fifth grade classes will perform @ 1:00 in the afternoon. Our theme this year is "The Grand Ole Opry". Children are welcome to dress in country western, cowboy/ cowgirl attire, examples; cowboy/cowgirl boots, western hats, bandanas, and etc. Regular school clothes are always appropriate. I truly have been enjoying teaching all of our wonderful PES students and look forward to seeing you at school on Grandparent's Day. Yee Haw! Yours Truly, Miss Amber PES Music Teacher

LINQ (TITAN) Family Portal--Online Payment Instructions. There was a recent update to our online payment program. To pay textbook rental/summer school fees/fees for damaged or lost textbooks please follow the steps below: Register for a LINQ Connect account or Login if you have already registered. Once you login, add your child/children by clicking on the + in the top right hand corner. Our district is "Pike County School Corporation (IN)". After you've added your child/children you will then click on the 3 horizontal lines in the top left hand corner. Choose "Store" and then "Pike County School Corporation (IN)". Then choose your child's school. On the school page, you will be able to choose your child's name and enter the amount to be paid. In the "Notes" box, please type TBR. If the "Notes" box is left blank, you will be unable to add the amount to be paid to the cart. The "Add To Cart" button will turn blue. Once you add to cart, you can choose another school/another child, if paying for more than one. When you are finished adding everything to the cart, you will click on the cart in the top right hand corner. Choose "Go To Checkout". On the checkout page you will enter your billing address and payment method. Finally, you will click on "Confirm & Pay". If you have any questions, please feel free to contact Jenn Deffendoll. jdeffendoll@pcsc.k12.in.us 812-354-8478 Ext. 309.

Check out the final PES Broadcast for the year. It is a good one! https://www.youtube.com/embed/xzdqhRDj2Sg

5th grade graduation is tonight at 6:30p. Graduates, please meet in your classrooms at 6:15p. We hope to see you there!

Below is a link to the recently released recommendations for the State of Indiana Department of Health, Immunization Division for the 23-24 school year. https://5il.co/1ts3n

Check out this episode of the PES Broadcast. Lots of interviews, jokes, pictures and even testing of some teacher's spelling skills! Enjoy and do not forget to share and subscribe to the YouTube channel. The students would love to see lots of likes! #WeArePESindians https://www.youtube.com/embed/Ew-wZHU0Mzg

PES Spring Concert will be on March 2, 2023. Kindergarten at 6:00pm. First Grade at 6:45. Second Grade at 7:30. Come enjoy our talented students! Please have students in their classrooms 15 minutes prior to their scheduled performance time.

The in-school dentist is coming to Petersburg Elementary School on 04/04/2023. Permission forms will be sent home with your students. Please return these by 3/14/2023! Please visit myschooldentist.com for more info!

Check out the 3rd episode of the PES Broadcast! Don't for get to like like and subscribe to the Channel. The broadcast members want to see the page grow. Please share. https://www.youtube.com/embed/2roh7LTRWQk

Check out the newest episode of the Petersburg Elementary School Broadcast! Please subscribe to the YouTube channel and share this post. https://www.youtube.com/embed/anDwAkwFKFk

We are bringing back the PES Broadcast! Check it out! Please don't forget to like and subscribe to the PES YouTube channel. More videos will be loaded and housed here throughout the year and beyond. Enjoy! https://www.youtube.com/embed/kvd4mAGWD5A

Reminder Parent Teacher Conferences are Oct. 12, 2022. Do forget to sign-up for a time to meet. https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1jn0NGQcIxEMZHl0c8W01nsYGiRYULhmrDybxGwtTOII/edit?usp=sharing

Petersburg Elementary School will have an informal "Meet the Teacher Night" Monday, August 8th from 6:00pm-7:00pm. Parents/Guardians can come and go any time during this hour.

The Pike Central Student Government will be hosting a Trunk or Treat and haunted hallways on October 3oth. The trunk or treat will be in front of the cafeteria doors from 5-6 pm. The haunted hallway will be held from 6-8 pm. There will be a small charge for the haunted hallway and all proceeds will be going to Riley's Hospital for Children.

Check out what is going on at the Pike County Public Library!

October Calendar of Events

Effective Monday, Aug 30, masks will be required at all schools in the Pike County School Corporation for the next two weeks. This applies to all staff, students, and visitors regardless of vaccination or immunity status. Face shields, gators or masks are acceptable as they were last year. Masks will not be worn when students are physically active, such as during recess, PE or athletic practices or events. By issuing the mask requirement, this will also allow us to conduct contact tracing at 3 ft during times that masks are worn. When masks are not worn, contact tracing will remain at a distance of 6 ft. This adjustment should reduce the number of individuals that will be quarantined and increase the number of students able to remain in the classroom. We will continue to monitor our data and review options that will best serve our students and staff during the coming weeks.

Effective Monday, Aug 30, masks will be required at all schools in the Pike County School Corporation for the next two weeks. This applies to all staff, students, and visitors regardless of vaccination or immunity status. Face shields, gators or masks are acceptable as they were last year. Masks will not be worn when students are physically active, such as during recess, PE or athletic practices or events. By issuing the mask requirement, this will also allow us to conduct contact tracing at 3 ft during times that masks are worn. When masks are not worn, contact tracing will remain at a distance of 6 ft. This adjustment should reduce the number of individuals that will be quarantined and increase the number of students able to remain in the classroom. PCHS and PCMS will resume a regular schedule on Monday, Aug 30th. We will continue to monitor our data and review options that will best serve our students and staff during the coming weeks.

pcsc.k12.in.us Phone: 812-354-8731 Fax: 812-354-8733 July 29, 2021 Dear PCSC Guardian, The Indiana Department of Education is requiring all students to provide proof of Indiana residency to their school, to be maintained by the school in the student’s permanent school record. All documentation is confidential and will remain within your child’s confidential educational record. For families with multiple students, documentation will only need to be sent to one child's school, but please be sure to include the names of all students in the household and the school they attend, as well as the guardian's name, on the proof of residency. PCSC is collecting this documentation through an Indiana residency form, which is linked below and must be completed by every enrolled student. Once this information is submitted, a guardian will not have to re-file proof of residency unless the student’s address changes. According to the IDOE, “Documentation may include such items as a current utility bill, telephone bill, tax return, bank statement, mortgage statement, rental/lease agreement, medical bill or other like information that provides a verifiable address.” All documents must be dated, clearly identified, and readable. Guardians may provide verification documents as 1) hard copies delivered to the student’s school office or 2) pictures or PDF files submitted electronically using the link below: bit.ly/PCSCindianaresidency Please provide your child’s residency verification documentation by Sep 1, 2021. Thank you for your assistance in meeting this new requirement. Dana Deffendoll Assistant Superintendent, Pike County School Corporation

Petersburg Elementary School will be having a "Meet the Teacher Night" on August 9th from 6:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. This will be an informal "Come and Go" as you choose anytime during this hour. Parents and students will be able to meet their child's teacher and see their classroom. Our school counselor will also be there in case anyone needs to speak with her. Students may bring some of their school supplies if they want to.