Lower School Updates

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Weekly Updates

Bravo to all of the Lower School students who participated in the Founder’s Day Concert on Monday evening! Click here for more photos. 

Chapel 
Parents and caregivers are invited to Chapel this Friday. Because our Chapel begins at 7:55 a.m., we ask parents who plan to attend to come to the office during carpool (between 7:30 and 7:50 a.m.) to sign in. Kim Doyle will scan your license and then print your visitor’s pass. After signing in, you will go to the auditorium lobby to wait for your child and then enter with your child and the homeroom class.

Lost and Found: Please Check for Missing Items
With the cooler temperatures, many students have been bringing jackets and other warm clothing to school. Our Lost and Found in the main office has grown quite full! Please stop by or have your child check to see if any missing items belong to you. And don’t forget to label clothing and personal items to help us return them more easily in the future.

The Value of Scary Books
As we approach our Fall Festival and all the exciting aspects of this season, our librarian found this infographic interesting and useful as we consider the books our children are reading. We think you might find it interesting as well. 

Parenting Tip of the Week: Set Smart Limits

Give young kids a chance to find their own solutions. When you lovingly acknowledge a child's minor frustrations without immediately rushing in to save them, you teach them self-reliance and resilience.

Parent-Teacher Conferences:  Friday, October 31
As we prepare for Parent-Teacher Conferences, we’d like to share a few important details to help you plan. 

The scheduling link for conferences is live in MyPG. There is one link for the October 31 conferences and a separate link for the November conferences. Please remember our first Conference Day will be held in your child’s homeroom classroom, and there will be no school for students on that day. 

For Grades 1–3, the second day of conferences is optional. In these grades, students may have separate teachers for reading, math, and homeroom. The homeroom teacher can provide an overview of your child’s overall progress, but if you’d like to meet specifically with your child’s reading or math teacher, you may schedule that additional conference on the second day. Teachers may also reach out directly to families if a separate reading or math conference would be beneficial for a child’s ongoing support and growth.

For Grade 4, each pair of teachers meets together with parents to provide a comprehensive overview of student progress across subjects.

To best support our students’ regular schedules, the second day of conferences will be held at Albemarle Point Center (APC), located at 176 Croghan Spur Road, across from our football and baseball fields. This arrangement allows students to follow their normal school day while teachers meet with parents.

The schedule for conferences at APC is as follows:

• First Grade: Monday, November 3
• Second Grade: Tuesday, November 4
• Third Grade: Thursday, November 6
• Fourth Grade: Friday, November 7

We truly value these opportunities to connect with you and to discuss your child’s growth and progress. Thank you for your partnership and continued support.

Digital Citizenship Week
This week, we celebrated Digital Citizenship Week. Students in all three divisions utilized a variety of resources from Common Sense Media and participated in lessons and activities designed to promote a healthy, balanced, and positive approach to media and technology usage. Because partnering with families is critical for student success and digital wellbeing, we encourage parents and caregivers to talk with students at home about how we can all thrive in an ever-changing digital world. 

Communicating Time-Sensitive Information
Contact the Lower School Office at 843-556-3376 if you have time-sensitive information to share during the school day, including dismissal changes that occur after 2 p.m. Our teachers are not able to check their email during the school day, and they may miss important and/or time-sensitive information. In addition, our teachers are not able to respond to emails during the school day.

Dining Update from Taher
All families are invited to participate in a short survey about school lunch here. Thank you for participating! 

Please click here to see the menu for the upcoming week. You can also follow Taher on Instagram (@taherpgdining) or access menus online.

From the PGPA

• Pop Up Sale: Click here to purchase a limited edition pink PG tee! Sweatshirts and hats will also be available for purchase on Friday morning on the front lawn of the Head of School's house from 7:15-8:15 a.m. and at the home football game on Friday evening. 
• PGPA Concessions Sign Up: Please click here to sign up for shifts and support our athletics teams. No experience necessary!
• Volunteer Opportunities: Click here to learn more about PGPA volunteer opportunities.

Important Dates - Semester 1

• Friday, October 31: Parent/Guardian-Teacher Conferences - No School for Students
• November 3-7: A second day of Parent/Teacher Conferences is scheduled for each grade level - students will attend school on all of these days. Teachers will communicate specific meeting dates for their grade levels. They will remind you of these dates and send sign up information in October. 
• November 24-28: Thanksgiving Break - School Closed
• Friday, December 19: Half Day - Lower School Dismissal at 11:45 a.m.
• December 22-January 4: Christmas Break - School Closed
• Monday, January 5: Faculty Workday - No School for Students
• Tuesday, January 6: Classes Resume