IS News & Information

MONDAY

MEMO

from the principals

18 May 2020 | Chartiers Valley Intermediate School

IS Families,

Please plan to stop by the Intermediate School on your child’s scheduled locker clean-out day.

Please bring a backpack for the contents of your child’s locker! Your child's personal items have been bagged and placed on their desk. While you are at the IS, there are other items you may need to drop off or pick up. Click here for important information about locker clean-out days, including a checklist of areas you should visit while at the IS.

We ask that you please wear a mask while in the school and follow social distancing guidelines. We ask that only one adult attends during the designated time slot with their IS student. If you chose to leave your child at home, that is fine. Please plan to enter at Door 1 (the main entrance) and exit at Door 2 (adjacent to the library).

We can’t express enough how much we miss our students and not being able to enjoy the end of the school year with them! During these difficult times, we have also been overjoyed with the strengthened partnerships with families. We have seen students persevere through distance learning, rise to the challenge of a new learning environment, and exhibit kindness that continues to spread. It is truly heartwarming! We are proud of our CVIS students and look forward to a bright future together again soon!

We are so excited to invite you all to join in celebrating our CV Class of 2020!

The Commencement Ceremony has been postponed to July, but Chartiers Valley School District has planned a unique drive-through celebration for our graduating seniors on what would have been their graduation night, May 28, 2020.

Seniors should decorate their cars and begin making their way to the high school at 7:00 pm, where over 140 faculty and staff will greet each car with music, cheer, and lots of red and blue!

CV area businesses and neighbors are asked to step outside around 7:00 to cheer on the graduates as they make their way toward CVHS. Wear your CV gear, decorate your yards, turn on your lights, bang pots and pans, or simply clap and cheer. As they say, it truly takes a village!

The Senior Celebration will take place rain or shine!

Finally, lease be sure to read the message from Dr. Vanatta below.

Sincerely,

Mrs. Franczyk & Mr. Schintz

All flyers are now sent digitally via PeachJar!

That means no more backpacks full of paper! And, CVSD has saved 150,000 pieces of paper since September...that's 17 trees!

Click the graphic below to view flyers for:

community events
school events
youth sports and activities sign-ups
job and scholarship opportunities
and more!

Counseling for Colts

Tune in here for this week’s Mindful Monday video. For more counseling resources, check out Ms. Mallon’s May Counseling Newsletter and her Counseling for Colts website https://sites.google.com/cvsd.net/cvis-counseling/home .

Library Book Returns

Beginning, Monday, May 4, 2020 , you can drive by the Intermediate School to return your child’s library books. There will be a box placed outside of Door 2 each Monday in May from 7:30-1:00 for library book returns (except Memorial Day, 5/25). You can pull your car up to the curb and place the books in the box. Please practice social distancing by letting one person go to the boxes at a time. If your child has lost their library book, please email [email protected] and Mr. Zissis will let you know the cost of the book.

Lifetouch Pictures and Yearbooks

The spring pictures are printed and have been shipped to the school. Pictures will be available for pick up on grade level locker clean out days.

The PTG has purchased a yearbook for every student! At this time, the yearbook shipment has been delayed due to COVID-19. If the yearbooks arrive in time for locker clean out days, they will be available for pick up on grade level locker clean out days. If they do not arrive in time, an alternate plan will be created and shared.

Colts Team Store

The Athletic Department is launching a virtual team store on May 18. https://www.bsnteamsports.com/index Access code: ZLqdZPo1xV

Senior Celebration

The 2020 Commencement Ceremony has been postponed to July, but Chartiers Valley School District has planned a unique drive-through celebration for our graduating seniors on what would have been their graduation night, May 28, 2020.

Seniors should decorate their cars and begin making their way to the high school at 7:00 pm, where over 140 faculty and staff will greet each car with music, cheer, and lots of red and blue!

Again, the Senior Celebration is May 28, 2020 beginning at 7:00 pm, rain or shine!

Dear Chartiers Valley Family,

I hope this finds you well and safe.

On Friday, Allegheny County moved in the “yellow” phase. Despite this shift, schools remain closed, and specific restrictions are still in place.

Our facilities department have been working hard to make sure that our work environments are clean and safe. All of the District custodians and maintenance staff have taken part in trainings regarding COVID-19, and the District continues to utilize cleaning products that sanitize and kill the virus on surfaces. The District has masks for employees who do not have their own.

CV leaders have been researching and developing our own “reopening plan.” This “task force,” for lack of a better term, will evaluate a variety of components including but not limited to:

Communications: Ms. Duckstein
Finance: Mrs. Eckman
Governance: Chair Dr. Vanatta
Instruction: Dr. Slavic
School Operations: Mr. Seltzer
Wellness: Ms. Weldon

This task force will spend the summer preparing for our return and reopen in the fall. The goal is to put provisions in place to the best of our ability. We will evaluate how we have done since the March 13 closure, identify what we can improve upon, and determine how to better prepare. One of the first tasks was to gather data regarding the spring closure. This was partly completed by the survey many of you completed. Thank you for the overwhelming response and insightful, helpful input.

At this point, the District has not received guidance or direction on whether or not we will be permitted to open in the fall; as of today, I am hoping for a traditional opening, as I am sure we all are!

As we draw towards the conclusion of our school year, I want to continue to express my gratitude for your support, patience, and cooperation. Together, I truly believe we have served our students quite well. I know this has been quite the experience, to say the least. I wish you a wonderful week.

Sincerely,

Johannah M. Vanatta, Ed.D.

Superintendent of Schools