Maine School Administrative District #4 -

School lunch and breakfast is free for the near future. Check you email for more details.

Gold Day TCTC bus leaves at 8:05 sharp. We have bells that are working today HOPEFULLY. Great job with Social Distancing and masks so far!!! Don't forget that lunch requires you to stay in lunch until the end. “You must have chaos within you to give birth to a dancing star.” ― Friedrich Nietzsche

PCSS Daily announcments. Thursday, September 3, 2020 Blue Day No Blue 2 or Blue 1 Welcome Back to all students today. As you have already seen there are so many new changes and expectations this year. We will go through all of these at our Morning Muster at 8:15 am today. here is TCTC today. However TCTC students need to stay in the first class until the Muster is over. At that time we will send the bus. We did not get a chance to. pass out the freshmen T SHirts yesterday at Freshmen orientation. We will be doing that throughout the day. Mr Gallant will talk about the Sports today at Muster since there are lots of questions. "Change is the only constant in the universe". Anonymous

Don't forget about 5th grade rental night tonight at 5:00pm-6:00pm in the elementary school cafeteria! Hope to see you there! eviera@sad4.org

PCSS Daily Announcements Wednesday September 2, 2020 Gold Day Welcome Back!!!! And Welcome to your new school. Even though school will feel so different this year you should all know how excited the staff here at PCSS is to have you back. Today is designed to give you all a chance to get used to the new building before the older students get here tomorrow. Tomorrow we will start with a Zoom assembly talking about all the things you need to know about how school will operate in the pandemic. So today you will here a little abut the stickers and everything but tomorrow we will go through it in detail. If you have any paperwork that needs to be returned please turn it into your teachers this morning and they will bring it down to the office. Freshmen, After announcements you will be coming to the gym for a short introduction to all the high School teachers. Today the bells do not mean anything so please disregard them. We will catch up on all Student birthdays since March 13 throughout the rest of the week. The quote of the day “And now let us welcome the new year, full of things that never were.” —Rainer Maria Rilke

There was some confusion on whether TCTC students should go to TCTC today, September 2 if this is their TCTC day. They are not required to go, but we will send a bus if anyone shows up here this morning. TCTC for PCHS formally starts tomorrow after the opening day assembly.

I am very excited for school tomorrow; it has been too long! I have 3 important things to share. #1 Very Important: If you have not returned the Self Check Agreement, send it with your student tomorrow. #2 We only need 1 bus run, so the routes and times should be the same as last year. #3 Pick-ups for students in grades K-6 will start at 3:00 after the busses have left the loop. Students will be waiting for you outside. Just pull up and your student will get in. For safety reasons, no students will load from the lower parking lot. Thanks in advance for your patience!

5th Grade instrument rental night is on September 2nd at 5:00pm. If your child is interested in joining band and has an instrument in mind, please email me so I can let the rental company know what to bring: eviera@sad4.org I hope to hear from you soon!

PCSS Remote Learners are encouraged to come to in-person school on Wednesday Sept. 9 for a remote learning orientation and for their devices. Please call the office to arrange for transportation if needed.

PCSS classes start on Wednesday Sept. 2 for 7th, 8th and 9th grade students. 10th, 11th and 12th grade students start on Thursday, Sept. 3. Sept. 9 for remote students.

Welcome Back! P.C.E.S. Open House will occur in person. To allow for social distancing, I have scheduled several nights. Pre-K and K will be hosted on August 31st from 4:00-5:30. Grades 1 & 4 will be hosted on September 1st from 4:00-5:30. Grades 2 & 5 will be hosted on September 8th from 4:00-5:30. Grades 3 & 6 will be hosted on September 9th from 4:00-5:30.

IF YOU HAVE NOT ALREADY LET US KNOW....... Please call the PCSS office and give us your decision on whether our children will be remote learning or in person this year. Thank You!!

From Your Special Education Department: IEP and 504 meetings will begin to occur after school has started. Someone will be contacting you at the appropriate time to discuss the scheduling of IEP/504 meetings closer to their due dates. All IEP/504 meetings will have a virtual component with a ZOOM link that will be provided on the meeting notice. At this time, we ask that only parents and students attend meetings in person. All team members from outside of the district will be asked to join meetings virtually. If you have any questions feel free to reach out to Nicki Greene at ngreene@sad4.org

For anyone who did not go to the Reopening meeting at PCES, here are the four video links that outline the plan: Part 1: https://prezi.com/v/jw3xqurdpkgi/pces-parent-night-part-1/ Part 2: https://prezi.com/v/mvxn6i1xvhi1/pces-parent-night-part-2/ Part 3: https://prezi.com/v/eszpjibxdwaz/pces-parent-night-part-3/ Part 4: https://prezi.com/v/z-v8hlczovfo/pces-parent-night-part-4/

Here is a copy of Mr. Keane's reopening presentation. https://drive.google.com/file/d/15fF0IvicnTaFjWNkWkKbqz7IIZjuIVHL/view?usp=sharing

For anyone who did not go to the Reopening meeting at PCSS here are three links to a video that sums it up. https://prezi.com/v/nu8w6wigu6hr/ https://prezi.com/v/2yatyjjmbnav/ https://prezi.com/v/swgaxmzc32_p/

Here is a copy of the MSAD #4 Return to School Student/Family Guidelines: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1KYROXgx8qSMJA2NAtwV-RL2N7Gp9kCGEHBb_lKMacp0/edit?usp=sharing

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Parent nights will be held on Wednesday at 6 PM for PCSS and Thursday at 6PM at PCES. Masks are required when 6 feet distancing isn't possible and when entering and exiting the building. 1 member per household. Space is limited. If we exceed COVID capacity, we will schedule another night.

2020-2021 Anticipated Openings Special Education Ed Tech I, II and III's Interested candidates should call for an application at 207-876-3444 or obtain one from our website at: http://www.sad4.org