Thank you for your interest in the Palmyra-Eagle Area School District. The Palmyra-Eagle Area School District has the advantage of a scenic small town atmosphere with close proximity to urban and suburban areas. Our community is a great place to live, raise a family and send your children to school.
We are proud of our accomplishments and our vision for the future and invite you to become a part of the Palmyra-Eagle Area School District. We invite you to contact the District Office or any of our schools if you have any questions.
Mission Statement
To ensure that students excel with intellect and virtue, inspired by innovative educators who engage and challenge each individual.
Announcements
COVID-19 Update and 2nd-Semester Grading Procedures
April 28, 2020
Hello PEHS/MS Parents and Students,
I am reaching out to you with some additional information now that we know that we will not be returning to face to face instruction this school year. We have and will continue to provide virtual learning opportunities to all middle and high school students. Staff have been working to support students in this new virtual format and we appreciate all you have been doing as parents and families to support your student at home. We will continue with the 4 class period Monday/Wednesday, Tuesday/Thursday and Friday catch up day format for the remainder of our virtual learning school year. We encourage students to reach out via email, google chat, and video conferencing to get support from their teachers.
At this point in time, no definite end date has been established for new virtual learning. As a district, we are looking at the best ways to wrap up new instruction and ensure students earn credit and have had access to the essential learning to move into the 2020-21 school year.
We know that families have a lot of questions regarding grading, cleaning out of lockers, and school events. The remainder of this letter will provide information about these areas.
Grading:
As a teaching staff, we have been talking about grading and what is the best thing to do for all students since virtual learning started. We have also reached out to other school districts to see what options they are providing for students. We strongly believe that the academic opportunities we have provided are important and relevant to student learning, but we also acknowledge the unprecedented situation we are currently in. We also know that we are all humans and this situation has been stressful and caused anxiety in all of us.
With all of that in mind, we have decided to offer middle and high school students the choice of taking each individual class as a traditional letter-graded class or choosing to take it Pass/Fail. This will apply to students 4th quarter and 2nd semester grades. 3rd quarter grades will remain posted as letter grades.
When making decisions students taking high school classes, this includes middle school students in Algebra I, should keep in mind that Laude status at graduation is linked to both GPA and Laude points.
Pass/Fail Grading Details:
Pass = D- or above; will not count against GPA; credit earned
Fail = Below a D-; will not count against GPA; no credit earned
Letter Grade Grading Details:
Traditional Grading Scale
100+ - A+, 99-93 - A, 92-90 - A-
89-87 - B+, 86-83 - B, 82-80 - B-
79-77 - C+, 76-73 - C, 72-70 - C-
69-67 - D+, 66-63 - D, 62-60 - D-
Below 59 - F
All letter grades classes will impact GPA
All letter grade classes with grades above an F will earn credit
High School Specific Information:
Laude points will not be awarded for pass/fail classes
No final exams will be given for 2nd semester
High School transcripts will reflect that 2nd semester of 2019-20 occurred during the COVID-19 pandemic
Procedures
Student grades will remain as letter grades until the end of virtual learning. This will allow students to know their letter grades before choosing pass/fail or the letter grade option for the course.
Students will be sent a google form, near the end of new virtual learning, that they will use to indicate their choice for each class.
These choices will be put into Skyward Gradebook before the posting of the 4th quarter/2nd semester grades.
Teachers and administration will be available to answer questions about which option students should choose.
Courses will be defaulted to Pass/Fail if students do not respond to multiple attempts by teachers and administration to get their input.
Locker Clean Out/Chromebook Collection:
Procedures are being developed to allow students into the building in small groups to clean out their lockers. We will utilize a sign-up Google form and keep to social distancing guidelines to allow students to get into the building to clean out school and phy ed lockers. Students and families should look for this form to come out the week of May 4, 2020.
Senior Chromebooks and any Chromebooks that need repairs will need to be collected prior to the end of the school year. We will provide drop off dates closer to the end of the school year to collect these devices. Seniors will need to turn in their Chromebooks and chargers. Student devices that need repairs can also be turned in at this time. Any senior device or charger not collected will be added to student fines which will need to be paid before students can participate in the graduation ceremony.
School Events:
Events at the end of the school year are very important and create lasting memories. We are working to have as many of these events as possible. At this time both 8th grade promotion and junior prom have been postponed and possible dates have not been determined. We will determine the ability to hold these events as the restrictions on gatherings change.
Graduation for the Class of 2020 is also postponed. In addition, other senior events such as senior honors night also postponed. Below are two rescheduled dates for these events. We would utilize the first date that is allowed under gathering restrictions. There is a possibility that graduation would be held outside or that tickets would be utilized to limit the number of people. Again this information would be available closer to the actual graduation date.
Option 1:
Senior Awards Night - Thursday, June 18, 2020, @ 7:00 pm
Graduation Practice - Friday, June 19, 2020 @ 9:00 am
Class of 2020 Graduation - Sunday, June 21, 2020 @ 2:00 pm with project graduation to follow
Option 2:
Senior Awards Night - Thursday, July 16, 2020, @ 7:00 pm
Graduation Practice - Friday, July 17, 2020 @ 9:00 am
Class of 2020 Graduation - Sunday, July 19, 2020 @ 2:00 pm with project graduation to follow
Of course, we can not guarantee that either of these dates will work, but we wanted to get information to families for planning purposes. We will continue to communicate as we get closer to the dates if we will be able to hold these events.
I can not begin to express my sadness for the entire student body and all the staff members. This is not how any of us envisioned the end of the 2019-20 school year but I know we are all still here supporting each other. Please stay safe and surround yourself with as much positivity as you can during these crazy times. I miss each and every one of you and hope to see you soon.
Stay Safe Panthers,
Kari Timm
PEHS/MS Principal
PEASD Four Day Week Proposal
Palmyra-Eagle Schools
4-Day Week Proposal
This proposed calendar is viewed as a radical change in the daily operations of our school district. Four-day weeks are common in schools in the states to our west. States as close as Minnesota and Iowa, as far away as Washington and Wyoming. PEASD would be the first district in Wisconsin to develop this innovative plan. Coupled with the 4-Day week the district must offer low cost wrap around care.
Listed below are some of the impacts that four day is expected to create:
EXPECTED GAINS: Improved attendance students & staff, student satisfaction, teacher recruitment and retention, increased concentration of instructional time, expanded opportunity for individualized student support, work-study arrangements, no conflict opportunity for appointments, frequent family three-day weekend opportunities, positive student-teacher relation gains.
WHAT HAPPENS ON THE FIFTH DAY?
No Bus Service
No Regular Food Service
School is open Regular Hours but not structured class as usual
Wrap Around Care regular hours (6:00am,-7:30 am & 3:15pm-5:30pm)
IF MY STUDENT COMES TO SCHOOL DAY 5, WHAT WILL THEY DO?
Exploratory, Enrichment, Reading, Remediation, Community Service, Physical Activities, Library Time, Virtual Field Trips, Counseling, Hobbies, Make Your Own Lunch, Technology, Projects, Guest Speakers, Grand-Friend Activity, Small Group Play, Life Skills, Board Games, Educational videos & Movies
If a student opts to attend the fifth day, it would be a full day commitment unless otherwise previously arranged by the parent.
Questions or comments to: 4dayweek@peasd.org
All-School Alumni Reunion Cancelled
Palmyra-Eagle All-School Alumni Reunion Cancelled
We are all facing new challenges and difficult decisions during the COVID-19 pandemic. That being said, the all-school alumni reunion committee has unanimously decided to CANCEL the alumni luncheon scheduled for July 25, 2020 at the 841 BrewHouse in Whitewater. Please pass this information onto other alumni and friends.
Stay safe and be well.
2020-2021 Elementary School Consolidation
At its regularly scheduled March 11, 2020 school board meeting the Palmyra-Eagle Area School District school board voted to consolidate its elementary schools beginning with the 2020-2021 school year. As a result of this determination, all incoming four-year-old kindergarten through grade 5 students will be enrolled at Eagle Elementary School. While a difficult decision to make, the advantages of assigning all elementary grade levels at one school site are many.
Benefits to students include the coordination and sequencing of common curriculum experiences within and across grade levels, collaborative efforts among multiple teachers of the same grade level, targeted learning experiences for all learners, and the alignment of interventions created to support and expand student growth and achievement. The school setting has ready access to a natural conservatory which offers "nature's classroom" to both teachers and their students. A strong partnership exists with the local library which is a brief two minute walk from the school through a serene, wooded area.
Future communications will address new and expanded program offerings at Palmyra Middle/High School which will house students in grades 6th through 12th next year.
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