PRINCIPAL'S UPDATE
December 12, 2021
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This Week's Bell Schedule
FINALS WEEK SCHEDULE
MONDAY - REGULAR BELL SCHEDULE
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TUESDAY - ZERO PERIOD FINALS SCHEDULE |
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WEDNESDAY - FRIDAY - FINALS SCHEDULE
WEDNESDAY - PERIODS 1 AND 2 FINALS
THURSDAY - PERIODS 3 AND 4 FINALS
FRIDAY - PERIODS 5 AND 6 FINALS
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December 18 - January 2: Winter Break |
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A MESSAGE FROM YOUR AP, MRS. SUNADA
You can do it!!! As finals are quickly approaching, remember starting on Tuesday, we wanted to remind you of our Academic Integrity Policy. You can find our policy on our school website or by clicking on this link.
We also wanted to provide you with some helpful tips on doing well for your finals:
Get a good night's sleep
Eat a good breakfast
Bring a snack to eat after your first final
Take a few deep breaths before you take your final
Good luck this week Panthers!
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Attention Freshmen! Join Link Crew on Monday after school in the College and Career Center (CCC) for our annual Cookies, Cocoa, and Cram event! There will be free hot cocoa and cookies and leaders tutoring in all subjects. Study, hang out with friends, and de-stress with us from 2:45-5pm. We hope to see you there!
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Panther Speech Team
Last month, our Speech team recently competed at their first In-Person WBFL League tournament of the year at Torrance High School. Congratulations to our winners on their success!
1st Place League Champion in Humorous Interpretation - Kate Launius
1st Place TIED League Champions in Original Oratory - Angeline Sutandinata & Ashley Deng
2nd Place in Original Advocacy - Jennifer Lee
2nd Place in Program Oral Interpretation - Rachel Huang
2nd Place in Humorous Interpretation - Sierra Palese
2nd Place in Extemporaneous - Simren Parikh
3rd Place in Original Oratory - Jennifer Lee
3rd Place in Original Advocacy - Vivian Wang
4th Place in Extemporaneous - Keisuke Akamatsu
5th Place in Impromptu - Simren Parikh
Then last week, they competed virtually La Costa Canyon Tournament and finished with great results!
1st Place in Program Oral Interpretation - Ashley Deng
4th Place in Program Oral Interpretation - Rachel Huang
4th Place in Oratorical Interpretation - Sophia Brach
Well done!
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Holiday Parade with a ROBOT!
On December 4th, The Phantom Catz participated in the 24th Annual Palos Verdes Peninsula Holiday Parade of Lights. The parade lit up the Peninsula shopping area with amazing holiday floats, marching bands, and partners of the community. The team marched with over forty students and two of its robots, ProSigma and AntiSigma. The holiday themed robots were driven for a section of the parade and rolled by the team for the rest. Members festively wore santa, elf, and reindeer hats in the holiday spirit. Thank you to everyone who came out to support us!
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Update from the Panther Mock Trial Team
PVPHS Mock Trial team has completed their season, winning their way to the LA County Finals.
Eighty-four high schools participated in the competition, which had lawyers, witnesses, bailiffs, clerks and a journalist dramatizing a fictional court case - did the defendant place the snake that killed the victim into his mailbox?
Under the guidance of volunteer coaches John Torelli, Adrian Roxas, Sandy Roxas, Willie Wang, Leslie Criswell, and Joanie Gale, the team worked together to win second place in LA County. This is the second time that Pen progressed to the finals.
Throughout the competition, the following students were named MVP: Charlotte Chung, Candace Baik, Chloe Cruickshanks, Charlotte Lew, Justin Liu, Naomi Porter, and Kayden Roxas. Charlotte Lew were named the outstanding prosecution pre-trial attorney of LA County at the awards ceremony.
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Attention Students:
SoCal ROC Spring semester schedules are now available in the counseling office! Earn high school elective credits while learning valuable skills that prepare you for an entry-level career. Courses are after school and FREE for high school students! Your SoCal ROC career guidance specialist is available to answer any questions and assist with SoCal ROC class enrollment in the counseling office every Tuesday morning. Add your name to the sign up sheet in the counseling office to meet with her ASAP!
SoCal ROC Spring Course List can be found HERE!
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Dear PVPHS Families,
Program change requests are now being accepted for second semester. Students who need to request a level change, or drop a class for second semester, can pick up the appropriate form in the Counseling Office. Please see the information below and reach out to your school counselor with any questions/concerns. Thank you.
WITHDRAW/LEVEL CHANGE DATES FOR 2021-2022
Voluntary Drop/Level Change: Initiated by student or parent
DROP/LEVEL CHANGE*
If request occurs on or before Friday, February 18th, there will be no record of the class on the transcript.
WITHDRAW
If withdraw occurs from February 21st –March 18th, a grade of W will be recorded on the transcript.
WITHDRAW “F”
If withdraw occurs from March 21st –June 9th, an “F” will be recorded on transcript, regardless of academic grade.
*Please Note: Level changes are based on space availability and are not guaranteed
Sincerely,
PVPHS Counseling Office
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South Bay Families Connected: Focus on youth wellness
Finally, after a full year of distance learning, some students have, understandably, experienced the return to in-person learning as a social challenge. PVPUSD partner South Bay Families Connected (SBFC), a network of 115 schools in the South Bay, has organized Teaching Social Skills: Resources for Parents and Guardians, which contains a video featuring students at local schools, including PVPHS’s own Rhys Moon, sharing their perspectives regarding the social ups and downs of returning to in-person learning. There you will also find some useful tips to support your children and teens as they develop and refine their own social skills. For related resources, please visit the SBFC Healthy Relationships Page. The SBFC Virtual Teen Center contains a wide variety of mental health and wellness topics. To see more youth wellness resources provided by PVPUSD and SBFC, please visit our own PVPUSD Families Connected.
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DISTRICT COVID TESTING INFORMATION
Parents/Guardians and Staff,
COVID testing sites will be open December 20-22 and December 27-29, 2021, from 10:00 a.m. with last test at 2:45 p.m. For more information about testing, please visit: www.pvpusd.net/testing/
Parents/Guardians please register your student(s) before you arrive at a testing site.
How do I register?
Do I need to register for each site listed?
No, one registration required per person not per site. Also, one registration is good for the year. You do not need to re-register.
What am I required to bring to the testing site?
Students will be required to show a school/district issued ID.
If your student does not have an ID, please provide a screenshot/printout of your student's Aeries demographics page showing student is active. To expedite the testing process, please have this information readily available once you arrive. Staff does not have access to Aeries to verify the student's status.
How do I make a testing appointment?
We do not accept appointments. Testing will be conducted on a first come, first served basis.
What age group do you test?
Ages 4+ can test.
What type of test do you offer?
This is a self-swabbing rapid antigen test.
What is the testing schedule?
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For the most current information about testing, please visit:
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Sincerely,
Dr. Brent Kuykendall
Principal
All District programs, activities, and practices shall be free from unlawful discrimination, including discrimination against an individual or group based on race, color, ancestry, nationality, national origin, immigration status, ethnic group identification, ethnicity, age, religion, marital status, pregnancy, parental status, physical or mental disability, sex, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, gender expression, or genetic information; a perception of one or more of such characteristics; or association with a person or group with one or more of these actual or perceived characteristics.
Title IX Contact: Richard Licciardello, 310-378-9966 x 417
Section 504 Contact: Michael Bosler, 310-378-9966 x 444
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