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Dear Pelham Middle School Families, 

Welcome to our first P.R.I.D.E. Post of the 2021-22 school year! We use this newsletter as an opportunity to share the events, activities, and accomplishments we are most excited about and  proud of. While this year has continued to pose unique challenges for schools, we have done our  best to make sure our students have a positive and enriching middle school experience. One of our goals this year was to promote an “Atmosphere of Joy” here in the middle school to counteract the  hardships students have experienced due to COVID, and we have designed many student  experiences around this objective. It has been a busy year so far at Pelham Middle School and we hope you enjoy reading about it! 

Sincerely, 

In case you missed it, you can watch the 5th Grade Information Night presentation from February 17th by clicking here.

Learn more about community-wide events and classroom activities

Dear Pelham Middle School Families,

What a year! It has been a challenging and exhausting past ten months as our teachers and students have continuously adapted to changing DOH requirements, teaching models, classroom setups, bell schedules, and technologies. Through it all, they have demonstrated amazing resilience, a willingness to learn new skills, and a commitment to maintain our standards of excellence in teaching and learning in spite of all of the roadblocks. We conclude the year feeling tremendous P.R.I.D.E. for all our students and teachers have accomplished!

Sincerely,

Congratulations to all of the winners and nominees!

PMS is just one of 47 schools in the U.S., Brazil and Mexico to receive such an honor!

Dear Pelham Middle School Families, It’s time for our second P.R.I.D.E. Post of the 2020-21 school year, and we have a lot to talk about! While the snow and ice have kept us indoors, that hasn’t stopped us from participating in a plethora of exciting virtual activities as well as making significant strides towards our character education goals. We hope you enjoy reading about all the fun and enriching experiences we’ve had this winter!

Sincerely,

Dear Pelham Middle School Families,

Welcome to our first P.R.I.D.E. Post of the 2020-21 school year! We use this quarterly newsletter as an opportunity to share the events, activities, and accomplishments we are most excited about and proud of. While 2020 has continued to pose unique challenges for educators, we have done our best to make sure our students have a positive and enriching middle school experience. Even though we are unable to take advantage of many of the field trips, assemblies, and guest speakers we would normally enjoy in the fall, we will continue to strive to come up with creative and safe alternatives for students. On a positive note, we have been incredibly impressed at the degree to which our students and teachers have adapted to our hybrid learning model and mastered the technical tools necessary to do so. We will continue to adapt and learn as the year progresses and remain committed, throughout this pandemic and beyond, to make sure all students have the chance to learn, to grow, and to have fun!

Sincerely,

Lynn M. Sabia                                       
Principal                                                   

Sean A. Llewellyn
Assistant Principal

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Happy reading!

The Board of Education will meet virtually.

Upcoming stakeholder forums:

• Alumni - Wednesday, July 22, 7pm | Register

• Rising Secondary Students - Thursday, July 30, 7pm | Register

• Parents/guardians - Tuesday, August 11, 7pm | Register

The Board will meet via videoconference to appoint additional election inspectors

The Board will meet via videoconference

The Board will meet in PMHS Alumni Hall

Dear Pelham Middle School Families,

Happy New Year! We hope all of you had a wonderful holiday season. For those of you who are new to Pelham Middle School, the P.R.I.D.E. Post is our quarterly newsletter, keeping you informed about some of the exciting events going on both in and out of the classroom. This school year, we continue to focus on the district’s Strategic Plan Goals in the areas of Cultural Competence, Authentic Learning, and Whole Child, through our continued work in the areas of character education and youth leadership, implementation of the International Baccalaureate Middle Years Programme, and commitment to supporting the academic, social, emotional, and physical growth of our students. We hope you enjoy reading about how all of the ways our teachers and students strive to embody Pelham P.R.I.D.E., through which we are Prepared, Respectful, Involved, and Determined, make Pelham Middle School the truly Excellent school our students deserve.

Sincerely,

Lynn M. Sabia                                         
Principal                                                   

Sean A. Llewellyn
Assistant Principal

The second edition of our P.R.I.D.E. Post! We wanted to take a moment to highlight a few of the many recent student experiences and accomplishments.

Sincerely,

Lynn M. Sabia                                          Sean A. Llewellyn
Principal                                                   Assistant Principal

A ceremony will be held to mark the beginning of work on the new Hutchinson School. 

Congratulations to teachers Alicia Gallagher (Hutchinson School), Kevin Miller (Middle School) and Rebecca Reina (Siwanoy, Prospect Hill) and teaching assistants Trisha Lahn (Hutchinson) and Marc Ritacco (Prospect Hill).

The proposed budget was approved and Leah Tahbaz, Vincent Mazzaro and John Brice were elected to the Board of Education.

The Board of Education will meet in PMHS Alumni Hall. 

Resources from the Jan. 22 Board of Education Meeting

View the meeting Video

See the presentation slides

The addition of Unified Basketball this spring will provide an opportunity for students with disabilities to compete at the varsity level. 

Resources

Know the Risks Tip Sheet - Talk to Your Teen About E-Cigarettes

Truth Initiative - E-Cigarettes

Join us Feb. 1-3 for the Pelham Middle School production of the iconic musical "Bye Bye Birdie"

Two open forums will be held to hear from members of the community as the District begins work on its next Strategic Plan. Read more

District officials and key contributors broke ground on the Siwanoy Outdoor Classroom on December 19, 2018.