Connect Ed - Jan. 22

Good evening, Piedmont families. This is Dr. Strickland with the Week in Preview for January 23 – 25, 2019.  It’s a short week, but still a great time to continue our great adventure of LEARNING! On Wednesday this week, we’ll have our last home basketball game. If your student would like to attend, they will stay after school and will be called to the gym after our bus and car riding students have been dismissed. Please have rides ready to pick up students attending the basketball game by 6:30.

Also, the North Carolina Department of Public Instruction (NCDPI) announced last week that there are errors occurring in the software that all North Carolina school districts use to report student grades.  NCDPI and PowerSchool identified a malfunction with the grade calculation function currently used by PowerTeacher Pro.

Union County Public Schools is currently assessing all students’ grades to determine if there has been any impact on grades in our school system.  Be assured that the grades your son or daughter received up to now will not be negatively impacted by the new calculations.

As a result, UCPS is extending the report card period to February 7, 2019.  Report cards will not be issued on January 31st.  Our school will provide an update once all assessments are complete.

We’re looking forward to a great week at Piedmont Middle School where Every Minute Matters!

If you have questions, feel free to contact administrators at our school.

Interested in Golf?

Click the link and you will be sent information.

Soccer Try-outs

Girls Jan. 28-29

Boys Jan. 30-31

See Flyer

Donations needed for Panther Buck Store

$5.00 gift cards would be appreciated.

Duke Tip Talent Search

Seventh Grade Students and Parents:

The Duke TIP (Talent Identification Program) 7^th grade Talent Search is open to current seventh-grade students who qualify through one of three methods:

1. Scoring at or above the 95th national percentile on an accepted grade-level national standardized achievement or abilities test
2. Scoring at or above the 95th percentile on a state assessment
3. Scoring 125 or above (full scale or composite) on an accepted IQ test

For more information go to Duke Tip Getting Started.

Order a yearbook online HERE! Cost is $35.  You have the option for extras, including a name stamp when you purchase online.  Any extra yearbooks will be sold at the school at the end of the year.  Quantity is limited. Guarantee yours by ordering online today.

Please link your Harris Teeter VIC card to earn $ for Piedmont.

Click HERE, fill in the form and use code 1167 for PDMS.

Thank you.