• Chromebooks - are available to students who do not have access to a computer at home.  Check out will be in the MPR.
• Textbooks – ALL MATERIALS WILL BE AVAILABLE DIGITALLY, EXCEPT LA CORE NOVELS (core novel list below) & Social Studies Textbooks. Check out of physical textbooks is optional otherwise and not required. Remember that the academic curriculum will be guided by APEX (online academic program).
• AGENDA BOOKS AVAILABLE FOR PURCHASE: $10.00 (please bring exact change or check made payable to PVIS ASB). 

Core Novel List 6^th-8^th Grade 

6th Grade

• 1) Hatchet by Gary Paulsen
• 2) Freedom Walkers by Russell Freedman
• 3) When You Reach Me by Rebecca Stead

7th Grade

• 1) The Giver by Lois Lowry
• 2) Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad by Ann Petry
• 3) The Outsiders by SE Hinton

8th Grade

• 1) Monster by Walter Dean Myers
• 2) The Book Thief by Markus Zusak & The Diary of Anne Frank (the play) by Frances Goodrich and Albert Hackett
• 3) The Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass: An American Slave by Frederick Douglass

*If you have not returned last year’s textbooks/library books please return or pay for those books before checking out this year’s books. Check out/returns/payments will be in the Library. *

Directions for Materials Pick Up:

Pick Up Schedule on Wednesday, August 19^th:

• 6^th graders – 8:00-10:00 AM
• 7^th graders – 10:00-12:00 PM
• 8^th graders – 1:00-3:00 PM

1. Enter campus through main driveway and pull all the way forward.
2. Parents remain in your car.
3. Please make sure you bring student i.d. to check out 
4. Students exit the car; remember that face masks must be worn at all times while on campus. 
5. Students must adhere to social distancing by waiting in line on the marks placed on the ground 6 feet apart at either the Library or the MPR.

We look forward to a smooth transition, and will count on each and every one of our PVIS community members to do their part to take care of each other. Thank you for your cooperation.  If you have any questions or concerns, please contact Assistant Principal, Jennifer Egan at [email protected]

Sincerely,

Micah J. Farrell – PVIS Principal