PCCS : Pioneer Update 12/17/21

Press release from Plymouth-Canton Community Schools:

12/17/2021 12:30 PM

Pioneer Update 12/17/21

Pioneer Parents,

As we come to the end of 2021, and start to enjoy a winter break, I want to take this opportunity to express my gratitude to all who help make Pioneer Middle School an incredible place to be. The Pioneer community is blessed to have talented students, dedicated parents, incredible teachers, and an amazing support staff. In a year filled with challenges, our community has demonstrated perseverance by facing each challenge and working together to overcome them. Lastly, thank you to all the families that donated towards the staff appreciation gifts, treats and meals this past week. They were incredibly generous and truly appreciated by the staff! 

Happy Holidays,

Mr. Rhein

Upcoming Dates:

December 20-January 2, 2022 Winter Break

January 3, 2022 Classes Resume

January 17, 2022 No School-MLK Day

January 27, 2022 ½ Day

January 28, 2022 ½ Day, End of 1st Semester

January 31, 2022 Start of 2nd Semester

District Updates:

In order to provide a more predictable transportation program for our students and families returning to in-person instruction in January, 2022, we are making the following changes to our transportation program:  

Proactive Suspension and Rotating Routes Planned  - Beginning January 10, 2022, we will rotate the suspension of 12 uncovered routes every two weeks. This plan will continue until such time that an adequate number of drivers are in place to reliably cover all routes.  The purpose of this plan is to make suspensions more predictable (and fair) for all families while reducing delays and last minute cancellations in daily routes. Please note that state-mandated Special Education bus routes will not be canceled or suspended. 

Our plan is to rotate routes every two weeks, starting with bringing back the routes that have been suspended since the beginning of the school year. Once these routes are back up, they will be exempt from a planned suspension for the remainder of the school year.  For more information, please click on this link:  https://www.pccsk12.com/Home/Components/News/News/24544/19?backlist=%2f

While we are not able to guarantee there won’t be additional suspensions/rotations of routes due to unexpected circumstances, the goal is to significantly reduce the frequency of last-minute suspensions or significant delays.  This will provide more timely notice of scheduled route suspensions so that alternative plans can be made.

P-CCS is excited to announce that parents/guardians now have access to Securly Home. The district has been using Securly, an online content filter, to filter district-issued Chromebooks for about four years. P-CCS has now expanded its contract with Securly to offer new and enhanced features, such as Securly Home, at no cost to families. Using Securly Home, parents/guardians can monitor and restrict the content that their students can access on their district-issued devices..

All P–CCS families have/or will receive an onboarding email from Securly with instructions on how to enroll with Securly Home and link your account to your student(s). Please note that the email you receive will be from noreply@securly.com. Please also be sure to check your spam folder if you do not see the email in your inbox. The Securly Home portal will be accessible via app (Apple Store and Google Play Store), as well as web browser (https://securly.com/parent-login). After you have logged into the portal, you will have access to the following:

We are excited to bring this new feature to you and expect it to roll out without any issues. However, if you have any questions or concerns, first please check out the FAQs on the Securly Home help site or submit a support ticket with Securly. If further assistance is still needed, please contact your school’s technology support team.

Plymouth-Canton Community Schools produces a weekly podcast with all the important district information for students, staff and families.  You can view the latest LPT in 3 podcast on the district’s official YouTube channel at:  https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLOBLPrc4Mv26ZjcwupviqChIK0p7xEWp-

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