Important News

Dear Patuxent Valley Families, What an amazing school year! I am so thankful for our community, our staff and our young people. There was no better way for me to end my time at Patuxent Valley than in our two promotion ceremonies this week. Thank you to each and every 8th grade family for sharing your young people with us…

Elective Registration Information Session for Rising Grade 7 and Grade 8 Families, 1/14/2025 Elective registration will open on 1/30/2025 for rising 7th and 8th grade families. To help you and your student prepare for next school year, we are offering an information session on 1/14/2025 at 6:00pm. To accommodate families, the session format will be In-person and Virtual. Use your…

Rhythm & Flow: The Ties that Bind Us -- RSVP Link is live Join us as students and staff members from PVMS, students from Guilford Park High School, and members of our broader community perform in this year's Rhythm & Flow program. We hope to see you there. Rhythm & Flow: The Ties That Bind Us When: Wednesday, February 12…

From the HaHS Scheduling Website: https://sites.google.com/hcpss.org/hahsschedule/home SCHEDULING EXTRAVAGANZA In-Person Hammond High School Wednesday, Jan. 8th @ 6pm 5:30pm - Rising 9th Grade Welcome and Presentation 6:00pm - General Welcome and Scheduling Overview and Opportunities 6:15pm - Midterm Review/Explanation ITL Presentations for Electives, Course Levels 6:45-7:15pm - Department Open Houses and Choose your Own Adventure Begin (Cafeteria) 6:45-7:15pm - AP Potential…

Dear Patuxent Valley Families and Community, Happy New Year and welcome to 2025! I hope you had a refreshing break - it is great to see our young people back in the building and to have the opportunity to begin again with the new calendar year. I encourage you to take this opportunity of new beginnings to check in with…

Dear Patuxent Valley Families and Community, Winter Concerts, all the costumes for our spirit week, the Council of Elder’s Celebration yesterday, the PTA Coffee Cart, Angel Tree donations, and the PTA 2nd Avenue Fundraiser — I don’t think its possible to list all the community-centered activities and events that have happened at Patuxent Valley over the past week! I want…

Dear Patuxent Valley Families and Community, Over the past week I have had the privilege of hearing our bands, orchestras and choirs at the winter concerts at Hammond High School. Tonight our Dance program is performing at Guildford Park and will round off a treat of fine arts performances from Patuxent Valley. Thank you to Ms. Lentz, Mr. Bickham, Ms…

One of our goals as Career Readiness Advisors is to facilitate a student-driven journey of self-reflection, skill development, and career exploration to ensure that all students graduate with a well-informed post-high school plan aligned with their career goals. At the middle school level we want our students to take self assessments in Naviance to acquire and apply self-knowledge to personal…

“This a wonderful day. I've never seen this one before.” —Maya Angelou “Make it a habit to tell people, ‘thank you.’ To express your appreciation sincerely and without the expectation of anything in return. Truly appreciate those around you, and you’ll soon find many others around you. Truly appreciate life, and you’ll find that you have more of it.” —Ralph…

Dear Patuxent Valley Families and Community, I love American Education Week! It was wonderful to see over 70 families come visit over the course of the week - Honor Roll today was an amazing set of celebrations, Coffee with the Principal was a really pleasant way to get to know some wonderful family members. We are lucky to have such…