Important News

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…

Dear Patuxent Valley Families and Community, Last Monday was the Veterans’ Day and I want to echo what we shared both with our staff and student body on Monday that we are grateful for the service of all who have served our nation. There are more than 30 military connected families here at Patuxent Valley and we hope that all…

The PVMS PTSA partnered with 2nd Ave to bring you a fundraiser that costs you nothing. 2nd Ave will give money to PVMS based on the weight of your items, so bring us whatever you have! Contact the PTSA if you need any help getting bags or boxes. We Are Collecting: Clothes men's, women's, & children's clothes, coats, shoes, scarves…

American Education Week is 11/18-11/22. American Education Week is an exciting opportunity for our students and staff to show off all the great things happening here at Patuxent Valley. While you are welcome to visit any time during the week, specifically between the hours of 7:50 am and 2:35 pm, we have chosen Wednesday, November 20 and Friday, November 22…

Dear Patuxent Valley Families and Community, I hope you are all enjoying the amazing return of Fall weather and are looking forward to a great weekend! This week we celebrated our November Students of the month. Look out below for the amazing young people who were recognized for their hard work and service: 6th grade: Jamaal J., Genesis G-Z., Henry…

Patuxent Valley Middle School can submit one student to be nominated for the chance to win a Ben Carson Scholarship Award. To be considered, students must have at least a 3.75 GPA , have completed community service, and submit an essay. The nomination is not a guarantee of an award. Please see this link for more information. If your child…

Dear Patuxent Valley Families and Community, Can you believe that it is Quarter 2 already? We had a great week this week closing out the quarter. My highlights of the week were seeing so many students show up on Tuesday in Red for Red Ribbon Day, and in Pink on Wednesday for Breast Cancer Awareness. The young people raised enough…

November Dear PVMS families, Last month we rolled out Naviance Student to our middle school students and families. Naviance is a program that students will utilize from middle school all the way through high school. It is able to be translated into more than 75 languages so all HCPSS families are able to access and use it. Naviance Student allows…