Annie Live Stream
Hello PGMS Parents.
For those of you who would like to see the second run of the live performance of Annie by our students, you can join us on YouTube at 11:30am.
Join the PGMS Annie Live Performance: https://youtu.be/ZZTln2_kM30
Hello PGMS Parents.
For those of you who would like to see the second run of the live performance of Annie by our students, you can join us on YouTube at 11:30am.
Join the PGMS Annie Live Performance: https://youtu.be/ZZTln2_kM30
LIVE STREAM REPLAY!!!
Hello PGMS Parents.
If you missed it, you may view the replay of the 3rd marking period Honor Roll Assembly live stream here: https://youtu.be/PkBP4p16Avc.
Once again parents, we want to thank you for your involvement and support.
View the live stream replay here: https://youtu.be/PkBP4p16Avc.
Elect our schools next President, Treasurer and Secretary of the Parent Association Executive Board.
Join us on Thursday, May 26, 2022 at 6pm on Zoom.
Attendance of all parents is important, including graduating 8th grade parents. Let's set up the next executive board for success and elect the parents who will be the parent leaders of Pelham Gardens Middle School for the new school year.
Register For The Elections Now.
If there are any questions, please contact Parent Coordinator Mr. Leader at tleader@pgms566.org.
Join us tomorrow, Friday, May 6, 2022, live on YouTube for the 3rd Marking Period Honor Roll Assembly.
To see the live Replay of the Honor Roll Assembly, please go to Honor Roll Recipients page.
PARENTS JOIN US
On Thursday, February 17, 2022, join us at 9:30am live on YouTube to celebrate our 2nd marking period Honor Roll recipients.
No Registration or Login Required!
To see the live Replay of the Honor Roll Assembly, please go to Honor Roll Recipients page.
Join us at 9:30am live on YouTube to celebrate our 1st marking period Honor Roll recipients.
No Registration or Login Required!
To All Pelham Gardens Middle School Parents,
Due to personal reasons, our elected Parent Association President is no longer able to fulfill the duties of position. Therefore, our elected Vice-President Dejonae Pettaway (6th Grade Parent) will hold the seat of President by succession as per the PA bylaws.
We would like to thank Ms. Pettaway for her willingness to step up as President and wish her success in her new role.
Last night's Parent Association (Expedited) Elections were a huge success. Not only were we able to fill all mandatory positions, we were also able to fill a position that has not been held by anyone since 2015.
We would like to first thank all of the parents who attended last night's election meeting and helped to make it such a success. We could not have achieved this success without you. Next, we want to thank our Elections Chairperson Shannon Cruz and Election Note Taker Sophia Olivero. We literally could not have conducted our elections without your courage to assume your respective roles. Last but not least, we would like to congratulate the four parents who were unanimously elected to their respective positions and now form our Parent Association Executive Board. Let's please recognize:
- Sophia Henry - Parent Association President
- Steffanie Bonilla - Parent Association Treasurer
- Lashandra Francis - Parent Association Secretary
- Paris Pettaway - Parent Association Vice President
We look forward to working with these ladies and seeing what great things they have in store for the Pelham Gardens Middle School community.
Class of 2021 Graduation Ceremony
Pelham Gardens Middle School is big on creating an experience outside the classroom as well as inside the classroom. That can only be accomplished by creating traditions and events which foster an interactive and/ or family friendly environment. Below are a list of the traditions and events we take part in here at Pelham Gardens Middle School.
Since its inception in 2013, our Parent Association has been a huge part of our school culture. Parents have come together to brainstormed on fundraisers and school wide events that epitomize the spirit of PGMS. To see a full list of PA Sponsored Events, please Click Here.
Our Parent Coordinator Mr. Leader is dedicated to providing our families (i.e. parents and students) educational and entertaining interactive workshops that empower them with real world applicable tools. He provides both mental, physical and emotional tool in the workshops, which are designed to set our parents and Advocate up for success. For a list of past and upcoming family workshops, Click Here.
Our school has zero tolerance for bullying of any kind, especially cyber bullying, which tends to be the cause of most of the conflict experienced in PGMS.
We have a zero tolerance for harassment of any kind, especially any incidences or allegations of sexual harassment.
Not everyone celebrates Thanksgiving... however, everyone has something to be thankful for. This is the purpose of our Giving Thanks Feast. Parents (and sometimes staff) bring in food and dessert dishes of their choice to contribute to the feast. Our entire school (staff, teachers, students and parents) come together as one big PGMS Family and eat together. We give thanks for all the wonderful things we have in our lives and then eat, drink and be merry.
Love is grand and Valentine's Day is beautiful. However, here at Pelham Gardens Middle School, we like to celebrate friendship (Core Value #4). Instead of Valentine's Day, we celebrate Friendship Day. A day to show your appreciation to your friends (or even a special someone).
Red, Blue, Yellow, Purple, Green, Orange, White and Black... These are all of the teams of our year end tradition of Color Wars. Color Wars is a day long event where the entire school (students, staff, teachers and admin) is broken up into color teams. The students partake in an academic bowl (which consists of ELA and Math questions) during the morning time to gain points for their color team, and then the entire school goes outside (usually to a park) to compete in various physical games (e.g. potato sack race, tug-o-war, relay race). At the end, the whole school travels back to announce the winning color team in the school's auditorium. Win or lose, every student, staff member and teacher enjoys this interactive experience.
Pelham Gardens Middle School is big on getting behind a cause and showing our support. Weather it is feeding the hungry with our positively competitive canned food drive contests or raising money to help fight Cancer or Lupus, PGMS always embodies the spirit of charity and compassion for the sick and less fortunate.
There is nothing like the transition from 5th grade in elementary school to the 6th grade in Middle/Junior High School. Kids have to step their game up and become more independent and responsible. No longer are they sitting in one class for most of the day. Now they "Transition" from class to class on their own. Our children face a lot of changes heading into middle school. So, PGMS want to make sure that each incoming 6th grader walking through our doors on the first day of school is acclimated and somewhat prepared for life not just as a Middle Schooler, but also as a Pelham Gardens Middle School student. Therefore, each summer in August, we offer students an opportunity to spend two incredible days with us in our annual "Introduction to Middle School" Summer Bootcamp. It is a great experience for the new 6th graders to meet their teachers, make new friends, start building a team mindset and learn the rules and the ropes of PGMS. We highly recommend all incoming 6th graders attend this wonderful event.
Pelham Gardens Middle School is a 100% uniform school. Everyday each student is expected to adhere to the standard of the uniform. However, there are times when students can earn a jeans day or a full dress down day. To earns a jeans or dress down day, a student must participate in a special event such as workshops, advocacy days, school contests and other events. Usually the Principal will announce or sanction a jeans or full dress down day, however some type of communication is sent to make parents aware.
For those high academic achievers and those student who exemplify the PGMS Core Values, we hold quarterly awards assemblies. We are always excited to celebrate students who go above and beyond to show their greatness in their academics and their behavior.
Pelham Gardens Middle School loves trips. We take our students on a variety of trips such as John Jay College, the Museum of Science, Ice Skating in Queens, Bay Plaza Movie Theater, Bronx Zoo, Rye Playland and much more. No matter what the trip entails, students always walk away with incredible memories that will last forever.
Who better to learn from than the people to came immediately before you and are currently experiencing what you will have to go through. It is always good to go back and share your knowledge with those who are following in your footsteps. These are two of the purposes of High School Day. Since 2016, PGMS has invited select alumni to come back to the school and share their high school experience with our current students. This is a priceless time where PGMS students get to see what waits for them in high school.
Since 2016, the Sorority Delta Academy has mentored our young ladies to be the intelligent, ambitious advocates that meet with the PGMS standard. Delta Academy has involved our young ladies in incredible community events that have seen everyone from the Fire Chiefs to Reality Celebrities come through and show their support. These events have touched on fire safety, human trafficking and self-defense. Every year, the goals of the community event is to make our students aware of the world they live in and equip them with the tools to stay safe.
Spirit Week is a time of the year in which the entire school gets to show off their style based on a specific theme for the day. Students and staff are allowed to partake in the fun and show off their style. Below are a list of Spirit Week themes:
This is one of the really fun times of the year, because it allow students to come to school out of uniform (within the guidelines) and feel a bit more relaxed, while showing off their own style.