In Ms. LaMarras and Mrs. Harolds class students have been learning about atoms in Science. Students participated in a lab in which they found the connection between positive and negative charges. Students found that when you rub the balloon on your hair, the balloon picks up the electrons from the hair and the atoms of the balloon become negatively charged. The positively charged atoms in the paper were attracted to those negatively charged atoms of the balloon and when they got close enough to each other they jumped. The attraction between the negatively and positively charged atoms was so great that it overcame the force of gravity and the paper circles jumped up to the balloon.
The Pilla School Youth To Youth/Just Say No Club is sponsoring a Fall Fun Day on Wednesday, October 4th, 2023, from 3:05-5:00 p.m. for all Pilla School students. Tickets are $3 and must be bought during Homeroom on Friday 9/29,Monday 10/2 and Tuesday 10/3**. Ticket sales will take place in the cafeteria. No tickets will be sold at the door. Please join us for an afternoon of fun-filled activities, including outside activities. Your ticket includes admission and activities. Refreshments will be sold **Must have a signed permission slip and not be on the restriction list to buy a ticket.
Pilla students: Are you interested in making Pilla School a better place? We are looking for Homeroom Representatives to share ideas, concerns and suggestions about how we can improve our school. Students will have a chance to meet with administration on a monthly basis. Please see your homeroom teacher before next Friday, Oct 6th if you are interested.
7th grade students in Ms. Rowan and Mrs. Panichelli's Science classes played Pictionary using weather terms they learned about in class. Fun and learning combined! #PillaProud
From Mr. Headley, director of VAMP:
My name is Ryan Headley and I am the director of Vineland All Middle School Productions (VAMP) which produces the middle school musical each year at Veterans Memorial School at 424 S. Main Road. This will be my 4th year of directing at VAMP and this year we are excited to be performing Aladdin Jr. I look forward to continuing this wonderful musical theater program and I hope with your help we can get the word out to all our middle school students.
The program is open to all students who attend school within the City of Vineland and are in Grades 6th through 8th. Our theatre program is a Vineland Public School district-funded program. We typically get a good variety of students from throughout the Vineland middle schools. Our program is a great opportunity for middle school students to learn more about musical theater as well as interact with other children throughout the district.
I have attached two flyers for you to distribute to the appropriate grade levels and students. The first flyer is for the Director's Meet and Greet to be held next Thursday, October 5th at Veterans Memorial School at 6:30 pm. The second flyer is the Audition Notice. Auditions will be held on October 17th between 6 and 9 pm at Veterans Memorial School. The show dates are The show dates will be March 21, 22, and 23. and rehearsals typically run on certain nights between Monday and Thursday from 6 to 9 pm. The bulk of rehearsals will begin in January with select rehearsals in December.
Spirit Week is coming! Spirit Week is coming! Our Week of Respect Spirit Week will be next week, October 2-6. Each day will have a theme to show that we are united to #StompOutBullying!
Pilla Parents and Students - Pilla Middle School is searching for students who would like to be our mascot at various Pilla events. If your student is full of school spirit, please encourage them to stop down to the office to sign up for tryouts! The deadline to sign up is this Friday, September 29th.
Good afternoon Pilla parents. Please make sure that your student is bringing their student ID with them everyday for school. They use these on the bus and in the cafeteria. Thank you
Good afternoon Pilla parents. After school activities will begin October 2nd. If you or your child filled out the Activity Sign Up Form, the advisor should be reaching out shortly via email with the permission/bus form which must be filled out before your student can stay. However be advised that not all activities start right away. The advisor sets the schedule which can be found on our After School Activities Calendar - https://calendar.google.com/calendar/embed?src=vineland.org_4bpshhkqbfvlse0u8di6dqoeh8%40group.calendar.google.com&ctz=America%2FNew_York. If your student is interested in staying for a club or activity but you didn't get to sign up yet, it's not too late. Please look at our Activity Directory and email the advisor directly to sign up - https://bit.ly/PillaActivities2023. You can also call the main office with questions anytime! 856-691-1801
Today, in accordance with state law, our school
conducted a security drill in the manner that we
conduct all emergency drills, with seriousness and
with sensitivity to our students and staff. Everyone
responded appropriately and instruction resumed
immediately thereafter. Should you have any
questions, please feel free to contact the school.
The Pilla School Apparel Store via Custom Graphics closes at the end of the day today! Don't miss out!
A special THANK YOU to all of the parents and families who came out to Pilla's Back to School Night last night!! We had a record number of attendees and we loved seeing so many parents getting involved! #PillaProud
Students in Ms. Super’s 6th and 7th grade language arts classes researched and reflected on September 11, 2001. They wrote acrostic poems to show off their knowledge, empathy and patriotism. #PillaProud
Please make sure your student brings their ID to school every day!
Friendly reminder about our Back to School Night this evening. We hope you are able to join us. If you do not have a copy of your child’s schedule, you can print it and/or view it on the Parent Portal.
This is the last week to register for our Racing Awareness for Dwarfism car show to get a free t-shirt! Don't miss out - early registration closes on 9/22. You can also register the day of on October 14th.
Pilla Parents - Please remember that if you are picking your student up early, you must pick them up by 2:15pm. Regular student dismissal begins at 2:45pm. Also, in order for an early pick up to be excused, the office must receive a doctor's note. Please contact the main office with any questions.
There is only one week left to purchase Pilla apparel! Don't miss out! Pilla's apparel store through Custom Graphics is live and ready for your orders! Please go to https://bit.ly/PillaApparel2023 to order. Items will ship around October 12th.
Pilla parents - Please join us at this year's Back to School Night on 9/18 at 6pm. Our annual Title 1 meeting begins at 5:30pm in our library if you can join us. Please see the attached flyer.
Students in Miss Welden's ELA classes started off the school year by working in peer groups to complete "Myself In Action" posters. The premise of the project was for students to review the writing process while sharing statements about themselves only using verbs that began with corresponding letters of their names. Students created a rough draft, submitted it for peer editing, made revisions, then published and presented their final copy.
