May 13, 2026
We are in need of more volunteers for our passage presentations next week. If you are available to volunteer, please sign up using the link below. We also encourage you to share this sign-up link with family members, friends, community members, and anyone else who may be interested in supporting our students.
https://www.signupgenius.com/go/20F0C4FABAF22A1FF2-63854463-passage#/
Thank you for helping us celebrate and support our students’ hard work and growth. We truly appreciate your time and involvement at PCCS.
What is Passages?
This is a celebration of learning, an opportunity for each student to show his/her best work to a panel of adults who have not yet seen it. Students are accustomed to showing their work to their own teacher, parents, and classmates. The panel adds an important element of professionalism and authenticity to the process.
What is the purpose of Passages?
Rather than passing students on from grade to grade without acknowledgment, we
have chosen to mark that experience with a meaningful event. Students go through
Passages at the end of 2nd (Primary), 4th (Intermediate), 6th (Upper Elementary), and 8th (Middle School). This is a celebration of learning, an opportunity for each student to show their best work to a panel of adults who have not yet seen it.
Each panel will include a PCCS staff member, a PCCS parent (not the student’s parent), and another member of the Pocatello Community. Students are accustomed to showing their work to their own parents, teacher, and classmates. The panel adds a different element of importance, professionalism, and authenticity to the process.
We call this process “Passages” for two reasons. It represents a student passing from one multi-grade level to the next AND the presentation serves as a rite of passage.
We hold our students to a high level of quality and accountability. In order to move on, a child must provide evidence that he/she has mastered the standards for that grade level. Panelists do not make decisions about advancing or retaining students, but you will be giving important feedback to students regarding the presentation and content of their work. Our portfolio assessment system serves as a way to collect that evidence as well as showcase the type of learning we value as an educational community. Every portfolio represents an incredible amount of hard work over time.