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Edgewood’s Monthly Newsletter November 2010 www.pennsbury.k12.pa.us
Mark Your
Calendar
November2 No School
4 School Store
9 Pretzel Sale
11-12 No School
17-19 Half-Days
24 Half-Day
25-26 No School
29 No School
16 Parent Visitation Day
15 PTO Meeting 9:30 am
22-24, 30, 12/1 Holiday Shop
23 Pretzel Sale
30 Picture Day Makeup
December2 School Store
7 Barnes & Noble Night
9 Pretzel Sale
9 Wreaths Across America
15 PTO Meeting 9:30 am
16 School Store
23 Winter Parties
24-31 No School
See back page of newsletter for the full year PTO calendar.
The Principal’s Pen by Michele Spack
November is an extremely busy month. Please be sure to check the calendar for all the events and days off in November. November also marks the end of the 1st marking period. Conferences will be held on November 17th-19th. Students in 4th and 5th grade will also receive a report card. This report card is given to you at the conference.
The report card is a snapshot of the learning that has taken place during the first 45 days. Learning is a continuum and children move along that continu-um at his/her own developmental pace. Some children race out of the gate, while others ease into the curriculum. No two children are alike in how they approach learning. Our goal is to enable students to develop all the skills needed to be life-long learners. We want learn-ing to be a joyful experience. This is just the beginning for many, and we want our students to embrace knowledge, and to have fun. As you meet with your children’s teachers later this month, please remember that learning is a jour-ney and not a race.
As we approach the Thanksgiving Holiday, I am always thankful to be a part of this wonderful community. Recently Petra Schlatter of the Yardley News interviewed me. She asked me what I love about being a principal, and I quickly responded, my students, staff, and parents. I truly love coming to Edgewood and I am thankful to be a part of such an amazing community. I wish all of you a very happy and won-derful Thanksgiving.
Congratulations to our Student Council Officers for the 2010/2011 School year. The officers are:
President – Luke Aquaro Vice President – Charlie Santella
and Christopher Knop Secretary – Alessandra Barone Treasurer – Jack HallyFor the first time we have Co-Vice
Presidents. We had a tie in the voting. I also want to thank all the students who ran as candidates. It takes a lot of courage to speak in front of your peers! Everyone did a fabulous job.
Homework Policy:From time to time teachers field ques-tions and concerns about homework. The elementary guidelines for home-work are 10 minutes per grade level each night. • Grade 1 – 10 minutes• Grade 2 – 20 minutes• Grade 3 – 30 minutes• Grade 4 – 40 minutes• Grade 5 – 50 minutesIn addition we hope that every student will read each night for 15 minutes and complete the reading log. Homework is not intended to be a stressful endeavor. Students work really hard while at school for 6.5 hours a day. Homework should be a practice and review of the work done at school. Homework helps develop time management, organization, and study skills. If your child is experienc-ing difficulty with homework, please let his/her teacher know.
Holiday Shop Opens for Business November 22nd - December 1st
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The Holiday Shop enables the children of Edgewood to purchase gifts for the special people in their lives during the holiday season. The “departments” at the shop are Gals, Guys, Kids and Cats/Dogs. Items are priced from $1.00-$5.00. There are gifts for all the special people in your child’s life - parents, grandparents, siblings, cousins, friends, aunts, uncles, and pets!
During the week of November 15th, each child will receive a Budget Envelope to use in planning his/her shopping day. Each child should bring the envelope to school on the day he/she is to attend the shop.
A shopping schedule, which shows the day and time each class will be shopping, will be distributed with the envelope. The shopping schedule will also be available on the PTO website under a special Holiday Shop section - look for the snowman!
We need volunteers. If you haven’t already signed up to volunteer, it’s not too late! Please email Andrea Appolonia at [email protected] with your availability. We need volunteers for morning and afternoon shifts. This event requires a lot of helping hands to make it successful, so please volunteer!!!
We will once again open the
Holiday Shop on our last day, Wednesday, December 1st from 3:30-4:30 for older/younger siblings, parents, and staff to shop. This is a great opportunity to pick up small pol-lyanna presents and stocking stuffers! Don’t forget to sign in at the office and make your way to the gym for this fun event.
Questions? Contact Andrea Appolonia ([email protected]), Traci Curtis ([email protected]), Tamie Palatine ([email protected]), or Amy Waters ([email protected]).
Don’t forget to send your child with a reusable shopping bag. Thanks!
Wreaths Across America Sponsor a Wreath in Remembrance and in Honor of our SoldiersWe had a great school assembly to help kick-off Wreaths Across America, and Edgewood is off to a great start! Please sponsor a wreath in remembrance and in honor of our soldiers.
An Invitation to Our Edgewood FamiliesAn evening to remember—like the 4th of July in December!
We are inviting all of you to welcome and cheer the Wreaths Across America Patriot Guard motorcade as they drive up to Edgewood Elementary on Thursday, December 9, 2009.
Come and join in a special ceremony in the gym honoring our past and present veterans and Wreaths Across America. We will also be providing dinner like we did last year for the Patriot Guard, so be on the look-out for an email on how you can help.
If you have any questions, please contact AnniMaria Babel at 215-321-5260. Thank you.
Thank You!
Fall Book Fair Huge Success!
Thank you to all the Edgewood families who supported this year’s Scholastic book fair. The event raised $3,420 for our school! We al-so raised $120 for the One for Books program, which means Scholastic will donate 120 books to schools in need, plus $120 in books for Edgewood’s library. A special thanks to all the parent volunteers – we could not have done it without you!
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2010 Testing Windows It’s always good to plan ahead. Here are the dates for next year’s PSSA testing windows.
PSSA Reading and Math Grade 3-5
March 14-25, 2011
PSSA Writing Grade 5
March 28-April 1, 2011
PSSA Science Grade 4
April 4-8, 2010
Make-ups for all tests Grade 3-5
April 11-15, 2011
Please plan ahead so that students have every opportunity to perform at their best. Dress Appropriately for School
Please remember to refer to page 6 of the Student Conduct Policy for specific information on the dress code. Some items to remember are no flip-flops, tank tops, short shorts/skirts, or any clothing that exposes the midriff. No open-backed shoes are permitted for safety reasons. Students participate in recess daily. Shoes must be safe. Students not adhering to the dress code will be asked to call home for a change of clothes, or visit the nurse for something more ap-propriate to wear. Your help and cooperation with this is greatly appreciated.
Morning Modular Drop-off Please remember that the morning drop-off area by the modulars is a DrOP OFF ArEA ONLy. Please do not pull to the side or pull into a parking space by the modulars. This is creating unsafe congestion and slowing down the morn-ing arrival. If you need to drop something off, or write that last minute note, please park on Oxford Valley road so that morning traffic can flow smoothly. Thank you for your help in keeping all students safe as they arrive to school.
Arrive to School on TimePlease remember that school begins at 9:00. Many of our busses arrive by 8:45. We encourage all parents to use the bus whenever possible. Not only will your child be ready for the start of the day, but you will also be helping the environment. Teachers utilize this time for morning work and organizational time to prepare students for the start of the day. Students arriving past 9:00 will be considered tardy. You must sign your child in at the main office if your child is late for school. Morning announcement begin at 9:00 with instruction starting right after that. If your child is late for school they might be missing math, reading, or writing instruction. Your help and cooperation is greatly appreciated.
Reminder Please remember that no Rolling Backpacks are permitted at Edgewood due to safety concerns. Your help with this is greatly appreciated.
No rolliNg backpacks
A Special Notice of Meetings for Parents of Students with IEPs All parents of Pennsbury students with IEPs are invited to attend any or all of the following meetings scheduled for 2010-2011. Please rSVP to the Pennsbury Special Education Department at 215-428-4187 or email [email protected]. All meet-ings take place in the lower level conference room at the Central Administration Building, located at 134 Yardley Ave, Fallsington.
December 1, 2010, 11:45 a.m.-12:45 p.m. Topic: Least restrictive Environment Update
February 9, 2011, 3:15-4:15 p.m. Topic: Standards Aligned System
April 13, 2011, 11:45 a.m.-12:45 p.m. Topic: ADHD
Holiday Teacher Appreciation Baking Volunteers Needed!The Teacher Appreciation Committee is gearing up for its first BIG event of the year - holiday cookie trays for the Edgewood teachers and staff. Get out those aprons, mixers, and cookie trays because we need LOTS of homemade cookies to keep this annual tradition going! Each volunteer should plan on baking 3 dozen cookies. We’d love to have a large variety of cookies - the more bakers, the better!! Help us show our appreciation for our teachers and staff at this festive time of year.
If you are interested in baking, please contact Aby Armbruster at [email protected] or Corinne Rossi at [email protected] or 215-321-4000 by December 10th!
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PTO Executive Board Members for 2010-2011Position Name Phone Number Email AddressCo-President Patty Bearce 215-493-8371 [email protected] Mariann Matarese 215-801-5350 [email protected] Education & Assemblies VACANTVP Social Activities Lisa McCarty 215-493-3107 [email protected] Special Projects Sue Cohen 215-369-7675 [email protected] Volunteers Corinne Rossi 215-321-4000 [email protected] Traci Curtis 215-669-0911 [email protected] Adrian Costello 215-493-1911 [email protected]
Edgewood Barnes & Noble Night—Tuesday, December 7Mark your calendars for Edgewood’s annual Barnes & Noble fundraiser, taking place on Tuesday, December 7, 6:00 – 8:00 p.m., at the Barnes & Noble Oxford Valley store. Come to hear Mrs. Spack and your favorite teachers read their special selection of books throughout the night. Edgewood receives a percentage of
all sales on this night (and through-out the day), so come ready to shop and raise money for our school! This is a perfect opportunity to stock up on holiday gifts, and all purchases count towards our to-tal – even items from the café. If you are interested in volunteer-ing to help at this event, please
contact Lisa Chipper at [email protected] or 267-907-2617. We hope you plan to join us for this fun-filled night!
Don’t Miss Another Email!If you aren’t currently a member of the Edgewood PTO email group, please join so you will not miss another announcement.
To subscribe Edgewood’s PTO mailing list, send a blank email to ewpto-subscribe@ yahoogroups.com.
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News
from the 5th
Grade
Pretzel Sales Our popular pretzel sale program is well under way - thanks to Ms. Queen’s and Mr. Mount’s classes for helping with the first two sales. Upcoming Pretzel Sale Dates: November 9th November 23rd December 9th January 13th January 27th
Bake Sales Our October Bake Sales were very successful! Thank you to everyone who worked or baked for the Book Fair Family Nights and the PHS Homecoming Carnival. We made $450 on those events!
T-Shirts T-shirt sizing for every 5th Grader has been completed and we are awaiting delivery!
Grundy Skate Out Fundraiser We’ve planned a great afternoon out on Thursday, January 27th from 12:15 pm - 2:30 pm at Grundy Ice rink in Bristol. Come on out to ice skate and support the 5th Grade on this day off from school! $10 per person includes skate rental.
5th Grade Movie Night February 4th! - Mark your calendars! We’re planning a special Friday evening only for 5th Graders! Cost is $5 per student which includes the movie, treats, and a great night out with friends! More information to come soon on this fun activity.
5th Grade Dues If you haven’t paid your first dues installment of $50, please do so as soon as possible. The Dues Form is available on the website. If you have any questions, please contact your student’s homeroom teacher.
As always, please contact us if you have any questions or would like to help out. Tracey Huegler and Amy Waters 5th Grade Coordinators
2010-2011 YearbookWe are going online and need your help to document this school year. Grab your cameras when you are heading to an Edgewood event and click away, then go home and go onto the yearbook website to upload your pictures! (hhtps://images.schoolan-nualonline.com/login) follow the easy instructions. The website is secure and no one but the yearbook committee staff has access.
Also take advantage of our year-book dis-count. The order forms will be handed out shortly to all students from their teachers and check out our flyers on the Pennsbury/Edgewood Elementary website!
Thank you so much for your efforts and help with this year-long project! Caroline Parks [email protected] and Lauren Swaney [email protected].
Thank You!Thank you to all of the
wonderful volunteers who
helped to make Picture
Day a success! your time
and help was greatly appreciated! Warmest Regards, Lauren Swaney
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Gift Card ProgramHoliday Shopping & Gift Giving are right Around the Corner. Don’t Miss Out!
The Edgewood Gift Card Program is ready to service all your holiday shopping and gift giving needs! Gift cards make great gifts for teachers, teens, bus drivers, hard to buy for relatives, college students, anyone! Also, use them as shopping cards for groceries, gas, coffee, and other everyday purchases.
Remember, there is NO COST to
UPcOmINg ORDER AND DElIvERY DATES
Order Deadline Delivery Date Delivery in time for...Thursday, November 4th Wednesday, November 10th Thanksgiving shopping, Black Friday, ChanukahWednesday, November 17th Tuesday, November 23rd Thanksgiving shopping, Black Friday, ChanukahWednesday, December 1st Tuesday, December 7th EW Barnes & Noble NightThursday, December 9th Thursday, December 16th Christmas MailingWednesday, December 15th Wednesday, December 22nd Christmas Giving
you beyond the face value of the gift card that you purchase. Edgewood can make between 2%-15% of the face value of the gift card in revenue! There are 100’s of retailers to choose from.
As the holidays get closer, we’ll also have a limited supply of gift cards on hand. This is a great way to get last minute gifts! An orderform
is attached to the back of this newsletter for
your convienience. Order forms are also abailable
along with the six page retailer list are on the PTO
website.Don’t forget to turn in
your order form with your cash or check (made out to the
Edgewood PTO) in an envelope marked Gift Card Program.
Questions? Contact Amy Waters ([email protected]) or Trish Terry ([email protected])
Experiment with this year’s Science Fair!
You do not have to be a science whiz to partici-pate. Part of the fun comes through the learning process, and now is a great time to start thinking about what sort of project you might like to do.
A science fair project is one of the best learning experiences a student can undertake. Now is a great time for students to think about what topics interest them or to make note of questions that could form the basis of their science fair project.
Students can perform an experiment at home and present the results at our annual event on February 24th, 2011. Last year we had more than 200 student participants with others attending to learn from their peers! Watch for helpful hints and resources in the next newsletter.
Students can begin signing up in January. Contact Beth Brunette ([email protected]) for information about how to get started or how to join the Science Fair Committee.
Grundy Skate Out!
Do you like to ice skate? Have you ever wanted to try? Looking for something fun to do on a day off from school? Well, join us on January 27 at Grundy Ice Arena in Bristol, PA. Edgewood will be there 12:15pm-2:15pm. Tickets will be $10 per person and include skate rental. Grundy’s snack bar will be open so you won’t even have to stop somewhere else for lunch on your way down. Look for more informa-tion about buying tickets in January right after our winter break. Any questions, please contact Sue Cohen at [email protected]
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Cash-Back Programs—It’s a Piece of CakeDid you know that during the 2009-2010 school year, Edgewood raised $6,800 through our passive fundraising programs?! Here are some easy and very effective ways you can help make some real dough for Edgewood. The money earned from these cash-back programs helps pay for things like assemblies, assignment books, and technology.
Send it in with your child
Box tops for educationCut around the dotted lines of the “Box Tops For Education” emblem on many common products and send them in with your child in an en-velope or baggy. Each top is worth $.10. If each Edgewood family sent in only 20 a year, the PTO would make $1,000 from Box Tops alone! Last year we made $1,800.
labels for educationCut the UPC from Campbell’s prod-ucts and send them in with your child in an envelope or baggy. Points are accumulated for Edgewood to purchase educational materials for the school.
Mccaffrey’s receiptsSave your receipts from McCaffrey’s Supermarkets and send them in with your child in an envelope or a baggy. The PTO receives 1% of all receipt totals. If each Edgewood family purchased $100 worth of McCaffrey’s grocer-ies each year, the PTO would make $500 from McCaffrey’s alone! Last year we raised $2,100.
PurchaSing Power
target’s take charge of education ProgramEvery time you shop at Target or Target.com with your rEDcard, 1% of your purchase goes to Edgewood. Make sure you designate your rEDcard to Edgewood school (#90529). Last year we raised $1,600.
gift card ProgramPurchase gift cards through our program and Edgewood gets 2-15 % of the face value of the gift card depending on the retailer. Hundreds of retailers participate in this program including Starbucks, Home Depot, and Barnes & Noble.
Box tops online “click through” MarketPlace If you purchase items online, think about going to the BoxTops website first (boxtops4education.com) and “clicking” through to your favorite retailer’s website. Edgewood receives a percentage of every sale. There are over 100 retailers that participate in this program including Target, Oriental Trading, and the Gap.
go green and edgewood getS green
recycle Juice PouchesEdgewood is collecting empty juice pouches (not boxes)! This is a great way to get children involved in recycling. If we collect 100 empty pouches a week, we could save over 3,500 from being dumped into landfills in one year! We earn $.02 for each pouch collected. A specially marked container is in the cafeteria. It’s that easy! Drink to that!
aBitiBi Paper recycling BinPlease recycle your household paper in our green and yellow recycling bin located in the front parking lot. The school is actively recycling all its paper too! Help us fill up those bins! Money raised benefits the Edgewood Student Council. No phonebooks or cardboard please!
We’re hungry for your support…Please take part in these important cash-back fundraising programs and help make this year another sweet success! For more information on our Cash Back Programs and to see how we’re doing, go to the Edgewood PTO website.
2010-2011 Edgewood PTO Event Calendar
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Need more info? Want to help?
E-mail us! Edgewood PTO co-PresidentsPatty Bearce: [email protected] Matarese: [email protected]
September 20108/31 Open House & School Store 11AM9/1 First Day of School9/7 BTS Night (Grades 1-2), 7-8:30 PM9/16 School Store9/16 BTS Night (Grades 3-5), 7-8:30 PM9/22 PTO Meeting, 9:30 AM9/23 School Store9/24 Back to School Picnic, 5:30-7:30 PM9/30 School Store
October 201010/4-8 Book Fair10/7 School Store10/8 Pretzel Sale10/21 School Store10/22 Picture Day10/20 PTO Meeting, 9:30 aM10/25-29 Red Ribbon Week10/29 Halloween parade (1:45 pm) and parties (2:15 pm)
November 201011/4 School Store11/9 Pretzel Sale11/16 Parent Visitation Day11/15 PTO Meeting, 9:30 AM11/22, 23, 24, 30, 12/1 Holiday Shop11/23 Pretzel Sale11/30 Picture Day Make up
December 201011/22, 23, 24, 30, 12/1 Holiday Shop12/2 School Store12/7 Barnes & Noble Night12/9 Wreaths Across America12/9 Pretzel Sale12/15 PTO Meeting, 9:30 AM12/16 School Store12/23 Winter parties12/24-31 No School
January 20111/6 School Store1/13 Pretzel Sale1/19 PTO Meeting, 9:30 AM1/20 School Store1/26 Pretzel Sale
February 20112/3 School Store2/4 5th Grade Movie Night2/10 Pretzel Sale2/14 Valentine’sParties2/17 School Store 2/15 PTO Meeting, 9:30 AM 2/24 Science Fair2/24 Pretzel Sale
March 20113/10 Pretzel Sale3/16 PTO Meeting, 9:30 AM 3/17 School Store3/24 Pretzel Sale3/31 Art Fair
April 20114/7 School Store4/14 Pretzel Sale4/20 PTO Meeting, 9:30 AM4/28 Pretzel SaleTBD Penndel Food Pantry
May 20115/3 Spring Book Fair5/5 School Store5/12 Pretzel Sale5/19 School Store 5/20 Combined Vocal/Instrumental Concert at Charles Boehm, 7:00 PM5/19 PTO Meeting, 9:30 AM5/27 Pretzel Sale5/27 Fun Day TBD Field Day
June 20116/1 Fun Day6/4 5th Grade Mixer6/11 5th Grade Party
