The Aston Communicator

PRINCIPAL’S CORNER

As mentioned in our Newsmaker section this month,

congratulations to 5th

grade student Evelyn Spayd for being one of

two students county wide to win the Passport to History award.

Also, congratulations to Ms. Cameron , 4th

grade teacher, for being

one of two teachers county wide to win the Susan Lucas Award for

educators who share the vision and passion of teaching American

History to our school children. Go Aston!!

All of our students in grades 1-5 are using RAZ Kids this year. I

encourage all of our parents to become involved with the program

at home as often as you can. This computer based program

provides another opportunity to help your children and our

students become better readers. If you have any questions

regarding the program, please contact your child’s teacher.

As per the letter that went home on September 30, 2014, I will be

leaving Aston Elementary School at the end of December upon my

retirement from education after 44 plus years. It is never easy to

walk away from a profession in which you have spent so many

years of your life. But, I know that this time has come for me.

Again, I thank you all for working with me over the last 9 plus years

to make Aston a better place for all of our students and staff.

Thank You,

Mr. Bender

ASTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

HOME OF THE ASTON ROCKETS

900 Tryens Road Aston, PA 19014

610-497-6300 Ext. 4500 office • 610-558-7881 fax

Gary Bender, Principal GBENDER@pdsd.org

October 2014

Barksdale Picture Day

Thursday, October 2nd

, 2014

Retakes – Thursday, November 13th

OCTOBER

School Calendar Word of the Month

Communication

October:

1st

Twin Day

Ms. Wiener’s Kindergarten Field Trip

2nd

Dress Up Day

Barksdale Picture Day

3rd

Blue and Gold Day

4th

– Aston Community Day

11:00 – Parade

1:00 p.m. – 5:00 p.m. - Events

6th

Student Council Speeches

7th

Fire Prevention Assembly K & 1st

Grades

8th

Breakfast with the Principal

10th

Spirit Day – Blue and Gold

13th

6:30 p.m. – P.T.L. Meeting in the

A.E.S. Library

14th

Balloon Assembly

School Store

15th

11:15 a.m. – Early Dismissal

7:30 p.m. – School Board Study

Session, Service Center Conf.

Room

20th

7:30 p.m. – School Board Meeting,

Service Center Conf. Room

22nd

Fourth Grade Field Trip

23rd

First Grade Field Trip

24th

6:30 p.m. – Goosebumps Night

27th

Fifth Grade Field Trip

31st

1:15 p.m. - Early Dismissal for

Students

Kindergarten Schedule for 1:15 Dismissal:

AM – 8:50 a.m. – 10:25 a.m.

PM – 11:40 a.m. – 1:15 p.m.

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Friday, October 31st

– 1:15 p.m. Early Dismissal

Kindergarten Schedule for Friday, October 31st

Morning Kindergarten – 8:50 a.m. – 10:25 a.m.

Afternoon Kindergarten – 11:40 a.m. – 1:15 p.m.

Events at A.E.S.

Aston Students participated

in the 2014 annual

International Day of Peace

by placing “Pinwheels for

Peace” around our school

sign. Pictured to the right,

Mrs. Leiser’s Fourth Grade

showing their support for

Peace.

Plimoth Plantation Visit

Our Fourth and Fifth grades had the unique

experience of a visit from two Colonial Teachers

from the Plimoth Plantation. They shared what life,

from a pilgrim’s perspective, would have been like in

a 17th

Century English Village. Some of our students

had the chance to try on clothes that pilgrim children

would have worn during that time period.

Spirit Week 2014

“Team Day”

Mrs. Hosterman’ s

Second Grade

wear their

favorite Team

Sports Jersey

Pajama Day!

Mrs. Birtwell’s Third Grade celebrate

P. j. Day

Wednesday, October 15th

– 11:15 a.m. Early Dismissal

No Afternoon Kindergarten

PLEASE TAKE NOTE OF OUR EARLY DISMISSALS

PSSA Testing Dates for 2014-2015

Below are the dates for this year’s PSSA testing. We ask that

parents/guardians make every effort to have their students here during

testing times. No vacations will be approved during these dates.

April 13th

– 17th

, 2015 -- 3rd

, 4th

& 5th

Grades PSSA Language Arts

April 20th

– 24th

, 2015 -- 3

rd, 4

th & 5

th PSSA Mathematics

April 27th

– May 1st

, 2015 -- 4th

Grade PSSA Science

Your cooperation will be a big help and greatly appreciated.

(S.M.e.) Success Maker Enterprise Program

As part of an educational initiative A.E.S. is again pleased to offer free

supplemental activities to enhance reading and math strategies through

the S.M.e., Reading Counts, and First in Math programs. These

computer-based programs are available for your 2nd

, 3rd

, 4th

& 5th

grade

students Tuesday through Friday from 8:25 a.m. – 8:55 a.m. in the A.E.S.

Computer Lab. If you did not get the purple registration flyer that was

sent home with students, and are interested in enrolling your student,

please contact the A.E.S. office at 610-497-6300 ext. 4500 and we will

have one sent home to you.

READING COUNTS –

Congratulations to our first

Millionaire Readers:

One Million Words:

Ella Peterson

Paige Bartholf

Olivia Harris

Connor Day

Reading Counts Goal:

135,000,000

Current A.E.S. Words Read:

15,595,763

October 2014 News and News Makers

Don’t forget Goosebumps Night

Friday, October 24th

Congratulations to:

Ms. Vivienne Cameron, Fourth Grade Teacher at A.E.S., for

being selected as one of the 2014 recipients of the Susan Lucas

Award for Educators who share the vision and passion for

teaching American History. And Evelyn Spayd, Fifth Grade

student, chosen as one of the award recipients of the annual

Passport to History Achievement Award.

Sports with the Principal

OCTOBER 2014

The Lunchtime Incentive Sports Program is for students in grades 4 & 5. They may

participate if school work is completed and behavior is good in and out of the classroom

setting each day.

4th

Grade – Team #2 won by a score of 2-0 over Team #1 with Sasha Gutirrez & Lana Kelly

scoring one goal each. Team #4 won by a score of 2-1 over Team #3 with Robert Chambers

& Michael Della-Barba scoring goals for #4. Joey Pennewill scored for Team #3. Team #3

won by the score of 5-1 over Team #1 with Joey Pennewill & Ashley Jirak scoring 2 goals

each and Samantha Young scoring 1 goal. Twyla Fitzgerald scored the lone goal for #1.

Team #4 won by the score of 1-0 over Team #2 with Ryan Getz scoring the lone goal of the

game.

5th

Grade – Team #2 won by the score of 3-0 over Team #1 with Emily Kauffeld, Frankie

Krouse & John Steveline scoring one goal each. Team #3 won by a score of 6-3 in a

shootout with Dennis Cronin, Ranier Neal-Bates, Olivia Hoy, Hailey Hoffman, Brennan

Kingsland & Lyndsi Grayston scoring I goal each. Shane Holefelder, Nick Vitale & Conor

France scored for Team #4. Team #3 won by the score of 3-2 over Team #1 with Chris

Kyriakos scoring 2 goals & Josh Albrecht 1 goal. Conner Day scored 2 goals for #1. Teams #4

& #2 played to a 1-1 tie with Frank Krouse scoring for #2 & Ethan Saddler for #4.

Soccer

Football

Fall sports with the Principal have begun. The field (knock on wood) has been in great

shape so far this year. The following are the results for football and soccer the last couple

of weeks in September.

4th

Grade - Team #1 won by a score of 21-0 over Team #2 in our 4th

grade opener. Derrick

Volz, Ron Pedrick & Ryan Getz scored touchdowns for #1. Team #3 and Team #4 played to

a 7-7 tie in regulation and overtime. Dylan Hall for Team #3 & Nathan Brooks for Team #4

scored touchdowns. Teams #1 won in overtime by a score of 7-0 over Team #3 with Ryan

Getz catching the winning TD in overtime.

5th

Grade - Team #1 won by a score of 7-0 over Team #2 with Conor France scoring the

lone touchdown of the game. Team #3 won by a score of 21-0 over Team #4 with Connor

Crego, Vinnie Millili & Jeremiah Kane scoring touchdowns for Team #3. Team #3 won by a

score of 7-2 over Team #1 with Jake Vickers scoring the lone touchdown of the day for

Team #3. Conor France scored a 2 point safety for Team #1. Team #2 won by a score of 35-

0 over Team #4 with Brenan Kingsland scoring 2 touchdowns and Shane Holefelder, Ethan

Rose & Nick Vitale scoring 1 touchdown each.