Fifth grade has enjoyed learning about volume with card games and with cubes to pack into rectangular prisms. Students have been working hard to brush up on multiplication facts on First in Math to help them with their volume calculations.

The safety of our students and your child(ren) is of great importance to the Souderton Area School District and Salford Hills Elementary. The purpose of this message is to notify parents of some of the procedures that have been established to maintain the safety of children at our school.

Picking Up a Child at the End of the School Day

Parents picking-up their child(ren) at the end of the school day must send a note to school with their child(ren). This note must indicate the name of the adult that you are authorizing to pick-up your child(ren). The child’s name, along with the name of the adult authorized to pick-up your child(ren), is then added to our parent pick-up list for that particular day. Parents, or other adults that you have authorized to pick-up your child(ren), are required to drive around to the playground pick-up zone (different than the main entrance) with a valid ID. Your child(ren) will only be released to the person that you have authorized in the note. For a consistent pick-up schedule, please use the electronic pick-up form located in the Wednesday Message or contact our Main Office for the link.

Bus Passes

Students riding a bus home to an already established bus stop other than their own assigned stop, must present a written note from their parent/guardian to the main office the day of the request.

Late Arrival to School

Students arriving to school after 8:45AM must be escorted into the main office by a parent/guardian. Please do not allow your child(ren) to walk into the school without an adult. The child must be signed-in at the office by a parent/guardian.

Alertus

Salford Hills Elementary School is directly linked to various law enforcement agencies by the Alertus panic button which is used to send an emergency notification directly to the Montgomery Country Emergency Dispatch 911 call center. This provides an extra layer of communication in the event of an emergency.

We greatly appreciate your understanding and cooperation with these safety procedures. It is our hope that the sharing of these procedures will help to create a safe and predictable environment for you, your child, and our school.

In preparation for your child's use of a 1-to-1 device in the 2023-2024 school year, please complete the Mobile Device Use Agreement and pay the device protection fee. Please see the details below.

1-to-1 EQUIPMENT: STUDENT DEVICES/CHARGERS/CASES
COMPLETE AGREEMENT / PAY FEE
Each year, the student/parent mobile device use agreement must be completed, and the device protection fee must be paid, via one of the methods below.

• Option 1 - Complete agreement and pay fee online.
  *Note: If you have never paid through Pay Online/RevTrak, you will need to create an account.
  
• Option 2 - Print agreement and make payment in-person: Complete and sign the Student/Parent Agreement (English | Spanish | Vietnamese). Please send the signed agreement and payment for the device fee to school with your child.

***Student ID's can be found in your Home Access Center Account***

Devices will be distributed to students during the first week of school.

If you have any questions, please contact the Salford Hills Elementary School office at 610-287-9197.

Please complete the below information if you choose to pick up your child(ren) as a daily car rider. A car rider once or twice can be handled with a simple note to the office on the morning of the change.
Upon completing this information, you will receive a school-issued name placard for each person listed. The name placard must be placed on the passenger side dashboard, so it is visible through the front windshield of your vehicle. Children will only be allowed to leave in vehicles with school-issued name tags. If you do not have the placard, you will be asked to pull forward to physically sign out your child.

If your child will be a car rider, please send a note into their teacher letting them know you will be picking them up.

Click here to submit information for a car rider placard.

Please complete and return the Back-to-School 2023-2024 Information Review, available at the link below, for each of your children that attend Souderton Area School District. The review includes required policy and procedure agreements as well as important weather-related and health information. Completed packets should be returned to Salford Hills as soon as possible.

Back to School Information Forms-English

Back to School Information Forms-Spanish

Please click the link below for instruction regarding arriving and dismissing at Salford Hills.

Please click on the School Menus picture above to see the menus available for breakfast and lunch.

Click on the image below for information about money tendering with the cafeteria.

Our next Home & School Meeting will be Tuesday Oct. 10th at 6pm in the SH Cafeteria. Please join us to meet other parents, learn about HSA events and volunteer opportunities, as well as bring any ideas, concerns, or questions to the Board. Childcare will be provided. We hope to see you there!

The Salford Hills HSA invites you to volunteer at Salford Hills this year! The HSA helps coordinate volunteers for classroom activities, social events, school events, etc. As a volunteer, you are welcome to serve as much or as little as you wish. For example, help during a specific event, assist in organizing an event, lead a committee, help in your child's classroom, and more. There are so many ways to serve Salford Hills and we would love to connect you with opportunities that would be a good fit for you and your family.

In order to be contacted regarding these opportunities, you must join our volunteer list by filling out the form below. There is no commitment by joining our volunteer list. By signing up, you will simply join our list to be notified of events needing volunteers and other opportunities to get involved. Thank you for helping serve our students, families, teachers, and staff at Salford Hills!

Clearances should be submitted to Judi Landis in the Main Office or at jlandis@soudertonsd.org

Save the date for our annual fundraiser - the Race for Education!

If you have any questions, comments, or concerns, you can reach out via board@salfordhillshsa.org to contact all four board members: president (Heather Zeigler), vice-president (Lisa James), secretary (Desiree Bonkoski), treasurer (Adria Zane).

Click THIS LINK to access the Salford Hills School Calendar which shares district dates and events as well as Salford Hills planned events. Many of these events are conditional at this point and subject to change.

Click THIS LINK to access the Cycle Day Calendar for the year. All elementary schools operate on a four day cycle, and this calendar may be helpful when a homeroom teacher shares the specials schedule (forthcoming). For instance, PE is on Day 2 -- Wear Your Sneakers! :)

Enjoy a few resources from trusted school digital magazines, Edutopia and Parent:

• How to Ease Your Child's Kindergarten Jitters

• How to Cope With Back-to-School Anxiety

• How Much Screen Time? That’s the Wrong Question

• Teaching Good Study Habits, Minute by Minute

• Hack to School Getting Your Kids Back Into A Routine

• 25 Sweet Lunch Box Note Ideas

Fundamentally committed to each other, we at Salford Hills are a caring community of learners who value each individual’s intrinsic worth and potential.

In our supportive environment, learners are encouraged to achieve high standards by developing responsibility for their learning through authentic experiences that require hard work, critical thinking and reflection.

Learning is a process that positively impacts the future.

Website: http://salfordhills.soudertonsd.org/
Location: 2721 Barndt Road, Harleysville, PA, United States
Phone: 610-287-9197
Twitter: @SASD_SalfordHil