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Early Learning Center Update
September 8, 2023
A Greeting from Dr. Champagne-Lee
We have officially accomplished our first two weeks of school. While we have experienced high temperatures this week, cooler weather is on the horizon for next week. Moving forward, the weekly communication will come through Remind. Make sure that you have the application.
Have a great weekend.
Educationally Yours,
Keya Champagne-Lee, Ed.D.
Elementary Principal
Developing our mathematics skills!!!
Second Step
Here at the Early Learning Center, we want your child to be successful in school and that means supporting and encouraging their whole development. While excelling in academic classes is important, children also need skills to take on learning challenges, make good decisions, manage strong emotions, and get along with others.
Effective next week, we’ll begin Second Step® instruction, a research-based social-emotional learning program designed to improve children’s social-emotional skills. Second Step skills and concepts are designed to help children both in and out of school.
Four units will cover the following:
- Growth Mindset & Goal-Setting: Children learn how to pay attention and manage distractions, develop a growth mindset, and apply goal-setting strategies to their social and academic lives.
- Emotion Management: Children learn how to identify and label emotions and use emotion management strategies—including stress management for older students—to calm strong feelings.
- Empathy & Kindness: Children learn how to recognize kindness and act kindly, have empathy for others and take others’ perspectives, and recognize kind acts and empathy as important elements of building and maintaining relationships.
- Problem-Solving: Children learn how to identify and state a problem, recognize if a problem is an accident, and use the STEP problem-solving process:
PINK OUT
Updates from the PAELC HSA
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Interested in volunteering, but not sure where to start?
Complete our form, which includes a link to get your clearances on file with PASD
(this is also required to do field trips, classroom parties, etc)
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GiveButter is a fast, easy way to contribute to HSA Funds
HSA Funds pay for snacks, ice cream parties,
bussing for field trips, book fair, and MUCH MORE!
🗓 COMING UP!!!
- Wednesday, September 13: Home and School Meeting at 6:30 p.m. in the PAELC Cafeteria
September 18-22: Start with Hello Week
- September 25: Professional Development Day, No Students
- September 20: PASD ELD Night, PAMS, 6-8 pm
September 22: Picture Day, PASD Community Cookout, Washington Field, 5 pm
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MORNING ARRIVAL: IMPORTANT 🚗
As we seek to make our morning drop off procedure safer and more efficient, we are implementing some changes this year. Parents and guardians are asked to remain in their cars. Please help your child learn to unbuckle seat belts and car seats this summer. *The goal is that all students will be proficient with this task by the first day of school. Remember to give hugs and kisses at home to ensure that the drop off process flows smoothly. Thank you for your grace and patience, particularly during the first few weeks of school. 🙂
Reminder: Drivers should not be on their cell phones during drop off in order to facilitate a safe and speedy drop off.
Student Arrival:
8:40 a.m.-8:55 a.m.
Late arrival:
After 8:55 a.m.
Students must be signed in by a parent/guardian.
Here are the procedures:
- Drivers will enter the parking lot from Pothouse Road and stay to the right following signs to loop around to the car loop lane.
- Doors open at 8:40 a.m. and staff members will be waiting on the sidewalk to greet students. Please note: Staff members cannot open or close car doors for students.
- Students should be seated in the rear passenger side and will exit the vehicle independently. This is a curbside drop-off process. Parents must remain in their cars.
- Students can only exit a car if the car has reached the sidewalk area. Staff members will direct drivers and students when they should exit the car.
- Drivers may not pass other cars unless directed to do so. Please wait until all students in cars next to the sidewalk are completely unloaded.
- Students arriving after 8:55 a.m. will be considered late. After this time, parents or guardians must park in the lot and walk their children into the building. Upon entering the main office, please check-in with an office team member and complete a tardy slip.
*If your child requires special accommodations when exiting the car, and is unable to do this independently, we ask that you park in the lot and escort them to the crosswalk area. Please note, this strategy is only applicable for families with a special need.
NEW DISMISSAL EXPECTATIONS: PICKUP PATROL 🚌
PickUp Patrol is Coming!
DISMISSAL PROCEDURES: The Phoenixville Area Early Learning Center and all elementary buildings will be using PickUp Patrol effective at the start of the year to help us better manage our dismissal process. PickUp Patrol saves time for our office staff, reduces classroom interruptions, and most importantly, adds a layer of safety for our students. PickUp Patrol is used by several neighboring districts to streamline early dismissals and dismissal changes.
On August 8, you should have received a registration email with a link to set up your account.
Use the PUP web app for:
ATTENDANCE: Notify the school office when your child will be absent, arriving late or leaving early.
DISMISSAL CHANGES: Submit changes to your child’s regular dismissal plans.
For example:
● Your child normally rides the bus but is getting picked up today.
● Your child usually goes to aftercare but is leaving early for an appointment.
How it works:
Parents need to enter your child's regular dismissal plan into the system. This is called their Default Plan. Then, whenever you have a change to the Default Plan, you’ll submit it through the PUP app. When the change is submitted, the school will be notified, and your child’s teacher will relay the change to them.
Getting started:
1. REGISTER: On August 8, 2023, you should have received a registration email with a link to set up your account.
○ The web app is free to parents, and you can use it from your smartphone or computer.
○ For easy access, follow the instructions in your registration email for how to add it to your phone’s home screen (PUP is not accessed through the app stores).
1. ENTER DEFAULT PLANS: Once you register, log into your PickUp Patrol account no later than August 25, 2023 to confirm your child’s default dismissal plan. It’s important that you complete this step so that we can accurately dismiss your children.
Notes, emails, or phone calls will be accepted for changes for the first week, but starting September 5, 2023, all changes should be submitted through PickUp Patrol.
Thank you for using PUP to make safety a priority and to ensure our dismissal process is efficient for all our students. If you have any questions, please first check the PUP FAQ page. If you still need help, contact us here in the office.
NEED HELP?? HAVE QUESTIONS??
REOCCURING CONTENT
While your child's teacher is your primary point of contact, there are times in which you may need to connect with other resources:
IMPORTANT CONTACTS:
- Transportation: transportation@pasd.com
- Attendance: PAELCattendance@pasd.com
- Technology: Click here for the PASD technology page
- School Counselors: Ms. Brittany Dellaquila- Dellaquilab@pasd.com, Mr. Ryan Parsons- Parsonsr@pasd.com
- School Administration: Dr. Keya Champagne-Lee, Principal- Champagneleek@pasd.com, Mrs. Natalie Hrynko, Assistant Principal HrynkoN@pasd.com