P.S. Panther Family News

We have so much to be thankful for...including our amazing students and their families. We know you trust your children with us every day to keep them safe, engaged, and focused on learning. We know to achieve our best outcomes for your children we need a strong school and family relationship. Please consider volunteering, attending, or joining our PTA! Take a look at just a few of the fun family events we have coming up!

Please join us for our first annual Cultural Fair at PS! We will have several tables set up representing just a few of the amazing ethnicities that are represented here in our school. Families will all receive a passport to fill out as they visit each table. Turn in your passports at the end of the night for a chance to win an awesome prize basket! There will be plenty of sample foods available and the PTA will also be selling refreshments!

Our Math team is hosting a math night on December 7th from 6:30-7:30. This is your chance to learn about how math is currently being taught, as well as learning how you can support your children at home. We will have interactive stations set up for 6th, 7th, and 8th grade, refreshments, fun games, and prizes!

Thanks to a wonderful partnership with the Food Bank of Delaware, The Resurrection Center, and Pastor Matthews, we are able to help alleviate food insecurity for our families. If you need help for Thanksgiving - Please sign up TODAY! Our final count is due on November 8th.

Weekend food bags - if you would like your child to receive a bag of non-perishable food every Friday, please sign up here. They will be called down to room 164 to pick up their bags the last period of each Friday.

Monthly perishable and non-perishable food - if you would like to pick up 2 grocery bags of food each month, please sign up here. You will need to pick them up before 4:30PM from the front office.

Holiday food basket assistance - please sign up here if you'd like to receive a special holiday food basket for Thanksgiving and December holidays.

Building Principal - Mr. Small

6th Grade Team:

Mrs. Lippincott - School Counselor

Mrs. Tos - 6th Grade Assistant Principal

Mr. Hardwick - 6th Grade Dean

7th Grade Team:

Mrs. Mills - School Counselor

Dr. Stoffa -7th Grade Assistant Principal

Mrs. Terry - 7th Grade Dean

8th Grade Team:

Mrs. Davis - School Counselor

Mr. Reggio - 8th Grade Assistant Principal

Mr. Griffiths - 8th Grade Dean

We also have building wide supports in place for our students:

Ms. Herbert - Social Worker

Mrs. McKenna - School based family liaison

Nurse DeMare - MSN, MBA, RN

Nurse Foraker - BSN, RN

We had really great conversation at our last PTA meeting. You can find the meeting minutes here, and here is the link to the presentation shared by Mr. Reggio. The PTA is treating P.S. duPont teachers and staff to breakfast on November 22nd. Please sign up here to help with donating an item or time!

We hope to see you at our next meeting on November 21st at 6:30PM. We will have pizza, drinks, and great conversation!

November 5th - No School (Election Day)

November 6th - 1st MP Incentive - Roller Skating 6PM-8PM

November 7th - Cultural Fair 6PM-8PM

November 8th - No School (Grading day for teachers)

November 11th - No School (Veterans Day)

November 19th - Report Cards Distributed!

November 21st - PTA/Middle School Brain presentation