NEWS FROM THE EAGLE'S NEST

Hello EXE families,

We had another great week of teaching and learning here at EXE! Thanks to our PTO for sponsoring the mobile agricultural science lab. We have budding scientists here at EXE and the fundraising efforts support supplemental activities like this. Thank you to our PTO for their continued support. Each class was able to visit this AG lab this week with their teacher. If you haven't heard about it yet from your child, be sure to ask about it!

Last night's Trunk or Treat was a HUGE success! Thanks, again, to our PTO for facilitating this wonderful community event! Special thanks, too, to all the families and teachers that created amazing trunks for our families to visit! What creativity we have here at EXE! A shout out to the top three prize winners for their trunks...

• 1st place -- Weglewski Family - Starbucks Trunk
• 2nd place --Mrs. Buckel - Shopping at Target Trunk
• 3rd place -- Kniple Family - Dinosaur Trunk

Ahead of Halloween, on Wednesday, October 30, our 5th grade student council is supporting a Fall Spirit day wear all of our students are encouraged to wear fall colors. We look forward to seeing read, orange, yellow, and brown.

A final reminder, as you shop and create Halloween costumes, students are allowed to dress up for Halloween; however, costumes cannot include a mask or weapon replicas. Thank you for keeping either of these items home on October 31. If they inadvertently make their way to school, these items will be held in the office.

Thank you for you partnership and continued support! And, thank you for sharing your AMAZING children with us and getting them to school on time. We look forward to seeing them all back on Monday!

With EXE pride,

Mrs. B

Support our budding artists with Art to Remember

We have some important WCASD updates to share regarding attendance and communication:

1. New Note Submission Options: Caregivers can now submit parent notes for absences through Pickup Patrol and Talking Points messages. We will continue to accept emails and handwritten notes. We hope this makes it easier for you to keep us informed!

2. Automated Phone Calls:Automated phone calls will be sent to caregivers of students with unexcused (LAW) absences at 10:10 AM each morning. This will help keep you updated on your child's attendance. If this automated call ever feels inaccurate, please contact our main office.

3. New Email for Parent Notes: We have established a new email address for submitting parent notes: EXEattendance@wcasd.k12.pa.us. Our school secretaries will receive emails to this address which will ensure a smooth communication process.

4. Doctor’s Note Requirement: Please note that the previous 60-minute early dismissal window during which a doctor’s note was not required has been removed. Moving forward, a doctor’s note will be required for early dismissals to avoid an unexcused absence.

5. Nurse Exclusion Policy: We’ve added a new policy for nurse exclusions (NN). If the school nurse advises a student to stay home the following day, this will now be considered an excused absence.

Thank you for your cooperation as we implement these changes to enhance our attendance processes.

Parents/guardians must enter their child's plan to participate in an after-school event using PickUp Patrol. This is required because your child's dismissal plan is different from their normal plan and ensures that all EXE staff members know your child's plan at the end of the school day. If the club meets on a weekly basis, logging your child's plan is necessary each day that he or she will be participating in the after-school event. If you have any questions, please reach out to Kirsten Yantis, EXE's Attendance Secretary, at kyantis@wcasd.net

Hello from the health room. As a reminder concerning items for the health room.

Medications

If your student will require medication to be kept in the health room, we will need to have a new signed medical order from your student’s provider for the current school year, the medication in the box with the pharmacy label on it and written permission from their parent/guardian to give the medication. A link to district forms is at the bottom of the page. Orders from previous school years cannot be accepted for the current school year.

Physical and Dentals

Pennsylvania requires physical and dental exams to be turned into the health room at various periods during a student’s academic career including upon admission to school. A copy of a physical and dental exam, dated after 7/1/2023, is required to be on file in the health room. This needs to be turned in by October 28th, 2024 or risk exclusion from school.

3rd Grade Parents

Pennsylvania requires physical and dental exams to be turned into the health room at various periods during a student’s academic career. In 3rd grade, a dental exam if required. I can accept exams that are dated after 7/1/2023. This needs to be turned into the health room by October 28th, 2024 or risk exclusion from school.

Jackie Ruppert, RN, MSN

Certified School Nurse

Exton Elementary

For District forms, click here

You can now follow us on Instagram! We'll be sure to highlight EXE and share out reminders of upcoming events. You'll find us on Instagram under EXEeagles.

On Fridays, we wear red and our EXE gear! We love to see the EXE school spirit!

11/1: Diwali -- Schools Closed

11/5: Inservice Day -- Schools Closed

11/6: Parent and Guardian sign up to go live for fall conferences

11/12: Picture Retake Day

11/19 - 26: Book Fair

11/25 -11/27: Fall conferences

District Calendar is linked here for your convenience.

Principal: Kristin Bulgarelli

Email: KBulgarelli@wcasd.net

Location: 301 Hendricks Avenue

Exton, PA 19341

Phone: 484-266-1400

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