Southwest Newsletter

Doors open at 8:35 am. Breakfast is available at this time.

Classes start at 9:20 am. Students will be late after this time.

Students will be dismissed after 3:40 pm. Dismissal time is a careful balance of dismissing bus students and pick up students. As in past years, we can not control when buses arrive so some grades of pick up students will be dismissed among bus dismissals. Everything is the same except times are 20 minutes later than previous years. Please call into the school if you have questions. Thank you!

If your child is absent from school, please provide a parent or doctor's note within 3 days of your child returning to school. Notes can be turned into your child's teacher or the office and can also be submitted electronically by messaging Mrs. Sutton on ClassDojo or emailing Mrs. Sutton at the following email address: SW-Attendance@lebanon.k12.pa.us.

PowerSchool is a portal that is used to document student attendance and grades, along with many other features. Starting this year, it will be a means for collecting forms electronically to reduce the amount of paperwork sent home with your child.

If you have not done so already, please create an account or login to your existing account. The login information is the same as last year. There is now a "Forms" icon on the lefthand side. Please click on the icon and sign any current forms.

Please click the link for more information regarding the PowerSchool portal: https://www.smore.com/b4v2g

Power Packs is a program that provides families with the ingredients and recipes to provide your family with nutritious weekend meals. The Power Pack includes produce, milk, and some other pantry items. The program is free and distribution occurs weekly. Southwest's distribution site is Lebanon County Christian Ministries on Wednesday afternoons beginning September 18th.

If interested in signing up for the program, please complete the enrollment process by submitting information via the link below.

https://app.pantrysoft.com/login/powerpacksproject

Please contact Kyle Bensing (kbensing@lebanon.k12.pa.us) with any questions.

Flyer image is from last year, the link to Power Packs is current.

September:

9/16 - 9/20 - Attendance Spirit Week!

9/16 - Manifest Monday - Dress for your future job, career or military branch of service!

9/17 - Twin Tuesday - Dress like a twin, hold them accountable and be in school!

9/18 - Wacky Wednesday - Wacky tacky cool we want you in school!! Wear your wildest hair and socks.

9/19 - Superhero Thursday - Dress like a superhero to save the day by being in class everyday!

9/20 - Cedar Family Friday - Show up for your home team! Wear a Cedar shirt or red & blue.

9/18 - Italian Oven food truck (11:20 am)

9/26 - Cool Beans coffee truck (7:20 am)

October:

10/10 - SW Rollerskating Party 6 pm

10/14 - Act 80 Day - No School for students

10/16 - Family Night Out - LHS - 5:00 pm

10/17 - Picture Day only (no 10/21 as listed on the school calendar)

10/23 - 10/31 - Red Ribbon Week - more info to come

10/30 - Marking 1 Ends

If you have not done so already, please connect with us using the app "ClassDojo". Reach out to your child's teacher if you need help connecting. We will be using this app to send district and school updates and information.

Welcome to the Southwest Elementary School Counseling Section! My name is Jayne Hain and I am honored to work as the school counselor at Southwest! I have been the school counselor here from 1996-2000 and 2009- present. I love working with the Southwest students. As a school counselor, I support the students through our three domains: assisting their personal/social needs, guiding their academic needs, and teaching career awareness. I do this through classroom guidance lessons, small group counseling, individual counseling, and working with families to connect them to the services or outside agencies that can help their students.

It has been a privilege for me to work with the students of Southwest. I thoroughly enjoy teaching them classroom social/emotional lessons such as conflict resolution, personal safety, how to stop bullying, how to show manners and respect, empathy, listening skills, and career education. I have also enjoyed getting to know their different personalities as I speak with them and counsel them. They are a wonderful group of children. I also assist students academically though the MTSS Team (Multi-tiered Systems of Support) if a student is experiencing difficulty with their academics or behavior. One of my other responsibilities is to assist in the learning support process by helping to identify students who could receive academic or behavioral help.

As a counselor, I would be remiss if I didn't add the importance of excellent school attendance! Studies have shown that students learn more and do better academically when they attend school regularly. The Baltimore Education Research Consortium suggests that “students with low attendance in both Pre-K and Kindergarten, often continue to have low attendance; are more likely to be retained by grade 3, and on average have lower academic outcomes than peers with better attendance.” Good attendance is important (less than 10 days absent a year). It is my job to work with the families of Southwest towards better attendance for all.

If you have any questions or concerns, feel free to call me at (717) 675-2173 ext. 2 or email me at jhain@lebanon.k12.pa.us. Thank you!

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Click “Sign Up Forms” to fill out an application.

Haga clic en "Formularios de registro" para completar una solicitud.

Applications due 9/13/24.

Las solicitudes vencen el 13 de septiembre del 24.

If you're looking for a way to become involved at Southwest and aren't sure where to start, join the PFO. The PFO meets monthly to help make decisions and plan for events. Your input is valuable. Please email kbensing@lebanon.k12.pa.us if interested in being a part of the PFO.

Email: kbensing@lebanon.k12.pa.us
Website: https://www.lebanon.k12.pa.us/southwest/
Location: 1500 Woodland Street, Lebanon, PA, USA
Phone: 717-675-2173
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/SouthwestElem