P.S. Panther Family News

National Bullying Prevention Month, Breast Cancer awareness month, Red Ribbon Week, Indigenous Peoples Day, and many more! During our morning announcements, we highlight several of these events to bring attention to these important matters. We have students read the announcements each morning to an audience of almost 900 people!

Stay up to date with P.S. duPont sports by checking out our Sports Page here.

October 4th - Family Fun Night!

Join us for Family Bingo, pick up your pre-ordered fall flowers, and decorate a pumpkin to take home! We will have refreshments, and fun prizes! Bring your family, hang out with new friends and old while competing for cool prizes!

Information will be coming out soon about how to sign up for conferences. Here are a few tips to help you navigate the time with your child's teachers:

• Have a conversation with your child about the conferences. What do they see as their strengths? Areas of struggle?
• Make a list before the conference of questions and concerns
• Be on time - so you have enough time to address everything!
• Ask for clarity if you don't understand the answers given to you.
• Ask for specific suggestions on how you can support your child at home with homework, reading, organization, routines, etc.
• Have a conversation with your child when you get home and create an action plan together to have a successful year.
• Keep in touch with the teachers throughout the year to stay on top of progress
• Ensure you have access to HAC and schoology to monitor grades frequently

Families are invited to host a table at our Cultural Fair! We invite you to decorate a table, bring in a favorite food to share (samples), and to dress up!

We have GREAT raffle prize baskets for attending families that fill out their passport!

Don't miss this fun event, it's a chance to celebrate what makes us each unique and special!

Check out several local farms and parks for hayrides and bonfires, local neighborhoods for trunk or treats. Hagley and Winterthur both have trick or treating events for our families with young children. Or, just take a walk together as a family and look at all the changes that Autumn has brought us!

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.

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