It’s hard to believe we’re down to just 26 days of school! As we head into these final weeks, we just want to say how incredibly proud we are of our students and staff. This year has been full of learning, growth, and moments to celebrate. Thank you for all you do to support our school community. Let’s enjoy these last days together and finish strong—with kindness, joy, and a continued love for learning.

Happy Mother’s Day

Today, we honor and celebrate the many forms of care and support that help our children grow. To all the mothers, stepmothers, grandmothers, foster mothers, aunts, guardians, and those who fill the role of "mom" in any way—thank you for the countless ways you nurture, guide, and uplift the children in your lives and in our school community.

Reminders for this Week:

🔤 ABC Themed Days Start on Monday (see calendar below)

📝 Early Dismissal, 1:15pm, Tuesday, May 13th.

⚽ 5th Grade Spirit Day, May 14th, starting at 9:45am, at Truman High School

🎵 Band & Chorus Concert, May 14th at 7pm

🛼 PTO Sponsored Skate Night, May 15th

Looking Ahead to Next Week:

📝 No School on May 20th- Election Day

🎨 District Art Fair- May 21st & 22nd

Have a great week!

Respectfully,

Mrs. Smith-Herman & Mr. Wilicki

Smencils will be sold.

Wear Keystone Paw Shirt

Pretzels $1

(Money needs to be turned in by Thursday to get a pretzel on Fridays.)

Tuesday, May 13th

Wednesday, May 14th, with a rain date of Thursday, May 15th.

9:45am

May 14th at 7 pm

May 15th

Tuesday, May 20th

May 21st

Elmwood Zoo

May 21st and 22nd

6:00-8:00pm

Monday, May 26th

May 28th

9:45am-12:00pm

Friday, May 30th

Churchville Nature Center for June 3 & 4th

June 4th, 2025

June 5th- 11:45-12:45pm

See flyer below to RSVP.

June 5th- Kindergarten/First- AM

June 5th- 2nd/3rd- PM

June 6th- 4th/5th- AM

Rain Dates- June 9th and 10th

June 11th- 9:30am

June 12th- 10:00am

Friday, June 13th at 10:15am

Tuesday, June 17th- 9:45AM

For new kindergartners for 2025-2026 school year

Week 1: July 28-Aug 1st

Week 2: August 4th-8th

9:00-11:30am

Follow along as we count down the last 26 days of the school year!

BRISTOL TOWNSHIP SCHOOL DISTRICT

ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS

SPIRIT DAY

Dear Parents,

Elementary School Spirit Day will be held on Wednesday, May 14th, 2025 at the Truman High School Stadium (rain date Thursday, May 15th, 2025). This day has been planned as an extension of your child’s Physical Education program. Activities are scheduled to begin with a procession of all fifth-grade students into the stadium at 9:45 a.m. Activities will conclude at approximately 1:00 p.m. After the opening ceremonies, students will compete in events which they have experienced in their physical education classes. The nature of the events has been designed to enable all students to enjoy the day, participate in a sportsmanlike manner and meet the students from other schools within the school district. The school with the highest point total will receive a trophy for their school and individual medals will be awarded to the first-place team members. A team sportsmanship trophy will be awarded to the Elementary School that demonstrates the best and most appropriate sportsmanship during the Spirit Day competition.

Attached is a parent permission form for this activity. In addition, you will find a request form for a bagged lunch from the school district cafeteria. All students will wear their Spirit Day T-shirt. We suggest that you provide for your child the appropriate jacket or sweatshirt for the day’s weather and temperature. Students are welcomed to bring a blanket to sit on if they choose. Students must wear sneakers for participating as all activities will take place in our beautiful synthetic turf stadium.

Parents are welcome to attend and cheer for their children and school. Spectators will be required to sit in the bleachers and will not be permitted on the field of competition. Parking is limited at the high school. Parking is available opposite the stadium on Mill Creek Parkway. All children will return to their school at the end of this activity via the transportation provided by the School District.

Sincerely,

Elementary Physical Education Teachers

Bristol Township School District

Click HERE for Link to RSVP

Celebrate nature at our Annual Spring Carnival at Croydon Woods in Lower Bucks County. Enjoy refreshments, nature-based games and activities, and expert-led hikes into beautiful Croydon Woods.

Community organizations will be there, hosting activities for all ages, including nature games, art projects, and prize giveaways.

Spring Carnival promises fun for the whole family. Don’t miss this opportunity to connect with nature and create lasting memories. Leashed, well-behaved pets are welcome. Free of charge!

Meeting location: Croydon Woods 1900 Summit Ave, Croydon, PA 19021

For questions, information or registration, contact Whittier Henke at whenke@heritageconservancy.org or 215-345-7020 ext. 110

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Registration is now open for kindergartner registration for the 2025-2026 school year. For any questions please email keystone.registration@bristoltwpsd.org . Electronic submissions of registration paperwork will be accepted via that email address as well.

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Kindergarten

A child is eligible for admission to kindergarten if they have attained the age of five (5) years on or before September 1st. Upon written request of the parent/guardian the board may admit a child for Kindergarten who has not met the age requirement, if that child can demonstrate readiness for entry by the first day of the school term. Readiness for entry will be determined by using a district wide screener that will measure academic levels. Written requests for this screener but be submitted on or before August 1st.

A student who has not met the age requirement and is attending a private kindergarten program (fully accredited or not) will not be admitted to a district kindergarten program unless that child can demonstrate readiness for entry by the first day of the school term. A student who is currently attending a public kindergarten program but does not meet the age requirement may be admitted to kindergarten.

See below link for more information to this Board Policy.

If you are interested in volunteering for field trips and school events please view the information below in regards to the items needed to obtain your volunteer badge. Once you obtain all your clearances please email them to the following email address; personnel@bristoltwpsd.org .

Federal Program 2024-2025 - This presentation provides an overview of Title 1 funding for the 2024-2025 school year and reviews the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA) while highlighting the importance of family engagement.

Outside Food Snack Policy- Per the district's Wellness Policy, " No outside foods may be brought in by students for classroom parties. Shared snacks are not permitted in District schools." If you would like to send something in to celebrate their child's birthday or a classroom party, you may send in non food items such as stickers, pencils, play dough etc.

• Reminder, when your child is absent a written excuse note is required.
• For the first 10 absences the note may be from the parent.
• It can be in an email to the school secretary who handles attendance, at heather.saeger@bristoltwpsd.org
• If your child misses more than 10 days of school, then we only accept a medical note.
• Please email or send in the note within 10 days of their return to school, this is a PA State Law.

In order to maintain the safety of all our learners, we are asking that families alert teachers, in writing, (written note) for any transportation/dismissal plan changes prior to 9:00am each morning.

If for some reason a written note is not able to be written prior to 9:00am, an email must be sent to our secretary at heather.saeger@bristoltwpsd.org in addition to your child's teacher. Please keep in mind, that if your child's teacher is absent for the day, and you only write to your child's teacher, the office will not be aware of any early dismissal or transportation changes for your child(ren).

We do understand that emergencies may arise throughout the day that requires a change to a child's dismissal plan for that particular day. For those situations, please make sure you are alerting the office staff as soon as possible, so they can communicate the change to the teachers as soon as possible.

We thank you for your support in helping us ensure the safety and well-being of each of our learners.

Planning an educational trip, please click HERE to access the Educational Trip Form.

District Guidelines:

1. Parents are required to notify the school at least ten days prior to the absences covered by this regulation so that the student may obtain work to keep current with class progress.

2. Parents and students should be informed that make-up work for the time missed is the responsibility of the student

3. The total number of approved days of absence for this purpose shall not exceed five days in a given school year. Days exceeding these guidelines may be considered unlawful and/or unexcused.

Reporting Procedures

Anyone who is the victim of or has witnessed bullying please submit the incident form to the Anti-Bullying/School Climate Specialist, Steve Pierce, (steve.pierce@bristoltwpsd.org ) and building administration. Students can also report bullying to guidance counselors, teachers, or any other adult in the building.

To access the bullying form please click on the attached form below.

Social Worker
Mrs. Jody Como
jody.como@bristoltwpsd.org

Counselors

Mrs. Tammy Surdo

Grades- K, 2, 4
tammy.surdo@bristoltwpsd.org

Mr. Brian Gianfrancesco

Grades- 1, 3, 5
brian.gianfrancesco@bristoltwpsd.org

Mr. Steve Pierce

Email: steve.pierce@bristoltwpsd.org

Phone: 267-599-2481

Interventionist Teachers at Keystone

Mrs. Stacy Cooke

stacy.cooke@bristoltwpsd.org

Mrs. Aimee Ramos
aimee.ramos@bristoltwpsd.org

For more information about Title 1 please visit; https://www.bristoltwpsd.org/administration/state_and_federal_programs_/title_i .

Lynn Thompson Merrill

Staff Nurse 267-599-2473 or 2490

michele.genticore@bristoltwpsd.org

Deanna Johnson

Staff Nurse 267-599-2496

Nurses' fax number is 215-788-1516.

For any transportation/bus issues or concerns please reach out to the transportation department.

Hours of operation:
5:30 AM to 5:30 PM

Phone Number is 267-599-2390

Transportation Coordinator: Traci Williams, traci.williams@bristoltwpsd.org. 267-599-2370
Transportation Secretary: Annie Bulla, annie.bulla@bristoltwpsd.org. 267-599-2370
STA Terminal Manager: Devon Padilla, dpadilla@ridesta.com
AM Dispatch: Joyel Ryan, jryan@ridesta.com
PM Dispatch: Gabrielle Musnuff, gmusnuff@ridesta.com
BTSD Transportation Email address: transportation@bristoltwpsd.org

Address:

940 Tulip Ave.

Croydon, Pennsylvania 19021

School phone: 267-599-2470

School fax: 215-788-1041

School Principal: Mr. Mark Wilicki

Email: mark.wilicki@bristoltwpsd.org

Principal Secretary: Marianne Mensinger

Email: marianne.mensinger@bristoltwpsd.org

Assistant Principal: Mrs. Crystal Smith-Herman

Email: crystal.smith-herman@bristoltwpsd.org

Assistant Principal's Secretary: Heather Saeger

Email: heather.saeger@bristoltwpsd.org

Special Education Supervisor: Robyn Battershell

Email: robyn.battershell@bristoltwpsd.org

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