Welcome to the this week's edition of our newsletter. Spring is in full bloom and so are the happenings at our school! Read on to stay informed about all the latest news and events.

This week we have many themed days, thanks to Mr. Pierce and Student Council;

• Monday students and staff are encouraged to wear their favorite sports team shirt.
• Tuesday students and staff are encouraged to wear their favorite hat.
• Thursday students are encouraged to dress like a teacher or staff member and staff to dress as students.
• Friday wear Keystone Paw Shirt.

Just a reminder, Monday, April 8th will be an early dismissal day (1:15pm) due to solar eclipse and Wednesday, April 10th there will be no school, due to staff professional workshop day and Eid-al-Fitr.

This Friday will start our Spring Scholastic Book Fair. Students will be visiting the book fair during their scheduled library time.

Also, if you are able to spend a few minutes to fill out the Federal Programs Survey, it would be greatly appreciated; LINK TO SURVEY. The deadline to complete this survey is April 26.

Hurry and secure your copy of this year's unforgettable memories by purchasing a yearbook before sales end! Capture all the special moments from this school year, from classroom activities to themed days to special events and everything in between. Order your yearbook now to ensure you have a keepsake to look back on for years to come. April 22nd will be the last day that yearbooks can be purchased.

Let's continue to strive for greatness, support one another, and make this month a memorable success. Together, we can achieve anything. Thank you for all that you do to make our school community a wonderful place to learn and grow.

As always, please do not hesitate to reach out to me or any other member of the leadership team if you have any questions or concerns.

Have a wonderful week!

Respectfully,

Mrs. Smith-Herman

Smencil Sales ($1.25 each)

Pre-Order Pretzels

Wear Paw Shirts

April 12th-19th

April 12th-April 18th- Students will attend book fair during scheduled library time.

April 19th will be the make-up day.

April 17 is "Purple Up!" day. We are encouraging all to wear purple on April 17.

April 17th- From 6:00-8:00pm

Group 1- April 22nd

Group 2- April 29th

April 24th and 25th

April 26th

ELA- April 22nd, 24th, and 26th- Grades 3, 4, 5

Math- April 30th and May 1st- Grades 3, 4, 5

Science- May 2nd and May 3rd- Grade 4 Only

Wednesday, May 8th, 2024

Rain Date- Thursday, May 9th, 2024

It will take place in the stadium at Truman High School.

May 9th

Wednesday, May 15th at 7 pm

May 29th

May 31st

June 3rd

June 5th- AM

Thursday, June 6th- AM- K/1

Thursday, June 6th- PM- 2/3

Friday, June 7th- AM- 4/5

Rain Dates: June 7th (PM), June 10th (AM and/or PM) and/or 11th (PM)

June 11th- AM

Thursday, June 13th

* Revision- Please note- PTO Meeting will be on Wednesday, April 3rd- NOT April 2nd. Thanks!

Position: Pre-K/Head Start Teacher

Worked at Bristol Township School District Since: 5 years at Keystone, 8 years with Bucks IU, many more than that at private Pre-K

Strengths: Crafts, sewing, and making things! Creativity tends to be my motivator and help me problem solve. I am always thinking about school and my students-I love to come up with new ways to reach my students and help them learn.

Pets: 2 rescue dogs, 2 guinea pigs (our classroom pets!)

Hobbies: Reading, gardening, crafting, and spending time with my friends and family. Music is a big passion of mine. I also love to cook, as long as I don’t have to do the dishes!!

Favorite Color(s): Blue

Favorite Snack: Anything chocolate or homemade

Favorite Sports' Team: Phillies and Flyers

Three Fun Facts:

1. I am a singer.

Additional Facts:

I’ve been married to my high school sweetheart for almost 25 years.

We have 3 children, Brittany, Taylor, and Alex.

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April is the Month of the Military Child (MOMC), which celebrates and recognizes military-connected students.

April 17 is "Purple Up!" day. We are encouraging all to wear purple on April 17.

From January 8th through February 23rd, 2024, students at Keystone participated in the 2024 Great Reading Games sponsored by Learning Ally. (Learning Ally is an audiobook app available to our students through their Clever accounts.)

Students had 31 days to earn points for reading. Students earned points for everyday they read 20 minutes on a weekend and points for everyday they read 20 minutes on a weekend, as well as points for every page read.

Keystone students read a total of 32,078 pages and finished with a score of 375,091. This gave us 8th place in our nationwide bracket!

Our top three readers were Patel Devansh (5th grade), Mataj Fuad (5th grade), and Brayden Moser (4th grade)!

Congratulations to all the student, teachers, and staff who worked hard for this success!

Thank you Ms. Gallagher for writing out all the certificates for our Reading Warriors!

We would like to acknowledge the students who have received or will be receiving recognition for receiving a positive office referral;

Kevin May- kindergarten

Ms. Donna, Mr. Pierce, and Mrs. Smith-Herman are looking forward to acknowledging more positive office referral!

The following students were selected to receive given the Sportsmanship Award, by Trooper Ryan Seiple, for showing outstanding sportsmanship, team work, positive peer interactions, and a positive attitude, during recess time; Peter Edwards, Cameron Chapman, Chyanna Mcleod, and Graham Tomcho.

Congratulations! We are very proud of you!

Join us for an evening of creativity, collaboration, and problem-solving at Family STEAM Night!

On April 17th, from 6-8 p.m., head to Armstrong Middle School, 475 Wistar Road, Fairless Hills, PA.

This district-wide event is open to ALL Bristol Township school district families. Sponsored by Bristol Cares and Bucks County Drug & Alcohol Commission, Inc.

Don't miss out on the fun and educational experience!

Spring Carnival: Take a Spin in Nature

May 17 @ 4:00 pm - 6:00 pm

Thank you for all who have participating in our newsletter's weekly poll! It looks like most people's favorite vegetable is a potato (42%)!

Section 4.4 of Chapter 4 of the State Board of Education regulations provides for the right of any parents or guardians to excuse their child from the state assessment if, upon inspection of the testing materials, they find the assessment to be in conflict with their religious beliefs. Please note that this is the only basis for a parent or guardian to excuse his or her child from the statewide assessments.

Parents/guardians requesting that their child be excused from the PSSA or Keystone Exam must adhere to the following procedural guidelines:

• Within two weeks of the date the child is to participate in the PSSA or Keystone exams, parents/guardians must contact the Chief Academic Officer, Mrs. Amy Coleman, to arrange an appointment to review the assessment(s) by completing this survey.

Survey Link: PSSA REQUEST TO REVIEW

For more information, please visit: https://www.pacode.com/secure/data/022/chapter4/s4.4.html

• 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: Donna.meehan@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, for any transportation/dismissal plan changes prior to 9am each morning.

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 wellbeing of each of our learners.

To ensure the safety and well being of our students, as per the District Wellness Policy, no outside foods may be brought in by students for classroom parties or birthday celebrations. Shared snacks are not permitted in district schools.

If you would like to send something in to celebrate your child's birthday or for a classroom party, you may send in non food items such as stickers, pencils, play dough etc.

Link to Elementary Remote Learning Overview: (Click here)

For additional information please visit https://www.bristoltwpsd.org/cms/one.aspx?portalId=377235&pageId=51110003

Mrs. Stacy Cooke
stacy.cooke@bristoltwpsd.org

Mrs. Aimee Ramos
aimee.ramos@bristoltwpsd.org

What is Title I?

Title I is a project funded by the federal government under the Every Child Succeeds Act. The purpose of this Act is to provide all children with fair and equitable opportunity to succeed and close achievement gaps. Money is allocated by the federal government and distributed by the Pennsylvania Department of Education to the Bristol Township School. District.

Title I funding is based on a complex formula. These funds are allocated to the states who in turn allocate a portion of that money to the individual school districts within each state. The school district’s share is based on the economic need within a school area, that is, by the number of low income families living there. In our district the number of free and reduced lunch students is used to determine the economic need of a particular school.

Mr. Pierce has the pleasure of being the Anti-Bullying Specialist at Keystone Elementary School.

In the short time that he has been here he has been able to build a great rapport and begin teaching the Second Step Bullying Prevention curriculum and TKF curriculum.

Some of his roles include bullying investigations, conflict resolution, peer mediations, large group lessons and small group lessons. He also have been working to support the school climate at Keystone.

Email: steve.pierce@bristoltwpsd.org

Phone: 267-599-2481

Click here for an electronic version of form; Reporting Form

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

Counselors

Mrs. Tammy Surdo
tammy.surdo@bristoltwpsd.org

Mr. Brian Gianfrancesco
brian.gianfrancesco@bristoltwpsd.org

Lynn Thomson-Merrill

Certified School Nurse 267-599-2473 or 2490

Lynn.Thomson@bristoltwpsd.org

Anna May Tannenbaum

Staff Nurse 267-599-2496

Annamay.Tannenbaum@bristoltwpsd.org

Christine Kelly (M, T, TH, F after 12:30 PM)

Staff Nurse 267-599-2473

Christine.Kelly@bristoltwpsd.org

Our fax number is 215-788-1516.

We encourage each student and staff member to wear their Keystone Paw Shirts every Friday.

Support Keystone's SWPBIS program by purchasing a soft pretzel. Each soft pretzel will cost $1 each. Students will be asked to preorder their pretzel each Thursday, for a pretzel delivery to take place on Fridays.

School Principal: Mr. Mark Wilicki

Email: mark.wilicki@bristoltwpsd.org

Assistant Principal: Mrs. Crystal Smith-Herman

Email: crystal.smith-herman@bristoltwpsd.org

Special Education Supervisor: Justina Garofalo

Email: justina.garofalo@bristoltwpsd.org

Special Education Supervisor: Jessica Kelch

Email: jessica.kelch@bristoltwpsd.org

Principal's Secretary: Mrs. Marianne Mensinger

Email: marianne.mensinger@bristoltwpsd.org

Assistant Principal's Secretary: Mrs. Donna Meehan

Email: donna.meehan@bristoltwpsd.org

School phone: 267-599-2470

School fax: 215-788-1041