Springton Manor Elementary News

I hope our SM families enjoyed a wonderful Labor Day Weekend! Students and staff are invited to wear their Eagles gear or any sports related clothing on Friday to celebrate the first game of the season!

Our school day officially starts at 9:00 but students begin moving to classrooms at 8:55. If you are dropping your child off in the morning, please try to be here before 8:55 so that your child can join their class for their morning routines. Students arriving after 9:00 will be marked as late to school.

Our annual SM Playground Party is tonight at 6:00 at the SM playground. Thanks to HSA there will be food trucks, music, and lots of fun. Come on out and reconnect with classmates and families!

Our SM Home and School Association (HSA) works tirelessly each year to support our students, teachers, and community. Their dedication and hard work make a tremendous difference each year, and we couldn’t be more grateful.

We would like to extend a warm invitation to our first HSA meeting of the year, which will be held on Monday, September 9th at 6:30 PM. This is a wonderful opportunity to meet other parents, learn about upcoming events, and find out how you can get involved. Your participation and support are invaluable to us, and we look forward to seeing you there!

If you haven't already registered for your Pick-Up Patrol Account - please do so as soon as you can. You will input your child's regular dismissal procedures. This is our primary tool for managing our student's dismissal procedures. We appreciate your help getting our information fully updated!

Warmly,

Robyn Spear

Principal

Springton Manor Elementary School

September 5 - Back To School Playground Party - 6-7:30 PM on the SM Playground

September 9 - HSA Meeting 6:30 in the Library

September 26 - Picture Day

September 27 - Culture Fest at Marsh Creek

October 3 - No school for students - Rosh Hashanah. Staff Development Day

Run Club is back and sign-ups for Fall are below. Weather dependent, we will be meeting up on Tuesday, Sept 17th at 7:30 AM in front of the kindergarten playground. Looking forward to seeing you there! Run Club will run through October 24th.

Sign Up for Run Club

Please consider volunteering as this is an ALL-parent-run event. Use the Signup Genius below.

Sign Up Genius to Volunteer

Please reach out to Ayesha Mercer with any questions

Springton Manor’s Positive Behavior Intervention System is rooted in being a Mindful Mustang! You may have heard your child talk about this. For several years now, we have spent time throughout the school year teaching our students the Mindful Mustangs’ Four Core Values (pictured above).

When students demonstrate these four core values at school, they can be rewarded in several ways:

• Individual Rewards:

  • Red Tickets: Students in grades K-3 can earn Red Tickets, which are added to a bucket. Randomly selected winners earn an extra prize each week. Students in grades 4-5 can save their Red Tickets and cash them in to shop at our Red Ticket Cart.

• Class Rewards:

  • Class Shout Outs: Whole classes can be awarded a class shout out for showing Mindful Mustang behavior together. For example, a class might earn a shout out for being quiet while walking through the hallway to avoid disrupting other classes. When classes earn enough Class Shout Outs to travel around their race track (displayed on the wall in their classroom), the whole class enjoys a reward!
  • LAMP Awards: New this year, classes can earn a LAMP award, which stands for “Library, Art, Music, and PE.” These awards go to one class in each grade each cycle period. Classes will display their award in their classroom and be recognized in our display case outside the main office. (pictured below are our first class winners)

When your child talks about earning one of these rewards, you will know they are working hard to be the best Mindful Mustang they can be. Thank you for all your support!

DASD DEI Department is hosting a variety of events. See below and click the link to learn more.

• The Importance of Hispanic Heritage Month featuring actress, Maria Canals- Barrera - September 26
• DASD Culture Fest 2024 at Marsh Creek Sixth Grade Center - September 27
• Spread the Word to End the Word Football Game - with support from the Eagles Autism Foundation - September 13

DEI News and Events

The first HSA meeting is September 9th at 6:30pm. All are welcome to attend. We encourage parents to get involved in our meetings, planning sessions and events to ensure success. We have big plans for the 2024/2025 school year! Keep an eye out for upcoming information on our Fun Run scheduled for October 4th. Our goal is to raise funds to support assemblies, field trips, class programs and an upgrade to the main playground!

Looking forward to another memorable year with our Mustangs!

SM HSA Board

Susan Richie, President

Ashley Murray, Vice President

Lisa Bosken, Secretary

Tina Van Zyl, Treasurer

Jennifer Bartine, Assistant Treasurer

Welcome back from your school nurses! We are hoping for a healthy and safe school year for all. Please complete your student's on-line registration if you haven't done so already. See the section below on "Student Information Update on Infinite Campus" for more details.

When reaching out to us with questions, concerns, or information regarding your child’s health, please use the SMNurse@DASD.org e-mail. Please be sure to include your child’s full name and grade. If you e-mail Jyeager@DASD.org please also include SM as the school they attend. This will help us to efficiently and accurately address your needs.

As a reminder, new medication orders are required for each school year, including "as needed" medications, Epi-pens and inhalers. Please submit these forms as soon as possible for your child. Additionally, we kindly ask that you encourage your child to stay hydrated by drinking plenty of water (H₂O) and to practice good hand hygiene, which is essential in preventing the spread of illness.

We are committed to supporting your child’s health and well-being and are here to assist with any needs that may arise. Wishing you all a healthy and successful school year,

Nurse Jill and Nurse Angela

As we embark on another exciting school year, we would like to take this opportunity to remind our parents and guardians of our expectations for dressing for school and electronics from home. These expectations are in place to ensure a safe, respectful, and focused learning environment for all students.

Dressing for School:

• Students are expected to wear clothing that is appropriate for a school setting. This includes avoiding attire with offensive language or images, and ensuring that clothing is comfortable for the school environments.
• Footwear should be safe and suitable for school activities. Flip-flops and high heels are discouraged. Students should wear sneakers on gym days.

Electronics:

• Students will have their assigned district device to bring to and from school each day. Students must take their district device home each day to be charged - thank you for your help with this!
• Students are allowed to bring electronic devices (like phones) to school; however, these should be turned off and stored away in their backpack during class time.
• We ask that students refrain from wearing smart watches in school. They can be a distraction to students during instruction. Students may keep their smart watches in their backpack if they prefer.
• The school is not responsible for lost or damaged electronic devices. We recommend that valuable items be left at home.

Thank you for your adherence to these requests and expectations. We know how important it is to team up with our families to ensure our students have a safe and focused learning environment.

Last year, DASD announced we would be moving towards a standards based grading approach at all elementary schools. This year, I am happy to say, we will be in full implementation of this model. A letter was sent to parents last year. In case you missed it, I have attached it below.

In anticipation of this change, our district leadership team and our grade level leaders have been working hard to prepare a framework that supports kids and teachers.

Our district will maintain clear and consistent grading practices. The purpose of grades is to communicate student performance. The grade represents what a student knows and is able to do and is based on PA State Standards.

We have four indicators for grade level standards and our proficiency scale is a range of 1-4 :

1-Limited progress

2-Approaching

3-Meets

4-Exceeds

While teachers will share more in the coming weeks, our goal is to keep communication lines open; sharing how your child is progressing towards standards throughout each trimester. Please see the attached letter and click on the link within email to learn more.

DASD Elementary Assessment and Grading

Each year, each family needs to confirm their information for your child in our system. Please take a few moments to complete this.

Confirmation of Student Information:

Parents or guardians should visit the Parent Portal to update your information with the district (click More > Online Registration > 23-24 Current School Year Existing Student Registration). Ensuring that we have accurate demographic, health and contact information for your child directly impacts our ability to best serve our students and is an essential piece to ensuring student safety.

Please complete on either a computer or tablet as it does not function best on a mobile phone before your child returns for school this year.

All parents for students attending SM next year will need to complete this process.

Parents who just registered their child for the first time for next year (23-24 school year) do not need to update their contact information.

Are our school emails going to your junk? This has happened in the past and mainly impacts Gmail accounts. We are so sorry this is happening! It is important that you receive our email messages and we want to help!

Please use the link below to see some steps you can take to resolve this.

https://support.google.com/mail/answer/1366858?co=GENIE.Platform%3DiOS&hl=en

If you notice this continues, please put in a ticket with our technology department so that they can reach out to you directly to resolve this. This link will take you to the DASD webpage where you can submit a tech ticket.

Email: rspear@dasd.org
Website: https://sm.dasd.org/
Location: 400 Fairview Road, Glenmoore, PA, USA
Phone: 610-942-8950