Elementary Highlander Newsletter

Arrival:

Students in grades K-5, who are being dropped off, should arrive no earlier than 7:30 a.m. If parents need to speak to someone in the school, they should enter the building via the Main Entrance foyer to sign in using a valid ID. This is for the safety of our students.

Buses and vans drop students off between 7:30 a.m. - 8:00 a.m.

Pre-K students should arrive no earlier than 7:50 a.m. using the far right Pre-K door.

Dismissal:

Pre-K students are dismissed at 2:00 p.m.

Dismissal for students in grades K-5 begins at 2:35 p.m. Any student that needs to be picked up earlier than 2:35 p.m. will require a written note from the parent or guardian. Parents and guardians need to sign in using a valid ID to pick up students earlier than 2:35 p.m.

Students attending Learning Lamp or the RSG After School Program will be dismissed at 2:35 p.m. Buses and vans are dismissed from 2:35 p.m. - 2:45 p.m. Walkers and students being picked up will be dismissed out of the front doors at 2:45 p.m.

SOAR to New Heights is a new School-Wide Positive Behavior Plan that has started this year. It is a comprehensive framework that provides everyone in the school with a positive learning environment. Teachers and staff have taken the time to specifically teach and practice the expected behaviors in all areas of the building. The expectations are spelled out in the title: Show Kindness, Own Your Choices, Act Responsibly, Respect Yourself and Others. All staff members will focus on acknowledging the positive choices students make on a daily basis by handing out Tartan Tickets. These tickets can be exchanged for items in the school "SOAR" Store or special activities like lunch outside, Karaoke parties, and chance drawings. Throughout the year the positive behaviors will be reinforced and reviewed as needed to ensure that the students at Cambria Heights are working up to their potential. All the S.O.A.R. lessons will be taught by September 5, which will be the date of the official launch of the S.O.A.R. to New Heights Program. This date will be marked with the Intermediate Unit 8 coming to the school to send a Space Balloon into flight using the students' design. The elementary will celebrate their commitment to "SOARing" to New Heights by watching a space balloon soar to new heights. This balloon will have a GoPro camera attached to it in order to retrieve the balloon and the footage it captures as it soars above Cambria Heights Elementary School.

Cambria Heights Elementary School has a Twitter handle! Please follow us on Twitter @CH_Elementary. We will be posting reminders, announcements, acknowledgments, and anything happening in our school, including pictures! A link has been added to our elementary website, www.chsd1.org, to display the Twitter feed. Check it out!

Cambria Heights Elementary School is excited to be participating in the "Litter Free School Zone" program through Keep Pennsylvania Beautiful for the ninth year! Keeping their school litter-free is a great way for students to work together, learning valuable community leadership and responsibility skills while gaining respect for the environment. Groups of 5th grade volunteers will be participating in the Clean Up Club during activity period. The amounts and types of litter collected will be recorded and reported to Keep Pennsylvania Beautiful. If you have any questions or need more information about this program, please contact Mrs. Daria Wargo, School Counselor, at 344-8506, Ext. 1010.

This year, CHSD will be using a tool called easyCBM. This program, which replaces AIMSWEB, allows us to measure how our students are growing in Reading and Math throughout the year. It is a tool that helps teachers know exactly what concepts in which they might need to spend more or less time. Look for a letter coming home soon with more information about this new tool.

Please be on the lookout for a Title i Packet coming home. It will explain how the Title I Program is run at the elementary school. If you have any questions, please contact Mr. Eric Nagel at 814-344-8506 or enagel@chsd1.org

Email: hyahner@chsd1.org
Website: www.chsd1.org
Location: 138 East Campbell Street, Carrolltown, PA, USA
Phone: 8143448506
Twitter: @CH_Elementary