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Here's hoping for some great weather for Monday's Field Day! Should we need to cancel, you'll hear from us by 7:30 on Monday morning.

As always, please reach out with any questions, or if you wish to connect,

Jenn

Jennifer Humphrey, Principal

Pleasant Hill School

jhumphrey@scarboroughschools.org

On Thursday, the whole school traveled to Wentworth for the Senior Stroll. We saw lots of familiar faces. Congratulations to the Class of 2024!

“One-pager”

As some of you may have heard, we have some changes in store for next year at Pleasant Hill. Since our incoming kindergarten class is much smaller than in years past, we will need only three classrooms in K. Mrs. Smith will move on up to grade 2. She has already been working hard planning, gathering materials, and getting excited for the adventure ahead! Our beloved Mrs. Oliver will head over to join the Eight Corners second grade team, stepping in after a retirement there. We will miss Sarah here at Pleasant Hill immensely, and we thank her for the myriad of ways she supported students and families, and contributed to our team here at Pleasant Hill.

We would like to repair the outdoor picnic tables at our school to make them safe for our students again (no more splinters).

This would require completely sanding the picnic tables and then sealing them.

If you are willing to help the PTA organize this, please fill out this survey:

https://forms.gle/PDitJwk2JsiQhrNS8

Thank you for considering this volunteer opportunity to help beautify and preserve the PH picnic tables!

• Kindergarten is open to any student who turns 5 on or before Oct. 15, 2024.

• If your child meets this criteria, and you are sending them to school in the fall, please complete the form linked here: REGISTRATION FORM

• If your child meets the age requirement, but you are undecided about sending them due to their age or developmental level, please complete the REGISTRATION FORM anyway. This will help us plan for all potential students.

• Appointments will be scheduled later this spring in each of our schools to review paperwork, including notarization of residency.

• If your child has specific health concerns, you can call or set up an appointment with one of our school nurses at any time.

• More information will be provided throughout the spring!

If you would like help completing these forms, we are happy to meet with you and provide an interpreter. Please call any of the school offices listed below.

Blue Point- 207-730-5300 Eight Corners- 207-730-5200 Pleasant Hill- 207-730-5250

Click here to bring you to the registration page.

To: Parents/Guardians of students with medications at school (including Inhalers and

Epipens)

The last day of school for children is a half day on Friday, June 14th. If your child has medication at school, please plan to pick up your child’s medication no later than 3:30 pm on June 14th.

Per school board policy, medications cannot be left at school over the summer. Any medication left at school after that date will be disposed of. Please call us at 730-5286 if you have any questions.

Updated physician orders and the parental permission to administer medication form are required at the beginning of each school year. The medication policy and permission to administer medication at school form can be found online at the Scarborough School Department→ Board of Education→ Policies→ sections JLCD and JLCD-E1 or by clicking on the above links.

Asthma/Seizure Action Plans and Food Allergy Action Plans are very helpful in our efforts to keep children safe at school. These forms are available on our school website or at your physician’s offices. The forms also count as a physician’s order if current and signed by your child’s physician within the past year.

In an effort to make the first day of school as smooth as possible, staff will be available to accept medications and required paperwork for the upcoming school year beginning on Monday, August 26th. Please remember that an adult must deliver and pick up all medications. This policy is in effect to protect all students.

The Pleasant Hill office fax is 207-730-5251.

We will see you soon and hope you have a wonderful summer! Thank you!

For those of you dropping children off, please understand that we will be outside to receive students until 8:50, at which point staff on the curb need to come inside for other duties.

• If arriving after this time, please pull into the bus loop to park along the curb, and then walk your child to the main office to sign them in.
• NOTE: If in the bus loop, and buses are present, please wait for them to leave campus ahead of you. Pulling alongside/past a bus is not permitted.

Thank you for your help with this!

PLEASE ORDER AHEAD! PLEASE CONTACT SCHOOL NUTRITION IF YOU NEED ANY ASSISTANCE.

Brenda Franklin bfranklin@scarboroughschools.org or 730-4700.

To order lunch and breakfast: go to the School Menu Page to order. We have lots of healthy and delicious options in our cafeteria. Please take a moment to review the menu with your child to help them decide on orders. We appreciate your help in communicating what has been ordered with your child.

Join our next PTA Meeting!

MONDAY, June 10th at 7PM

In person: Eight Corners School cafeteria

Virtually: https://meet.google.com/nmg-ibaj-wke

Sea Dogs PTA Night - TONIGHT!!:

Join us for a Sea Dogs game and % of each ticket will be donated back to K-2 PTA

Friday, June 7th 6:00PM Game
Pre-game parade around the field (arrive by 5PM)

https://fevo-enterprise.com/event/Scarboroughprimary3/offer

JOIN PTA for 2024-2025:
Are you interested in learning more about what goes on behind the scenes?
Take a look at events & board positions:

https://forms.gle/KWfoesWgwL2xMVHY6

For all communication regarding students, please contact the office via email -phoffice@scarboroughschools.org or by phone #207-730-5250. Please also include your child's teacher in the email if it is regarding a change in dismissal plans.

Student Absence Reporting:

We ask families to report their child's absence from school by calling the main office at 207-730-5250 or by email at phoffice@scarboroughschools.org. When leaving a message, we ask that you state the reason for the absence, otherwise, office staff will reach back out to you for that information.

Excusable reasons for an absence:

• illness
• appointment
• religious holiday
• family emergency
• planned absence

For Planned Absences (a day out of school which is not illness or medical appointment related), families should fill out the PH Planned Absence Form. To reduce lost instructional time, we ask families to do their best to coordinate vacations so they line up with our scheduled school vacation weeks.

For questions about attendance, please contact the main office at 207-730-5250 or email us at phoffice@scarboroughschools.org.

June 10

Field Day. Notification will happen by 7:30 am if we are rained out again.

PTA Meeting at Eight Corners 7pm, or join virtually

June 11 Wentworth Welcomes Incoming 3rd Grade Students 6-7:30 pm (Rain date June 13)

June 12 Grade 2 to Ft Williams 9:00-11:15

June 14 (Friday) Last Day of School; dismissal at 11:45

August 27 (Rain date August 28) Popsicle Party for Incoming 3rd graders at Wentworth 5:30-7

SPS 2023-2024 School Calendar

Email: jhumphrey@scarboroughschools.org
Website: https://pleasanthill.scarboroughschools.org/
Location: 143 Highland Avenue, Scarborough, ME, USA
Phone: 207-730-5250