Pleasant Hill Family News

Happy New Year, one and all!

The main purpose of this newsletter is to prepare for snow cancellations, delays, and remote learning that we can expect with winter weather. Currently, we have not had any school cancellations or delays this year.

Notifications of cancellations and/or delays are generated from our Bright Arrow system which uses the information in PowerSchool. You will get a phone call or text with the information. You can check our scarboroughschools.org website or Channel 6 if you are concerned that you did not get an alert.

Please review the information about remote snow day learning included in this newsletter.

Have a great weekend,

Jenn

Jennifer Humphrey, Principal

Pleasant Hill School

jhumphrey@scarboroughschools.org

Our school calendar allows for 2 traditional snow day cancellations. After those 2 days, all subsequent school closure days will be remote learning days. The district has created a website (www.scarboroughschools.org/district/weather-closures) to make it easier for families to access information about school closure and to plan accordingly. This will be going live soon.

Each phase level has a plan for students that can be accessed on the website (K2 Phase Level Remote Learning Plan for Snow/Inclement Weather Days linked here). Non-perishable meals are available in advance. Please fill out this form (also located on the website) to receive this support. Please reach out with any questions about snow days or remote learning days. Hard copies of this plan and the linked choice boards for students will be coming home soon.

Parents,

I have greatly appreciated your generous donations of bottle caps for our spring sculpture project. We have reached our desired amount, and no longer need additional at this time.

Thank you so much for your support!

-Mrs. Chaples

To promote safety and prevent congestion, please park only on the right hand side of the road when heading up the hill, leaving 30 feet from the stop sign. Thank you for your assisting, as we work to keep pedestrians safe.

We finally have some wintery weather! Please make sure your child has a winter coat, hat and mittens/gloves every day. Once the weather gets colder or we have snow, please make sure your child has snow pants as well. We do have some coats and snow pants here that children can borrow if they forget theirs.

Should your family need assistance obtaining winter gear, please reach out to our Social Worker, Danielle Anderson at danderson@scarboroughschools.org.

Thank you!

The clinic is running very low on spare clothes, especially pants for both boys and girls/unisex. Sizes 5-8 are most needed. If you have clothes your children have outgrown, we would appreciate them. Thanks to your generous donations at the beginning of the year, we are all set with underwear.

NOW is the time to get volunteer trained! This is REQUIRED for anyone who wants to volunteer, chaperone a field trip, or visit your child's classroom.

Trainings will be held monthly, and you only need to be trained ONCE during your time here at Pleasant Hill School. If you are unsure if you have received training yet, you can always check with the front office at 207-730-5250. If it turns out you have already taken the training, we will send you the updated confidentiality link, which you are required to sign ANNUALLY.

UPCOMING TRAINING SESSIONS:

Monday, February 3, 2025⋅12:00 pm

Training is 20 minutes in length.

Where: https://scarboroughschools.zoom.us/j/9577613642

No need to sign up, just hop on Zoom!

Important Dates

• January 14, 2025: PTA Meeting 7-8PM, Town Hall or virtually: *NEW* monthly meeting link

• Jan 4: Maine Mariners Fundraiser Night

Happy New Year from the PTA!

As we enter into the New Year, there are many more ways to join us in supporting our teachers and our children. Please consider signing up for a committee, joining a meeting or volunteering your time! Click below to do just that. Happy Holidays, may your New Year be bright!

Fundraising Event with Maine Mariners

Join Our Email List or sign up for a committee

PTA | Email Sign Up

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

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

Bus routes are available on the Scarborough School Website here. If you have any questions regarding your child's bus stop, please call the Transportation Department at (207) 730-4145, or email the Transportation Supervisor, Sarah Redmond, at sredmond@scarboroughschools.org.

Please click here to learn how to sign up for MY Rides K-12 which will allow you to follow your child's process along the bus route.

Please read this letter from the Nutrition Department regarding school lunch & breakfast. Students are able to access breakfast as soon as they arrive to school.

For breakfast meals in all of our schools, you can order online on the same day before 6:30 AM, while for lunch meals, you can order online on the same day before 7:30 AM. You can order meals for the day, or set up a weekly or monthly plan for meals to be provided to your children. The menus for all meals for a new month will be posted on the school’s website and on the Nutrislice app the last Monday at the end of the previous month.

School Menus Page

January 15 Early Release. Dismissal at 1:45 pm

January 20 No School Martin Luther King Jr.Day

February 3 12:00 pm Volunteer Training. No need to sign up. Just join at:

https://scarboroughschools.zoom.us/j/9577613642

January 27-February 7 iReady Winter Diagnostic Assessment

February 12 Early Release. Dismissal at 1:45 pm

February 17-21 February Break

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