Click the button below to view the calendar for December. Information for the Daily Specials Schedule for Grades 1 through 4 is listed further down the page.
Highlights:
- 12/02/2024 - Teacher In-Service/NO SCHOOL FOR STUDENTS
- 12/04/2024 - Scholastic Book Fair - during school and 5-8 pm for families
- 12/06-2024 - Project Team Day - wear t-shirts
- 12/16/2024 - Fill the bus food drive ends
- 12/16/2024 - Polar Express Dinner and Movie at High School
- 12/17/2024 - Kindergarten Field Trip to HS
- 12/18/2024 - Polar Express Presentation at PES (2nd grade only)
- 12/16-20/2024 - spirit week (see below for what to wear each day)
- 12/20/2024 - early dismissal for students
- 12/23-12/31/2024 - HOLIDAY/SCHOOLS CLOSED
Fill The Bus Food Drive - November 12 - December 16
The high school National Honor Society will be running the Fill The Bus Food Drive to support those in need of assistance in York county. Please click the link below to see the accepted items to donate. Items can be brought to the Paradise lobby. You can also click the video link to view a video from the National Honor Society. Thank you for your help with this event!
Consistent attendance at school is a key pillar of academic progress and social and emotional learning. Students will feel better about themselves and their studies when they are invested in being in school and on time. The skill of attendance carries far beyond school, including in post-secondary education, and employment.
- As always, all absences must be submitted via the Sapphire Community Web Portal within 3 school days of the absence.
- *** Please notify the school via written note OR email officePES@sgasd.org when your child will be leaving school early for an appointment or if their transportation will be different for the day. Parent/Guardian picking their child up MUST bring their license to the office.***
- Visit the link below to view the district's full Attendance Policy
- Please reach out to our attendance secretary, Mrs. Sarah Thompson, with any questions. thompsos@sgasd.org or 717-225-4731 x 1561
Paradise Elementary Attendance % Report for December 2024
Kindergarten: 95.6%
First Grade: 95.4%
Second Grade: 95.0%
Third Grade: 92.9%
Fourth Grade: 94.7%
Building: 94.7%
The PES Envirothon Teams have been determined! Envirothon is the largest environmental education competition in the nation. York County Conservation District creates a curriculum of study resources for our team to prepare for the competition in May. Close to 1,000 students from York County schools in grades 3-12 will participate. These students earned team membership by completing a qualifying quiz and having one of the top 5 scores, per grade level.
grade 3
Abel Gardner, Javante Louey, Ellie McCormick, June Pieper, Kasen Smith
grade 4
Klaire Beard, Hunter Billet, Ella Henry, Isaac Jansky, Logan Jansky
FITNESS
In Fitness classes, students have been practicing their throwing accuracy and working on their cooperative skills and teamwork.
Fitness classes have been focusing on reviewing recess safety rules and games. Students in 1st and 2nd grades have been taught how to play kickball using the school’s recess kickball rules and are really using fielding strategies in the games! Students in 3rd and 4th grade were taught how to play Ultimate Football in Fitness class so everyone knows how to play it correctly and safely during recess time.
In December we will focus on ball handling skills and seasonal cooperative games with all grade levels.
Here's how to access titles at home through Sora
- Download the SORA app or access your account via www.soraapp.com
- Select: Find your school
- Select: Spring Grove Area School District
- Sign in with your student's school username and password (username needs to be followed with @sgasd.org)
- Begin checking out books or audiobooks. Titles are checked out to you 14 days and automatically return the collection
10 WAYS TO HELP YOUR CHILD HAVE A HEALTHY SCHOOL YEAR
- Be sure your child is up-to-date with immunizations, preventative healthcare, and dental visits before the school year starts; and schedule regular check ups.
- Get to know your child's school nurse.
- Choose healthy, nutritious foods for lunches and snacks.
- Update the school nurse if your child has medical conditions such as life-threatening allergies, asthma, or seizure disorder. Any prescription medications needed during the school day should be refilled and up-to-date.
- Don't forget the importance of appropriate eye-glasses/contacts and remind your child to bring them daily.
- Keep your child's teachers and school nurse in the loop about what's happening in your child's life.
- Make sleep a priority. Depending on age, 8-12 hours of rest per night is recommended.
- Limit screen time. This will work wonders for your child's eyesight, mental health, and overall wellbeing.
- Incorporate movement into the day. Students do a lot of sitting, so adding physical fitness into your child's before-school or after-school routine is important.
- Keep your child home from school when they are sick.
Day 1 - Fitness or Art/String Lessons
Day 2 - Art or Fitness
Day 3 - Fitness or Library
Day 4 - Library or Fitness/Instrumental Lessons
Day 5 - Wellness or Music
Day 6 - Music or Wellness
Please note that students in grades 1 through 4 will have two days of Fitness this year. It is important that they wear sneakers on the days they have Fitness. The December calendar above has the dates for the specials schedule.