Boyertown Elementary

Angel Vicente-Perez

Brayden Richards

Journee Suber

Bennett Drumheller

Ellie Bradley

Jackson Beidler

Jovie Reed

Hunter Aiello

John Brown

Jaxon Ziegler

Braydon Garcia

Hunter Shalter

Ella Salem

John Veloz

Melina Hong

Rocco Hopkins

In preparation for Fire Prevention Week, our kindergarteners had a visit from Boyertown Area Fire and Rescue.

Red Ribbon Week Schedule

Did you miss last year's yearbook?

We have some available in the office.

They are $15 cash or check, made out to Colebrookdale HSA.

Please follow the links below to open the “Helping Children Learn” Title I newsletters and daily planners for September. These resources are available in both English and Spanish. We will share these with you each month to provide you with information and tips to help you be involved in your child’s education. For the month of September, you will find information about instilling a love of learning, creating routines at home to help build student success, and encouraging student responsibility.

Helping Children Learn September Title I Newsletter

Title I Daily Learning Planner September

Helping Children Learn September Title I Newsletter (Spanish)

Title I Daily Learning Planner September (Spanish)

October 2024

FROM THE NURSE’S DESK

Below are a couple of reminders for this upcoming school year. If you have any questions, please feel free to contact the health room nurses at 610-473-5270.

Physical & Dental Forms: All state mandated Kindergarten and 3rd grade private dental forms and all Kindergarten private physical exam forms are due now. If you have an upcoming appointment, please notify the health room of the appointment and we will make note of the date in your child’s record.

Medication Information: If your child requires prescription or over-the-counter medication while at school, a medication authorization form (found on the BASD website) must be completed by your physician. Once completed, please submit the paperwork, and then contact the health room to schedule an appointment to drop off your child’s medication. Prescription medications must be in an original pharmacy labeled container. Over-the-counter medication must be in original packaging. Please refer to the BASD website for more information.

Returning Paperwork: Please return any health room forms (Physical, Dental, Medication) via email if possible. You can scan and email the original document or email a photograph from your phone to either dwilson@boyertownasd.org or cbohner@boyertownasd.org

Change of Clothing: Please consider keeping a change of clothing in your child’s backpack. Clothing can become soiled due to a bathroom accident, fall outside in the mud, or because of spilling food/drink. The health room may not have appropriately sized clothing, so if your child does have an accident of any sort, a parent will be called to bring clothing in for the child.

Food/Snacks: Please remind your child(ren) not to share lunch and/or snacks. There are several students with food allergies and/or food sensitivities.

Recess/PE shoes: Please remind your child(ren) to wear closed toe and comfortable shoes as they will be going outside for recess as the weather allows (please discourage crocs and sandals). Sneakers are encouraged for PE class.

If your child is not feeling well, please keep them at home. If your child arrives at school not feeling well (and does not have a fever), they will be encouraged to try to complete the school day.

When to keep your child home:

As stated in the BASD Student Handbook, if your child exhibits any of the following symptoms, it is recommended that you keep your child home from school and consult with the child’s primary health care provider:

1. A cough interfering with your child’s sleep or ability to participate in school activities

2. A cough that is productive and has phlegm or is associated with fever or trouble breathing.

3. Fever: A temperature equal to or greater than 100 degrees without the use of a fever reducing medication. Please note that the student’s temperature should remain normal without the use of fever reducing medication for 24 hours prior to the return to school.

4. Nausea, Vomiting or diarrhea

5. Unusual skin eruptions, hives or rash.

6. Redness or drainage from the eyes.

Head Lice: Although lice cannot jump, they are easily transmittable through hugging, sharing combs, sharing hats and coats, etc. Please remind your child not to share items such as these with other students.

We know this is a lot of information, so if you have any questions, please let us know.

Free/Reduced Meal Program Grace Period Set to Expire

Was your child eligible for free or reduced-price meals during the 2023-2024 school year? The Federal Government provides a 30-day grace period at the beginning of every school year for participating families to submit their required annual renewal application. The grace period ends on Tuesday, October 8, 2024. Families that have not completed their application for 2024-2025 will be charged for lunches beginning on Wednesday, October 9th. If you’re still in need of this program and have not submitted your annual application, please visit www.schoolcafe.com as soon as possible.

Full details regarding the program, including Federal Income Guidelines and the 2024-2025 Homebound Letter, are included in the Food Services Information Packet for 2024-2025. https://secure.smore.com/n/ztpme

The Boyertown Area School District recognizes that attendance is an important factor in educational success. Our district attendance policy complies with state and federal mandates. Details regarding attendance policies and procedures can be found on the BASD website under school board policies and the student handbook.

Parents/guardians are required to provide written notification (handwritten note, email, or electronic excuse blank) to the school for each day their child is not in attendance. Absences shall be treated as unlawful until the district receives a written excuse explaining the absence, to be submitted within three (3) days of the absence. The district will not change the attendance code for written notifications received after (3) three days.

Procedures for reporting and documenting absences have become more stringent due to the federal government’s Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA). Parents are required to do one of the procedures written below. Please read them carefully:

Handwritten Note
Parents/guardians may call the attendance line by dialing the school's main number and choosing option 2 any day their child will be absent or tardy. Please note that a call in to the attendance line does NOT constitute documentation for an excused absence. After calling in an absence, you must follow up with a handwritten parent's or doctor’s note within three days of the student’s return to school. Failure to submit the appropriate note within three days will result in the absence being coded as unlawful, and this coding cannot be reversed even if a note is handed in after the three-day window. Once a student has received three unlawful absences, a truancy elimination plan will be enacted. This plan could lead to a citation from the District Magistrate.

Electronic Note
Parents/guardians may use the district website/app and fill out the absence note any day their child will be absent or tardy. This form of communication will not need a phone call or follow-up handwritten note.

Please choose your student's school to submit an electronic excuse blank:

• Colebrookdale Elementary School

Email Note
Parents/guardians may send an email to the email address (listed below) from the parent/guardian email address on file with the district any day their child will be absent or tardy. This form of communication will not need a phone call or follow-up handwritten note.

• Colebrookdale Elementary: attendanceCES@boyertownasd.org

Written notifications for verification of absence are acceptable for the first ten days of absence per school year. Any further absences require a doctor’s note. Handwritten notes may be sent to school with your child. However, it is your child’s responsibility to present the note to their teacher or school secretary to be handed into the office. Other acceptable ways to turn in a note are for a parent to drop it off personally to the school office between the hours of 7:45am-4:30 pm or to scan the handwritten note and email it as an attachment to the school attendance secretary.

A regular typed email without a handwritten parent/guardian signature will NOT be accepted.

In the past, there have been occasional situations in which families have forgotten to submit an educational trip form for approval prior to their trip. Failure to submit a trip form prior to departure will result in trip days being counted as an unlawful absence. Trip forms continue to be available in the school office as well as on the BASD website.

Please send in a note or call the office when you are picking up your student early from school.

This alleviates disruptions in the classrooms.

Reminders:

• Please make sure all families, teachers, and staff sign up on our 2024-2025 contact list! https://forms.gle/Hc9aUauDNYUufgBx8

• Sign up for HSA volunteer opportunities: https://www.signupgenius.com/go/10C0A4DAEA92DA7FDC25-50455335-ceshsa

• STAY CONNECTED:

• HSA Website: https://ceshsa.godaddysites.com/

• HSA Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/645426574030395

10/09 Divine Apple orders due

10/14 No School

10/16 Early Dismissal

10/11 Touch a Truck

10/17 Divine Apple pick up 4-6pm

10/18 HSA Halloween Bingo

*Please Note Early Dismissal Times

Kindergarten AM hours are 8:25-10:35am

Kindergarten PM hours are 10:35am-12:25pm

Grades 1-5 dismissal is 12:25pm

BASD hosts an online Community Bulletin Board. The electronic bulletin board features district and community activities, events, clubs, resources, and more. The board is updated regularly and is an excellent source of information regarding things happening throughout our community and beyond. Be sure to check it out regularly!

Canva is also used in the creation of this newsletter.

Any additional applicable copyright information for items used throughout the newsletter will be provided on a use-by-use basis.

Colebrookdale Elementary
1001 Montgomery Avenue
Boyertown, PA 19512
(610) 369-7427