Arrowhead News
Week of December 8-12
IMPORTANT UPDATE: Return to on premise hybrid instruction and district issued devices
Per Dr. Zerbe's communication to Methacton families earlier this week, (link here) hybrid instruction will resume on Monday, December 14th. Please let me know if you are choosing to remain virtual. Even if you signed up for hybrid, you can stay virtual until 1/4 or 1/28. If you have any other questions, please email me.
For our hybrid families, please be sure your child/ren bring his/her/their district issued device/s to school during on premise instructional days. Our classes are set up for both in person and virtual learning so it is important that our students have a device so they can participate in class lessons throughout the day.
Thanks,
Dr. Roberts
Transportation Update
This information only pertains to families who have chosen to personally transport their child/ren home from school (PM car riders).
For the safety of our students, we have implemented a new ‘End of Day’ transportation procedure for regular car riders. According to the survey you filled out earlier this year, your child is to ride home by car each day they attend school in person. If you have changed your mind, and would prefer your child take the school bus home, kindly send me an email with your changes. If possible, we would like to keep your child’s means of transportation the same each day they attend school.
Starting Monday, December 14, 2020 all families that had elected to be ‘end of the day car riders’ will be assigned a number which will serve as a quick identifier for regular car riders. Each family will receive 2 copies of a dashboard car number sign which is meant to be placed on the passenger side dashboard of the designated parent or guardian’s car.
Of course, if you have an emergency and you need your child to ride home in a different manner, please email Barb Goff (bgoff@methacton.org) and copy Adriana Rundle (arundle@methacton.org)
Hybrid and Virtual learning this week
K AM Mrs. Fischer's tapping out letters and sounds to say words.
K AM Mrs. Raley's students writing about cookies during kid writing.
Played sight word hangman with Mrs. Fischer's PM kindergarteners. Fun times!
Grade 1 Mrs. Clark's met in a small breakout room where they discussed the beginning, middle, and end of a story.
Grade 1 Mrs. Kennedy's class writing about what they did during the holiday break.
Grade 1 Mrs. Cumberland's students read and discussed a story during ELA this week.
Grade 1 Mrs. Moyer's class learned about the difference between common and proper nouns.
Grade 2 Mr. Stegmann's class learning abbreviations this week.
Grade 2 Mrs. Keffer's subtracting and regrouping.
Grade 2 Dr. Morgan's class picked a writing topic from the writing calendar with a topic sentence and three supporting details.
Grade 2 Mrs. Reid's class learning about bears and photo captions.
Grade 3 Mrs. Fontanella's students sharing their character traits about The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane
Grade 3 Mrs. Grabfelder's class learning about prefixes and root words during ELA this week.
Grade 3 Mrs. Brown is happy to be back with her grade 3 students.
Grade 3 Mrs. Vallerio's class learning about primary and secondary sources.
Joined Mrs. Johnson's grade 4 students in a breakout room where they were collaboratively working on a Social Studies project about the Southeastern Region of the US.
Grade 4 Mrs. MacCorkle's class waving hello!!!
Grade 4 Mr. Yosifon's class sharing the new story they are reading.
During library class in grade 1, Mrs. Montare reviewed digital citizenship with students
Mrs. McDonough reviewed warm and cool colors with students, a hot dog and a cool cat.
Physical Education in grade 2 with Mrs. Smith students used a whiteboard and a ball to practice hand eye coordination
Miss Young's class working on two digit multiplication using their whiteboards.
Arrowhead Mosaic
Methacton School District
Methacton Elementary Music Department Holiday Traditions Project
Arrowhead Online Holiday Shop
'Tis the Season to shop! Click the link below, then click the top right corner (three bars) and select Catalog. Happy Shopping! Please also consider adding a donation under the Donation sale item. Thank you everyone and AHSA and Holiday Shop Committee for getting this up and running so quickly! DON'T FORGET TO SELECT PICKUP WHEN CHECKING OUT!
HOLIDAY SHOPHere is the link to the Family Center. Within this link you can find grade level information regarding "I CAN" statements which can be accessed by clicking on grade level resources.
Dell discounted savings offered to students, staff, and families
The district uses dell technology and as a result we are able to extent discounts and savings to our students, staff, and families. See attached flyer below with information provided from the district.
Parent information about report cards and standards based grading
Click on the PDF below for information regarding report cards and standards based grading. In addition, student report cards will go live on Monday, December 14, 2020 in PowerSchool.
Thanks,
Dr. Roberts
Message from Nurse Kelly
Important Reminders to keep our Arrowhead family safe and healthy as we begin hybrid learning:
1. Stay home if ill, please refer to the Methacton School District Student Self-Screening Checklist
2. Report any absence to the child check line @ (610)-831-5331. Please be mention any symptoms the student may be having or any COVID-19 exposure.
3. If you have traveled, or plan to travel, to an area where there are high amounts of COVID-19 cases, it is recommended that your student stay at home for 14 days upon return to Pennsylvania.
Please refer to https://www.health.pa.gov/topics/disease/coronavirus/Pages/Travelers.aspx for updated list, as it changes often.
4. Please complete or update the Student Health Form, in Power School and/or the pink paper form that we sent home earlier this school year.
Let us all work together to make Arrowhead a safe place to learn.
Please contact the School Nurse with any questions or concerns.
(610) 489-5000 ext. 44203
***IMPORTANT PLEASE READ***
Dear Arrowhead families,
Please click on the link below to read the Student Self-Screening Checklist per the Montgomery County Department of Health.
Information from the math department
Arrowhead families,
Please click on the link below for information from the math department. Math items that can be found on the site are helpful mathematical websites, Math in Focus resources and monthly newsletters by grade level.
Pick up your child's Methacton Device
If you have been using a personal laptop or other device for at home learning it will be necessary to pick up a Methacton device if you choose the on premise Hybrid option. Only Methacton devices will work when your child/children are in school.
1. Parents can stop over to the Technology Office M-F in the back of Farina Administration Building next to the high school baseball field from 8am to 3:30pm
2. Parents can sign up for a pick up time at https://www.methacton.org/site/default.aspx?PageType=3&DomainID=4&ModuleInstanceID=183&ViewID=6446EE88-D30C-497E-9316-3F8874B3E108&RenderLoc=0&FlexDataID=4513&PageID=1
during our extended Wednesday hours. (to 7:00pm).
MCIU Pre-K Counts information
Please click on the flyer below for information about the MCIU head start and pre-K counts programs.
HAT DAY for all staff/students K-12 on Monday December 14
On Monday, December 14th, we are celebrating "hat day" for all students (hybrid/virtual) and staff. This is school spirit day. "Our hats are off for you." We are celebrating hat day in recognizing the hard work our students, teachers, and community have engaged in since the start of our school year.
Do you want to help with Arrowhead Announcements?
We are interested in having our students participate in our morning announcements. We created a flipgrid topic link so students can record themselves making announcements. They can say the pledge allegiance, the Arrowhead School pledge or tell a joke. This is completely optional. If you allow your child to create a flipgrid video, this will provide the consent for the video to be shared during our morning announcements. Again, this is an optional activity and it will only be shared with your agreement. If you are interested in creating a flipgrid video, please click on the flipgrid link https://flipgrid.com/e75120f3
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Arrowhead Elementary School
Email: aroberts@methacton.org
Website: https://www.methacton.org/Domain/375
Location: 232 Level Road, Collegeville, PA, USA
Phone: 6104895000 44200