News from the 'View
Skyview Upper Elementary School
The week of December 14...
As is our tradition, our learning community will participate in Community Service Day (with a twist this year!) Please review the information below and consider donating to the Daily Bread Food Pantry through our collection of items.
This newsletter contains information on a number of opportunities for studentsto get involved - these will also be sent to students via email. Attached to this newsletter is a flyer for the Ursinus College Martin Luther King Jr. essay contest. (This has also been shared in google classrooms.)
For our students returning to campus, please remember your LANYARD and ID! Students (and staff) are expected to wear these on campus. It is also important that students returning to campus remember to bring their fully-charged chromebook on a daily basis! If you are having any technology difficulties, please see the information provided below from the technology department on submitting a ticket for assistance.
Thank you all for your patience - I know this is a lot of information!
Be kind, stay staff and be well -
Mrs. Gorla
Extra Curricular Opportunities
Readers Theatre - What is Readers Theatre and why would I want to do it? This is an opportunity to get together and bring stories to life using our faces, voices, and sound effects. You do not need to be a “theater person” to enjoy a good story and join our group. See the attached flyer for information on joining this group on THURSDAYS.
Hawk News - Hawk News club writes, films, and produces a school news show. Please fill out this form if you are interested in participating. This will be a virtual club. We will use zoom for meetings and google classroom for sharing of files. Please fill out form by December 20, 2020.Here is the form link: https://forms.gle/dkuCfLnwhv5P5dtu6
Environmental Club - starting January 13, 2021
Do you want to join a group of people who have a heart for the environment and the health of our planet?
This year, we will meet two times a month, on the 2nd and 4th Wednesdays, from 3:45-4:30 pm via Zoom to learn about how humans are connected to the environment and how what we do impacts the Earth. We will then brainstorm steps that we each can take that cumulatively, or altogether, will have positive results!
This is a great way to meet people of a like passion and learn all at the same time!
Sign up HERE
Math Counts (grade 6)- COMING SOON - look for information in January
Student Government -
Looking for an opportunity to create and participate in community service activities? Looking for a way to share your leadership skills? Looking for how you can help Skyview grow as a community while virtual and on premises? Look no further! Skyview’s Student Government Club may be the answer. When are our meetings? The first and third Wednesdays of the month at 4:00.
Interested in joining? Complete this Google Form by Friday, December 18.
Absent from School?
A reminder to families: In accordance with the Methacton Health and Safety Plan (Methacton Health and Safety plan revised 12/7/2020); please perform a student symptom check list (Student Self-Screening Check List) daily whether your student is hybrid or virtual each day. Please follow the instructions closely and notify your student’s school nurse if your child meets any of the criteria. Additionally, any exposure to a COVID-19 positive person or out of state travel while on winter break. (PA State Travel Guidance) should be reported. You can reach the Skyview nurses via email: vlozinak@methacton.org and kmcdonald@methacton.org or by phone at 610-489-5000 x34206. We wish you all a happy, healthy holiday and New Year!
Hat Day - Spirit Day - Monday 12/14
Arrival and Dismissal Procedures on the Skyview/Arcola Campus
We look forward to welcoming students back to campus. Please note the following information regarding arrival and dismissal procedures for the Arcola/Skyview campus.
General Information
Please observe the one-way traffic pattern (clockwise) on campus.
Car Rider drop-off/pick-up is in the front of the Arcola/Skyview.
Buses will drop-off in the back of Arcola/Skyview.
Please obey directions given by campus security guards.
Methacton School District will be eliminating the practice of allowing “Guest Riders” on a bus. A “Guest Rider” is an individual who is riding home on a bus that is not their assigned bus. There are several reasons for why this change is being made; Covid-19, overcrowding and safety.
Arrival/Dismissal times:
Arcola/Skyview doors open at 8 a.m. - the late bell rings at 8:15 a.m., students are expected to be “in class” whether virtual or hybrid.
Bus Dismissal at 3 p.m. and 3:05 p.m.
Car Riders will be dismissed at 3:10 p.m.
Arrival
Bus Arrival
Students will be greeted by staff on duty who will assist students in getting to homeroom Skyview) and first period (Arcola).
Students will travel inside hallways to their locations (they may not run outside between parking lots.)
Car Arrival
Students remain in cars until building doors open at 8 a.m.
Vehicles will pull up along the curb in front of the buildings.
Please maintain a single line.
Students are to exit using the car door(s) closest to the curb. Drivers are not to exit vehicles.
Students enter at their appropriate school door (Arcola or Skyview).
This area will be supervised by staff on duty.
Dismissal
Bus Dismissal
Buses will follow a 2-tiered dismissal (3 p.m. and 3:05 p.m.)
Students with a bus in the “Arcola” lot will be walked to that area by staff.
Students will travel inside hallways to their locations (they may not run outside between parking lots.)
Bus areas will be monitored by on-duty staff.
Car Dismissal
Dismissal for students being picked up will be at 3:10 p.m.
Students will be dismissed from the front doors of Arcola and Skyview. Adults will be on duty in this area to assist students with locating their ride.
As Skyview students are younger, the following additional procedures will be in place:
Skyview students who are a daily (every day) pick up do not need a daily note provided they completed the google form in early November; homeroom teachers will have a list of these daily car riders and will supply them with their “daily car rider slip”.
Families of daily (every day) car riders will receive a hang tag for their car - please display this tag with your child’s name. This will help our staff on duty to assist students.
Students who are periodic car riders must bring a note on the day they will be going to parent pick up. These notes will be collected and students provided a daily car rider pass for dismissal. For example,if you pick your child up on Tuesdays and Thursdays you must send a note on these days for your child to receive his/her car rider daily pass.
Please take care when pulling out to leave the pick up line.
“Walkers” - from the Reopening Guide for Students and Families (MSD 10/17/20) (link here)
We understand that some students would like to walk home versus ride a bus home; however, this can present a challenge due to the required crossing of heavily traveled roads. Therefore, Methacton School District will only permit Walkers from Skyview or Arcola that live within the boundaries as shown in Exhibit A. These individuals will be required to provide the Building Administration with a signed permission slip daily in order to walk home. While providing a permission slip daily seems like a lot, it does allow the Building Administration to know who is to be on a bus and who is allowed to walk home. We cannot assume that because a student walked home a prior day that this is still the parent’s/guardian’s desire every day.
Permission will not be granted for crossing Eagleville Road or Sunnyside Road.
Students will turn in the permission slip to the main office for a daily walker pass to be issued.
Walker Daily Permission Form - click here
Chromebook Assistance - Technology Department
Do you need help with a district issued chromebook device? The first step is to put in a ticket. This can be done from our main website (Methacton.org) scrolling to the Technology Support in the right margin of the page or from this link: https://www.methacton.org/Page/664.
Tickets allow us to expedite and track devices and common issues and is vital to our process.
THANK YOU!!!
Skyview Upper Elementary
Website: https://www.methacton.org/Domain/10
Phone: (610)489-5000
Twitter: @skyview_msd