PARENT UPDATE
March 22, 2019
The auction is less than a week away! Have you bought your tickets yet?! We hope you all had a great week. As always, please reach out to us if you need anything at all.
Vanessa and Adam
Elementary After School Activities Spring Session Brochure
Upcoming Schedule
3/21 Rock your Socks Day
3/29 Trimester 2 Progress Reports Released
3/29 Auction!
4/1-4/2 Grandfriends Day Kindergarten
4/3-4/4 Grandfriends Day 1st Grade
4/5 and 4/8 Grandfriends Day 2nd Grade
4/12 Student of the Month Assembly
THANK YOU HSA!
HSA Information
Concord’s March Madness!!! Ticket are going fast for our Annual Auction which is Concord’s Biggest fundraiser of the year. Join us for an evening of laughing, dancing and socializing with the CES community, all while raising money for the educational needs of our children. Hurry up and purchase them before it is sold out!!!
Come bid on themed baskets, sporting events tickets, time with your favorite teachers, and other amazing experiences for your children! Enjoy a dinner and a dessert buffet, and upscale beer and wine open bar, plus a premium cash bar. Some of the live auction items include: Sliming Mrs Stroup and Dr. Penning, basketball with Mr. Finan, ride to school in a firetruck, Bowling with Dr. Penning, and Principle for the Day to name a few items,
We are also taking reservations for a limited number of “Name Your Own Basketball Team” tables for groups of 12. Tables will be reserved for your group the night of the event.
Tickets are $45 per person.
How to Score your tickets...
1. Register http://bit.ly/CESauction2019
2. Pay with MSB (www.myschoolbucks.com) or send cash /check to school.
For more information and details on our sponsor's items up for bid http://bit.ly/AuctionInfo2019.
Concord’s 1st Slime a Teacher Contest has been a huge success and the students had so much fun. Check out the pictures on social media!! There are 3 teachers that advanced to round 2. They are Caroll, Finan, and Gallick.
Round 4 /the final round will be Wednesday next week so please ensure to send in a few pennies with your child so that they can vote.
Raffle tickets were also sent home this week. Make sure that you return them so that you can win an IPad or Visa gift card.
April Design Challenge
Upcoming Mindfulness Opportunities!
Free Dental Care
Music Class
In 2nd Grade, we get to make and play our own instruments in Music Class. We are very excited to learn about a unique instrument called Puili Sticks, from Hawaii. We need everyone's help though. If you can, please send in any empty, and un-crushed paper towel roll tubes to Music Class and we will have so much fun in the spring making and playing our instruments. At the end of the project, when the sticks come home, they may end up looking beat up, but they are easy enough to recreate at home with an adult's help. Then you can even have your own Puili Stick band at home! Thank you for your help.
The Music Department at Concord Elementary School
Mrs. Burke,
Mrs. Lynn
Mrs. Thomas
SAVE THE DATE
MUSIC GALA UPDATE Sunday March 24, 2019 @ 3 pm
Our Gala is quickly approaching and our 2nd graders are getting excited preparing for the event. Everyone is invited to attend for a great afternoon of entertainment. 2nd graders, come early if you can, for pre-show excitement and you can sit with your parents until called up to the stage. Fancy attire is recommended and don't forget your smiles! Order your tickets online for a discount and thank you for supporting Garnet Valley's Music and fundraising for the Musicopia organization, which helps out so many.
Diva Dance Party
We had another great week at Concord!
Drop Off Times
The student day will be adjusted by 5 minutes. The day will now begin at 8:45 and end at 3:15. Morning drop-off time for students being driven to school will now be 8:25 to 8:45 in the gym. Students wishing to take advantage of our breakfast program in the cafeteria can do so between 8:25 and 8:45. The "grace period" for arrival is 8:45 to 8:55. Please note that students arriving after 8:55 will be marked late. Thank you
Seesaw for Parents
Absence Reporting System
Please click here for directions on how to use your phone, app, or computer to report an absence.
PROGRESS REPORT
Our GVSD elementary progress report is updated for the 2018-2019 school year to reflect current trends in education. It remains anchored in a standards based reporting principle where students’ progress towards standards is indicated along with reporting on the Qualities of a Learner. The updated progress report enhances the Qualities of a Learner to reflect 21st century skills and updates academic indicators to be more accessible to students and parents/guardians. Characteristics of an ideal progress report were identified through research on assessment and best practice, examining samples from other districts, and by defining those qualities essential in our own district.
The recent updates were created to achieve different goals. The updated progress report provides more information to parent/guardians, has a consistent grade scale across K-5 via a new rubric, reflects elements of current instructional practices like reading workshop, and will include the level of books the student is reading.
Student progress on each Quality of a Learner and academic indicator will be reported using a 4-point rubric. This rubric is a departure from previously used state reporting language and intended to be more student-centered. The rubric was designed so that grades do not indicate the end of the learning progress. The student score on the rubric informs the student and parent/guardian of where the student currently is on a learning continuum.
A full description of the new progress report will be included in the Elementary Handbook that will be sent to parents when back to school information is sent out.
NEW WEBSITE ADDRESS
The new address for our school's website is https://ces.garnetvalleyschools.com/.
Concord Elementary School
Website: garnetvalleyschools.com
Location: 114 Station Road, Glen Mills, PA, United States
Phone: 610-579-6100
Facebook: facebook.com/ConcordElementarySchool-GVSD
Twitter: @ConcordGV