PARENT UPDATE
December 14, 2018
This time of year is very festive at Concord. We love hearing about all of the different family traditions and celebrations. Today the high school marching band came to Concord! Thank you for all your continued support.
Vanessa and Adam
Parent Directory
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Hour of Code!
We had another great week at Concord!
Winter After School Clubs
Upcoming Schedule
December 14th - Trimester 1 Progress Reports Released
December 21st - Polar Express Parade
December 24th - January 1st - CES Winter Break
Outdoor Recess
HSA Information
Meg Browne: MLB612@yahoo.com
Aparna Thornton: thorntonaparna@gmail.com
Lori Lombardo: llombardo23@outlook.com
New winter spirit wear has arrived in time for all your holiday shopping. Please click on the link concordspirit18.itemorder.com to shop our store. All orders are due by Friday Nov 30th. They will be delivered on Dec 17th and will be sent home with your child unless you would prefer to pick it up at school.
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
Important Information
Update on Emergency Cards
The online option to complete the emergency cards is now closed. A hard copy emergency card has been mailed home for anyone who has not completed the online option. If you did not receive a hard copy emergency card please let us know. For any parent who still has not turned in an emergency card for each child, please do so immediately.
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