Please follow me on Twitter @harmer_kelley

Dr. Harmer

Car Line Reminder

If you child is a drop off and pick up in the car line I ask that you do not get out of the car when dropping off or picking up your child. Our car line is extremely busy so it is a safety issue. Our staff can assist the children, and they should exit through the car door that is closet to the building. Assisting your child also slows the car line down which has an impact on the buses accessing our bus loop.

Change in Dismissal-Note Needed

If there is a change in dismissal for your child a note must be sent in to the teacher who will notify the main office. For example, if your child normally rides the bus and for one day will be a car rider, then a note is required. We will not change a student's dismissal unless a note is received. Thank you for your cooperation.

Bus Dismissal Information

I always like to keep parents informed of any change in dismissal procedures. We will continue to bring students in through both the temporary office doors and library doors in the AM, but that will be by bus not grade. In the PM all bus students will exit through the library doors now so our K-2 students will have a shorter walk. These two changes will benefit the students.

The school district recently adopted an update to the health and safety plan.

Masks are required inside the building.

Our Masks Are Always On Us….

The Methacton School District requires students to wear masks when they are in school. There are times during the school day when students will be allowed to take their masks off. Lunch, recess, outdoor learning, instrumental lessons, and outdoor physical education classes are the only times masks are removed.

In order to find a way to help elementary students keep track of their masks at all times, the Methacton School District is providing all K - 6 students with a child safe lanyard. These lanyards have a break away option to ensure safety. These easy-to-use lanyards will be kept at school and worn throughout the day so that students are not taking their masks off and leaving them in different locations or on a variety of surfaces.

Teachers will help students remember to keep the lanyards at school and tuck the lanyards in their shirts during recess or Physical Education class. The Center for Disease Control (CDC) recommends people wash their hands or use sanitizer before touching their face. Teachers will make sure students are adhering to safety precautions. If parents would like to supply their own lanyard, we ask that it has the break away option and a clasp children can manipulate by themselves.

If by chance the lanyards have not arrived before the first day of school, teachers will encourage students to keep their masks ON their bodies. This could mean putting them in a pocket or another safe way to keep the mask from leaving the child’s possession.

By providing these lanyards, it is our hope that students find keeping their masks on their bodies is safe, sanitary, and easy.

*Please click on the reference form below for the CDC Guide to Masks*

Homework For Parents/Guardians:

Please take a few minutes to review the below information. It is much easier to start the school year with all the correct paper work completed on Power School. A few of the forms will not be available until 8/25/2021.

Log Into your Power School Account:

• Contact Information Verification: Please review your student’s emergency contact information in PowerSchool (Navigation Menu > Contact Information) to verify the information is correct or make any necessary updates.
• The following forms can be found under Navigation Menu > Forms > General Forms.
  • Student Health Form: This form must be reviewed and verified every school year.
  • Acknowledgements (available on August 25, 2021)
    • Handbook Sign Off: Please review your student’s school handbook in PowerSchool or on the building websites. You will be prompted to acknowledge that you have reviewed and discussed the document with your student.
    • Code of Conduct Sign Off
    • Acceptable Use Policy
    • Board Policies
• Optional Publicity Refusal Form (available August 25, 2021): If you do not want your student videotaped or photographed in the 2021-2022 school year, complete the Publicity Refusal Form in PowerSchool by September 15, 2021. This applies to my newsletters as well.

What if you do not know anything about Power School?

• Visit https://www.methacton.org/powerschool for details on how to access your parent portal account. If you have not already established your portal access, please call the main office at your student’s school to obtain the necessary credentials (Access ID and Password for each student) to create your account.

We are providing families with a Communications Tool Guide Link where you will find important information regarding the district’s communication tools. Here is the link: https://www.methacton.org//cms/lib/PA50000637/Centricity/Domain/62/CommunicationsTools_FINAL.pdf

In this link you will find information on PowerSchool, SchoolMessenger, Social Media, Lower Providence Community Access Channel, Smore Newsletter< Konstella,

(*Note* Eagleville uses SchoolMessenger and Smore for our weekly newsletters)

(*Note* Eagleville Home and School Associations uses Konstella to send out information) and key district contacts. Please take a moment to read the the Communications Tool Guide.

Enjoy the rest of your summer and we look forward to welcoming our students and families back to school on Monday, August 30, 2021.

Prices are not increasing this year. Please note that Free & Reduced meals include both breakfast and lunch.

Breakfast Prices: $1.30 Elementary, $1.95 Skyview/Arcola, $2.70 High School. Reduced pricing for breakfast at all levels is $0.30.

Lunch Prices: $2.70 Elementary, $3.00 Skyview/Arcola, $3.20 High School. Reduced pricing for lunch is $0.40. A premium lunch is available at MHS at a cost of $4.15, and at Arcola for $4.00.

There will not be a meal pick up program as we provided during the pandemic.

We will be serving A la Carte as well.