CES Weekly Update!
April 24, 2020
Where Caring and Learning Go Hand in Hand
Principal's Message
We hope this email finds you healthy and safe. We had another great virtual week at Concord. We were so excited that many of our Kindergarteners had a chance to Zoom with their teachers and friends! Additionally, our amazing staff created the video above to let you know how much we miss you all. We hope it brings your family a little joy. Many thanks to all of you for supporting us during this time. Please do not hesitate to reach out. We are all in this together and we are always here for you!
Dr. Adam Penning (pennina@garnetvalley.org)
Mrs. Ashley Leach (leacha@garnetvalley.org)
3rd Trimester Progress Reports
Garnet Valley School District is committed to the academic, social, and emotional learning of our students. Through our online learning platforms, teachers are providing qualitative feedback regularly to students on the work they complete. We know students, parents, and teachers are working hard as they engage in and provide a supportive online learning environment. Yet during this unprecedented time, we understand that stress, differences in resources, and the varying online learning readiness of our children all impact student performance. Given the impact of these factors, while also choosing to support a child’s learning, not performance, grades at the elementary level would not be an accurate measure of competency at this time and will not be issued on the standardized progress report. On the progress report, the feature N/A is indicative that skills cannot be accurately measured at this time and are instead being addressed through the direct feedback provided by your child’s teachers in Seesaw and Schoology. As we move forward with the academic year, students will be expected to complete weekly assignments and teachers will continue to provide supportive, qualitative feedback through the online learning platforms. At the close of the third trimester, you will have the ability to download a .zip archive of your child’s Seesaw journal and will have access to your child’s course(s) in Schoology.
YEARBOOKS
Updating Seesaw App
Mrs. Crans' Tuesday Tale
Join Zoom Meeting
https://zoom.us/j/675770291
Meeting ID: 675 770 291
Please check out our Music Department rocking out!
Instructional Calendar
Attendance During Online Instruction
Attendance will be reported on a weekly basis. A student in grades K-5 will be considered present when a completed parental verification of attendance is received. The form will be emailed on a weekly basis to parents. For example, a form will be emailed to you on Monday, April 6th to confirm attendance for the week of March 30th to April 3rd. This verification form includes a space for you to indicate a reason for the missed days of “school.”
Building and Grounds Cleaning and Closure
Letter from Special Education
If your child receives special education services, please click the link below to review a letter from our special education directors:
Upcoming Events
As we continue to get used to our new normal we are routinely looking at previously scheduled events and brainstorming ways to hold the events in different formats.
Canceled:
3/23-3/30 Second Grade Field Trip
4/1, 4/2, 4/14, 4/15, 4/16, 4/17 Grandfriends Day
Oasis Family Fun Night
Postponed until further notice:
Student of the Month Assemblies will be combined when we return.
3/26 Heritage Night - Still looking into a new date
3/27 Concord HSA Auction - Will be moving to an online auction.
Please know that for all postponed events we will do our best to reschedule but we are at the discretion of the outside venues.
Thank you,
Dr. Penning and Mrs. Leach
ELEMENTARY HANDBOOK & GVSD PROCEDURAL MANUAL
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