QE Weekly Newsletter
September 11, 2022
Important Information
Title 1
Please see here for the Right to Know Letter! This letter outlines all of the information you are entitled to know since your child attends QE.
Family Services - School Based Counseling
Some children experience significant emotional or behavioral difficulties at school, and many families have difficulties attending a traditional outpatient clinic. Through school-based counseling, children receive services directly in the school they attend each day.
Family Service clinicians meet with teachers and other support staff to effectively coordinate care and maximize the benefits of counseling. Parents are required to be a part of treatment planning, and family counseling is encouraged.
Please check out this flyer on school-based counseling and reach out to Eileen Bruchak at ebruchak@qcsd.org if interested.
Bean Bag Food Program
2nd Step Program
We want your child to be successful in school and that means supporting and encouraging their whole development. While excelling in academic classes is important, children also need skills to take on learning challenges, make good decisions, manage strong emotions, and get along with others.
This week, we’ll begin Second Step® Elementary, a research-based social-emotional learning program designed to improve children’s social-emotional skills. Second Step skills and concepts are designed to help children both in and out of school. Four units will cover the following:
Growth Mindset & Goal-Setting: Children learn how to pay attention and manage distractions,
develop a growth mindset, and apply goal-setting strategies to their social and academic lives.
Emotion Management: Children learn how to identify and label emotions and use emotion-
management strategies—including stress management for older students—to calm strong feelings.
Empathy & Kindness: Children learn how to recognize kindness and act kindly, have empathy for others and take others’ perspectives, and recognize kind acts and empathy as important elements of building and maintaining relationships.
Problem-Solving: Children learn how to identify and state a problem, recognize if a problem is an accident, and use the STEP problem-solving process:
S: Say the problem
T: Think of solutions
E: Explore the outcomes
P: Pick a solution
You’ll receive weekly communications from your child’s teacher to help you reinforce Second Step language, skills, and goals at home. If you have any questions about Second Step Elementary, please don’t hesitate to contact me or your child’s teacher for more information.
Thank you for your support as we work to build a safe and supportive school community.
Back to School Night
6:00-6:25—Introduction of Specialists/Brief Remarks by Dr. Lesher in the Cafenasium 6:30-6:55 —*Classroom Visit - Session #1 7:00-7:25 — *Classroom Visit - Session #2 *Please note that these sessions are designed to provide an overview of each teacher’s systems, routines, and expectations, in addition to their curriculum and assessments. Since these are general overview sessions, we ask that you hold any questions or concerns that are specific to your child and request a time to meet with your child’s teacher to discuss them. **Due to limited seating, we are asking that only parents/guardians attend.
Quakertown Community Outreach Closet
Buck's IU Fab Lab Center
QE PRIDE T-Shirt Order Form
As a reminder, ALL NEW students (including Kindergarten) will be provided with a QE PRIDE T-shirt at no cost!
QE Trunk or Treat
Date: October 22, 2022
Time: Setup 4-5:30
Event 5:30-7:30 or until candy is gone.
Location: Parking lot on Park Avenue, across from Quakertown Community High
School.
$50 for businesses (can hand out advertisements)
$25 for families (no advertising)
You may arrive as early as 4pm to set up. Please make sure your trunk will be
completely set up and ready for start time at 5:30. We ask that the only/adult stay with
the vehicle at all times. We ask that you please keep your trunk decorations kid
friendly, not to scary, and no political trunks. If you are having them play a game at your
trunk please keep that short and kid friendly too. Along with candy you can also pass
out flyers if you would like to advertise your business. When selecting treats for
“Trick-or-Treaters”, candy (pre-wrapped & sealed) is certainly an obvious choice but
other favorite treats include pencils, pens, erasers, glow sticks, bracelets, bookmarks,
stickers, notepads, bouncy balls, and fake tattoos. We Thank You so much for coming
out and helping to support our school and give kids a safe and friendly night out. If you
have any other questions or concerns you can contact:
Tera Remick: 267-374-0440 President.qes.pie@gmail.com
Kristy Hutt: 610-573-3799 Secretary.qes.pie@gmail.com
PIE Meeting
Mums
Student Directory
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1DstQyo7iJJOUgHkaHYDA8nYe3Roaf9BwuFm6fVT-PdM/edit
Upcoming Important Dates
Wednesday, September 21 - PIE Meeting (7:30-8:30)
Monday, September 26 - No School
Tuesday, October 4 - Picture Day
Wednesday, October 5 - No School
Thursday, October 6 - Weather Preparedness Drill
Friday, October 7 - PRIDE Assembly
Friday, October 14 - PRIDE Award Winner Breakfast
Saturday, October 22 - Trunk or Treat (4-5:30) at Park Avenue Parking Lot
About Us
The children are our most cherished possessions. Please know that we will do everything in our power to make sure your child feels respected, safe, happy, and successful at Quakertown Elementary School. When we are working together; parents, teachers, staff, and students, we will come together to help each child reach their fullest learning potential.
Email: glesher@qcsd.org
Website: https://qes.qcsd.org/
Location: Quakertown Elementary School, South 7th Street, Quakertown, PA, USA
Phone: 215-529-2412
Facebook: facebook.com/NA
Twitter: @QEPride