Penny Creek Frog News
March 2023 - Volume 6 Issue 7
Message from Ms. Marti Shefveland
Dear Penny Creek Families,
March is an important month at Penny Creek. Kindergarten Enrollment Kickoff for the 2023-2024 school year begins March 6. Children who will be five years old by August 31, 2023 should enroll online. To support families with the enrollment process, Penny Creek’s office will be open on Monday, March 13 from 4:00 to 6:00 p.m. We also will host an information night, date to be determined, for parents of enrolled Kindergarteners to learn more about Kindergarten at Penny Creek. Watch the Kindergarten Kick Off webinar on YouTube HERE.
Spring conferences are held Monday, March 27 through Friday, March 31. During this week, students are dismissed at 1:00 p.m. to allow time for families to meet with teachers in the afternoon hours. We will also hold evening conferences on Thursday, March 30 from 5:00 to 7:00 p.m. Your child’s teacher will be setting your conference date and time within the next few weeks.
Conferences are a good time to discuss not only academic progress, but also social emotional growth. Teachers understand you will have questions. We encourage you to write down key questions ahead of time, so that you make sure to get them addressed.
In closing, I encourage you all to check our lost and found bin for clothing, hats, gloves, and even shoes, that have been left at school this year. It is getting full, and we soon will be donating these items to a local charity as we are running out of storage space.
Sincerely,
Marti Shefveland
Principal
Lost and Found located in the foyer of the gym
Please come by before school, after school, or during Conference Week to check for items your student has lost.
Arrival and Dismissal Procedures
ARRIVAL: supervision will begin at 8:50 a.m.
Parent drop off/pick up (Ferry Lanes) - drive up while remaining in the car.
- This is supervised until 9:10 a.m.
- Enter the parking lot through the west entrance.
- Turn right into the Parent drop off/pick up lane loop.
- Follow the Parent drop off/pick up lane around in front of the gym. Pulling forward to the undercover playground area.
- Stay in the right lane, making sure to drive slowly.
- Driver remains in the car.
- When the car comes to a complete stop, the student unloads from the passenger curb side door.
- Students will walk through the undercover area and on to the campus.
- Driver departs from the Parent drop off/pick up (ferry lanes) by following the lane to the west exit on to 132nd Street SE.
Parking car at main parking lot and drop off student.
- Park car in main parking lot and walk on to campus using the crosswalk.
- Parents walk students to the front iron gate drop off point by the office (blue area on map).
Arrival after 9:15 a.m. - park your vehicle and walk your student into the office to sign them in. Students arriving after 9:15 a.m. will be tardy.
DISMISSAL: begins at 3:30 p.m.
Parent drop off/pick up (Ferry Lanes) - drive up & pick up while remaining in the car.
- This is supervised until 3:45 p.m.
- Enter the parking lot through the west entrance.
- Turn right into the Parent drop off/pick up lane loop. There are three ferry style lanes to wait in.
- Penny Creek staff member will release each ferry lane in an orderly manner.
- When the lane is released, follow the Parent drop off/pick up line to the front of the undercover playground area.
- Make sure to drive slowly and to pull as far forward as possible. Students will be waiting in the undercover area.
- Driver remains in the car.
- When the car comes to a complete stop, the student will load into the car from the passenger curb side door.
- Driver departs from the Parent drop off/pick up by following the lane to the west exit on 132nd Street SE.
Parking car at main parking lot to pick up students at departure time.
- Park car in main parking lot and walk on to campus using the crosswalk.
- Parents wait for students to be released from the doors located between Office and Kindergarten Playground (green area on map).
- Vision Screening
- Class Group Picture Day
- Learning Improvement Friday. Student Dismissed at 2:15 p.m.
- 2023-2024 School Year Kindergarten Registration Begins
- PTA Popcorn Friday
- Learning Improvement Friday. Student Dismissed at 2:15 p.m.
- Daylight Savings Time begins at 2:00 a.m.
- Kindergarten Enrollment Night at PCE 4:00 p.m. - 6:00 p.m.
Thursday, March 16
- Natural Leaders Meeting - Library at 6:00 p.m.
- Learning Improvement Friday. Student Dismissed at 2:15 p.m.
- 2nd & 3rd Grade Music Concert - Henry M. Jackson HS at 6:30 p.m.
- Early Release. Students dismissed at 1:00 p.m.
- Parent/Teacher Conference Week. Early Release all week.
- Students dismissed at 1:00 p.m.
Monday, March 27 - Friday, March 31
- PTA Book Fair during Conferences
- Evening Parent/Teacher Conferences (Book Fair open)
and... a look ahead:
- Monday, April 3 - Friday, April 7 - Spring Break (No School)
- Friday, April 14 - PTA Popcorn Friday
- Friday, April 14 - Learning Improvement Friday. Student Dismissed at 2:15 p.m.
- Thursday, April 20 - Natural Leaders Meeting - Library at 6:00 p.m.
Kindergarten registration begins March 6 for 2023-2024 school year
Will your child be 5 years old by August 31?
On March 6, you can complete your child’s online enrollment for kindergarten. An easy and quick process as detailed in the step-by-step parent walkthrough video available in multiple languages on our website www.everettsd.org/kindergartenenrollment.
Enrolling early in March will ensure invitations to your school’s kindergarten events and participation in Everett Ready, a transition-into-kindergarten program offered for one week in August to all enrolled kindergarteners.
The office will have extended hours for Kindergarten enrollment on Monday, March 13 from 4:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m. This is an opportunity for families to have access to a computer to complete the online enrollment, pick up an enrollment packet, get support completing the documents, and/or ask questions with a Kindergarten teacher.
We are looking forward to welcoming you and your student to kindergarten!
If your student is absent or tardy from school, please email the attendance office at pceattendance@everettsd.org to let us know the reason for the absence or tardy. There is also a direct link on our webpage at: https://www.everettsd.org/pennycreek
- Absences must be reported (by email or note) within 30 calendar days after a student returns back to school, not including Holidays or weekends, in order to have the absence excused. Emails or notes turned in past the 30-day timeframe will be accepted; however, the absence is not excused and will be coded as such.
- Automated attendance calls will be sent out daily at 10 a.m. If your student will be absent or tardy you must notify the office before 9:15 a.m. If it is reported after this time you may receive the automated call.
- Please view the Everett School District Attendance Procedure 3122P for more information (including definitions of absences).
- Did you have a medical appointment for your child, or they were sick, and you brought them to the doctor? If so, make sure to ask for a medical note from the provider. Email the note to the attendance office so those absences can be coded as a medical note excused absence.
- Please fill out a Prearranged Absence Form if your student will be going on vacation/traveling or will miss school for an extended period of time. As per district policy, the principal or designee may excuse up to five (5) school days for a prearranged absence per student each school year.
In March all Kindergarten - Second Grade students are focusing on the practice of being safe!
Here are some ways to practice….
-wearing a helmet while riding equipment with wheels
-buckling our seatbelts in a vehicle
-use sharp tools with an adult
-looking all ways when crossing a street
-swim with an adult
Do you have a way of remembering your Mom or Dad’s phone number? Do you know your address? What is your safety plan at home? Ask your guardian!
How can I contact Ms. Roberts?
Email: droberts2@everettsd.org
School phone: (425) 385-7210
Please click to my web page HERE to learn more about the counseling department and the available resources for families.
Hello PCE Families,
We recently sent home a form to be completed for the 2023 PTA Individual Awards. If there is someone you want to recognize for going above and beyond, please share and nominate them. You can fill out one, some, or all categories. Please complete and return to school by Friday, March 10.
Do you have any photos of your student(s) at school or PTA events? Please share pictures to be reviewed and added to yearbook. You can upload pictures directly HERE
Upcoming Events
- March 3 – Yearbook Orders and 5th Grade Dedications are Due.
- March 10 – Popcorn Friday
- March 10 – 2023 PTA Individual Awards Nomination Forms Due
- March 19 – Everett Special Education PTSA’s 3rd Annual Community Run, Walk, and Roll Hybrid 5k. We will be there with a booth and cheering on participates. See us to sign up for a raffle and free giveaways. Select HERE to register to the event.
- March 27 - March 31 – Scholastic Spring Book fair in the PCE library.
- April 1 - April 30 – AquaSox Reading Program
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If the plan how your student is going home at the end of the school day, we ask that a guardian sends an email to the school office at PennyCreek@everettsd.org and the classroom teacher by 2:45 pm.
Please include in your email message:
- name of your student
- name of their teacher
- details of the the change of plan
Our office will deliver this information to your student. This method of communication helps to support our staff with accurate dismissal information.
If your student needs to leave before the end of the school day, email the school office at PennyCreek@everettsd.org in advance. Please include in your email message:
- The specific DATE
- The TIME you will pick up your student. Please know, we will call your student to the office once you have arrived to the school.
- WHO will be picking up your student. If an adult designee is coming to pick up your student, an email from the guardian needs to be sent to confirm the information.
For the safety and security of students, we will ask for photo identification.