GA Principal Newsletter
November 20th
Dear Families,
We enjoyed honoring our veterans and military members last week. You can see highlights of the celebration in the clip above.
In this newsletter, please find below information about report cards, information about employment opportunities and a job fair in the West Chester Area School District, and Mrs. Stewart 's ( our guidance counselor) newsletter.
This Tuesday, our students will have the opportunity to buddy up with another student in a different grade to do a Thanksgiving activity. The students and teachers are looking forward to the buddy time together.
The students have half days scheduled for Monday and Tuesday this week due to it being parent and teacher conference week. Students are off from school on Wednesday. The teachers look forward to seeing you at conferences to share your child's progress and to create plans with you to help your child continually learn and grow.
We wish you lots of joy and love this Thanksgiving and always. We feel thankful to be part of this wonderful community.
Happy Thanksgiving.
Enjoy the next couple of weeks!
Donna and GA
Report Cards
Report Cards will be available online on December 14th
Grades K-2 - WCASD utilizes standards-based reporting. Each child will receive a 1, 2, 2+, 3, or 4 for each standard addressed this trimester. N/A means that the standard has not yet been assessed. This year, your child may also receive N/A if we do not have enough data/information to accurately assess your child. Please remember the goals are end of year standards/expectations. In December, you may see many 2’s and some 1’s which is appropriate for this time of year. The expectation is that students meet the standards with a 3 by the third and final report card in June. In addition, please know that 4’s are rare to receive, even at the end of the school year. For a child to reach that level, he/she is performing significantly and consistently above the standard expectations.
Grades 3-5 - WCASD utilizes numeric grades that correspond to letter grades (A, B, C, F) for core subjects. Please know that standard grading (1, 2, 3, 4) does not correlate to a letter grade. Teachers utilize various assessments and assignments to determine an overall grade. Parents are encouraged to stay abreast of progress via Parent Portal over the course of the entire trimester. Click here to set up parent portal weekly emails if you have not already done so. This will help you stay on top of your child's grades.
· Learning support students and reading support students will receive progress reports at the same time that report cards go live on Parent Portal in December.
· LRBS- Learning Related Behaviors are assessed for all students: (NI) needs improvement, (P) progressing, or (DC) demonstrates consistently. This year, your child may receive N/A if there is not enough data/information to accurately assess the LRB.
· Special Area Subjects - For grades K-5, we utilize standards-based reporting as noted above for K-2.
West Chester Area School District Job Fair
Please see the flyer below concerning the WCASD Fall Job Fair.
Guidance News
Please read the School Counseling Office Newsletter below from Mrs. Stewart.
Upcoming Calendar
Monday, 11/21- Day 4 - Chorus Rehearsal @ 7:45 AM; Conferences; half day dismissal 11:40
Tuesday, 11/22 -Day 1 - Conferences; half day dismissal 11:40
Wednesday, 11/23 - No school for students; Conferences in the AM
Thursday, 11/24 - School Closed - Happy Thanksgiving!
Friday, 11/25 - School Closed
Monday, 11/28 - Day 2 - School Reopens; School Board Meeting 7 PM
Tuesday, 11/29 - Day 3 - Boys Grade 5 After School Sports
Wednesday, 11/30 - Day 4; Chorus Rehearsal @ 7:45 AM; End of 1st Trimester
Thursday, 12/1 - Day 1 - Girls Grade 5After School Sports
Friday, 12/2 - Day 2 - West Chester Old Fashioned Christmas Parade
REVISED DATE: Wednesday, December 8 - Winter Fest & Holiday Shop - 6 to 8 PM
Winter Break: 12/23 through 1/2/23; School Reopens on Tuesday, 1/3/23
Other Important Information
In the links below, please find links to :
my past newsletters, the WCASD website, WCASD calendar, GAE website, Information About Attendance and Dismissal, PTO Information, Aramark Food Services and Menus, and Information about Padres Latinos.
Un puente cultural en la comunidad para las familias de habla hispana y nuestras escuelas.
Glen Acres Elementary School
Ms. Donna Ryan
Principal
Email: dryan@wcasd.net
Address: 1150 Delancey Place, West Chester, PA 19382
Phone: 484-266-1700
website: https://www.wcasd.net/Domain/461
Twitter: https://twitter.com/WestChesterASD