PARENT UPDATE
February 8, 2019
We had another great week here at Concord! We hope you all enjoyed the warmer weather this week and we appreciate your patience and flexibility with all of the changes in our weather. As always, please reach out to us if you need anything at all. Thanks for all the support and have a great weekend.
Vanessa and Adam
Upcoming Schedule
2/13 - We will celebrate our 100th Day of School
2/14 - Valentine's Day Celebrations
2/15 - Professional Learning Day for teachers (no school for students)
2/18 - President's Day (no school for students and offices are closed)
To All First Grade Parents and Guardians:
On February 20th & 21st, we will be conducting a group-based screening for all first-grade students. Your child’s teacher will administer the screening in the classroom. This is only one part of a detailed screening process with multiple criteria, which we conduct yearly to help us identify students for consideration for gifted services.
Once all of the data has been collected, the parents of the children needing further evaluation will be contacted directly by the Pupil Services Department to set up an individual appointment with the school psychologist.
While this is only one measure of ongoing assessments, it is advisable to ensure that on February 20th & 21st, your child is well rested and has a good breakfast. Thank you.
Sincerely,
Vanessa V. Stroup Principal
Adam Penning
Assistant Principal
UPCOMING RAPTOR SYSTEM
Library Resources!
SAVE THE DATE
Kindergarten Registration 2019-2020
The Garnet Valley Performing Arts Association will present Annie from March 7-9 at GVHS
Music Class
In 2nd Grade, we get to make and play our own instruments in Music Class. We are very excited to learn about a unique instrument called Puili Sticks, from Hawaii. We need everyone's help though. If you can, please send in any empty, and un-crushed paper towel roll tubes to Music Class and we will have so much fun in the spring making and playing our instruments. At the end of the project, when the sticks come home, they may end up looking beat up, but they are easy enough to recreate at home with an adult's help. Then you can even have your own Puili Stick band at home! Thank you for your help.
The Music Department at Concord Elementary School
Mrs. Burke,
Mrs. Lynn
Mrs. Thomas
SAVE THE DATE
The Music Department is holding a Music Gala with many performers from every school in the District. It will be a wonderful celebration of music throughout the different grades. Please come join us in the audience at the High School on Sunday, March 24th at 3pm. Second Graders, be on the look out for a special note in about a month. You get to be one of our special performance groups! Yes, you, up on the High School stage having fun making music :)
Diva Dance Party
Reading with the Soul!
Nurse's Office Clothing
We had another great week at Concord!
Winter After School Clubs
HSA Information
Save the Date!!! Concord's March Madness Annual Auction is on Friday, March 29th. Look for more information to come. Please reach out to Concord HSA is you would like to help sponsor the auction or place an ad in our booklet. Our auction is a great place to advertise and is supports our great school.
Thanks to everyone who supported Chick Fil A night!!
Drop Off Times
The student day will be adjusted by 5 minutes. The day will now begin at 8:45 and end at 3:15. Morning drop-off time for students being driven to school will now be 8:25 to 8:45 in the gym. Students wishing to take advantage of our breakfast program in the cafeteria can do so between 8:25 and 8:45. The "grace period" for arrival is 8:45 to 8:55. Please note that students arriving after 8:55 will be marked late. Thank you
Seesaw for Parents
Important Information
Update on Emergency Cards
The online option to complete the emergency cards is now closed. A hard copy emergency card has been mailed home for anyone who has not completed the online option. If you did not receive a hard copy emergency card please let us know. For any parent who still has not turned in an emergency card for each child, please do so immediately.
Absence Reporting System
Please click here for directions on how to use your phone, app, or computer to report an absence.
PROGRESS REPORT
Our GVSD elementary progress report is updated for the 2018-2019 school year to reflect current trends in education. It remains anchored in a standards based reporting principle where students’ progress towards standards is indicated along with reporting on the Qualities of a Learner. The updated progress report enhances the Qualities of a Learner to reflect 21st century skills and updates academic indicators to be more accessible to students and parents/guardians. Characteristics of an ideal progress report were identified through research on assessment and best practice, examining samples from other districts, and by defining those qualities essential in our own district.
The recent updates were created to achieve different goals. The updated progress report provides more information to parent/guardians, has a consistent grade scale across K-5 via a new rubric, reflects elements of current instructional practices like reading workshop, and will include the level of books the student is reading.
Student progress on each Quality of a Learner and academic indicator will be reported using a 4-point rubric. This rubric is a departure from previously used state reporting language and intended to be more student-centered. The rubric was designed so that grades do not indicate the end of the learning progress. The student score on the rubric informs the student and parent/guardian of where the student currently is on a learning continuum.
A full description of the new progress report will be included in the Elementary Handbook that will be sent to parents when back to school information is sent out.
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