Trumbauersville Times
01/15/2021
Principal's Post-
Dear Trumbauersville Families,
It has been a positive week for us and the whole school is settling into the rhythms of the middle of the year. Typical for this time of year is our middle of the year benchmark assessments: Linkit, DIBELS, etc. We use the data from these assessments to monitor the students’ progress and to guide us to make any adjustments to teaching and learning to best support the students’ growth. After we finish the assessments - likely in late January - we will share your child’s mid-year data with you.
In addition to the middle of the year being a time to check on students’ progress, this is a time for us to review many processes and routines to ensure their efficiency and effectiveness. Of course, one of the most important of these is to review our collective work to combat the spread of the coronavirus. Thank you for being so attentive and to this so far this year. Please continue to let us know if there are any symptoms of illness or if you travel out of Pennsylvania for more than 24 hours. Those notifications are essential for us to ensure a healthful school environment for all of our students, staff, and families.
Lastly, please also pay attention to the end of day dismissal procedures and the three different dismissal routines: for walkers, for car riders, and for bus riders. This year is unlike any other as we have many more students who are getting picked up by a car at the end of the day. Currently, we have 55 walkers, 185 bus riders, and 126 car riders. While we work to have the car rider dismissal line move as quickly as is orderly possible, we recognize that it takes a few minutes. As a shortcut to entering the parking lot, I have seen a pattern of families parking across the street from the school and then students and parents are crossing the road. This is causing a dangerous situation where students are crossing in the middle of the road at a high volume time and between stopped or parked cars. If you or your student needs to cross the road at dismissal time, it is important that we use the crosswalks. There is one by the entrance to the bus loop and one by the entrance to the school parking lot.
I am grateful to the Trumbauersville Borough for the addition of the speed humps a few years ago. They have definitely helped to make the road in front of our school safer. The use of the crosswalks will also help to ensure that children are not walking in between cars and crossing the street with the potential of getting hurt.
Kindly,
-Adam
Adam Schmucker
Principal
As you know, Monday will be MLK Day, which as always is considered a "day on not a day off." Though this year is VERY different because of the pandemic, we still have a lot of great things happening in your schools and with your students both tomorrow, on Monday, and next week. Thank you for honoring Dr. King's work and dedication.
If you are interested, Philadelphia is hosting a variety of virtual events this year through various organizations and companies across the city as is Hunger Free America, its 20th year of participating in the Day of Service. You can join in, learn, and serve from the safety of your own home
'Walking While Black' returns to QCSD
Good morning Quakertown community. The Quakertown Community School District has scheduled a second screening of a solutions-focused documentary in which filmmakers examine racial profiling and the struggle it creates for minority communities. The movie “Walking While Black: L.O.V.E. is the Answer” shines a light on the importance of reconciliation and healing between police and other members of the community. L.O.V.E. is an acronym for Learn about the community and the people in it, Open your heart to the humanity of people in the community, Volunteer yourself to be part of the solution, and Empower others to do the same.
It will be shown from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. on Tuesday, January 26. The free program is intended to reach adults, high school-age students as well as mature 7th and 8th graders. Everyone of appropriate age is invited to attend, including families who live or attend school outside of Quakertown.
While last year’s program took place in the high school’s Performing Arts Center, this year’s event will be held online. Please register at www.thepeacecenter.org. A Zoom link will be sent upon your registration. The event is a partnership between The Peace Center, the Bucks County District Attorney’s office and QCSD.
"There’s never been a more important time for everyone to listen and try to understand one another,” said Kim Finnerty, an assistant principal at Quakertown Community High School. “We’ve seen what’s been happening with all of the racial tension for a very long time. At the same time, with the calls to defund the police, it adds to the stress the police have to deal with in many difficult situations.
"Respectful discourse is so important, and when students can have these conversations in a safe environment change can happen. I truly believe that today’s students are going to be the ones who make our society a more equitable one for all of us.”
Following the movie, there will be breakout sessions for discussions that include members of The Peace Center and police officers, including QCSD’s School Resource Officers Bob Lee and Brian Hendrzak. It's important for organizers to have an idea of how many people will attend, so please don't delay in registering for this worthwhile event.
"I believe this is an important film for our students and community members to see,” Officer Lee said. “There’s no time better than now for us to work to bridge the gap between our police and minority communities.”
The movie by A.J. Ali and Errol Webber features interviews with law enforcement officers, as well as members of minority communities who share their experiences and a mission to build stronger police-community relationships.
Bucks County District Attorney Matt Weintraub said “Bucks County’s police officers are collectively the fairest and best in the business. But we in law enforcement must always be sensitive to public perceptions of our officers, especially negative ones. By viewing this film together, we are proactively demonstrating our desire to talk about these critical police perception issues with the public we serve, and our community-police relations will only grow stronger than they already are.”
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FREE COVID-19 testing through the end of January
Bucks County is offering free testing at three sites provided by Bucks County Community College. Each of the three locations accommodates up to 350 tests per day. Participants are asked to wear face masks and bring cell phones to the test sites. Insurance information will be collected at the sites, but medical insurance is not required for the testing.
■ Bucks County Community College, Upper Bucks Campus
1 Hillendale Road, Perkasie, PA (Blooming Glen Road entrance)
Hours of operation: 11 a.m. to 7 p.m.
■ Bucks County Community College, Newtown Campus
275 Swamp Road, Newtown, PA (Gymnasium)
Hours of operation: 11 a.m. to 7 p.m.
■ Bucks County Community College, Lower Bucks Campus
1304 Veterans Highway, Bristol, PA
Hours of operation:
Sunday – Thursday: 11 a.m. to 7 p.m.
Friday: 2 p.m. to 8 p.m.
Saturday: 9 a.m. to 7 p.m.
COMCAST EXTENDS COVID SUPPORT WITH 60 DAYS OF FREE INTERNET FOR LOW-INCOME CUSTOMERS AND FREE ACCESS TO THE NATION’S LARGEST PUBLIC WIFI NETWORK THROUGH JUNE 30, 2021
PHILADELPHIA – Comcast (NASDAQ: CMCSA) announced today that it will extend its commitments to help people connect to the Internet during the COVID-19 pandemic as millions continue to stay home while many workplaces and schools operate virtually. Comcast will continue to provide free Internet service for the first 60 days for new Internet Essentials customers, and free access to more than 1.5 million public Xfinity WiFi hotspots, the largest network of its kind in the country, through June 30, 2021. Today’s announcement marks the third time Comcast has extended these commitments.
“Our teams have worked tirelessly to ensure our network is operating at peak performance and help our customers and our communities navigate this unprecedented crisis,” said Dave Watson, Chief Executive Officer, Comcast Cable. “For nearly a decade, we’ve been on a mission to ensure students have the resources they need to be successful. We have accelerated that work during COVID-19 by partnering with public schools to provide Internet for more low-income students and by working with community centers to create safe spaces for families to connect to free WiFi through Lift Zones.”
Comcast has repeatedly committed to keeping its customers connected, and to make its services available to families and students who don’t have Internet access. These commitments are part of Comcast’s comprehensive efforts to help families and individual stay connected, and to help empower small businesses, during the COVID-19 pandemic:
- Network Investment – Comcast has invested more than $12 billion to expand and evolve its network since 2017. Since the onset of the COVID-19 crisis in the United States, network teams have worked around the clock to triple network augmentations, install new hardware, and upgrade network software – to expand capacity and ensure that it could meet the rapidly growing needs of its customers. The company performs nearly 700,000 diagnostic speed tests daily which show that, on average, it is meeting, and most times exceeding advertised speeds across all of its service areas.
- Xfinity WiFi Free for Everyone – More than 1.5 million Xfinity WiFi hotspots in business and outdoor locations – the largest public WiFi network in the country and three times larger than any other provider’s – are available to anyone who needs them for free, including non-Xfinity Internet subscribers. Since taking the unprecedented step of making all of these hotspots available for free, hundreds of thousands of non-Xfinity customers have taken advantage and usage by consumers has skyrocketed. For a map of Xfinity WiFi hotspots, visit www.xfinity.com/wifi.
- Free 60 Days of Internet Essentials and School Programs – Internet Essentials is the nation’s largest and most comprehensive broadband adoption program that provides high-speed Internet service to low-income families and has connected more than four million low-income students since its inception. New customers who sign up before June 30, 2021, will receive 60 days of complimentary service. Comcast will also continue to waive the requirement that customers not have back debt due so more families can apply. For more information, visit www.internetessentials.com. We are working with hundreds of public school districts in cities like Chicago, Atlanta, Philadelphia and Sacramento to provide free Internet service directly to students in need.
· WiFi-Connected Community Lift Zones – In September, Comcast announced a multiyear program to launch more than 1,000 “Lift Zones” in community centers across the country by working with its network of thousands of nonprofit partners and city leaders. Comcast is providing WiFi in these facilities to help students get online, participate in distance learning, and do their schoolwork. Comcast plans to have at least 200 Lift Zones installed before the end of the year.
· Comcast RISE – In October, Comcast launched Comcast RISE, a multi-year initiative created to help strengthen and empower small businesses, starting with Black, Indigenous, and People of Color owned businesses; those hardest hit by COVID-19. The Comcast RISE program will help thousands of small businesses over the next three years through grants, marketing and technology upgrades, including media campaigns and connectivity, computer and voice equipment, as well as free marketing insights to all applicants. For more information, visit www.comcastrise.com.
- Providing Free Educational Resources – In partnership with Common Sense Media, Comcast has curated thousands of hours of free educational programming into an education destination for Xfinity video customers to support remote learning for kids K-12.
For more information and updates from Comcast related to Coronavirus, visit:
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About us
Welcome to Trumbauersville Elementary School. Our school community is committed to the on-going development of all of our students and staff members. We embrace an inquiry stance and work collectively so that we can create the best learning environment.
The learning starts with ensuring that students are healthy emotionally and physically. As a focus toward emotional safety, our school employs a School-Wide Positive Behavior Support Plan focused on fostering Compassion, Perseverance, and Respect.
At Trumbauersville, we are passionate about children and education and we look forward to sharing our school community with you.
Email: ehaslett@qcsd.org
Website: https://tes.qcsd.org/
Location: 101 Woodview Drive, Quakertown, PA, USA
Phone: 215.529.2550
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