Scott 6th Grade Center

I want to take a minute to congratulate all of our scientists on an their amazing Science Fair. Our volunteer judges were very impressed with all of the projects. We had 13 projects from 23 students. Ten projects will be continuing on to our District Science Fair on February 4th. Five projects will be continuing on to the County Fair on March 7th.

Congratulations, Harlow Stover, on placing first in our Scott Science Fair with her project studying fear and heartrate. Congratulations to Stanley Michalski on his project which analyzed the effect of pH on Brine shrimp growth. Congratulations to Colby Palomeque for placing third. His project focused on the elasticity of balloons and how they could help with heart pumps.

A special shout out to James Lutte who won the most creative project title with his research on whether the color of the cup you drink from effects the taste of your drink.

Congratulations once again to all of our participants. We are so proud of your hard work, creativity and determination!

Happy New Year! I hope everyone had a wonderful winter break.

We were excited to have everyone back in the building and ready to start the new year.

Mr. Altland and I met with small groups of students and staff in the cafeteria to review our Scott expectations. We discussed how to be successful for the end of the school year, talking about Respect, Ownership, Courage, Kindness, and Safety.

Our PBIS (Positive Behavior Interventions and Supports) team will be continuing to reinforce these messages this week. We will be giving each student a passport that they will get checked off for the different areas of the building when they attend each off the lessons that will be given by the team to remind students the expectations for success in the different areas of the building. Once students have all the pages in their passport checked, they will be invited to take it home for their family to sign and then bring it back to be entered into a drawing for a gift card.

We appreciate your ongoing support in reminding your students to be respectful, take ownership for their learning, have courage, be kind, and be safe while they are at school.

Over the course of the next few weeks our Scott students will be completing their winter benchmark testing in Math and ELA. Teachers use this data to plan for the rest of the year. As a school, we look at the results and discuss our students' strengths and needs to plan for the future. Please encourage your students to do their best.

January 18- Early Dismissal

January 20- End of the 2nd Quarter

January 27- Mental Health Fair

February 15- Early Dismissal

February 17- School is now in session

February 20- No School President's Day

Ms. Kaptur will be running our Reading Olympics team again this year. The Reading Olympics team will meet after school every other Tuesday starting in January in Ms. Kaptur's classroom.

Please click on the link below to learn more information.

Also, if you are interested in learning more, lease sign up using the Google form link below. Ms. Kaptur will add you to her Canvas page so you can learn more.

Just a couple reminders to families:

1. Students should not be contacting families to be picked up when they are not feeling well. Students need to be assessed by the nurse and calls home will be made as needed. If families want to be called each time their student comes to the nurse, please email Ann Keenan, school nurse (keenana@casdschools.org). It is not standard practice to call home for non-urgent matters.
2. Emergency Health Forms were sent home last week (lime green). If you did not complete the Emergency Health Information online, you must complete the paperwork and return it to the school nurse.
3. Covid 19 is still causing illness and absences. Please continue to test and take precautions to avoid further spread. 5 days of isolation followed by 5 days of well-fitting masks is the current CDC guideline. (see below).
4. The school nurse will be starting health screenings (Vision, Growth and Scoliosis). If your student has glasses, please make sure they have them for school.

Website: https://www.casdschools.org/scott
Location: 800 Olive Street, Coatesville, PA, USA
Phone: 610 383 6946

Mrs. Kathryn Lamothe- Principal lamothek@casdschools.org

Mr. Peter Altland- Assistant Principal altlandp@casdschools.org

Mrs. Megan Murray- Guidance Counselor murraym@casdschools.org

Mrs. Sandy Cook- Principal's Secretary cooks@casdschools.org

Mrs. Sue Shumate- Assistant Principal's Secretary shumates@casdschools.org