PARENT UPDATE
November 30, 2018
We cannot believe we have reached the end of November. We hope you all had a nice holiday with family and friends. Thank you for all your support during conferences. December here we come!
Vanessa and Adam
Hour of Code!
We had another great week at Concord!
Upcoming Schedule
November 30th - December 7th - CES Holiday Shop
December 3rd -7th Hour of Code
December 10th - CES Restaurant Night Manbroso's Pizza
December 14th - Trimester 1 Progress Reports Released
December 21st - Polar Express Parade
December 24th - January 1st - CES Winter Break
Outdoor Recess
HSA Information
Children's Holiday Shop 2018
Where: Concord Elementary School
Dates: December 3rd, 4th, 5th & 6th
Time: During school hours
The holiday season is upon us….and that means it's time for the Children's Holiday Shop!
Imagine the excitement your child will experience while selecting gifts for family and friends! There will be volunteers on hand to help the children shop, as well as to wrap and label their gifts.
Shhh…the presents are a surprise!
Your child will receive an envelope to place their shopping money in, and the envelope will double as a shopping list. The list will help the volunteers and your child by ensuring that no one on their list will be missed. You also have the option to specify how much you would like them to spend on each person. Parents will be notified of the date and time each class will be shopping. Please send the list and gift money in with your child on or before the day their class is scheduled to shop. Please make checks payable to “Concord HSA”.
Holiday shop gifts will be priced from $1.00 to $12.00.
So mark your calendars to kick off the holiday season! If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to reach out. Thank you…and Happy Holidays!!
Meg Browne: MLB612@yahoo.com
Aparna Thornton: thorntonaparna@gmail.com
Lori Lombardo: llombardo23@outlook.com
New winter spirit wear has arrived in time for all your holiday shopping. Please click on the link concordspirit18.itemorder.com to shop our store. All orders are due by Friday Nov 30th. They will be delivered on Dec 17th and will be sent home with your child unless you would prefer to pick it up at school.
Manbroso's ToGo Dinner Option
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