September Parent Newsletter
Dr. Malinda McKillip, Principal
French Creek Elementary School
Email: fcoffice@ojrsd.com
Website: https://www.ojrsd.com/fc
Location: 3590 Coventryville Road, Pottstown, PA, United States
Phone: 610-469-5104
Welcome
Reminders
Dismissal Notes
Please remember to send in a note if your child's dismissal routine will be changed on any given day.
InfoSnap Online Student Verification
Please complete the InfoSnap Online Verification for your child or children as soon as possible. The parent portal will be closing soon. It is extremely important that we have up to date emergency contact information for all of our students.
Important Information for Parents
PTA Membership and Website
If you have not done so already, please take a moment to visit and join our new PTA webpage. This site offers parents the opportunity to sign up for notifications, receive information related to upcoming special events, student clubs, and family togetherness activities in one convenient location. The site also offers parents the option to make online payments. PTA membership and student activity dues can now be paid electronically via the website.
https://frenchcreek.ptboard.com/home
PTA Directory and Homeroom Helpers
Please take a moment to complete the Google form below if you wish to OPT OUT of the PTA directory, or if you wish to volunteer as a homeroom helper this year. Responses are due by Monday, September 11, 2017.
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfKwr4n8Sd8HQ4YSIAjph2f3hBv6TkYgbI6TgA-VdMULVTOKQ/viewform
If you have questions or concerns, please feel free to email FCVPTA@ojrsd.com.
Back to School Night (Parking)
It was wonderful to see so many families at Back to School Night earlier this week! However, I have learned that parking was extremely challenging due to our increased enrollment. We will be sure to to re-evaluate planning for the future. Please accept my apologies for any inconvenience.
Raptor Security Upgrade
The District recently updated the Raptor system we use in our schools. Unfortunately, when the system was upgraded it didn’t save all of the driver licenses that have been previously scanned. Therefore, we will need to rescan licenses into the system. The good news is that once you are entered into the new system, your name and photo will be accessible throughout the entire district. If you happen to be near French Creek and want to drop in to have your license rescanned, please do.
Request for Science Fair Volunteers
Mrs. Hess is looking for adults who either work in the science field or have a strong understanding of science. She is looking for individuals who would be interested in helping on November 9th to meet with students and provide research plan feedback and suggestions.
Mrs. Hess is also searching for judges for the January 24, 2018 Science Fair Competition. Judges will be needed between 8:30-2:30 and lunch will be provided.
Please email Mrs. Hess directly at ahess@ojrsd.com if you would be interested in assisting on November 9th or volunteering as a judge on January 24th. Thank you for your consideration. Any assistance would be greatly appreciated.
Request for Student Store Parent Volunteers
Giant A+ Rewards Program
If you have not done so already, please consider registering your Giant Bonus Card to help support French Creek Elementary. This past summer Giant Food Stores awarded French Creek with a check for over $6,000.00 as a result of parent, family, and community support. Registration begins on September 11th.
Visit https://giantfoodstores.com/school-rewards/?_requestid=853413 to register your card or update your preferred school.
Drama Club
Lego Club Grades K-6
October 11, 18, 25
November 1, 15, 29
December 6, 13
The LEGO Club requires a material fee of $5.50/student per session - scholarships are available if this is a hardship. Please visit the PTA website to register online or contact the main office for assistance.
LEGO Club cannot exist without the help of parent volunteers. We will need parent volunteers at each meeting. Please indicate below the dates you are able to assist the Club. Clearances must be on file in the office.
Based on volunteers and space provided, LEGO Club participant numbers may be limited; first come, first serve. If however, your child did not get in the fall session, he/she will be first on the list for the spring session.
Participants will need transportation home on meeting dates. Pick-up will be in the main lobby area at 4:15 pm promptly.
Questions? Contact Lori Pittek 610-462-9280 or lmwest6465@yahoo.com
Science Explorers Grades 1-5
The first club of the school year begins soon!!
Science Club will meet on Mondays at French Creek Elementary after school from 3:15-4:15pm and is available to students in Grades 1-5.
The first club topic, which begins on Sept 25th, is MARVELOUS MACHINES:
See how simple machines make work easier…and more fun too! Compete with your friends in a pulley race, construct a lever to make a cool catapult, explore gears that make wind-up toys work, and use the power of a spring to measure force. Lots of energy is needed for participation!
Club topics later in the school year include Toying Around with Science, Let's Get Electrified, Loose in the Chem Lab, Marine Biology Mania and KaBoom Chemistry!!
Please visit www.scienceexplorers.com and click on After-School Clubs for more information on club dates, cost or to register your child. Class size is limited to 23 students per club...so, please register early to guarantee your child a spot.
Please email programs@scienceexplorers.com or call 610.816.5047 with any questions.
Reflections Contest
REFLECTIONS is a National PTA creative arts competition. Students are able to create a piece of artistic work in one or more art mediums.
The theme this year is "Within Reach".
The PTA is excited to announce that Mrs. Zollers (FC Art teacher) will be helping to run the program. She will be introducing the theme in her classes and encouraging students to get their creative minds thinking about what is "Within Reach". We hope to have a record number of submissions from French Creek this year.
Please see the PA PTA website, http://www.papta.org/ to get more detailed information or email fcvpta@ojrsd.com.
Submission deadline, November 3, 2017. All submissions are to be turned into Mrs. Krista Zollers.
Help Schools Affected by Hurricane Harvey
The devastating aftermath of Hurricane Harvey weighs heavy on our hearts and minds as we see the communities and schools in Houston so direly affected. French Creek Valley PTA is partnering with Houston-based Raptor Technologies, the organization that provides security to all of the Owen J. Roberts School district, to help support students who have lost their homes, their clothing, and their school supplies.
If you would like to help with the relief effort, please send any donations of NEW school supplies in to French Creek with your child, and we will have them shipped to Raptor Technologies, who will ensure that they are given to Houston-area schools and families in need. Everything helps -
- backpacks
- pencil boxes/cases
- notebooks
- loose-leaf paper
- binders
- folders
- pencils
- crayons
- colored pencils
- markers
- glue sticks
- construction paper
- calculators
- anything you think a child will need for school!
We will collect items in the French Creek lobby until September 14th!
Thank you for your consideration and generosity! A very special thanks to two local businesses - Heather Moore from Moore Cleaning for Less, and Jason Moss from Beyond Fitness - they have graciously agreed to ship all of the supplies for us! Thank you!
Upcoming Events
French Creek Football Night
September 15th
OJR Stadium
7:00 PM
Friday, September 22nd
6:30-8:30 PM
Mulit-Purpose Room
PTA Meeting
Wednesday, October 4th
7:00-8:30 PM
Commons
First Friday Fun Day
Friday, October 6th
Crazy Hair Day
No School for Students
Monday, October 9th
Grandfriend's Day K-3
Thursday, October 12th
9:30-10:30 AM
*PM Kindergarten 12:30-1:30 PM
Grandfriend's Day 4-6
Friday, October 13th
9:30-10:30 AM