5.5.23 PLES Newsletter
May 5, 2023
Hello PLES!
Thank you Mr. Gable, Mr. Eckenroad and Mr. Proto for being our Watch D.O.G.S. today!
With funding from a PA State Farm grant and the Avon Grove Ed Foundation, PLES received our first garden tower this week! Four kindergarten classes participated in an assembly learning about the garden tower and helped put it together. We will be growing vegetables, herbs, flowers, and fruits that will be used by our cafeteria staff in student lunches! Two more towers are on the way. Check out the picture above to see what the towers look like!
Next week is Teacher Appreciation Week! We are looking forward to celebrating and acknowledging all the fantastic teachers at Penn London!
Last call for library books! Please return any library books as soon as possible. This will allow our library team to inventory and prepare the library for the end of the year as well as the grade level transition.
As part of the district’s grade level realignment, first and second grade students will be transitioning to AGIS next year. Starting in the 23-24 school year, Penn London will serve students in kindergarten and first grade. AGIS will serve students in grades 2-5 and the middle school will serve grades 6-8.
To help with the transition to AGIS, first and second grade students will have opportunities during the rest of this school year to go to AGIS, meet the principals, and tour the school. There will also be an information session for parents and caregivers. Please see the flyer below.
The district Art Show is coming! Check out the flyer below.
Have a great weekend!
Mrs. Harrison, Principal
Mrs. Hall, Assistant Principal
Kindergarten students in Mrs. Price’s class are observing the life cycle of a painted lady butterfly. We noted our observations in our "Butterfly Observation Journal" on day 1, day 8, and day 10. The caterpillars have formed a "J" shape and have begun to create their chrysalis. Note: it is not a cocoon. That is a stage for moths, not butterflies!
The four stages in the life cycle of the butterfly are egg, caterpillar, chrysalis, butterfly. We learned that this process is called metamorphosis. That's a mouthful! Hopefully soon our butterflies will come out of their chrysalis stage. Once they do after a few days, we will set them free outside to begin the life cycle all over again!
