Arrowhead News
August 19, 2021
Hi Arrowhead families,
1) Health and Safety Plan
2)Teacher assignment letters
3) First Day of School
4) PowerSchool
5) Arrowhead Meet the Teacher Night
6) Transportation
7) Communication Guide
8) Food Services
9) Arrowhead Forward Project
Hope you have been enjoying your summer so far! We are so excited to welcome back our students and families for a brand new school year!
Health and Safety Plan
The school district recently adopted an update to the health and safety plan.
Masks are required to be worn inside the building.
Masks
Our Masks Are Always On Us…
Click here for the do's and don'ts related to masking.
The Methacton School District requires students to wear masks when they are in school. There are times during the school day when students will be allowed to take their masks off. Lunch, recess, outdoor learning, instrument lessons, and outdoor physical education classes are the only times masks are removed.
In order to find a way to help elementary students keep track of their masks at all times, the Methacton School District is providing all K - 6 students with a child safe lanyard. These lanyards have a break away option to ensure safety. These easy-to-use lanyards will be kept at school and worn throughout the day so that students are not taking their masks off and leaving them in different locations or on a variety of surfaces.
Teachers will help students remember to keep the lanyards at school and tuck the lanyards in their shirts during recess or Physical Education class. The Center for Disease Control (CDC) recommends people wash their hands or use sanitizer before touching their face. Teachers will make sure students are adhering to safety precautions. If parents would like to supply their own lanyard, we ask that it has the break away option and a clasp children can manipulate by themselves.
If by chance the lanyards have not arrived before the first day of school, teachers will encourage students to keep their masks ON their bodies. This could mean putting them in a pocket or another safe way to keep the mask from leaving the child’s possession.
By providing these lanyards, it is our hope that students find keeping their masks on their bodies is safe, sanitary, and easy.
Teacher Assignment Letters will be communicated on Monday, August 23rd
FIRST DAY SCHOOL: AUGUST 30, 2021
August 30th Will Be Here Soon!
The first day of school will be here before you know it! We are so excited to welcome back our students and families to a new year. We look forward to learning and working together as a team and school family!
Supplies: Arrowhead will supply all necessary pencils, pens, crayons, markers, etc. Your child's teacher may ask for more specific items (tissues, wipes, etc.) , but you should have plenty of time to get these few items before school.
Kindergarten students and parents may come to "Sneak-A-Peek" on 8/26 @ 2:00 pm. More information will be sent out on Monday August 23, 2021 about this.
Kindergarten Orientation is a child only event held on 8/30 (first day of school on the calendar). It is called Orientation because students will focus on school procedures and practices on that day.
All transportation information will be posted on Power School on 8/23.
Homework For Parents/Guardians: (Before the start of the school year)
Homework For Parents/Guardians:
Please take a few minutes to review the below information. It is much easier to start the school year with all the correct paper work completed on Power School. A few of the forms will not be available until 8/25/2021.
Log Into your Power School Account:
- Contact Information Verification: Please review your student’s emergency contact information in PowerSchool (Navigation Menu > Contact Information) to verify the information is correct or make any necessary updates.
- The following forms can be found under Navigation Menu > Forms > General Forms.
- Student Health Form: This form must be reviewed and verified every school year.
- Acknowledgements (available on August 25, 2021)
- Handbook Sign Off: Please review your student’s school handbook in PowerSchool or on the building websites. You will be prompted to acknowledge that you have reviewed and discussed the document with your student.
- Code of Conduct Sign Off
- Acceptable Use Policy
- Board Policies
- Optional Publicity Refusal Form (available August 25, 2021): If you do not want your student videotaped or photographed in the 2021-2022 school year, complete the Publicity Refusal Form in PowerSchool by September 15, 2021. This applies to my newsletters as well.
What if you do not know anything about Power School?
- Visit https://www.methacton.org/powerschool for details on how to access your parent portal account. If you have not already established your portal access, please call the main office at your student’s school to obtain the necessary credentials (Access ID and Password for each student) to create your account.
Transportation Update:
All Transportation Information Will Be Available on Power School on 8/23/21!
Communication Guide
We are providing families with a Communications Tool Guide Link where you will find important information regarding the district’s communication tools. Here is the link: https://www.methacton.org//cms/lib/PA50000637/Centricity/Domain/62/CommunicationsTools_FINAL.pdf
In this link you will find information on PowerSchool, SchoolMessenger, Social Media, Lower Providence Community Access Channel, Smore Newsletter< Konstella,
(*Note* Arrowhead uses SchoolMessenger and Smore for our weekly newsletters)
(*Note* Arrowhead Home and School Associations uses Konstella to send out information) and key district contacts. Please take a moment to read the the Communications Tool Guide.
Enjoy the rest of your summer and we look forward to welcoming our students and families back to school on Monday, August 30, 2021.
See directions for school messenger for parents below:
Food Services Information
Prices are not increasing this year. Please note that Free & Reduced meals include both breakfast and lunch.
Breakfast Prices: $1.30 Elementary, $1.95 Skyview/Arcola, $2.70 High School. Reduced pricing for breakfast at all levels is $0.30.
Lunch Prices: $2.70 Elementary, $3.00 Skyview/Arcola, $3.20 High School. Reduced pricing for lunch is $0.40. A premium lunch is available at MHS at a cost of $4.15, and at Arcola for $4.00.
There will not be a meal pick up program as we provided during the pandemic.
We will be serving A la Carte as well.
Click here for the elementary school breakfast and lunch menus.
Arrowhead Forward Mid July until Mid August Update:
If you have been to Arrowhead or driven down Level Road during the summer months, you probably noticed the construction vehicles, materials as well as the new Arrowhead School building being constructed. The construction workers and team have made a lot of progress during the summer months.
As an update from the July Newsletter, the gymnasium CMU walls are currently being constructed to full height and grouted. The outside brick façade work is beginning on the exterior walls and the stair towers. The exterior wall steel studs, framing, and sheathing are currently being completed in Building A (2 story area). Lastly, the structural steel framing has been completed and the team is finishing up some detailing while setting bar joists and roof decking. Additional building work will include prepping for the concrete slab on grade throughout the facility. The plumber and electrician will be installing in wall and under slab piping.
Exciting times as we watch the construction of the new building. Please see construction pictures below.
Regards,
Dr. Roberts
Principal
Arrowhead Elementary School
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Arrowhead Elementary School
Email: aroberts@methacton.org
Website: https://www.methacton.org/Domain/375
Location: 232 Level Road, Collegeville, PA, USA
Phone: 6104895000 44200