The Manavon Messenger
January 9, 2023
Dear Manavon Families,
Sincerely,
Dr. Celotto
Calendar of Events
January 16: No School, Martin Luther King, Jr. Day
January 18: HSA Meeting @ 7 pm
January 19: End of Second Marking Period
January 20: Half day for students, dismissal @ 11:45
January 27: Character Trait Assembly
February 16, 17: Parent Conferences (no school for students)
Can You Survive the Titanic?
Manavon physical education students were swinging into the new year during an exciting game of Titanic! The students collaborated to help their peers navigate the obstacle course of the Titanic without falling in the ocean. Even I joined in on the fun! Wishing everyone a happy and HEALTHY start to 2023!
Mrs. Toren's Pancake Breakfast
Mrs. Toren’s class had their rain date Pancake Breakfast last week. The students were so excited to make their own creations! Look at how yummy those pancakes look!
Student Government Pretzel Sale
Manavon Student Government is having a Pretzel Day! Help our Student Government raise money to support our school! Please fill out the order form and send back to school by Friday, January 13, 2023. Pretzel Day will be Friday, January 20th! Late orders will not be accepted. Pretzels are $1 ~ Please include $1 (cash/coins) in the envelope (*no change will be given*). See the order form below for more details.
Second Graders Working Hard
Social Expression Content
Second Step: Lesson II
We started a new unit!!
This week in Second Step: Lesson 11 was delivered on Wednesday, December 14. See below for information on this unit. Our next lesson will be on Monday, January 9.
Empathy & Kindness: Students learn how to use empathy to show others kindness, use kindness to make and maintain friendships, identify and demonstrate how perspective-taking skills influence empathy, their relationships, and their own thoughts and actions, and apply their perspective-taking and empathy skills to define and help solve a community problem.
You’ll receive weekly communications from me to help you reinforce Second Step language, skills, and goals at home. If you have any questions about Second Step Elementary, please don’t hesitate to contact me for more information. Thank you for your support as we work to build a safe and supportive school community!
During this unit your child(ren) will be working on: Click the Grade Level Below!
This week, chat with your child(ren) about:
- Grade 2: What’s Empathy? In this week’s lesson, your child will learn that empathy means feeling or understanding what someone else is feeling, and that empathy can lead to kindness. Try This at Home: Ask your child to tell you what empathy means.
- Grade 3: Kindness and Friendship: In this week’s lesson, your child will learn how empathy—the ability to understand and feel how someone else is feeling—and kindness can help build new friendships. Try This at Home: Ask your child what kind things they could they do to build a friendship with someone.
- Grade 4: The Same, But Different: In this week’s lesson, your child will learn that people can have different points of view about the same thing. Try This at Home: With your child, discuss a time when you had a different point of view than someone else about the same thing. Describe how your experiences—what you’ve seen, heard, or done in your life—affect your point of view.
- Grade 5: Empathy in the Community: In this lesson, your child will describe how empathy can help someone identify and solve a problem in their community. Try This at Home: Point out something that has changed for the better in your neighborhood recently. Ask your child why they think that change is helpful. Point out how empathy might have helped someone decide to make that change.
Repeated Information from Previous Messengers
Reminder-New Year, New You
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Kindergarten Registration for the 2023-2024 School Year
It's that time of year... inviting the parents/guardians of our incoming Kindergarten class to join us for a Kindergarten Information Night on January 26th from 6:00 - 7:30.
EVERYTHING you want to know about Kindergarten and the Early Learning Center!!
To learn more about this event, start your registration, or for general information about our kindergarten program, please visit the Kindergarten page on the ELC website.
Student Illness Guidelines
- Following a nighttime bout of nausea, vomiting, diarrhea or fever, the student should stay at home and be watched for further symptoms. Fever is defined as a temperature 100° or above without the use of fever-reducing medication.
- The student’s temperature should remain normal without the use of fever-reducing medication for 24 hours prior to returning to school.
It is also advisable for the student to stay home from school if any of the following symptoms are exhibited:
- Unusual skin eruptions, chills, discharge or redness of eye(s), or persistent cough.
- A student should not arrive at school with an injury that occurred at home to be evaluated by the school nurse.
- Any serious injury occurring at home must be evaluated by the student’s healthcare provider.
Yearbook Orders
Attention 2nd, 3rd, and 4th Grade Families… It’s time to order your YEARBOOK! Yearbook ordering will take place online this year directly through the Balfour website using the link below. Yearbooks will be on sale from now through January 20th. The cost is $22 through December 9th. After that, the cost will increase to $25 through the end of the sale. No yearbooks will be sold after January 20th, so order yours now! If you are unable to purchase online, please reach out to ManavonYearbookPASD@gmail.com. (All 5th graders will receive a free yearbook courtesy of the Manavon HSA.)
https://www.balfour.com/pennsylvania/phoenixville/manavon-elementary-school
Manavon Elementary School
Assistant Principal: Mrs. Natalie Hrynko
Secretary: Mrs. Becky Sinapius
Clerk: Mrs. Karen Martz
Email: celotton@pasd.com
Website: https://mes.pasd.com/
Location: 2 Phantom Way, Phoenixville, PA, USA
Phone: (484) 927-5350
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/PASDmanavon
Twitter: @PASDSchools