Wrightstown Ravens' News
March 26, 2021
Spring Break Coming Up!
Council Rock's 2021 Spring Break kicks off on Thursday, April 1st. Please see the following Spring Break details:
- Thursday, April 1: Schools Closed
- Friday, April 2: Schools Closed
- Monday, April 5: Schools Closed
Additional important dates to note:
Wed. 3/31 - End of 3rd Marking Period
Tues. 4/6 - 4th MP Begins/Return to 5 day In-Person Learning
Tues. 4/13 - School Picture Day/PTO Dine & Donate at Greenstraw 4:00pm-7:00pm
WES was well represented in the Bucks County IU STEM Challenge!
Congratulations to Adele Barber, Reagan McKenzie, & Sophia Marcopul who placed first in the elementary division (Grades 4-5). They will move on and represent Bucks County at the state level!
Most Creative at both the elementary and middle school levels were awarded to Wrightstown students as well! Daniel Kasyanov, Jack McInerney, and Carter Sowinski were recognized at the elementary level and Matthew Brozyna, Brendan Doyle, Chase Murphy & Greyson Warner were recognized at the middle school level.
Other semi-finalists included 5th grade students Brian Khelmer, Gabriel Gorevoy, Nick Hoffman, Yaxin Zhao, Gracie Fenicola, Maryna Hryhoryeva, Audrey Thomas, Adam Margolin, Anjali Yip, and Samiya Chowdhury.
In addition, 6th grade participants included: Brianna Jordan, Zara Sexton, and Katie Schneider. 4th Grade participants included: Riley McCarthy, Ashlyn Bishop, Miles Gotzis, Cathal McDermott, Justin Potok, Jackson Zorawski, Fiona Stefannelli, Zachary McBurney, Austin Thomas, Charlotte Biedermann, Logan Schaefer, Elizabeth Dubinina, Joey Spindler, Chase Bordner, Aiden Matthews, Jessica Bayer & Madalynn Knittle.
Congratulations to all for representing Wrightstown so well! We are proud of you!
Picture Day: April 13th
Picture Day is scheduled for Tuesday, April 13th (Picture make-up day is Wednesday, May 12th). To order your school pictures online, please go to mylifetouch.com and enter the WES Picture Day code: EVTMF34KJ
Lifetouch is offering our virtual students to be photographed based on the following procedures:
- Photos of virtual students will be taken on the same day from 4:15 - 6:00 pm only on April 13th.
- To comply with the CRSD Health and Safety Plan, parents will not be able to enter the school building.
- Students will enter the building at the gym side entrance doors. Parents should remain outside the building while their child's picture is taken. I will be at the gym side entrance doors to assist as needed.
SPIRIT WEEK: May 10 - 14th
Over the past few weeks, there has been much discussion as to how our field day event will be run this year. The district elementary P.E. Department has agreed that we would like to provide a fun and exciting event for the students to look forward to at the end of the year. I am excited to announce that we will move forward with a modified plan for field day that meets the current health and safety plan of the district. This year field day will be across a week-long event, named “Spirit Week”! The goal is for students to participate in outdoor game play that encourages sportsmanship, teamwork, and cooperation. Below are some important notes:
- P.E. teachers will run the games during the week of May 10th
- Students will participate in spirit week outdoor games during their P.E. class time
- Virtual students will have the opportunity to participate in “at home” games that are created specifically for kids to play at their house
- Shirts with school colors will be available for optional purchase April 9th-11th through the PTO
- Kindergarten classes will be adding a P.E. time during spirit week to participate in all events (more info follow)
- Parents will be able to view pictures and videos of the students at the end of each day
To kickstart our exciting news, the first event for spirit week is a design contest for the t-shirt worn during spirit week!! With collaboration of the PTO, all students will be given the opportunity to create their own design that could win and be printed on the front of WES spirit week shirts. All paper submissions should be turned in at the office or digital submissions to their P.E. teacher’s google classroom. Teachers will have the opportunity to help decide the winning design! Students can work together with their family to come up with creative ideas. All information regarding the contest is attached.
We hope you are as excited as the P.E. team that our event can happen this year. Although different, we believe it will be a memorable time for our Wrightstown students!
Thank you for your understanding and support,
Mrs. Hart and Mrs. Smith
WES P.E. Teachers
Be the designer: Spirit Week t-shirt!
WHO: All current Wrightstown Elementary students
WHAT: This is a contest to design our WES shirt for Spirit Week. In place of a traditional Field
Day, all elementary schools will hold Spirit Week from May 10-14th. The winner will
have their design made into a shirt for everyone to purchase (purchase is optional)
WHEN: Submit designs to the office or on student’s P.E. teacher’s Google Classroom by
Tuesday, 4/6. The winner will be announced Monday, 4/12 and we will place orders
the same week.
HOW: You may draw or use technology to create graphics
and text. Please submit on white paper. The shirt will be printed using one color only.
Design Guidelines:
Must use a dark sharpie marker or print from a computer. NO PENCIL!
Must include sporting images
Must include the following: WES and the year 2021!
Good luck to all artists!
MEAL SERVICE PICK UP PRIOR TO SPRING BREAK
In advance of Spring Break, CR families can pick up 7 days of breakfast meals and 7 days of lunch meals on Wednesday, March 31. Utilize your regular location when going to pick up meals.
Updates from Ms. Gulnac
This week, all 3rd grade students participated in a career readiness lesson on Growth Mindset! Students were introduced to the idea of exercising your brain with the book, Your Fantastic Elastic Brain: Stretch It, Shape It. The book teaches students how each part of the brain plays a role in how we grow and learn. Mistakes are inevitable, but by perseverance, we can help train our brains! Students then participated in a discussion on how trying new things will eventually lead to a career path.
Also this week, 4th graders participated in a career readiness lesson and read the story Amazing Grace by Mary Hoffman. In the story, Grace perseveres through obstacles to reach her goal of playing Peter Pan in the school play. Students participated in a class discussion on the themes of perseverance, goal setting, and career choices. After the discussion individuals created a goal and identified potential obstacles to reaching that goal.
from the literacy corner
Our Wrightstown Readers are truly showing their skills this month!! The monthly reading logs are filling up and students are reading MORE than 20 minutes a day!! Please remember to continue to encourage your children to read each night. They can read independently, or you can read to them. Reading aloud builds a child's vocabulary and language development and reading and re-reading independently fosters fluency and confidence in reading. Remember only 10 more days until the end of the month - that is only 10 more days for us to meet our goal of 76,000 minutes!! Keep on reading WES!!
By the end of the month, students should log in to a Google Form and record their total minutes read for the month. This Google Form is accessible from their Google Classroom. Here is a video that we are sharing with the students explaining it a little more clearly. Thank you for all your support at home!
pssa testing dates (grades 3-6)
It's time for PSSAs! I recently shared with families the specific dates for testing. Those dates are included below. For your planning purposes, students in grades 3 - 6 will take the Pennsylvania System of School Assessment (PSSA) on the following dates:
English Language Arts: Tues., 4/20, Wed., 4/21 & Thurs., 4/22
Math: Mon., 4/26, Tues., 4/27
Sci: Mon., 5/3 & Tues., 5/4
Electronic Devices Letter 2021
In addition, although it is not always possible, it is best to avoid having children take make-up tests. Therefore, it is helpful to schedule necessary appointments outside the testing times and have your child present at school each day on time. If any student arrives to school after the 9:30 a.m. test start time, students will need to make up the missed assessment on another day. We know that the children will be successful when they give their best effort, and the staff and I appreciate your support
yearbook photos needed
Families, we need your help! We would like to provide students with a memorable yearbook this year. Due to the restrictions that prevent parent photographers from being in the building, we need your pictures throughout the year. These photographs should only include students at Wrightstown Elementary School. Please upload your photos below. Thank you in advance for your help to create a memorial yearbook for our students!
PTO Dine & Donate Night
STUDENT EXPECTATIONS FOR CAMERA USE IN THE 4TH MP
Below is taken from Dr. Fraser's email (3/16):
When MP 4 begins on Tuesday, April 6th, we will initiate the following new expectations for students regarding camera usage and in-person assessment completion. These changes presented below, reflect our commitment to high standards for all Council Rock students while trying to still balance some difficulties associated with the ongoing pandemic.
K-8th Grade Virtual Learner Camera Expectation:
Because ALL of our K-8 students now have a District-issued Chromebook, beginning on April 6th we will base attendance for this group on camera usage. Specifically, we ask that teachers monitor and mark virtual student attendance via the use of the camera to attend class.
Car rider drop off and pick-up procedures
If you are new to Car Pick Up Only: During the first week of your return to school, every car rider family received two (2) placards. Students will be given these placards to take home. Please note, these placards will be distributed per family, not students. We appreciate your patience as we transition to these new procedures. It will take some time for this new process to become routine.
- Two (2) placards will be provided per car rider family.
- Placards must be displayed in the car windshield in full view for staff to see when picking up students.
- Remember to remain in your car during this process. Staff members assigned to this area will assist your child to your vehicle.
- If you don’t have a placard displayed and the staff doesn’t recognize you, you will be asked to park and visit the main office in the front of the building to provide identification to sign your child out.
Here is how car rider dismissal procedures will work:
-Display your school-issued placard in your car windshield so that it is visible.
-Upon entering the school site you will turn left (there is a sign on the right of the driveway indicating this) and drive through the front parking lot.
-Once you come to a stop sign you will cross over the bus lane into another parking lot and turn right.
-You will proceed down toward the gym entrance and pull your car up as far as you can go. Cones will be stationed in this area.
-Please remain in your car.
-A staff member will write down your child’s name and radio the office to call for your child/ren to be dismissed from their classroom to the gym doors.
-Depending on the time that it takes your child to exit the building, you may be asked to move your car out of the line and park in a parking space. Staff will direct you.
If your child is a car rider, you will no longer be permitted to park in the staff/visitor parking lot, walk up and receive your child. You must remain in the car line to pick up your child/ren. No child will be released to a parent/person outside of their car.
Car rider procedures for morning drop off remain the same.
-Once on site follow the signs for car rider drop off located on the gym side of the school.
-Parents pull their car up to the gym side of the school where you will remain in your car.
-Children exit the car from the passenger side only and enter the school through the gym doors.
A directional map is provided below for your reference.
Car Rider Form
KINDERGARTEN & NEW 1ST GRADE REGISTRATION
Council Rock School District utilizes a secure online portal for parents to enroll their kindergarten-age child. Children must be five (5) years of age on or before September 1st for the school year you are registering. Click the link below to start the kindergarten registration process for your child.
WES PTO PRESENTS RAYA AND THE LAST DRAGON
Wrightstown PTO Presents Raya and the Last Dragon
Fri, Apr 16, 2021
8:00 PM - 10:00 PM
Parking lot opens @ 7:00 PM
30$ per car
Pick your car location and purchase your tickets here:
https://penncinemahuntingdonvalle.simpletix.com/e/64563
Penn Cinema Drive-In is located behind the movie theater
2068 County Line Road, Huntingdon Valley, PA, 19006
Friends and families of WES are welcome. You can bring your own snacks or you may order curbside options from your car. Any questions please contact Megan DeFinis Meganjanine83@gmail.com or the WES PTO.
Reminders!
IS YOUR READING LOG FILLING UP? SCHOOLWIDE READING INCENTIVE
How many minutes do you have logged? The March goal is for all of our students to read at least 76,000 minutes and the incentive for reaching that goal is going to be a whole school pajama day!
Students were provided with reading logs to record their minutes read. By the end of the month, however, they need to log in to a Google Form and record their total minutes read for the month. This Google Form will be accessible from their Google Classroom. Here is a video that we are sharing with the students explaining it a little more clearly. Thank you for all your support at home!
UPDATED: PA TRAVEL REQUIREMENTS
PA has lifted any travel requirements for out-of-state travel. No longer do people over 11 years old or older need to provide a negative test or quarantine if they have traveled out of the state
SPECIALS ROTATING SCHEDULE - 3RD MP
You can find the calendar for the third marking period specials days below along with a printable page at the following LINK.
SPECIALS ROTATING SCHEDULE - 4th MP
FREE LUNCH FOR EVERY STUDENT IN CR EXTENDED THROUGH END OF SCHOOL YEAR
CRSD has communicated information to families about our free lunches for all students. It really is FREE and it is for ALL students! Through a waiver from the U.S. Department of Agriculture, CRSD will be able to provide all students in the District with lunch on school days at no cost to families. The free lunches are available to both in school students and 100% virtual students.
In addition to the great choices available for children, each day they have the option of pizza or a fun lunch. Also, all meals come with fruit, vegetables, and milk.
A la carte items (e.g., snacks, ice cream, and certain drinks) are NOT included as part of the free meal and must be paid for the student’s lunch account. A la carte purchases will be deducted from the account after purchased.
Please contact the cafeteria manager at Wescafeteria@crsd.org if you have any questions.
If you would like your child to purchase snacks or additional menu items, you may add them to your child's lunch account using the button below. Please note, you do not need to add to this account to take advantage of the free lunch program for all students.
VISIT OUR NEW PARENT/STUDENT TECHNOLOGY RESOURCES SITE
Council Rock families are invited to visit our brand new Parent/Student Technology Resources Site. The site was created with our families in mind. In visiting there, you will find tutorials, troubleshooting tips, Chromebook information, and important technology updates. The new Parent/Student Technology Resources Site is located within the CRSD Reopening Hub. Please take a moment now to visit the site by clicking on the link below.
UPDATED CR HEALTH & SAFETY PLAN
Please CLICK HERE to read the updated version of the plan.
FAMILY TRIP REQUEST FORM
Please ensure the Family Trip Request Form is completed prior to the start of your trip. This form is located on the front of the WES website and is also provided directly below.
LIBRARY NEWS FOR VIRTUAL STUDENTS
Virtual students are able to check out Library books. If you are interested in learning about how to do this please visit your child’s Library Google classroom. The link is in the classroom under the heading Virtual Book Check out or click the button below.
Chromebook Support
Students/parents should use our help desk system at the following link: https://crsdstudent.sherpadesk.com
The system will allow students/parents (student ID is required to submit a ticket) to submit a ticket for help. It will also allow them to see the status of existing tickets.
The first time they use the system, they will need to set up their account. This will require a unique email address, the location where the student attends school (this is a required field), their first and last name, a phone number where they can be reached (if additional/different contact information/preferences are desired, they can be included in the body of the request), the type of issue (called class on the form - this is also required), the student ID (this is required), a subject or brief description of the issue, and then the details about the issue.
To see the status of a ticket that was submitted, they can click on that option, log in with their email address and password (set during account creation).
We will continue to monitor the chrome support email address but will refer parents/students to the ticketing system if they have an issue or problem that needs to be resolved.
The two biggest advantages to this system are that the ticket will go directly to a technician, and the parent/student will be able to see the status of the tickets they have entered.
WiFi Issues: Contact your provider (Comcast, Verizon, Xfinity, etc.)
Password Issues: Contact our Librarian Assistant, Kristi Marino at kristi.marino@crsd.org
APPROVED 2021-2022 AND 2022-2023 CALENDARS
The Council Rock School community is invited to review the approved 2021-2022 and 2022-2023 school year calendars. These calendars were presented at the January 21st Education Committee Meeting and approved at the February 4th meeting of the Board of School Directors.
Wrightstown Elementary School
Principal
Email: bfox@crsd.org
Website: http://crsd.org/wrightstownes
Location: 729 Penns Park Road, Wrightstown, PA 18940
Phone: (215) 944-2300
Twitter: @BethFox_WES