CES Weekly Update!
April 10, 2020
Where Caring and Learning Go Hand in Hand
Principal's Message
We hope this email finds you healthy and safe. Unfortunately, we received some heartbreaking news this week. All Pennsylvania schools will remain closed for the 2019-2020 school year. Like you, we are deeply saddened and miss the children so much. With that said, we will continue to practice our resilience as a community, deliver instruction in creative ways, and do what is best for our students. Garnet Valley School District and Concord Elementary school remain dedicated to making the best of this unprecedented situation. Last night we held our first ever virtual Kindergarten Readiness Night. It was so nice to welcome all our new Concord parents into our family and we cannot wait to meet the class of 2033! Many of you are working so hard at home with your children. Please know, we cannot thank you enough for all of your flexibility, understanding, and well wishes. We continue to always be here for you. Do not hesitate to reach out.
Dr. Adam Penning (pennina@garnetvalley.org)
Mrs. Ashley Leach (leacha@garnetvalley.org)
YEARBOOKS
Mrs. Crans' Tuesday Tale
Join Zoom Meeting
https://zoom.us/j/675770291
Meeting ID: 675 770 291
Please check out our Music Department rocking out!
Schedule for Upcoming Online Learning
Preparing for Online Learning
Our dedicated and incredible CES teachers continue to prepare for online learning. As Dr. Bertrando's emails have stated, this is a new learning forum for all of us. We are all in this together and with a little flexibility, understanding, and patience we will get through this.
Please know that our teachers will be available for support and guidance. With that said, many of our teachers, just like you, are getting used to their new normal --- instructing from home while also taking care of their personal lives. Teachers will do their best to get back to you within 24 hours.
If students finish assignments and you are looking for more learning resources, click the link below:
https://www.garnetvalleycurriculum.com/instructional-resources
We will do our best to make sure that your children keep learning! While this situation is not anything that any of us expected or wanted, we will make the best of it, looking for the bright spots--time together with our loved ones, supporting each other as a school community, new learning that comes from meeting the challenges of a new situation, and pride in our own strength and resilience!
We recognize that you may still have a lot of questions about online learning. Please see the link below to access our FAQ's.
Attendance During Online Instruction
Attendance will be reported on a weekly basis. A student in grades K-5 will be considered present when a completed parental verification of attendance is received. The form will be emailed on a weekly basis to parents. For example, a form will be emailed to you on Monday, April 6th to confirm attendance for the week of March 30th to April 3rd. This verification form includes a space for you to indicate a reason for the missed days of “school.”
Building and Grounds Cleaning and Closure
Letter from Special Education
If your child receives special education services, please click the link below to review a letter from our special education directors:
Upcoming Events
As we continue to get used to our new normal we are routinely looking at previously scheduled events and brainstorming ways to hold the events in different formats.
Canceled:
3/23-3/30 Second Grade Field Trip
4/1, 4/2, 4/14, 4/15, 4/16, 4/17 Grandfriends Day
Postponed until further notice:
Family Fun night at Oasis was scheduled for 3/16 and has been moved to the first week in May
Student of the Month Assemblies will be combined when we return.
3/26 Heritage Night - Still looking into a new date
3/27 Concord HSA Auction - Will be moving to an online auction.
4/2 Kindergarten Readiness Night - Dr. Penning and Mrs. Leach are looking into a virtual night.
Please know that for all postponed events we will do our best to reschedule but we are at the discretion of the outside venues.
Thank you,
Dr. Penning and Mrs. Leach
ELEMENTARY HANDBOOK & GVSD PROCEDURAL MANUAL
NEW WEBSITE ADDRESS
The new address for our school's website is https://ces.garnetvalleyschools.com/.
Concord Elementary School
Website: garnetvalleyschools.com
Location: 114 Station Road, Glen Mills, PA, United States
Phone: 610-579-6100
Facebook: facebook.com/ConcordElementarySchool-GVSD
Twitter: @ConcordGV