Arcola Weekly News
Arcola Intermediate School, 2/18/2022
The Arcola Home and School Association invites students to attend a skate night at Oaks Center Ice on Thursday, March 3rd, from 6:00 - 8:00 PM. Spots are limited, so sign up by February 22nd to reserve your place! The cost is 10 dollars and includes skate rental. Please see the Skate Night attachment below for sign-up information. Let's skate!
Students in 7th grade Art are working together in teams using various types of fiber and textile mediums to create a weaving that builds and grows from class to class. We received so many donations of fabric, yarn, ties, clothes, string, etc. from our supportive staff to create the weaving looms. Once complete, the weavings will be removed from the looms and used as wall hangings throughout the school.
February 25th - Spirit Color Wars - 7th grade "white out" and 8th grade "green out"
Yearbooks are still on sale. We only have about 100 left so please order quickly. You can find the information on Arcola’s website under activities or outside Mr. Haley’s room. This is the best way to remember this year.
February 28: eighth grade Arcola students will participate in the course selection process with the assistance of Arcola and High School counselors and administrators. Please contact Mrs. Berardelli with any questions at sberardelli@methacton.org.
It’s scheduling time for 8th Grade students! Students should be thinking about what electives they would like to take next year and filling out their 9th Grade Course Selection Worksheet. On Thursday, February 24, they will be entering their elective selections into PowerSchool. This is a great time to have a conversation with your student about their electives, plans for high school, and their long-term career goals. For students who are interested in attending the North Montco Technical Career Center next year, a reminder that applications are due to the Arcola Counseling Office by Tuesday, March 1. Space is limited at North Montco, so it is extremely important to meet the deadline in order to be considered in the first round of applicants. If you or your student have any questions about the scheduling process, please reach out to Ms. Berardelli in the Counseling Office (x30203 or sberardelli@methacton.org).
As part of our continuing focus on career awareness and career pathways, Arcola will be hosting our annual STEAM Day (career day) on Tuesday, April 12, with the focus on the STEM and Arts fields. We are in need of volunteers to speak to our students about their own careers. More information on how to volunteer can be found here: https://www.methacton.org/Page/471.
The Methacton School District is once again partnering with the GIANT Company on a special school program to help support our students. From now through February 28, 2022, GIANT customers can “ROUND UP AT THE REGISTER” to support the Methacton Backpack Program. Customers at the local GIANT can “round up” their grocery total at the register and the cumulative total of all the “spare change” donated will go into a fund for the Methacton School District. Last year, this fundraiser awarded more than $6,600 to the Methacton Backpack Program.
Methacton Backpack Program
The Methacton Backpack program is up and running in each of our buildings and serves district families in need with supplemental food and non-food items. This program helps create food stability for breakfast and lunch when our students are not in school. Weekly, the program sends home a bag of breakfast, lunch, and snack items for the weekend and holiday breaks for students in Kindergarten through 12th grade. Families who qualify for free/reduced meals are eligible to participate in the Backpack Program. Please contact the school counselor if you would like to register your child for the Backpack program.
In order to continue to sustain the program please consider contributing and donating items to the program. Items can be donated directly to the school or you can place an order through Amazon and ship it directly to our school from the Amazon page.
https://www.amazon.com/hz/wishlist/ls/Y75GZGW6DXNJ?ref
Please remember to select, “No Weekend Delivery.”
What items can I donate?
Individual Serving Food Items
· Single serving boxes of milk (shelf-stable/not refrigerated)
· Mini cereal boxes
· Canned soup (cans with “pop tops”)
· Oatmeal Packs or cups
· Applesauce and fruit cups
· Chef Boyardee, Hormel, Dint Moore Meals, etc.
· Easy Mac Cups
· Cracker packs
· Sweet snacks: Fruit snacks, pudding, granola bars, individual bags of cookies, etc.
· Salty snacks: pretzel packs, goldfish crackers, popcorn, etc.
· 100% juice boxes
