NESHAMINY SCHOOL DISTRICT

Samuel Everitt Elementary School Forsythia Drive South * Levittown, PA 19056

Andre Modica, Principal * 215 809 6320

March 2015

NEWSLETTER “Providing Educational Excellence and Community

Service since 1955 “

Guidance Corner Congratulations all of the students of Samuel Everitt who participated in the Pennies for Patients program. Our goal was to collect $1,500.00. The students should be very proud of their efforts. As a school we collected $1,857.38 to help the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society fight childhood blood cancers. The top fundraising class was Ms. Bowman’s fourth grade class. They collected an incredible $242.30. Mrs. Gainer’s class was second with $194.15 and Ms. McMahon's class was third with a total of $167.66. Thanks to all from the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society.

Mrs. Sophy

EVERITT COMMUNITY COMES UP BIG AGAIN!

Ms. Bowman's 4th Grade Class

Everitt first-grader ranks high in math competition

Remember to have your children wear sneakers for Physical Education. During the month of March the curriculum will focus on rhythmic movement. During this unit grades K-5 will be working on developing skills in dance and other rhythmic movements.

Important Safety Reminder

Please do not drop your children off at school prior to 8:30am. We have no staff supervision outside prior to 8:30am. Some children have been dropped off as early as 8am. Also, children that walk to school should not arrive prior to 8:30am. Children dropped off after 8:50am must be brought to the office and signed in by an adult.

First-grader Augustine Owusu-Sarfo is making a name for himself playing the educational online math game First In

Math.

Augustine has ranked 33rd among the top 100 ranked first graders in the

entire state of Pennsylvania, and third place for all grade levels at Everitt. The game is a multi-grade resource for

teaching math in a competitive, fun way. It is designed to complement

common-core standards, offering math fluency and practice skills that introduce

children as young as kindergarten and first-grade to basic elements of algebra. It is web-based and can be played

anywhere and any time, encouraging kids to build good practice habits. His

teacher, Mrs. Bettelli, and the entire school are very proud of him.

Augustine's teacher, Kerry Bettelli, said the

entire school is proud of him.

Notification Letter for Parents or Guardians

March 2015

The Neshaminy School District uses an Integrated Pest Management (IPM) approach for managing insects, rodents and weeds. Our goal is to protect every student from pesticide exposure by using an IPM approach to pest management. Our IPM approach focuses on making the school building and grounds an unfavorable habitat for these pests by removing food and water sources and eliminating their hiding and breeding places. We accomplish this through routine cleaning and maintenance. We routinely monitor the school building and grounds to detect any pests that are present. The pest monitoring team consists of our building, office, and teaching staff and includes our students. Pest sightings are reported to our IPM contractor who evaluates the “pest problem” and determines the appropriate pest management techniques to address the problem. The techniques can include increased sanitation, modifying storage practices, sealing entry points, physically removing the pest, etc. From time to time, it may be necessary to use pesticides registered by the Environmental Protection Agency to manage a pest problem. A pesticide will only be used when necessary, and will not be routinely applied. When a pesticide is necessary, the school will try to use the least toxic product that is effective. Applications will be made only when unauthorized persons do not have access to the area(s) being treated. The Schedule for all Neshaminy School District monthly IPM services will be posted in all Main Office sites throughout the year. Staff and parents or guardians of students enrolled in the school may request prior notification of specific pesticide applications made at the school. To receive notification, you must be placed on the school’s notification registry. If you would like to be placed on this registry, please send a letter to the Neshaminy School District Facilities Department, 2001 Old Lincoln Highway, Langhorne, PA 19047 If a pesticide application must be made to control an emergency pest problem, notice will be provided via the Neshaminy School District web site and postings in the site’s Main Office. Exemptions to this notification include disinfectants and antimicrobial products; self-containerized baits placed in areas not accessible to students, and gel type baits placed in cracks, crevices or voids; and swimming pool maintenance chemicals. If you have any questions, please contact the Facilities Office at 215-809-6250.

FOOD DRIVE OPERATION HELPING HAND

STUDENTS: You CAN make a difference in Bucks County. Bring a donation to school on Wednesday, March 11

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and help fight hunger in Bucks County.

Bring your donations in on March 11, 2015

Food Guide (Please check expiration date before donation):

Kindergarten Canned Vegetables, Cereal 1st Grade Cereal, Nonperishable Milk Products

2nd Grade Canned Fruit, Tomato Products 3rd Grade Peanut Butter, Jelly, Canned Meat

4th Grade Canned Fruit, Juice, Cereal 5th Grade Spaghetti Sauce, Canned Tomatoes

Any non-perishable food items you can donate are appreciated.

County’s First Call for Help a

March is going to be a very exciting month for our school!!

Basket Bingo Night is Friday, March 6 from 6:30-8:30

$5 will get you entry, 8 games and 1 door prize ticket.

We will have many baskets to raffle off. Be sure to purchase tickets for your

chance to win!! In between the bingo games, raffle tickets and door prizes

will be awarded. Everyone has a chance to win! Some of the items we will

have that night are:

• An American Girl Doll

• $300 Mealey's Gift Card

• $50 Snipes Gift Card

• 4 tickets to Philadelphia Soul

• 4 tickets to Trenton Thunder

• 4 passes to the Land of Make Believe

• 2 tickets to Sesame Place

• 2 tickets to Camden Aquarium

• 3 month family membership to the YMCA

Gift cards to Giant, Sam's Club, Skyzone, Bounce U and many more items

and baskets! You don't want to miss this night!

School store will be Tuesday, March 10th and Tuesday, March 24th.

To wrap up the month of March, we will be having our FABULOUS TALENT

SHOW. Everitt's Got Talent! March 27th is a night you don't want to miss!

Come support our kids who have been working so hard to put on an amazing

show!

SNOWFLAKE

EXPERIMENT WITH

THE PROFESSOR

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DID PHIL SEE HIS SHADOW?

DENTAL HYGIENE MONTH

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PARACHUTE FUN FIRST GRADE SCIENCE!

__________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ FUN WITH THE CHINESE NEW YEAR!

EVERITT MARCH 2015 EVERITT

Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat

Women's History Month

Hillary Clinton Eleanor Roosevelt Amelia Earhart Oprah Winfred

1

2 Day 3

PTO Meeting 7pm

Read Across America Day

3 Day 4

4 Day 5

5 Day 1

6 Day 2 Kindergarten Registration

PTO Basket

Bingo…Doors open @ 6pm

7

8

9 Day 3

10 Day 4

School Store

11 Day 5 Food Drive "Operation

Helping Hand"

Please Help…..Send

in non-perishable items today!

4th and 5th grade trip to Sandburg

12 Day 1

13 Day 2

14

15

16 Day 3

17 Day 4 Kindergarten

Poison Prevention Program

18 Day 5

19 Day 1

20 Day 2

21

22

23 Day 3

24 Day 4

School Store

25 Day 5

26 Day 1

27 Day 2

28

29

30

School Closed

Act 80

31

School Closed

Easter Recess

NOTES:

Schools will reopen on April 6