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Memorial Elementary School
 
 
 
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Welcome to
Memorial Elementary
School

3301 South Park Road
Bethel Park, PA 15102
Phone: (412) 854-8506
Fax: (412) 833-5014
District Voice Mail: (412) 833-5005

School Hours:

9:20 AM to 3:40 PM

AM Kindergarten: 9:20 AM to 12:05 PM

PM Kindergarten: 12:55 PM to 3:40 PM

 
* School Contact

Mr. Eric Chalus, Principal

 
* About Our School
 

Memorial Elementary School is one of five K-4 elementary schools in the Bethel Park School District. Bethel Park is located in the South Hills of Pittsburgh. The staff and PTA of Memorial School strive to provide each child with the best educational experiences possible.

In addition to the core curricula taught at each grade level, the students attend regularly scheduled classes in physical education and health, library, art, vocal music, and computer instruction. Students in grades 1-4 participate in the Book-It program designed to expose students to a variety of literature and strengthen their reading and comprehension skills. Our students consistently score among the highest in the school district on the Pennsylvania State Assessment tests.

 
* Latest News
• Revisions Made to 2009-2010 School Calendar--Please click here to see a revised 2009-2010 school year calendar, which was approved by the Bethel Park Board of School Directors at its February 25, 2010 meeting to make up cancelled school days the week of February 8-12, 2010.  The changes to the calendar include:
  • Students/Staff will make up Monday, February 8 on Thursday, April 1.
  • Students/Staff will make up Tuesday, February 9 on Monday, April 5.
  • Students/Staff will make up Wednesday, February 10 on Tuesday, May 18.  (The Teacher Inservice Day will now be Wednesday, June 9.)
  • Staff will make up Thursday, February 11 with an Inservice Day on Tuesday, June 8.
  • Staff will make up Friday, February 12 with an Inservice Day on Thursday, June 10.

The last day of school remains Friday, June 4 and graduation will still be held on Saturday, June 5.
 
•  Elementary Teachers to Host Benefit Volleyball Tournament on March 27 -- Teachers from Memorial, Lincoln, Franklin and Washington will host a benefit Volleyball Tournament on Saturday, March 27 in the Independence Middle School auditorium to benefit the "Home Again" program at IMS.  The suggested admission is $3 per family and the games will be played at noon, 1 and 2 PM.  There will be refreshments, a Chinese auction and raffles.  All money raised will help the IMS students and staff to repair and refurbish the home of a local Bethel Park family.  To see photos of last year's Home Again project, please click here.  We hope you can join us for the fun at the Volleyball Tournament!

We Need Your Help!  Memorial would like to donate one gift card per grade level to be raffled off during the Volleyball Challenge and are hoping that each student could donate $1-2 for this project.  Please click here to learn more.  Donations need to be brought to school by Friday, March 19.
 
•  Camp Invention Returns to NAMS in June--Neil Armstrong will again host Invent Now Kids' Camp Invention, June 21-25 for students entering grades 1-6.  Please click here to learn more about this year's program!
 
•  H1N1 Update--On October 14, the school district was notified of two test-confirmed cases of H1N1 at Bethel Park High School and there have also been confirmed cases at Neil Armstrong Middle School, Lincoln Elementary School, Memorial Elementary School and Franklin Elementary School.  There have also been several students throughout the district who have exhibited flu-like symptoms and have been diagnosed by their doctors as having H1N1 or H1N1-like symptoms, but their conditions were not officially confirmed via laboratory testing. Please click here to read a letter to all Bethel Park families from Dr. Knight, that outlines what parents can do to help keep their children from getting/spreading H1N1 or other viruses.  If you or any member of your family experience flu-like symptoms, you are encouraged to contact your family physician.  As always, the best defense against communicable disease is proper hand washing. We ask parents to keep their children home if they are exhibiting symptoms or do not feel well. Please click here to learn more about H1N1/Flu Tips.  Please click here to go to the Bethel Park Health Services web page.
 
• Parents Can Monitor Their Child's Cafeteria Purchases via PayForIt.net--All Bethel Park cafeterias are using the QSP point of sale system. With this new system, parents will able to log on to see what your child is eating, how much money is in your account and to set up email reminders to let you know when your account is running low.  For more information, please go to the BPSD Food Services web page.
 
• Edline Now Available for Parents of 2nd, 3rd and 4th Graders--Parents of 2nd, 3rd and 4th can monitor their child's academic progress electronically via Edline.  Parents are encouraged to go to www.edline.net to activate their child's account to see their child's interim grades posted for Math, Language Arts and Spelling for all three grades, as well as Social Studies for third and fourth graders.  Please contact your school secretary for additional assistance.  Parents who do not have access to the Internet can do so at the Bethel Park Library.  Librarians are available to assist.
 
•  District to use ALERTNOW Notification Service as an additional communication tool between the school district and parents--Please click here to learn how you can stay up to date with what is going on in your child's school electronically via ALERT NOW.
 
• Memorial Earns Keystone Achievement Award! For the fifth consecutive year, Memorial Elementary School has been awarded the Keystone Achievement Award by the Pennsylvania Department of Education for making Adequate Yearly Progress (AYP) on the PSSA Exams for two consecutive years.  This year's award is for PSSA Scores in 2007-2008 and 2008-2009.  Congratulations to our third and fourth graders and their teachers for their outstanding work on these tests and keep up the good work!  To see the district's PSSA scores for 2008-2009, please click here.
 

•  ATTENTION KINDERGARTEN PARENTS--On days when a two hour delay is called, the district will operate a Modified Kindergarten Schedule.  Please click here for more information.

 
Read more about the latest news at Memorial by clicking here.
 
* Upcoming Events

  • Monday, March 8 -- PTA Meeting at 9:30 AM

  • Friday, March 12 -- Student Store

  • Wednesday, March 17 -- Happy St. Patrick's Day!

  • Thursday, March 18 -- Spelling Bee

  • Friday, March 26 -- Third Grading Period Ends

  • Monday, March 29 -- Fourth Grading Period Begins

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  • Thursday, April 1 -- Teacher Records Day--NO SCHOOL

  • Friday-Monday, April 2-5 -- Spring Recess--NO SCHOOL

  • Friday, April 9 -- Student Store

  • Friday, April 9 -- Talent Show

  • Monday-Friday, April 12-16 -- PSSA Reading and Math Tests for Grades 3 and 4/Terra Nova Tests for Grades 1 and 2

  • Friday, April 23 -- BINGO

  • Monday-Friday, April 26-30 -- PSSA Science Test for Grade 4

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  • Tuesday, May 4 -- National Teacher Day--THANK YOU, TEACHERS!

  • Sunday, May 9 -- Happy Mothers' Day!

  • Monday, May 10 -- PTA Meeting at 7 PM

  • Thursday, May 13 -- Kindergarten Orientation

  • Friday, May 14 -- Student Store

  • Friday, May 14 -- Fun Fair

  • Friday, May 14 -- Elementary Band Demonstration Day for Third Grade

  • Tuesday, May 18 -- Teacher Inservice Day--NO SCHOOL

  • Wednesday, May 26 -- Beginning Band Parent Information Night at 7 PM

  • Friday, May 28 -- Field Day

  • Monday, May 31 -- Memorial Day--NO SCHOOL

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  • Wednesday, June 2 -- Field Day Rain Date

  • Friday, June 4 -- LAST DAY OF SCHOOL

  • Monday, June 7 -- Teacher Records Day

  • Friday, June 11 -- KENNYWOOD DAY!