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Welcome to
George Washington
Elementary School

515 Clifton Road
Bethel Park, PA 15102
Phone: (412) 854-8546
Fax: (412) 854-8435
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. Fred Pearson, Principal

* About Our School
 

Welcome to George Washington Elementary, a part of the Bethel Park School District. Located in Bethel Park, a suburban area south of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. The school is staffed by a faculty that strives to present an instructional program that challenges all students to reach their potential as lifelong learners and responsible members of society. As a kindergarten to grade four elementary school, our basic charge is to provide for the academic needs of the full spectrum of student abilities. In addition to a strong academic program we provide regularly scheduled classes in physical education, art, vocal music, library/media, and computer instruction. The percentile scores achieved by our students in grades one through four are consistently in the mid-eighties to low nineties.


Other features of our curriculum include the use of a superior mathematics program as rated by The National Council of Mathematics teachers, an integrated language arts program that combines the aspects of reading, language and writing. Finally, we are in the process of incorporating a hands-on science program in cooperation with ASSET Inc., a non-profit organization created by the Bayer Corporation in 1992, to advance the instruction of science.

 
* Latest News

•  Ladies Night Out Scheduled for October 17--Vendors and Crafters Needed!  The Washington PTO will be hosting another Ladies Night Out on Saturday, October 17 at a location to be determined.  The organization is looking for vendors and crafters to participate in this successful event.  If you would like to learn more about how you can be a part of this great evening, please contact Mary Schneir as soon as possible at maryschneir@yahoo.com.

• Parents Can Monitor Their Child's Cafeteria Purchases via PayForIt.net--Beginning February 16, all Bethel Park cafeterias will be using the QSP point of sale system, replacing the previous SNAP system.  With this new system, parents will able to log on to www.payforit.net 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.

FREE/REDUCED BREAKFAST AND LUNCH UPDATE--The Bethel Park School District participates in the National School Lunch Program.  Please be aware that Free/Reduced Meals are available to those who qualify.  Applications for the 2009-2010 school year are available by clicking here.   Please be advised that even if your student(s) qualified for Free/Reduced meals in 2008-2009, you MUST reapply for the 2009-2010 school year.  If you have questions, please call Dana Walker at 412-854-8426.

Edline Now Available for Parents of 2nd, 3rd and 4th Graders--Parents of 2nd, 3rd and 4th graders will receive information in their child's report card envelope on January 27 about how they can set up an Edline account to gain electronic access to their child's academic progress.  The letter will provide parents with an Edline Activation Code and parents are encouraged to go to www.edline.net to activate their child's account.  The website will guide you through the process.  Once an account is activated, parents can 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.  Parents who have difficulty accessing Edline can contact the school secretary for assistance.  We encourage all parents to stay up to date with their child's progress via Edline.  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--Keeping parents informed is a top priority of the Bethel Park School District, and we will be using the ALERTNOW Notification Service to send telephone and/or email messages to parents and/or employees to notify them of things such as school delays or cancellations due to inclement weather.  With ALERTNOW, you won't have to watch television to wait for Bethel Park's status to scroll onto the screen.  Parents will be notified by phone when the district makes the decision to close or delay.  ALERTNOW can also be used to remind parents of upcoming events at school.  But most importantly, in an emergency, ALERTNOW has the capability to launch 12,000 phone calls a minute, so parents don't have to rely on Phone Chains to get emergency information.  In an emergency, ALERTNOW has the capability to call up to three phone numbers per student.  ALERTNOW also has the capability to send out email messages to one email address per student.  Please click here to learn more about ALERTNOW.  We hope you will agree that ALERTNOW is another way the district can keep parents up to date.

Washington Earns Keystone Achievement Award! For the fourth consecutive year, George Washington 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 2006-2007 and 2007-2008.  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 2007-2008, please click here.

• PTO to collect used cell phones--The Washington PTO will continue its collection of Used Cell Phones during the 2008-2009 school year.  Thanks to your support, over 75 used cell phones were recycled this summer via collection at the Bethel Park Community Center!  Recycled used cell phones will be distributed to Women's Shelters for use in emergency situations.  In addition, by recycling, we are able to prevent cell phone components from polluting our environment.  All proceeds benefit student PTO-based activities at Washington Elementary!  Collection boxes will be located at Washington, Buildings 1, 2, 3 and 4 at Bethel Park High School and the Bethel Park Community Center.   For more information, please contact Julie Gorman at 412-854-7444.  Thank you for helping to make a difference!

Visitor Sign-In Procedures Revised for ALL Bethel Park Schools.  ALL visitors to Bethel Park schools must adhere to the following sign-in procedures. We appreciate your cooperation as we continue to provide a safe environment for our students and staff.

  1. ALL visitors to Bethel Park schools will report directly to the main office upon entry into the building.
  2. Visitors will log-in their name, date, time and reason for visit on a standardized log-in sheet in each school office.
  3. The building secretary will verify the information is complete and will obtain photo identification from the visitor, which will be held in the office for the duration of the visitor’s time in the building.
  4. Visitors will be issued visitor’s tag that must be worn visibly during the time of the visit.
  5. At the conclusion of the visit, the visitor will return the visitor’s tag to the office, log out and their photo identification will be returned to the visitor.
 

On days when a two hour delay is called, the district will operate a Modified Kindergarten Schedule as follows:

  • Morning Kindergarten will attend from 11:20 AM to 1 PM
  • Afternoon Kindergarten will attend from 2 to 3:40 PM

Modified Kindergarten equalizes both sessions to 1 hour, 40 minutes of instruction.  Please take note of this change to the schedule.  Please click here for more information.

 
The Bethel Park School District has purchased subscriptions to the Online Edition of your child's textbooks for several subjects.  You can access these books from your computer.  Please click on the links below and enter your child's user name and password that was given to them by your child's teacher.  If you have questions, please contact your child's teacher for more information.
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* Upcoming Events
  • Wednesday, June 3 -- Full Day of School
  • Thursday, June 4 -- Full Day of School
  • Thursday, June 4 -- Last Day of School for Kindergarten Students ONLY
  • Friday, June 5 -- Last Day of School--Early Dismissal at Noon
  • Friday, June 5 -- Kennywood Picnic Day!
  • Monday, June 8 -- Teacher Inservice Day
  • Tuesday, June 9 -- 1/2-Day Teacher Records Day
  • Wednesday, June 17 -- Report Cards Mailed

    HAVE A GREAT SUMMER!  WE'LL SEE YOU ON TUESDAY, AUGUST 25!