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• 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.
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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.
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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.
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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!
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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.
- ALL visitors to Bethel Park schools will report directly to the main office upon entry into the building.
- Visitors will log-in their name, date, time and reason for visit on a standardized log-in sheet in each school office.
- 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.
- Visitors will be issued visitor’s tag that must be worn visibly during the time of the visit.
- 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.
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