Welcome to
George Washington
Elementary School

• The Allegheny County Health Department is offering free H1N1 vaccines to all students in Allegheny County on Saturday, November 21 from 10 AM to 4 PM at Chartiers Valley High School, McKeesport High School, North Allegheny High School and the former Reizenstein Middle School (now Schenley High School).  All students must be accompanied by an adult.  No appointment is necessary.  The vaccine will be distributed on a first-come, first-served basis.  No additional mass immunization clinic is planned at this time.  Additional vaccination opportunities will be planned based on demand and vaccine availability.  For more information, please call 412-687-ACHD (412-687-2243).

•  Parents, We Need Your Input!  We are asking all Bethel Park Parents who have children in grades K-6 to take a few minutes to complete a brief survey that will provide us with valuable feedback regarding the effectiveness of the HALT! Bully Prevention Program, which is being used in all elementary schools as well as Neil Armstrong Middle School.  Please click here to be connected to the survey.  Please respond by Wednesday, November 25.  Thank you for your help.  Your input is very important to the program's success.

• Attention, Elementary Parents--If your child is enrolled in either the "Let's Read, Let's Write" or the "Stepping Up" after school tutoring programs, you are invited to attend a Federal Programs Parent Information Night on Thursday, December 3 from 7 to 8 PM in the Memorial Elementary School Multi-Purpose Room.  The purpose of this meeting is to provide a brief overview of how federal funds are allocated to programs in the Bethel Park School District.  We hope you will be able to attend.

•  H1N1 Update--On October 14, the school district was notified of two test-confirmed cases of H1N1 at Bethel Park High School and confirmed cases have been reported 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.

• 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 2009-2010 school year.  Thanks to your support, over 50 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!

•  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.