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• Join Us for
Another Mom's Night Out! Calling ALL Bethel Park Moms--the
Washington PTO is organizing another Ladies Night Out, which will be held on
Friday, November 21 from 7 to 10 PM at the Buffalo Inn in South Park.
Details will be forthcoming. If you are a vendor who would like to
participate in this event, please contact Mary Schneir
at 412-851-0694 or
maryschneir@yahoo.com
or Laura Hoffman
at 412-854-1556 or
psuhoffman@yahoo.com.
Our last Mom's Night Out was a great time, so we hope you can join us in
November for our next ladies-only extravaganza!
• Cafeteria Earns 7
Black Diamond Awards--Congratulations
to the Washington Cafeteria Staff, for earning seven Black Diamond Awards
from the Allegheny County Health Department during its most recent
inspection. Black Diamonds are the highest awards given by the ACHD
and are given only to those facilities with exceptional standards of
cooking, cooling, reheating, hot and cold food holding, protection from
cross-contamination and sanitation, as well as having a certified manger on
staff.
• 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 third 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 2005-2006 and 2006-2007. 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
2006-2007, 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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