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When Halloween Is Over, What Will You Do with Your
Leftover Costumes? During the month of November,
Girl Scout Cadette Troop 50678 is collecting new and gently used Halloween
costumes to be donated to the South Hills Interfaith Ministries (SHIM) for
distribution next Halloween. Please click
here for more information.
Thanks for your help!
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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).
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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
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!
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