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Welcome to
William Penn
Elementary School
110 Woodlet Lane
Bethel Park, PA 15102
Phone: (412) 854-8522
Fax: (412) 854-8411
District Voice Mail: (412) 833-5005
AM Kindergarten:
9:20 AM to 12:05 PM
PM Kindergarten:
12:55 PM to 3:40 PM
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 School Contact |
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Mr. George Spalaris, Principal
Please click
here to read Mr. Spalaris Back to School
Letter to all Penn parents.
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About Our School |
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William Penn is one of five elementary schools in Bethel Park. Approximately 200 students in grades kindergarten through four attend our school. Forty staff members work together to ensure the best educational experience possible for all of our students.
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Latest News |
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When Halloween Is Over, What Will You Do with Your
Leftover Costumes and Candy? 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
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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. |
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• 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. |
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• 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. |
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• 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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Penn Earns Keystone Achievement Award! For the fourth consecutive
year, William Penn 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. |
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• 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. |
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| Read more about the latest William Penn Elementary School news here... |
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Upcoming Events |
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Tuesday, November 3 --
Election Day/Teacher Records Day--NO SCHOOL
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Thursday, November 5 --
School Picture Re-Take Day
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Thursday, November 5 --
"Steeltown" Assembly at 2:15 PM
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Friday, November 6 --
Family Bingo
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Wednesday, November 11 --
Veteran's Day--THANK YOU, VETERANS!
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Thursday, November 12 --
Parent/Teacher Conferences; Elementary Report Cards Distributed--NO
SCHOOL
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Friday, November 13 --
Parent/Teacher Conferences; Elementary Report Cards Distributed--NO
SCHOOL
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Thursday, November 19 --
PTO Meeting at 7 PM
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Thursday-Monday, November
26-30 -- Fall Recess--NO SCHOOL -- Happy Thanksgiving!
Thought for the Month:
Every day may not be good, but
there's something good in every day. |
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