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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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Revisions Made to 2009-2010 School Calendar--Please
click
here to see
a revised 2009-2010 school year calendar, which was approved by the Bethel
Park Board of School Directors at its February 25, 2010 meeting to make up
cancelled school days the week of February 8-12, 2010. The changes to
the calendar include:
- Students/Staff will make up Monday, February 8 on Thursday,
April 1.
- Students/Staff will make up Tuesday, February 9 on Monday,
April 5.
- Students/Staff will make up Wednesday, February 10 on Tuesday,
May 18. (The Teacher Inservice Day will now be Wednesday,
June 9.)
- Staff will make up Thursday, February 11 with an Inservice Day on
Tuesday, June 8.
- Staff will make up Friday, February 12 with an Inservice Day on
Thursday,
June 10.
The last day of school remains Friday, June 4 and
graduation will still be held on Saturday, June 5. |
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• Gainar Scholarship
Applications Accepted through April 2 --
If you are a
Bethel Park High School senior who attended
William Penn and have post-graduation plans, you
are encouraged to apply for a one-time $1,000
Rosemary Gainar Scholarship. The deadline
to apply is Friday, April 2. Please click
here
for an
application. If you have questions, please
contact Kelly Albenze
at 412-523-7921 or
benze301@netzero.net.
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• Elementary
Teachers to Host Benefit Volleyball Tournament
on March 27 --
Teachers from
Lincoln, Franklin, Memorial and Washington will
host a benefit Volleyball Tournament on
Saturday, March 27 in the Independence Middle
School auditorium to benefit the "Home Again"
program at IMS. The suggested admission is
$3 per family and the games will be played at
noon, 1 and 2 PM. There will be
refreshments, a Chinese auction and raffles.
All money raised will help the IMS students and
staff to repair and refurbish the home of a
local Bethel Park family. To see photos of
last year's Home Again project, please click
here.
We hope you can join us for the fun at the
Volleyball Tournament! Camp Invention
Returns to NAMS in June--Neil
Armstrong will again host Invent Now Kids' Camp Invention, June 21-25 for
students entering grades 1-6. Please click
here to
learn more about this year's program! |
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• Camp Invention
Returns to NAMS in June--Neil
Armstrong will again host Invent Now Kids' Camp Invention, June 21-25 for
students entering grades 1-6. Please click
here to
learn more about this year's program! |
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• William Penn Bling Wear is now on sale!
Looking for fashionable BP spirit wear to give as a holiday
gift? The Penn PTO has it! To see the shirt, go to
www.wppto.org or contact
Jennifer Kuzak at
VP2@wppto.org. |
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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 2007-2008 and 2008-2009.
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 2008-2009, 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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Thursday, March 4 --
Go Green Assembly at 2:15 PM
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Friday, March 5 --
Family Movie Night
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Thursday, March 11 --
Spring Portraits
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Thursday, March 11 --
Science Fair
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Friday, March 12 --
Fourth Grade Fun Night
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Wednesday, March 17 --
Happy St. Patrick's Day!
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Thursday, March 18 --
PTO Meeting at 9:30 AM
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Friday, March 26 --
Sarris Candy Pick Up from 4 to 6 PM
Thought for the Month:
Teamwork divides the task and
multiplies the success. |
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