INSIDE THIS ISSUE: PHYSICAL ED. CORNER 2 WEATHER REMINDER 2 BUGS, BUGS, BUGS 2 PTO NEWS 3 ART NEWS 4 DECEMBER CALENDAR 5 Message from the Principal Please be aware of the fol- lowing PSSA dates for the 2014 school year and to avoid planning vacations or trips during the testing win- dow. Math and Reading - Grades 3,4,5 March 17-28, 2014 Writing—Grade 5 March 31-April 4, 2014 Science—Grade 4 April 28-May 2, 2014 Important Announcement We have decided to stop the pracce that allows students to distribute invitaons, for per- sonal get togethers and par- es, during school me. This pracce has created mulple concerns over a period of me and is extremely difficult to monitor. DECEMBER 2013 ANDRE MODICA, PRINCIPAL VOLUME 7, ISSUE 4 On November 19 th , a true Thanksgiving feast was prepared and brought in for many to enjoy. The students in Mrs. Bradish’s and Mrs. Pagano’s classes were able to select and invite one student each to join them in cele- brating an early Thanksgiving dinner. Invitations were also extended to staff. Tur- key with all the tradi- tional trimmings was included along with a bounty of desserts in- cluding pumpkin pie. A special thank you goes out to Mrs. Brad- ish, Mrs. Pagano, Mrs. Golden, Mrs. Lynn and Mr. Disbrow for providing such a won- derful holiday experi- ence for all in attend- ance. Samuel Everitt Elementary School Forsythia Drive South * Levittown, Pa 19056 * 215-809-6320 Everitt Newsletter STUDENTS EXPERIENCE THANKSGIVING FEAST 13 th , we would like every student in our school to return their reading log and the monies collected to their teachers. All of the money we raise goes right back into our community to help moms-to-be have full- term, healthy babies and support those that don’t. We are in the midst of our very excing March of Dimes Read-a-Thon, and we need your help to make it another successful year! Each Day between November 8 th and December 6 th , students have been asked to log the number of minutes they read each day. They can log this on any reading log their teacher has provided. Between December 6 th and December 12 th , we are asking students, with your help, to collect donaons from sponsors for all the reading they did during the month. On December March of Dimes Read-a-Thon Samuel Everi Elementary will be conducng a sock drive from December 2nd through 13th. Please consid- er donang NEW socks for the homeless and needy. Suggested sizes: bring in socks that are the same size YOU wear. Please help your child spread the Respect, Responsibility, and Safety they have been showing through the ECHO SEES program outside of our building. Do you have a sock drawer at home? The homeless don’t! Thank you for your parci- paon in this worthy cause.
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INSIDE THIS ISSUE:
PHYSICAL ED. CORNER 2
WEATHER REMINDER 2
BUGS, BUGS, BUGS 2
PTO NEWS
3
ART NEWS 4
DECEMBER
CALENDAR
5
Message from the Principal
Please be aware of the fol-lowing PSSA dates for the 2014 school year and to avoid planning vacations or trips during the testing win-dow.
Math and Reading -
Grades 3,4,5 March 17-28, 2014
Writing—Grade 5
March 31-April 4, 2014
Science—Grade 4
April 28-May 2, 2014
Important Announcement
We have decided to stop the
practice that allows students to
distribute invitations, for per-
sonal get togethers and par-
ties, during school time. This
practice has created multiple
concerns over a period of time
and is extremely difficult to
monitor.
DECEMBER 2013 ANDRE MODICA, PRINCIPAL
VOLUME 7, ISSUE 4
On November 19th, a true Thanksgiving feast
was prepared and
brought in for many to
enjoy. The students in
Mrs. Bradish’s and
Mrs. Pagano’s classes were able to select and
invite one student each
to join them in cele-
brating an early
Thanksgiving dinner. Invitations were also
extended to staff. Tur-
key with all the tradi-
tional trimmings was
included along with a
bounty of desserts in-cluding pumpkin pie.
A special thank you goes out to Mrs. Brad-
ish, Mrs. Pagano, Mrs.
Golden, Mrs. Lynn
and Mr. Disbrow for
providing such a won-
derful holiday experi-ence for all in attend-
ance.
Samuel Everitt Elementary School
Forsythia Drive South * Levittown, Pa 19056 * 215-809-6320
Everitt Newsletter
STUDENTS EXPERIENCE THANKSGIVING FEAST
13th, we would like every
student in our school to
return their reading log and
the monies collected to
their teachers. All of the
money we raise goes right
back into our community to
help moms-to-be have full-
term, healthy babies and
support those that don’t.
We are in the midst of our very exciting
March of Dimes Read-a-Thon, and we need
your help to make it another successful
year! Each Day between November 8th and
December 6th, students have been asked
to log the number of minutes they read
each day. They can log this on any reading
log their teacher has provided. Between
December 6th and December 12th, we are
asking students, with your help, to collect
donations from sponsors for all the reading
they did during the month. On December
March of Dimes Read-a-Thon
Samuel Everitt Elementary will be conducting a sock drive from December 2nd through 13th. Please consid-er donating NEW socks for the homeless and needy.
Suggested sizes: bring in socks that are the same size YOU wear.
Please help your child spread the Respect, Responsibility, and Safety they have been showing through the
ECHO SEES program outside of our building.
Do you have a sock drawer at home? The homeless don’t!
Thank you for your partici-pation in this worthy cause.
SNEAKERS, SNEAKERS, SNEAKERS!
With the winter weather approaching
please have your children either wear
their sneakers to school or pack them
in their book bags. Wearing shoes or
boots is not allowed on the wood
floors of the gymnasium.
Have you checked out my website?
The website has information and links
for additional information including
nutrition.
The month of December is our nutri-
tion month in P.E. Each week our stu-
dents in third, fourth, and fifth grades
will be doing nutrition activities in the
gym. The activities are designed to
keep kids moving and also learn about
nutrition at the same time.
Kindergarten, first, and second grades
will be continuing the basic skills unit.
During the unit the children will be
introduced to the skills of tossing,
catching, rolling, throwing, and strik-
ing. Game activities will reinforce the
learning goals.
DANGERS OF ICE. During the winter
months our back yard pools, creeks,
ponds, and lakes begin to freeze. I will
be reviewing the dangers of ice in win-
ter with all the grades. Please rein-
force your expectations about the ice
covered areas. We want everyone to
be safe during the winter.
A big thank you to
Mr. Lutz, a second
grade parent, who
came to speak to the whole
second grade about Crickets
as part of our In-
sect Science Curriculum!
We appreciate you giving
your time to visit us and we
enjoyed learning about a
cricket’s habitat, life cycle,
and other interesting facts!
BUGS, BUGS, BUGS!
below 20 degrees). It is imperative that
you send your children to school with
sufficient clothing (hats, gloves/mittens,
and a warm coat) that is consistent with
the predicted weather forecast. We do not
have sufficient support staff to conduct
outdoor and indoor recess at the same
time. Therefore, weather permitting, all
students will go outside for recess. Thank
you for your anticipated cooperation and
support in this regard.
COLD WEATHER REMINDER As the cold weather is now upon us,
questions have surfaced regarding the
student 30 minute recess period. Fresh air
and exercise are important to children.
We will continue to take the children
outside for recess unless the temperature
or wind chill factor drops to an unsafe
level (temperatures and/or wind chill
“Thank You to all who donated to “Support for Shawn”, Samuel Everitt raised $640.45 for the
Gorman Family. What an incredible show of support..”... PTO
Art News … December Wow! What a great 1st Marking Period!
Where is all of my child’s art?
Mrs. Potter and Mrs. Storck are beginning to store the art projects for the year so that the kids can reflect on them and choose their favorite pieces to be included in the art show that will be held in the Spring.
Our students had an extremely successful and strong beginning to the school year as we focused on Line, Space, & Pattern. Not only did we produce art, we sketched our thoughts and plans, evaluated our choices,
and wrote reflections of our experiences on exit tickets.
Check out some of the work!
DECEMBER 2013
Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat
1 2 Day 5 3 Day 1
School Store
4 Day 2 5 Day 3 6 Day 4
Yearbook cover
submissions due
7
8 9 Day 5 10 Day 1 11 Day 2 12 Day 3
Joe Corbi
Pickup
13 Day 4 14
15 16 Day 5
Dining for Dollars
Primo Hoagies
Dec 16-18
Spirit wear dis-
tributed
17 Day 1
Holiday Music
Concert
7:00PM
@ Sandburg
18 Day 2
PTO Holiday Shop
19 Day 3
PTO Holiday Shop
20 Day 4
PTO Holiday Shop
21
22 23 Day 5 24
School Closed
Holiday Recess
25 School Closed
Merry Christmas
26 School Closed
Kwanzaa-Dec 26-Jan 1
27
School Closed
Holiday Recess
28
29 30
School Closed
Holiday Recess
31
School Closed
Holiday Recess
“To the Students and Families of Everitt Elementary School,
the Entire Everitt Professional and Support Staff extends...
Our Sincerest Best Wishes for a most Peaceful, Healthy, and Joyful Holiday! “
