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In This Issue
1. Principal's Corner
2. Read Across America - Dr. Seuss' Birthday!
3. Reading Olympics
4. Student Council
5. Library News - Jan Brett update & Donation a Book Program
6. Parent Social - Auction Items Announced!
7. Spirit Wear
8. PTO Information
9. Reminders
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Principal's Corner -
Dear Charlestown Parents,
Charlestown has been busy the last two weeks. See below for some of the events that have occurred or will be happening tomorrow.
- Due to snow and school being closed I want everyone to know that the last student day is Friday, June 14th.
- Last week, Charlestown First Graders finished out their trip of traveling around the world by listening to several Great Valley High School Students who came over and talk to the students about the countries where they came from or countries they have a special interest in.
- Charlestown Second Graders learned a little bit more about RESPECT through an assembly put on by J.P. Mascaro.
- Tomorrow, March 1st, the entire Charlestown School Community will be celebrating Dr. Seuss’s birthday by doing various activities for Read Across America! There will be guest readers, classroom door decorating and students can dress like their favorite book character. A big THANK YOU to Charlestown’s Reading Specialist, Jamie Himmelberger, for creating this special day for all of us.
Sincerely,
Christopher B. Pickell
Principal
Charlestown Elementary School
cpickell@gvsd.org
610-935-1555
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Read Across America (Celebrating Dr. Seuss’s Birthday)
When: Friday, March 1st (during the school day)
What: An opportunity for students to celebrate their reading lives and the books/characters they know and love!
How: Students can start the day off by purchasing Green Eggs and Ham for breakfast in the Charlestown cafeteria!
Students can dress up like their favorite book character!
Students will have the opportunity to listen to guest readers from our school and community throughout the day!
Thanks for supporting our students and their love of reading.
Happy Reading!
Jamie Himmelberger
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Mrs. Hoyt and Miss Youk would like to thank those Reading Olympic members who submitted a drawing for our t-shirts this year! They were fantastic and hard to choose a winner! Thank you to Adam, Noah, Cooper, and Emma.
We would also like to congratulate our winner, Anna, who created a beautiful drawing that will be represented on our t-shirts for our competition! Great job everyone!
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There will be a Student Council meeting on Friday, March 1st at 8:00 a.m. in Room 11. In the event that weather delays our school start time, there will be NO meeting.
Thank you,
Jen Gleason
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Please help…we only have 70 entries!
As of February 28th , we are in 46th place with only 70 entries. The school in first place has over 1000 entries! Please help Charlestown by entering the contest to bring Jan Brett to our school.
Is Jan Brett coming to Charlestown?
It’s up to you….
Jan Brett is a fabulous author/illustrator and one of Mrs. Hoyt’s personal favorites. She has written more than 20 awesome picture books! Some of her books include The Mitten, The Hat, Gingerbread Baby, Hedgie Blasts Off, and Armadillo Rodeo.
Jan Brett is holding a contest to determine what school she will visit next year. All you have to do is click here and fill out the entry form. The school with the most votes/entries will win a FREE author school visit during the 2019-2020 school year. There is no limit to the number of entries you can submit, but they each must have a different email address.
Contact your friends, relatives, coworkers, everyone you know and see if they will submit an entry for Charlestown Elementary.
Let’s see if we can bring Jan Brett to Charlestown!!!
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The last day to order/donate a library book in honor of your child for this year is March 28th. If you would like to recognize your child’s birthday or any other special event, click HERE for more details.
If you have any questions, please click HERE to contact CTE's Librarian, Audrey Hoyt.
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SAVE THE DATE!!!!
WHAT: CT Parent Social
WHEN: Saturday, March 30th @ 7:30pm
WHERE: PJ Whelihan’s
Join us for a fun night of socializing, relaxing, and some March Madness at PJs. We reserved the back room just for us CT parents. You won’t want to miss it!
Event details to follow soon...
You can now buy tickets to the Parent Social on the PTO Website! Click HERE - (the button is on the left and you can choose single or couple.)
HERE ARE THIS YEAR'S AUCTION ITEMS:
1. - Charlestown VIP for the Day -
Be Charlestown’s first student VIP!! This lucky student will meet with Mr. Pickell and create a custom schedule as a VIP Guest Student Teacher. This means he or she can choose to spend the day as gym teacher, art teacher, librarian, STEAM teacher, principal or as a guest teacher in a classroom or combination of classrooms. He or she can be gym teacher in the morning and kindergarten teacher in the afternoon or visit all of his/her favorite teachers throughout the day as a guest teacher. The possibilities are endless for this never been offered experience.
2. - Sleepover at the School!!! -
This is an experience your child will never forget! A sleepover for 25 students on a Friday night at Charlestown hosted by the principal! Play outside on the field first, then come inside and play your favorite gym games or hide and seek throughout the whole school!!
This item has a starting bid of $1000 (25 students at $40 per child). In past years parents have pooled money and bid together to win this item.
(The small print) Date to be worked out with Mr. Pickell. Two parents of the winning bidder must spend the night at the school.
3. - Charlestown Bulldog for the Day -
(For 5th Grade Students Only!!!!!)
Be the first student to wear the brand new Sir Charles Bulldog costume! This special fifth grade student will get to be the mascot for the day. Everyone will want a high five or a picture as your child greets the students and spreads Charlestown spirit!
4. - Reserved Parking -
The PTO will be auctioning off 2 first row parking spaces for the 2019/2020 school year which will be displayed with your family’s name. Additionally, one VIP parking spot will be auctioned which will give the winner a front row spot to Charlestown’s favorite (and busiest) four events- Halloween Parade, Back to School Night, Ice Cream Social and Field Day.
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Click HERE to see the latest styles and get your school spiritwear!
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A C T I V I T I E S
NEW!! Charlestown Spanish Club –
Registration open now for grades 1 through 5.
Classes begin on February 25th.
We need 10 students to make this club happen, so please click HERE to register.
Shining Knights Chess started on February 14!
Please Click HERE to see other activities available....
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Shop at Shutterfly or Tiny Prints and
13% of your purchase will be donated to the CTE PTO!!
Click HERE to access the website.
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PASSIVE FUNDRAISERS
These are simple, free ways to support our school!
Amazon Smile-‐ (year round)
Click HERE for more information.
Box Tops – (year round)
The winning classroom will be announced next week!
Giant A+ School Rewards -‐ (mid-August thru March)
Click HERE for more information.
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For After School and Summer Activities, please click below!
Charlestown Parents' PTO Website's Community Bulletin Board:
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The Online Directory is your link to the other families at Charlestown!
Need to know who is in your child's class? Need to contact a parent for a playdate? Need names and contact information for a party invite? ... then you need to get the Online Directory!!!
Everyone who purchases online access will be able to view the directory anytime, anywhere, and on ANY internet connected device. If you have not joined yet and want to do so, please click HERE!!
IF you have questions or concerns, contact Heather Dougherty by clicking HERE.
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Charlestown Parents' PTO Website
(All things parents need to know and want to see!)
Click HERE for great information!!!
Click the above link to see the following:
* Classroom and school pictures
* Lots of After School Activities
* Important Information you need to know!
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FACEBOOK - Make sure to "Like" Charlestown Elementary on Facebook and repost pages to get the word out.
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2018-19 PTO Board members:
President: Melissa Wiggers
1st Vice President: Elizabeth Hounsell
2nd Vice President: Krista Ferguson
Treasurer: Dorothy Bickell
Assistant Treasurer: Lorie Johnson
Recording Secretary: Anne Altman
Corresponding Secretary: Amy Kokas
Technology & Social Media Director: Carla Kline
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Due to overwhelming response, the Great Valley School District Speaker Series has added more programs, in addition to the one listed below. (Please click below to see all newly added programs.) Partially funded by The Foundation at Great Valley, the series is designed around the theme of creating safe and healthy school environments. All events are open to the Great Valley community and offered free of charge to those who choose to attend. Registration is required in advance via the link included below. Please consider joining us!
For more details on below events and to register, click HERE.
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PSSA Testing Dates
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TIME
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3rd Grade
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Language Arts
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April 23rd, 24th, 25th
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9:15
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4th Grade
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Language Arts
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April 23rd, 24th
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9:15
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5th Grade
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Language Arts
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April 23rd, 24th
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9:15
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3rd Grade
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Math
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April 29th, 30th
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9:15
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4th Grade
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Math
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April 29th, 30th
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9:15
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5th Grade
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Math
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April 29th, 30th
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9:15
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4th Grade
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Science
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May 1st, 2nd
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9:15
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Make-Ups
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All Subjects
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Any non-testing day
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Please click HERE to view the 2018-2019 approved school calendar.
Please click HERE, for the GVSD's new policy on food at school.
Please click HERE, to see full details on GVSD Elementary Homework Guidelines.
Please click HERE for information about Full Day Kindergarten.
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Charlestown's Sick Day Guidelines, please click HERE.
Keep Charlestown Healthy, please click HERE.
Hand washing flyer, please click HERE.
Safe Snacking List, please click HERE.
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If you plan to volunteer for school activities with your child(ren), you must have your approved clearances on file with the district office! Please click HERE for further details.
If you submitted your clearance papers to District Office, you will receive an email stating that you are APPROVED once they review them. Until you have that email, you are not approved to come on field trips or other activities in which clearances are needed. If you are not sure if you are approved, you may contact the main office at Charlestown 610-935-1555 or call District office at 610-889-2100.
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