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Avery Landis – 116 a.m. Aidan Davis – 116 p.m.

Liam Grealy – 118

Abby Chambers – 103

Jordyn Reilley – 105 Chase Thompson – 110

Nathan Brooks – 106

Ethan Saddler – 102

Brenna Hazlett – 104

Shane Holefelder – 109 Sydney Young – 108

Lauren Bendo – 205

Trinity German – 206

James Fei – 203 Nickolas Stamper – 201

Ian Kohlermann – 204

Sean Maher – 208

James Firlein – 202 David Crowell – 210

Students of the Month

For: October – “Communication”

PRINCIPAL’S

CORNER Caring is the theme for the month of December. As you will see in this newsletter, there will be a number of opportunities for our school community to step forward and help those less fortunate. Our school Safety Patrol, the 3rd grade Aston Kids Care Club, and the school Student Council will be holding special collection drives throughout the month of December. Please remember to give what you can, as you always have done in the past, to make the holiday season more festive and meaningful for those who are indeed less fortunate.

Remember to support your children as they read at home, whether it be for their reading counts goal or independent reading. Reading is one of the big keys to success in learning, and your encouragement to read at home is so important.

THANK YOU & HAVE A GREAT HOLIDAY Mr. Bender

Aston Elementary School

900 Tryens Road Aston, PA 19014

610-497-6300 Ext 4500

Gary Bender, Principal GBENDER@pdsd.org

Reading Counts

Congratulations to our latest

MILLIONAIRES

One Million Words

Jordan Bondrowski

Bridget Duffy Hunter Hoffman

Ryan Vaughan

Four Million Words

Thomas Christaldi

S.M.E. High Achievers For November

Math – Eileen Feng

Reading – Hunter Hofmann

Emergency

Calling Reminder:

*Inclement weather may soon be

upon us. Please remember, in the event of an early dismissal, it is the

responsibility of the parent/guardian

to find out about the school closing.

School Closings are posted on:

the district web site, www.pdsd.org

the Penn-Delco TV station

(Comcast - channel 11) (Verizon FiOS- channel 40)

and the district hotline

(610-497-6300).

If you would like a courtesy call from the PTL, please make sure you

have given them your emergency

contact numbers. If you have put in

for a courtesy call it is important that you are available for a phone call or

check your voice mail messages

regularly during the day. Also,

please update these numbers as needed.

Absent Child Calling

Penn-Delco School District has many programs in place to help

insure the safety of our students.

One is the “Absent Child Calling

Line”. If a parent has not called a

student out of school before 9:00 a.m. a call will automatically go out

to the parent to let them know their

student is not in school. This is to

insure the parent is informed as soon as possible should a student

be absent from school without their

knowledge.

When your student will not be in school, call 610-497-6300,

extension # 4506. It is a 24 hour

answering machine and you just

leave a message. Please leave your

student’s name, teacher, and reason for absence. Also, if you are

requesting homework for your

student you may leave the request

at the same time. Please let us know if you will be picking the

homework up or having it brought

home with another student. Due

to the teacher’s busy schedules, homework cannot be picked up

before 2:30 p.m. Also, homework

requests received after 9:30 a.m.

may not be filled.

December School CalendarDecember School CalendarDecember School CalendarDecember School Calendar Word of the Month Word of the Month Word of the Month Word of the Month –––– CaringCaringCaringCaring

5th 7:30 PM – School Board Reorganization Meeting, Service Center Conference Room (Kindergarten – AM & PM Classes in session) 6th (No Kindergarten Classes in session) 3:40 PM – Science Explorers, Outta This World 7th 8:15 AM – Breakfast with the Principal

(Kindergarten – No AM Class in session/PM Class in session) 11:15 AM – Early Dismissal 12:45 – 3:40 PM – Afternoon Parent Teacher Conferences for grades 1st – 5th

8th (Kindergarten – AM class is in session/NO PM Class in session) 11:15 AM – Early Dismissal 12:45 – 3:40 PM – Afternoon Parent Teacher Conferences for grades K – 5th 5:00 – 7:55 PM – Evening Parent Teacher Conferences for grades K – 5th

9th 11:15 AM – Early Dismissal (Kindergarten – AM class is in session/NO PM Class in session)

12th 7:00 PM – PTL Meeting/Dinner 13th 3:40 PM – Science Explorers, Outta This World

School Store 14th 9:30 AM – Winter Concert Assembly

Prismatic Laser – American Pride Assembly 1:00 PM – K, 1st, & 2nd 2:00 PM – 3rd, 4th, 5th

7:00 PM – Winter Chorus/Band Concert

15th 9:00AM – 2:00 PM, 3rd Grade Field Trip Holiday Gift Shop

16th Holiday Gift Shop 21st Kindergarten – Breakfast with Santa

9:00 AM – 10:30 AM – 4th & 5th grades go to S.V.H.S. for Holiday Concert 9:00 AM – 2:00 PM – 3rd grade Seminar Field Trip 2:30 PM – Holiday Sing-a-long, Aston Gymcafetorium

22nd Afternoon (45 minute) Class Holiday Parties

December 23rd - January 1st NO SCHOOL - Winter Holiday

By ~ Rosemary Fowler, Supervisor of Elementary Curriculum and Instruction

Learn by doing! The elementary science curriculum in Penn-Delco combines

the natural curiosity of the scientist with hands-on, student-centered exploration. The purpose of the curriculum is for students to enjoy and appreciate science,

while developing scientific problem solving skills. The curriculum utilizes 2-3 kits at

each grade level to develop science process skills which are developed by STC and

FOSS. Students make observations by using the five senses of sight, sound,

taste, smell, and touch to learn about an object or event. As students classify objects, they are observing similarities, differences, and relationships to groups of

objects. Classifying allows scientists to understand the world around them.

Measurement is embedded in the science kits as students determine the length,

area, temperature, volume, and mass to describe and quantify objects. The customary system, metric system, and non-standard measurements are utilized.

Through talking, journal writing, or using pictures students communicate the

information they have learned. Students predict the possible outcomes they may

observe and make inferences based on their observations. Investigations are performed by controlling variables that allow students to use their process skills.

Third graders are growing and measuring Wisconsin fast plants and

communicating their findings. The students in fifth grade use self-built vehicles to

study the laws of physics in motion and design. Types of weather and its effects

on nature are investigated by the first graders. The inquiry and process skills taught in the science curriculum helps students learn to think and problem solve

while questioning the world around them. These skills will help our students live in

the scientific and technological world of today.

Home/School Connection

Take Science to the Kitchen. Partner with your child to observe the

following five “white” powders on paper plates: corn starch, flour, baking soda, confectionary sugar, cream of tartar. Use the senses to

communicate five observations for each powder.

Take Science to the Outdoors. Take a walk with your child and observe the fall changes. Ask your child for any similarities and differences that he or

she notices. Predict what will happen next in the outdoors and have your

child support their inferences.

FOOTBALL

4th Grade Football:

Team #3 won 14-7 in OT over

#4 with Sawyer Jenkins scor-

ing a TD & Joseph Shapiro scoring the winning TD. Team #1 won

14-7 over #3 with Sean Guinan and

Zachary Griffis scoring a TD each.

Anthony Dignazio scored for #3. Team #4 won 9-7 over #2 with Avi

Dhruva scoring on a safety & a TD

pass. Brandon Hinderhofer scored

for #2. Team #1 won 21-14 over #4 with Ronnie Cornell, Brian Gorski &

Sean Guinan catching TD passes.

Logan Roland caught 2 TD passes for

#4.

5th Grade Football:

Team #4 won 21-7 over #3 with

Julian Kelly, Charlie Hong & Sean Maher scoring a TD. Joe Denney

had the only TD for #3. Team #1

won 14-7 over #3 with Stanley

Rogers & Aaron Taylor scoring a TD. Mike Shay had a TD for #3. Team

#4 won 21-14 over #2 with Daniel

Etling, Julian Kelly & Callum

Grealy catching TD passes. Ornel Profi scored a TD & Patrick

O’Donnell ran back an interception

for a TD for #2. Team #4 won 35-14

over #1 with Julian Kelly catching 2

TD passes, and Jake Smith, Ryan Kester & Charlie Hong each catching

one. Frank Bullock & Quintin

Tatum scored for #1.

SOCCER

4th Grade Soccer:

Team #1 won 5-3 in OT over

#3. Sean Guinan scored 2 goals, and Logan Roland,

Jamie Horne & Bradly Wiest each

scored a goal for #1. Owen Day

scored 2 goals and Savanah McCoy scored a goal for #3. Team #2 won

1-0 over #4 with Zachary Griffis

scoring the lone goal of the game.

Team #4 won an overtime thriller

over #1 by a score of 4-3 with Holly Damm, Colin McClellan, Rylie

Jones and Briana Powers scoring

goals. Avi Dhruva, Daniel Tanner &

Cody Suter scored for #1.

5th Grade Soccer

Team #4 won 5-4 in an OT nail biter with Jack Youhouse & Quintin

Tatum scoring 2 goals each, and

Taylor Grayston scoring 1 goal.

Patrick O’Donnell scored 2 goals and Megan Grant & Rocky Albano

scored 1 for #3. Team #1 won 7-0

over #3 with Callum Grealy scoring a

dominating 5 goals. Julian Kelly &

Michael Poissant each added a goal. Team #2 won 2-1 in OT over #4 with

Ornel Profi & Jack Youhouse

scoring goals. Taylor Grayston

scored for #4. Team #1 won 4-2 in OT over #4 with Callum Grealy,

Leeanne Robinson, Mike Poissant

& Mizan Chowdhury scoring goals.

Jack Youhouse & Julia Oppelt scored for #4.

Student Council Positions

2011-2012

President – Tommy Christaldi Vice President – Joseph Shapiro

Treasurer – Giana Daley

Secretary – Kimberly Enzman

Homeroom Representatives

Room 201 – Jordan Locke

Logan Roland

Room 202 – James Firlein

Katelyn Turunc

Room 203 – Johnny Eskridge Megan Shay

Room 204 – Bridget Duffy

Cody Suter

Room 208 – Anastasia Kluka

Aarron Barr

Room 210 – Patrick O’Donnell

David Crowell

2010–2011 Safety Patrol

Co-Captains

Taylor Grayston

Gabrielle Morgan

Nadine Novotni

Safeties

Olivia Abrams Alyssa Barlow

Shawn Burton Tommy Christaldi

Devin Cronin Giannna Daley Jamie DiBona Kimberly Enzman

Olivia Estock Megan Grant

Callum Grealy Amanda Neubauer

Sean Maher Aiden Holefelder Julia Oppelt Anastasia Kluka

Eileen Feng Caroline Nicholson

Michael Shay Gianna Okoorian

Jacob Smith Leanne Robinson Hannah Schleifer

Holiday Gift Shop

This years Holiday Gift Shop will be on Thursday, December 15th and

Friday, December 16th. A letter is coming home with the scheduled time for your

child’s class. You are invited to come in and shop with your student during their

scheduled time, but we must request no siblings please. Students love picking out special gifts for their family and friends. All gifts are $1.00.

American Education Week

Parent Visitation

We had 144 parents visit Aston Elementary

School during parent visitation this year.

Thank you one and all for making the day

special for everyone!

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Here at Aston Elementary School we have many ways for our students

to show a caring spirit for the holidays. There are many needs around us, and we can’t meet them all, but any contribution you may be able to make will be greatly

appreciated by the “receiver”. Please feel free to choose, or not, to contribute to any

of our opportunities.

Our Safety Patrol is collecting non-perishable food items to provide Holiday Food Boxes to needy families. They are working with the Citizens Advisory Committee of Delaware County Children and Youth Services. Their hope is to positively impact the lives of children at risk and their families. Your caring contribution will surely lift someone’s sprits this holiday season. Please send your non-perishable food donations in by December 15th.

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Aston “Kids Care Club” will be setting up the Aston Elementary School “Warmth Tree” in our school lobby. Students may bring in hats, scarves, gloves and mittens to be given to less fortunate children in Camden, New Jersey. Contributions will help keep someone warm this winter. Students will have until December 16th to hang their donations on the tree.

And last but not least, Student Council will be collecting toys for needy children in Camden, New Jersey. These toys, along with clothes, food, hats and gloves will be handed out on Christmas Eve. For many children these may be the only gifts they receive. Toys will be collected until December 16th.