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January 2014

South WesternSchool District

Dear West Manheim Parents/Guardians,Happy New Year! I hope your holiday vacation was a relaxing time spent

with family and friends. I always look at the New Year as a new begin-

ning to create my yearly goals. Everyone knows that it is difficult to

make drastic changes in your life, so try and make attainable goals for

yourself that you can reach throughout the year. Some goals should be

met early in the year to show success. Others might take more of the

year to meet. I would encourage you to do this with your child also.

First, review both celebrations and struggles your child may have ex-

perienced in 2013.

Second, try and develop realistic goals to repeat celebrations and allevi-

ate the struggles they may have experienced.

Third, develop a timeline or game plan toward attaining the goal.

Following this simple plan will hopefully bring much delight to your

child's educational experience.

I would like to extend a big THANK YOU for your contributions to theFeed-A-Friend Marathon. The students collected non-perishable items

for distribution by the New Hope Ministries to local families. Also a spe-

cial THANK YOU goes out to everyone involved in the PTA Shopper's

Room. Many hours were devoted to making the event a rewarding expe-

rience for the children.

On January 20th, there will be no school for the students due to a teach-

er in-service day.

Best wishes for a successful, healthy new year to all of our students hereat West Manheim and their families!

Sincerely,

Brian M. Cromer

Principal

Inside this issue:

School Counselor 2

LIU Summer Academy 3

Art and Phys. Ed. 4

Library 5

Music 6

Got Star Cards? 8

Dates to Remember 10

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West Manheim ElementarySchool

2000 Baltimore PikeHanover, PA 17331

Phone: 717-633-4890Fax: 717-637-2011

Office hours: 7 AM-3:30 PM

A Tradition of Excellence.

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Answers from Art By Mrs. Shaub

Fitness Forum By Miss Hull

DATE CHANGE

PLEASE MARK YOUR CALENDAR

West Manheim Art Fair

Wednesday, April 9th

6:30 p.m. to 8:00 p.m.

At West Manheim Elementary

20132014 PSSA TESTING DATES

All South Western Elementary Students in grades 3, 4, and 5 will participate in the Pennsylvania

System of School Assessment (PSSA) on the dates below. Thank you for your support in notscheduling vacation, appointments or other absences from school on these dates.

: April 1, 2 & 3, 2014

: March 18, 19, 20, 25, 26 & 27, 2014

: April 29 & 30, 2014

In physical education, we finished up our volleyball unit and our

winter games lessons. All students will be beginning a ball handling

unit which will include basketball skills. Upcoming in February,grades 3-5 will be participating in our annual jump rope for heart

campaign.


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Library Links By Mrs. Fisher

Congratulations to Mrs. Longs class for earning the highly desired Golden Shelf Awardfor

showing the best STAR library citizenship manners in all of 2ndgrade throughout the first

trimester. Not to be confused with the seasons Elf on the Shelf, the Golden Shelf Award

is now again up for grabs for the next trimester! Good luck, second grade!

Please help us remind your child to keep all library books in the provided plastic bag in his or

her backpack when they are not being read. This way books stay safe and can be returned

on time. Thanks for your help!

Remember Open Checkout is available to return and exchange books all day every day at the

discretion of your childs teacher. If your child is absent on library day, please remind him

or her to go to Open Checkout before the classs next library dayto avoid overdue mate-

rials. Due to the availability of Open Checkout, excessive overdues may impact your childs

Habits and Behaviors grade.

Just a reminder that our FollettShelf eBooks automatically go back into the system on the

due date and therefore cannot be damaged, overdue, or lost! Enjoy!

KINDERGARTEN REGISTRATION DAY FOR 2014-2015

Kindergarten Registration will be taking place at West Manheim on Wednesday, May 7 th and

Thursday, May 8th from 8 AM 3:30 PM. Students must be 5 years of age by September 1 st to at-

tend Kindergarten. More details will be coming out to parents in the next few months.

SWSD COMMUNITY ADULT EDUCATION CLASSES

CLASS TOPICS:

Zumba, Aqua Zumba, Community Swim, Open Volleyball. Get Moving, Get Exercising!

Visit www.swsd.k12.pa.us for more details about adult education classes at South Western School

District

COMMUNITY FITNESS


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Music Notes By Mrs. Evelan


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If a 2-hour delay occurs due to inclement weather, transportation arrangements will remain the

same with the school buses arriving 2 hours later than normal pick-up time.

It is also suggested that you

as indicated on your

students form that you completed and returned to

your classroom teacher.

KITCHEN TIDBITS

INCLEMENT WEATHER PROCEDURES

The morning session will begin at 9:45 a.m. and dismiss at 11:45 a.m.

The afternoon session will begin at 12:30 p.m. and dismiss at 2:30 p.m.

Transportation arrangements will remain the same the morning session will arrive by bus and dis-

miss to private vehicles and the afternoon session will arrive in private vehicles and return home by

bus.

KINDERGARTEN SCHEDULE FOR TWO HOUR DELAY

CALENDAR CHANGESNOW MAKE UP DAYFriday, February 14, 2014 will be our first School Make-up dayand Thursday, April 17,

2014 will be our second School Make-up day. School will be in session on these days. This is dueto the school closing on December 10 and January 3 due to snow. Please adjust your school calen-

dars to reflect these changes. Thank you.

The South Western Food Service Department is celebrating culinary diversityby selecting an entree' that is indicative of the countries of our high schoolforeign exchange students. Recently, Tomato Bredie was served to the stu-dents during our South African Diversity Day in December. At the end of Jan-uary a German Diversity Day will be observed featuring Bratwurst with sauer-kraut. These "Diversity Days" are a good opportunity for the students to ac-quire new tastes.


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