A Little Friendly Summer Competition: The Box Top Challenge

The Rebates + E-Z Money Committee has organized a summer Box Top competition. Sandwich-sized Ziploc bags were distributed to families the last week of May with a note about collecting Box Tops for Education all summer.

Families will collect the Box Tops in the given bags all summer long. The bags are due by Friday, September 11, 2015. The family that collects the most Box Tops will receive a $25 gift card to the store or restaurant of their choice.

Shamona Creek earns 10 cents for each specially marked General Mills box top submitted. Simply clip and save the box top square on the package. See the Box Tops for Education product list to help get you started.

{Video} A Year in Fifth Grade

Georgie Dean, 5th grade mom, produced a wonderful video for the 5th Grade Promotion Ceremony that perfectly documented the whole school year. In case you missed it parents, grab some tissues and enjoy the show!

DASD offers new before and after-school care options for 2015-16

From the desk of Norma Jean Welsh

DASD has contracted with a new before and after-school care program for the 2015-16 school year. Here’s the buzz…

I wanted to write to tell you about the new before and after-school care program that will begin in our school on the first day of the 2015-2016 school year.  The School Board recently approved A Child’s Place to provide our children with a quality extended-care program led by staff counselors licensed by the Pennsylvania Department of Human Services.  Our new before and after-school care programs will be conveniently located in the safe, secure and familiar setting of our 10 elementary schools and the Marsh Creek 6^th Grade Center.

The after-school care program will provide a nutritious snack, time for homework, outdoor play as well as organized and independent activities.  A Child’s Place will also provide child care in our school on in-service days and during school closures.  An occasional use option is also available.  The DASD extended care programs will follow Pennsylvania’s Keystone Stars protocols.  As an added benefit, counselors will align activities with our rich DASD curriculum

Families can register immediately and throughout the summer months on the A Child’s Place website. (Click here to register).  A Child’s Place offers sibling discounts for full-time enrollment and scholarships for qualifying families.

We have heard many positive comments from parents and teachers currently using the A Child’s Place Extended Care Program in the West Chester Area and Tredyffrin-Easttown School Districts. If you have any questions or wish to register your child over the phone, please call A Child’s Place’s main office at 484-580-6528.