THE LIONS DEN

August 13-Teacher Assignments in Home Access
August 25-Teachers are back!
August 26th-Kindegarten Orientation 9:30 am-11:00 am
August 26-Open House for Grades 1-4 1:30 pm-2:30 pm

August 27-Kindergarten First Day (K Only!)
August 28-ALL Grades Report to School
September 1-DISTRICT CLOSED (Labor Day)
September 3-Music Recruitment Assembly for Grades 3 & 4
September 18-Back to School Night
September 23-SCHOOLS CLOSED (Rosh Hashanah)
October 2-SCHOOLS Closed (Yom Kippur)

Dear Albert Schweitzer community,

I hope everyone is having a great start to their summer! This newsletter is to check in with families and remind everyone of our many summer learning opportunities available to students. Summer reading is incredibly important to keep the love of reading alive, so please be sure to encourage your child to participate in this year's 'Mission to R.E.A.D.' at each of our elementary schools. Students are asked to track their suggested 15 minutes a day of reading. They will get rewards and have a celebration when they return to school in August if they participate!

It is critical so that we can hit the ground running in September with our academics!

Grade-Level Supply Lists are also provided below. Be sure to take advantage of sales throughout the summer. 'Save the Date' for our Back-to-School Kindergarten Orientation and Open House on Tuesday, August 26th. Times provided below.

Please take time to relax and rejuvenate this summer as a family. I look forward to hearing about your summer adventures when you return in August! We are gearing up for a fantastic 2025-2026 school year!

Enjoy and continue to have a safe and relaxing summer!

Dr. Amy Orlando
Principal

Summer reading is important! The goal is for all rising 1st through 4th grade students to read for a MINIMUM of 15 minutes daily. Elementary Reading Specialists have curated grade-level book lists and have created a summer reading initiative entitled “Mission to R.E.A.D." All book lists and resources can be found on the 2025 Elementary Summer Reading Canvas Course. Your child should have accepted this course invitation during one of their final library classes of hte year.

Parents/guardians, please initial a star on the tracker for every 15 minutes of reading your child does over the summer. Students will hand in their completed minute tracker to next year’s teacher to receive a free book and summer reading celebration in September.

A copy of the summer reading tracker was sent home and is attached below as well as a FAQ page that should be able to answer any remaining questions you may have. If your child is headed to middle school, you can find their book list on the district website or by clicking this link.

Please help your child join us in our Mission to R.E.A.D.!!

Fourth grade students join together with DJ Milky Way for a dance and Move-Up Celebration! Students enjoyed light snacks and good freinds and made lots of fun memories together!

Join us to meet your teacher(s), principal, and other staff members in the Albert Schweitzer community! Visit your classroom and come explore the building. Kindergarten students visit in the morning from 9:30 a.m.-11:00 a.m. and Grade 1-4 students visit in the afternoon from 1:30 pm-2:30 pm. Feel free to bring your back-toschool supplies when you visit so that you have less to carry on the first day of school. We look forward to welcoming all students on Tuesday, August 26th!

Click the appropriare grade-level supply list below to take advantage of summer savings! Stock up early to have all the supplies you need for the upcoming 2025-2026 school year!

As a Title I school, it's important that we keep families and our school community well informed about activities and important information related to Title I. Please enjoy the most recent Title I Family Engagement Newsletter below.

As we use our new communication platform, you will receive school notifications via email messages, texts, and voicemails through SchoolMessenger. Email communication will come from broadcasts@schoolmessengermail.com. Please DO NOT 'Unsubscribe' from these emails.

Mrs. Moyer's School Counselor Website

https://www.neshaminy.org/domain/1464

PTO Officers for 2025-2026

President - Vicki Barnes-Lee

Vice Presidents- Nicole Saunders & Sara Trainor

Treasurer - OPEN

Recording Secretary - Amanda Hopkins

Corresponding Secretary - Christine Trama

Parliamentarians - Matthew Dupree

GIVE BACKS:

If you're interested in participating in ongoing fundraisers to help our school, below are two easy ways to earn cash for our school through "Give Back" programs.

1. Box Tops For Education:-Cash can be earned for our school through this program in a variety of ways, the box top for education app allows users to earn cash for their school by purchasing products that participate in this program and scanning your receipts in the app or emailing your digital receipt. You can also earn by connecting your account to participating retailers, such as Walmart and making purchases at those retailers, in addition, cash can be earned through periodic bonus box opportunities found on the app. Our school will receive a check twice yearly in December and April.

Steps to start earning:

1. Download the Box Tops App to your mobile device.

2. Register for an account: In order to start earning for your school and access the features of the app you must register for an account. Membership is free!

3. SHOP! Purchase box top for education products

4. SCAN your physical receipt. Scan your full receipt in the app within 14 days of the date of purchase.

5. Connect accounts. Connect participating retailer accounts to your account in the app (ex: Walmart)

6. E-receipts and receipts for online purchases (grocery pick-ups or delivery), visit the app for more details, including participating retailers and other restrictions.

Our school can earn up to $20,000 cash per year through this program beginning March 2 and runs through March 1 of the following year. We all shop and this is a great way to earn for our school and give back to our kids.

2. REDNER'S RECEIPTS-Our school can earn 1% back on the save-a-tape totals on your receipts.

Steps

1. Save your Redner's receipts

2. Send in your receipts in an envelope with your child’s room number and teachers name marked PTO

3. Help your child earn incentive prizes!

This save-a-tape program is a wonderful opportunity to give back to our school and provide fun opportunities for our kids.

A printed copy of Trimester 3 Progress Reports were sent home on the last day of school. If your child did not receive one, please access the report online in Home Access. You can print a .pdf of your child's progress report from there. If you are having issues accessing your child's progress report, please reach out to Mrs. Carey Franklin at cfranklin@neshaminy.org.

Principal: Dr. Amy Orlando

aorlando@neshaminy.org

Secretary: Mrs. Carey Franklin

cfranklin@neshaminy.org
Clerk Typist: Ms. Katie Kirby
kkirby@neshaminy.org

Website: https://www.neshaminy.org/ses

Location: 30 Harmony Road, Levittown, PA, USA

Phone: 215-809-6380

Facebook: facebook.com/Schweitzeres

We are working hard to keep our Albert Schweitzer Facebook page updated with lots of photos from school events. Please be sure to visit our site often and 'Like' our page!

https://www.facebook.com/schweitzeres/