The Paradise Press

The start of the school day is 8:45 am. Students arriving after this time will be considered tardy unless they are coming in from an appointment. Parents/guardians must sign their child in at the main office.

Click the button below to view the calendar for October. Information for the Daily Specials Schedule for Grades 1 through 4 is listed further down the page.

Highlights:

• 9/30-10/04/2024 - School Spirit Week (see days below)
• 10/02/2024 - Kindergarten Field Trip
• 10/07/2024 - NO SCHOOL FOR STUDENTS - Teacher Inservice
  
• 10/09/2024 - Fire Prevention Day
• 10/10/2024 - 1st Grade Field Trip
• 10/11/2024 - PTO/Project TEAM Fall Fest during school day and wear Project TEAM t-shirt
• 10/14-11/08 - Parent Teacher Conferences - see information below
• 10/21/2024 - PTO Food Truck Fundraiser - 5-8 pm

Spirit Week to celebrate Homecoming is Monday, September 30th - Friday, October 4th. Please see below for what to wear each day of the week.

Click the buttons below to view the breakfast and lunch menu for October.

Back-to-School forms are available in Sapphire for parents/guardians to complete. When you log in to your Sapphire account, the required forms will be on the home page for each child.

Required Forms Awaiting Completion :

• Appendix A – Handbook Acknowledgment
• Appendix F – COPPA/FERPA Acknowledgment
• Permission to Administer Tylenol/Antacid (Grades 5 – 12 only)
• iPad Protection Plan Choice (Grades 3 – 12 only)
• Student Data Card

Optional Forms

Optional forms are NOT required to be submitted and are available in Sapphire's Student Data Forms section if you elect to submit them.

Log in to Sapphire today to get started!

Parent/teacher conferences will be scheduled from October 14- November 8, 2024. These conferences are to provide you with an opportunity to hear from your child's teacher how they are progressing at this time. These conferences can be either by Zoom, phone, or in-person.

Our teachers are utilizing an electronic scheduling system for conferences, which will allow you to log onto a site and schedule your conference time. The dates and times for the conferences arranged by your child’s teacher are located on this site. If you do not have availability to the Internet, please call the office at (717) 225-4731 extension 1560 to schedule your appointment.

If you have internet access, you can access the scheduling site by using clicking the button below.

It is important you schedule your appointment as soon as possible to secure a time that best works for you. Scheduling is open from September 25-October 9. This allows our teachers time to finalize their conference details.

We look forward to meeting with you.

Please scan the QR code to see morning announcements. You may see a familiar face!

Late Arrival Routine

Step 1: Students who are arriving late to school must be signed in inside the Paradise Elementary office by their parent/guardian.

Step 2: Students arriving late due to physician appointments must submit the absence excuse form in the Sapphire Community Web Portal. Paradise Elementary office does not need a physical copy of the note. Lack of an appropriate physician’s note would constitute a tardiness or half-day unlawful/unexcused absence.

Early Dismissal Routine

Step 1: It is highly recommended that the parent/guardian email Officepes@sgasd.org and/or send a note along to school with their child if he/she is leaving early for an appointment or if he/she is going to be picked up at the end of the school day as opposed to riding the school bus. The office will communicate the information to the classroom teacher.

Step 2. Students who are leaving early must be signed out in the office by their parent/guardian. Students will not be released to anyone other than the parent/guardian or emergency contact listed on the emergency card unless specified in the early dismissal note.

Step 3: The doctor’s note must be submitted with the absence excuse form in the Sapphire Community Portal upon the student’s return to school for the absence to be excused.

Paradise Elementary Attendance % Report for October 2024

Kindergarten: 96%

First Grade: 94%

Second Grade: 95%

Third Grade: 92%

Fourth Grade: 95%

Building: 95%

Avoid costly repair fees by purchasing the iPad Protection Plan. The plan covers repairs due to accidental damage throughout the school year.

• The iPad Protection Plan is an optional, non-refundable protection plan for students in grades 3 - 12 since they must take their school-issued iPad home daily.
  
  
• Students in grades K - 2 will keep their iPads at school unless their teacher asks them to be taken home for a special circumstance. Since they are not required to take their iPad home, they will not be liable for damage unless it is deliberately damaged.

For students in grades 3 – 12, the protection plan can only be purchased up to October 1 of the current school year. The parent/guardian will not be charged if an iPad gets damaged before then. No payments will be accepted after October 1, and the repair cost will be invoiced to the parent/guardian.

Students enrolling in the school district during the year will have 30 days after their enrollment date to purchase the protection plan.

Please click the button below to view Mrs. Bortner's October newsletter.

Please click the button to review information from the school nurse.

Please consider sending an extra change of clothes for your child's backpack in the event your child needs an extra change of clothes during the school day.

Please watch the video below from Mrs. Rittle regarding how student progress will be represented on the report card this year. The button below also has important information about the report card adjustments.

We had a very successful string recruitment season! Thanks to all of the teachers and staff for their support of the SGASD string program. String lessons have started on Cycle 4. Mrs. Gross will be at PES every Day 1. Good luck strings!!!

Day 1 - Fitness or Art/String Lessons

Day 2 - Art or Fitness

Day 3 - Fitness or Library

Day 4 - Library or Fitness/Instrumental Lessons

Day 5 - Wellness or Music

Day 6 - Music or Wellness

Please note that students in grades 1 through 4 will have two days of Fitness this year. It is important that they wear sneakers on the days they have Fitness. The September calendar above has the dates for the specials schedule.