Email: aorlando@neshaminy.org
Website: www.neshaminy.org
Location: 30 Harmony Road, Levittown, PA, USA
Phone: 215-809-6380
Facebook: facebook.com/Schweitzeres

This is a reminder that students should not be dropped off at Albert Schweitzer before 8:50 a.m. every day. If you drop your child off before then, there is no adult supervision outside of our school building. For the safety of your children, please do not drop off and leave your child before 8:50 a.m. Doors open promptly at that time.

Also, car riders are to get out on the passengers side of the car. No children should be getting out of the vehicle on the driver's side of the vehicle. This is to ensure the safety of all students.

October is National Bullying Prevention month and Albert Schweitzer will be celebrating by having a School Meeting on Unity Day, which is October 23rd. Unity Day is a day schools stand together against bullying and unite for kindness, acceptance and inclusion. The students and staff at Albert Schweitzer will be wearing orange and learning about the types of bullying, the effects of bullying and how they can be an upstander. If you would like to order a shirt for Unity Day please see the attached flyer. Students will be encouraged to wear the shirt all month long. Unity Day is celebrated annually. Shirt orders are due by Friday, October 4th.

Thank you to all who attended our 1st Designer Bag Bingo. It was a great success and a fun night out!

October is another busy month for us!

School store is Oct 3rd

PINK OUT Day is Oct. 11th

Monster Mash is Oct. 11th

General PTO meeting is Oct. 15th

Chuck E Cheese dine out is Oct. 25th

Our Monster Mash will be on Friday Oct 11th from 6:00-7:30 pm. This is a family event and is typically one of our most attended events with 250-300 people. We will have games, snacks, baked goods and trunk or treat! There will be prizes for the top 3 trunks this year!! Order forms were sent home and can be found on the website. The sign up genius is listed below. Please consider volunteering! We will need a lot of help providing a safe and fun night for all our families attending!

https://m.signupgenius.com/#!/showSignUp/30e0c48aaa829a0f58-monster

Thank you and see you at the Monster Mash!

ASPTO Board Members

Facebook page is Albert Schweitzer PTO 2019-2020

Email address: Asptoinfo@gmail.com

Teachers at Schweitzer will continue to be a part of a grade-level Professional Learning Community (PLC) this year. The goal is to focus on teaching and learning and provide additional time for teachers to review student data in order to target instruction related to planning, differentiation, and assessment to drive student achievement. They are also working on team building as they continue their collaborative efforts among their grade-level team members.

We welcome all Schweitzer parents and guardians to join us for an informational meeting about our 2019-2020 building level Title I plan. The agenda for the evening will include a brief overview of Federal Programs and how they benefit Schweitzer students, a review of the Schweitzer Title I building goals, and Parent Advisory Council items. Parent Advisory ensures that all parents have a voice and are involved in the decision-making process and that parent needs, concerns and issues are communicated. The Parent Advisory Council will review and revise the Schweitzer Parent and Family Engagement Policy as well as the Schweitzer Home and School Compact. Light refreshments will be served. Child care will also be offered for children over the age of 3. We look forward to seeing you!

The fourth grade 2018-2019 Albert Schweitzer graduates left behind this amazing Legacy gift! The all-weather mat measures 6 X 12 feet and greets students and families as they walk in the front door of our school. We appreciate the beautiful addition to our lobby. Thank you to Albert Schweitzer's graduating class of 2019!

We now have new curtains for Lockdown drills in each of our classrooms thanks to Mrs. Meg Tavares. Mrs. Tavares volunteered her time and skills over the summer to sew over 30 window curtains for our classrooms so that windows are covered for Lockdowns in our building. This curtain blocks the view of the classroom for anyone in the hallway during a Lockdown.

Students completed our first Lockdown Drill on Monday, September 16th. The purpose of the drills is to ensure that we have a plan if there is a real emergency and to keep everyone safe. Conducting these drills helps to ease anxiety for students and staff in an emergency situation. Lockdown drills are done every other month and Fire Drills are done monthly. Students and staff did an amazing job following expectations and students were quiet and cooperative during the drill.

Dr. Orlando has been reading to classrooms to introduce herself to all classrooms and new students as well as review the expectations for C.A.R.E.S. Some favorite books she shared included Elephant and Piggie books by Mo Willems and I am Human: A Book of Empathy by Susan Verde. Students also have an opportunity to get to know Dr. Orlando and her role as principal of the school.

Thanks to the Albert Schweitzer PTO and money raised from recent 'Tech Trots,' all classrooms are now equipped with teacher microphones and sound systems. Research has shown that Classroom Audio Technology (CAT) provides a high level of speech intelligibility and evenly distributed sound throughout the classroom. Our students spend 75% of their school day involved in listening activities. The primary channel for learning is hearing. The better children can hear, the more they can learn. For maximum learning to occur the teacher’s voice must be highly intelligible. All students benefit from CAT. Teachers using CAT also report less repeating of instruction is necessary and fewer reminders are needed. Thank you to the PTO for raising money for these helpful resources!

Please access our 2019-2020 Family-Student Handbook on our school website. Be sure to review the information so that we can build a strong home/school partnership.

2019-2020 Family-Student Handbook

Visitation of parents is encouraged and always welcomed. However, we do ask that prior arrangements be made before visiting the classrooms. In addition, we are sure you will agree that the security of the building and the safety of our students are paramount to all of us.

Upon entering the building, all visitors must register at the Kiosk with their valid driver's license in the entrance of the school for any business that you may have in our building, e.g., signing in late students, dropping off items, parent meetings, etc. After registering at the Kiosk, please proceed directly to the front office to sign in and obtain a visitor’s pass. This pass must be worn in a prominent place at all times while in the building. At the end of the visit, please return to the office, sign out and return the pass.

We value the health, safety, and welfare of our students, therefore at no time should parents or visitors enter the school building and go directly to their child's classroom or any other area of the building. In an effort to protect our students, all staff members will be required to ask anyone they see in the building for the visitor's badge. Staff members will respectfully direct any person without a badge to the front office.

October 4 - Picture Day
October 11-PINK Out to support the PTO (Wear Pink and Bring in $1)

October 21-Barnes & Noble Night 6:00 (Change in DATE from 10/23 to 10/21!)

October 23-Title I Fall Parent Meeting 6:30-7:30 pm in Schweitzer Library

October 31-Boo Breakfast 8:20 am

October 31-Halloween Parade In Schweitzer/Sandburg Front Loop 2:00 pm

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/

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