Evergreen Express Family Newsletter

Hello Evergreen Families,

I would like to take this opportunity to thank all of the families for their patience, understanding, and trust as we navigated a difficult situation this Thursday. Your child’s safety is our top priority and we are grateful for your partnership in this. We are so appreciative of your compliments and constructive feedback. We fully recognize the impact such incidents can have on our students and families and we are here to help in any way. I would also like to take this opportunity to thank the Evergreen staff for all they did to support the students and families on Thursday and to express how very proud I am of our amazing Evergreen students.

Our Meet the Teacher Night (Grades 1-5) is rescheduled at Evergreen on Thursday, September 28th. This is an opportunity to learn about your students classroom expectations, grade level curriculum and their overall school experience for this school year. We look forward to seeing you on the evening of September 28th! Please see the Meet the Teacher Night details below.

Thank you to our Home and School for hosting the Popsicle Social on Friday evening. It was a wonderful event. There is always much joy watching so many of our former, current, and future Evergreen students playing together on the playground at this event.

Just a reminder, there's no school on Monday, September 25th in observance of Yom Kippur.

This newsletter has important information about:

• Important Upcoming Dates
• Picture Day Information
• Evergreen Spirit Wear Sale
• Permission to Share Your Email with Your Homeroom Parent(s)
• Home & School Upcoming Events
• Grades 1-5 Meet the Teacher Night
• Safety Information
• School Visitor Information--ID Required

"No act of kindness, no matter how small, is ever wasted."--Aesop

Have a terrific weekend! Please be careful with the stormy weather.

Sharon Franciosa

Principal, Evergreen Elementary School

Please note that this newsletter may be translated into any language by choosing the language you need in the box to the right.

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• Monday, 9/25: Yom Kippur--Schools Closed
• Tuesday, 9/26: A Day
• Wednesday, 9/27: B Day
• Thursday, 9/28: C Day
• Friday, 9/29: D Day

• September 25th: Holiday--Schools Closed (Yom Kippur)
• September 28th: Rescheduled Grades 1-5 Meet the Teacher Night
• October 5th: Evergreen Picture Day
• October 9th: Inservice Day: No School for Students
• October 13th: Home & School Sponsored Fun Run (during the school day; rain date-- October 12th)
• October 20th: Trunk-or-Treat (rain date--October 27th)
• October 25th: Inservice Day: Early Dismissal for Students

To order your child's 2023-24 school pictures, see the document below or click HERE (event: F23 Evergreen Elementary School).

Makeup day is on November 9th. This is for families who would like the picture retaken or for students who are absent on October 5th.

Evergreen and PV Spirit Wear is on sale now through October 8th! There are many new items to choose from.

Please see the document below or click HERE.

To make it more efficient for Home & School homeroom parents to communicate with the families in their classroom and for Home & School to share information about upcoming events, we are asking parents/guardians to provide permission for your email address to be shared with your child's Home & School homeroom parent(s).

Email addresses will NOT be shared with anyone but the homeroom parent(s) of your class and the Evergreen Home and School officers.

If you are willing to provide permission for your email address to be shared as described above, please complete THIS GOOGLE FORM as soon as possible. Please complete a separate form for each child.

Fun Run Fundraiser

• Friday, October 13th (rain date: October 12th) during the school day
• Parent volunteers will be needed for set up, clean up, and counting laps (volunteers must have up-to-date clearances on file with Mrs. Tarquinio)
• Parents/Guardians are invited to cheer on their children during their grade levels' "run times". A schedule will be shared in next week's newsletter.
• Please look for information about how you can donate through 99 Pledges soon

Trunk-or-Treat

• Friday, October 20th (rain date: October 27th)
• Evergreen Parking Lot
• Look for information soon for registration details
• Please consider decorating your trunk and/or donating candy. Information will be shared soon on how to do both.

Evergreen Elementary is pleased to invite you to Meet the Teacher Night. The program is rescheduled for grade levels 1st through 5th on Thursday, September 28, 2023 (*Kindergarten parents met with Kindergarten teachers on August 21st).

All 1st through 5th grade teachers will offer THREE (3) in person/onsite sessions at Evergreen. Fifth grade teachers will offer sessions with both math and homeroom teachers. We also invite families to visit our special area teachers and service providers. For the Meet the Teacher Night Schedule, please see below.

Please note that this event is intended for parents/guardians only. Please note that the purpose of this evening is to help parents gain a stronger understanding of grade level curriculum and the classroom community. Meet the Teacher Night is not a venue for conferences regarding your child’s progress. Parent/teacher conferences will be held in November. Conference sign ups will occur at a later date.

Session #1: 7:00pm-7:25pm

• 1st-4th: Homeroom
• 5th: Math

Session #2: 7:30pm-7:55pm

• 1st-5th: Homeroom

Session #3: 8:00pm-8:25pm

• 1st-5th: Homeroom

We look forward to seeing you on the evening of September 28th!

Ensuring the safety for our students, staff, and visitors is a top priority.

It is important that students learn how to be safe. During the first weeks of school classrooms will discuss and review our various safety protocols. Then, during the weeks of September 25th and October 2nd we will hold our "Safety Weeks" where we will practice the different Standard Response Protocols including the Hold, Secure, Shelter, Lockdown, and Evacuate safety drills. Student friendly and age-appropriate language is used.

For more information about our emergency preparedness, please visit https://iloveuguys.org/The-Standard-Response-Protocol.html

​Safety is always our top priority. We have upgraded our visitor management system by installing a Raptor System in all Perkiomen Valley schools. Visitors will need to scan their ID (driver's license) prior to being granted admittance into Evergreen Elementary and any of our schools in the Perkiomen Valley School District. Visit our webpage for more information.

If you need to make an unexpected dismissal change during the day, please contact the main office via telephone (610-409-9751) by 2:30pm, if possible.

Please do not only email your child's teacher as teachers often are unable to check their emails until dismissal has concluded.

If your child is going to be absent please be sure to call or email the Evergreen attendance line. It may be helpful to save the phone number and email address in your cell phone.

Call: 610-409-9751 and press #1

Email: EVAttendance@pvsd.org

Here are a few friendly reminders from the Technology Department about where to go if you are having issues with any of the following:

• Chromebook malfunctions/damages: Email the helpdesk@pvsd.org
• Forgotten student passwords: Go to https://accounts.pvsd.org
• FAQs about Chromebooks can be found on our website

Twitter: @Evergreen_ES

Facebook: Evergreen Elementary School

Email: sfranciosa@pvsd.org
Website: https://sites.google.com/a/pvsd.org/evergreen-elementary-school/
Location: 98 Kagey Road, Collegeville, PA, 19426
Phone: 610-409-9751