THE LIONS DEN

Dear Albert Schweitzer community,

The end of the school year is always a flurry of events! We had an exciting end of year with many activities including the Fun Run, Art Show, Science Fair, Field Day, Move Up Day, and many end-of-year celebrations.

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!

I want to thank all parents and families for another successful school year at Albert Schweitzer Elementary. Our students demonstrated a great deal of growth from the beginning of the year, and this individual growth should be recognized and celebrated. We want to wish our 4th grade graduates lots of luck in middle school. Please continue to make us proud and remember to take with you all that you learned through C.A.R.E.S. We will miss you!

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!

Take care,

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.!!

As a fundraiser for the PE Department at Schweitzer, students bought raffle tickets to get the opportunity to ‘Pie a Teacher’ in the face as the closing activity at Field Day. In the picture, Mrs. Mancini, Mrs. Dupoldt, and Mrs. Bullick showcase their School Spirit by volunteering for the event. Other Schweitzer staff members also volunteered in the fun including Mrs. Moyer, Mr. Mazurkiewicz, Mr. Ponza, Mr. Wells, Mrs. Montalvo, Ms. Schultz, Mrs. Dyas, Miss Angel, and Dr. Orlando. THakn you to the students, staff and Mr. Mazurkiewicz for another successful Field Day!

Students are currently raising money to put toward components of a “Challenge Course” on our Schweitzer playground. Each grade level wore a different color to the event. Any child that brought in a minimum donation of $10 received a Rubber Duck! Thank you to all those that donated!

Mrs. Todd hosted a K-4 Art Show for students at Albert Schweitzer. Some of our students were also featured in the District Art Show at Neshaminy High School on May 21st.

Students in Grades K, 1 and 2 participated in a Schweitzer's Roaring Readers literacy night full of fun, giveaways, raffles, and refreshments. Families learned how to make reading fun and walked away with great ideas to support literacy in the home. Reading Specialists also shared information about the NSD Elementary Summer Reading Challenge. Students d their love of reading by dressing as their favorite character/author, reading from a favorite book, or creating a book project to show to families.

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!

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.

Girls on the Run (GOTR) is a national non-profit organization that focuses on girls in third through fifth grades. The program focuses on developing competence, confidence, connection, character, and contribution in young girls through lessons that incorporate running and other physical activities. The program is run by Albert Schweitzer staff who are trained as GOTR coaches. Mrs. Moyer and Mrs. Dupoldt are the lead coaches, and there are many other staff members that are volunteer coaches that join each week as well. The girls and coaches are looking forwartd to an amazing season!

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

We want to give a huge THANK YOU to our PTO Officers from 2024-2025 along with the 4th Grade Committee and the many parent volunteers throughout the school year. Everyone helped with fundraising and made our school events exciting and memorable!

PTO Officers from 2024-2025

President - Erica Saxton

Vice President - Vicki Barnes-Lee

Treasurer - Jessica Ozdemir

Recording Secretaries - Devon Wills, Nicole Frazzetto, & Christina Trama

Corresponding Secretary - Sara Trainor

Parliamentarians - Chirag Shah & Matthew Dupree

Newly Elected Officers for 2025-2026

President - Vicki Barnes-Lee

Vice President - Nicole Saunders & Sara Trainor

Treasurer - Georgette Puzan

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.

Four Neshaminy teachers were honored at the June 10 School Board meeting. The annual Neshaminy Teacher Recognition Awards celebrate educators that stand out in four areas - Leadership, Innovation, Community Partnership and The Spirit of Neshaminy. The winners were chosen from nominations submitted by Neshaminy staff members. The awards were presented at the meeting by Dr. Michelle Burkholder, Director of Elementary Education, and Dr. Kate Hinshaw, Director of Secondary Education, Superintendent Jason Bowman and the building principal for each recipient's school.

The 2025 award winners included our very-own Mrs. Cahill!

Leadershiip Award-Megan Cahill, second grade teacher

Albert Schweitzer Elementary School

Principal Dr. Amy Orlando cited her active participation in building and district-level professional development, sharing resources and tools that she created with her colleagues, modeling teaching techniques for new and experienced teachers, her effective use of data-driven instruction to create small groups and differentiated instruction to help her students grow. She also cited the relationships that she builds with her students and their families.

Mystery Motivator:

Luciano Longe

Mrs. Dupoldt/Grade 4

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. Dorie Beisel
cbeisel@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/