Mill Hall Elementary
Keystone Central School District
Notes From Dr. Breon
The winter months are thought by some to be dark and dreary. In an effort to keep things bright and cheery, the Mill Hall Elementary Staff has been working hard to keep kindness as our focus through fun and exciting ways.
- During the month of December students were taught specific lessons on ways to show kindness by "Being Friendly", "Offering Help", "Reaching Out", and "Showing Appreciation".
- Students have reached out in making donations to the food banks, the local SPCA, and Sleep in Heavenly Peace (who makes beds for children without them).
- They have generated hundreds of ways in which they can be friendly to others by reaching out with support and help.
We also enjoyed some Reindeer games and a school-wide sing-a-long led by Mrs. Poole, during the month of December.
Our School-wide Positive Behavior Support Award for December included a school-wide Holiday BINGO. In January, we celebrated student positive behavior with a Game Day, bringing smiles to many faces.
Our STEM classes have been working hard with Mrs. Marasco to construct snowmen in some creative ways in the last month.
Attendance to school not only supports a child's academic success, but also contributes largely to their social/emotional well being. As we celebrated Attendance Counts month in January, we want to thank you for making your child(ren)'s attendance to school a priority.
Your partnership with us counts! Thank you for your ongoing support!
Upcoming Activities
*** Please be prepared for our February PBIS Rewards Snow Day. We will make plans if/when we have an accumulation of snow during the month of February. If there is no snow, an alternate activity will be planned.
February 3rd- Elementary 2nd Quarter Report Cards will be sent home.
February 4th- Mill Hall Elementary PTO Family Bowling Event- 1:00-3:00 (flyer)
February 7th- 100th Day of School
February 14th- Valentine's Day
February 15th- PTO meeting in the library at 6:30 p.m.
February 17th - No School
February 19th- PTO Cash Bingo beginning at 1:00 (flyer)
February 20th - President's Day - No School
2023-24 Kindergarten Registration
This is an exciting time of year at KCSD as we begin our Kindergarten registration for the 2023-2024 school year! Call (570)893-4900 extension 2910 to register your child. You can begin the registration process by clicking this link.
We can't wait to meet our new students on March 1st or 2nd.
Messages & Alerts
With winter weather upon us, there will be days when we may need to delay the start of the school day or have a remote learning day. Please be sure to sign up for Bloomz, our new messaging app, so you don't miss any important information.
Family and school partnerships are essential for helping students achieve at their maximum potential and while parent and community involvement has always been a cornerstone of public schools, greater recognition and support of these collaborative efforts is needed. Please click the image to the right for a PDF with more information.
Source: National Center on Safe Supportive Learning Environments
ATTENDANCE MATTERS
The faculty and staff of KCSD encourage parents to send their student to school everyday in order to achieve academic success!
If your student is absent, all parent excuses or medical excuses must be received by the office within 3 days after they return. Excuses can be emailed to: mhattendance@kcsd.k12.pa.us
If you are concerned about your student's attendance, please reach out to your student's school counselor.
