AE Weekly Newsletter

We’ve had a few seasonal illnesses make their way through schools, including hand-foot-mouth, impetigo, and common colds. For more information about signs, symptoms, and how to treat hand-foot-mouth, please use the link found here from the CDC: https://www.cdc.gov/hand-foot-mouth/about/index.html.

Our staff is following the guidelines of the Pennsylvania Department of Health and the CDC to keep students safe and healthy.

Here are some of the steps we’re taking:

• Sanitizing classrooms and high-touch areas throughout the day and evening.
• Regular use of hand sanitizers in classrooms and shared spaces.
• Encouraging frequent handwashing, especially after using the bathroom, after lunch, and after recess.
• Using individual water bottles and limiting shared use of water fountains.
• Providing hand wipes in classrooms for quick clean-ups.
• Limiting shared supplies by removing community bins of pencils, markers, and other materials.
• Encouraging healthy spacing within group seating areas to reduce the spread of germs while keeping collaboration strong.

Our goal is to keep students healthy, learning, and engaged in their education at school. You can help by encouraging your child to practice healthy habits both at home and at school.

Here are a few tips to share with your child:

• Wash hands often with soap and water for at least 20 seconds, especially before eating and after coughing, sneezing, or using the restroom.
• Use tissues or your elbow to cover coughs and sneezes to keep germs from spreading.
• Avoid touching eyes, nose, and mouth to reduce the chance of germs getting into the body.
• Get plenty of rest so the body stays strong and ready to fight off illness.
• Stay active and eat nutritious foods like fruits, vegetables, and whole grains to boost the immune system.
• Drink water regularly to stay hydrated.

If your child is not feeling well, especially if they have a fever, vomiting, or diarrhea, please keep them home until they are symptom-free for at least 24 hours without medication. This helps prevent the spread of illness to classmates and staff.

Thank you for working with us to keep our school community safe and healthy. Together, we can help all our students have a strong and successful academic year!

If you have any questions about when it’s safe for your child to return to school, please reach out to our school nurse for guidance.

Angel Tree is an opportunity to receive gift assistance for Christmas. Angel Tree is open to Annville-Cleona School District students and other preschool aged children who reside in their homes. Families must complete the Google Form by Friday November 7th, 2025.

Gifts will be available for pick up at the Annville-Cleona District Office on Wednesday December 17th and Thursday December 18th between 9 am and 3 pm.

If you have any questions, please reach out to the Social Work Department: kscott@acschools.org or sgergenti@acschools.org. Thank you!

Google Form: https://forms.gle/NAEnyLAhY9s5CnVSA

On Monday, November 17, 2025, a team of diverse stakeholders will assemble to review and revise the Annville-Cleona School District’s Comprehensive Plan, focusing on our mission, vision, shared values, school performance assessments, and setting goals for the future. The last update to our plan occurred in March 2023; per the Pennsylvania Department of Education, our plan must be updated every three years. Planning for continuous improvement of teaching and learning is critically important to ensuring that all students have access to an excellent education that prepares them for college, career, and life. This type of planning is grounded in evidence-based approaches that can both improve student outcomes by allocating resources to programs and practices likely to have a positive impact. Opportunities to create, assess, and adjust throughout the cycle empower our school district to engage stakeholders in the pursuit of a shared vision for student success during planning meetings.

We have invited various parents, teachers, administrators, and community members from across the district to participate in our Comprehensive Plan update. We plan on conducting a collaborative process to ensure we gather feedback from each of our team members. Through this collaborative process, we will discuss the following plan components:

• Academic Standards and Assessment Requirements
• Gifted Education
• Student Services
• New Teacher Induction
• Professional Development

If you are interested in being a part of our Comprehensive Planning Steering Committee, please contact your respective building principal.

We hope that you will be able to join us at 6:00 pm in the High School Media Center on November 17, 2025. Light refreshments will be served.

• 10/19 - PTO Roller Skating Party
• 11/6 - 6:00-8:00 - STEM in the Community Night
• 11/7 - Picture Retake Day
• 11/11 - Veterans Day Breakfast
• 11/13 - PTO Meeting - 5:00 at AE
• 11/24 - No School - Parent-Teacher Conferences
• 11/25 - No School - Parent-Teacher Conferences
• 11/26-11/28 - No School - Thanksgiving Break

It's been a busy week at AE! See below for some of the events and learning that have taken place!

Students in Ms. Brown's class started a snack cart for staff this week. Together, they visited classrooms, took orders, collected payment, and provided items. We are so excited about the skills they are building and the learning that's occurring with these experiences!

In Mr. Deiter's fifth-grade science classes, students were given a problem to solve - all of the labels fell off of a chef's ingredient jars! A phenomenon they explored was noticing that solids have different properties and unique reactions when mixed in solutions or when heat is added. Students investigated solids that might react by fizzing in vinegar or bubbling/caramelizing in heat. They designed a tool called a flowchart that helps to organize their data. Students will use this chart to identify six solids for the chef!

Students in Mrs. Wilson's fourth-grade class have been learning about mudslides. In this lesson, they were given materials and a budget. They had to use their knowledge to develop a plan to prevent a mudslide from occurring.

Mrs. Herman's sixth graders enjoyed their movie and popcorn reward from the PTO for meeting their class fundraiser goal. Thank you, PTO!

Fifth-grade students were completing Gelli plate printing this week in art class. What beautiful creations they've made with the guidance of Mrs. Medeiros!

Mrs. Rita's students studied symmetry in fourth grade this week. They were given a number of shapes to explore and reason to find if they had symmetry or not!

Directing questions and/or concerns to the appropriate person(s) encourages greater collaboration and streamlines the process of answering questions, alleviating concerns, and ensuring that we are all “on the same page”. Please use the document, linked here, to help identify your first contact (and additional points of contact if necessary).

Don't forget to check out the Community Bulletin Page on the District Website for the many events happening in our A-C Community linked here!

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