Glenwood

Good evening Glenwood families,

Thank you to everyone who joined us for our Meet and Greet and PTG meeting last night. It was a pleasure meeting so many new faces, sharing the many wonderful things I’ve experienced since arriving, and beginning to build positive relationships within our school community. As I shared last evening, I have been truly impressed by the many ways our PTG supports our students and helps make their elementary school experience so memorable.

A special shout-out to our students and staff for their support of the grade-level Martin Luther King Jr. Day service projects. Giving back to others is such an important lesson, and it was inspiring to see our students so excited to provide essential items to members of our community who may need extra support.

I look forward to continuing my journey of learning the Glenwood way! Please be sure to review the information below to stay up to date on all of the exciting happenings. Have a wonderful week!

Best,

Josh Rehak, Principal

SOUPERBOWL OF CARING

Starting Monday January 26th thru Thursday February 5th:

Leading up to the Super Bowl: we will be collecting canned goods / non-perishable items to donate to the Media Food Bank

AT GLENWOOD: We will have collection boxes separated by grade level... each time your grade brings 100 cans, they will show a "TOUCHDOWN" on our scoreboard. The grade level with the most points wins!!!

DISTRICT WIDE - PENNCREST LACROSSE: All donations will be picked up Friday February 6th by Penncrest Lacrosse players. They will take all items to Penncrest and load a RTMSD school bus at 4 pm - then deliver the supplies to the food bank that afternoon. (Help them "STUFF THE BUS")

2nd Grade News

Second graders have been working hard to add and subtract within 200! They learned how to solve problems using place value charts, adding liking units, using number lines, breaking apart big numbers into smaller ones, and more. Now, they are choosing the strategies that work best for them and are most efficient for each problem. Second grade mathematicians will be studying geometry next, and then returning to addition and subtraction to add and subtract even bigger numbers–numbers within 1,000!

Second graders made over 100 coloring kits for children in hospitals for the Day of Service.

Round and around they go! Second graders have been learning all about cycles in knowledge! We have explored day, night, and seasons with the cycles of the Earth. Followed the growing life cycles of trees and plants, and went through metamorphosis with frogs and tadpoles.

Writers have been writing personal narrative stories about one time in their lives. They have been using lots of descriptive details and their storytelling voices to draft their stories. They will edit and publish their writing to complete the writing process.

Clearances for Volunteers & Chaperones

How to Obtain your Clearances

The state of Pennsylvania requires three clearances for all volunteers, chaperones or employees.
Once you have all THREE clearances, you may either bring them to the main office OR send them in with your student in an envelope (ATTN: Main Office). We will make a copy of your documents and return them to you. Once you have been verified by HR, our Business Office, you will receive an email with your expiration date. For questions, feel free to reach out to cfickes@rtmsd.org.

PA CRIMINAL BACKGROUND CLEARANCE

Website: https://epatch.pa.gov/home

Click on the button that says "New Volunteer Record Check". The cost for volunteers is waived.
Follow the instructions for filling out the application.

DHS FBI CLEARANCE - IDEMIA - 1-844-321-2101

Register online or by phone.
Online: https://uenroll.identogo.com/

For VOLUNTEERS: enter service code 1KG6ZJ

Click on "Schedule or Manage an appointment"
For volunteers the screen should read "1KG6ZJ Pennsylvania DHS-Volunteer"

Fill in the information on the page and click next. Follow through completing all of the pages. On the last page, you will schedule your fingerprint appointment. Payment in the amount of $25.25 will be made at the fingerprint site by credit card, money order or check. Be sure to bring your ID with you to the fingerprint site. The volunteer clearance is now done through Pennsylvania DHS-Volunteer. The original FBI clearance must be shown at the school before anyone can volunteer. Please bring it into the Glenwood office OR send them in with your student. We will make a copy and return them to you.

CHILD ABUSE CLEARANCE

The application for the Child Abuse Clearance must be completed online at the following link:

https://www.compass.state.pa.us/CWIS/Public/Home

For volunteers, the cost will be waived. After you apply for the child abuse clearance, you will receive an email confirming your application. You will be able to print out your child abuse clearance when it is ready, you do not need to wait for it to come in the mail.

PTG Meeting

Thank you to everyone who attended last night's PTG Meeting as well as the "Meet and Greet with Mr. Rehak". We truly appreciate our family involvement, it makes such a huge difference on your child's elementary school experience! Save the date for our upcoming PTG Meetings: March 18th & May 13th.

Also thank you to our Penncrest High School volunteers for allowing us to offer childcare during the meeting... we hope to offer this service for the remainder of our meetings this year.

Lady Lions Softball Clinic

Friday February 6th and Friday February 20th
(snow date February 27th)

Arrive at 5:45 pm, clinic will be held from 6 pm - 8 pm

Auxiliary gym at Penncrest High School
Cost $50

Register: Lady Lions Softball Clinic

Scholarships available for those needing financial assistance

Questions or for more information - email penncrestsoftballboosters@gmail.com

PENNCREST ALL-SPORTS FEST

presented by Penncrest Athletic Boosters

Saturday February 21, 2026

10 am – 2 pm
FREE ADMISSION

Penncrest High School

Join us for a fun event with a variety of games and activities promoting ALL SPORTS!!! Elementary and middle school students encouraged to attend! MEET THE ATHLETES FROM ALL PENNCREST TEAMS * CONCESSION STAND * GAMES * GIVE AWAYS * PRIZES * ACTIVITIES * MEET THE COACHES * TEAM SWAG FOR PURCHASE For any questions, please contact penncrestathleticboosters@gmail.com