Hillsdale Herald

Happy Veterans Day! We had a wonderful assembly this morning learning about Veterans Day from 5th grade student council members: Sara B, Jake C, Declan M, Hope K. Thank you to Pack 110 members for presenting the flag and leading our students in the Pledge of Allegiance!

Conferences

Parent Teacher Conferences are the week of Thanksgiving. The link to sign up for conferences will be live through Monday Nov 14th 12:00pm. The link is below if you need it. Please call the office if you need assistance.

Lost and Found

Our Lost and Found has a lot of great sweatshirts! Please remind your child to look for their missing and lost items, and/or check it out when you come for a conference! We will be donating the collection at the end of the month. If your child's name is visible, we will return what we can.

Please check out info below for the YMWIC College & Career Expo tomorrow.

THANK YOU very much for donating some of your Halloween candy for our troops/veterans.

We collect 146.6 pounds of candy that will be distributed to our troops/veterans through the Veteran’s Multi-Service Center in Philadelphia.

YowZaaaaa! That is a lot of candy and our troops/veterans will definitely appreciate our sweet donation!

1. As we approach the colder weather, please make sure your children are dressing appropriately for the weather. Kindergarten and 1st grade students-please make sure you child(ren) has a weather appropriate change of clothes in their backpack.
   
2. Please remind your child(ren) that they should not share food and drink with friends or classmates, as we have many students with a variety of life threatening food allergies. If you have a child who has life threatening food allergies, please remind them of the importance not accepting/sharing food or drink from classmates or friends.
3. We are seeing the return of contagious illnesses that we did not see during Covid. Please remind your child(ren) to cover their cough in their elbow and wash their hands frequently. As always, we ask that you keep your child(ren) home if they are sick.
4. WCASD is returning to regular attendance policies. If you child was home sick, please send a note in to Mrs. Fithian. If you are sending a doctor’s note, the note must include the reason the student was absent and could not attend school as well as the dates for the exclusion.

Please contact Mrs. Dugan if you have any questions.

Colette Dugan, MEd, BSN, RN, CSN

Certified School Nurse

cdugan@wcasd.net

Hillsdale Elementary (M-F – 484-266-2006)gan@wcasd.net.

Students are invited to ask a Very Special Person to breakfast at school on Monday 11/21 (A-Ma) or Tuesday 11/22 (Mc-Z). Please see the links below to RSVP or Volunteer.

Thurs 11/17 – "Flannel and Fuzzy" Spirit Day; PTO mtg at 7pm

Fri 11/18 – Picture make-up day; Turkey Trot during Specials

11/21 – 11/23 – Conferences

11/21 – 11/22 – VSP Breakfasts before school

11/21 – 12/2 – Book Fair

11/23 – 11/25 – No School – Thanksgiving

11/30 – end of Trimester 1

A few things to note:

1) Volunteers must have clearances.

2) Younger siblings are not permitted at school while you volunteer.

3) Volunteers are held to the same confidentiality standards as any WCASD employee.

4) While you may see and interact with your child when you are volunteering, you are here to assist all children.

5) Volunteer links will be sent out every other month for two months at a time.

Los enlaces para los boletines del distrito WCASD y desde el correo electrónico del director pueden encontrarse también en los sitios web del distrito y de la escuela. La traducción será generada por una máquina por lo que no será completamente exacta.

1. Haga clic en el botón para traducer

2. Haga clic en la fecha para seleccionar el idioma

3. ¡Disfrute el boletín! Las imágenes con palabras no se pueden traducir, para obtener una traducción, envíe un correo electrónico al director.

We use Pick Up Patrol for a number of things here at school. It has replaced the need for parents to phone in absences, early dismissals, and/or changes in dismissal. It is truly helpful to us. Parents can make changes to their children’s status up until 1:30pm. At dismissal time the software becomes incredibly valuable to us to help make sure all the children are exactly where they're supposed to be. We are to count how many children to expect on each bus, as walkers and as car pick up we have each day. So, please, be sure that you have the app and are making changes when needed!

Si usted prefiere comunicarse en español por favor llame al 484-266-1690 para contactarse con personal escolar.

(If you prefer to speak to a Spanish speaking operator, please call 484-266-1690 to connect with school personnel.)

Email: pmerten@wcasd.net
Website: https://www.wcasd.net/Domain/602
Location: 725 West Market Street, West Chester, PA, USA
Phone: 484-266-2001
Twitter: @HDEelem