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2025-2026 School Year:

• 4/2, 4/3 and 4/6/26- Spring Break- No school for students
• Weeks of 4/6 and 4/13- Bucks IU Mobile Fab Lab visits Core Creek
• 4/9/26- PTO Variety Show- 6:00 pm
• 4/15/26- STEAM Expo at Neshaminy High School- 6:30-8:30 pm
• PSSA ELA: April 21st, 22nd, 24th
• PSSA Math: April 28 and 29th
• 4/30/26- Core Creek Art Show; 6:00-8:00 pm
• 5/15/26- Field Day
• 5/18/26- Field Day rain date
• 5/19/26- No School for students- Election Day
• 5/25/26- No school- Memorial Day
• 6/4/26- PTO Core Creek's Trenton Thunder Night
• 6/9/26- Fourth Grade Move Up Ceremony- Update- 6:00 pm at Maple Point
• 6/10/26- Half Day- 12:30 pm dismissal
• 6/11/26- Half Day- 12:30 pm dismissal
• 6/12/26- Last day of school- Half Day- 12:30 pm dismissal
• 6/12/26- Progress Reports go live in Home Access

Students earn tickets for being respectful, responsible, and safe. The images below show our most recent weekly winners! Congratulations to all students who have earned a pride ticket!

Students earn points in the cafeteria for being respectful, responsible, and safe. Congratulations to the following classes for earning the Golden Fork and Spoon Awards.

Golden Fork (highest points):

• Kindergarten-Mrs. Faro
• First Grade- Dr. Raab
• Second grade-Ms. Faul
• Third Grade- Ms. McLaughlin
• Fourth Grade- Mrs. Briscella

Golden Spoon (second highest points):

• Kindergarten-Mrs. Royal
• First Grade-Mrs. Bruno
• Second grade- Mrs. Abell
• Third Grade- Ms. Zimmerman
• Fourth Grade- Mrs. Phillips

Students in Ms. Faul's class completed a soil project.

Students in Ms. McKeever's class dressed in green for St. Patrick's Day.

Core Creek held our STEAM Night and Book Fair on March 25th. Huge shoutout to all of the student presenters. You did a wonderful job!

Thank you PTO and our librarian team for helping to make our Book Fair so successful!

Core Creek families attended the Pizza Bingo on Friday, March 27th. It was a wonderful night with so many winners! Thank you to the PTO for organizing this fun event!

DJ Reggie joined Core Creek on Monday, March 30th, to review the character traits of respect, responsibility, fairness, caring and trustworthiness. Students and staff danced as we reviewed why having those attributes are so important.

Hello Core Creek Families!

We are so excited for our Core Creek Cubs Field Day! Field Day will be held on Friday May 15th! The Field Day committee has worked hard to create a fun filled day with a variety of activities. The classes will be divided into 4 teams! Each team will represent a Cub by wearing Brown, Gold, White or Grey.

Thank you to the Field Day Committee and the PTO for all the help and support in planning this fun day!

Field Day T-shirts:

Please complete the form below. Field Day shirts will be given to ALL students.

Field Day Shirt Orders

Note: Students will find out their team after Spring Break!

Spectating Field Day Events:

Parents are allowed to watch Field Day events during the AM (9:35-11:40) and PM (1:10-3:10) Rotations. Kindergarten Parents will be able to attend from 9:35-11:00 and 11:50-1:00. Parents are not allowed in the building during Field Day. ONLY outdoor events can be spectated. Please stay to the sides of the events so you do not interfere with the running of the event. Remember to use Good Sportsmanship while spectating!

ALL 1st- 4th grade parents must leave the property for the LUNCH time. (11:40 am -1:10 pm) Kindergarten lunch is 11:00-11:40.

Parking for parents:

Parking will be extremely limited, please consider CARPOOLING or WALKING.

• More information to come

Lunch:

Kindergarten, 1st and 2nd grade students will eat lunch in the cafeteria. Grades 3 and 4 will have a picnic lunch on Field Day. It will not be during their traditional lunch time. Please consider sending in an easy brown paper bag lunch labeled with your child’s name. If your child needs to buy lunch, they can still get lunch from the cafeteria. It will be an easy grab and go lunch. Grades 3 and 4, please send in a beach towel on Field Day so your child may sit on it outside in the courtyard by the cafeteria.

Volunteers:

Additional information will be forthcoming.

Note- In order to volunteer you MUST have SCHOOL CLEARANCES in App Garden with the Main Office. Please do not volunteer unless you know for a fact you are in the system.

A few reminders for the day of Field Day:

• Wear your Field Day Shirt (free to all students- order link below) and as much of the same supporting color as possible! If you alter your child’s shirt please follow the dress code. NO belly shirts and arm holes should be the size of the sleeve.

• Students should wear SNEAKERS on Field Day! (Please NO Crocs) Safety First!

• Send your child in with a labeled water bottle. We will have water refilling stations. A name will help if the water bottle gets misplaced.

• SUNSCREEN is important for the day! We will be outside most of the day. Please apply before school. We will have a few indoor activities and students will get breaks in the schedule and as the teacher sees a need. Hats are welcomed on Field Day as well.

• Phones and smartwatches will go in backpacks during field day.

• Please continue the conversation of SPORTSMANSHIP! It is a day filled with FUN competition. Win or Lose, believe in giving it your best!

A link to the class rotation schedule and Map of Field Day will be sent out the day before Field Day! (Thursday May 14th)

Please reach out with any questions.

Thank you!

Brooke Lesser

Core Creek's spring concert will be on Thursday, May 14th at Maple Point. Because there are so many awesome students involved, we are splitting the concerts into two parts:

Part 1 - Advanced Orchestra and Beginner Strings:

• Report time for 3rd and 4th grade strings students involved: 5:30 PM.

• Concert will begin at 6:15.

• Students who are not in chorus or band (and their families) may leave after they are finished performing.

Part 2 - 4th Grade Chorus and Band:

• Report time for band and chorus students involved: 7:00 PM

• Band students to band room/stage

• Chorus students to cafeteria

• Students in both, report to band first to set up instruments

• Concert will begin at 7:30 PM.

• Chorus will perform first. Band students not in chorus will sit in a taped off section of the auditorium to watch chorus perform.

Please reach out to Mrs. Cassidy (acassidy@neshaminy.org), Mr. Russell (trussell@neshaminy.org), or Mr. Tanicello (atanicello@neshaminy.org) with any questions.

The following 2 calendars show the specials cycle days for the months of March and April.

Core Creek will have a spirit week during the week of April 7th-10th in honor of Autism Acceptance Month.

Monday- No school/Spring Break

Tuesday- Communication Comes in Many Colors Wear your Core Creek Unity Shirt

Wednesday- Sensory Friendly Day Wear comfy clothes - be comfortable in your own skin!

Thursday- Uniquely You Wear bold colors (neon) or mismatched clothing to show your unique personality!

Friday- Peace, Love, Acceptance We are all welcome! Wear our Core Creek spirit wear! Or Rock Peace Signs, hearts, or tie dye!

Students in third and fourth grade will be taking the English Language Arts (ELA) and Math PSSAs this spring. For planning purposes I have provided the specific dates below.

PSSA ELA: April 21st, 22nd, 24th

PSSA Math: April 28 and 29th

Please see important information from Dr. Burkholder contained in the document linked below for information about the upcoming PSSA tests:

• Elementary PSSA Parent Letter 2026.pdf

We are seeing an increase in students using their cellphones and smartwatches to communicate with families during the day. If a parent or guardian needs to communicate a message to their child, please email the teacher or call the main office at 215-809-6390.

Please see the information below from our District Student Handbook regarding cellphones and smartwatches.

We permit students to have cell phones in school. However, there are specific guidelines your student must follow:

• Students must turn off their cell phones and smartwatches when they arrive to school.
• Phones and smartwatches are not to be visible during normal school hours (backpack, etc.).

Students in violation of these guidelines may have their electronic devices including cell phones and smart watches confiscated and returned at the end of the day. A second offense may result in confiscation and a parent must pick up the electronic device. For the protection and avoidance of electronic devices being lost/stolen, we recommend that students do not bring any type of electronic device to school.

I encourage all parents to consistently review your child's Google documents from your child's laptop, including Google Slides and Google Docs. We have seen an increase in incidents of students misusing these apps to send inappropriate messages to other students through the sharing of these documents.

You can access the links to these apps from your child's Clever homepage when they open the internet browser.

The link to the Acceptable Use of Internet, Computers and Network Resources is below for additional information.

Regular school attendance is important for your child’s learning and success. All students of compulsory school age (ages 6–18) are expected to attend school each day unless an absence is excused.

Please note:

• Absences are marked unexcused until an excuse note is provided

• Absences may be excused by sending a handwritten note, doctor's note, emailing your child’s teacher, or submitting the absence through the School Messenger app

• Excused absences include illness, medical appointments, religious observances, and other approved reasons

• Students are responsible for making up missed work after an excused absence

• Families will receive a letter after 10 total absences (both excused and unexcused) have accumulated.

Unexcused absences may lead to truancy notifications and required meetings if attendance concerns continue. School Messenger is also used to share important updates, attendance messages, and weather-related information.

If you have questions about attendance, please contact the main office at 215-809-6390.

Families may request approval for students to be excused from school to participate in an educational trip or tour that is not sponsored by the school. Requests must be submitted in writing to the building principal at least five school days in advance (except in emergencies).

Please note:

• Trips are not approved during the first 10 school days or during PSSA testing for Grades 3–4

• A maximum of five school days per school year may be approved

• Make-up work is the student’s responsibility, and not all classroom instruction can be recreated.

Families will be notified if a request is denied. For questions, please call the main office at 215-809-6390.

Neshaminy School District is pleased to offer a new efficient student absence reporting system called SafeArrival.

You can now report your child’s absence in advance of the official start of the school day using any of these three methods:

• Using your mobile device, download and install the SchoolMessenger app from the Apple App Store or the Google Play Store. The first time you use the app, select SIGN UP to create your account. Select Attendance and then Report an Absence.
• Use the SafeArrival SchoolMessenger website. The first time you use the website, select SIGN UP to create your account. Select Attendance and then Report an Absence.
• You can call 1-888-256-5072 to report an absence to the SafeArrival system.
• While we strongly encourage parents and guardians to use SafeArrival, hand-delivered notes and phone calls to the Main Office will still be accepted for absences.

Please note that absences called into Main Offices will be marked “unexcused” until a written note is provided.

Your username and password are the same whether you use the mobile app or the website. You must register your account using the email address on file with Neshaminy.

To use the phone reporting option, you must use the phone number on file with Neshaminy. You can verify or modify your contact information by logging into the Home Access Center (HAC). If you do not recall your HAC credentials, please call your schools main office. The automated absence reporting systems is available 24/7. If you report on the day of an absence, you must do so by 11:45 pm or contact the main office or attendance office at your child’s school during normal school hours.

Please see the attached form for additional information.

Our lost and found is located in our cafeteria. We have numerous articles of clothing, jackets, water bottles, and lunch boxes. Please ask your child to check the lost and found for any items they may have misplaced. Reminders are being given in the lunchroom as well.

As a reminder, please label your child's items so that our team can help return any lost items to the correct owner.

Below is a copy of the Parent-Student Handbook for the 2025-2026 school year. I encourage all families to review the handbook to stay up to date on any changes to procedures and district information.

Who needs to obtain volunteer clearances?

Any adult applying for or holding a volunteer position who is responsible for a child's welfare or has direct contact with children during curricular or co-curricular activities needs to obtain volunteer clearances. Examples include classroom volunteers, Home & School activity volunteers, or field trip chaperones.

If you have any questions as to whether a clearance is needed for a particular volunteer role or activity, please contact our main office, 215-809-6390.

Please view additional information on our District website.

Don't Wait!

Act 34 - the Pennsylvania State Police Clearance - can take 2 to 4 weeks to process and Act 151 - the Child Abuse History Clearance - can also take 2 to 4 weeks.

You will NOT be allowed to volunteer or chaperone a school trip unless all appropriate volunteer paperwork is complete and submitted.

You can view our current menus anytime here. Food Services / Food Services Menus and Info. Families may qualify for free or reduced-price meals. Find out more or apply at

Food Services / Free & Reduced Meal Program

Meal Prices for 2025–26

Breakfast: FREE

Lunch: $2.80

The breakfast and lunch menus for March are listed below.

PTO meetings are held in the cafeteria starting at 7 p.m.

• April 29th
• May 27th

Join us for the Variety Show on April 9th starting at 6:00 p.m. in Core Creek's gymnasium. Admission is free. This a wonderful opportunity for our students to shine and share their unique talents with our school community! This event highlights the creativity, confidence, and individuality of our students.

Buy your Core Creek Elementary yearbooks today! Only $25. Click the link below…

Order your Yearbook!

Yearbooks are on sale through April 10th (No late orders will be taken).

Friendly reminder- 4th graders receive yearbooks as a gift from the PTO so no need to order one for 4th graders.

Please see the attached flyer for the grade level school store dates. The school store will run on Fridays from 8:50am - 9:20am. Parents are encouraged to send spending money in a labeled Ziploc bag with the total amount and child's name written on the outside.

• Kindergarten/1st Grade: March 6th
• 2nd Grade: February 20th, March 13th
• 3rd/4th Grades: February 27th, March 27th