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Penn Alexander School Week of November 4 PAS WEEKLY pennalexander.philasd.org | Ms. Wapner, Principal | 215-400-7760 Upcoming Events: HSA Mtg - Student Health and Wellness Election Day (School Closed) Mark your calendars - Wednesday, November 6, 6pm! PAS School Tuesday, November 5 Nurse Natanya Gornstein (BSN, RN, CSN) will be the featured speaker at the HSA Meeting on student health and wellness. The Girls Volleyball vs. Penrose meeting will be held in the PAS Lunchroom. Enter via the blacktop. Wed., Nov. 6 (Home Game) Pizza provided. HSA Meeting (Student Health & Wellness) 18 th Annual PAS Harvest Food Drive Wednesday, November 6, 6pm Veterans’ Day (School Closed) PAS is collecting food donations for the University City Hospitality Monday, November 11 Coalition, a local organization that provides nightly hot meals to our homeless and neighbors in need. Commercial size canned fruits and Spruce Hill Community Assoc. Annual Meeting vegetables preferred. Tuesday, November 12, 7:30pm Picture Day (students wear school uniform) Picture Day is Coming! Wednesday, November 13 Picture Day is Wednesday, November 13. Pictures can be ordered online at FACE Parent Workshop mylifetouch.com with school code 257910 or use the paper order (Steam by Crayola) form sent home to all students. All students will be photographed Thursday, November 14, 6pm whether a package is purchased or not before picture day. Harvest Drive Ends Wear your school uniform and don’t forget your smile. Thursday, November 14 Noon Dismissal for Students (Teacher Professional Dev) CVS Parking Lot Friday, November 15 School Advisory Council (SAC) Friendly reminder - the CVS parking lot Monday, November 18 across from PAS is for CVS customers 3:45-4:45pm only. CVS may tow cars if the driver Noon Dismissal for Students cannot be located in the store. (Report Card Conferences) Wed-Fri, Nov. 20-22 Penn Alexander School Week of November 4 PAS Student News Season 2 - Episode 1 We are pleased to announce PAS NEWS has returned for a second season! These broadcasts are short news features created by students in our WHYY Media Lab program. This first episode features 3 stories - PAS student-led Climate Change March, PAS Badminton Elective, and a new installment of Hip With The Kids: a special feature on climate change. Check it out, you might recognize someone or learn a new fact: https://youtu.be/7La_jkHqpUk NEW-FACE Workshop-Crayola STEAM - Thursday, November 14, 6pm In this workshop, parents will create and play STEAM games to celebrate their child’s creativity and build planning, decision making, communication and critical thinking skills. Parents will receive a STEAM Kit which includes art supplies to take home for your children. Pizza and childcare provided. See enclosed flier to sign up! NEW! Scholastic Bookfair eWallet! No cash on hand the day of the upcoming Scholastic Book Fair? No worries! Our school offers Book Fair eWallet as a digital payment option. Simply set up a free account, and have funds immediately available to your child to shop the Book Fair. See flier for more details. https://tinyurl.com/PASScholasticBookFair Potluck Book Discussions Coming Soon! Dates, times and locations, including PAS, will be announced soon for the potluck book discussions. It is not necessary to have read the books to participate. Books include How We Fight White Supremacy by Akiba Solomon & Kenrya Rankin & Just Mercy, Adapted for Young Adults by Bryan Stevenson. !2 Please join us! All families welcome General Meeting of the HSA Third meeting of the 2019-2020 school year Topic: Student Health and Wellness ...with special guest Natanya Gornstein BSN RN CSN PAS School Nurse Wednesday, November 6 6:00–7:00 p.m. rd PAS Lunchroom (enter via the blacktop on 43 Street) pizza provided Please join us! All families welcome General Meeting of the HSA Third meeting of the 2019-2020 school year Topic: Student Health and Wellness ...with special guest Natanya Gornstein BSN RN CSN PAS School Nurse Wednesday, November 6 6:00–7:00 p.m. rd PAS Lunchroom (enter via the blacktop on 43 Street) pizza provided Doughnuts for Runners! Help raise money for our 2019-2020 PAS Running Clubs On Friday, November 8, Penn Alexander will be delivering Krispy Kreme donuts by the dozen! Our goal is to sell 100 dozen doughnuts! Each dozen costs $10.00 Take a dozen to work, treat your child’s class or enjoy yourself! Doughnut reservations must be made by Wednesday, November 6! Doughnuts can be picked up, starting at 8am, on the blacktop on Friday, November 8. Any unclaimed, reserved doughnuts will be sent home with the students. Please return bottom portion to your child’s homeroom teacher by Wed., November 6. Student’s Name: _________________________Teacher: ______________ Parent’s Name: _______________________________________________ I would like to reserve ______ dozen doughnuts. Total Enclosed $_____ Check one or complete credit card info: Cash____ Check___ (payable to PAS HSA) § I plan to pick up my doughnuts before school Friday, November 8th. § Please send doughnuts home with my child. § Donate a dozen to PAS Staff! Name on credit card: __________________________________________________________________ (Visa / MasterCard only) Card number: ____________________________________________________ Sec code: __________ Exp. date: ___________ Address: _____________________________________________________________________________ Zip: ____________________ I give permission for the PAS HSA to charge my credit card for the total amount listed above. Signature of card holder: ________________________________________________________________ PENN ALEXANDER 2019 PARENT WORKSHOP STEAM BY CRAYOLA FACILITATED BY THE FACE OFFICE NOVEMBER 14, 2019 6 PM PLEASE ENTER THE BUILDING THROUGH THE 43RD ST ENTRANCE Workshop held in PAS lunchroom. Childcare provided. IF WE CAN LEARN TOGETHER, WE CAN GROW TOGETHER! Crayola: STEAM for 21st Century Learners CREATIVITY IS MOST IMPORTANT IN THE DISCIPLINES OF SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY, ENGINEERING, ART AND MATHEMATICS (STEAM). IN THIS WORKSHOP, PARTICIPANTS CREATE AND PLAY STEAM GAMES TO CELEBRATE THEIR CHILD’S CREATIVITY AND BUILD PLANNING, DECISION MAKING, COMMUNICATION AND CRITICAL THINKING SKILLS. PARTICIPANTS WILL RECEIVE A STEAM KIT WHICH INCLUDES ART SUPPLIES, A FAMILY ENGAGEMENT GUIDE, AND THREE (3) VISUAL, EASY-TO-USE, PROJECT-BASED LEARNING IDEAS. PLEASE RSVP! NAME: STUDENT NAME: Grade: EMAIL/PHONE: Easy Ways to Help raise money for Penn Alexander Box Tops https://www.boxtops4education.com/ Three ways to participate in this fundraising opportunity: 1. Box Tops has gone Clipless! Download the BoxTops for Education app on your mobile device to scan receipts that contain eligible items. (When registering, choose 19104 zip code and select Sadie Alexander) Don’t forget to register your ShopRite and Sam’s Club cards for bonus points and have friends and family participate. 2. Clip Box Tops from your household products and send them into school in an envelope. 3. Don’t have time to either scan or clip coupons but still want to make an impact and help support our afterschool programs? Make a one-time donation of $45 by cash or check (made out to PAS HSA) and send this donation with the personal information below to the school’s office: Child’s Name _________________________________ Child’s Classroom _____________________________ Box Tops Donation $_________ Amazon Smile Amazon Smile is a website operated by Amazon with the same products, prices, and shopping features as Amazon.com. The difference is that when you shop on Amazon Smile, the Amazon Smile Foundation will donate 0.5% of the price of eligible products to the charitable organization of your choice. If you shop on Amazon, bookmark smile.amazon.com/ instead, and choose Home and School Association of Penn Alexander School as your charity. A percentage of every purchase will go to PAS. Share the information about both of these programs with neighbors and extended family members. They are open to everyone. This Thanksgiving, while you give thanks for food, friends, and family, don’t forget those who have little to be thankful for… Thanksgiving is a time for sharing, caring, family, and, well, food. Unfortunately, there are many people in our community who won’t spend Thanksgiving surrounded by food, family and friends. Many of them are homeless, needy and otherwise destitute. We know you care about needy families in University City as much as we do. The University City Hospitality Coalition (UCHC) has been serving University City’s homeless and needy for THIRTY-FIVE YEARS and is an all-volunteer non-profit organization. Four evenings a week, 52 weeks a year, the UCHC provides hot meals to our homeless and needy neighbors, as well as bag lunches on Saturdays and an additional Sunday meal during the school year. We also provide a medical clinic, a legal clinic, dental assistance, a mailing address, and referrals to shelters, job placement, and other services. Please help us help families in need this Thanksgiving… Through the faculty, students and families of the Penn Alexander School, we will, for the EIGHTEENTH year, be collecting canned fruits and vegetables for our meals. We need your help to continue feeding poor and homeless families in University City. Because of the number of people we serve, we prefer “commercial” size cans, #10 (≈7 lb.) or #3 (≈3 lb.), of common fruits and vegetables (e.g., fruit salad, sweet potatoes, green beans, corn). Bottles of BBQ sauce and pancake syrup are also appreciated. Thank you for your continuing support. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ---- Your giving doesn’t have to end here… Here are five other ways you can give of your time and resources to UCHC: 1. Tell a person in need about UCHC. Handouts are attached to pass on to anyone you think could use a meal. 2. Volunteer at a meal site. Groups of 2-3 are welcome 5:00-7:00 PM, especially over school holidays. 3. Use this form to send us a tax-deductible monetary gift. Because UCHC is an all-volunteer organization, 100% of your gift will be used to help our needy clients.