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BOX TOPS NEWS:The Box Tops collection deadline for February will be THIS FRIDAY, 2/21, due to many having a 3/1 expiration date. If our team doesn't process and send them into the company in time, we don't get all the money available to us! Please send in ANY clipped Box Tops you have at home to your child's classroom box THIS WEEK!Make sure you also have the app for the new digital labels! Go to BTFE.com for more info, and make sure you "Give Credit" to your child's teacher when scanning future receipts. Any questions, contact kateoberholtzer@gmail.
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Coins for Puerto Rico! Easterly Parkway’s Coin Drive for Puerto Rico, led by Mrs. Davy's 5th grade classroom, was a great success! A total of $1,615.64 was raised and will be donated to Unidos-Disaster Relief and Recovery Program for Puerto Rico website. Go Easterly Eagles!!!
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The SCASD Registration Office will be holding registration sessions for next year's kindergarten students at all Elementary Schools. Please see the schedule below:
Kindergarten 2020-2021 Registration Dates
Time 12:00 pm - 6:00 pm
Corl Street February 19
Gray's Woods February 25
Radio Park February 27
Ferguson March 4
Spring Creek March 24
Easterly Parkway March 26
Park Forest Elem March 30
Mount Nittany Elem April 1
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YEARBOOK VOLUNTEERS NEEDED! (Yearbook volunteers will receive a free yearbook)
Clearances are only needed for anyone needing to be with children in the school (ie. taking pictures).
Help needed for the following:
5th Grade ad page creator- collect 5th grade ad pictures & text content, use templates to add information, use clip art to enhance the page, Follow-up to clarify information as needed
Candid and event Pages- do you enjoy looking at pictures? Do you enjoy arranging pictures? That’s what is needed for candid and event pages! This is an easy way to gain yearbook experience!
Photo team members: Take pictures of school events and or students life. Phone pictures are fine! Upload pictures to yearbook site, Sort pictures into appropriate folders, Take pictures of students and staff who did not get their picture taken during Fall pictures, and work with teachers to collect pictures that they may have taken
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Science and Technology Fair
All students are encouraged to enter an exhibit in the Easterly Science and Technology Fair, Monday February 24. Science/technology oriented parents are invited to offer an activity or demo: contact Sara Lego if interested (ses224@psu.edu). Details and entry forms are on the PTO website and on the flyer coming home.
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Middle Schools Shine in Technology Bowl
A trio of Mount Nittany Middle School students bowled the field over at the Technology Student Associationโs Region 8 competition and Park Forestโs Isabelle McSweeney topped the Prepared Speech field.
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Easterly Parkway Helping Hands Fair
Easterly Parkway Elementary Schoolโs 13th Helping Hands Fair is a day-long event in which grades take turns completing activities at stations in classrooms, all as community service.
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High Five Fridays
A new State College Police Department initiative modeled after similar police programs nationwide. Each Friday, if theyโre available, officers travel to a different elementary school within their jurisdiction and greet arriving students.
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Ferguson Township Kindergarten Bookstore
During teacher Mary Macalusโ kindergarten class at Ferguson Township Elementary, students browsed in support of an innovative writing lesson. After creating their own books, the kindergarteners turned their room into a bookstore.
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Environmentally Friendly Buildings Are LEED Certified
Sustainable features are noteworthy and vital components of State College Area School Districtโs new buildings and all five have earned LEED certification. โState College has been leading the way in sustainability for more than 10 years,โ says architect Jeff Straub.
