Pequea parents, we are in need your help.   We are noticing that many children are coming to school earlier and earlier, and although we love spending as much time as possible with your children, we do not have the staff to monitor all of these kids.   I have asked all of the teachers to remind students that they are not to be dropped off before 8:50 A.M.    The only exceptions to this rule would be the students who are attending a before school program like P.E.S.T. club, chorus or Pequea’s breakfast program.    We appreciate your help in this matter.

• Pequea had a total of 104 participants
• 5th grade had 42% participate in the program (Best among all grades)
• 6th grade raised $1,270 alone!!! (Best among all grades)
• Abby Geiger raised $302 (Best among all students)

Yes, Miss Urban, one of our fourth grade teachers, has joined the blogging world.  You can access her site directly by logging into http://blogs.pennmanor.net/murban/ or you can link in via the Meet Our Staff page.   It is our hope that these pages will help you feel more informed about what is happening in your child’s classroom.

Our first grade students offered thanks in the cutest way possible.  They performed, The First Thanksgiving for parents and peers to watch.   If you could not make the play, please look to the right of this page and find the link marked First Grade Play.   You can watch the whole play on-line.

The Penn Manor School District in Partnership with the Pennsylvania Department of Health and Lancaster General is offering the Community

FREE FLU SHOTS

FOR CHILDREN 3 TO 18 YEARS OF AGE

(All ages must be accompanied by their parent or guardian. Shots are only for children, adults can check with their healthcare provider for information concerning the adult vaccine.) 

WHEN: Thursday December 11, 2008

TIME: 4:00 PM to 8:00 PM (walk in no appointment needed)

WHERE: Penn Manor High School (library)

              100 East Cottage Ave.

              Millersville PA 17551

(When facing the central complex doors enter into the doors directly to the left)

Today we honored Veterans everywhere at our annual Veterans Day Program.   This year’s program was dedicated to Lance Corporal Christopher Dean Johnson.    He was our guest speaker at our Veterans Day program for 2007 and has since tragically died in a boating accident in May of 2008.   We were very fortunate to have the musical group of Mrs.Campbell, Mrs. Huber, Mrs. Wilson and Mrs. Aukamp.   We were also pleased to hear from Pastor Ken Lefever and Melvin Myers.    This was an emotional day for all of us and educational for our children.  I appreciate the hard work of Ms. Kathy Zerby every year to develop such a wonderful program.

Today we hosted the very first Penn Manor Perks story time. We had 28 kids attend our program.   I have huge hopes that word of mouth will make this program grow. This is a new initiative that evolved from the development of the Penn Manor transition team which was established to ease the transition from preschool or home to school. Penn Manor will offer the Perks story time every first Wednesday of the month from 9:30-10:15. The location changes every month, so parents can see all of our elementary schools.   It was very exciting to meet so many future Penn Manor students.   

• December 3rd, Central Manor
• January 7th, Marticville Middle School
• February 4th, Eshleman
• March 4th, Conestoga
• April 1st, Hambright
• May 6th, LeTort

Third graders at Pequea are required to complete a book project once a marking period to promote at-home reading. Braden Steele completed his book project by reading the book, A-Z Mysteries, The Falcon Feather. After completing his book project he thought the perfect way to conclude would be to contact Jack Hubley and arrange for a visit. Braden worked with his family, to get in touch with Mr. Hubley and set up a grade level assembly for his peers. Today, Jack Hubley brought four different birds of prey to share with our students. (Red tailed hawk, Harris Hawk, Peregrine Falcon and a Great Horned Owl) Check out the pictures below. Another interesting fact about Mr. Hubley; he is much better at classifying birds than princesses. Ask a third grader to explain this inside joke!