COPPER BEECH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

NEWSLETTER

Calendar of Events

June 21: LAST STUDENT DAY Week of June 27: Report Cards mailed out Week ending August 26: Class placement letters mailed out August 30: Kindergarten Tour September 7: FIRST DAY OF SCHOOL

825 N. Easton Road, Glenside, PA 19038 SUMMER 2015-2016

Message from the Principals

As the summer is upon us, we wanted to take a brief moment to wish all of our families well. The 2015-2016 school year has been packed with amaz-ing accomplishments and achievements. Our staff and students have shown tireless effort and for that we praise them.

We would like to thank the staff for all they have done throughout the year to ensure our students’ successes both in and out of the classroom. They are an amazing group of educators!

We would like to thank our families for the endless support during the year. We appreciate all of your involvement, encouragement, time, and ener-gy. We could not accomplish all that we are able to without your dedication. We are extremely proud. Our strong home-school connection proves that we all believe that our “Children Matter Most.”

We would like to thank the PTA and ALL of our volunteers for a wonder-ful year. Your involvement in our school community is so important. You help us provide the students with all the extras that make this school so special. We hope that you continue as a volunteer in the upcoming school year!

We would like to wish our sixth graders the best as they begin a new journey at the Junior High School. They are more than prepared, and we are confident that they will do great things. We look forward to hearing about their future accomplishments over the years. Finally, we would to wish Ms. Hagarty and Ms. Rehill a happy and healthy retirement. We appreciate their dedication to the Abington School Dis-trict and the students of Copper Beech. We hope all our students and their families have a safe and enjoyable

summer.

Sincerely,

Stephanie P. Viola Marie S. Kim Principal Assistant Principal

SPRING CONCERT

This year Copper Beech had two teams representing our school. Both teams con-sisted of 4th through 6th grade students who competed against other elementary schools in the district. Copper Beech students did a great job and showed excellent sportsmanship. All in all, it was a successful competition for Copper Beech.

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SILVER PEN WINNERS

Congratulations to Sagan Brinkert, Erika Forsstrom, Aidan Keller and Finnegan McClellan for being this year’s Silver Pen Award recipients. Keep up the great writing!

CAFÉ FORK AND SPOON WINNERS

Classes are rewarded for showing CB CARES in our Cafeteria. March April 1-Scholly 1-Lewis 2-Mangin 2-Falcone 3-Slinger 3-Perlman 4-Gogel 4-Boyd 5-Richards 5-Gemzik 6-Price 6-Gerson May 1-Wolf 2-Magill 3-Bowser 4-Matthews 5-Portman 6-Jackson

HONORS

COPPER BEECH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

Awards Assemblies

At the end of the school year, we held a Kindergarten through Fifth Grade Cougar

Assembly and a Sixth Grade Recognition Ceremony. Students were recognized for

their participation or achievements in the following:

KIND Club, Odyssey of the Mind, Cheerleading, Girls on the Run, VIBE and IMAGINE,

Reading Olympics, Abington Fitness Challenge, Track and Field, MathFax, Math

Olympiad, Service Learning, Cougar Kids, Kindergarten CARES Awards, Try-umph

Awards, Art Awards, Music Awards, President’s Awards, TREEmendous Awards,

Ginny Fuller Award, and Matthew Bythrow Award.

We know our students show CARES behavior every day. Our staff and students hold

high expectations for learning and achievement. Congratulations to all our students

for their hard work and effort throughout the year!

Abington School District Elementary Track & Field

CB Field Day

Are You Moving?

If you will not be returning to Copper Beech next school year or will be moving, please notify the office for the forms you must sign. Addresses cannot be changed in Skyward without presenting the proper paperwork; therefore, our office needs to know of any address change as soon as possible. Mailing for report cards and/or teacher assignment, etc., can be delayed without the proper information.

Checkout our Website over the Summer!

You can find:

Volunteer Clearance Letter Information about our Sum-

mer Reading Incentive Recommended Summer

Reading Lists General Supply Lists Memories of our 2015-2016

School Year

2016-2017 KINDERGARTEN TOUR

New kindergartens are invited to join us for a building tour on Tuesday, August 30, 2016

9:00-10:00 AM (Last Names A-L) 10:30-11:30 (Last Names M-Z)

Report cards will be mailed home in June. Teacher as-signments will be mailed in later August.

Summer Mailings

COMMUNICATION TOOLS

ASD ToGo—Abington School District’s mobile app. Available through the Google Play store and iTunes.

Facebook—”Like” Abington School District (AbingtonSD), Abington Senior High School, (AbingtonSrHigh) and Abington Junior

High School (AbingtonJrHigh).

Twitter—”Follow” Abington School District (@AbingtonSchools), Abington Senior High School, (@AbingtonSenior) and Abington

Junior High School (@AbingtonJunior).

COMMUNITY E-FLIERS—E-Fliers provide parents, guardians, and community members with information on community events

that may be of interest to Abington School District students and families. Access via the website.

CABLE—The school district’s cable channel is available on Comcast digital channel 968, Verizon FIOS channel 34, and Comcast

analog channel 43.

Skyward—Abington School District’s student information system, through which student information is available to parents and

guardians.

Access these electronic communication tools through the Abington School District website and the Internet.

www.abington.k12.pa.us

Kindergarten Christine Allen Bernadette Bowlin Caryn Gemzik Noreen McAleer Christine Steinmetz Abigail Woods Grade 1 Sally Loeffel Yolanda Moran Jennifer Nicholson Rebecca Seltzer Linda Sutch Barbara Wolf Grade 2 Amanda Costa Colleen Dooley Joseph Falcone Shelley Jackson Jacqueline Mangin Kathryn Schuyler Rosemary Sincavage

Grade 3 Alison Bowser Jillian Coyne Denise Crompton Maria Gabrys Jennifer Perlman Victoria Slinger Sara Smith Grade 4 Karima Boyd Bernadette Egan Heidi Gogel Teresa Hagan Elise Matthews Tara McFadden Christopher West Grade 5 Kristina Ansuini Giovanna Conway Steve Portman Andrea Richards Mary Ryan Katie Scholly Julie Wentz

COPPER BEECH STAFF 2016-2017

Grade 6 Keith Eckenrode Sheri Gerson Susan Hideck John Murphy Daniel Oldham Alex Price

CB’s NEW Kindness Bench

Donated by the Glenside Acts of Kind-

ness, Glenside Rotary Club, and Joseph

Cauvin in honor of Ali Turner