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Message From Principal Kuminka
Thank you parents for partnering with the school to make your children's experience positive. Ensuring homework is completed, reading, attending events, communicating with your child's teacher, and reinforcing high expectations for learning are just a few examples of how your support ROCKS! Teachers throughout Coebourn would like to thank you as well. Please read their comments below.
We have passed 100 days of school this month and we have read over 55 million words as a school. Coebourn Students are readers!!! Great job students and families with completing our second round of 4 schools 1 book initiative and completing "Mr. Popper's Penguins". If we read 85 million words or more, Principal Kuminka will be sliding down a slip and slide while million word readers throw whip cream pies at him. Let's go Coebourn and hit our building Goal!!
Jump Rope for Heart was a huge success again this year. The Coebourn School Community raised $3,999.95 for the American Heart Association. Over the past 5 years, the four Elementary Schools of Coebourn, Aston, Parkside, and Pennell raised over $120,000 for the American Heart Association. AMAZING!!
The PBIS and Character Education team organized a "Mix It Up Day". Students across grade levels were mixed up to conduct a lesson on diversity. Coebourn Teacher Mrs. Carroll said at the end of the day, "it brought tears to my eyes to see how cute the older and younger students were with each other". Coebourn students respect that idea of diversity and are clearly compassionate young boys and girls. We also ran Kindness Week during the week of February 16th. This will add to our continuous goal of a positive learning climate.
Captain Cook from "Mr. Popper's Penguins" pays Coebourn Elementary a visit!
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Coebourn Parents ROCK!
Teachers thank you for your support with your children's education:
Kindergarten Teacher: Thank you for helping your children learn to read and write.
First Grade Teachers:
Thank you for making school, homework and attendance a priority in your child's life.
Thank you for taking the time to listen to your child read and respond using our reading vocabulary and higher level questions.
Second Grade Teachers:
Thank you for reading Mr. Popper's Penguins to your children every night and making family reading time a priority.
Third Grade Teachers:
Thank you for supporting with math homework and Raz-Kids at home!
Fourth Grade Teachers:
Thank you for helping your children with their reading homework and making sure they are completing it with accuracy. Thank you for helping your children review breath box words and math facts
Fifth Grade Teachers:
Thank you for ensuring that your children reach their Reading Counts Goals each month!
Band Teacher:
Providing our students with words of praise and support, even during the beginning stages of learning an instrument
Thank you for bringing your children to rehearsals on time and supporting their love of music!
Thank you for showing your children what you like to listen to and exposing them to different kinds of music.
Art Teacher:
Thank you for
continued support of the arts and understanding the necessity of an art education!
School Counselor:
Thank you for supporting the 3R's at Coebourn and making sure the children are demonstrating positive character traits, such as reminding students to be respectful to peers!
Physical Education Teacher:
Thank you for always giving the time and energy to volunteer for Jumpathon and Field Day!
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Jump Rope for Heart
Students jumped all over heart disease this month by participating in a variety of several different heart pumping stations for Coebourn's 2016 Jumpathon. Stations included cruising through a heart maze on a scooter, individual jump rope tricks and skills, hula hooping, an extreme obstacle course, and setting a yearly Heart Healthy goal. Many students wore red to show their support in fighting heart disease and many teachers participated in the event as well. The event is a good representation of how students have been learning and exploring different ways to keep their hearts healthy through good nutrition and exercise. Leading up to the event, our school collected funds to donate to the American Heart Association. This year Coebourn Elementary raised over $3,999.95! Way to go Coebourn!
I am so proud of your hard work and dedication to such an awesome cause!
-Mrs. Johnston
Physical Education Teacher
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5th Grade Composting Club
by Mrs. Wooleyhan
When students hear the word recycle, they usually think of paper and plastic. Not many students realize that some food can be recycled too. That is how Coebourn's Compost Club started. The club began with the basics of composting such as what it is and why is it important. Many students were shocked to learn that simple banana peels and apple cores,
if not disposed of properly,
could release harmful gases into the air.
The students of the compost club collect material from 5th grade lunch on a daily basis. At the end of the week, the students add their green material to our compost bin. Students have collected about 1,840 cubic inches of material so far this year! That is almost 8 gallons of natural material that will be recycled!
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Congratulations Coebourn Elementary on your Outstanding Achievements
2015 National School of Character
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1 -5th Grade Yearbook Pic. 1:15
2 - Newspaper Club 8:20 / Dr. Suess Night - SVHS 6:30
3 - 11:15 Dismissal
4 - Student Council 8:15 / Safety Meeting 8:30
7 - Book Fair Begins / Pennies For Patients Begins
10 - Coebourn Family Literacy Night 6:00
11 - PJ's For Patients $1.00
13 - Daylight Savings Spring Ahead
14 - Science Explorers Begins
16 - Newspaper Club 8:20 / Chick Fil A Spirit Night
17 - Student Council 8:15 / 11:15 Dismissal / Conferences
18 - Report Cards Issued / 11:15 Dismissal
21- 28 SPRING BREAK
29 - Classes Resume
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CLASSROOM CONNECTION
Third Grade
is Thrilling
The third grade is currently preparing for our annual Living History Museum. The students have already chosen a historical figure to read about and research. They are collecting information by reading biographies and documenting it in a packet that is filled with questions and criteria necessary for their project. The information collected will be used to write a research paper during Writing Workshop time. The rough draft of the paper will be sent home to be proofread and typed. Once the final copy of the paper is complete the children will then take their research paper and turn it into a speech. The speech will be memorized and practiced for several weeks. On Friday, April 29th the children will dress as their historical figure and give their speech to everyone in attendance. If you are interested in learning about many different historical figures please join us at Coebourn on April 29th at 2pm for our Living History Museum.
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February Students of the Month
WAY TO GO!!!!!
Miss Lydon AM -
Emma Lloyd
Miss Lydon PM - Meah Szumowski
Miss Creighton -
Phoenix Brown
Miss Sullivan -
Haylie Smith
Mrs. Sciecinski -
Abbie Falcone
Mrs. Anderson -
Steven Le
Mrs. Politano -
Luci Damico
Mrs. Nattress -
Dennis Romanoski
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Miss
Snyder -
Jenna Yaworski
Miss Kuhn -
Nessa Nawn
Mrs. Dever
- Matteo Ventresca
Mr. Senatore -
Shane Dauber
Mrs. Carroll -
Tyler Troutman
Mrs. Carey -
Josh Coleman
Mrs. Wooleyhan -
Jaina Preuhs
Mrs. Keefer -
Elaina Carrow
Mrs. Barry -
Olivia Spayd
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Cougar 200 Club
Congratulations to the following students who were recognized in the month of February for demonstrating
one of the 3 R's
Respect, Responsibility, and Ready
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Gavin Powell
Alivia Manguel
Jay Rottenberk
Maura Gallagher
Nate DiProjetto
Cara McHugh
Michael Naugle
Brooke Jackson
Kamryn Essaf
Gabe April
Luci Damico
Nate Benz
Juliette Cummings
Tori Burgos
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ayden Mallard
Casey Callahan
Nessa Nawn
Elaina Carrow
Autumn Simms
Hunter Paulson
Hannah Tagle
Jeremy Heller
Julia DiNicola
Bridget Steele
Jayson McCall
Adrina Pohlman
Casey Callahan
Jake Adams
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PALS FOR LIFE
Pals for Life will be visiting the Aston Library. Your child can expand his or her reading confidence by practicing their reading to a trained therapy dog! Reading to animals is a great way to improve your child's reading while showing our therapy dogs a lot of love and attention. Program dates are: Wednesday, March 2nd at 6:30PM Monday, March 7th at 6:30PM
Wednesday, March 9th at 6:30PM Wednesday, March 23rd at 6:30PM
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PTL 411
- Coebourn is hosting a Chick Fil A Spirit Night, Wednesday, March 16th from 5:00- 7:30pm in Lima. Come out for dinner and support Coebourn.
- Gertrude Hawk orders will he
available for pick up in the cafeteria on Wednesday, March 9th from 5:00-7:00pm.
- Spring Book Fair will begin March 7th.
- Coebourn Family Bingo Night was a big hit! The kids had a great time and we loved our new electronic bingo system. Thank you to Mr. Kuminka and our wonderful teachers for coming out to support our PTL.
There will not be a PTL meeting in March. Our next meeting is April 7th at 6:30pm.
All are welcome.
Thank you to everyone who helps make Coebourn PTL a success.
Renee & Brandi
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New Electronic Community Bulletin Board
Beginning
Thursday, October 1, community flyers will go paperless for Penn-Delco.
In our continuing efforts to go paperless, improve efficiency, and extend our outreach to the Aston, Brookhaven, and Parkside communities, Penn-Delco has created an electronic Community Bulletin Board on the district website
located under the "Community" tab.
The bulletin board will replace the distribution of hard copy flyers in the schools and is intended for use by our community public and non-profit organizations to provide families with information about upcoming events and opportunities in the community. Penn-Delco School District will not post information from for-profit organizations on its website.
This webpage will be accessible to the public at large via links on each school's webpage as well as the district's main webpage.
Questions? Contact the Assistant Superintendent's office at 610-497-6300, extension 1314.
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CALLING All
COEBOURN READERS
Coebourn once again is participating in Scholastic Reading Counts! The goal of Reading Counts is to create lifelong readers by surrounding students with a wide variety of leveled literature and nonfiction texts in the classroom, in the school library, and at home. Students in 2nd grade have a goal of 20,000 words read per month, while students in grades 3-5 are set to reach 30,000 words. Every student who reaches this goal, will receive a special collectible charm from Principal Kuminka.
Students may choose an independent book and when finished,
take a ten question computerized quiz on the book. Seven out of the ten questions must be answered correctly in order for the students to pass the quiz. The total number of words for the books read will be tracked throughout the year. If the book is not a Reading Counts quiz, students may write a summary of the book to receive credit. Any student who reaches 1,000,000 words will be recognized both at school and Brookhaven Borough Council! If we read 85 million words or more, Principal Kuminka will be sliding down a slip and slide while million word readers throw whip cream pies at him. Let's go Coebourn and hit our building Goal!!
Million Word Readers 2015/2016 School Year!!!!
Kayley Sycz
Julia DiNicola
Skylar Park
Tyler Troutman
Benjamin Dipasquale Alaina Cummings
Julia DiNicola Layla Williams
Rachel Bingeman Isabella Sullenberger
Kaylee Troutman Matilyn Stone
Suhaib Bhatti Adyson McClellan Maren McGinley Madelyn Trout
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"Check Out"
These Books
Recommended by
Mrs. Francisco
Grades K- 2
The Funny Little Woman
Retold by Arlene Mosel
Grades 3 - 5
Ginger Pye
by Eleanor Estes
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By Danielle Murray & Christopher Mazzino, Curriculum Supervisors
Textbook Piloting in Penn Delco
In the October
Spotlight on Curriculum newsletter, parents and guardians were
introduced to the curriculum revision process in Penn-Delco School District. The process of revising curriculum includes: examining, piloting, adopting, and finally implementing new textbooks where necessary. Currently, a committee of teachers at all four elementary schools, as well teachers in Northley Middle School and Sun Valley High School are piloting textbooks for potential adoption.
At the elementary level, teachers are focusing on social studies, kindergarten through fifth grades. The committee is piloting two different programs, Pearson's My World and Teacher's Curriculum Institute's (TCI) Social Studies Alive!, as potential adoptions. At Northley Middle School, the focus is on mathematics. Teachers are piloting McGraw-Hill's Glencoe Math and Larson's Big Ideas Math. And at Sun Valley, social studies teachers are piloting several texts for different courses within the discipline. The process of selecting and implementing new instructional materials is multi-tiered. Initially, teachers preview several different texts from various textbook companies. From this preview, teachers select at least two texts to pilot. Once the texts are chosen, teachers receive professional development from a teacher trainer representing the respective textbook companies. Teachers then select a unit from the text to teach to their students. This pilot period typically lasts between two to four weeks per textbook.
An effective pilot helps to determine if the materials provide teachers with the needed resources to implement a standards-based instructional program. The core of the pilot process determines the relationship between the materials and the standards. The use of the pilot materials in classrooms provides teachers experience with a program's organization, assessment and range of instructional strategies. Ultimately, teachers will evaluate and select a textbook that best supports instruction in the classroom.
Final adoption of textbooks will take place this school year. The implementation of the teacher-selected texts will be for the 2016-2017 school year. The process of curriculum revision and textbook adoption will continue with other disciplines next year. The goal of the review and development process is to ensure that PDSD students have access to a curriculum that enables them to achieve, succeed and excel.
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March Word of The Month
HOPE
Hope is believing something good can come out of something bad.
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Looking Ahead.....
PSSA testing is scheduled for April.
3rd, 4th & 5th grade students will participate in state testing on the following dates.
April 11-14 ELA / April 18-21 Math
April 25-27 Science (4th grade only)
Please make every effort to have your child present.
Vacation requests will not be approved during this time.
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A Note From The Nurse
What Is Asthma?
Asthma is a disease that affects your lungs. It is one of the most common long-term diseases of children. Asthma causes wheezing, breathlessness, chest tightness, and coughing at night or early in the morning. If you have asthma, you have it all the time, but you will have asthma attacks only when something bothers your lungs.
An asthma attack may include coughing, chest tightness, wheezing, and trouble breathing. Less air gets in and out of your lungs, and mucous that your body makes clogs up the airways even more.
How Is Asthma Treated?
Control your asthma and avoid an attack by taking your medicine exactly as your doctor tells you and by staying away from things that can trigger an attack.
Everyone with asthma does not take the same medicine.
Some medicines can be breathed in(http://www.cdc.gov/asthma/inhaler_video/default.htm), and some can be taken as a pill. Asthma medicines come in two types-quick-relief and long-term control. Quick-relief medicines control the symptoms of an asthma attack. If you need to use your quick-relief medicines more and more, visit your doctor to see if you need a different medicine. Long-term control medicines help you have fewer and milder attacks, but they don't help you while you are having an asthma attack.
Please send in your child's asthma medications with a prescription from your doctor to the school nurse. We will work together to care for your child.
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Coebourn Elementary School Presents...
FAMILY LITERACY NIGHT
Thursday, March 10th - 6:00pm to 7:30pm
Spring Scholastic Book Fair will be open in our Library
5:00pm - 6:00pm & 7:30pm - 8:00pm
Meghan Rodgers, a published author of a young adult book will be sharing her reading and writing experience.
Afterwards, parents and students will get the opportunity
to write together.
Enjoy choosing books with your child at the Scholastic Book Fair!
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