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Message from Principal
Kuminka
Great work Officer Jones and Officer Jax! The third grade students appreciated your time and lessons of how your work keeps our community safe.
Coebourn students were winners in the 2015 Annual Alcohol, Tobacco, and Other Drugs Awareness Poster Contest. Sebastian Graham won first place and Chloe Kamp won second place for the K-2 division. Joanie Schlotzhauer won first place for the 3-5 division. Joanie is now a 6th grade student at Northley Middle School. This is an impressive accomplishment and reflection of their artistic talents. Over 750 posters were received from 33 schools/organizations throughout the county. Their art work is featured in the 2016 Alcohol, Tobacco, and Other Drug Awareness Calendar. Congratulations boys and girls!!!
Aston Woman's Club Writing Contest has announced the winners and Coebourn has a total
of 10 winners! Louis Atkinson and Jessica Schumacher from Mrs. Wooleyhan's class were our top winners; their work will be sent to the state! I want to congratulate the students for their great work and thank the teachers for their quality instruction to develop the writing skills of our students!
- 1st Place Finishers- Robert Buccino (Mrs. Roe), Jessica Schumacher (Mrs. Wooleyhan), Louis Atkinson (Mrs. Wooleyhan)
- 2nd Place Finishers- Hannah Murray (Mrs. Wooleyhan), Luci Damico (Mrs. Politano), Hunter Paulson (Mrs. Keefer)
- 3rd Place Finishers- Ethan Boyer (Mrs. Dever), Ella Burke (Mrs. Sciecinkski), Rachel Bingeman (Mrs. Wooleyhan), Charlotte Falcone (Mrs. Anderson)
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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. During the month of January, the students collected about 920 cubic inches of material! That is almost 4 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 - Brookhaven Borough Council
3 - One Book Assembly / Variety Show Dress Rehearsal 6:30 - SVHS
4 - PTL Meeting 6:30
5 - Safety Meeting 8:30 / Student Council Meeting 8:15
6 - Variety Show 7:00- SVHS - Concession Opens at 5:00
9 - Jump Rope For Heart
12- Student Council 8:15 / Early Dismissal 11:15
15 - Presidents Day (Schools & Offices Closed)
19 - Coebourn Winter BINGO Night 7:00
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CLASSROOM CONNECTION
Fifth Grade
is Phenomenal
5th grade is reliving the American revolution through the historical accounts of Molly, Pitcher, James Forten, and King George. In reading class the students are reading about the essential events of the revolutionary war and how historical figures made in impact on the war. In addition, through Social Studies the students are reenacting the colonial life of the patriots, as well as the consequences from the laws forced upon by King George.
Check out fifth grade's American Revolutionary timeline of these important events on their bulletin board!
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January Students of the Month
WAY TO GO!!!!!
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Miss Lydon AM -
Charlotte Hertz
Miss Lydon PM -
Eamonn Gervin
Miss Creighton -
Jack Abate
Mrs. Roe -
AJ Stone
Miss Sullivan -
Vincent Lerro
Mrs. Sciecinski -
Pippy Noblit
Mrs. Anderson -
Maddy Parris
Mrs. Politano -
RJ Scharrer
Mrs. Nattress -
Chrisitan Salvey
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Miss
Snyder -
Luke Barretta
Miss Kuhn -
Adyson McClellan
Mrs. Dever
- Landon Adams
Mr. Senatore -
Landon Bitting
Mrs. Carroll -
Mattie Stone
Mrs. Carey -
Devin Warner
Mrs. Wooleyhan -
Nate DiProjetto
Mrs. Keefer -
Dustin Behrle
Mrs. Barry -
Cara McHugh
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Cougar 200 Club
Congratulations to the following students who were recognized in the month of January for demonstrating
one of the 3 R's
Respect, Responsibility, and Ready
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Kaylee Troutman
Alena Catka
Charlotte Grant
Emma Marshall
Gavin Closs
Chloe Bienkowski
Jacqueline Sullenberger
Haylie Smith
Shane Lee Williams
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Dalton Michael (2)
Andrew DiPasquale
Aidan Carroll
Lily Reed
Lauren Yaworski
Mason Walker
Dennis Romanoski
Kamryn Essaf
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YEARBOOK CLUB PHOTO'S
FYI - Yearbook club photos will be taken the first two weeks of February during club meetings or rehearsals.
For instance, safety patrol group photo will be taken Friday morning, February 5 during their next meeting.
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PTL 411
Hello Coebourn Families,
We wanted to Thank everyone that came out and supported the PTL's Swim Night at Northley. The kids had a lot of fun swimming as it snowed!
We have a fun filled February in store. Coebourn's Annual Variety Show is February 6th, at 7pm. Concessions will be available starting at 5 p.m. Candy Grams will also be available for purchase.
Gertrude Hawk Fundraiser in happening now until 2/11, orders are due by 2/12. Family Bingo Night is coming up soon, more details to come.
Sun Valley H.S. is hosting a Winter Movie Night of FROZEN on Friday, February 5th from 5:30-8pm. Cost is $5 per student $7 adults ~ includes pizza/snacks, movie and craft. Register online at PDSD.ORG. Parents have the option to stay or drop off.
Join us at our next PTL Meeting Thursday February 4th, at 6:30 in the Library. All are welcome.
Continue to check the PTL page on Coebourn's website for important reminders and up coming events.
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! Stay tuned......More to come next month about READING COUNTS!!
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
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"Check Out"
These Books
Recommended by
Mrs. Francisco
Grades K- 2
Dreams
by Ezra Jack Keats
Grades 3 - 5
Moon Runner
by Carolyn Marsden
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School Closing Information
In
the event there is a need to announce the late opening, early dismissal or school closing throughout the District,
the following resources are available to our community:
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Watch the Penn-Delco Channel, Ch. 11 for Comcast Ch. 40 for Verizon FiOS
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Call the District at (610) 497-6300 for a recorded message
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Listen to or view any of the following Philadelphia sources: Penn Delco closing number is 456
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KYW News Radio or
www.kyw1060.com
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6ABC or
www.6abc.com
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NBC 10 or
www.nbc10.com
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Fox 29 or
www.myfoxphilly.com
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CBS3
Attention Kindergarten Parents
When school has a2 hour delay due to inclement weather, kindergarten students will follow the schedule below
A.M. Kindergarten 10:50am - 12:40 pm / P.M. Kindergarten 1:30pm - 3:20 pm
Thank you for your attention to this important modified schedule.
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By Danielle Murray & Christopher Mazzino, Curriculum Supervisors
With the demand for increase rigor in instruction, it is only natural for students to see more complex texts as part of their reading experiences. The call for text complexity in schools includes all grade levels and all subjects. Exposing students to more fiction and non-fiction texts, texts that demand careful and close reading, will offer students the skills necessary to be careful and close readers throughout life. Reading standards strongly focus on students gathering evidence, knowledge, and insight from what they read.
In 2014, the Pennsylvania Department of Education introduced the Text-Dependent Analysis question in the Pennsylvania System of School Assessments (PSSA) for grades 4-8. As the name suggests, a TDA specifically asks a question that can only be answered by referring explicitly back to the text being read. The question relies solely on the student's ability to glean specific information from the text to support his assertions; it does not require that the student have any prior knowledge or experience about the subject being addressed. Even though the skills necessary to complete a TDA are not formally assessed by PDE, instruction of these skills begins in kindergarten.
The format of the assessment of TDA's includes some form of a complex text (letter, article, excerpt, etc.) and a question that related directly back to the text. The following are some examples of a TDA's across the grades:
Grades K-1: Starfish by Edith Thacher Hurd - Question: How are humans helping or harming starfish?
Grades 2-3: The Raft, a narrative by Jim Lamarche - Question: What is Nicky's relationship with his grandma? How does it change and develop over the course of the story?
Grades 4-5: About Time by Bruce Koscielniak - Question: What are the pros and cons of Daylight Saving Time? Should the United States still implement it?
Grades 6-8: The Tell-Tale Heart by Edgar Allen Poe - Question: How does Poe address the theme of good versus evil?
While the high school assessment, the Keystone Exams, does not officially use TDA's, the same skills are still assessed. The following is a sample of what a high school level TDA might look like:
Grades 9-12: A Very Short Story by Ernest Hemmingway - This text was written and published in 1924 by Hemmingway, a WWI Veteran. He was injured in Italy and fell in love with an Italian nurse-this story is based on their relationship. Who does the author think is to blame for their relationship to have gone wrong and why?
The goal behind TDA's is to balance the reader and the text so that each is involved in the transaction of reading. Close reading of complex texts builds strong positive habits for students, habits that will serve them well throughout their lives.
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RANDOM ACTS OF KINDNESS WEEK AT COEBOURN
February 14-20
Kind, positive school environments make learning easier
and more enjoyable for everyone.
We will be celebrating as a school Tuesday February 16, 2016 to Friday February 19, 2016.
We will have announcements about kindness, a kindness check list, and other kindness activities. Teachers will be incorporating kindness into classroom activities.
Each day we will have a different theme:
Tuesday - Team's Show Kindness- wear sports or other team jerseys/shirts
Wednesday - Peace, Love, and Happiness- wear your hippie wear
Thursday - Ride the Wave of Kindness- wear vacation shirts or vacation outfits
Friday - Kindness is a Big Deal at Coebourn- wear your spirit wear
At the end of the week, students that turn in their individual kindness check list will be entered in a contest for a special prize.
We will kick off our kindness week with a Mix it Up Lesson designed by our Character Education/PBIS team on Friday February 12. All students will be mixed up with different teachers and students while participating in a lesson on diversity.
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Coebourn Chorus News
We are just starting chorus rehearsals this Thursday, January 28th, after a great concert in December! The chorus theme for this Spring will be songs from around the world. We will be singing songs in English and other languages. If you're interested in joining chorus you have until Thursday, Feb. 11. Remember that chorus rehearses on Thursday mornings on the stage at 8am. Don't forget chorus and band will be performing at the Blue Rock's game in Wilmington in June! Come and sing with us!
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Coebourn Elementary School
1 Coebourn Boulevard
Brookhaven, PA 19015
610-497-6300
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