Happy New Year! We hope that everyone had a relaxing and enjoyable winter break.

Beginning on Monday, all K-5 students will be bringing a district issued Chromebook and charger back and forth to school each day. This will allow us to go virtual if need be due to inclement weather. Please remind students to take care of the Chromebooks and charge them each night before bringing them back to school.

Just a reminder about excused absences. When students are absent, in order to have that absence excused, parents or guardians must provide a signed excusal note within 3 days of returning to school, notes can be submitted in paper form or electronically. Excusal notes received from doctors are automatically excused. Our attendance policy can be found on the Pennell web site and in the Pennell Handbook.

If your child is a car rider in the afternoon, please park in our two parking lots closest to Pennell Road. There are limited additional parking spaces available behind the school building. Please adhere to our No Parking Signs and do not park your car around the perimeter of the back of the school, this causes congestion to the traffic pattern, in addition to it being our fire lane. Parents picking up most park in a designated parking spot. Thank you for following proper procedures for dismissal.

Dr. Steinhoff communicated prior to the winter break regarding the lifting of the mask mandate in schools and expressed Penn Delco's message that "The CDC and the PA Department of Health “recommends universal indoor masking for all staff, students, and visitors to K-12 schools, regardless of vaccination status”. Accordingly, the district will recommend universal masking of all persons in our schools." We will still have masks available for students if they need one. Parents should make their child aware of their parental expectations regarding masks while at school. Please reach out if you have any questions.

A refresher on how to access Schoology or Skyward is available at pdsd.org. These sites, along with the district webpage, help you stay connected to our school and staff. If you have any questions or concerns, do not hesitate to reach out to your child's teacher or myself.

Like Pennell PTO on Facebook, and keep up to date with all of the wonderful activities and events that the organization provides our students.

PTO's next meeting is January 11, 2022 at 6:30. A Zoom link will be emailed out next week.

Pen's Den will be on January 13, 2022.

PTO is sponsoring Ice Skating at Ice Works on Monday, January 17th from 1:30-3:30 pm. Watch for details to be coming home soon.

The PTO loves their volunteers and we hope to have more opportunities to volunteer this year. Please be sure your clearances are on file or up to date! Visit the PDSD website for more information on securing or updating your clearances.