DASD stuff...happening at WB!

Attendance: Please do not leave messages on the attendance hotline for absences and no need to call

the office for absences. Please send in an excuse note with your child upon his/her return or email the

excuse note to wb_attendance@dasd.org or kcase@dasd.org .

Reminders:

No eating, drinking, chewing gum on the bus

Students can sit with friends at the Allergy Table at lunch if they are buying a school lunch

Please dress appropriately for the weather. Flip flops or sandals without backs on them do not mix

well with mulch or running at recess.

THANK YOU!...for making parent drop off and pick up a safe and smooth start this year!

The days on the beach,

or at the pool, family

barbeques and bike

rides, playgrounds and

summer camps are all

fond memories as a new

school year has snuck

up on us!

Staff and students

have hit the ground

running and as we en-

ter week 3, routines are

established and we are

in full learning mode!

This year, we have

adopted 7 Charger

Character Traits that

we look to guide us to

becoming Everyday He-

roes in all we do: what

we say, think, learn,

and play. An Everyday

Hero is someone whose

words or actions make

the moment better for

yourself or others.

Here at WB, our 7

hallways now have

“street” names that mir-

ror the 7 character

traits. We’re looking to

embed the language

that translates into eve-

ryday actions both at

school and at home:

C: courage

H: honesty

A: appreciation

R: respect

G: grit

E: empathy

R: responsibility

FEBRUARY 2014 From the Principal’s Desk…A note from Dr. Wert

These Charger traits

not only mirror good

citizenship, but 21st

century thinking,

learning and problem

solving attitudes.

We’re excited to ex-

plore them and hope

that you are seeing and

hearing positive re-

sponses from your

learners at home, too!

As always, we’re look-

ing forward to partner-

ing with you to ensure

a safe, healthy, fun

year of learning and

growing.

Have a

Super September,

Dr. Wert

09/11 09/11 to 09/22 09/20

09/20-09/22 09/21

09/25 to 09/29

09/29

Home and School meeting, 6:30 p.m., Library

KidStuff book fundraiser 1:30 dismissal

Rosh Hashanah NO SCHOOL—Professional De-velopment Day Book fair Yom Kippur

Upcoming Dates for

Your Calendar

SEPTEMBER 2017

The Counselor’s Corner Tim #3: Create a routine and stick to it. Having a schedule keeps things moving smoothly. Have your child come home, eat a healthy snack, and get them started on homework right away. Try to in-clude family time and reading time every night. Tip #4: Talk and Connect! Have conversations with your child. Try to pay atten-tion to their body language and attitude. If something seems wrong, ask them about it. Try to find the best time to chat. It could be at bedtime or in the car. Take advantage of the opportunity to talk to your kids when-ever you can. Please reach out to me or the teacher if you have any concerns so we can help at school. Tip #5: Maintain healthy habits. A healthy body is a healthy mind and a happy child. Encourage your child to eat good food. Start off the day with a healthy breakfast so your child is ready for learning. Make sure they are active. Take care of yourself too! Please call or email me anytime! My number is 610-384-9030 ext. 6922 and my email is Kstephens@dasd.org. I am here to help!

Welcome Back West Bradford Families! Welcome back! I am very excited for another school year at West Bradford. If you haven’t quite gotten there yet, it is time to get (back) into school mode! The first few weeks of school can be challenging with all the new schedules and routines. It can be an ever greater challenge if you are helping your child navigate a new school, grade, or peer groups. It can seem daunting and feel frustrating, but you are not alone! Here are a few tips to get the school year off to a great start! Tip #1: Organization is key! The start of the school year means that you were flooded with various papers, forms, calendars, home-work instructions, and so on. Try to keep everything organized. Create a file system at home. Use your phone or computer to store things! Tip #2: Give your children Kid-Responsibilities Kid-Responsibilities will help your child to learn inde-pendence and take some of load off of your shoul-ders. If you’re looking for ways to improve behavior, you could also build the responsibilities into a reward system.

Calling all Dads….

West Bradford is looking for D.O.G.S....Dads Of Great Students….to

continue a chapter of the national Watch D.O.G.S. program at our

school. The program invites a dad a day to come be our special guest/helper for the day to support

learning and fun, be a positive male role model, a watchful safety help, and your child’s hero for the

day! Watch for more information coming soon! Or http://www.fathers.com/watchdogs/

SAFETY @ WEST BRADFORD:

Thank you for following district and building safety procedures!

Please only enter/exit the front office doors.

We appreciate your patience as we get you ‘checked’ in and out of the building. It is im-

portant we know who is here in the event of a drill or evacuation.

Kindly refrain from coming to/watching your child’s recess.

Thanks for wearing the fashionable visitor sticker!

News from the Nurse

WELCOME BACK TO SCHOOL!

Dear Parents/Guardians,

Thank you for forwarding your child’s most recent immunization records. We

are grateful for your cooperation as we have worked to comply with Pennsyl-

vania’s new immunization law regarding the Polio vaccine booster. At this

time, there is no need to continue sending immunization records to school unless it

is specifically requested by the nurse. **You will receive a phone call if we have not re-

ceived a copy of your child’s physical exam. Please remember, it is the signed ‘physical

assessment’ portion that is required. Please do not send a ‘visit summary’ as this

does not satisfy the state/district requirement.

Please feel free to contact us (email works best…mbaldwin@dasd.org) if you have any ques-

tions or concerns. Thank you for helping us keep your children healthy!

Mrs. Baldwin & Mrs. Sculli

Starting off the Year in Health & PE

A few friendly reminders from the gym…

- All students must wear sneakers for class. Please keep this in mind for inclement weather...students can always bring a change of shoes to school with them. This allows students to move safely throughout the gym.

- Students should dress appropriately for the weather...classes may be held outside, if the weather permits.

- Please send a copy of any doctor’s note to your student’s physical education teacher so they are aware of any physical activity restrictions. Also, let them know when the restrictions have been lifted.

- If you need to contact your student’s physical education teacher, see below. Email generally works best!

Mrs. Jackie Convery – jconvery@dasd.org

Mr. Mike Petersen – mpetersen@dasd.org

WB Home and School News: Welcome back to the 2017-2018 school year. Home and School is super excited for the year ahead. Dur-

ing the first week of school everyone should have received a packet of information from Home & School,

including a volunteer form, homeroom parent form, MySchoolAnywhere form, and a general letter from

us. Please take the time to look at that and see how and where you can help us...our family activities

are only as good as the volunteers we get.

Keep your eyes open for information coming home, as well as posted through our email communication

and on our Facebook page. September is going to be a busy month and we have a lot of information we

will be sending. First up will be our first Restaurant Spirit Night at Chick Fil A (a fan favorite). Sep-

tember 13, 2017; flyers coming home this week.

Our first Home and School meeting will be on Monday, September 11, 2017 beginning at 6:30 p.m. We

meet in the Library monthly. At our first meeting, we will be reviewing the 2017/2018 activities, our

budget, and setting some new goals for Home and School. We will also hear from our teacher rep and

Dr. Wert. If you don’t understand why we fundraise, come to our meeting...if you want to know how we

use your fundraising efforts, come to our meeting...if you have input, ideas, and/or suggestions, come to

our meeting. Now is the time to hear about us and voice your opinions/thoughts. Hope to see you there.

We are looking forward to a great school year with our families, teachers, and community.

Happy September….Jenni Rieben

WB off to a

great year of

LEARNING