Emerson's Bulletin Board

News - updated July, 2008: The webpage will be undergoing reconstruction but will be kept up-to-date over the summer with important information and updates. Visit often! Enjoy your summer.

• Classroom supply lists have been updated for the 2008-9 school year. Click to view here: Supply List 2008-9.

• Welcome to Emerson: Mr. Dixon (6th grade teacher), Mrs. Branigan (art teacher) and Mr. Bachman (physical educaton teacher). Best wishes to Mrs. Volpe and Miss Williamson who have transfered to Armstrong - Emerson will miss you! Luckily our students will see you again when they get to Armstrong!

• Phys. Ed. Teacher Alice Wardlow has now retired. Please visit her webpage: Physical Education at Emerson to read her special farewell message to her students, view her collage of pictures over the years, read about our famous Jump-A-Thon, and watch Mrs. Cubberly's Thrilling performance!

• School Uniforms info - Click to read School Uniform Letter from Mrs. Budman. Also visit: Uniform Retailers for purchase information. Mark your calendar! Walmart is having a special "Family Fun while buying uniforms" Bristol Twp. Night at the Bristol store on Rt 13 on Aug. 13 & 14.

• NEW FOR 2008-2009: With our goal of improving student achievement, all students in grades 4, 5, and 6 will switch classes daily. One teacher in each grade will specialize and provide instruction in Reading, while the other teacher will do the same in Math and Science/Social Studies.

• Benjamin Franklin School is now a 9th Grade Academy. Middle School Assignments: 7th and 8th grade students will attend Armstrong Middle School from Wistar Woods, Drexelwood, Heddington, Violetwood, Orangewood, Goldenridge, Bloomsdale, Fleetwing and more. Click to view BTSD Street Assignments.

• Former Emerson student SSG Jessi received a Hero's Welcome Back at Emerson on Friday May 16th! She and son Hunter paraded the halls to the cheers of wall-to-wall students and staff in patriotic and military colors. SSG Jessi returns after a 14 month deployment to Iraq. She received balloons from Student Council and a binder of good wishes from all the students and staff. Click to read Iraq Vet meets students from the Bucks County Courier Times, or click SSG Yerkes Photo Gallery to view all the pictures! Read how Emerson Supported the Troops during SSG. Jessi's deployment.

• DRESS CODE - families are reminded of BTSD Student Dress Code. Please click the link to read the policy.

• RESPONSE TO INTERVENTION - Click to read the Bristol Township School District brochure on R.T.I. and information on Tiers 1, 2 and 3.

• PAPER DRIVE! Help our earth and our school! Bring in your recycling papers (catalogs, magazines, newspapers, junk mail, office paper, notebooks and folders) and place it in the green and yellow "Paper Retriever" bins in our parking lot. We earn extra funding for our schools. Remember - paper only - no cardboard, plastic, garbage, or bottles!

• Now available at Emerson: YMCA BEFORE & AFTER SCHOOL PROGRAM from 7:00 am to when school begins ($45 a week) and school dismissal until 6:00 pm ($52 a week). Before and after school care is $89 per week. Program provides assistance in homework, healthy snacks, physical activities, arts and crafts and more. Financial aid available. For info contact Judy Gerber at 267-716-4563.

• We've discovered a terrific way to raise funds for our school. It's super-easy, and all you have to do is use your Target® Visa® or Target® Card. We will receive a percentage of the amount of each purchase in the form of a cash donation from Target through the Take Charge of Education® program. It's easy. Just visit target.com/tcoe, or call 1-800-316-6142 to designate our school. So if you're going to Target anyway, please consider using your Target® Visa® or Target® Card. Big thanks to those who are already doing their part to make a great school even better. Find out how much money our school has already received at target.com/tcoe. Grandparents, alumni, neighbors and friends can take part, too.

• No Tolerance Policy is in effect at all Bristol Township Schools for physical violence of any kind. The consequence for physical violence is suspension for students involved. Parents are a child's FIRST and most IMPORTANT teacher. Talk to your child about appropriate ways to handle problems with other children. Encourage him/her to use words and not actions, when upset or frustrated. Please look for Mrs. Cubberly's flyer on our policy and how Emerson is helping. We strongly believe that if we keep sending the message that physical violence is not ok, our students will rise to our expectations and thrive in a safe school environment.

• Bucks County School Watch Hotline is 1-877-888-7140. If you know of a potential act of violence, theft, vandalism, drug or alcohol use or weapons possession, in or near a school, please report it at once!

• All students must turn in a signed permission slip from their parents to use the internet in our Library. PARENTS: please read the District Internet Use Agreement, then print out, sign and return the permission slip on page 3.

• Parents - please exercise your PARENTAL CONTROLS when it comes to your child's internet use! For great information, please check out GetNetWise.

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Lunch Menu

• Click the image to open our monthly lunch menu:	• Lunch Schedule: Grades Lunch Recess K 1:20-1:45 12:55-1:20 1st 1:20-1:45 12:55-1:20 2nd 12:40-1:05 12:15-12:40 3rd 12:15-12:40 12:40-1:05 4th 12:55-1:20 1:20-1:45 5th 11:30-11:55 11:55-12:20 6th 11:55-12:20 11:30-11:55

Lunch Pricing: • Student Lunch $1.80 • Reduced Lunch $.40 • Discount Lunch Tickets are available for 3, 4, or 5 days and can be used all year! • Student Breakfast available for $1.00 • Reduced Breakfast $.30 • Yogurt Available Daily • Menu Subject To Change • Food Service Dept. 943-3200

School and Community Calendar Note: Click to view District Calendar for the School Year 2007-8

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