STAY HEALTHY THUNDERBOLTS!!!
Attendance Matters!
As we are in the 3rd week of school, we wanted to send out a reminder regarding Attendance.
Late Arrival and Early Dismissal:
Children who arrive after 9:00 AM must report to the office. A child who is tardy will need to be signed in by his/her parent or guardian. Tardiness is considered unexcused if the child is late due to oversleeping, running late, missing the bus, etc. Doctor, dentist and court appointments will be excused, with the appropriate note.
A student accumulating 90 minutes or more of late arrivals and/or early dismissals
will be charged a 1/2 day unexcused absence.
Compliance with Attendance Policy 204 requires the following:
A note is required from parents for all absences (within 3 days).
-Please include the student's name, date of absences, reason, and signature.
If a student is late or leaving during the day for a doctor’s appointment, a doctor’s note must accompany his/her return. It is preferred that the note include the time of the appointment and time of departure.
Any student absent for three (3) or more consecutive days from an illness or accident will require a doctor’s note.
Student absences from school for reasons other than those allowed by school board policy (allowable include: illness, planned trip, religious holiday) will be considered unexcused.
Early Dismissals: Please send in a note with your child with the date, time and who will be picking up your child (if other than parent/guardian). Children who have 90 minutes of unexcused early dismissals will be charged with a half day of unexcused absence. Children leaving before 1:30 for reasons other than sickness, death in family, pre-approved family trip, doctor, dentist or court appointments will be considered unexcused. A signed doctor’s note/agency visited is required for the early dismissal to be excused.
Half Day Absence: If a child arrives at school in the morning after 10:30 a.m., the absence will be considered a ½ day absence. If a child leaves in the afternoon before 1:30 p.m. the child will be considered absent ½ day.
Tardy to School: The time a student is tardy to school will be tracked. When a student accumulates 90 minutes of tardy time, they will be assigned an unexcused ½ day absence.
Unexcused Absences:
We diligently work with families to try to avoid any unexcused absences. Under Pennsylvania State Law, students accumulating more than six (6) unexcused days from school are referred to the District Magistrate. Here is what you can do to avoid unexcused absences:
-Send in a note within three (3) days of an absence
HEALTH ROOM REMINDERS:
FEVER
Your child must be fever free for 24 hrs before going to school. This is without the use of medication. As a reminder the health room will be sending students home if they have a fever of 100 or higher.
VOMITING/DIARRHEA
Your child must be free from vomiting or diarrhea for 24 hrs before going to school. This is without medication. As a reminder the health room will be sending students home if they are vomiting or having diarrhea.
STREP THROAT
Your child may return to school after fever free for 24 hour and on antibiotic treatment
PINK EYE/CONJUNCTIVITIS
You will need to see a physician and follow the recommendation of the physician
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RINGWORM
Your child may return to school after proper treatment has been started, the area is covered and with physician recommendation.
IMPETIGO
Your child must be on antibiotics for 24hrs before they go to school.
****ALSO- The school does not supply allergy or cold medication. Please have your child medicated before they arrive at school if they have mild symptoms.
Let's see your NEON Friday (9/6) when you come out and support our football team as they take on Annville Cleona at Thunderbolt Stadium! ⚡
Our wonderful Thunderbolt Foundation had a great surprise for our kindergarten students this year! At the end of their first visit to the ACES library, each kindergarten student received a copy of "Froggy Goes to the Library" by Jonathan London. This copy is for the students to KEEP- it should not be returned to the library.
A big THANKS to the Thunderbolt Foundation for supporting literacy!
The Thunderbolt Foundation has partnered with Dolly Parton's Imagination Library! Through our partnership, all children ages 0 - 5 (the last book is delivered the month they turn 5) who live in the Littlestown Area School District, are eligible to receive free monthly age-appropriate books mailed to their home! The Dollywood Foundation supplies the books, and the Thunderbolt Foundation pays for the cost of mailing.
Parents can sign up their children using the link found on our website partnership page. thunderbolteducationfoundation.org
Mrs. Hahn's class wants to say Thank you to the Thunderbolt Foundation for their donation of a Froggy book today. They received it in Miss Fink's Library class.
Enjoy Little Bolts!
Attention Thunderbolts:
A cafeteria freezer at MAMS is not operating and we will need to make changes to school breakfast and lunch menus this week for ALL BUILDINGS. We anticipate the issue being resolved by midweek. Thank you for your understanding as we get this fixed. We will continue to update you as we have more information available.
Collaborating for Youth flyer
Color days are coming soon!
First day of School
We hope to see everyone at ACES Back to School Night!
Please use Door #14 to enter!
Kindergarten Orientation
Knights of Columbus Soccer Challenge will be held on September 6, 2024. Check out the flyer for details: https://5il.co/2t8qi
REMINDER: Today, July 24, 2024 from 1pm-3pm all building main offices will be closed for our administrative assistants to attend a training to prepare for the upcoming school year. Thank you for understanding!
On Wednesday, July 24, 2024 from 1pm-3pm all building main offices will be closed for our administrative assistants to attend a training to prepare for the upcoming school year. Thank you for understanding!
Save the date for ACES Back to School Night!
Do you have a child that will be 5 by August 31st 2024? If so, It's time to enroll for Kindergarten!! We can't wait to welcome all of our Newest Little Bolts!
https://littlestown-sapphire.k12system.com/CommunityWebPortal/Registration/login.cfm
Calling ALL Kindergartners!! The 2024-2025 school year will be here before we know it!!
https://littlestown-sapphire.k12system.com/CommunityWebPortal/Registration/login.cfm
