10 STAR CARDS this year!!!

This is a reminder that there will be an early dismissal on Tuesday, November 24th.  Elementary students will be dismissed at 11:30AM. EHMIS and High School students will be dismissed at 12:15PM. 

 

AM Kindergarten will be in session from 7:45 to 9:15.

PM Kindergarten will be in session from 10:00 to 11:30.
 

Santa Parade and Bike Decorating Contest

The Hanover Holiday Parade is Friday, November 27^th beginning at 9:00 am in downtown Hanover.  

The bike decorating contest is for students 1^st grade thru 6^th grade.  Those entering the bike contest and other parade participants must use a Christmas theme on their bikes.  We also invite family groups to participate in the parade.  A parent must accompany their children participating in the parade.  

The parade forms at the Baer Avenue playground at 8:00 am.  All judging takes place beginning at 8:00 am and ends at 8:30 am.  Registration forms for the parade are available by calling Janet Black at 637-1768.  

Deadline for registering bikes is November 16^th.  All participants in the parade must be pre-registered.

Thank you for considering our request and have a Happy Holiday Season.

Janet Black, Parade Chairman

Pony Stampede!!!!

The Pony Stampede is Here!

Friday, October 30, 2015

Please wear your West Manheim t-shirts or blue and gold. Don’t forget your sneakers!

AM and Full day K 8:30-9:30am         5^th Grade 9-10am

1^st Grade 9:30-10:30                         4^th Grade 10-11am

3^rd Grade 12:15-1:15pm                     

2^nd Grade & PM K 1-2pm

Please come out to cheer your kiddos on as they participate in our NEW Pony Stampede! (to watch and cheer for your student, clearances are not required).

*****Parent volunteers are needed for various tasks throughout the day. If you would like to know how you can help or if you are able to help, please email Jen Benzing at jlbenzing@comcast.net. Remember, in order to volunteer for this event, YOU MUST HAVE COMPLETED YOUR CLEARANCES.*****

This is a reminder that students in grades K to 5 will have an early dismissal on Thursday, October 22nd at 12:30PM. All elementary schools will be closed on Friday, October 23rd for teacher conferences.

EHMIS and the High School will be open as normal.

 

Seahorse Swim Team

The Seahorse Swim Team will begin practice on Monday, October 19th for any student who is interested in joining the team for the Winter 2015-16 competitive swim season.

Practice for swimmers 9 to 14 year olds will be held from 5:45 to 7:15 PM. Practice for swimmers 8 & under will be held from 6:00 to 7:00 PM. 

Information about the team and a registration form can be found on our website at seahorseswimteam.org.

Bricks 4 Kidz

Hello, South Western Elementary Parents.  

This is an important message to any parent who has not scheduled their parent conference yet.  Please access the parent-teacher conference link sent home with your conference information, as these conferences are being schedule online this year.   

If you are unable to schedule your conference using the online website, please call your child's teacher and schedule the date and time by phone.   

Our goal is to have all conferences scheduled no later than October 17th.  

Thank you for your help with conference scheduling.  We look forward to seeing you in our schools on either October 22nd or 23rd for your pre-scheduled meeting time.

Do you like to paint?

Parent Visitation....

This week our elementary schools will be hosting parent visitation days on the following days and times.  

Tuesday - 12:45-2:15

Wednesday - 9:00-10:30 OR 12:45-2:15

Thursday - 9:00-10:30. 

As a friendly reminder, this visitation is for our elementary parents only.  To ensure that parents and learners can focus on what is happening in the classroom, parents may not bring infants or younger children to any of the visitation times.  We thank you for your help with this request.   

We look forward to seeing many parents in our schools this week.  

Swimming in the WINTER? Check out the Seahorse Swim Team!!

The Seahorse Swim Team will hold a Parent’s Meeting for any student ages 6 -14 interested in joining the team for the Winter 2015-16 Competitive Season. 

The meeting will be held in E.H.Markle Intermediate School Cafeteria B starting at 7:00 PM on Monday, September 28^th.  The meeting will include information about the team and registration of swimmers for the Winter team.  

Check out the Seahorse website at www.seahorseswimteam.org  

New swimmers are encouraged to join the team and have a fun filled winter of competitive swimming. 

2 Hour Delay on Monday, September 28, 2015

Just a reminder that we will have a 2 hour delay on Monday, September 28th.  Our Morning Kindergarten session will run from 9:45 am – 11:45 am and our Afternoon Kindergarten session will run from 12:30 pm – 2:30 pm.

Breakfast will not be served on days where we have a delayed start to the school day.

Volunteering as a field trip chaperone?

Hello, West Manheim Families!  I have shared several different documents with you since last spring regarding volunteer clearances at West Manheim.  There has been one adjustment that I want you to know right away.  Any parent wishing to volunteer for a field trip MUST have all their clearances up to date and submitted to the administration office prior to being selected to chaperone a field trip.
To help, I would suggest that if you have any desire to help in the school setting, to err on the side of getting your clearances.  This will ensure that you are always able to help with things involving our students such as classroom volunteering, shoppers room, book fair, and more!

If you have any questions, please contact Duane Bull or Lisa Duke at our administration office (717-632-2500).

Sincerely,
Mr. Cromer

This week is Safety week at South Western.  Starting on Monday and continuing throughout the week, a variety of safety drills will be conducted to ensure our students' safety.  We have fire drills, intruder drills, medical alert drills, and severe weather drills. Students will be educated about procedures for specific drills. You are encouraged to ask your children what drill was practiced each day. Thank you for your support and cooperation.

Volunteer Update...

West Manheim Parents -

Please take a few moments to read the information shared below. Several changes to the various state requirements for volunteer clearances have been made at the state level, thus changing the district's guidelines. Listed below is the most current volunteer requirements for South Western School District:

• Clearances are needed by any volunteers who care, supervise, guide and/or control children and have routine interaction with children on a regular basis. The change in definition greatly narrows who need clearances. 

• Adults who have regular, repeated and continual contact with children would be the definition of a volunteer and would need clearances. 

• Those needing clearances would include: Individuals who sit outside the elementary classrooms and assist students on a one-to- one basis or who assist on a regular basis in the classroom need clearances. PTA/PTO officers or members often have routine interaction with children, such at book fairs and talent shows, so those officers and/or parents would need clearances. Individuals who volunteer as coaches need clearances. Many of our marching band parents have routine interaction with students, so they would need clearances. Mentors would also need clearances as they would fall under the new definition. 

 Anyone who meets the new definition of volunteer must have clearances before they can start the school year. Any volunteer who has obtained clearances before, such as volunteer coaches, must renew every 5 years.

 Starting with this school year, all volunteers(with the new definition) that we will be using will need to register at the district office to fill out the proper paperwork. Then, we can distribute a Volunteer Manual, take their picture and get their fingerprints, if needed. The need for fingerprinting will be determined at the district office.

Elementary Open Library

Hello Mustangs from your school librarians!  We hope you are having a wonderful summer and have made time for some great reading!  If you need a new book or two or would just like to stop into your familiar library, we invite you and your family to visit your school library this coming June 29 for an Open Library Night. 

Baresville, Manheim, Park Hills and West Manheim libraries will be open from 6:30-8:00 PM. Be sure to bring your Passport for Reading Fun and have a block hole-punched for attending.

We hope to see many students and their families come out to enjoy Open Library Night on June 29. Thank you for your attention to this message and happy reading!

Payment change for PA volunteer clearances

Please see the press release below that came out today from the governor's office announcing that the fee for background checks for volunteers working with children will be waived and the fee for the child abuse and state criminal history background checks for all others will be reduced. FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE June 10, 2015 Governor Wolf Announces Fee Waivers for Volunteers Seeking Background Checks Harrisburg, PA - Governor Tom Wolf announced today that fees for child abuse clearances and criminal background checks required by the Child Protective Services Law will be waived for volunteers working with children. Additionally, the Department of Human Services (DHS) and the Pennsylvania State Police (PSP) will be reducing the cost of both the child abuse and criminal history record checks from $10 to $8 for all other applicants. These changes will take effect July 25, 2015. In 2014, 23 pieces of legislation were enacted including Act 153 of 2014, changing how Pennsylvania responds to child abuse. These changes significantly impacted the reporting, investigation, assessment, prosecution and judicial handling of child abuse and neglect cases. "My action today could not have been accomplished without the hard work of the General Assembly, who has participated in an ongoing bipartisan working group with the Administration in an effort to develop needed clarifications to the Child Protective Services Law," said Gov. Wolf. "Through that process, the General Assembly expressed concerns of many members about the cost of background clearances, particularly for volunteers. I share those concerns, and that is why I am excited to announce these actions today." Beginning July 1, 2015, volunteers are required to obtain background checks, including the Child Abuse History Clearance, issued by the DHS, and the Criminal History Record Check, issued by the PSP. Persons seeking employment for work with children and others required under the law will still be assessed fees for the clearances, but at a reduced cost of $8 each. FBI clearances are also required for all employees and for volunteers who have not been a continuous resident of the commonwealth for the last 10 years, but because these are administered by the federal government current costs will continue to apply. "The work from DHS and PSP sets a strong example of interagency collaboration," Gov. Wolf continued. "Partnerships like these create the foundation for a government that works." A comprehensive list of persons required to get clearances is as follows: Child care service employees; Foster parents and adult household members; ·  Prospective adoptive parents and adult household members; ·  Individuals 14 year of age or older applying for a paid position as an employee responsible for the welfare of a child or having direct contact with children; ·  Any individual seeking or provide child-care services under contract with a child-care facility or program;  School employees governed by public school code and those not governed by the public school code (colleges and universities). From Jan 1, 2015 to April 30, 2015, there were 61,019 clearance applications received for volunteers. The projected total number of volunteer clearances for FY 2015-2016 is 296,836 For DHS, the total number of clearances received was 512,583 since the electronic system went live in late December 2014 through May 31, 2015. The PSP processed 828,579 Criminal History Record Checks from January through May of 2015. More information about clearances required under the Child Protective Services Law can be found atwww.keepkidssafe.pa.gov. Individuals seeking clearances can go directly towww.compass.state.pa.us/cwis to create an individual account and apply for their child abuse clearance electronically. MEDIA CONTACT: Jeff Sheridan, 717-783-1116 # # # Visit PASBO State Budget Blog - Education News and Views at: http://paedbudget.ning.com/?xg_source=msg_mes_network To control which emails you receive on PASBO State Budget Blog - Education News and Views, click here

SWSD Spirit Camp

SWSD Spring Newsletter 2015

SWSD Spring Newsletter 2015

WM May/June Newsletter

WM May/June 2015 Newsletter

WM PTO May Minutes

WM PTO May Minutes

WM ASYO Soccer Registration

WM ASYO Soccer Registration

South Western Football Youth Camp 2015

South Western Youth Football Camp 2015

STEM Desi Chal Hanover HS

WM Grandparents' Day

Grandparents' Day

Summer Swimming...Seahorse Swim Team (SST)

2014-15 Age Group Flyer 1

2014-15 Age Group Flyer 2

West Manheim Art Fair

West Manheim Art Fair

Wednesday, April 8th

6:30 to 8 p.m.

Design, Paint, Explore!

Please join us to celebrate the amazing artwork on display by each West Manheim student in first thru fifth grade. Stop by just long enough to tour our temporary West Manheim Museum of Art or stay to design a paper airplane, create a painting, or explore the library for art resources. Spend a few minutes or the whole evening sharing a special moment with your child!

Please update your calendars to reflect the addition of school on the following days....

Due to the cancellation of school, we will now be in session on....3/13/15 (next Friday) and 4/2/15 (Thursday before Easter).

Thank you & stay warm today!!

West Manheim Bingo Rescheduled

Due to today's school cancellation, West Manheim Bingo night scheduled for this evening (March 6th) has been rescheduled to next Friday, March 13th from 6-9 PM.  All baked goods donations can be delivered to the school office throughout the day on March 13th.

Grades 1 & 2 Vocal Concerts will be rescheduled to 3/11/15

The weather forecasts for this evening, Wednesday, 3/4/15, are predicting a wintry weather mix.

The Grade 1 Vocal Concert will be rescheduled to Wednesday, 3/11/15, at 6:00 p.m.

The Grade 2 Vocal Concert will be rescheduled to Wednesday, 3/11/15, at 7:30 p.m.

Thank you for noting this in your plans.

Grade 3 & 4 Vocal Concerts will be rescheduled to 3/10/15

The weather forecasts for this evening, Tuesday, 3/3/15, are predicting a wintry weather mix.

The Grade 3 Vocal Concert will be rescheduled to Tuesday, 3/10/15, at 6:00 p.m.

The Grade 4 Vocal Concert will be rescheduled to Tuesday, 3/10/15, at 7:30 p.m.

Thank you for noting this in your plans.

Grade 3 & 4 Vocal Concerts will be rescheduled to 3/10/15

The weather forecasts for this evening, Tuesday, 3/3/15, are predicting a wintry weather mix.

 

The Grade 3 Vocal Concert will be rescheduled to Tuesday, 3/10/15, at 6:00 p.m.

The Grade 4 Vocal Concert will be rescheduled to Tuesday, 3/10/15, at 7:30 p.m.

Thank you for noting this in your plans.

Concert Week Reminders!!

It's Concert Week at West Manheim Elementary!

Grade 5 Vocal Concert: Monday, March 2 @ 7:30pm

Grade 3 Vocal Concert: Tuesday, March 3 @ 6:00pm

Grade 4 Vocal Concert: Tuesday, March 3 @ 7:30pm

Grade 1 Vocal Concert: Wednesday, March 4 @ 6:00pm

Grade 2 Vocal Concert: Wednesday, March 4 @ 7:30pm

The students may wear fitness clothes and sneakers to support our concert theme, "Move It!" 

PTO Feb 2015 Minutes

2015 Kids Night at The Races

YMCA Daddy-Daughter Dance

WM Yearbook

Vocal Concert music to practice at home!!!

The West Manheim students are busy preparing for the Vocal Concerts! The students can now practice at home! Follow the links below to hear the concerts songs. The password is: ponies!

1st grade- http://westmanheimmusic.weebly.com/1st-grade-2014-2015-concert-songs.html

2nd grade- http://westmanheimmusic.weebly.com/2nd-grade-2014-2015-concert-songs.html

3rd grade- http://westmanheimmusic.weebly.com/3rd-grade-2014-2015-concert-songs.html

4th grade- http://westmanheimmusic.weebly.com/4th-grade-2014-2015-concert-songs.html

5th grade- http://westmanheimmusic.weebly.com/5th-grade-2014-2015-concert-songs.html

Bricks 4 Kidz visits WM!!

Thank you to the PTO for providing a great assembly on Friday!!! Also a BIG THANK YOU to all of the parents that volunteered throughout the day! It certainly wouldn't have been a success without you!!

Bricks 4 Kidz will be providing an after school program at West Manheim in the Spring.  Sign-ups will be through the website or using the following contact information.

Bricks 4 Kidz: York
Eric Morris
717-814-9559
www.bricks4kidz.com/york
www.facebook.com/Bricks4KidzYorkPa

SW Athletic Booster Club

The SW Athletic Booster Club is seeking out two people to be concession coordinators, which is a paid position, for the SW Athletic Booster Club. 

Anyone interested is to contact Sherri Wildasin at sherriwildasin@yahoo.com for more details.

Thank you,

Jen Leib, SW Athletic Booster Club secretary

New Milk in School Lunches 2015

January 15 Newsletter

American Legion Auxiliary Contest

School will now be in session on our first snow make-up day, Friday, February 13, 2015

Due to today’s school cancellation, school is now in session on Friday, February 13th. Thank you for marking your calendar with this change. Have a safe and warm day today!

Book Club featuring One District, One Book @ Guthrie Memorial Library

Book Club @ Guthrie

Lunch Menu Change Due to Snow Cancellation

Wednesday, 1/7

• Scrambled Eggs/French Toast Sticks
• Pizzaburger 
• Turkey/Cheese sandwich 
• Potato Rounds   

Thursday, 1/8

• NO CHANGE 

Friday, 1/9

• Taco Nachos
• Johnnie Ribs 
• Peanut Butter Sandwiches 
• Red Beans/Rice