Preschool Literacy Event

Please click the link for more information about our upcoming literacy event!

PSSA Information

PSSA Information

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Updated Schedule for Elementary School Spring Parent-Teacher Conferences

Good afternoon,

I must admit that when we developed our 2017-2018 school calendar we did not anticipate the need for snow makeup days for our spring parent-teacher conferences! But here we are ... the following provides an overview of our plans and contingencies. Fundamentally we believe that face-to-face parent-teacher conferences are valuable and a cornerstone of our program. This plan is designed to honor this core value.

Even if your conference is/was not affected - you should closely read this email as the rescheduling of conferences will impact all K-5 families.

 

Should you have questions please contact you child’s school and teacher for clarification. 

Conferences originally scheduled for March 21

- Are re-scheduled for Wednesday, April 4

- April 4 is now a half-day for all K-5 students 

- Elementary principals and teachers will communicate directly with you regarding the conference scheduled for Wednesday, April 4.

IF we have a delayed opening on March 22

- School will be cancelled for all K-5 students 

- Conferences will be held as scheduled (they are all scheduled for the afternoon and evening)

 

IF schools are closed on March 22

- Conferences would be rescheduled for Thursday, April 5

- April 5 would be a half-day for all K-5 students

Thank you for your flexibility and understanding. 

Regards,

John Sanville

Order Autographed books from visiting author Jen Bryant

Award winning author, Jen Bryant, will be visiting UE on March 7th.  If you would like to purchase a hardback book autographed by Jen, please print and complete this form, and send to school in an envelope addressed to Mrs. Langdon. Checks can be made out to “Unionville Elementary School”. Prices include tax. Order forms are due by Mon., Feb 12th.  Questions should be sent to rlangdon@ucfsd.net

Reading Olympics 2017-2018

Reading Olympics sign-ups until 12/22

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1YdswXmhACjX_0r1noEyHsz8RgPYRXThUX5Hwv6jabTU/edit

The UCFSD Wellness Committee Presents: iGen Book discussion & Author Visit

Why Today’s Super-Connected Kids Are Growing Up Less Rebellious, More Tolerant, Less Happy--and Completely Unprepared for Adulthood--and
What That Means for the Rest of Us

The UCFSD Wellness Committee is working to create awareness and conversation around the topic of the "iGen" generation. iGen is the first generation to spend their entire adolescence in the age of the smartphone. With social media and texting replacing other activities, iGen spends less time with their friends in person—perhaps why they are experiencing unprecedented levels of anxiety, depression, and loneliness.
 
But technology is not the only thing that makes iGen distinct from every generation before them; they are also different in how they spend their time, how they behave, and in their attitudes toward religion, sexuality, and politics. They socialize in completely new ways, reject once sacred social taboos, and want different things from their lives and careers. More than previous generations, they are obsessed with safety, focused on tolerance, and have no patience for inequality.


A highly readable and entertaining first look at how today’s members of iGen—the children, teens, and young adults born in the mid-1990s and later—are vastly different from their Millennial predecessors, and from any other generation, from the renowned psychologist and author of Generation Me.

Learn more about Dr Twenge and iGen at http://www.jeantwenge.com/

Find the book on Amazon - https://www.amazon.com/
Hardcover - $15.51
Kindle - $12.99

SAVE THE DATE - Dr. Twenge will be visiting UCFSD April 12-13, 2018.
More information to come.

SCREENAGERS - Growing up in the Digital Age

Are you watching kids scroll through life, with their rapid-fire thumbs and a six-second attention span? Physician and filmmaker Delaney Ruston saw that with her own kids and learned that the average kid spends 6.5 hours a day looking at screens. She wondered about the impact of all this time and about the friction occurring in homes and schools around negotiating screen time—friction she knew all too well. 

Award-winning SCREENAGERS probes into the vulnerable corners of family life, including the director's own, and depicts messy struggles, over social media, video games, academics and internet addiction. Through surprising insights from authors and brain scientists solutions emerge on how we can empower kids to best navigate the digital world.

Avon Grove School District has invited UCFSD families to a private viewing of SCREENAGERS December 19, 2017 - 6:30pm at the Jennersville YMCA, West Grove, PA   

Register here
**Not recommended for children under 10 **

Watch the trailer here -  https://www.screenagersmovie.com/trailer/