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/

Family Jazz Night at Uptown!

Uptown! is offering a 20% discount for friends and families of Hillendale, Pocopson and Unionville Elementary choirs if just ten people participate. Mr. & Mrs. Jennings are sure we can meet that minimum with fans of our talented boys and girls! Join us for a fun family event at West Chester’s new theater. 

Please return your payment and order by November 15.

Print the Order Form

Annual UCFSD Coat Drive

Please consider donating clean coats, hoodies, hats, mittens/gloves, snow pants and boots to the Annual UCFSD Coat Drive. All sizes and styles, infant through adult are needed. 

Donated items can be dropped off in the lobbies of any UCF district school starting on October 23rd and ending on December 7th. 

Items should be clean and in good condition. New items and monetary donations are also gladly accepted.

Collected items will be distributed in December to over 500 families in need in our area.

 

See flyer here.

Title-1 Reading Support Parent Information Night

Fall Conference Sign Ups!

Dear UE Families,

Fall conferences are just around the corner. 

Please use this link to sign up for conferences.

https://www.ptcfast.com/schools/Unionville_Elementary

Special note:

One conference per child. If you need additional conferences, please notify the teacher. If you need a math conference, please notify the teacher instead of signing up for one on this link.

Thank you in advance-

Michelle

Michelle Lafferty, Ed.D.

UES Principal

Parent Portal

Check out the directions to access the Parent Portal.

UES FAQ's

Check out some of the Frequently Asked Questions.

UE PTO Family Portrait Fundraiser

The UE PTO has once again teamed up with photographer, Jordan Hayman, to offer family portraits.  Portraits will be taken at the Brandywine Red Clay Alliance (BVA), and a portion of the sitting fee will be given back to the PTO.  These will make beautiful holiday gifts.  Sessions filled up quickly last year, so sign up soon! 

www.SignUpGenius.com/go/409084DABAF22AA8-family1

 

Early Intervention Parent Night - for the 18-19 school year

Early Intervention Parent Night

Welcome to Unionville-Chadds Ford School District!

     

WHO: Parents of students with disabilities who will be enrolling in kindergarten in

UCFSD for the 2018-19 school year.  Students welcome to attend.

WHAT: An opportunity to meet with UCF administrators, elementary principals,

psychologists, and speech therapists to gather general information, ask questions, and schedule your child’s Early Intervention Transition Meeting.

WHERE: UCFSD District Office, Public Meeting Room #14

  740 Unionville Rd., Kennett Square, PA 19348

WHEN: Thursday, November 2, 2017 at 6:00PM

*Light refreshments will be served.

2017/2018 Student School Start Times

This past Spring our School Board approved a change in the UCF school start times. Research shows there are many benefits from later school start times, including decreases in teen depression, car crashes, behavior problems, discipline referrals, absenteeism, and tardiness.

The UCF new school start times are as follows:

Elementary  - 9:10 AM - 3:40 PM
High School/Middle School - 8:00 AM - 2:43 PM  

 A list of all schedule changes and FAQs are available on
The School Start Time website.

The communications team is here to help - please forward your questions to communications@ucfsd.net

Kindergarten

Schedule	AM Session	PM Session
Regular	9:10 AM – 11:45 AM	1:05 PM – 3:40 PM
Two Hour Delay (modified Schedule)	11:10 AM – 12:55 PM	1:55 – 3:40 PM
Early Dismissal	9:10 AM – 10:40 AM	10:55 AM – 12:25 PM

Elementary (1st-5th)

Schedule	Arrival	Dismissal
Regular	9:10AM	3:40PM
Two Hour Delay	11:10AM	3:40PM
Half-Day	9:10AM	12:25PM

Middle School (6th-8th)

Schedule	Arrival	Dismissal
Regular	8:00AM	2:43PM
Two Hour Delay	10:00AM	2:43PM
Half-Day	8:00AM	11:10AM

High School (9th-12th)

Schedule	Arrival	Dismissal
Regular	8:00 AM	2:43PM
Two Hour Delay	10:00AM	2:43PM
Half-Day	8:00AM	11:10AM

2017-2018 School Supply Lists

All Orders are available at schooltoolbox.com until June 23rd. 


Kindergarten - Girls
1 - 2 Pocket Folder w/out Clasp Assorted
1 - Crayola Full-Length Colored Pencils Pre-sharpened 12ct
1 - Crayola Crayons 24ct
1 - Crayola Washable Markers Broad Tip Classic Colors 10ct
1 - Crayola Washable Watercolor Paints w/Brush 8ct
1 - Highlighter Chisel Tip Fl. Yellow (EACH)
1 - Disinfecting Wipes Pop-Up Canister Bleach Free
1 - Crayola Washable Markers Fine Tip Classic Colors 10ct
2 - Play-Doh Modeling Compound 1 Can, Assorted Colors
1 - Hand Sanitizer w/Pump 8oz
1 - Kleenex Facial Tissue Medium Box

Kindergarten - Boys
1 - 2 Pocket Folder w/out Clasp Assorted
1 - Crayola Full-Length Colored Pencils Pre-sharpened 12ct
1 - Crayola Crayons 24ct
1 - Crayola Washable Markers Broad Tip Classic Colors 10ct
1 - Crayola Washable Watercolor Paints w/Brush 8ct
1 - Highlighter Chisel Tip Fl. Yellow (EACH)
1 - Disinfecting Wipes Pop-Up Canister Bleach Free
1 - Expo Low Odor Dry Erase Marker Fine Assorted 4ct (Bk,Bl,Rd,Gn)
2- Play Doh Modeling Compound 1 can Assorted Colors
1 - Hand Sanitizer w/Pump 8oz.

Pre-First 
2 - Disinfecting Wipes Pop-Up Canister Bleach Free
1 - Paper Towel Roll
2-  Crayola Washable Markers Broad Tip Classic Colors 8ct
1 - Crayola Crayons 24ct
4 - Elmer's Large Glue Stick Washable Purple, Dries Clear
1 - Pencil Box 8.25Lx5.25Wx2.25H - Assorted Color
2 - Sharpie Permanent Marker Fine Point Black
1- 2-Pocket Folder Poly w/out Clasp Blue
1 - Hand Sanitizer w/Pump 8oz
1 - Kleenex Tissues Large Box
2 - Play Doh Modeling Compound 1 can
1 - 1" 3-Ring Flexible Poly Binder Red
2 - Expo Low Odor Dry Erase Marker Fine Tip Black

First Grade
2 - Crayola Crayons 16ct
1 - Crayola Washable Markers Conical/Broad Tip Classic Colors 8ct
1 - Crayola Washable Markers Conical/Broad Tip Tropical Colors 8ct
4 - Elmer's Large Glue Stick Washable Purple, Dries Clear
2 - Pencil Box 8.25Lx5.25Wx2.25H - Assorted Color
1 - Kleenex Tissues Large Box
1 - 1" 3-Ring Flexible Poly Binder Red
1 - 1" 3-Ring Flexible Poly Binder Green
1 - Fiskars Scissors Blunt 5"
2 - Paper Towel Roll
1 - Disinfecting Wipes Pop-Up Canister Bleach Free

Second Grade
1 - Disinfecting Wipes Pop-Up Canister Bleach Free

1 - Pencil Box 8.25Lx5.25Wx2.25H - Assorted Color

3 - Elmer's Large Glue Stick Washable Purple, Dries Clear 

1 - Crayola Crayons 24ct

1 - 2-Pocket Folder Poly w/Clasp Red

1 - 1" Durable 3-Ring View Binder White

1 - Crayola Full-Length Colored Pencils Pre-Sharpened 12ct

2 - Highlighter Chisel Tip Fl. Yellow 

1 - Kleenex Tissues Large Box 

8 - Expo Low Odor Dry Erase Marker Fine Tip Black 

1 - Fiskars Scissors Pointed 5"

2 - Red Checking Pencil w/Eraser Sharpened 

2 - Marker Board Felt Eraser 5"

1 - Sheet Protectors Top Loading Standard Clear 25ct

1 - Hand Sanitizer w/Pump 8oz

1 - Avery Index Divider 5-Tab Colored 

1 - Self Stick Notes Yellow 100ct 3x3

Third Grade

1 - Pencil Pouch - Zippered Heavy Canvas w/Grommets, See-Through Front, 

      Exterior Mesh Pocket w/Zipper 8.5x9.75

2 - Elmer's Large Glue Stick Washable Purple, Dries Clear 

1 - Fiskars Scissors Pointed 5"

2 - Crayola Crayons 16ct

1- Crayola Washable Markers Conical/Broad Tip Classic Colors 8ct

1 - Crayola Full-Length Colored Pencils Pre-Sharpened 12ct

2 - Highlighter Chisel Tip Fl. Yellow 

1 - Kleenex Tissues Large Box 

1 - Sharpie Permanent Marker Fine Point Black

1 - 1" Durable 3-Ring View Binder White 

1 - Disinfecting Wipes Pop-Up Canister Bleach Free

1 - Crayola Washable Markers Fine Tip Classic Colors 8ct

2 - Expo Low Odor Dry Erase Marker Chisel Tip Black 

1- Spiral Notebook 1 Sub Wide Rule 70ct

1 - Dixon Ticonderoga Pencil #2 Yellow Sharpened 12ct

Fourth Grade

6 - PaperMate Pen Stick Med Pt Black

1 - Pencil Box 8.25Lx5.25Wx2.25H - Assorted Color

1 - Stretchable Book Covers Solid Assorted (Fits up to 10x11.5")

2 - Dixon Ticonderoga Pencil #2 Yellow Sharpened 12ct

1 - Mead Composition Book (Wide Rule) Black Marble 100ct 9.75x7.5

1 - Mead 5-Star Spiral Notebook 1 Sub Poly Wide Rule w/Perf w/Pocket Divider 100ct

1 - Mead 5-Star Spiral Notebook 3 Sub Wide Rule w/Perf Pockets Dividers, Poly 150ct

1 - Self Stick Notes Yellow 100ct 2.1.5

1- Highlighter Chisel Tip Fl Yellow

4 - Elmer's Large Glue Stick Washable Purple, Dries Clear

1 - Scissors Stainless Steel Pointed 5"

1 - Crayola Full-Length Colored Pencils Pre-Sharpened 12ct

4 - Expo Low Odor Dry Erase Marker Fine Tip Black 

1 - Crayola Washable Markers Conical/Broad Tip Classic Colors 8ct

1 - Kleenex Tissues Large Box 

Fifth Grade

2 - Mead Composition Book (Wide Rule) Black Marble 100ct 9.75x7.5

1 - Highlighter Chisel Tip Fl. Yellow 

1 - Scissors Stainless Steel 7" 

1 - Crayola Full-Length Colored Pencils Pre-Sharpened 24ct

1 - Pencil #2 Yellow Woodcase Sharpened 12ct

2 - Elmer's Small Glue Stick Washable Purple - Dries Clear

2 - Sharpie Permanent Marker Fine Point Black 

1 - 3-Pack 2-Pocket Folder Paper w/Out Clasp (Rd, Bl, Yl)

1 - Kleenex Facial Tissue Medium Box 

1 - Pocket Dictionary 

2 - 1" Durable 3-Ring View Binder White 

1 - Disinfecting Wipes Pop-Up Canister Bleach Free

1 - Self Stick Notes Yellow 100ct 3x3

1 - Avery Index Divider 5-Tabl Colored

Summer Reading List

Check out this list of books too good to miss!

Attention 5th Grade Parents and Students - Patton Middle School Required Summer Reading 2017

“Students’ relationship with reading during the summer is a pretty good window into what the relationship will be once they leave our classrooms for good. We have an opportunity with summer reading to open that window to individual passions and interests and at the same time prevent the loss of achievement that months without practice bring.”
Penny Kittle, Book Love

Each incoming 6th grade student is expected to read a minimum of 3 books this summer. Our expectation is that incoming 6th graders will make mature choices regarding grade appropriate material. Although students are invited to read any three books of their choosing, we recognize that having some recommendations from school may serve helpful. In that regard, we have included:

(1) Recommended Author List for Each Grade
(2) “The Summer Reading List that Speaks to the Middle School Experience”
(3) The 2017-18 Chester County Reading Olympics Middle School Booklist

Parents are asked to sign off on their child’s summer reading. These resources, lists and the sign-off form can be found on The Patton Middle School Library webpage

http://cfpms.ucfsd.org/library.html

For information on any given author or title consult Goodreads.com.

Junior Girl Scouts from Unionville Elementary publish books

Click here to read more about this

4-5 Spring Concert Video

Enjoy the 4/5 Spring Concert!