Pennoyer Family Newsletter - 11/17/23

Pennoyer Families,

 We had a great week at Pennoyer to help bring Trimester 1 to a close!  On Thursday, we celebrated with students and staff at our PBIS Spirit Assembly where we reviewed expectations of Being Respectful, Being Responsible, and Being a Problem Solver.  We also spotlighted all of the amazing things our students are doing in fall clubs and extracurriculars at Pennoyer.  We honored the Hawk of the Month students, and played Minute to Win It games to show our Pennoyer pride and spirit!

We also had our monthly Parent Night Meeting at Pennoyer on Wednesday this past week.  I want to thank all of the parents/guardians that came out.  We had some very thoughtful conversations, and dug into a lot of very important work that Pennoyer is focusing on in terms of threat assessments and crisis plans to support all of our students, staff, and families.  HERE is the presentation if you weren't able to attend.  Please take some time to look this over so you know where we're headed as a school, and how you can help support.  Feel free to reach out to Mrs. Slawson or myself with any additional questions or concerns.

Finally, I want to wish everyone a happy and restful Thanksgiving Break next week!  I'm so grateful for each and every one of you.  You're always so supportive, trusting, and understanding as parents/guardians, and I appreciate your collaboration with me and our school.   Thank you for everything you do for your children every single day.  You put in a lot of work and dedication and we absolutely could not succeed at Pennoyer without your efforts at home.  Enjoy the time with family and friends.

School Information and Reminders:

*As we move through fall and closer to our winter season, we wanted to share Pennoyer's E Learning Plan.  HERE is our updated E Learning Plan our staff put together this year in case we have to close Pennoyer due to weather conditions or other unforeseen emergencies.  If you have questions about these remote learning plans, feel free to reach out to your student's teacher(s).  

**Please remember that after school each day, we must close our playground to students and families in our back lot.  Students should not be playing with any equipment out there as well.  This is due to safety and supervision constraints and working to get our students dismissed in a safe and timely manner.  Please understand and help us keep your children off the playgrounds after school and not playing with the equipment.  Our supervisors are out there monitoring pick up and then need to leave and lock up the gate.  Thanks for your support with this!

Want to get involved, volunteer, or have ideas for our school...Check out the PTC Link!

We Celebrate at Pennoyer!

This week the celebration is all about our STEAM night event we had this Thursday at Pennoyer!  It was an amazing success, and such a great experience for all who attended.  Thanks to Mrs. Kopoulos and Mr. Widd for leading out such an incredible opportunity for our students, as well as all of our other staff members who volunteered their time to come help support this event and make it truly special.  I also want to give a huge shout out to our friends at Ridgewood High School.  The students and staff that set up stations and have collaborated with us to be part of Pennoyer's STEAM night is certainly something worth celebrating.  We love that our students had the opportunity to explore the world of STEAM through a variety of interactive experiences.  Students were able to explore how things work, challenge their minds and critical thinking, and have hands on activities that connected them with the STEAM world that has become a fabric of society.  The hope is these types of opportunities will open up our students to different understandings, passions, and pathways as they move ahead in their lives.  

What’s Around the Corner?

• Thanksgiving Break - Pennoyer will be closed from November from November 20th - November 24th.  School resumes on Monday, November 27th.  

• Our Pennoyer Winter Concert is coming up on December 21st!  We hope you can join us and participate in our Winter Traditions Around the World presentation as well that is sponsored by our BPAC.  Click HERE for more information and how to upload pictures to share in our presentation at our Winter Concert on December 21st!

• Ridgewood High School Holiday Market event on Sunday, December 17th.  Click HERE for more information!

• Young Rembrandts Winter Art Club Session at Pennoyer for K-5th grade.  Click HERE for more information if you're interested in signing up your student(s).  This starts in December!

• Pennoyer's Peer Leaders are having a Winter Hat and Glove Drive.  Donations are due by November 30th.  Click HERE for more information to support!

• End of Trimester 1 is today -  Friday, November 17th.  Final grades and comments will be posted in Skyward on December 1st after 4:00pm.

Sincerely,

Adam

Pennoyer Principal

agreenberg@pennoyerschool.org