Mrs. Christa Palladino, Principal

May 12, 2024

Pennell Families,

Only 5 weeks of school left, and the schedule is jam-packed with field trips, concerts, art shows, field day, parties, presentations, and awards. Please make sure to check your email and Schoology messages for information. It is a very exciting time!

Eclipse Glasses Collection:

One of our high school students is collecting eclipse glasses as a service project. If you have your eclipse viewing glasses and no longer want them, please send them into Pennell. We have a collection box in the main office.

Upcoming Dates for your Calendar

5/13 5th Grade visit to NMS
5/13-17 Teacher Appreciation Week
5/14 PTO Meeting - 6:30 in the Pennell Library
5/14-16 Spring Book Fair
5/17 2nd Grade Field Trip
5/21 Spring Band Concert
5/23 3rd Grade and Autistic Support Field Trips
5/24 Half-Day for Students - Teacher In-Service
School-wide Assembly
5/27 District Holiday - Memorial Day - all schools and offices closed
5/28 5th Grade Wax Museum
5/29 Safety Picnic
5/30 4th and 5th Grade Field Trips
5/31 Field Day - Rain date 6/6
6/7 5^th Grade Breakfast and 5^th Grade Party after school on front field (rain date 6/10)
6/10 Kindergarten Moving Up Ceremony 2PM
6/11 Reading Celebration Day
6/12 End of Year Class Party Day
6/13 5^th Grade Awards 9:30 – and 5^th Grade Clap Out
6/13 Half-day for all students

New Library Assistant

Please help me in welcoming our new library assistant, Mrs. Gina Leiby. Gina is a former Pennell parent, but still a proud Penn-Delco parent. She started in the Pennell library last week, and is very excited to start working with our children.

SPRING ART SHOW AND CHORUS CONCERT

What an incredibly awesome night of the arts we had this past Thursday! The halls and gym were packed with friends and family. Our artists and singers did an amazing job showing off their talents and impressing the crowd. Huge thank you goes out to Mrs. Gordon and Mrs. O'Kane for all of the time and dedication they give our kids every year. They both topped themselves this year, for sure.

Click to view the concert

IMAGINE BRANDYWINE

Pennell student art will go up at the Brandywine River Museum of Art this Tuesday, 5/14 for the Imagine Brandywine exhibit. Please make the trip to see this awesome display of our many artists. Mrs. Gordon worked with the our penguins all year to prepare for the installment. She said that choosing the pieces was the hardest thing she has ever had to do.

The exhibit will run Tuesday through the end of September. Tip: the museum has free admission on the first Sunday of each month with activities for children. Register ahead so that they can have enough supplies if you plan to take advantage of a first Sunday.

Click below to visit the museum site for more details about exhibits, opening times, tickets, and more.

Brandywine River Museum of Art

Summer Enrichment is Here

Penn-Delco is offering an opportunity to add some learning and fun this summer! Students may take one or multiple courses and explore opportunities to create, move, learn, and perform.

Check out the program descriptions, dates, times, fees, and the registration forms (including an online pay option that opens April 15) at pdsd.org/enrich24. Registration closes May 17, 2024.

Summer Enrichment

PENNELL PTO CORNER

Our last PTO meeting of the year will be May 14 at 6:30 in the library (childcare provided) & on Zoom. The 5th Grade Committee will meet at 6pm. Please join us to help plan our end of the year activities, hold board elections, & celebrate all we've done this year!

Join Zoom Meeting

https://us02web.zoom.us/j/4864630334?pwd=QnVROGl3TE1pangrK1hzL1NCcUZnUT09&omn=86995800386

Meeting ID: 486 463 0334

Passcode: 7TPRTK

Book Fair is this week! It's a Buy One, Get One Free Sale! Family Night will be Tuesday from 5-7pm. Set up your child's eWallet here & sign up to volunteer here (we need lots more help, especially for set up after school on Monday!)

Teacher Appreciation Week is also this week - thank you to everyone who donated so we can celebrate our hardworking teachers & staff! If you signed up for a donation & haven't sent it in yet, please send it Monday!

Pretzel Fridays continue each week. Remember your $1!

All grades will have end of the year celebrations on June 12:

Kindergarten & 1st Grade: 9am - 11am

4th & 5th Grades: 11am - 1pm

2nd & 3rd Grades: 1pm - 3pm

This will be an outdoor event so all parents & guardians are welcome to attend. Flyers & additional details to come soon.

SPRING BOOK FAIR SCHEDULE

ENVIONMENTAL CLUB COLLECTS GLASSES IN PARTNERSHIP WITH ASTON LIONS CLUB

Pennell's Environmental Club students are collecting used glasses, sunglasses and reading glasses in partnership with the Aston Lions club. We are collecting all types of glasses until June 3, 2024. Our collection box is located on the table outside Room 109.

(From the Aston Lions Literature)

Usable Glasses Give New Life

Refractive errors can be easily corrected with eyeglasses, yet millions living in low and middle income countries lack access to basic eye care services. Lions have recognized the urgent need for corrective lenses and collect usable glasses in their communities to support the Lions Recycle For Sight Program.

"Usable glasses can make a difference! Lions and Leo Clubs help to conserve sight by providing usable eyeglasses to children and adults throughout the world."

YOUR USED CRAYONS CAN MAKE A DIFFERENCE

Mrs. Pringle, 2nd grade teacher, is collecting used crayons with a donation bin outside of her classroom, 211. The crayons will be donated to children's hospitals via The Crayon Initiative and turned into new crayons for patients. Information can be found here.

SAVE THE DATE FOR NEXT FALL

HELPFUL LINKS

Report Attendance

23-24 Instructional Calendar

Volunteer Clearance Information

Pennell's Website

Penn-Delco's Website

Power Kids Library