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This Week's Ram Report
This week's newsletter is chock-full of important information. Here are some of the highlights:
- We have one week left! Please consider making your Annual Fund donation now so we can receive the full matching gifts and the challenge gift. If we can raise $100,000 by November 6th, we can limit our Annual Fund asks and focus on having fun as a community! Please help us get over the finish line!
- We have our first Family Dinner Night at the Cambridge this week. Please join us for some great food and great company! See details below.
- The Greenfield Halloween Party is this Friday! Please volunteer here and buy tickets in advance at pick up or drop off every day this week.
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Fundraising Update
Last week, we announced two additional matching gifts of $5,000 each and one challenge gift of $5,000 if we can reach $100,000 by November 6th. Please help us reach this goal - we are so close!
The easiest way to make a gift is through Venmo (click
HERE to give through Venmo). You can also make a gift through PayPal
HERE or by check. Please make checks
payable to "Greenfield Home & School Association," and please write "Annual Fund" in memo along with your child's homeroom teacher. Checks may go in HSA lockbox in the Main Office, or to your child's teacher.
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Safety at 22nd and Walnut Streets
We have been told that there is a shortage of crossing guards in Philadelphia, so a crossing guard is not available for the intersection at 22nd and Walnut Streets.
If you have two minutes, please consider placing a call to the 9th District's Community Relations Officer at 215-686-3090 to request the presence of a police officer during drop-off and pick-up times to help keep our children safe.
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Bathroom Update
In December 2018, HSA and Mr. Lazar submitted a request to the school district related to bathroom renovations. After an initial walk-through around the time of the auction, we received a quote solely related to plumbing.
For the past 6 months, Mr. Lazar and HSA have tried repeatedly to obtain quotes for the other work, e.g. painting, carpentry, mirrors and dryers, by reaching out to both the Maintenance/Operations Division and the Office of Capital Programs. Last week, the Director of Maintenance finally reached out to Mr. Lazar and Mr. Lazar did a second walk-through with the Director.
The district knows that HSA has raised the funds to pay for this project but we are again left waiting for quotes from the various fields. We are holding out hope that we will receive the quotes sooner rather that later and continue to stress to the district that the renovations should be completed in the least disruptive manner for our children.
While we have taken the first step (again) to initiate the bathroom renovations, it is an extremely long and arduous process working with the district to obtain the proper approvals and begin construction.
We will continue to keep you posted and let you know if no additional progress has been made in the next two weeks.
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Volunteers Needed for Our Halloween Party!
You are the key to great events at Greenfield. There's many opportunities to get involved!
Set up. Serve food. Sell tickets. Game booths. Scare a kid or two in the haunted hallway!
This is an event for current Greenfield students and their families only. We cannot admit former students to an indoor event due to overcrowding and resulting liabilities.
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STEM Monthly Career Speaker Series
Volunteers Needed!
Do you have a career in a STEM-related field? Please help expose our 8th grade students to the variety of STEM careers that are available to them. Share your knowledge or recruit a friend to help.
Time: 8:30-8:55 AM | Location: Room 300
Available dates: THURSDAYS, January 23, March 26, April 9, May 21
To sign up, fill out this form.
If you have questions, contact Mrs. Charmont at [email protected].
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Family Dinner Night
at the Cambridge
Tuesday, October 22nd
5:30 - 8:30 p.m.
1508 South Street
Take the family out to dinner, mingle with other Greenfield families and support a good cause (Greenfield!) in one fun night. Have a pint while you're there too.
Cambridge will pour the beer brewed at Urban Village Brewing by Greenfield family, Cormac and Kerri Mcaleer, an experience they won at last year's Greenfield Auction. Cambridge will donate sales from this beer during Family Dinner Night to the Greenfield HSA.
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Fun and Games for DoGs!
Thursday, October 24th
8:00 - 10:00 p.m.
Fitler Club
24 S. 24th St.
Join us in the Trophy Room at Fitler Club where we can enjoy bowling on their 2 lanes, playing video games, pool and ping pong. We can watch the Vikings-Redskins, and/or Flyers-Blackhawks on their big screen TV and sound system while enjoying beverages at our own private bar. There will be a cash bar with complimentary charcuterie.
Lots of fun and games for the DoGs!
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HALLOWEEN PARTY IS COMING!!
Purchase a $5 wristband to gain entry.
Purchase tickets ($1 each) for all activities, food, glow shop, etc.
A few notes regarding admission:
1. Wristbands are required for ALL children, but not for adults.
2. Wristbands and tickets will be available at the event.
3. All children must be accompanied by an adult to enter the party.
3. To avoid lines, wristband/ticket presales will be held at dropoff and pickup each day next week: Oct 21st - Oct 25th.
4. Can't stick around before/after school? Admission & tickets can be purchased from home using Venmo. This is a non-fee option for pre-paying! Your tickets will be available at the door the night of the party. Follow instructions for paying at the link
HERE.
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Wake Up Wednesday
Wednesday, October 30th
8:15 a.m.
Library
Please join us on October 30th for an important discussion on Understanding Gender Identity. We have invited
Samantha King, a Family
Support and Education Specialist from the Gender & Sexuality Development Clinic at CHOP to lead our discussion.
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Dates to Remember
Monday, October 21
Mindfulness
8:30 a.m.
Library
Tuesday, October 22
Family Dinner Night
5:30 p.m.
The Cambridge
Thursday, October 24
DOGs Night
8:00p.m.
Fitler Club
Friday, October 25
PD Day
Noon dismissal
Friday, October 25
Halloween Party
6:00 p.m.
Monday, October 28 -
Friday, November 1
Spirit Week
Monday, October 28
Mindfulness
8:30 a.m.
Library
Wednesday, October 30
Wake Up Wednesday
Understanding
Gender Identity
8:15 a.m.
Library
Thursday, October 31
K-4 Halloween Parade
9:00 a.m.
School Yard
Thursday, October 31
School-wide Costume
Dress Down Day
and T-Shirt Sale
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Please review the available volunteer opportunities for this school year. Please sign up for an event you'd like to help with, and the chair of the event will reach out to share more details. We look forward to a successful 2019-2020 school year! |
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Please consider making your Annual Fund gift through Venmo. Venmo allows us to accept donations without fees, and it's easy to use. Simply scan the QR code above, visit @greenfieldhsaphila through the Venmo app, or click HERE. |
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School Selection:
Online Application
*High school applications can be submitted and modified online until November 1st at 5:00 pm. Students can log into their student account using their school district ID and password. They should then select 'Message Center' from the menu tab and select the 'School Selection' icon to apply.
*Charter schools and private schools DO NOT go on the online application.
*When completing the application online, select "Hand Deliver" for the essays. This indicates that Ms. Stern will hand deliver your children's essays to their selected schools.
*The attached essay questions are required for Central, Motivation, Engineering and Science, Palumbo and Bodine. Printed out essays are due to Ms. Stern by Friday, 10/25/19.
*The date of submission of the application does not impact selection decisions.
*The order in which schools are listed on the application does not matter EXCEPT if it is a lottery school (Constitution, Robeson, Workshop, HS of the Future). Lottery schools should be listed first to increase the odds of being selected.
Open House:
*Please see the attached updated high school audition, shadow, interview and open house schedule.
Science Leadership Academy Interview:
*SLA requires that high school applicants complete an interview or be scheduled for an upcoming interview in order for their applications to be considered. Please email SLA as soon as possible to schedule the interview for your child. These slots fill up quickly! You can also call SLA Beeber at (215) 400-7270
Parents of 8th graders:
Please let Ms. Stern know if you are not receiving the 'high school update' emails that she is sending weekly. Please call her at 215-400-7810 (option 1) or email at [email protected] with any questions about this process.
Jennifer Stern, M.Ed, LPC
School Counselor
Phone: 215-400-7810
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Albert M. Greenfield School
2200 Chestnut Street
Philadelphia, PA 19103
(215)400-7810
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Contact Caitlin Brown, VP Communications, Greenfield HSA at [email protected] with questions.
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