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Inside:  
  • PTA Meeting

  • Donors Choose Alerts

  • Registration

  • Tips For Easing Back Into a Sleep Routine

  • Philly Paper Jam Contest

  • Lovett Library Update

  • Growing in the Garden

  • Summer Learning Assignments & Supply Lists

  • Website Redesign



Greetings
from
the PTA!
Tomorrow (Tuesday) night at 6:30pm will be the first PTA Meeting of the year.  
The meeting will take place at 542 Carpenter (the former location of Philadelphia Salvage).  
If you're interested in joining the PTA, you can bring your $10 dues to the meeting and register on the spot.  
PTA Meetings are open to all Henry families, teachers, and community members.  
We hope to see you there as we kick off another great year!

Donors Choose Report

C. W. Henry's teachers have been busy planning for the school year.  You can help make some of their plans a reality by supporting these Donors Choose projects:

Total Participation in the Classroom by Ms. Fisher
https://www.donorschoose.org/project/total-participation-in-the-responsive-cl/2063809/?utm_source=dc&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=teacher_favorite_new_project&rf=email-system-2016-07-teacher_favorite_new_project_projecttitle&utm_content=project-title

 

Maker Space: A Place to Dream, Invent, and Build...by Ms. Bershad

https://www.donorschoose.org/project/maker-space-a-place-to-dream-invent-a/2104938/?utm_source=dc&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=teacher_favorite_new_project&rf=email-system-2016-08-teacher_favorite_new_project_projecttitle&utm_content=project-title

Healthy Sailing With the Voyagers by Ms. Fisher:
https://www.donorschoose.org/project/maker-space-a-place-to-dream-invent-a/2104938/?utm_source=dc&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=teacher_favorite_new_project&rf=email-system-2016-08-teacher_favorite_new_project_projecttitle&utm_content=project-title

 

Girls' Sports Rock and Once Upon A Time...Empowerment Through Art, Science, and Literacy have both been fully funded thanks to your generous contributions!


Stay tuned to see what other innovative projects the C. W. Henry teachers come up with!

Registration

Registration is now reopened for this school year.  

Information regarding enrollment guidelines can be found at the link below:
http://webgui.phila.k12.pa.us/uploads/W2/Ty/W2Ty4pJfn60yyqYmKYWzhg/2016-2017-SDP-Enrollment-Guidelines_final.pdf

Tips For Easing Back Into a Sleep Routine

With the start of school quickly approaching and the days becoming shorter again, you may be thinking about bedtimes.  Check out these tips to ease the transition from those late summer nights catching fireflies into a schedule that leads to sunnier morning wake-ups.
 
  • Shift the Schedule Well in Advance
    Starting as early as two weeks before the first day of school, begin to gradually shift your child’s sleep schedule earlier. For example, shift bedtime 10 minutes earlier than usual and wake your child 10 minutes earlier the following morning. Each day (or every few days if you prefer) repeat the process until your child is waking at the time she needs to wake on a school day AND getting the appropriate amount of sleep for her age group. Once you have reached this schedule be sure to stick with it even on the weekends. If daylight or neighborhood sounds are causing an issue at bedtime consider adding blackout curtains and white noise.
  • Create or Revisit a Wind-Down Routine
    If a predictable bedtime routine has fallen by the wayside with all the extra activities of summer now is the perfect time to reintroduce one. This routine should take place in your child’s room and include activities that help the brain and body to wind down such as reading or being read to.
  • Avoid Screens Before Bedtime
    Allow at least a one hour buffer from the end of screen time to the start of bedtime. This includes television, video games, tablets, phones, etc. The light emitted from screens interrupts the production of Melatonin, the sleep inducing hormone, and tells the brain to wake up. For older children with their own devices consider having a rule of leaving devices outside the bedroom to avoid temptation.
  • Avoid Heavy Meals and Caffeine
    A heavy meal too close to bedtime can interfere with your child’s ability to fall asleep. Caffeine can also interrupt sleep patterns so limit your child’s caffeine intake in general and avoid caffeine altogether within 6 hours of bedtime.
  • Do a Comfort Check
    Children also struggle to sleep in rooms that are too exciting or distracting, too hot or too cold, or bedding that is uncomfortable. Spend some time in your child’s sleep area to see if anything needs to be addressed.

Preparing your family’s sleep schedule in advance will help ease those back to school blues for everyone.

Philly Paper Jam Contest

Every year Philadelphia public schools run out of paper. In its inaugural year Philly Paper Jam is running a city wide paper drive that will supply 30 K-5 or K-8 Philadelphia public schools with the paper they need to get throught the school year. The first 15 schools have already been selected but the final 15 schools will be determined by YOU!

Fill out the form to the right and place a vote for a school you think schould be a part of the Philly Paper Jam 30. The 15 schools that get the most votes wil complete the Philly Paper Jam 30. Every school in the Philly Paper Jam 30 will get 3 cases of paper per classroom delivered to their school thanks to this city wide paper drive.

Tell everyone to vote for our school to win!

 

Lovett Library Update

Growing in the Garden

The C. W. Henry school garden is an amazing treasure. And it's all done through volunteers. Come out Thursday and Sunday evenings starting at 5:00 to help out. No garden expertise required. 

And check out the garden's Facebook group for announcements and to find out what's growing in the garden: 

https://www.facebook.com/groups/1674420836148013/

Summer Learning Assignments & Supply Lists

In case you've misplaced your Summer Learning Assignment, check out the link here so you don't need to say the dog ate your homework on the very first day of school.
http://webgui.phila.k12.pa.us/schools/h/henry/for-students

And to see the supply lists, visit here:

PTA Website Redesign

The PTA website has been experimenting with a new look for the new year.  Check it out, and let us know what you think.  

The events calendar found in the sidebar and lists all major school events, days off, half days, and PTA events.  Make it your go-to location for planning.


The website also features all of the latest news from and about the school and a static menu bar with key information you may need to refer to during the year.
 

Supporting our Community of Learners –
Mrs. Fatima Rogers, Principal.



The C.W. Henry School PTA unites parents, teachers 
and neighbors
in support of
The Charles W. Henry School, nestled in the Mount Airy Village 
(NW Philly) of Philadelphia, PA.



C. W. Henry PTA
601 Carpenter Lane
Philadelphia, PA 19119
Website:  http://www.cwhenrypta.org
Email:  cwhenrypta@gmail.com

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