Message from Principal Martz
Happy Holidays from our SWE-Family to yours!
We will see you in 2022!
As always, if you need anything, please don’t hesitate to reach out to me at aemartz@sdlancaster.org or 717-291-6151.
Check Out the Facebook Page for photos from this week at SWE!
Or Copy and Paste this URL in your browser: https://www.facebook.com/SWEElementary/posts/4677117892371374
Car Rider Update
Starting January 3, 2022, 1st through 5th grade car riders will be dismissed from the gymnasium instead of being outside due to the weather. K5 car riders will be dismissed from the original car rider location, but will be inside the stairwell doors. K4 students will continue to dismiss at their normal location.
Please MAKE SURE your car rider sign is visible for staff to be able to call for your child/children quickly. If you do not have a sign for your car, please call the office at 717-291-6151, so we can make one for you as soon as possible.
We appreciate your patience as we continue to work on making our car rider loop safe and efficient.
As a reminder, only children who are leaving in the car rider loop, should be at those locations.
If you are parking elsewhere and picking up your child, they will be dismissed as a walker with your child’s teacher at their normal location. Also, please remind your students that they should not be bringing Pokemon cards to school and trading them at dismissal.
Thank you to Weis Markets for presenting Smith-Wade-El with a Weis 4 School Rewards donation this week. These funds were earned and generated by our school’s supporters while shopping at Weis Markets’ stores using their Weis Preferred Shoppers Club card and will be used to benefit children’s educational needs. We thank Weis Markets and our SWE families for supporting this program.
Santa Spokes
On Saturday, over 30 students in SDoL received a bicycle, helmet, and lock from a program called Santa’s Spokes. Santa’s Spokes gives new bikes to kids in need and their mission is that a child gets a new bike at least once in their life time. Born in the summer of 2015 at Tellus360, six health care providers dreamed of a way to give back to the community that they loved in a way that would leave a lasting impression. This is the 7th year this wonderful program gave back to our community.
- Important Dates Coming Up:
- December 23rd – January 2nd: Winter Break – No School
- January 6th: 6:00 PM (on Zoom) – PTO Meeting (more details to come)
- January 20th: 6:00 PM – 8:00 PM – Art Show
- January 21st: Winter Concert
- 5:45 PM PreK and Kindergarten
- 6:15 PM 1st and 2nd Grade
- 6:30 PM 3rd Grade
- 6:50 PM Band/Chorus/Orchestra
- Check out the Lost and Found posts on Class Dojo and Facebook – all items currently in the lost and found will be donated if not claimed by December 22, 2021.
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The last date to sign up for the STEM Fair is December 22, 2021. Sign up link: https://forms.gle/nf6WxjYLdnL7xNix6
- At this time all students, staff, faculty, volunteers, and visitors regardless of vaccination status must be masked.
- If you are picking up your child – or coming to volunteer in the building – we ask that you bring a valid form of ID.