PHES November 2023 Newsletter - Important Dates, Emergency Drills, Testing, PTA Updates

Oct 5, 2026

November 2023 PHES newsletter covering key updates for families and staff. It highlights the Principal’s message on October activities, student engagement, and attendance increases, with congratulations to PTA and event winners. It lists important dates including Sneaker Ball, PBIS celebration, Veterans Day assembly, American Education Week, quarter awards, conferences, and Thanksgiving holiday. It also provides guidance on emergency weather drills, code of student conduct expectations, COGAT testing for specific grades, office procedures for attendance and visitors, and PTA notes on spirit nights and upcoming meetings.

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Reading Time20 min

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Emergency Weather Drills

COGAT Testing (2nd Grade and 5th Grade Students)

Contact

Notes from the Office

Early Dismissal/Change in Dismissal

Late Arrival and Absences

Visitors Pass

Chromebooks

Box Tops

Instructional Focus for the Month of November

The Principal's Message Greetings Parents,Students and Staff, The month of October was absolutely amazing at PHES.We had somany activities geared toward increasing student engagement toencourage students'independence and increase their overallacademic achievement.We are so PROUD of our PHES Generals!! Special shoutout to PHES PTA!The Trunk-Or-Treat was a real treatfor our families.Congratulations to the following winners:Ms.Whittington(Pumpkin Contest)and the Scooby Doo &MysteryMachine Contestant (Car Decoration Contest).Job well done Ms.Whittington and owners of the Scooby Doo &Mystery Machine. During the summer,we developed our School Improvement Goalsfor academics,attendance,and behaviors.We are PROUD to report 94.48%of our students attended school each day during the monthof September and 95.38%during the month of October.This is aremarkable increase from last school year's overall attendance whichwas 78%as noted in our June 6,2023,data report.Way to GoPHES!! In closing,please remember our school doors are always open foryou to visit,collaborate and volunteer.We are better"Together"!!! Your partner in education, Selecia Hardy,Principal Important Dates | Date | Event | | --- | --- | | November
2 | Sneaker Ball from 5:00 pm-
6:30 pm | | November
6 | PBIS Celebration at 1:20 pm | | November
10 | Veterans Day Assembly at
8:15 am | | November
13-17 | American Education Week | | November
17 | 15t Quarter Awards
Assemblies:Grades 1&2-
8:00 am and Grades 3,4&5
-9:15 am | | November
20-21 | Parent/Teacher
Conferences | | November
22-24 | No School-Thanksgiving
Holiday | | November
27 | Student of the Month
Breakfast @7:45 am | Happy Thanksgiving! MS.JOHNSON'SAAAustant PruncipC OCTOBER 2023 # Emergency Weather Drils Code of Student Conducf This month,we practiced our Tornado Shelter-in- Pershing Hil Elementary wil continue foembrace Restorative Practices in responseto violations of the Code of StudentConduct.Please remember the expectationis aluays for students to repair harmdone,restore relationships,and create apathway back to the classroom. Place and Earthquake drils with students.Please make sure to have a family plan fo address when weather emergencies happen in our area.Please plan what you will do now to prepare,so you will be able to proftect yourself/family and then recover quickly if it happens. # COGAT TESTING(2ND GRADE AND 5TH GRADE STUDENTS) This falall Ane Arundel CountyPubic Schols second and fifh graderswill ake the online version ofthe Cognitive Abilities TesITM(CogAT®)CogATR measures students learned reasoning abilities in thethree areas most closely related to sucess in school:reasoning with verbal,quantitative,and spatialconcepts.Please see the attached reminder with specific grade-level festing dates. # CONTACT CHANTE'JOHNSONASSISTANT PRINCIPAL PERSHING HILL ELEMENTARY SCHOOLCRJOHNSONl@AACPS.ORG410-222-6519 November 2023 Penny Reisler,Principal's Secretarypreisler@aacps.org Debbie McAlvanah,Secretarydmcalvanah@aacps.org Notes from the Office Early Dismissal/Change in Dismissal--All Early Dismissalsor Change in Dismissals must be done prior to 2:00 PM Late Arrival--Any arrival afterschool begins at 8:00 AM,isconsidered tardy.You must bring your student into office tosign them in. Absences--Absences can either be reported through the ParentPortal Account ora note can be sent in with the student whenthey return to school.Emails and phone calls are notaccepted.Please note that reporting the absences does notautomatically update the attendance and does not stop theAACPS generated attendance calls.Attendance is a manualprocess and is done throughout the day. Visitors Pass--ALl visitors must check in through the office.ADriver's License or State Issued ID is required.Military ID'scannot be scanned into the Visitor System. Chromebooks--A

FAQs

What are the early dismissal and late arrival rules mentioned in the newsletter?

All early dismissals or changes in dismissal must be completed prior to 2:00 PM. Any arrival after school begins at 8:00 AM is considered tardy, and students must be brought into the office to sign in.

How should absences be reported?

Absences can be reported through the Parent Portal account or by sending a note with the student when they return. Emails and phone calls are not accepted, and attendance updates are manual throughout the day.

Which students will take the COGAT and what should families do next?

The newsletter states that second and fifth grade students will take the online Cognitive Abilities Test (CogAT). Families are directed to check the attached reminder for specific grade-level testing dates.

Oct 5, 2026

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