All meetings are at The Chancellor Center unless otherwise noted.

• 10/20/2022 - 7:00 PM Board of School Directors Meeting
  
• 10/24/2022 - Diwali/All Schools Closed/Offices Open
  
• 10/27/2022 - 7:00 PM Education Committee Meeting

• 11/03/2022 - 7:00 PM CANCELED Facilities Committee Meeting

• 11/08/2022 - Election Day/All Schools Closed/Offices Open/Professional Development

• 11/10/2022 - 7:00 PM Finance Committee Meeting

• 11/14/2022 - 7:00 PM Policy Committee Meeting

• 11/17/2022 - 7:00 PM Board of School Directors Meeting

Middle Bucks Institute of Technology (MBIT) Engineering Technology students selected as FIRST Global Challenge Mentor. In 2017 an Olympic-style robotics competition was established by the U.S.-based organization, The FIRST Global Challenge (FGC). The goal of the organization is to inspire youth around the world to pursue STEM careers and to use that knowledge to solve many of the world’s problems. The annual competition bases its competition around one of the Grand Engineering Challenges, such as water, energy, pollution, etc.

While many industrialized nations can select a well-prepared team of students to compete, there are other nations that struggle to field a team. For this reason, FGC established a mentoring program through which accomplished schools can mentor international teams with less experience.

Since 2019, with support from the Ohio-Based charity Shoulder-to-Shoulder, the Middle Bucks Institute of Technology has been mentoring teams in countries such as Honduras, Puerto Rico, and Ukraine.

Since June of this year, MBIT has been mentoring a team of students from an impoverished village in Honduras as they prepare to compete against 190 international teams in Geneva, Switzerland from October 13th through the 16th.

To celebrate the upcoming competition, the students of MBIT’s Engineering program had a Zoom session with Team Honduras on October 6th as Honduras made their final design changes to their robot. MBIT students had a chance to speak with the team, ask to discuss their design, and review their game strategy as they prepare to leave for Geneva. The students from both countries had a great discussion and learned about both engineering and each other’s lives.

For more information, please contact Jeanise Dimitri, at 215-343-2480 ext. 218 or by email jdimitri@mbit.org.

Agenda

Cash Management Update

Request for Temporary ELD Staff

Questions?

Approve Bid #22-37

Capital Improvement Plan

We request your feedback on the formation of the CRSD 2024-2025 calendar and beyond. Please note that Pennsylvania requires students to attend school a minimum of 180 days. Please take a few minutes to provide us with feedback on two specific aspects of the district calendar. The survey should take less than 5 minutes to complete.

Council Rock District Calendar Survey -This will be available until 11:45PM on October 28, 2022

PARENTS/GUARDIANS

IMPORTANT INFORMATION - Click this link to get all the details about the rollout

The Stopfinder app became be operational on Thursday, September 29. Invitations to download the Stopfinder app were be emailed to families in advance. One email applies to all bus riders in a family.

September 28, 2022

Council Rock Community,

Governor Tom Wolf recently announced that all Pennsylvania schools participating in the School Breakfast Program (SBP) will provide free breakfast for all elementary and middle school students for the 2022-23 school year. Because grades K-8 participate in the National School Lunch program, they are eligible for the free breakfast; Council Rock high schools do not participate in the program.

Council Rock will begin offering free breakfast to all enrolled students at the elementary and middle school level starting Monday, October 3 through the end of the 2022-23 school year.

What you need to know:

· No sign-up is required.

· Daily breakfast menus will be available on our menus website.

· Students enter their lunch ID number and get breakfast in the cafeteria upon arrival at school.

· Breakfasts will be pre-bagged and have an optional milk and fruit selection.

· School principals will provide specific information for individual schools shortly.

Additional information about food services at Council Rock, including menus, applications for free and reduced meals, and more can be found online at the Council Rock Food Services link.

If you have any questions, please contact Mike Dengler at mdengler@crsd.org.

Thank you,

Dr. Andrew Sanko
Superintendent of Schools

Michael Dengler,

Director of Dining Services

Please be aware that the COVID lunch waiver received for all elementary students to receive free lunch that has been in effect the past three years HAS NOT been granted this upcoming year.

2022-23 Free and Reduced Price Lunch Information. - Click here for all the info

In order for any student to be considered for free or reduced price meals for the 2022-23 school year, an application must be completed to determine eligibility. Please be aware that the COVID lunch waiver received for all elementary students to receive free lunch that has been in effect the past three years HAS NOT been granted this upcoming school year.

The Council Rock School District

invites you to attend a

COMMUNITY FORUM

The topic for discussion will be

Academics & Instruction

Wednesday, November 30 at 7 PM

Holland Middle School Auditorium

400 East Holland Road, Holland, PA 18966

Please join Superintendent Dr. Andrew Sanko, members of our teaching staff, and several students as we highlight some of the educational programs in Council Rock’s K-12 classrooms.

This event is open to the public.

SIGNUPS END 11/03 (note the date correction from 11/30)

CLICK HERE FOR ALL THE INFORMATION!

• 2022-2023 School Year Calendar
• 2022-2023 School Board & Committee Meeting Schedule
• Health and Safety Plan (Updated 09.15.2022)
• Home Access Center (H.A.C.)
  
• Central Registration
• Food Service (including Menus)
  
• Weekly News Update Archive

Click here for detailed information

Newtown Middle School is hosting a canned and non-perishable food drive. We want to make this a huge success so that we can help to restock the local food pantries and shelters in Bucks County. But we need your help! Please support this cause by donating.

If we were to receive one canned or non-perishable food item from each student in the district, we would have over 10,000 items to donate. That would be incredible!

Light the night for Autism. Fun fitness night to raise money for Autism Cares. 2 hours of different exercise formats. Simultaneously, providing fun activities for all special needs students interested in hanging out with our student council and buddy club for a fun night of dance abilities, basketball, scooter races etc. $10 per person participating in the fitness night. Don't forget a towel and waterbottle and get ready to have some fun raising money for a great cause! Click here for all the information

Help the CR North Marching Band and Color Guard raise funds by cleaning out your closets, attics, garages, and basements! Please place your gently used/unwanted items in tightly tied bags. Every bag counts. Give your items a second chance to be worn/used again. The more our collection weighs the more we raise. Items will be collected October 17-21 from 4:30-6pm at the East Entrance of CR North (outside the band room). Details for what items are accepted can be found on the attached flier. Thank you for your support!

The Annual Fall Festival will be held on Saturday, October 22nd from 11:00 a.m. until 2:00 p.m. This event will be held rain or shine! Please see below for a schedule of events:

11:00am - 1:00pm Trunk or Treat

11:00am - 2:00pm Inflatable Obstacle Course OPEN

11:00am - Approx 2:00pm Food Trucks OPEN

1:00pm - Raffle and Auction

CLICK HERE FOR ALL THE INFORMATION

SATURDAY, OCT. 22

9 AM - 1 PM

During CR High School South’s

FALL FESTIVAL

LOCATION: CR South’s Music Circle

Come Support Council Rock South’s Hawaii Trip!

Saturday, October 22nd 11am –1pm

2nd annual

Council Rock South Front Parking Lot

2022 Rock Way, Holland, PA

CLICK HERE FOR ALL THE INFORMATION!

Golden Wings Theater is Council Rock High School South’s theater club. We will be having a performance of the Addams Family on October 26th and 27th at 7pm, and on October 29th and 2 and 7pm. Fun for the whole family! CLICK HERE TO BUY TICKETS!

• COMPETITIVE PAY!
• WE PAY FOR EXPERIENCE
• FLEXIBLE SCHEDULES
• PAID TRAINING
• PAID TIME OFF
• GREAT BENEFITS PACKAGE

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• YMCA BOO BASH - FREE and open to the community. Costumes encouraged! Join us for fun activities including crafts,music and games! Please bring a bag or bucket for trick or treating along the way. We invite families to bring a small decorated pumpkin to add to the Y pumpkin patch!

• Upper Makefield Newtown Basketball - ** Registration for the 2022-2023 season is now open!

• CRCHY - Join us for an Internet Safety Presentation by FBI Special Agent Cerena Coughlin - What parents need to know to keep kids safe and make good decisions while using social media. Don't miss the discussion about impacts of "over sharing" and trending internet issues. This project is made possible by funding through the Bucks County Drug & Alcohol Commission, Inc., CRCHY, and Council Rock Education Foundation (CREF). Register here: https://tinyurl.com/RGKInternetSafety Newtown Middle School 116 Richboro Newtown Rd. Newtown, PA 18940 October 19, 2022 7 PM - 9 PM

• KIDS ON CAMPUS - Join our team of enthusiastic, creative, and dedicated camp instructors at Bucks County Community College.

• JOSEPH J. CANFIELD YOUTH LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM- Volunteer Leader Tennis Program (LINCS)

• NEWTOWN ROTARY - Pedals for Progress Bike Donation Drive

  SNEAKER DRIVE - Science students at CR South are running a Sneaker Recycling Drive during the month of October. Used sneakers in ANY CONDITION can be dropped off in the collection boxes at school. Sneakers will either be donated or recycled into other products.
  

• DAISIES - Come all Kindergarten to 3rd grade girls and join us on October 15th to learn more about girl scouting! Please be sure to RSVP.

• BUCKS COUNTY TENNIS ASSOCIATION - The Bucks County Tennis Association, Inc., is a non-profit stressing social/life skills by providing affordable tennis fitness and fun throughout Bucks County. BCTA is the public park tennis provider for numerous municipalities throughout Bucks County including outdoor programs April – October at Council Rock North high School and indoor programs November – March at Holland Middle School. Indoor registration opens October 1 and we are requesting the attached flier be posted as soon as possible and stay posted through the end of March.

• CHAMPIONS AT CRSD-Champions has a great solution for busy working families: activities that combine fun and learning, together with the safety and convenience of a high-quality program right inside your school. Champions offers a variety of group and individual activities designed to keep your child exploring and growing.

• PRE-K COUNTS-Free Pre-Kindergarten Program Driving Better Educational Beginnings
  Early education better prepares children to succeed in kindergarten and beyond. Established by the Pennsylvania Department of Education (PDE), the purpose of Pennsylvania Pre-K Counts is to help ensure quality pre-kindergarten opportunities are available to children (ages three to five) across the commonwealth. This program is free to eligible families.

• CRAFTS IN THE MEADOW-OCTOBER 15 & 16, 2022. The Crafts in the Meadow Fall Invitational Craft Show is a fine art and craft event showcasing excellence in craftsmanship alongside a festive weekend of live music, performing arts, and refreshments. There will be over 100 fine artisans, demonstrations, live music, great food …. There’s lots for the kids to enjoy too!

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