Flu Season is in Full Swing!

http://www.mcall.com/news/local/mc-flu-season-update-20150102-story.html

As we get ready for our return from Winter break, please take a moment to read this article about the impact of the Flu on the Lehigh Valley.

As Dr. Rhodes suggested...

"Adults infected with the flu are typically contagious for up to five days. Children, on the other hand, can be contagious for more than a week, which is why they are particularly effective viral vectors.

Rhodes stressed the need for parents to keep their sick children at home. "The worst thing somebody could do is send someone to school," he said. "It puts other people at risk."

Please heed this information, and keep other's health in mind before sending your child back to school too soon from illness (or while they are fighting illness). We are in this for the long-haul now!!

Hope you all had a heathy and happy Holiday season!

All Moore Families...we need your help.

Over the past couple of months, we are noticing a large amount of silverware being tossed into the trash during lunches, instead of being placed into the collection bin.  We have addressed this several times with the students - across the whole school.  Unfortunately, we will see a change for a bit...but then we start seeing the silverware disappear again.  So, we're asking for your support in addressing this at home with your children.  We do not wish to have be forced to use plastic-ware...but if this problem does not improve, we may be forced to do so.

Since the beginning of the school year, we've had to purchase 551 replacement utensils for the school.  Including last year, when the problem started to appear...we've had to replace over 700 pieces of silverware.  This attributes to almost one piece for every student.  Obviously, the money used to purchase this is from the school/District, and your pockets (taxpayers).  I would prefer to use that money towards items to enhance your student's education!

So, if you could please take a moment and discuss this with your child, so that hopefully we can see a turnaround.  We pride ourselves at Moore as being a family - we look out for one another and help each other out when needed...as well as empower our students to speak up when they see things that "aren't right".  It is our hope that through our combined efforts, we can nip this in the bud now.  So please encourage your students to place their trash in the garbage cans, their trays on the counter, and their silverware in the bin at lunch...and speak up if they see someone not following these Moore Pride expectations.

Thank you for your help and support!!

Our Special Gifts

Mrs. Longacre's Kindergarten class would like to share their "Special Gifts" with all of you for this Holiday season!

Enjoy!

Moore Pride Days!

This school year, we will be celebrating our SWPBS program - Moore Pride - with Show your Moore Pride days throughout the school year. Students and staff will be asked to wear either their Moore Pride t-shirts (which have been ordered, and should be here by the end of the month) or Moore attire (black/red). This is a way for all of us to show our pride in our school, our work, and our behavior. Below is a listing of all of the days we will be observing as Moore Pride days throughout the school year.

Friday, October 3rd
Friday, November 7th
* Tuesday, November 25th - Black/Orange day to support our KKids
Friday, December 5th
Friday, January 9th
Friday, February 6th
Friday, March 6th
Friday, April 10th
Friday, May 1st (students in Grades 5 and 6 have their panoramic photo this day...so they can wear their grade-level shirts if they choose)

Please note that Tuesday, November 25th is a Black and Orange day, and we support our Northampton Football team as they participate in their annual Thanksgiving Day football game vs. Catasauqua.

Throughout the year, we will also celebrate our SWPBS program with incentive days for the students - specifically as a reward for those students who continually show their Moore Pride in their positive behavior and actions, as well as for those students who have zero (0) discipline referrals. Please be on the look-out for more information to come home with your children prior to those incentive days!

ALS Challenge Accepted and Completed!

Moore Elementary School Principal, Mr. Dimmick and faculty members Mrs. Dremock and Mrs. Whitworth participated in the ALS Ice-Bucket Challenge.  Mr. Dimmick was nominated by NASD Superintendent, Mr. Kovalchik...and Mrs. Dremock/Mrs. Whitworth were nominated by NAHS teacher, Mr. Thrash.

All three accepted the challenge...and upon success, challenged the following people -
Mr. Dimmick challenges - Moore PTA President, Stacy Harrison...Moore Twp. Police Officer and Moore DARE Officer, Manny Varkanis...and NASD Athletic Director, Todd Bowser.

Mrs. Dremock challenged any/all Moore Elementary Math teachers

Mrs. Whitworth challenged the Moore Grade 6 teachers - Ms. Craig, Mrs. Figueroa, Ms. Golas, and Mr. Muschlitz.

Moore Elementary School Faculty/Staff also raised $221.00 for ALS Research that will be donated in Moore Elementary's name!

The video of the ALS Challenge is in the works...so stay tuned for it's posting!

In the interim, here is a photo of our challenge conducted today - enjoy!

Moore Pride Website has Launched

Moore Elementary School has launched a School-Wide Positive Behavior Support (SWPBS) website called "Moore Pride". Below is a link to the site which will provide valuable information for students and parents in order to properly support our Moore Pride behavior expectations. We will continually update the website throughout the year - including short video clips that show the Moore Pride expectations! We're very excited to have this available for everyone...so we hope you enjoy it as much as we do!

https://sites.google.com/a/nasdschools.org/moore-pride/

ALS Ice-Bucket Challenge Alert!

Mr. Kovalchik, our Superintendent of schools has issued an ALS Ice-Bucket Challenge to all of the Principals and Asst. Principals of the Northampton Area School District!

Mr. Kovalchik, along with Mrs. Hanner (our Dir. of Curriculum) and Mr. Trash (a HS Social Studies teacher and President of the Teacher's Association) were nominated on the first day of school by Mr. Paccio, our Dir. of Technology.  They accepted the challenge and completed the challenge and their made their own challenges yesterday afternoon.

Below is a link to the video posted on our District website.

 http://www.nasdschools.org/spotlight.cfm?sp=84

Needless to say, Mr. Dimmick accepts Mr. Kovalchik's challenge...and will be completing the ALS Ice-Bucket Challenge (and making his own challenge).  Keep checking back to the Moore Facebook page for updates and Mr. Dimmick's video!