Whitehall Elementary School -

A message from the NASD Dental Hygienist about the importance of taking care of children's baby teeth.

As I conduct dental screenings as part of NASD’s Dental Hygiene Services Program, I would like to focus on the importance of maintaining healthy baby teeth. Children develop their first set of teeth, most commonly called “Baby Teeth”, between the ages of 6 months and 3 years. These teeth are also referred to as primary, deciduous, or milk teeth. Between the ages of 5-7 years and again around 10-12 years old, children will lose their “baby teeth'', to allow for the growth of permanent or “adult teeth”.
It is a common myth that baby teeth are not important since they will eventually fall out. Children need these teeth to last for a total of six to ten years. Maintaining good oral health is extremely important, whether it be through the prevention of cavities, or when necessary treating any cavities to return to health.
The function of baby teeth is to allow children to chew their food and maintain proper nutrition for optimal health and growth. Teeth are necessary for speech and language development, and also contribute to aesthetics and give shape to our face.
Tooth decay is the number one reason for student absences and frequent visits to the school nurse. Students with dental pain are four times more likely to earn lower grades than healthier students since the pain and discomfort interferes with their ability to concentrate and learn. Untreated cavities not only can cause discomfort and pain, but can lead to infection that can spread throughout the body. When children are pain free & feel good about their smile, they are happy and confident!!

Amy Cleary, MEd, CSDH, RDH
acleary@nasd.k12.pa.us

We had our 2nd Mystery Motivator of the year with 30 students. Students who were on our 200 board and all 10 spaces in their row were covered with pictures, got to play with playdough in the cafeteria. All of the students enjoyed themselves and played nicely together. Click the link below for photos.


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Students from every grade were awarded a certificate for a free meal at Applebee's for being PAWSOME students in special areas…Keep up the PAWSOME work!

Each week a Golden Paw is awarded to a student in each grade for going above and beyond and that exemplifies the quality of the month. This month we focused on Citizenship. The students were rewarded with a medal, a prize, and due to a partnership with the Elmwood Park Zoo two free admission tickets to the zoo. Congratulations to our winners and a special thank you to the Elmwood Park Zoo.

The following students earned 5 PAWS and were rewarded this week. Keep up the PAWTASTIC work.

Mrs. Crim's class recess reward for best attendance grade level in October

Fourth grade students designed and constructed models of Wind Turbines while learning about energy conversion.

Thank you for supporting our book fair, it was a huge success! The students had a great time shopping and look forward to the next one in March! Keep reading!

Miss Hohenstein’s and Miss McCormick’s classes honored Veterans Day with a visit from a special guest reader! Students enjoyed hearing the story and asking the U.S. Marine questions about his job in the military. After the reading, students gave him hand made cards to thank him for his service to our country.

Today we had a visit from the Walnut Street Theater who put on a performance of Grace for President. Based on the book this story is about when Grace doesn’t see a female face on a poster of US presidents, she decides to be the president of her class at school. But she soon realizes that she has entered a tough race where being the best candidate doesn’t always mean being the most popular. Grace for President is a fun introduction to the electoral system, and teaches the value of hard work, courage, and independent thought.

We had 934 Paws in the month of October. 26 PAWSOME students and 21 Golden Paws.
Due to a donation by the Elmwood Park Zoo all Golden Paw winners received two free tickets to the zoo.
All PAWSOME students receive a free Applebee's kid's meal.

¡En octubre tuvimos 934 Patitas, 26 Estudiantes PAWSOME y 21 Patitas Doradas!
Gracias a una donación del zoológico de Elmwood Park, todos los ganadores del premio Golden Paw recibieron dos entradas gratuitas para el zoologico.
Todos los estudiantes de PAWSOME reciben una comida infantil gratuita de Applebee's.

We had 231 students with perfect attendance for the month of October! Our attendance percentages per grade were: Kindergarten- 94%, First Grade-94%, Second Grade- 94%, Third Grade- 96%, Fourth Grade-95%

Tuvimos 231 estudiantes con asistencia perfecta durante el mes de octubre! Nuestros porcentajes de asistencia por grado fueron: Kindergarten-94%, Primer Grado-94%, Segundo Grado-94%, Tercer Grado: 96%, Cuarto Grado-95%.

Grade Level Attendance Winners for October
K-Mrs. Goodwin, 1- Mrs. Kolbmann, 2- Ms. Alexander, 3- Mrs Johnson, 4- Mrs Crim, AS- Ms. McCormick & Ms. Basiile

Ganadores de asistencia escolar a nivel de grado en octubre
K- Sra. Goodwin, 1-Sra. Kolbmann, 2- Sra. Alexander, 3- Sra. Johnson, 4- Sra. Crim, AS- Sra. McCormick & Sra. Basile

Each week a Golden Paw is awarded to a student in each grade for going above and beyond and that exemplifies the quality of the month. This month we focused on Citizenship. The students were rewarded with a medal, a prize, and due to a partnership with the Elmwood Park Zoo two free admission tickets to the zoo. Congratulations to our winners and a special thank you to the Elmwood Park Zoo.

As an additional reward, all Golden PAWS students each month will have their names added to a drawing to win a special lunch. Today, our winner for the month of October was able to choose a friend and have lunch with several members from the West Norriton Police Department. Thank you to Detective Chief Morris, Detective Wassmer, and Officer DiNolfi for celebrating our Most Valuable students at Whitehall.

The following students earned 5 PAWS and were rewarded this week. Keep up the PAWTASTIC work.

Whitehall recently had a Book Character Day and we had two Mirabels from Encanto!

Happy School Psychologists Week! Thank you Ms. Kowalick.

Important Information: Today is a full day at Whitehall. The Early Dismissal is for Middle School and High School only. Tomorrow, November 4 there is no school for election day.

Thank you to the Rotary Club for the wonderful presentation this week to the Third Graders! The Spanish-English dictionaries are a great reference for our students to use.