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Current Swain Families
Welcome, current families! Visit this page whenever you need to know what’s happening at Swain, you need a form, or want to find out whom to contact.
"Getting Great Photos of Kids", workshop for teachers, staff and families - Wednesday, Dec. 3 - presented by Dan's Camera City
Yearbook Ad Reservation Form - due Friday, Dec. 5
2008-2009 Parent-Student Handbook: click here for a printable copy
Important Dates
Important Links (including a link to the Swain Association and their event flyers
and order forms))
What to Wear
Supplies and Shopping
Information from the School Nurse
Printable Forms and Information
Summer Programs
Important Dates
Download this list of important dates for the 2008—2009 school year.
Print your own copy of the dated pages from our Swain wall calendar (mailed home in your early August packet).
Important Links
Visit our classrooms at www.swainkids.com
Weather-related school closings and delays
AlertNow® telephone and email bulletins
Contacting faculty and staff
Getting involved/volunteering (the Swain Association is our parent-teacher
organization)
What to Wear
Supplies and Shopping
School supply lists:
Preschool 3 – 5th grade (please scroll through all pages)
Revised 3rd grade supply list (revised July 8)
Middle School (6th – 8th grades)
Full day students in Preschool 3 and Prekindergarten 4, plus all Kindergarten students, are required to have a foldable, vinyl nap mat. These are available to purchase from the School Store for $10. If you already have a foldable, vinyl nap mat it may be used; sleeping bags, rugs, and other options are not acceptable.
All students (in every grade) need an art smock; an old, button down shirt will do. Please, no T-shirts — they are hard to get on and off, and the fabric soaks up the paint.
Note that supplies may be purchased at any store. If you choose to purchase them at Office Depot (Cedar Crest and Hamilton Blvd.'s in Allentown), The Swain School will receive a donation equal to 5 percent of your school supply purchase price. Please tell them you are a Swain family when you check out (no special card is needed).
Information from the School Nurse
School Nurse Valerie Moyer recommends the information on this site about lice and its prevention.
Food allergies: Please print out and complate this form if your child has severe food allergies. Return it to our school nurse, Valerie Moyer, so you can discuss the accommodations your child needs.
Printable Forms and Information for 2008—2009:
Please note due dates!
Click on any of the following section links to take you to the information and forms you need:
Physical Forms
Dental
Medication Information & Permission Forms
Athletes
Extended Care
Band Information
Additional Forms
The Swain School has changed its policy regarding annual Physical Exams for all students, effective with the 2008-2009 school year.
The following students will need to submit a Physical Exam Form by Friday,
August 1, documenting a physical exam given on or after September 2, 2007:
- All students upon intial enrollment to Swain
- All students entering Kindergarten
- All students entering grade 6
- All students in grades 5-8 who participate in school-sponsored after school sports
Physical Exam Form - return by Friday, August 1
ALL OTHER STUDENTS will be asked to submit a new form, an Annual Health Update (completed by the parent) by Friday, August 29.
NOTE - These students DO NOT need an Annual Health Update form: entering as a brand-new student; entering Kindergarten or 6th grade; a 5th-8th grade student participating in sports. All of these students need to submit a Physical Exam Form by Friday, August 1.
DENTAL exams must be completed for students entering Kindergarten, 3rd and 7th grades. Click here for a copy of the form, which is due Friday, August 1.
MEDICATION INFORMATION AND PERMISSION FORMS:
- Medication Procedure for grades Preschool 3 - 8
- Authorization for Medications for grades Preschool 3 - 8; due Friday, August 29 or submit as needed
- Tylenol/Acetaminophen Permission Form for grades 3-8; due Friday,
August 29
ATHLETES (grades 5-8): The following forms and letters have been mailed to all students entering 5th-8th grades (NOTE: They must also submit a Physical Form, as referenced above, no matter what grade they are in.)
- Athletic Welcome Letter (overview of our program)
- Athletic Parent Permission - due Friday, August 1
- Athletic Physician's Statement - due Friday, August 1
- Athletic Department Letter (additional information about program)
- September sports schedule
- October sports schedule
EXTENDED CARE INFORMATION AND FORMS:
- Extended Care letter for grades Preschool 3 - 8
- Extended Care Agreement Form for grades Preschool 3 - 8; due Friday, August 29
- Band sign-up form for rising third graders, due Friday, June 6
- Band information letter/form for any student grades 3-8, due Friday, August 29
Textbook Use form for grades K-8, due Friday, August 29
Acceptable Use Policy form for grades K-8 (how computers and technology may be used on campus), due Friday, August 29
Cell Phone Permission form for grades 5-8, due Friday, August 29
Family Directory letter and information form (one per family), due Friday,
August 29
Emergency Information and Medical Treatment Consent form, due Friday,
August 29
Food allergies: Please print out and complate this form if your child has severe food allergies. Return it to our school nurse, Valerie Moyer, so you can discuss the accommodations your child needs.
Summer child care - check out our new programs!
Summer sports camps
Summers at Swain enrichment programs
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