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.
Get your tickets! "Beauty and the Beast Jr." - Friday, March 12 at 7:30 p.m. and Saturday, March 13 at 11 a.m. and 7:30 p.m. (get a preview of our Scholastic Book Fair after the matinee performance).
Author Eric Wight will be visiting Swain on Wednesday, March 24 at 2 p.m. Order copies of his "Frankie Pickle" books and he will sign them (proceeds benefit the Central Elementary School Library in Allentown).
Swain parents are invited to a special Parenting Workshop, From Control to Collaboration: Effective Parenting of Tweens and Teens, on Wednesday, March 24 at 7 p.m. in The McCann Center. Child psychologist Margaret Sayers, Ph.D., will present an interactive workshop, appropriate for parents of children ages 10-14 (parents of younger children are also invited). |
2009-2010 Parent-Student Handbook: click here for a printable copy
Important Dates for 2009-2010
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
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
Dress Code
Swain School Store
Supplies and Shopping
You can print the supply list(s) you need:
Full day students in Preschool and Prekindergarten, 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).
Go here for information about how you can support Swain while you shop!
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 2009-2010
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
PHYSICAL FORMS
The following students will need to submit a Physical Exam Form by Monday, August 3, documenting a physical exam given on or after September 1, 2008:
- 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 (note this is a 2-page form) - return by Monday, August 3
ALL OTHER STUDENTS will be asked to submit an Annual Health Update (completed by the parent) by Monday, August 3.
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 Monday, August 3.
DENTAL exams must be completed for students entering Kindergarten, 3rd and 7th grades.
Click here for a copy of the form, which is due Monday, August 3.
MEDICATION INFORMATION AND PERMISSION FORMS:
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.)
EXTENDED CARE INFORMATION AND FORMS:
Extended Care letter and form (for ALL students)
BAND INFORMATION:
Band Information/Sign-up (for 3-8)
ADDITIONAL FORMS:
Acceptable Use Policy (for K-8) note: this is a 3-page form
Emergency Information Form (for ALL students) note: this is a 3-page form
Textbook Use (for K-8)
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.
These forms
are "One per Family":
Family Directory letter and form
Grandparents & Special Friends Information Request Form
