Weekly Update with Mr. Rizzo: Weekly Update with Mr. Rizzo
This week, Mr. Rizzo talks about: Spring-Ford SNAP needs your help, reporting COVID cases after Spring Break, and the NAMM Foundation Best Communities for Music Education award.
NAMM Foundation Best Communities for Music Education Award
For the 6th year in a row, the Spring-Ford Area School District has been honored with the Best Communities for Music Education designation from NAMM Foundation for its outstanding commitment to music education!
The Best Communities for Music Education designation is awarded to districts that demonstrate outstanding achievement in efforts to provide music access and education to all students. To qualify for the Best Communities designation, Spring-Ford answered detailed questions about funding, graduation requirements, music class participation, instruction time, facilities, support for the music program, and community music-making programs. Responses were verified with school officials and reviewed by The Music Research Institute at the University of Kansas.
Special thanks to the students, parents, teachers, administrators, and board members who have worked so hard to make Spring-Ford's music program a success! Thanks to your support, every child can learn and grow with music.
The RAMcast is Back!
The RAMcast is back! RAMcast is a bi-weekly podcast series focusing on all things Spring-Ford. The RAMcast gives parents, students, and the Spring-Ford community a peek into the everyday happenings at Spring-Ford. Hosts Erin Crew and Andrew Rothermel will introduce you to administrators, teachers, students, parents, and other members of the Spring-Ford community. Click here to listen.
Reporting COVID Cases over Spring Break
Reporting a Positive Case or Close Contact to SFASD: Click here to complete the Close Contact or Positive Case form for current students and staff.
SFASD COVID Hotline: Contact your child’s physician with health related questions, or call the COVID hotline at 610-705-6252 with questions related to quarantine timeline (but please be patient during high volume times). Please do not report positive cases or close contacts to the hotline.
As always, if a student does not feel well or has symptoms of COVID-19, has been exposed to a COVID positive individual, or has tested positive, they should remain home from school until cleared to return.
Click here for information from the CDC about traveling over Spring Break.
SNAP Volunteers
On May 14th, SNAP will welcome ALL SENIORS and prom dates for Post Prom at Arnold's Family Fun Center in Oak, from 10 p.m. until 4 a.m. Before the Seniors arrive, there will be a community to walkthrough from 6:30-8:30 p.m.
SNAP is actively looking for volunteers to help starting at the walkthrough, throughout the event and with a limited clean up. The timeframe is 6 p.m. Saturday until 4:30 a.m. Sunday.
Limited clearances will need to be completed by April 25th. Please click here to review Clearance information. If you are not sure of the status of your clearances, please email volunteerclearances@spring-ford.net
Spring Athletic Events Open Online Ticket Sales
Spring-Ford's athletic ticket sales are moving to electronic ticketing through Ticket Spicket. Ticket Spicket does require you to have an account for purchase, it is recommended that you purchase tickets before arriving at the stadium/gym. Click here to learn more.
SFMA Trivia Night
Support the Spring-Ford Music Association and our friends at the Royersford Fire Department by trying your hand at our annual trivia event. Event details are as follows:
- Teams can be up to a maximum of 10 people
- Winners will be determined after 10 rounds of trivia
- Raffle baskets sponsored by local businesses will be available
- 50/50 raffle
- "Sweet treat" door prizes
- Don't forget to bring your cash!
Rams Rally for Ukraine
The 5/6/7 Grade Center will be hosting a district-wide Rams Rally for Ukraine collection event throughout the month of April. The 5/6/7 Center will serve as Spring-Ford’s collection point for those seeking to donate supplies to displaced people in Ukraine. The donated items will be collected and then dropped off at the United Ukrainian America Relief Committee in Philadelphia.
Saturday Drop Off on April 23, and 30 from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the 5/6/7 Center. Donations will be made directly to the United Ukrainian American Relief Committee.
Questions? Email kkotc@spring-ford.net or pledd@spring-ford.net. Click here for more information.
School Spotlight: Limerick Elementary School Fundraiser
Spring is here and baseball has started! Why not head to the ballpark for a Reading Phils game? Support Limerick Elementary School’s fundraiser by purchasing a ticket book - includes 6 general admission tickets, good for ANY REGULAR SEASON READING PHILS HOME GAME during the 2022 SEASON - for only $39 each!
Ticket books can be purchased online now through April 25th. Visit Rphils.com/ticketpacks and click on the yellow “Buy Now” button. Once in the site, enter the information as follows:.
- Organization Name = Limerick Elementary Home & School League
- Seller’s Name = any Limerick Elementary student name or “LES HSL” if you don’t know a Limerick student.
- Select how you’d like your tickets to be delivered: you can choose Email, Text, or Mail. The R-Phils will send your tickets, via the option you choose, within the next 7 days.
Questions? Contact LESFundraising1@gmail.com.
Spring-Ford Cyber Learning 2022-2023 Registration
Enrollment for 2022-2023 school year is now open for SFCL. The Spring-Ford Area School District is pleased to offer a Spring-Ford Cyber Learning option! Spring-Ford Cyber Learning has been developed in partnership with your teachers and principals and is available to any student in grades K through 12 who live within the school district. Spring-Ford Cyber Learning offers students the opportunity to engage in a personalized Spring-Ford education virtually, with the added benefit of being eligible to participate in many SFASD extra-curricular activities and culminating in a Spring-Ford diploma.
To begin the enrollment process, please complete this form (once for each child you plan to enroll). Please click the link here to register. We are excited to get started. Welcome to the SFCL Community!
Once enrolled you are committing to staying in cyber for at least the first two quarters of the school year.
Ram Proud Alumni
Ram Proud Alumni is a short-format recording to spotlight members of the Spring-Ford alumni community who are doing great things that have been influenced by their time at Spring-Ford. Interested? Ram Country TV to contact you to schedule an interview. Click here to complete the form.
Mark Your Calendar: Upcoming Board Meeting Dates
All Work Session Meetings and Board Meetings will be held in the Spring-Ford Area High School Cafeteria on the third and fourth Mondays of the month at 7:30 p.m., unless designated otherwise.
- Work Session Meeting, April 19, 2022, 7:30 p.m.
- Board Meeting, April 25, 2022, 7:30 p.m.
Don’t miss a meeting! Click on the gray RSS Feed button or Orange Bell to subscribe to the School Board Calendar.
Community Spotlight: Julias’s Palooza
Julia’s PALOOZA to benefit Julia’s Grace Foundation will be held on Saturday, April 23, 2022. This year, the Family Fun Fair will feature games, arts & crafts, music, food, raffles and more! It will be held at Brooke Elementary School, Julia’s former school, at 339 N Lewis Road in Royersford from noon to 4 p.m. Tickets are $5 per child and include 10 game tickets.
Tickets can be purchased in advance at online or at the door while supplies last.
Kindergarten Registration
CLASS OF 2035... Kindergarten registration will open on March 1, 2022, but you can schedule your appointment now! Children living in the Spring-Ford Area School District who will be five years old by August 31, 2022 are eligible to attend Kindergarten next school year. Click here to learn more.