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Essential Info

Merion Elementary School
549 South Bowman Avenue
Merion, PA 19066

610-645-1470
Dr. Tony Albanese, Principal 


Absentee, Lateness & 
Safe Arrival hotline: 
610-658-3902

School Closing Number: 302
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Upcoming Dates 

1.15 - Staff Development Day
1.18 - School Closed
1.19 - Woodmere MLK Jr. Family Day Program, Zoom, 3-4 p.m.
1.19 - ISC - Raising Sexually Healthy Kids, Zoom, 7-8:30 p.m. 
1.25 - Cultural Heritage Week begins ​

1.26 - ISC - HSA Presidents Zoom Meeting, via Zoom,
          Please email  
iscinfonow@gmail.com
 for Zoom link
 

More Dates 


Book Drive! MES Community Service Committee 
We’re Having A Book Drive!
MES Community Service Committee is collecting new and gently used books for BookSmiles, a local non-profit that serves kids in Philadelphia and the surrounding suburbs. We are collecting books that meet these criteria:
  • Books for infant through 6th grade.
  • Fiction & nonfiction. Please no activity/workbooks or religious books.
  • Please no old books that smell musty or have yellowed or torn pages or have writing in them.
You can drop off books from Jan 10-23rd at any of the following porches:
  • 307 Berkeley Rd, Merion
  • 107 Chestnut Ave, Narberth
  • 152 Union Ave, BC
  • 912 Nicholson Rd, Wynnewood
Click here for more information. 
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(Virtual) Cultural Heritage Week 


*DEADLINE FOR VIDEO SUBMISSIONS IS MONDAY, JAN. 18* 

​(Virtual) Cultural Heritage Week 2021 will begin on Monday, January 25th. Experience the sights, sounds and arts of the many cultures and family traditions that are represented at Merion Elementary. Each day of the week, students will be invited to watch videos (created by Merion families) and track things that they’ve learned in their “passport”. Students who complete their passports will be eligible for a prize!
For this event to take place, we need YOU. We’re asking families to volunteer to create a short video (no longer than 3 minutes) that highlight qualities that are unique to their family heritage (similar to how we’ve done with our in-person events in the past).
For more information, visit our website or our event flyer. 
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Merion Online Directory 
Families are now welcome to access the online directory at here.
If you're logging in to Membership Toolkit for the first time, it's best to use the email that you used when updating information in PowerSchool over the summer.
Please note that while MTK will collect various pieces of information during the sign-up, at the end, you get to choose what exactly you want published.
**If you have not updated or included your current contact information, please do so, when you sign into use this great new directory.
We hope you will find this resource helpful when connecting to other families in our Merion Community! 

Important Information From the Merion School Nurses 
Health and Well-being Resources Currently Available to everyone:
Montgomery County Flu shots are free but appointments are needed. Click here 
COVID-19 testing per County COVID-19 testing is free but appointments are needed. Montgomery County: Website
Chester County: Website
Delaware County: Website 
Philadelphia County: Website 

LMSD Nutritional Services
All Students are eligible for free breakfast meals and free lunch meals for the school year 2020- 2021
  • If your student attends 100% virtual, half day elementary, or half day Kindergarten you can click on this link to schedule the pick-up of 7 breakfast meals and 7 lunch meals Meal Pick Up by Appointment
  • If your student attends in a Hybrid Model (2 days a week), you can click on this link to order eat-in school meals for the 2 days your student attends school myschoolaccount.com
  • AND you can schedule a 5 meals pick up for when your student is not in school, using this link Meal Pick Up by Appointment
  • If your student attends School 5 full days a week you can click on this link to order eat-in school meals for the 5 days your student attends school myschoolaccount.com
  • AND you can schedule a 2 meals pick up using this link Meal Pick Up by Appointment
  • If your student attends a half day Kindergarten you can click on this link to order the kindergarten breakfast snack myschoolaccount.com
For more information regarding the services offered by the Nutritional Services Department please click on this link LMSD Nutritional Services@ Home 

Family gatherings and holiday celebrations create challenges during a pandemic. Research is showing that most transmission occurs outside of school, from various gatherings of family and friends. Attached is the CDCs recommendations for celebrating various holidays this year.
CDC recommendations 

Transmission of coronavirus occurs much more commonly through respiratory droplets than through objects and surfaces, like doorknobs, countertops, keyboards, toys, etc. Current evidence suggests that SARS-CoV-2 may remain viable for hours to days on surfaces made from a variety of materials. Close contact with a person within 6 feet for 15 minutes continues to be the most common transmission. More information here
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Daily student screening: Student screening information here 

The LMSD COVID-19 Dashboard 
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​​​Updated LMSD School Opening information can be found on the LMSD Website. 


More News

Giant A+ Rewards | Merion ID #26460 

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Current Lunch Menu

Resources 
Montco Cares Program, Â providing families in Montgomery County with financial support 

Recreational Opportunities 
Spot-a-Truck Scavenger Hunt from Oct 18-31 , Penn Wynne Library Major League Baseball, the Philadelphia Phillies, Oct 24, 12-4pm, Register here.
CHEERLEADING THANKSGIVING FOOD DRIVE Sept 25 - Oct 28 THE MAJOR KEY PROJECT, any students who wish to have the chance to discover a passion in music with that opportunity, click here.
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Updates & Reminders 
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Don't Forget - Stop for School Busses 
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