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Charlestown Elementary Message Board 610-935-4961
GVTV Channel 14
www.gvsd.org
 
TV Stations
3, 6, 10, and 29
Radio Stations
WCOJ, KYW, WPAZ (code 855)
 

The weather - frigid temperatures, snow, ice, and other weather elements - are a constant cause of concern during the winter months. Please read the following carefully to help us ensure that all of our students are safe when there are weather related school issues.

  • Please talk with your children and establish a family plan for any emergency school closing. Review this with your children often in the winter and also at other times. There could be an early closing due to a non-weather emergency (i.e., a major mechanical or electrical failure in a building).

  • Please take advantage of forecasted snow or ice and review with your child what to do and where to go before he/she boards the bus. A note to the teacher, in the event of an early dismissal, is a much safer practice than being one of hundreds who call the school with last minute arrangements that need to be passed on.

  • Please make every effort to continue the PTO phone chain. It is a courtesy to our families and is obviously dependent on every parent being at the number provided to the PTO in September. Since this unlikely, please notify the person who calls you if you have a change in your contact phone number.

  • Check the district's main web page at http://www.gvsd.org/ for closing information.

  • Watch GVTV Channel 14 or TV Stations 3, 6, 10, and 29 for closing information.

  • Please listen to the radio on the following stations for information on early dismissals or late arrivals due to inclement weather. WCOJ-1420AM Coatesville, KYW-1060 AM Philadelphia, WBEB-101.1 FM Philadelphia. Our school closing emergency number is 855.

  • Check the Charlestown Elementary Message Board for opening/closing information (610-935-4961). This message board will be updated as often as possible.

Some of our confusion results from students that have instructions for 3:30 PM dismissal. Please know that these notes are not applied to the 12:00 PM noon dismissals. All students are told to go home on the bus unless we have specific instructions for the 12:00 PM noon time.

We appreciate your cooperation and support in making plans ahead of time to help your children arrive/leave school safely. By planning ahead with your child, it will reassure him/her and make them feel secure knowing plans are in place.