Throop Elementary School

State of Indiana Launches SUN Bucks New benefits program aims to ensure students maintain access to healthy foods during the summer INDIANAPOLIS – The state of Indiana today announced that applications for the Summer Electronic Benefits Transfer (SEBT) program, also known as SUN Bucks, are now open. SUN Bucks is a new benefits program that provides families a one-time payment of $120 for each eligible school-aged child to help purchase groceries during the summer. This ensures that students continue to have access to healthy meals beyond the school year. Children are eligible for the program if: The household already participates in SNAP, TANF, or income-based Medicaid, or The student has been identified as a ward of the state (foster child), homeless, or migrant, or The student attends a school that offers the National School Lunch Program (NSLP), and the household income meets the requirements for free or reduced-price school meals. The benefits will be provided to eligible families on a separate EBT card and mailed directly to their home. Benefits can be used at authorized retailers, like grocery stores and farmers markets, to purchase healthy foods, such as fruits, vegetables, meats and other protein sources, whole grains and dairy. These benefits are available in addition to free meals that children of all ages can get at SUN Meals sites in their communities. Most eligible families will receive these benefits automatically and local schools will communicate eligibility to parents and families. Some parents will need to apply. The following households need to complete the online SUN Bucks application: Households with children attending a school operating the Community Eligibility Provision (CEP), where all meals are free to students, and who have not been notified of automatic SUN Bucks eligibility. Households with children attending a school operating NSLP who were not approved for free or reduced meals during the school year. Households with children that do not attend a school operating NSLP and who receive SNAP, TANF, certain levels of income-based Medicaid, or are foster, migrant, or homeless. SUN Bucks is funded by the state of Indiana and the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA). Visit the Indiana SUN Bucks webpage to learn more about this new program and apply today. In accordance with federal civil rights law and U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) civil rights regulations and policies, this institution is prohibited from discriminating on the basis of race, color, national origin, sex (including gender identity and sexual orientation), disability, age, or reprisal or retaliation for prior civil rights activity. Program information may be made available in languages other than English. Persons with disabilities who require alternative means of communication to obtain program information (e.g., Braille, large print, audiotape, American Sign Language), should contact the responsible state or local agency that administers the program or USDA’s TARGET Center at (202) 720-2600 (voice and TTY) or contact USDA through the Federal Relay Service at (800) 877-8339. To file a program discrimination complaint, a Complainant should complete a Form AD-3027, USDA Program Discrimination Complaint Form which can be obtained online at: usda.gov/sites/default/files/documents/ad-3027.pdf, from any USDA office, by calling (866) 632-9992, or by writing a letter addressed to USDA. The letter must contain the complainant’s name, address, telephone number, and a written description of the alleged discriminatory action in sufficient detail to inform the Assistant Secretary for Civil Rights (ASCR) about the nature and date of an alleged civil rights violation. The completed AD-3027 form or letter must be submitted to USDA by:

All 6th-grade students must attend the End of the Year Concert on May 13, 2024, at 6:00 p.m. at the HS Auditorium

If your kindergarten through sixth-grade student is interested in the swimming class during summer school (July 15 - Aug. 1), please **Sign and return the form by April 5, 2024." Contact: Mr. Kumpf (kumpft@paoli.k12.in.us) or (812) 723-3537 ext 131

For the safety of our students and parents, only let students out on the curbside of your vehicle during morning drop-off. In addition, if you need additional time for your students to exit the car, please pull past the crosswalk to keep traffic flowing. Throop will open at 9:00 a.m. on days with a two-hour delay. Thank you!

Throop Elementary admin needs your help -- Please go into your child's Harmony account and make sure all parent documents have been checked. Documents include but are not limited to Parent's Right to Know, Work Survey, and Home Language Survey. Your help is needed! If you have questions, please call Mrs. Blankenbaker at 812-723-3537. Thank you for taking the time --

Good Morning! All Throop students and families are invited to attend the FREE PTO/Title I Winter Holiday Festival this evening from 6-7:30 in the Throop cafeteria. We will have games, crafts, and refreshments. Santa will also be there for pictures! Each family may get one free Santa photo ($1.00 for each additional photo). STEM Night will be in the sixth-grade hallway

All Throop Elementary transportation changes must be made by 2:00 p.m. Thank you!

Reminder: Wednesday, December 6, is an Early Release Day for PCS. Little Rams Preschool will dismiss at 12:00 p.m. Throop Elementary and PHS will dismiss at 12:30 p.m.

Please join us for the Fall Book Harvest this evening from 5-6 at the Paoli Public Library. Students will enjoy Fall stories, participate in a scavenger hunt, and get a free book. Door prizes and Refreshments will also be provided! Throop Title I, PTO, and Friends of Paoli Library sponsor this event.

Throop’s Read, Write, Walk-a-Thon is Thursday, October 12th. All money must be turned in by Wednesday, October 11th, to be counted toward the class total. The class raising the most money will win a pizza party! The student who raises the most money will receive ice cream coupons for the remainder of the school year. Any student who raises at least $25 will receive an ice cream coupon and be entered into a drawing for gift cards and other prizes. Throop’s Read, Write, Walk-a-Thon COIN RACES are now through October 11th. Be sure to bring in coins to vote for the Throop Staff Member YOU would like to see participate in the RWW games. Drop off coins in the mornings in the cafeteria.

PCS Student Early Release Wednesday, October 4 12:30 p.m.

Welcome Back to Throop Elementary! Reminder: Morning drop-off for grades 3 - 6 students is at the Throop gym door. Morning drop-off for K-2 students is through Throop's front door. All students must be in class by 8:20a .m.

Morning Drop Off Grades 3-6 - enter through Throop gym door Grades K-2 enter through Throop front door For safety reasons, all adults must remain in the car when dropping students off. Students are not permitted in the building prior to 7:30 a.m. ALL students need to be in class by 8:15 a.m.

Added to Sixth Grade Recommended Supply List... --- Five Star 7-Pocket Expanding File Organizer, Plastic Expandable File Folders with Customizable Tabs & Clear Cover, Holds 11" x 8 1/2", Zipper Closure, Black (72709) https://a.co/d/9ZFwn34 ---- A folder for each period will be needed.(if an expandable binder is not purchased) ---- Please avoid purchasing three ring binders

Due to severe allergies on campus, Throop Elementary is a nut free campus for the 2023-2024 school year. Thank you for your understanding and support.

Grades 3 -6 ILEARN scores were sent home with students who who attended summer school. If your child did not attend summer school. the results were mailed. Please contact the Throop Office at 812-723-3537 if you do not receive the ILEARN results by the end of June. Thank you!

Kindergarten graduation pictures have arrived. The Throop office is open from 8:00 - 2:00 daily.

Here are a couple of reminders about summer school: Summer School is from Tuesday, May 30 - Friday, June 16. The students must arrive by 8:00 am, and dismissal is at noon. Summer School breakfast will be served from 7:30 am - 8:30 am, and lunch is 11:30 am to 12:30 pm. Swim Students in the morning group must eat as soon as they arrive so the bus can leave. Please do not drop students off before 7:30 am. There are classes still available if you want your child to attend.

Throop Elementary will honor sixth-grade students with a completion ceremony on Friday, May 19, at 11:00 a.m. The ceremony is in the Mary U. Auditorium at PHS. Doors will open at 10:30 a.m. Visitors must enter the auditorium on the West side of the high school (Door 11). Parking is available on the west side of the high school and in the bus parking lot. Families must pick up kindergarten through fifth-grade students from Throop before the completion ceremony. Sixth-grade students can leave with their families after the celebration. Please let the classroom teacher know before you go with the student.

Throop Kindergarten Graduation is Friday, May 19th, at 9:00 a.m. in the Throop Gym. Doors open at 8:30 a.m. Parking is available in front of Throop and the gym parking lot. There will be a welcome table outside the gym where Throop staff can call down first through sixth-grade students attending the graduation. Due to a production issue, kindergarten pictures are delayed. Throop secretaries will notify families when the photos arrive. Thank you and we look forward to seeing you!