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FEBRUARY 1, 2023
SERVING THE LOCAL COMMUNITIES SINCE 1954
VOL LIX • NO 6
Fighting Cavities In PVSD Mobile Dental Care Makes A Difference BY ANN MEAD ASH
equea Valley School District (PVSD) nurse Robin McCracken, who oversees students in grades seven through 12, is well aware of the statistics related to dental cavities. “It’s the most common (unmet health need) according to the CDC,” said McCracken, who added that dental health problems can affect overall health, but the good news is that they are preventable. Together with nurse Joy Lewis, who works with kindergarten through sixth-grade students, and others in the PVSD, McCracken is hoping to battle those statistics among local students. “Education is a focus with teachers and school nurses in our district,” said Lewis. During February, which is National Children’s Dental Health Month, second-grade PVSD students will take part in a brushing challenge. “We will go over why we brush and how often, and students will have a chart they can color in,” said Lewis.
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The Pequea Valley High School Health Club will help educate elementary students during National Children’s Dental Health Month and host a booth dedicated to the subject during the Spring Fling in May.
Later in the month, representatives of Byrnes Health Education Center in York will visit the elementary schools to teach about dental health. Members of the Pequea Valley High School (PVHS) Health Club will also take part in the February
Pequea Valley School District nurse Joy Lewis (far right) is encouraging second-grade students to complete a brushing challenge during National Children’s Dental Health Month.
activities, and members will prepare to host a booth focused on dental health education at the PVHS Spring Fling in May. Using hardened marshmallows to represent teeth, high school students will ask youngsters who attend the Fling to
floss away bits of clay stuck between the marshmallows. “High school (students) teaching elementary (students) makes things more fun,” said McCracken. PVSD is connected to Union Community Care in New Holland,
which provides a school dentist to complete yearly screenings for any student with parental permission. Dental evaluations are required for students in kindergarten or first grade, as well as third grade and seventh grade. See PVSD pg 9
BY ANN MEAD ASH
“Last year was the first kindergarten expo, (and) it went really well,” said Lisa Eckert, director of
early learning for the Pequea Valley School District (PVSD). “This year, we are making a few changes and hoping to have an even better turnout,” she added.
BY ANN MEAD ASH
For a few years now, the Racial Literacy Team of Garden Spot Village (GSV) has been meeting to discuss issues of racial equity and justice. Now, members of that group, in cooperation with the New Holland Area Historical Society (NHAHS) and GSV’s Lighter Side Players, have developed a program that incorporates Welsh Mountain history in a look back at prevailing attitudes toward race in the past and now. See GSV pg 8
The 2022 Kindergarten Expo included opportunities to turn in paperwork and meet district personnel, among other activities.
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Kindergarten Expo 2023 is scheduled for Tuesday, Feb. 28, at the Together Community Center, 3293 Lincoln Highway East, Paradise, from 2 to 7 p.m. The event is designed for those whose children will enter kindergarten in the fall of 2023. PVSD online kindergarten registration opened Feb. 1. Online registration stations will be available at the expo for those who still need to sign a child up. “We will have paperwork certification stations, where (parents) can turn in paperwork,” noted Eckert, who added that birth certificates, immunization records, proof of residency, and parental identification may all be handled there. See Kindergarten Expo pg 7
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