Handling Covid-19 at home with kids

Our North Penn Counselors have additional information on our district site which can be reached here:

https://sites.google.com/npenn.org/northpennelementarycounselorsc/home

Here are some great resources for how parents and kids can handle the Covid 19 crisis.

Supporting Stress, Excessive Worry and Mental Health During COVID-19

https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1j_zLrGYn_CqSBzoKvUSxFOHLStC3Sg-0a8Q6sD9N_WI/edit#slide=id.p1

North Penn School District to Provide Free Meals While Schools Are Closed

Providing nutritious meals to families during the school closure is of utmost importance to the North Penn School District. To this end, beginning Tuesday, March 17, NPSD invites families and care-givers to drive through* and pick up free meals for their children. Pick up locations will be located at the student drop off lane of the following schools:

Hatfield Elementary School, 1701 Fairgrounds Road, Hatfield, PA 19440

Knapp Elementary School, 698 Knapp Road, Lansdale, PA 19446

Oak Park Elementary School, 500 Squirrel Lane, Lansdale, PA 19446

Inglewood Elementary School, 1313 Allentown Road, Lansdale, PA 19446

Kulp Elementary School, 801 Cowpath Road, Hatfield, PA, 19440

Between 11 am and 1 pm, Monday through Friday beginning Tuesday, March 17, a grab-and-go lunch and breakfast will be provided to any children 18 years old and younger. The menu, which includes dairy products, sandwiches, cereal, snacks, fruit and milk, can be found here. Lunch and breakfast will be provided on a first come, first served basis. Children must be present in order for meals to be provided per United States Department of Agriculture regulations. Please stay in your car and meals will be passed through based on the number of children in the car. Meals must be eaten off site. No identification or student information is required.

*Families who live very close to any meal site may walk to pick up their meals but are asked to not congregate at the pick-up site.

Information about local food pantries can be found here for families that need additional support.

Contact the North Penn School District School Nutrition Services Department at 215-853-1080 or froehlml@npenn.org if you have questions about this service.

How can families in need access the internet? Effective Monday, March 16, 2020, Comcast is offering 2 months free to new Internet Essentials customers in response to recent and anticipated emergency measures associated with the Coronavirus (COVID-19). Click here for more details.

A note from Mrs. Schaefer:

Dear Parents:

If any of your children would like to contact me to chat, share how they are feeling about this crisis or talk about ANYTHING, please encourage them to e-mail me at schaeft@npenn.org. Be well and hang in there.