Helpful Ithan Information

Our school day starts at 9:05 am and ends at 3:40 pm. Students can be safely dropped off starting at 8:55 am.

Ithan considers your child late after 9:05 am. If you know you are going to be late, please call Safe Arrival (610-527-1357) and press 3. Also, once you arrive at school you MUST walk-in with your child(ren) and sign them in. If you need to pick up your child (either early or at regular dismissal), send in a note with your child. If you forget to send a note, please call the Ithan main office at 610-527-1357 and someone will notify your child’s teacher.

Upon your child returning to school, complete the absence excuse card found in the main office, school packets or online.

An Educational Trip Request Form must be submitted to the office at least ten days before a planned vacation for the absence to be excused. For more information on this and other absence policies, visit the Attendance Information website.

Parents/guardians will receive a phone call from Radnor’s Superintendent, Dr. Kenneth Batchelor, with instructions of a late start or early dismissal due to weather.  Normally, if there is a late start, children start school two hours later. The bus will come 2 hours later from the designated time it normally comes. If there is an early dismissal due to weather, the school’s front office will contact you regarding your pick-up plans (sending your child on the bus or someone will pick them up).

The Ithan Notepads are a 50 page booklet of yellow flyers to inform teachers of changes with your child regarding dismissal, leaving early, being picked up by someone else other than a parent/guardian or needing to speak with the teacher. You can purchase these booklets for $6 in the main office and at Ithan PTO events.

Visit the PTO Clubs page for more information, but make sure you are signed up for the PTO newsletter.  Clubs are available in the Fall, Winter, and Spring, and registration dates are announced in the weekly PTO newsletter.

Your child will be assigned a bus at the beginning of the school year.  Information will be mailed at the end of August with the bus numbers and stop location. Children are not permitted to take another bus home for a play date; parents hosting a play date for children who are not on the same bus must pick the children up from school. If your child is getting off his/her regular bus at a different stop, you must call transportation and send a note. The Transportation Department number is 610-293-1947.

The RTSD PTOs and PTSA use the Membership Toolkit App to provide an online directory, class lists, and sign-ups for school and PTO events.  Membership Toolkit also is the primary vehicle for PTO communications such as monthly newsletters, special announcements, and emails from class parents and grade coordinators.  More details on joining Membership Toolkit can be found on the district-wide PTO webpage.

Ithan gear will be sold during special sales throughout the year.  Ithan PTO field trip shirts, notepads, car magnets and water bottles will be available in the office all year long.  The t-shirts are $12, notepads are $6, magnets are $6, and water bottles are $15.  Just stop in the office and ask to purchase any of these items.  You can pay by cash, check, or credit card.

The PTO has many committees that work on a variety of programs.  We need the help of parents in order to offer these events and activities at school.  A brief description of each committee is available on the Ithan PTO homepage. Please consider volunteering and feel free to contact the committee chair or the PTO for more information.  We typically have a volunteer interest form and committee sign up at the beginning of each school year, but you can get involved at any point throughout the year.

If you would like your child to purchase breakfast or lunch at Ithan, you will need to register your child on EZSchoolPay and load money onto their account. Set reminders on your account for low balances.

The homeroom parents are the first people the teacher reaches out to for assistance for class projects, parties and communications to parents.  The homeroom parent is not involved during classroom instruction. The homeroom parent assists in organizing the teacher gifts.  The homeroom parents also plan informal events to help parents and families get to know each other.

Check the IES PTO website for information. Ithan PTO sends weekly  newsletters emailed on Sundays which contain all of the upcoming PTO and school events at IES. Subscribe by signing up for Membership Toolkit. The Radnor Reader is emailed by the school district communications office every Sunday and provides news and events within RTSD schools & the district.  Register for the Radnor Reader on the Communications website.  (Note that these two newsletters are different, even though they often have overlapping information. It's a good idea to sign up for both of them and read both of them each week!)