Emory H. Markle Intermediate School

Hello Parents and / or Guardians,

I hope all of you are enjoying the cooler and more fall-like weather as we move into October. I am pleased to

share our school year has gotten off to an excellent start! Overall, our students are working very hard and have

acclimated well to the new school year. We have a great group of young early adolescent students at EHMIS!

There are some exciting things happening with our renovation and I wanted to share a few updates on the pro-

ject. Our project began in August and there have already been some significant changes made at EHMIS. This is

the second major renovation to EHMIS as the original building was built in 1971. A renovation and addition was

completed in 1992. The current renovation is anticipated to be a two year project that will be finished in the

summer of 2021. There are a total of nine phases to the project. Listed below is a summary of the first three

phases and some highlights of the transformations you will begin to see in the immediate future at EHMIS:

Phase One: Administration and Counseling Office will be relocated to the area where the library was pre-

viously located. This area will include a more secure vestibule area for check-in. There will be three confer-

ence rooms in addition to an updated nurse’s suite. We anticipate this phase being completed in late De-

cember/January. A new library will be constructed upstairs in the front of the building.

Phase Two: Both upstairs and downstairs’ classrooms (14 total) adjacent to the district parking lot will be

renovated as part of this phase. In addition, district administration offices will be renovated during this

phase of the project.

Phase Three: The majority of phase three will entail renovating the current auditorium at EHMIS. All new

electrical and sounds systems will be updated in addition to new carpeting and ceilings. We anticipate this

phase beginning in February and being completed by June.

Below you will find an architectural rendering of what the front of the building will look like upon completion.

Construction contractors, architects, and our administration team are working together with staff to minimize

disruption during the project. It is important to remain flexible during this time, and to remember construction

is a temporary phase that will result in a beautifully modernized school for EHMIS students!

Regards,

Dr. Jeffrey Smale

South Western School District

October 2019

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Book Fair:

The PTO will be hosting it's an-

nual Fall Book Fair during

school hours from 10/31-11/8.

Candy Grams:

The PTO is selling Halloween Candy Grams

for $1 each. Send a sweet treat to your fa-

vorite Ghoul or Ghost. Candy will be deliv-

ered to the student's homeroom on Hallow-

een, Thursday October 31st. Order forms will

be sent home & can be found on the PTO Fa-

cebook page. Orders are due by Wednesday,

October 23rd

NEWS FROM OUR LIBRARY

We’ve moved! And we’ve taken all the books with us!! The multi-media center packed up and moved to a new location this summer. Yes, we’ve downsized our space but no

books were left behind. We’ve managed to find a new home for approximately 8,000 vol-umes. We’ve also had lots of visitors to our new digs and everyone knows our new ad-dress. While some activities are temporarily on hold until our new home is built, the kids are still coming in to check out our new and not so new books. The Makerspace items are

still being used even though we really don’t have a designated space for making and the library is once again full during Spark walk as kids use the time to read, finish homework, and challenge each other in games of chess and checkers. We’re looking forward to the

completion of our permanent home but everyone is settling into our temporary space in the back hallway just fine! They say home is where the heart is and our home will always be where our favorite authors and stories live.

Christmas with the Celts!

6th-8th grade chorus members were recently offered a unique opportunity! Christmas with the

Celts is touring across the U.S. this December and they are coming to the Eichelberger Per-

forming Arts Center Sunday, December 1st! EHMIS has been invited to bring 20 lucky chorus

students to perform a song with the group. Mrs. Bobb expressed that this would be a “first

come, first serve opportunity”. Permission forms were posted on September 24th and Mrs.

Bobb received 20 on Wednesday, September 25th BY 8:00 A.M.! The 20 lucky students listed

below will get to work with the Celts at the Eichelberger all day December 1st and then pre-

sent their song during the live concert that afternoon at 3:00 PM:

Natalie Handy Collin Kuhn

Julia Smith Naomi Strode

Lilly Smith Lily Berkheimer

Hannah Smith Haleigh Fincham

Cecilia Thomason Harmony Dennis

Brooke McDonald Kelsey Smith

Elizabeth Quinn Braeden Skibicki

Brogan Morelock Olivia Derby

Elizabeth Bodvin Camryn Storey

Jayda Koontz Adalyn Bayer

Don’t miss this awesome concert of traditional Irish music and dancing and come support

some familiar faces of EHMIS! Tickets on sale at the Eichelberger - $29 Orchestra/Balcony,

$34 Preferred.

Show Choir 2019-20

On Thursday, September 19th, 60 7th & 8th grade chorus members stayed after school to audition for a spot

for the EHMIS Show Choir. Students had to complete both a singing and dancing portion for their audition

and were tested on their ability to sight read, match pitch, maintain intonation, project, and display energy,

expression, and coordination. After a vigorous 2.5 hours of auditioning, 27 top scoring students were se-

lected to be a part of the 2019-20 Show Choir:

Sopranos Altos Baritones

Hailey Aracil Hannah Bell Andrew Brown

Alivia Burnard Juliana Burnside Nic DeVincent

Madison Colvin Nicole Gonzalez-Solis Nick Louey

Brooke Cooridon Amelia Laudicina Tony Mercado

Jenna Funk Emily Lehman Eliott Piatt

McKayla Green Maryellen Moore Connor Schilb

Natalie Handy Hannah Smith Shane Thayer

Allyson Shalenko Kyla Williams Daniel Thornton

Lilly Smith Lauren Worley Lewis Tuggle

Congratulations to our top 27 and a HUGE thank you and applause to all who came out to audition. Mrs.

Bobb was very impressed by everyone she saw and heard that evening! The 2019-20 Show Choir season

will kick off on Thursday, October 3rd with our first rehearsal and continue Thursdays after school through-

out the school year.

8th

Grade

College

Trips!!!

Emory H. Markle

Intermediate School

225 Bowman Rd.

Hanover, PA 17331

P- 717-633-4840

F- 717-633-7073

Principal

Dr. Jeffrey Smale

Assistant Principals

Mrs. Lori Billman

Mr. Robert Long

10/14~Schools Closed

10/16~Community Swim 7-8:45

10/17~Gr. 6-8 Picture Retakes

10/20-24~National School Bus Safety

Week

10/21~Community Swim 7-8:45

10/23~Community Swim 7-8:45

10/24~1st Marking period ends Gr 6-12

10/28~Community Swim 7-8:45

11/6~Community Swim 7-8:45

11/8~(K-8) School Closed

11/11~Community Swim 7-8:45

11/18~Community Swim 7-8:45

11/20~Communtity Swim 7-8:45

11/26~Early Dissmissal @12:15

11/27-12/2~Schools Closed